NaruHina: Tales of the Shinigami

-chapter 15-

"Speech"

'Thought'

Jutsu/Kido

Itachi and Sasuke's battle was off the charts. Various Kido and Jutsu were thrown, both contenders already with their Shikai.

"I must admit, you're very skilled. You even rival me if I was still a Shinigami, but now, it's over!" Itachi said as he waved his hand over his face. "Hollowfication!" The mask of the weasel appeared on Itachi's face.

"Bankai!"

Sasuke went into his Bankai form. "Amaterasu Ryuenjin."

'I can almost release my Bankai, just you wait Sasuke.'

"Enton: Karyuu Endan!"

A fire breathing red dragon emerged out of Sasuke's mouth, but once it went through Amaterasau, the red hot dragon became jet black, and shot jet black flames at Itachi, who dodged the attack.

"Amaterasu Dragon Flame Wave!"

"Cero!"

The cero went through the dragon flame wave.

"SHIT!" Sasuke immediately brought up his blade to guard. The Cero was reflected to either side of Sasuke.

"Hollowfication!"

Sasuke's dragon phoenix mask appeared. "Cero!"

"Cero."

The two Cero canceled each other out.

"Cero…Chidori!"

Itachi deflected the blow to the side, and shoved a foot into his gut.

"Omph!"

While Sasuke was stunned, Itachi caught his eyes in a genjutsu, or at least tried to. "Tsukuyomi."

"For the next seventy two hours, you will relieve your childhood being chased by fangirls, but they will catch you and do something that will scar you forever." Itachi said to Sasuke as he was tied to a cross.

"Hehehe…"

"What's so funny?"

"Those fangirls won't do a thing…because like you, I also have the Mangekyo Sharingan."

"Nani?"

Tsukuyomi had no effect on Sasuke.

"I don't believe it!" Muttered Itachi.

"Believe it!" Said Sasuke as he swung his blade, then realizing what he just said, the thought passed through his head.

'I've been spending way too much time with Naruto-taicho…'

"Heh…believe it? You are more like Naruto then I thought…"

"SHUT UP!"

'I did it…I infiltrated Soul Society…' Thought Espada number 2 as he stealthily slipped around a corner, only to run into two Shinigami…worse, two captain class Shinigami!

"And here we were about to have fun with Hinata-chan." Said one of the two.

"Yuki….since you're a shadow clone, he will easily be able to…"

"Fine fine, Naruto." Said Yuki, as she dispeled herself.

'Hmm…someone was horny…'

"Perfect." Naruto said as he spiked his reiatsu level slightly. His Zanpakuto materialized into his hand.

"Awaken, Hikari-Hime!"

Itachi and Sasuke were both worn out. Sasuke was down on the floor, with Itachi barely standing on his two feet.

"Good match, Sasuke, but you still need some work."

"Aniki, how can I become strong like you?"

Itachi normally would say, "Hate me, detest me, and cling to life." However, this was the yang of Itachi, so he said. "Only when you have people that are precious to you…by defending them, you will become truly strong."

"You took the words right out of my mouth." Said a soft voice. Itachi looked around, and spotted another Shinigami, a woman.

"And who are you?"

"Oh, sorry. My name is Haku…Uchiha Haku…I'm the wife of Sasuke."

'What! He got laid before I did!' Coughing, Itachi turned his head to Sasuke. "You already have at least one who is precious…your wife."

"Yeah, I'm lucky to have her." Said Sasuke. "What are you doing here anyway?"

"Is it a crime…to see my own husband? I was wondering where you were…plus if you were fighting, I wanted to fight too…"

"Is that so? Well, Sasuke and I had just finished fighting…care to give me a shot?" Asked Itachi.

"Sure."

Itachi was tired out from his battle with Sasuke, but nevertheless, drew out his Zanpakutou, along with Haku.

"Chill to the Bone, Hyorinkaisou!" Haku's zanpakuto split in two, and was frozen.

'A double blade Zanpakutou? Great…' Itachi thought despairingly, before he called on his Zanpakutou.

"Blaze with Glory, Fenikkusu Kaen Guntou." Tiredly muttered Itachi.

"Split, Rei!(1)"

Despite its name, Rei split into 6 blades that were moving independently, but following his hands. He grasped one blade in his left, two in his right, then swung the three around until he had control of all six.

A thrust attack by number 2 sent all 6 blades forward. Naruto barely dodged it.

'This guy…' Naruto thought as he tried his best to avoid his blows.

'That's it!' "Bankai!"

The Bankai forced the hood of the Espada and revealed him.

'Pain!' "Awaken, Master Drive, Hikari-Hime."

Despite Bankai, Naruto could not even hit the newly revealed Pain once. Naruto had to resort to going Final Form, but then, an unexpected ally joined the fight.

"Sit upon the frosted heavens, Hyorinmaru!"

"Toshiro!"

With Toshiro's assistance, Naruto was able to inflict pain on Pain. (A/N no pun or whatever intended.)

With several grunts, Pain was able to inflict pain back to both Naruto and Toshiro, several times.

"OK, you asked for it! Bankai!"

When Toshiro was revealed, he sprouted dragon wings made of ice. His right hand holding the Zanpakutou became wrapped with ice, ending with a dragon's head. The other arm was similarly wrapped, but there was nothing ending it. Toshiro's feet became frozen foot claws.

"Daiguren Hyorinmaru."

Toshiro took flight, aiming for a nose dive, while Naruto produced a spiraling ball of blue chakra, which formed into a sphere, and wind energy surrounded Naruto and was absorbed into the Jutsu.

"Futon: Rasenshuriken!" Shouted Naruto, as he tossed the attack forward, like a frissbee, which spun directly towards Pain. Pain was struck, but shook it off like nothing.

"Rei!"

Rei formed into a dragon, and Pain floated on it. A blast of wind energy blew Naruto back, damaging him.

"Ryūsenka!" Shouted Toshiro, as he came down and stabbed Pain, freezing him to the core. Toshiro landed, and feeling no remorse, flicked his fingers at the block of ice, shattering it.

"It's over."

"Not quite!"

Pain came back, very much alive, but that isn't really accurate. A total of six Pains came back.

"KuroRasengan!" All 6 Pain's shouted, before slamming them all together, causing an explosion of dark energy to burst out. The shockwave of the dark energy sent Toshiro back. Naruto barely hung on.

Despite Itachi being deathly tired, he actually put up a good fight against Haku, a testament to his skills. However, he barely won the match.

"You are strong, Haku. Sasuke has made a wise choice in making you his wife." Itachi then got a perverted thought. 'She's hot too! Maybe she'll cheat on Sasuke…'

-Itachi's mindscape-

Itachi met with a horrifying sight, his mother with a frying pan!

"What did I do this time?"

"You had impure thoughts about Sasuke's wife! For that…" Mikoto started to run after Itachi, who had no choice but to flee.

'I can swear, Mikoto is permanently PMSing!'

"I HEARD THAT!"

'Shit…'

-Real world-

Itachi convulsed, and passed out.

'What the?' Thought Sasuke.

"Futon: Odama Rasenshuriken!"

Pain countered with a variation of Naruto's jutsu. "KuroRasengan!"

The dark energy and the power of the winds met in a great clash. They exploded, sending both Naruto and Pain to the ground.

"You're very skilled Naruto…but let's see…how much energy you have left…TO STOP THIS!"

Pain disappeared in a blur of dark energy, united into one form, then produced two Kuro Rasengan in both hands, then brought them together above him.

"Holy!" Exclaimed Naruto.

"Is it just me, or this that black ball of destruction getting BIGGER?" Shouted Toshiro.

"There's only one choice. Toshiro, let me borrow one of those flowers floating behind you…transfer that energy to me!"

"OK." 'I don't see how this can help.' Toshiro transferred the energy of one of his flowers and gave it to Naruto.

"RAAA!" Just as Naruto got the extra boost of power, it overloaded, causing an ice blue chakra shroud surrounding Naruto. Naruto, with great effort, manipulated the surplus of chakra into two spiraling spheres on either hand, and seemed to gather more energy, before forcing them together in front of him. The big ball of chakra steadily grew bigger and bigger, far surpassing the size of an Odama Rasengan…there was still a slight surplus of chakra around him. Forcing it just as Pain launched the gigantic death ball, Naruto released the gigantic burst of energy. The burst of energy, later known as Futon: Rasenshuriken Burst, met with the gigantic death ball. Where the two met, there was no movement, that is, until Naruto focused more energy and the death ball was subtly pushed back. Pain countered by shooting more KuroRasengaan into the death ball, making the gigantic death ball into a huge one. All of this was taking place in the middle of Soul Society. The huge ball of death pushed back the Rasenshuriken. Naruto strained under the pressure, and forced the energy surrounding him into himself. An explosion of chakra and reiatsu occurred, but mainly focused around himself. Naruto was able to overpower the huge death ball. His Rasenshuriken Burst easily pierced through the death ball. Pain, having no choice but to dodge it, attempted to do so, but thanks to a binding spell cast by Toshiro, Pain couldn't, and took the full force of the blast. Pain screamed in pain, and slowly, chunks of his body began to disperse.

Unfortunately, the Pain that was battling Naruto was a clone of the real Pain, but with 95 percent of the original Pain's chakra. Despite the Pain that was in Soul Society being in great pain, the real Pain felt a sensation that he had never felt before.

'Is this…pain?' Shaking the thought off, he accidentally caught the eye sight of one Uchiha Madara. His Tsukuyomi had completely hypnotized him, making Pain Madara's loyal slave.

"Nagato, assume leadership of the Espada, like you usually do, but don't disappoint me again!"

"Yes master." Nagato said in a monotone.

Naruto collapsed from exhaustion. There was no sign of Pain, but Naruto had no idea if Pain was a clone or not. Naruto shakily got to his feet, but almost collapsed again. Luckily, Toshiro quickly ran forward, and allowed Naruto to lean on his shoulder.

"Rough day huh?"

"Yeah…"

Toshiro lead Naruto to the division 4 barracks. Unluckily, Toshiro met the vice captain.

"What happened to Naruto?" Asked Kushina.

"Didn't you look outside 15 minutes ago? Naruto, with my help, was able to defeat Espada number 2, whose last attack was a huge ball of dark energy."

"I've been outside for the past half hour to get some air. I didn't see Naruto or this huge ball of energy."

'Maybe Espada number two made a barrier surrounding the battle field. Everybody within could see perfectly, but everyone outside wouldn't see or detect a thing…which would explain why no other Taicho came to help…'

While Toshiro was thinking to himself, he didn't notice that Kushina had healed Naruto, who was now gently sleeping.

"I think some bed rest ought to do him some good. Why don't you leave Naruto here while you go back to finish your paperwork?"

"I'm using a couple of shadow clones to do the work for me."

"…" Kushina slapped her own forehead. "Of course! Now why didn't I think of that?"

"It's OK, Naruto had to tell me about that method."

"Which would explain how both Minato and Naruto complete their paperwork so quickly…they're both using clones to do the work for them!"

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