In my Dream Chapter 21

In my Dream
Chapter 21

‘She paralyzed me; I lost track of her again,’ thought Naruto.

“It’s over,” said Pein as he charged at Naruto with a Kunai in his hand, ready to strike his heart.

Right as he was about to stab Naruto, Naruto moved out of the way, leaving behind in his place what looked to be a shadowed figure, and it was the shadow that was paralyzed.

Pain’s kunai went right through the shadow.

“What is that?” said Konan as she looked at the figure stuck in her paralysis Jutsu.

“That’s my shadow. Like I said before, it has many uses. My shadow gives me a way out from any restraining Jutsu,” said Naruto.

“Yes, but now that you don’t have your shadow, you can't use that Jutsu anymore,” said Pein as he smiled at Naruto.

Naruto quickly turned around just in time to dodge a smashing hit from a giant wolf smashing into the ground. When Naruto landed on the ground, he was slammed rapidly against a tree by the tail end of a giant snake.

When Naruto hit the floor, Konan quickly charged at him. Still, on the floor, Naruto brought a leg up and kicked her before she got any closer.

Naruto jumped out of the way as another summoning went past him and crashed into Konan.

With the wolf charging at him, Naruto flipped over it and made a summoning of his own, “Summoning Jutsu.”

A large frog came crashing down on the giant wolf, crushing it into nothing.

“Gamataratsu.  OIL!” screamed Naruto, “Inferno Blast Jutsu.” Naruto puffed fire so intense it turned the giant snake into ashes.

Naruto put his hand on Gamataratsu's “Transform” instead of Gamataratsu. Naruto was holding a sword. He stood still, looking for the third summoning that seemed to be hiding. Naruto looked to the side as a massive pile of paper was headed his way.

Naruto slashed his sword simultaneously, shooting out chakra in the same motion as the sword, splitting the pile as it fell to the ground with a loud thud.

Naruto moved his free arm and hand up in the air. When he did, the rain became heavy and fell faster and harder. The rain also became as sharp as a blade, and as it came down, it began to puncture through anything in its way.

The rain caught Konan off guard, not expecting anything out of it. Each drop made holes through her body, and in one instance, the downpour obliterated her body. Knowing she was done, Naruto closed his palm as the rain returned to normal.

“It looks like it’s just you and me now,” said Pein, smiling. A barrier protecting him from the rain surrounded him.

Naruto remembered there was still one more summoning. He turned around and grabbed the demon-like creature jumping at him, pounded him to the ground, and then slashed his sword down, cutting him in two.

Naruto stood up, completely drenched and covered in dirt and mud. He looked at Pein, who still looked clean despite being hit several times.

‘Now this is better, one-on-one,’ thought Naruto as he got ready to continue fighting.

“COME on, please,” said Saya to Hachibi.

The four were still heading south, but the girls got tired and stopped to rest.

Hachibi shook his head at Saya.

“If you keep begging him, he might just cave,” said Kyuubi, then smirked at Hachibi.

“Please, please, please, please,” Saya continued, and Hachibi raised a hand and motioned her to stop.

“It’s not that I don’t want to teach you; it’s that you can’t learn it; it’s a special demon ability. You have a lot of chakras to be able to do it, but you can’t,” said Hachibi as he patted Saya on the head.

“Awwwww,” said a disappointed Saya.

“The Hyuuga blood in you allows you to extract chakra from any point in your body, but it doesn’t allow you to create an entirely separate entity,” said Hachibi.

“You're wrong, Hachibi,” said Kyuubi.

The other three turned to look at him.

“Why is that?” asked Hachibi.

“Hachibi, you know like I do that many blood limits derive from demon abilities, right,” said Kyuubi.

“Yes, I do, but if you suggest that their Byakugan is similar to my abilities, I will disagree with you,” replied Hachibi.

“No, I’m not talking about the Byakugan. Just like you know that many blood limits derive from demons, you also know that many others are evolutionary; they evolve from other blood limits. Like the Sharingan, no demon has similar abilities because the Sharingan evolved from the Byakugan,” said Kyuubi.

“Where is this going?” asked Hachibi.

“You see, the little ones have another blood limit they inherit from their father,” Said Kyuubi.

“I see. And judging from your words, I’m going to guess that this blood limit's abilities are similar to mine,” replied Hachibi.

“Elemental Manipulation: once the body gets a taste of any element, it can create and manipulate it in any way; they can use it for defense, for added power to ninjutsu, to increase damage in taijutsu, or as weapons on their own,” said Kyuubi.

“I don’t see how that is similar to Cerberus?” asked Hachibi.

“Well, for them to manipulate the elements, they have to be able to mold and control chakra that is in no way connected to their bodies,” said Kyuubi.

“Well, if they can mold a large amount of chakra independent from their bodies, I suppose they could create their chakra-based entity,” said Hachibi.

“How do you know daddy has a blood limit?” asked Emi.

“I’ve known your father since he was born. I know what runs through his veins,” said Kyuubi.

“So that means you can teach me, right?” asked Saya.

“Can you teach me too? Please,” asked Emi.

“I guess I can teach you both while we still have time,” said Hachibi.

“YAY!” screamed the girls.

Yuri sat in her home, drying her damp hair.

“It sounds like it's getting worse out there, right, girl?” Yuri asked her dog, Momo, who responded only with a bark.

“Well, at least we could finish what we set out to do,” said Yuri.

Since they arrived home, Momo had been staring out the window, but suddenly, she began to bark several times.

“What’s wrong, girl?” she asked Momo.

The dog moved towards the door and began to claw at it.

“No way, we are not going back out there; I can still hear the rain,” said Yuri.

The dog continued to claw at the door and bark louder. Yuri sighs in defeat, “Alright, alright, let me get the umbrella.”

Once she fetched the umbrella, the two left as Momo led the way.

‘I have to finish this now,’ thought Naruto as he looked at Pein.

Naruto charged at Pein, and Pein did the same. Pein dodged an attack as Naruto swung his sword. Pein kicked Naruto’s hand, making him release the sword, then thrust his palms into Naruto’s chest, pushing him back.

Naruto raised his hand and quickly waved it down as thunder came crashing towards Pein. Pein dodged the thunder, but with a wave of Naruto’s hand, the thunder was redirected.

“Shield of Darkness Summoning.” Pein performed a summoning as the thunder came crashing into him. With the impact of the thunder, there was a bright flash for a second, and then Pein slammed into a tree.

Pein stood up without damage, then walked towards Naruto and stopped about thirty feet away.

“You’re stronger than I thought, and you’ve yet to use any of the demons' chakras,” said Pein.

“That’s because I don’t need it,” replied Naruto.

“Are you sure about that?” asked Pein.

Naruto nodded.

“Well, my purpose was to obtain the demons, and to do that, I have to beat you, so it makes no difference to me if I beat you at your strongest point, not your weakest point,” said Pein, and then ten other pains appeared all around Naruto.

Naruto charged at them, attacking them all. His punches went through them, and nothing happened when he tried to perform Jutsu.

‘What the hell?’ thought Naruto.

Pein stood before Naruto, who was staring off into space. “Did you get him?”

“Yeah, I got him during the impact of the thunder,” said Tobi as he appeared next to Pein with his Sharingan activated.

“What happened with Itachi?” asked Pein.

“I lost him,” answered Tobi.

“No matter, knock him out so we can get started extracting the demons,” said Pein.

“Here?” said Tobi.

“Yes, I don’t want to waste any more time,” said Pein.

Tobi walked up to Naruto, putting his palm to his head, and then Naruto fell to the ground unconscious.

“Where are the others?” asked Tobi.

“Konan is dead, and, likely, the others are also dead,” replied Pein.

“If we're going to do this quickly, and only you and I will do it, it will take almost all our power,” said Tobi while Pein performed a summoning Jutsu. The ground began to collapse as giant statues rose from the ground.

Naruto lay still while the other two stood there, giving their power to the statue. Minutes went by as the statue extracted the demons.

Pein suddenly stopped. “Nothing is happening. Why aren’t the demons being extracted?”

Tobi approached Naruto and kneeled, putting his hand on his stomach. After a while, he looked back at Pein.

“He has traces of the demon's chakras and a little bit of their presence, but not in their entirety,” said Tobi.

“Is that why nothing is coming out?” asked Pein. All Tobi did was nod.

Pein then remembered something Naruto had said before the fight, ‘No, but there will always be a part of me there to protect them.’

“The in the girls,” said Pein.

“Inside of them?” asked Tobi.

“I don’t know, I just know the girls have them somehow,” said Pein.

“Are we going after them?” asked Tobi.

“Yes,” said Pein as the considerable statue sank.

“What about him?” said Tobi.

“Kill him,” replied Pein as he headed south towards the girls.

Tobi took out Kunai and stabbed Naruto right in his lung, and then he stood up and left. With every second that passed, his lungs filled with blood.

Kyuubi, Hachibi, and the girls were on the move again after having finished some training.

“Can I ask you something?” asked Emi as she looked at Kyuubi.

“Yes”

“You said that many blood limits derive from demons . . . is there any that derived from your abilities?” asked Emi.

“No.”

“Really?” said Saya.

“It’s true; there are no blood limits derived from Kyuubi’s abilities, and much of his abilities are still a secret,” said Hachibi.

“How come there are no blood limits with abilities like his?” asked Emi.

“Because he’s the king of demons, he’s different from all the other demons; his abilities can be passed down into a blood limit but not in the same way as the others,” said Hachibi.

“Then how?” asked Emi.

“I’m afraid that’s all I can say,” said Hachibi.

Kyuubi came to a stop, and the others followed.

“What’s wrong?” said Saya.

“Someone is headed this way,” said Hachibi.

“Do you know who they are?” asked Saya.

“Don’t worry, they're here to help you,” said Kyuubi.

“Should we just wait for them?” asked Emi.

“Yeah, but I think it’d be best if we go back,” said Kyuubi to Hachibi.

Hachibi nodded, “You girls stay here, and remember, whenever you need us, just summon us.” Kyuubi returned to Emi’s necklace, and Hachibi returned to Saya’s.

After a couple of minutes, the people arrive, and right away, the girls run towards them.

“NEJI!” they both yelled and hugged him.

“Saya, Emi, are you two alright?” he asked them.

“Where’s Naruto?” asked Jiraiya. The girls pointed in the direction they came from.

“He said he was going to stay and hold the mean people back,” said Emi.

“Then we should go help him,” said Lee.

While everyone headed in the direction that Emi and Saya pointed, two figures watched them as they hid.

“Looks like we’ll have to wait; there’s too many of them,” said Pein.

“Not one of them looks to be weak,” said Tobi.

“Well, we have to keep our distance, or the Byakugan’ll spot us,” said Pein.

Once everyone arrived at the battle site, they looked around for Naruto, but he was nowhere to be found.

“Are you two sure this was the place?” asked Kakashi.

“This is the last place we saw Daddy,” said Emi.

“A battle took place here,” said Shikamaru.

Neji activated his Byakugan and looked around.

“I don’t see anyone,” said Neji.




To be continued