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Seven Deadly Sins – Chapter 1

The Sin of Wrath

Sternritter "G", Liltotto Lamperd was a practical individual. Unlike most of her peers she was one of the few to actually think things through instead of charging at everything head-first. Which was why she found herself curbing her own shock and surprise at the turn of events in favor of analyzing what had just occurred.

Leaving Bambi behind had been, more or less, an act of mischief. That and none of them had thought she needed any back-up, and not to mention, it was better to be as far away as possible when she went on a rampage – especially if she activated her Quincy: Vollständig. As much as she would never admit it out loud, there was a reason as to why none of them had rose to oppose her when Bambi had proclaimed herself the leader of their group of five female Sternritter.

Bambi was strong.

So, their shock when Bambi was cleanly overpowered at her best and about to be killed really was understandable. But what was even more surprising was this unknown Quincy coming literally out of nowhere and effortlessly stopping the Bankai – that overpowered a Sternritter in their Vollständig – dead in its tracks with a single hand while he simultaneously rescued Bambi with the other.

Liltotto studied the man, still not knowing just what to make of him. She didn't think he was a Sternritter since all of them were accounted for and she had never seen him before, and yet there was no way he was one of the ordinary grunts either.

In that case, exactly who was he?

"So~ lame! Bambi just got her ass handed to her on a platter!"

Breaking out of her thoughts, Liltotto casted a look at the speaker to see Sternritter "T", Candice Catnipp with one leg placed upon the rising edge of the building they were standing on and looking at the scene with a stupid - as it always was to Liltotto – grin.

"As always, I see that you're bitching over things that don't matter." The response she received was well predicted.

"HUH! How does Bambi royally getting her ass handed to her not matter!?"

She pointedly ignored the raging Candice to once more turn her gaze at the mysterious man. While normally she would agree with Candi that Bambi losing would rise some concern – not of worry for Bambi mind you – but right now she found herself far more concerned with the guy holding Bambi than the Explode herself.

That level of Reiatsu wasn't normal, even by Sternritter standards.

"That guy," she began as she turned her attention to the only male Sternritter in the vicinity, "you know who he is, don't you, Robert? Judging by your star-struck face,"

She got no response from the Sternritter "N" though, and before she could press any further, a booming sound caught her attention. Turning to the scene once more she saw that the man had deflected the blade. Which also seemed to have thrown the Bankai off-balance as the huge body fell to the ground in an unceremonious heap.

And then he disappeared – reappearing right between her and the other three and Robert the exact same moment he had disappeared from his previous spot, causing her, as well as her companions', eyes to widen at the display of speed.

That was the fastest Hirenkyaku anyone of them had ever seen!

Still, this close to him, she reaffirmed her opinion that he was no ordinary grunt as even her three always bitching companions had gone completely mum by his presence alone.

Despite his seemingly sunny demeanor, his Reiryoku, not even exerted and kept perfectly in-check, just screamed, 'Mess with me, and die!'

It was hard to believe that any Quincy other than His Majesty could even possess such Spirit Energy!

Her eyes then suddenly widened at her previous thought as realization coupled with doubt hit her. This man, he couldn't possibly be!

Meanwhile, completely nonchalant about the looks he was receiving, Naruto put Bambietta down and proceeded to check over her injuries, before he nodded to himself when he found nothing serious. "Good, you're alright! That must have been scary – as is any near-death encounter!" He said while grinning down at her.

All the while, Bambietta just gaped dumbfounded at the blue-eyed man.

"Sir Naruto."

Blinking once, Naruto turned his attention to the speaker and his eyes lit up in recognition. "Oh, Robert! It's good to see you're doing alright!"

The addressed Sternritter smiled in return before speaking respectfully, "It is good to have you back with us Sir."

His words earned a laugh from Naruto. "Yeah well, I would say it's good to be back but…" He trailed off, rubbing the back of his head as his laughter died down, "It doesn't feel like that at all. In fact, I'd say that it feels like I went to sleep within a war yesterday and woke up in the midst of the same war the day after." He said, turning to look at the numerous battles going on below almost everywhere within Wandenreich.

"I would not say you are completely wrong about that, Sir." Robert said, following Naruto's line of sight, "This is that very same war: The Thousand-Year Blood War!"

Naruto hummed to himself as he continued to stare at the raging battles before breaking his stare and turning to the female Sternritters gathered there. "And I take it they are our new members?"

"Yes." Robert affirmed. "You will have to forgive them for they do not yet recognize who you are."

"It's fine, it's fine! Now let's see," Naruto simply waved him off as he studied the girls, his eyes settling on the petite young girl with the chin-length blonde hair first as he spoke, "Sternritter "G" - The Glutton, Liltotto Lamperd." He could make out something clicking in her eyes when he spoke of their Schrift along with their names. He didn't stop to give it much thought though. Perhaps she figured out why he knew without being told.

He turned his gaze to study the slender green-haired woman with bangs the shape of lightning bolts next, "Sternritter "T" - The Thunderbolt, Candice Catnipp." She responded with a scowl and seemed right about ready to snap at him. He didn't give her the chance though as he had already moved on.

He then settled his gaze upon the pink-haired girl with the busty figure and continued, "Sternritter "P" - The Power, Meninas McAllon." Her response was a curious tilt of her head coupled with a blink of her wide emerald eyes.

Turning to the fourth girl with the long black hair and blue eyes, he spoke, "Sternritter "Z" - The Zombie, Giselle Gewelle." The response he got from her was a curiously blank look with wide eyes. Naruto gave a low chuckle at that.

He then turned to the last one still sitting on the ground, who finally seemed have broken out of her dumbfounded state, "And finally, Sternritter "E" - The Explode, Bambietta Basterbine."

"That's right!"

Naruto turned his attention to Candice, who had finally snapped.

"Now mind telling us who you are, hotshot!" She exclaimed, looking thoroughly annoyed.

Naruto blinked in realization. "Oh, that's right! I haven't introduced myself yet! Well I am –" He started to say but suddenly he cut himself off by turning and blocking the shockwave about to hit them.

Once the harsh wind resulted by said shockwave died down, Naruto stared at the giant standing on the same spot as before with its sword raised, "He's back already? I thought I had completely broken his balance and messed up his rhythm. I get he's tough, but that's an insane recovery rate!"

"Yeah it's not that easy,"

Naruto looked over at Bambietta to see her looking at the gigantic Bankai with gritted teeth.

"He's immortal. And both he and his Bankai are impervious to damage, and even if you do manage to deal some, he'll recover immediately! I'd say that was the longest he's been down." She spoke with what appeared to be begrudging respect. Now for whom he wasn't exactly certain but he doubted that it was for the Shinigami.

"I see… That's troubling." Naruto started, looking back at the demonic-looking giant to see it getting ready to attack, "We can't leave that at large. I guess I better go and take care of it." Despite his words, he looked fairly unconcerned.

Bambietta on the other hand though, didn't appear as unconcerned if her wide eyes turning to Naruto were any indication, "Wha– Didn't you hear what I just said: he doesn't take damage! How are you going to 'take care of him'?"

Naruto just smiled – a bit too cheerfully to her – and said, "Ma~ I appreciate the concern Bambi-chan but trust me when I say that I will be fine." He turned away from her once more as his eyes seemed to gain a glint. "I may not look like it, but beating the unbeatable is my specialty!"

With those parting words, he jumped and flew straight at his decided opponent with blinding speed. And was met with the blade about to take his head off.

Flipping upwards at the last second, his fingers traced the flat side of the giant sword as it whirled beneath and right past him. He then righted himself immediately afterwards and charged at the giant's face.

His fist hit the target with such force that the ground beneath went up in debris as the torso of the giant was pushed back while the head just barely managed to remain intact.

Just then, Naruto's eyes widened in alert and he crossed his arms over his chest with Blut Vene activating in the nick of time, right as a giant fist hit him from below and shot him to the sky. Stopping himself right before he hit the membrane surrounding the Seireitei, he recovered to see the giant hadn't completely toppled over as he had hoped but had instead stopped itself by firmly planting its other leg parallel to the fall.

"Hm…" Naruto raised his right hand, before swinging it in an arc below him. "Sankt Bogen!" He called out and a huge golden bow, roughly twice the size of the humongous Bankai's sword, with a single arrow drawn appeared, before it fired.

Down below, in response to Naruto's attack, the giant reared its sword, and swung. It met the golden arrow head-on and an explosion that rocked the air was resulted from the clash.

Naruto dismissed the bow and moved lower in the air. He looked towards the explosion concealing the giant. Just as expected, he could tell that the Bankai had certainly taken considerable damage despite countering his attack, but was recovering at a ridiculous speed.

It was but a moment later that he felt his opponent right behind him. He rounded towards it to see that it had jumped high into the air and was coming at him with its sword raised and about to cut him down.

In response, he backhanded the blade right before it could, blasting it upwards.

He got no chance to relax though as a giant fist was already upon him. He met his opponent's left fist with his right. Their clash resulted in a shockwave as the two fought for dominance only for a second before the Bankai's entire arm was blown to bits while Naruto was shot to the ground below, obliterating it upon contact.

Naruto blew the rubble off of him at the exact same time as the giant crashed to the ground, its arm already regenerated. The twin flames for eyes seemed to zero in on his intense blue, and the two wasted no time in charging at each other again.

Naruto created a golden broadsword with a crossed shaped guard out of Reishi in mid-charge, and as they neared one another, the giant thrust out its sword to strike down the incoming Naruto, who kept on coming straight regardless and met the hostile sword with his own. The resulting backlash blew away everything around the two.

Sparks flew from the clashed blades as they fought to dominate the other. They were both deflected however, before proceeding to meet in a series of clashes. The two went at each other with blow after blow, with thrust after thrust, with strike after strike in their struggle to overtake the other, before once more breaking apart.

Naruto landed on his feet a good distance away from the giant and reared his broadsword before he swung it in a wide arc. The blade extended in a huge beam of golden Reishi and went to bisect the towering Bankai. But alas, it only met the opposing sword and was blocked. Then with a twist of his wrists, Naruto redirected the extending Reishi-blade towards the giant's head. However, instead of beheading the demonic entity, his opponent dodged by rearing its head to the side and he only cut off one of the horns.

Wasting no time, Naruto dismissed the golden beam back into the broadsword and appeared right by the Bankai's face in a quick Hirenkyaku and jabbed two fingers into the forehead, right as the horn reattached itself.

There was a flash of gold, and golden Reiatsu crackled like lightning all around the Bankai causing it to fall to its knees, incapacitated.

Naruto calmly landed on the ground behind the fallen giant and settled his gaze upon the Shinigami standing some distance away but still close by, and charged. It took a quick, one-stepped Hirenkyaku and Naruto was upon the Soul Reaper in blink of an eye, clashing with the Zanpakutō with his Reishi-sword.

Naruto looked at the beast of a man straight in the eyes and grinned, "Yo!"

Said beastly man responded with silence though, and only applied more force to fight Naruto back.

Naruto simply responded with equal strength and opened his mouth to say something but stopped himself when he noticed something, and his eyes widened. "You… that hole in your chest…?"

Naruto's face turned serious for the first time since he appeared on the battleground as he proceeded to study the guy. He took in his unnatural appearance, the fluctuation of his Reiryoku, the hole in his chest, and most of all his missing heart. His eyes narrowed. "I see. So that's how you attained immortality." He then fixed his opponent with a hard glare. "Tell me, you do know that there will be penance for this sacrifice, right?

The look his opponent gave him told him all that he needed to know.

"So then why?" He gave a pause here. "Why throw your life away?"

"…I haven't thrown it away." The Shinigami spoke for the first time.

"And how so? I can tell that you are at your limit. Even if you actually managed to beat me, you wouldn't walk away victorious! And the same would have happened even if I had left you alone after beating Bambietta. This is meant to be a war of preservation and survival for you Shinigami, isn't it? So I don't see how sacrificing yourself to attain short-lived immortality just to take one opponent down with you is worth it when you can use your power to better impact the war."

"I haven't thrown it away." The Shinigami repeated. "I have merely gambled it. You are right that it is a war of preservation and survival for us, but more than anything, it is a war to protect! To protect all that makes up this Soul Society; to protect everything that is threatened by Yhwach …and you Seven Deadly Sins. And it was with this conviction that from the moment I set foot on this battlefield, I had already left my life behind. And even if this won't be enough to defeat you… I still don't see any reason why I shouldn't put my life on the line in try to do so!"

Naruto's eyes widened as following the exclamation, the Shinigami released a powerful burst of Reiatsu which blasted him away.

Naruto though, wasn't fazed much by the surprise attack and landed on his feet not far away. His eyes once more widened when he felt the presence of the giant towering over him. And before he could do anything, a fist smashed him into the ground, pulverizing it.

Sajin Komamura was at his limit – no, he was far past his limit. And yet, it did not seem to be enough to defeat his opponent.

When he had first heard of the Seven Deadly Sins from his great-grandfather, it had come as a shock to learn that there existed Quincy who were far worse than anything they had ever faced – Aizen, the Espada, and even the Sternritter included. While it had, of course, hardened his resolve to attain the Humanization Technique in order to battle this new threat,

This… this was unlike anything he had expected.

His Bankai, Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō, was one of the mightiest in terms of raw offensive power. The destructive force behind its attacks is such that a single strike of its sword was enough to take out even a captain-class fighter, and in his entire career, only two have survived beyond a single strike, but even they had not come out without serious damage. And Dangai Jōe was an even mightier form. So it was disconcerting to see someone take blow after blow without any damage to speak of.

For the first time, his Bankai failed to so much as trip his opponent's feet when its attacks connected without fail.

But it wasn't over just yet. He thought as he looked at the cloud of dust concealing the blond haired Sin. It was unlikely he was taken down by that just now, and most likely, because of his immense Reiatsu broad attacks won't have any effect. If he wanted to take out this Sin here and now, then he will have to cage the entity of the destructive power and Reiryoku of his Bankai into his Zanpakutō for a single, focused strike.

That might be the only chance.

Sajin looked at Tenken and narrowed his eyes in resolve. Seems like this will be the first time ever he grips his sword with both hands.

"The resolve to protect even if it means to put your life on the line, huh…"

He was broken out of his thoughts at that and looked up in time to see the dust cloud blown away by a gust of wind to show his opponent; far from being done in, hadn't even fallen to his knees, having blocked the fist of Dangai Jōe with his own.

His eyes were glazed over as they looked at the sky, as if he was trying to grasp at a time he no longer could, as he spoke to himself, "I wonder how long it has been since I last had to put my life on the line to fight for something…"

Now that caught Sajin's attention, but before anything could be said, his opponent turned his gaze to him – with a different light to those blue eyes.

"I'm sorry, I guess," Began the Sin, and an unimaginable Reiatsu drowned the world surrounding Sajin, "It was rude of me to not answer your conviction with everything I had!"

Sajin's eyes widened at both the Reiatsu that felt as if the world itself had been plunged to the depths of the ocean and the killing intent along with it. He had thought that his opponent seemed to be lacking the intent throughout the battle, and he had been right.

But now that appeared to have changed.

Sajin quickly griped his sword with both hands and went on the offense. His Bankai following at the exact time.

The Sin though, too responded at the same time by simply turning towards Dangai Jōe and readying his broadsword which broke apart to form a bow and an arrow. He didn't seem bothered by the incoming sword and calmly fired.

The Bankai sword came to a full stop mere inches from its target as the arrow pierced Dangai Jōe right in the heart, and Sajin felt a golden light fill up the hole in his chest.

Cracks started to appear around the place where the arrow had hit that soon started to spread all over the body of Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō with a golden light peeking out, and the moment the cracks finished spreading out, the light grew in proportions and the Bankai burst to particles in a blinding flash of gold.

As the light died down, Sajin fell to his knees breathing hard. He didn't know what his opponent had done, but he was forced out of his Bankai state and drained of his Reiryoku to the point where he could no longer even lift his sword. Just what–

Ba-dump

Sajin's eyes widened at that all too familiar thump in his chest and turned to see that the hole on longer existed, before placing his hand over to feel the steady rhythm of his beating heart.

"I removed your immortality."

His head snapped upwards to see his opponent standing right before him. Too shocked, he could only get out, "You… what…?"

"Absolute Removal." The Sin spoke, looking down at him, "That is my innate power. To put it simply, this power allows me to remove any power or special ability attained through a specific means such as through the drinking of His Majesty's blood, or a sacrifice in your case. It also allows me to know the basic nature of the power attained, and in the case of a Quincy, even the identity of the person."

Sajin's eyes narrowed a bit at that, 'I see… so that's how. But,' he looked at his hands, his human hands, 'but that still doesn't explain how I am still in my human form.'

"But I made an exception with you."

He looked up at the blond again.

"I only removed your immortality and left the power you attained after the sacrifice untouched."

He stared at the Sin, 'So that's how it is,' but still though, "Why?" Asked Sajin. There was no other way to put it.

"Leaving you to die a dog's death would be easy, but I have come to respect you enough to at least give you a proper end." He answered as golden Reishi started gathering in his hand to form a long single-edged sword. It appeared to be made out of some kind of golden metal with a silver edge and was similar to a Katana except for the unusually long length and the lack of both a guard and a handle.

Sajin closed his eyes as he took everything in, and in acceptation of his looming fate, "I am grateful." And he was for being allowed to die like a captain of the Gotei, "But if this is the end, then let us at least introduce ourselves." He opened his eyes to once more look at the Sin. "I am the Captain of the 7th Division of the Gotei 13, Sajin Komamura."

The Sin looked down at him and raised his sword before speaking, "I am the Supreme-Commander of the Quincy, and the Sternritter Grand-Master. The Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins. The Sin of Wrath, Uzumaki Naruto." The now identified, Naruto, introduced as he went deliver the finishing blow when he suddenly stopped and turned his head to the side, right as he was blasted away by a Kidō spell.

(Meanwhile)

There was silence among the female Sternritter as they stood watching the battle. They were still trying to digest what they had learned about the blond-haired man from Robert, namely, his identity.

While they were the youngest members of the Sternritter, having joined about 200 years ago, even they knew of the Seven Deadly Sins; the Supreme-Commander and the Commander-Generals of the Quincy, where even one was said to possess power greater than Sternritter combined. Even among the Quincy folklore and tales they were spoken of with fear and respect almost on the same level as His Majesty, the Quincy King.

Really, it was hard to not know of them when you were a Quincy.

But still, knowing of their legend and meeting one in person was a completely different matter.

Finally, the silence was broken by Meninas who spoke with a hand cupping her cheek, "What incredible strength. It's almost like he has my, The Power. Honestly, I feel a little conflicted."

A scoff came from Candice, "Yeah, that's some incredible strength alright! But he isn't showcasing any of that supposed legendary power of his! That's just barely above the Sternritter level!"

"What are you two, stupid?"

A vein throbbed on Candice's forehead as she along with Meninas turned to Liltotto to retort, but one look at both her and Bambietta's face stopped her.

They were looking at the Sin of Wrath with wide eyes filled with disbelief, and if you looked carefully enough, fear.

"Lil? Bambi?"

"As expected of the Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins… is what I suppose I should be saying…" Liltotto spoke with a low tone.

Candice and Meninas looked at each other a little confused, while Giselle looked on with her mouth hanging open and her eyes wide with wonder.

It was Bambietta who spoke next, "That Bankai is no joke." She stated, "It took my Vollständig to even begin fighting it and even then it wasn't enough! And that attack power… it can take out even a Sternritter with a single strike. And yet…"

Liltotto took up speaking again, "Leaving the fact that he took on a Bankai in his base form – which is suicidal without Vollständig – and trashed it aside, he also only used Blut Vene. In other words he was fighting in a defensive position."

Candi and Meni had their eyes widened at Lil's unsaid words: The Sin of Wrath was always spoken of for his peerless offensive power! And Blut Vene, while enhancing the defensive power, compromised the offensive power in return.

"Now just hold on a damn minute, Lil!" Candi began to say in disbelief, "You aren't honestly telling me that he wasn't even using Blut Arterie while fighting a fucking Bankai! The–"

Whatever she was about to say was cut off by the unbelievable surge Reiatsu that came from the Seven Deadly Sins Captain. She turned towards the scene to see Naruto destroy the Bankai with a single arrow. But what caught her attention the most was the subtle receding of the Blut Vene markings right before he attacked – a sign of the switch to Blut Arterie, and for the first time it would seem.

And it seems she wasn't the only one to notice as Lil spoke, "Did that answer your question?"

She remained silent. Certainly, pride be damned, what they had just witnessed was something that no Sternritter would ever be able to accomplish.

So this was a Sin. Someone capable of taking down an immortal opponent without effort.

Yes, they were starting to get the idea of why the Seven Deadly Sins were as revered as they were by the Quincy.

Naruto landed on his feet and reared his sword before swinging – blowing away the remnants of the Kidō spell and the dust cloud.

He settled his gaze upon the caster and couldn't help but grin, "Yo, I was wondering when you were gonna show up …Yachiru."

The 4th Division Captain, Retsu Unohana remained silent as she settled her gaze at Naruto from where she stood in front of Sajin.

"Captain!"

She didn't bothering turning as the 7th Division Lieutenant, Tetsuzaemon Iba landed right by his captain.

"Captain, are you alright!?" He asked frantically.

"Tetsuzaemon," Sajin addressed his second-in-command, "Yes, there is no need to worry."

Tetsuzaemon was about to release a sigh of relief when Unohana cut in, "Lieutenant Iba," She began, gaining his attention, "Please take Captain Komamura to Isane or Inoue-san immediately …and leave this place as quickly as you can."

He was a bit unnerved, but complied nonetheless as he took his captain's arm and placed his over his shoulder as support and prepared to Flash Step away when he was stopped Sajin.

"Captain Unohana," He fixed his gaze upon the 4th Division Captain, "Are you going to be alright?"

Unohana looked at Sajin from the corner of her eye silently before once more turning her gaze at Naruto who appeared to be waiting on her with that obnoxious grin, and her eyes narrowed further, "Who knows." She answered, "The opponent is the Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins. I would be lying if I said that it was alright, but at least… he has no intention of killing me …like how he had no intention of killing you."

Sajin turned his attention towards the Sin of Wrath. No intention of killing him huh… Well, he could certainly believe that. Considering that he was still alive after taking on an opponent who made it painfully clear that he could kill him at any time.

He turned to his Lieutenant, "Let's go, Tetsuzaemon." He received a nod before they flashed away.

There was silence as she was left alone with Naruto, with the air surprisingly calm despite the tension as the two stared each other down.

Finally Unohana spoke, "I suppose I should be saying: 'it's been a long time.' But I could have lived without seeing your face again."

Naruto merely grinned wider at those words, "Now that's just a mean thing to say in our long awaited reunion." He then tilted his head to the side a bit in thought, "Well, not that it feels like a long time to me."

Nothing else was said after that for a long moment before without any warning the two simultaneously disappeared from their spots and reappeared with their swords clashed in a deadlock, right in the middle.

The earth beneath cracked as stones and debris were lifted off the ground and into the air turned thick and heavy from the combined pressure from their Reiatsu, while their Reiryoku clashed in bursts of golden and blue lightning and reduced the stones to dust.

Naruto pushed down harder against Unohana's sword as he commented, "But you really have mellowed out in the past thousand years! It's almost unbelievable that you were once the most diabolical criminal in the history of Soul Society."

Unohana remained silent and used the tip of her sword to direct Naruto's to the side and onto the ground causing it to crack further from the force. She then wasted no time in aiming for Naruto's neck.

Naruto simply deflected the blade with his own and responded with a thirst to pierce her head.

Unohana ducked and closed the distance in a single step. Placing her palm on Naruto's chest, she released another Kidō spell which forced them apart.

"Yep, you really have changed." Came Naruto voice before the blast cleared to show his unfazed form, "The you from before would never use offensive Kidō in a battle."

Unohana lowered her palm as she stared at him, "Yes well, you are not an opponent I can take with just my sword."

Naruto pointed his index finger at her, "You say that while knowing that such attacks will never get past my Blut?" He spoke, firing a thin golden arrow that left behind a trail at her from his finger tip.

Unohana deflected the arrow with her sword before proceeding on the ones that followed. She danced as she met and destroyed every single arrow with her sword.

In the next instant, Naruto appeared right behind her with his back to hers and sword resting on his shoulder, "It's strange that you're playing along with me when you would normally be coming to kill me with the first attack." He seemed to wonder more to himself, before he swung his sword to behead her.

She blocked his strike with a dagger before rounding towards him and swinging her own sword with the intent of beheading him.

Naruto merely sliced clean through the dagger and blocked without effort. He then perked up though, when he noticed that she was already in position for the next strike with her sword gripped with both hands and raised above her head.

"Ryōdan." Unohana calmly stated as she brought down her sword wrapped in Reiatsu that was released and extended into the distance, cutting open the very ground itself.

She too perked up though, when it cleared to show that Naruto had dodged to the side by a step and had his finger pointed at her temple as it glowed golden at the tip. He fired without warning, though she dodged with a quick Flash Step.

She got no chance to relax however, when Naruto swung his sword with one hand and released an arc of golden energy at her.

Instead of dodging, she readied her sword and met the slash head on. She deflected it without significant effort and immediately blocked the blade of gold that came at her from within the curtain of Reishi.

The two stared at each other as the Reishi dispersed. Then suddenly, Naruto's sword glowed golden as his Reiatsu surged and the force pressing down on Unohana increased exponentially to the point that the ground beneath their feet cracked and caved into a crater.

Unohana's eyes widened as she saw the briefest sign of anger in those blue eyes before her eyes narrowed and hardened. Seems like play time was coming to an end. Her own Reiatsu surged to fight the oppressing force, enlarging the crater, as the earth shuddered and broke apart from their clashing Reiatsu.

The two then suddenly deflected the other blade before immediately going for another, more powerful strike.

The moment their swords met, a force that upturned large chunks of earth and pushed the air itself outwards was expelled as they fought for dominance before being deflected and blown apart.

They landed a good distance away without taking their eyes away from one another, and preparing to charge at the other once more. They were stopped though, by the sudden appearance of an all too familiar Reiatsu, especially to Naruto, on the battlefield.

Before the two could even turn towards the source, someone glomped Naruto in a hug around the waist with the cry,

"CAPTAIN!"

To be continued…

AN: Yo guys, it's been a while! Now I know I said that I will be updating Moonless Night next but so many things happened this last year that I couldn't focus on hobbies like writing fanfiction, and as a result, my motivation died splendidly. It was just recently that I could focus again and since this was on the surface, I decided to just write it down to get my motivation back at least.

So anyways, how did you guys like this chapter? This was mainly just the introduction of Naruto, and a small display of his base-form power to give you guys an idea. I have, for the most part, fleshed out the powers of the Seven Deadly Sins as well as how most of the fights will turn out, and if I can just type what I have in mind, then the all-out fights will be quite something! Though that would be difficult as I can't just type whatever I want.

The next issue will be of the pairing part. Well, even though I couldn't focus on writing, I did manage to think through the plots of my stories, and let's just say that there was no way to put in any development between the pairings as this story is pretty much entirely a war; and some character development is the most that can be achieved. That's why, I have decided to just finish the story and do a spin-off featuring the pairings afterwards as otherwise the story will collapse. I hope you guys can understand.

Well that will be it for this chapter, and the next will feature the second member of the Seven Deadly Sins. Any thought on who it could be? Do let me know of your thoughts in a review, and if you have any suggestion, complaint, or simply want o discus, then feel free to PM me. I will also post the answers of the reviews (as well as any news etc. regarding my stories) on my facebook page (the link can be found on my profile) after a 1 day or 2. So be sure to check it out for my answers to your questions.

Next chapter: The Sin of Greed

- El Emperador