The God of the Twilight

Chapter 1-A new world

Location: Valley of the End-Post Fourth Shinobi World War... ...Somewhat

The battle had been won. Naruto and Sasuke had managed to beat both Madara and Kaguya where they had successfully freed the Bijuu. However Sasuke and Naruto, or rather Indra and Asura had not gotten over their feud. This led the two of them having a small argument before Sasuke had trapped the just freed Bijuu in sphere"s of earth and now they had ran all the way here to the place where it had all ended, began, and where it would end for the final time. The reason it ended the first time was because of their previous lives Hashirama and Madara fought to the death here with Hashirama winning after killing Madara.

However this is the place where it all began for Sasuke and Naruto as their journey of transmigrants for the first Uchiha and Senju began. When Sasuke had defected Naruto vowed to the world to not only grow stronger, but to bring his ignorant friend, and probably more importantly brother, back to the village. For three years he trained, and for three years he had grown stronger to the point where none of his enemies stood a chance against him in a fight. He had taken down the fabled Rinnegan wielder Pein aka Nagato his cousin, Deidera, Kakuzu, Hidan, Kisame, Sasori, White/Black Zetsu, Obito and Madara.

First his master and father figure Jiraiya had died fighting Pein. Nagato had died reviving everybody that had died in the leaf village. Konan had died protecting Nagato"s Rinnegan when she fought Obito. Itachi had succumbed to his illness when he fought his little brother. Obito had died trying to protect them when Kaguya had fired one of her bone techniques at them. When they sealed Kaguya, Madara had died a second time due to the fact he had once been a jinchuuriki and had his tailed beast, even though it was for a few hours, removed from his body. Now it was their turn... it was the battle that would change everything for them.

"You will either have no choice, but force me to submit to you. Or you"re going to have to kill me... Naruto." Sasuke said. "Revenge will not bring back your fallen clan," replied Naruto, "So as much as I love you as a brother Sasuke, I"m sorry to say I"ll have to go with the first option." he told the Uchiha. Sasuke nodded his head in response "Then so be it. It"s been awhile since we went full out on each other." he responded. His right hand went up in front of his chest, his index and middle finger pointing up while his thumb pressed his ring and pinky finger down. Meanwhile, his eyes had transitioned from black to vermilion red in his right eye and regal violet in his left.

Naruto recognized and mirrored his gesture, as was the standard protocol for a duel between shinobi. They held the Seal Of Confrontation till a single leaf flew out of its tree, blown by the wind. It drifted down towards the water of the lake, carried by the wind in its strong embrace. Once the leaf hit the water, both shinobi jumped down from their respective statues" heads and sprinted across the lake. They flew at each other and initiated a ferocious high-speed taijutsu match.

Sasuke launched a high kick with his left foot, which Naruto blocked. The teen utilized the momentum and flipped, landing on the water. He pushed off and attempted a left hook, but Naruto blocked it once again. This time the Uzumaki retaliated by swinging his right fist but the Uchiha ducked under it. Naruto followed it up with a downward punch with his left hand, but Sasuke evaded it by spinning away in an anticlockwise motion. The moment he spun around, he shot his left elbow towards Naruto. Unsurprisingly, he blocked it with his right forearm.

He quickly continued with a fast right punch, but that too was stopped short by the Uzumaki"s left arm. Naruto abridged off from that block by leaning forward and pressing his shoulder against his right arm and chest in a temporary lock while he attempted a low punch with his right hand. Sasuke caught his fist with his left and violently pushed upwards, breaking free of his hold and getting a grip on his arm. The Uchiha whirled him around and chopped his hand down. Naruto quickly set his elbow up in another block. Sasuke bent his hand over his and slid down the length of his arm, using his fingertips to manipulate his.

In this way, he forced him to form the "Horse" hand seal with him. Naruto looked at it in worry before deciding to thrust his other fist at him. The Uchiha weaved around it and threw his first successful punch at his face, pushing him back. Before he could fall though, he caught his outstretched right arm with his left and this time, forced him to complete the "Tiger" hand seal. Before he could understand what happened, he reaped his left leg out from under him and brought him into a kneel. While still holding his right hand, he shot a kick at his face which he almost managed to block but didn"t.

It connected and the impact stunned him, allowing him to follow up with a second kick to his abdomen. This caused Naruto to double over, enabling Sasuke to plant his feet onto Naruto"s back and kick off explosively like a springboard, launching him away from him. While upside down mid-air, he brought a hand to his lips and expelled a giant fireball. The Uzumaki leapt back and avoided the first one, which crashed into the water and brought up smoke. He then launched two consecutive fireballs. Naruto evaded them by bounding backwards in a zigzag manner, before back-flipping and landing on the side of the statue.

The blond was about to form the clone seal, but was interrupted by a kunai flying out of nowhere which pierced the wall right next to his stomach. Attached to its ring was shinobi wire. Like a zip line, Sasuke pulled himself up and rocketed towards Naruto. The blonde took a step back up the wall and they carried on with some more taijutsu. For unknown reasons, Sasuke was particularly fierce in his taijutsu, more so than usual which put a lot of pressure on Naruto as he had never experienced such a tight battle before. The Uchiha interfered each time he tried to make shadow clones, which was very irritating.

The boy spun down low to avoid a sweeping blow before popping up with a feint and then firing off a kick which sent Naruto off the wall in a plunge. While mid-air, the Uzumaki"s fingers slid into the shadow clone seal. Smoke burst beside him to reveal shadow clones. When Naruto hit the water, he applied chakra to his feet to repel off and after grabbing his shadow clones, swung and tossed them up towards Sasuke like rogue missiles. As expected, the Uchiha managed to dodge the first one by sidestepping and kicked the second away. But while his back was turned, a third clone slammed into him.

Naruto capitalized on this and quickly jumped up after his clone. Seizing her, both rolled at high speeds up the side of the statue and once they reached the top at Hashirama"s shoulders, the blond threw him with great strength at the Shodai"s neck. He smashed into the wall, landing in an upright position. Sasuke looked up and saw several shadow clones with Rasengans in their hands incoming and quickly extracted himself from the crash site. With his Sharingan, he was superior in combat and easily weaved in and out of the clones" attacks and defenses. A Kage Bunshin came at her in a coordinated attack with two other clones.

The Uchiha performed a back-flip and rolled over the first clone"s back, using it like a pommel horse and snapping his feet out sideways to neutralize the other two clones. When he landed, the first clone spun around but he swiftly dispatched it with a vicious uppercut. At that moment, the original flew at him with an intent to initiate a headbutt, but he formed a cross guard and blocked it. He followed up with a roundhouse kick which threw him away. His Rinnegan glowed as he stuck out his hands. The original and the remaining clones surrounding him jumped back only to be drawn in by his Banshō Tenin, unable to resist its attractive force.

He channeled more chakra to his eyes as he executed a second dōjutsu technique, making his right eye warp into a Mangekyōu. "Enton: Honoikazuchi (Blaze Style: Honoikazuchi)" Sasuke intoned. Black flames manifested around him and shaped into spikes which pierced through the clones. Only the original managed to stop it with a partial manifestation in the form of a Six Paths Sage Chakra Arm. Two more manifested from his back and came together before smashing down on the Uchiha, throwing up a lot of smoke. Unsurprisingly, Sasuke escaped from it unscathed. Naruto entered Six Paths Sage Mode and sent a chakra arm at him out of the smoke.

With his Sharingan, he foresaw the motion and quickly dodged it. Another chakra arm branched out, forcing him to evade them in mid-air by leaping from one to another. Naruto sent his left arm in a secondary assault. Sasuke jumped and landed on his chakra arm before springing off it again while forming hand seals. When he entered an upright position, he spewed a giant fireball at the blond. The Uzumaki withdrew one arm and placed it in front of him, expanding the palm to block the fireball. Naruto dug his heels into the ground as the force of the powerful jutsu pushed him back.

All of a sudden, he sensed his chakra appearing behind him. "s**t his left eye is-" The moment he turned back, he smacked him with a Chidori, sending him rocketing off the statue and into the water. Naruto managed to keep himself afloat, just in time to see Sasuke manifesting his Susanoo. A giant purple bow formed in its hands and so did an accompanying arrow. He knocked it along with two other projectiles and fired them off at the Uzumaki, whose hands slid behind him. He then threw the Gedou Dama at the projectiles stopping them and making them land in the water causing a huge explosion which Sasuke used as a cover to channel more chakra to his Susanoo and bring it from a Level three to that of a Perfect Susanoo.

With his advanced chakra control, Sasuke managed to stabilize the chakra of his ultimate weapon and complete the technique"s pinnacle stage. His Susanoo was the size of the Hokage Rock, matching that of Kurama in terms of height. It possessed massive armor and wings, as well as giant wicked blades larger than Gamabunta"s. A gem on its forehead was where Sasuke stood, controlling the entire chakra construct. He jumped off the First"s statue and flew through the smoke towards Naruto. The Uzumaki had sensed a horrendous spike in chakra and braced himself for whatever incoming technique Sasuke was about to throw at him.

He least expected a titanic avatar the size of the Kyuubi. Once Naruto saw it, he clapped his hands together and summoned chakra from Kurama, letting it overflow, wrap around him and converge into an avatar. Sasuke could see that he had channeled the chakra of the Kyuubi and ground to a halt mid-flight. He backpedaled slightly and ripped the warrior"s sword of its sheath just as Kurama"s chakra form came into view, his nine tails flailing menacingly. The Uchiha directed Susanoo"s sword at the Kyuubi but Naruto swiftly repelled it with a vicious swipe of his tail. The force behind the block propelled the sword out of the avatar"s hand and caused it to crash into the nearby forests, taking out many trees in the process.

Sasuke c****d his fist back and swung it at Naruto, who countered similarly. Their chakra avatars" fists clashed and caused water to crest around them in waves, inadvertently exchanging memories. Sasuke was exposed to the hatred Naruto had felt as a child when he was severely mistreated by the village, more than when he had first heard of it from the Uzumaki himself. His loneliness and despite all that, his kindness were also felt by the Uchiha, touching him deeply. As they exchanged more blows, more emotions flooded into each other"s heads, filling them with a blast from the past.

Naruto experienced a sense of loss stronger than anything before, an effect of the Uchiha clan m******e which had scarred Sasuke strongly. He now understood with great clarity why he had been motivated to murder his brother, as well as why he respected him. In his eyes, Naruto"s kindness to him was a balancing force against all the chaos and loss he had encountered as a child, a never-ending source of stability for him. A pillar of strength to support him. The very wind beneath his wings. Sasuke continued his barrage relentlessly, and each time, Naruto blocked it. Finally, his Susanoo executed a kick to his stomach and launched him towards shore.

He sent a fireball at Kurama, but the fox avatar leapt up and towards him. The Susanoo then fired off a volley of fireballs skyward at Kurama. The manifestation of the Kyuubi dodged the first one, used his tails to slam the second one away and evaded the third one. He swerved and avoided the last one, before flipping and tackling the Susanoo. As the sky stirred with storm clouds, they continued to fight hand to sword. The Uchiha manifested a second blade and wielded both, slashing down at Kurama with a cross s***h. The fox avatar brought his tails in in front of his face to brace against the impact, deflecting it away to his sides.

The power behind the s***h was so much that the force rippled across the water quickly and slammed into the forests at shore where they cut through the hills and ripped the top of a mountain off through the middle. "What"s the matter? Are you only going to play defense?" Sasuke taunted. Naruto scowled and pushed his hands out, telekinetically commanding the nine tails of Kurama to push out with great strength and repel the Uchiha"s Perfect Susanoo off it with a roar. The purple titan flew back, but didn"t have the chance to get far as the Uzumaki used his avatar"s tails to seize it by the leg and pull it down, dragging the Susanoo into the water.

Simultaneously, a purple ball formed rapidly at Kurama"s mouth. The bijuudama hovered threateningly, primed at Sasuke"s Susanoo but did not fire off. The Uchiha clicked his tongue in annoyance. Naruto would not win as he did not have the intent to kill him, but he didn"t either. Neither wished to kill off the other but both wanted to knock the other out. While it was easy to kill someone, knocking someone unconscious without killing him was a delicate job and had to be done very carefully. His left hand crackled with electricity for the third time that day, invoking thunder to gather and fly down towards the Kyuubi.

His left eye amassed chakra too in order to initiate Amenotejikara. The celestial beast crashed down on the titan in a flash of bright light, disorientating Naruto as Sasuke and his Susanoo shifted away. The impact created a shock-wave which spread out and gradually ebbed. "That"s not even close enough to kill me." Sasuke told Naruto. "I told you! I"m not trying to kill you! I"m-" Sasuke interrupted him before he could finish. "Enough." He formed the "Rat" seal. This caused the Tailed Beasts that were trapped in their celestial prison"s to fly over to their location. Naruto had to dodge one of them so he wouldn"t get hit.

Naruto noticed that they had stopped behind Sasuke. Sasuke spoke up gaining Naruto"s attention "I"m the strongest in this world right now. So right now, right here... will be my first step into the shadows." Sasuke said. Naruto turned back and saw Sasuke amassing a great amount of chakra from the Tailed beast"s which caused his Perfect Susanoo"s armor to split open slightly, exposing the lightning colored humanoid within. The amount of chakra he was gathering was immense, almost equivalent to Kurama when he was at full power. Something was going to happen and it was going to happen soon that much was definitely obvious.

"This is bad… He"s merging all the chakra that"s been scattered into one... And doing it unbelievably well too, almost unrivaled. He"s just as good as Old Man Six Paths... Well except he"s doing the reverse thing... There"s no Gedo Statue here, so he"s making the Susanoo the receiving vessel. Something incredible is going to emerge... Don"t let your guard down, Naruto." stated Kurama. Naruto nodded his head showing he understood. While the body of his Susanoo had been "solid" before, now it seemed completely solid if not for the fact that Sasuke was encased in the jewel in the middle of the forehead of his Susanoo, the fox avatar formed the shadow clone hand seal. Four clones burst into existence next to him.

"That Jutsu again? Naruto... that Jutsu of yours symbolizes your weakness. That"s right... it"s a jutsu that covers up your loneliness!" Sasuke growled out. Sasuke then began his onslaught, he appeared above the original and slammed a rod fashioned out of pure lightning down on him, sending him crashing into the forests. The shadow clones began to fight back, but each time, Sasuke"s Susanoo proved superior in strength. Two shadow clones grabbed his avatar by its hands in an attempt to restrain it, and a third grabbed its back. The fourth spun around and smashed its nine tails at the purple titan"s face, following up with a direct punch.

However, the clone"s hand exploded when the recoil hit. Sasuke then mustered some strength and with little effort, smashed the two Kyuubi restraining the Susanoo"s arms together. He back flipped and broke free from the grip of the one restraining his avatar"s back, before taking him out with a downward kick. He sped forward to the fourth shadow clone and plowed his Susanoo"s foot into his stomach. The clone was knocked out of the air and hit the forests. The original and two other clones continued with their attack. The two clones tried to strike Sasuke"s Susanoo, but he fended them off with the rod of lightning in his hand.

The original blitzed his with a high-speed jump, forcing him up and through the clouds along with his two clones. The four combatants burst through the clouds and continued to clash within the stratosphere. The Uchiha deflected the two clones and slammed an armored fist into the original. The resultant force propelled the original back towards his two clones. The three fox avatars began charging up Bijuudama, while Sasuke"s rod of lightning arced to become a bow. The bow was knocked with three arrows materialized from Indra"s chakra, an extension of his will.

The foxes released their Tailed Beast Balls just as the Uchiha fired off his arrows. Indra"s chakra overcame the bijuudama and pierced through them - triggering explosions - before heading straight for the three avatars. The arrows vaporized their right sides completely and left the gaps undulating with chakra. Naruto scowled at Sasuke. The Uchiha returned the stare "You"ll never win this, Naruto. You only hold a small piece of the Bijuu chakra... You can"t win against me now! Nor This..." Sasuke said gathering his chakra and forming a arrow of lightning.

Seeing this Naruto spoke. "Not yet?! Kurama" Naruto said. on the ground sitting in the lotus position was a Kurama shadow clone. "I might have amassed too much, in fact. It"s everything that"s available. Here it comes" Kurama said as Naruto dispelled the shadow clone which had been knocked away by Sasuke earlier and had been gathering natural energy ever since. He felt the surge of natural energy in his body rejuvenating him, and with that, he merged his fox avatar with the two shadow clones next to him to form a titanic three-headed six-armed fox and began to form two large Rasen-Shuriken in the six arms of the giant avatar.

Sasuke"s eyes widened as he could see the sharp increase in natural energy because it was scarily visible in the sheer amount that Naruto had just gained. "I can feel it... how did he gain so much Natural Energy so suddenly?" Sasuke wondered. Then Naruto"s Kurama avatar spoke "Let"s do this" as the avatar held its arms out away from its body forming two giant Rasenshuriken. One was a Bijuudama-RasenShuriken, and the other was an extremely powerful Sage filled Rasenshuriken. "So you finally decided to kill me, huh?" Sasuke asked seeing the two Rasen-Shuriken. Truth be told he was still surprised by Naruto"s surprise move with the clone and Senjutsu Chakra.

In retaliation, he channeled all of Indra"s chakra he had left into an arrow of pure lightning, enhancing it with his Six Paths Yin Power which amplified the jutsu"s power a thousandfold. The Uzumaki growled at Sasuke as colossal Rasen-Shuriken"s the size of planetoids formed in his avatar"s six arms, augmented by natural energy and Rikudō Senjutsu Chakra. It contained every single drop of chakra Naruto had left in his own reserves, and that was saying a lot. He didn"t want to kill Sasuke, but now that he knew Sasuke was out for blood he knew he had to fight to kill otherwise... he would surely die which was something he didn"t want to happen.

"We"ve taken on a lot of responsibilities upon our shoulders... And I want to fight against you fair and square.. But not the current you. So why don"t you... give up... on trying to make me give up... Sasuke!" the blond roared as he released his twin astral orbs at his brother figure, just as he fired off his counterattack.

"Rikudō: Shin Taikyoku Chōōdama Rasenshuriken (Six Paths: Twin True Supreme Ultimate Massive Rasenshuriken)" Naruto yelled as he threw the two shuriken orbs

"Indra no Ya (Indra"s Arrow)" Sasuke stated as he released the arrow made of pure electricity at the blond haired jinchuuriki.

When they released their attacks Sasuke had a thought. "This fight with you right now, will be my last. Indra"s Arrow... currently my most powerful jutsu in my arsenal... So just... die. Just be gone already... Disappear." Sasuke thought and then... the two jutsu collided. The collision resulted in a fiery culmination to an extent not experienced in sixty years before now. The heat was so strong that it vaporized most of the water in the Konoha-sized lake, leaving only a stream trickling down the Valley Of The End. It also generated a powerful lightning discharge that destroyed much of the countryside and toppled the heads of the two statues, as well as setting fires to the remains of the decimated forest.

A dark storm cloud the size of a hurricane stirred ominously overhead, and strong winds blew outwards from the point of collision that breezed through the surrounding lands and could even be felt as far away as Kumogakure. Sasuke could feel his chakra levels drop to nearly empty and scowled to himself as the cloud buffeted him with a continuous strike. His Rinnegan flashed and he began to absorb the energy in the air. The Bijuu felt the illusion placed on them waver and then forced their energy to surge as high as they could to release themselves from the illusion. This had the side effect of breaking them out of their prisons where they began to fall.

Sensing their chakra within the blond Uzumaki they immediately turned into pure energy and forced their way into his seal. However what none of them realized was that with all the energy in the air it was causing a energy flux to appear. Spiraling into itself the energy formed a black hole that sucked the two ninja to get sucked into the portal. This would be where the lives of both men would change. One would end... the other would change forever as it was the start of a new adventure all together. And also... unknowingly find love. Naruto, just as he was about to enter the portal put his hands into the ram seal "Kai" he yelled as he ended the Infinite Tsukiyomi on the world... a hero... no a savior would not be forsaken...

Her eye"s widened as she beheld a vision for the third time in two days. It was the same vision of the blonde haired teen that looked to be around nineteen years old, and another dual-eyed teen of the same age. The battle they beheld against one another was world shattering, and with what she saw capable of changing the land around them. She had been having visions of the blonde since she had been turned into a vampire. Yes that is correct a vampire, demon of the night, bloodsucker, devil-spawn whatever name one would think of... yes that was what she was.

She looked back at her coven with wide eyes when all felt the influx of energy in the air. A black spot filled the air before a black portal appeared high in the sky. They had just finished discussing whether her adoptive niece was a threat to anybody or not, and had luckily managed to convince the Volturi that they could keep the hybrid vampire a secret from the world. It was at this time the vision flowed through her and the portal appeared in the sky. The portal glowed before two teens dressed in very ragged clothes fell through and landed on the grounded and both somehow cratered the place where they landed in crouches.

From the state of their clothes one could see that they had been in a major battle, as the dark haired teen had a hole through the back of his chest with bloodstains on the shirt showing he had survived being stabbed by a weapon. The golden haired teen however was wearing a mesh shirt that was missing most of the sleeves for the arms. Both however were either ignoring the presence of the vampire, and werewolf armies on both their sides. Or... they didn"t care about being surrounded by the apex predators that were literally bred to kill. It seemed that it was a middle ground for both as the look in their eye"s showed they could still keep going.

The golden haired teen drew a dagger from the pouch attached, somehow through some weird way, to his leg and held it in a reverse grip. The blonde"s dagger glowed blue and he then threw the knife with astounding speeds towards the other. The other teens sword flashed as it glowed with lightning. This surprised all the watchers present as they hadn"t expected for a mortal to have the supernatural powers they had, but yet here were two of them. The two teens charged and began to exchange a fast paced sword to knife fight that most of the vampires were hard pressed to follow.

Yes vampires were used to dealing with high speeds, but these two put their high speeds to shame as they were blitzing across the clearing before they reappeared in another part of the clearing in a new clashed position only for them to both disappear once again. Sasuke unleashed a barrage of shurikens he coated with searing flames through his fire jutsu. Loud and deafening explosions akin to that elicited by modern high-caliber artillery fire then ensued as the supersonic projectiles impacted the ground where Naruto formerly stood. Like a blur, Naruto appeared behind Sasuke wielding a rasengan on one hand.

He then slammed the jutsu in to the latter, though taking heed of his aim not to kill his former comrade. To his surprise however when the Uchiha used his sword to block the attack; he saw how the accursed blade disrupt the spinning chakra of the Rasengan until the jutsu started to flicker and destabilize then inexorably extinguish. Streams of crackling lightning abruptly emanated from Sasuke"s hand which he then channeled to his sword causing it to glow even fiercer as if the entire blade is now a construct of pure effulgent energy.

With blinding speeds he then proceeded to execute a forward s***h intending to cut Naruto"s body in half. The blade effortlessly glided through the other shinobi"s body like a searing hot knife on to butter. Sasuke however knew that victory wouldn"t be that simple against such a formidable opponent. His analysis was proven right when the bisected Naruto suddenly disappeared in a puff of smoke. "A clone..." Sasuke muttered while his scarlet gaze calculatingly scanned every direction, trying to anticipate where Naruto"s next attack will come.

Suddenly, a strange brilliance emanated from the skies then as the raven haired shinobi raised his head up he saw thousands upon thousands of Naruto"s shadow clowns, each wielding an Giant Rasengan. "Sasuke!" Naruto and the rest of his clones howled intensely as large orbs of compressed chakra spun fiercely from their hands. Naruto was hell-bent to release his friend from the enthrallment of his past life by any means necessary, even if it means beating him to a pulp. Evasion was not an option for Naruto"s wide range attack was all but impossible to avoid.

Seeing all of the duplicates of the blonde suddenly appear in the air holding giant orbs of energy surprised the vampires as they had never seen such an ability before. Yes there were vampires out in the world with the ability to make illusionary versions of themselves, but from how these looked they were real which meant the orbs of energy they all held were real. There is only one recourse available to Sasuke, he must call upon the power he had just acquired in the Valley of the End, and he must unleash it in its full force. Spinning inverted patterns then morphed in his eyes as his Sharingan transcended its current form and transformed into Mangekyō Sharingan.

Subsequently, dark blue flames emanated around his body and gigantic skeletal ribs and arms attached to a great skull began to materialize, forming a full bodied Susanoo faster than a blink of an eye. The army of clones struck the Susanoo and the ground started to shake from the energy output as the unmovable sheild met the unstoppable force. The devastation ensued by the countless exploding Odama Rasengan was beyond belief for the plateau they were standing on just moments ago was almost hollowed out at its culmination.

Sasuke remained unharmed by virtue of his Susanoo"s nigh indomitable defenses but was in awe as he beheld how powerful his opponent was. Stranger still, the lurid flashes purveyed by the waves of exploding chakra stirred something deep inside of him. Shadowy visions of dubious memories flashed before his eyes like the phantasmagoric rapture of a prolonged nightmarish dream. An uncanny feeling crept inside him as the detonating Rasengans" beat upon his senses like waves of disintegrative force that lacerated the inmost fibers of his body. This fight...this was what a true battle was meant to be like... it was perfect.

His musings was abruptly disrupted when suddenly he felt the immense strain of the ninjutsu. The pain, along with the immense chakra drain has prompted him to deactivate his Susanoo. "Sasuke please…let"s not do this any further." Naruto said in a gentle voice trying reason out with Sasuke and appeal to his better senses. "You talk a too much." Sasuke said austerely as he folded his hands in to seals and compressed large amounts of chakra inside his body. "Katon: Gōryūka no Jutsu (Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire)" Sasuke exclaimed, unleashing a torrent of intense flames which he skillfully molded into a dragon head shaped fireball and directed towards Naruto.

With a single hand seal Naruto conjured up a dragon made of water. "Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet)" he called out drawing massive amounts of water from the moisture around the air and from the snow nearby then shaped it into a gigantic powerful dragon moving at very high speeds, clashing with Sasuke"s fire jutsu. Large amounts of steam was unleashed as the two powerful technique"s connected, creating an upward movements of air current that subsequently caused the already dim skies to erupt into a wild tempest of lightning storms.

"You intend to use the enormous energy in the atmosphere to create a powerful lightning jutsu. That"s the Sasuke I know." Naruto said calmly with a smile on his face, giving praise to the other shinobi"s skills. "You caught that huh? No matter... It"s time to settle this. You will die right here." Sasuke said with a smirk on his face. "This jutsu is called Kirin; it guides the lightning down from the heavens. All I have to do is merely direct its power right to you." He then continued while his right hand was gradually engulfed with crackling arcs of lightning.

Naruto knew that it would be next to impossible to avoid the jutsu unless he blized himself out of the battlefield, though he opted not to, instead he chose to greet the attack head on. He had been able to see the large crowd of people, and surprisingly large wolves. He wouldn"t let them suffer if he could help it. So with that in mind a golden cloak of chakra flared up and surrounded his body like raging flames. The chakra then molded itself into an immense battle avatar that can easily rival Sasuke"s perfect Susanoo creating an awe inspiring sight to behold.

Sasuke then raised his hand and thunderous rancor emanated from the heavens as arcs of lightning danced from cloud to cloud and formed what looked like a dragon composed purely of frenzied fulmination. For a split second the chaotic arcing ceased as the lightning seemingly accrued into a single accumulation point. "Be gone with the thunderclap!" Sasuke said coldly, slamming his hands downwards and causing the condensed pillar of lighting to dart towards Naruto. The once stunning plateau was totally obliterated and the lush vegetation surrounding it burned to cinders or forcibly torn from their roots by the subsequent blastwave as the lightning crashed into the blonde"s avatar. When the dust settled it showed Naruto somehow unharmed, and his battle avatar unscathed.

"Impossible" Sasuke muttered seeing the blonde take his Kirin and survive unscratched. "Now can we just talk this out?" Naruto said calmly, extending a hand towards Sasuke. "Don"t you ever shut up!" Sasuke exclaimed as the annoyance, disbelief and frustration build up. Furious dark flames then roared and coated his body as he conjured a perfect Susanoo. He then bided the Susanoo to knock its bow and aim it directly to Naruto. "Sasuke please…don"t do this." Naruto once again tried to appeal to his friend"s better senses but to no avail.

Sasuke then loosed a fiery arrow at Naruto; the projectile darted with great force and speed, and shockwaves formed as it easily sliced through the air, breaking the sound barrier. However, just a few meters before connecting a tail from the blonde"s avatar knocked it away where it crashed into a distant part of the forest. "Naruto, he can"t be saved." Kurama spoke softly, coaxing his partner to finally see the light regarding the Uchiha. "I know you sensed it, his negative emotions. It"s consumed him Naruto. There is nothing left for him but death. Redemption is not an option anymore." Kurama told his partner.

"I know, Kurama. That doesn"t make it any easier, he was still my comrade." Naruto thought stubbornly. "Naruto... We"re both at our limit, this is it, kill or be killed, either way your precious Konoha will fall." Sasuke cackled madly, goading the blonde into a state of rage. "Susanoo!" Sasuke roared, chakra pouring out of him at a rapid pace, coming together to form the ghastly purple warrior that engulfed him. "One more time Kurama." the blonde requested, fists clenching at the menacing sight of Sasuke"s completed Susanoo. He cracked his neck as he prepared to end the feud between the two brothers once and for all.

He knew that once this battle was over he would have to do something about his audience. Looking around him he could tell that they were definitely not in the valley of the end anymore, and they had an audience. "Where the hell-" he began to th ink but his partner stopped him. "Focus. We can deal with this later for now we need to take Sasuke out." The fox rumbled out, "We need to make this fast kid, your body can"t handle much more." the fox voiced in concern. "It"s going to have to." Thought Naruto, he"s not a stranger to pushing past the boundaries of his limits; this time wouldn"t be any different. "Let"s go wild... KURAMA!" the blonde roared at the influx of power and chakra he received from his partner.

His shroud came, morphing into a full powered version of Kurama he glared at Sasuke as he gathered everything he had for one final attack, a concentrated bijudama against Susanoo"s magatama shaped black flames. The blonde grunted at the continued assault of black flames, his shroud protected him from the brunt of the damage but it was still hotter than hell and underneath all the chakra, he just knew his skin and organs were cooking. Mentally thanking Kurama for his rapid healing, he condensed the black sphere, pulling it back into his shroud"s maw he shrunk it to the size of a slightly bigger than normal rasengan.

Sasuke grinned in insane glee at the sight. This was the moment he was waiting for, ever since their brutal skirmish at the valley of the end. He was done with the petty spars and the half assed attempts at fighting him in order to bring him "home." Scoffing at the thought, he prepared his Susanoo, gathering a massive orb of black flames in his secondary hand he covered the sword in Susanoo"s primary hand with black flames as he grunted from the pull on his life force.

"NARUTO!" Sasuke hollered, Susanoo"s arm threw the massive ball of flames at the Kyuubified shinobi, he wasted no time in following up with the burning sword, aiming right at the fox"s head where he knew Naruto would be. "SASUKE!" Naruto bellowed, releasing the bijudama from his shroud"s maw in a concentrated beam, he watched as it bypassed the Uchiha"s fire, carving a hole right at the center. The beam clashed with the Susanoo"s sword, where it halted in it"s path briefly as a power struggle occurred between the fiery sword and the bijudama.

Both combatants looked at the clashing forces intently, one grinning triumphantly and the other scowling as the sword began to dissipate and stagger back before cracking completely as the tailed beast ball cleaved a path straight through it and hit Susanoo"s armored chest dead on. The shockwaves of the impact resulted in brutal winds; Naruto"s focus immediately went to the group closest to him. Fearing for their safety he rushed over in front of them, shielding them completely from the backlash of the two forces colliding.

When the winds subsided Naruto"s shroud uncurled from its defensive position around the group of vampires and wolves. "We did it Kurama." he mumbled. His grief at killing Sasuke crashed down on him at the sight of the crater that appeared in place of the massive Susanoo. "It was necessary." the fox supplied to comfort its host. Naruto shook his head sadly, the chakra cloak receded and he dropped to one knee. Feeling his wounds and the chakra exhaustion finally take over his body, he grit his teeth as he forced himself into an upright position where he stood tall in victory against Sasuke albit weakly.

Electric blue eyes scanned over the crowd he protected nodding to himself at their unharmed state, golden brows rose slightly at the sight of the wolves but he brushed it off. He"s seen weirder things, he mused. He phased out of sight and appeared at the center of the crater where his fallen brother lay bleeding. Naruto knelt down beside Sasuke, a weak chuckle escaping his lips at the glare the other teen leveled him with. "A i***t til the end, huh?" Naruto said in a joking manner. Sasuke scoffed at the blonde, "Shut up loser." Sasuke claimed, the usual insult lacking the fire behind it as his life slowly escaped him. "Y-you were a worthy rival." Sasuke admitted weakly, holding a hand up for the Uzumaki to grasp.

The blonde took the offered hand, tears fell down his whiskered cheeks as the reality of what he did settled upon him. "Naruto!" Kurama hissed in warning. "Wha-" Naruto began thinking only for Sasuke to interrupt his thoughts as he attacked weakly. "But you"re still a dobe." Sasuke spat, as he channeled the last of his chakra into a weakened chidori, intending for the lightning chakra to take down the sturdy Uzumaki. "Bastard!" Naruto roared, as he leaned out of the way only for the lightning to cut across his eye causing it to explode before it entered came into contact with his chest. Naruto went to his knees as Sasuke"s life faded away as he died.

Naruto weakly removed the last remnants of the eye Sasuke had taken out and opened the Uchiha"s left eyelid and then gripped the rippled eyeball. Without remorse for the final Uchiha the blonde ripped the godly eye out of its socket and placed it in his own and clasped his hand in the "Rat" seal causing his body to glow green before the eye dissolved away into nothing as the Rinnegan"s power was destroyed Naruto with the last of his energy reached down and grasped the Uchiha"s last remaining eye and repeated the process before he collapsed to the ground on his knee. Naruto looked at Sasuke and muttered "Amaterasu" and black flames quickly ate away at Sasuke"s body turning it to ash before they faded away into nothing.

The blonde gripped the front of his jacket tightly, feeling his rapid and erratic heartbeat his vision started to go dark. He fell backward fully expecting to fall on the frozen ground rather than something equally hard he discerned to be arms catch him to lay him down gently. Deep blue eyes scanned his surroundings for the person that caught him. His breath hitched a bit as his rapidly fading vision caught sight of someone beautiful. "Hey look, it"s an angel. "Least I get to see something nice before I die." he mumbled wistfully.

Kurama snorted at his host"s naivety, "Be quiet Naruto, you need to save your energy while I try to heal us." he told the jinchuuriki. "Okay, thanks partner." he thought back. "Hey Kurama-" he began, but once again Kurama wouldn"t have it. "Sleep" The bijuu commanded, sensing no negativity from the one that held his host he decided to place his trust in someone else outside of Naruto, just this once he"d hold out some hope. Besides, it"s not like they could do much in their current condition, Damn Uchiha, he thought spitefully. At the command of his bijuu Naruto finally succumbed to unconsciousness, but not before taking one last glimpse at the girl that held him, a small smile curling on his lips at what could be the last thing he sees before he dies.

Alice gazed at the battle between the two teens in shock; She looked around her to see similar expressions of bewilderment on her coven and its ally"s faces. When the purple warrior showed up, she felt the overwhelming hate flood the clearing but when the blonde appeared as a nine-tailed fox she felt warm as the wispy yellow energy caressed the surrounding areas. She stood rooted to the spot as the two clashed with what she assumed to be their most powerful attacks, the impact between the two sending shockwaves and wild winds around the clearing.

She had prepared to crouch down to hold her ground but that proved unnecessary as the warmth she experienced earlier became more prominent and invasive as the large yellow fox curled protectively around her and her coven.

Her golden eyes shut at the feelings that invaded her... Worry, grief, anger, concern, and love. A free hand reached out to touch the fox with strange markings, marveling at the power she felt from it she gasped as it started to recede, the shroud dissipated to reveal the teen in orange shaking and out of breath. He dropped to one knee and she was so tempted to approach and support him but the hand clenched tightly around hers prevented her from doing so. The blonde turned, regarding everyone with his impossibly blue eyes and just like that Alice felt her world tilt on its axis.

Her body clenched as a burst of heat from somewhere took over her being as their eyes met briefly, and she saw a future that was replaced by the sun kissed hair and blue eyed teen. He phased out of sight, her vampiric eyes barely catching his movement. She continued to watch him as he talked to his… Rival? Friend? Enemy? All three? In the crater, though she assumed it to be the first due to the pained expression on his face. She watched as they clasped hands, one last time as brothers and she inhaled sharply as the blonde stumbled back clutching his chest. She watched as he ripped the other teen eye"s out and replace his own before the other was burned away into nothing.

No... This wasn"t supposed to happen. They were destined to be together forever. The ebony haired vampire attempted to pry her hand from Jasper"s but he would not let go. "Let go." She hissed, possessed with something fierce to get to the fading blonde. She needed to get to him. Jasper stared at the petite vampire in surprise, his hold on her loosened momentarily but that was all she needed to break loose. "Alice!" He whispered to his adoptive sister no avail, she was already there, cradling the fallen blonde to lay him down gently.

Alice stared at the blonde in her arms in awe. His blue eyes pierced through her even in their glossy state as she gasped at his mumbled words. He thinks I"m an angel, laughing slightly her hand went to his chest, her laughter dying instantly at what she felt. "Carlisle, he"s going through cardiac arrest! Help him!" she pleaded. Carlisle looked at his daughter in dismay. He gave a small glance at the Volturi only to see them rooted to their side of the clearing watching the pair intently. The doctor saw the interest in Aro"s eyes and knew he had to make his move lest the boy found himself under the mercy and service of the vampire royalty.

The doctor shot Esme a reassuring look and motioned for everyone to stay put as he made his way to Alice. He knelt down beside the pair, golden eyes looking over the blonde. Mimicking Alice he placed his hand over the blonde"s chest but instead of the rapid beating he expected, he picked up a weak but steady rhythm. His attention shifted to the gashes and burns on the blonde, his brows rose a bit as the burnt pink skin that slowly but surely turned back into its usual dusky color. "Amazing! He"s healing at a rapid rate." Carlisle uttered in awe. "Considering all the other stuff he did, I"m not that surprised with the advanced healing." Alice voiced with a fond smile.

A vision made it"s way to the forefront of her mind, she saw the blonde wearing the robes of the Volturi, body shrouded in the same yellow energy as he hunted for his prey... Her coven. Alice"s head snapped up, her lips curling into a grimace at Aro, Caius, and Marcus" approaching forms with Jane and Alec flanking their backs. "The Volturi!" she hissed, cradling the blonde"s head protectively. "Peace, Cullens... peace. We"ve already established Renesmee"s apparent harmlessness with the hybrid you"ve brought." Aro"s haughty voice addressed Alice. "But now we approach for an entirely different matter. This child must be brought back to Volterra." he said.

A growl escaped Alice"s lips at the monarch"s intentions. "You will not take him." she said with grit teeth. The condescending smile on Aro"s lips fell a little but it picked right back up as he shifted his focus onto Carlisle. "You know old friend, our friendship can only pardon so much before I must… impose our laws." Aro said to Carlisle with a smile that seemed to always be plastered on his face. Carlisle tensed a bit at the veiled threat nevertheless his compassionate nature followed through in concern for the blonde. "What will you do with him?" he asked a bit on edge as he could already guess what he wanted to do with the seemingly powerful blonde.

Aro tsked at his old friend "Surely you weren"t blind to his and his opponents rather interesting abilities? If this is what he is capable of as a human." he gestured to the crater they were standing at, "What more would he be capable of when he is one of us? The possibilities are endless!" the monarch exclaimed in child-like glee. He might just get end up with the strongest pawn in the set with the acquisition of the blonde. "He doesn"t know of our existence, Aro. There is no reason for him to be turned against his will, why not give him a chance to figure out what he wants to do? It"s obvious he"s not of this… dimension, do you really think he"d be so reciprocal of the idea of falling into place as one of your guards?" Carlisle spoke diplomatically.

Aro"s lips pursed in impatience, he motioned for Jane to come forth and both Alice and Carlisle tensed at her approach. Without Bella"s shield they were both susceptible to Jane and Alec"s gifts. "Well then, let us try to wake him. Jane." he commanded. Jane"s scarlet eyes homed in on the unconscious blonde"s form, fire seemed to dance across her eyes, a smile blossoming on her face as Naruto"s face twisted in pain. "Stop it!" Alice pleaded. She sensed the other"s approach her, most importantly Bella as the blonde in her arms relaxed once again when the shield expanded to accommodate them.

"Enough, Aro." a calm voice interrupted. Everyone"s attention whipped to the usually silent Marcus as said vampire merely raised a brow at the attention he garnered before continuing on with his spiel. "I agree with the patriarch. The boy shall remain here and they will educate him in our ways, giving him ample time to decide which path he will take, either become one of us or death. If he stays he will become one of us... If not then you already know what this entails." he spoke nonchalantly. "Marcus-" Aro started. "Enough. We will be taking our leave and that is not a request." Marcus droned on to his ally.

He looked at Aro, a flicker of emotion not seen since the death of his wife appeared on his face and it was enough to cow the more outspoken of the monarchs. "But I wish to have a word with young Alice here... Alone." he added as an afterthought. Alice looked up at the less intimidating monarch, she offered him a hesitant nod and looked at her family to give her okay. They backed away slowly, keeping their eyes trained on the retreating figures of Aro and his cronies to make sure they didn"t balk on their word, or rather Marcus" word.

Marcus waited ample time for the other vampires to retreat, he didn"t usually speak but when he did his words were only for his intended"s to hear. "I"ve seen it." he spoke softly, in a somewhat dazed tone. Alice"s brows pulled together in confusion, "Pardon?" she asked timidly. "The bond that formed, it was bright, consuming and more powerful than any other..." he murmured wistfully. "Not unlike-" Marcus stopped himself. He shook his head slightly a hint of a smile playing on his lips. "Take care of him Alice, a bond like that is rare to come by. Do not let it dwindle." he said as he spun around at those words, before he walked back to his coven with all the grace and then some a vampire could possess.

The petite vampire stared after him, his words only confirmed her earlier assumptions. If what she felt earlier from one fleeting glance from the blonde could elicit a reaction from the stoic monarch then she would take those words spoken to her heart. She shielded her thoughts, making sure to think about anything but Marcus" parting words and the contrasting feelings that clashed in her mind. She needed to hide this from Edward until she could resolve things with within herself and only then will she bring it up with her family.

Alice glanced down at the slumbering blonde, running a hand through his disheveled hair she allowed a smile to grace her lips despite the situation. "Is he going to be alright?" Ronessime asked her as she and everybody else that had joined them walked up to surround the couple. Even the werewolves had joined them which was saying something. Alice smiled softly as she began to stroke the blonde"s hair "Yes... he"ll be just fine in due time." she answered the young hybrid.