He leaned to the left, then to the right, avoiding two ninja that lunged at him and then catching the throat of the third one with a swipe of his sword. Blood rained around him, falling and loosing itself in the crimson cloak over his shoulders.
His sensitive ears caught the whizzing sound of kunai slicing through the air. With a small gust of wind chakra he deflected them, the exploding tags going off in the air before they reached him, picking up dust and whipping the wind and heat across his face.
With a leap he got off the snake's head, going through the flames and dust, charging headfirst into the enemy ranks, which had been reduced to a chaotic mass of people as Konoha ninja and kunai rained down over their heads.
He wasted no time as he began cutting his enemies to pieces with swift and precise movements, aiming for vital arteries and organs as he sliced them open.
He sidestepped one's attempt at a downward cut before he swiftly and effortlessly cut open his stomach before grabbing his face and shoving him to the floor. He blocked another strike aimed at his thigh and countered with an upwards sweep of his blade, cutting off the mans leg at the hip
He took out a kunai and threw it, lodging the metallic projectile between the eyes of another who charged at him.
He heard the sound of chains and turned on his heel, raising his forearm in time to block a kunai with a chain attachment.
It wrapped around his arm and the man pulled hard. Naruto gripped the chain and sent a burst of wind chakra up the length of the chain, shredding it and the man's arm to pieces.
He turned, blocking a kunai easily as he unsheathed his second blade. He could see the former sound ninja as they made their presence known, arrows from Kidomaru killed ninja before they could scream, Jirobu's massive strength and arsenal of earth jutsu working together with Sakon and his brother Ukon. He could hear Tayuya's flute in the distance, the tune distinctive and distracting among the other sounds on this field.
He looked to the right, and found another ninja approaching but before he was able to dispatch him himself, a sword made from bone impaled the man stopping him dead in his tracks. Naruto looked up to Kimimaro as the bone user passed overhead and nodded in his direction. Kimimaro nodded back, before calling his sword back and using his bone whip to lash out at others around him.
He took a stance with his two blades held in a reverse grip, lashing out with a confusing flurry of moves, weaving and moving in and out of attacks as if he had rehearsed it, killing ninja with each swing of his two blades, in the distance he noticed Ginchiko and Guan as the two cut a bloody swath across the field with Guan's massive strength and Ginchiko's swifter lightning strikes.
He cut open another ninja's throat, unmindful of the blood that sprayed over him as he observed his retainers…
His senses perked up as he felt a familiar presence…two familiar presences actually. He stopped. Freezing mid motion before he straightened and turned slowly, his blue irises glowing faintly beneath his hood as he finally rested them on the two he once called allies just as Yoshino's chain whips cut down a Konoha nin and Kenpachi dispatched another. The two stilled, sensing his gaze on them, they turned, finally coming face to face with the boy they hadn't seen in years.
Even with the changes to his attire and physical body they knew it was him…his presence was unmistakable. Their gazes held one another for a long time as the battlefield seemed to vanish from view. Both Yoshino, and Kenpachi's eyes held a silent plea. 'Don't do this…'
However, something shocking and disturbing occurred just then. His shoulders shook, and with a start they realized he was laughing, the hollow sound of his voice sending chills down their spines that froze the marrow in their bones.
They tense ready to fight this boy that they had once called a comrade when suddenly, before anyone could react another ninja appeared behind the blond. They recognized him instantly- Zaraki, the leader of Kusa.
Naruto turned his head to look back at his attacker, and Yoshino could have sworn she saw his eyes flash before Zaraki brought his blade down, small traces of lightning chakra surrounding the weapon, allowing it to burn and tear through flesh and bone as he carved a deep jagged wound down his back, from his right shoulder, all the way down to the left hip.
Their eyes widened in momentary shock and horror as blood exploded like a shower from the garish wound and Yoshino could not stifle her gasp.
The blade in Naruto's right hand dully clattered to the floor as he fell on his side, crimson blood pooling around him. Zaraki moved quickly, his blade ready to deliver the killing blow. However, a whip made from bone snatched the weapon from his hand. He turned, just in time to barely avoid Kimimaro as the bone user lunged at him.
Yoshino and Kenpachi, after a moment of hesitation, moved to join the fight when Ginchiko appeared infront of them "Raiton: Denko no Heki!"
A small wall of lightning exploded from the ground between them, stopping the two in their tracks as she leapt back. She looked to Naruto in time to see Guan place his arm over his shoulder, ignoring the blood as it seeped into his green clothes, turning them a dark brown color.
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