Chapter 34: Chapter 34: Sasuke vs Naruto.
"Hey, Sasuke, get ready for a beatdown! Believe it!"
Naruto smirked as he punched his and out, and he put his thumb down, Sasuke gritted his teeth in unwillingness as he felt the curse mark interfering with his chakra and even his normal movement.
Shinju sensed the situation, vanished into thin air, and reappeared behind Sasuke, surprising Hayate, who hadn't seen him at all.
"Sorry, I need a second with Sasuke"
Shinju moved to Sasuke with a smile, and he placed his palm over the curse mark that was already burning orange, Sasuke opened his eyes wide as he felt the curse mark suddenly change.
It returned to a normal state, and it also stopped messing with his chakra and mind, it was sealed by Shinju, Sasuke could still open it if he wanted to, but it would not mess with his mind.
Shinju basically just gave him a free sage mode.
Shinju ensured that Orochimaru's soul and curse mark were sealed, effectively separating the curse mark from Orochimaru's essence. He did not destroy it, as he had plans for Orochimaru.
In another part of the village, Orochimaru opened his eyes wide as he felt his soul suddenly separate from Sasuke, he could still feel that it was not damaged, but it felt like it was sealed in a tight space.
"My soul... Interesting~"
Orochimaru grinned as he licked his lips, a cold light flashing in his eyes, he did not know anyone in the village that is capable of such a high seal technique.
Back with Sasuke, Shinju finished and he took his arm away, leaving Sasuke to feel his shoulder with surprise.
"What did you do?"
Sasuke questioned as he touched the curse mark on his shoulder, he could feel that his chakra was back to normal, and he could even feel like he could use the mark.
"Don't worry about the seal anymore, you can also use its abilities now since you won't have any more problems, your welcome"
Shinju appeared in front of Naruto, and he destroyed Orochimaru's seal that he placed on his stomach, Naruto felt his chakra become more controllable, and he smirked as he thanked Shinju.
"Thanks!"
Sasuke was surprised, to say the least, but thanked Shinju as he nodded his head, Shinju vanished and he reappeared next to Hinata in the stands.
"You two ready?"
Sasuke and Naruto nodded their heads at the same time, and then they vanished from the place as Naruto kicked towards Sasuke, his leg was caught and Sasuke retaliated with a punch.
Naruto raised his arm to block the hit, but he was pushed back by the force, he flipped as he landed on the ground, and he crossed his fingers, summoning 3 other Naruto.
"Get ready for the beatdown of your life!"
Sasuke got into a pose and he watched as a clone from the side kicked towards him, flipping over the hit, he kicked out with both his legs, kicking 2 clones at the same time, and dispersing them.
Boom!
The last clone hit him in the chest, and Sasuke groaned as he shot back from the force, landing on the ground he sprinted towards Naruto since it was meaningless to fight the clones.
Naruto grinned and he ran at Sasuke again, they both collided and they started punching, kicking and fighting each other.
But it could be seen that Naruto was falling behind in Taijutsu as Sasuke was better at it than him, Sasuke was basically better than him in everything, except chakra, stamina and physical power.
The fight continued, with both of them not backing down, and both of them started gaining bruises, but for Naruto, it was really nothing as his Uzumaki lineage and Jinchuriki status gave him huge healing powers.
The bruises started healing almost immediately, and they started fading after a single minute, Sasuke noticed and groaned in frustration.
Why was he losing when he was better than that loser! Jumping back, Sasuke started doing hand signs, and he puffed up his chest as fire chakra gathered in his throat.
"Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!"
Naruto felt the heat, and he quickly summoned a shadow clone to throw him out of the way, he slammed into the ground, and Sasuke was already after him.
Boom!
Sasuke kicked Naruto in the stomach as he tried to get up, and Naruto let out a groan of pain before he was launched into the air.
Sasuke jumped up after him in the air, and hid behind him, before going to the side and punching Naruto in the face, he then spun around and slammed his heel into Naruto's stomach.
"Ugh!"
Naruto coughed out the wind as his body flew towards the ground, but Sasuke was not done yet, as Naruto was about to land on the ground, he spun again and kicked Naruto in the stomach.
Boom!
A small shockwave was created as cracks emerged on the ground, spreading around Naruto, who was panting as he coughed up blood in pain.
Hayate looked at Naruto, and he shook his head since he could see that Sasuke was obviously stronger, but just then he watched in shock as Naruto opened his eyes.
"Argh!"
With a scream, Naruto sprung up and he punched Sasuke in the face, Sasuke groaned in pain as blood leaked out of his nose before he was sent back into the air.
Naruto stood up, and he was panting as he looked up at Sasuke, he had a smirk on his face and his eyes turned red, with slits inside his pupils.
Sasuke remembered back to the dead forest, and he remembered how Naruto blocked the snake that attacked him.
"How did you like that, Teme?"
Naruto asked with a smirk as his injuries started healing at an accelerated rate, it was not fast, but his bruises faded in barely half a minute.
"This form again... Fine then, I will use it too"
Sasuke wiped the blood on his nose, and suddenly he released a wave of chakra around him, the curse mark unfolded and black flame-like marks started spreading before stopping at half of his body.
The curse mark increased Sasuke's strength, and his muscles pulsed with newfound power before it stopped, but Sasuke could feel that he could increase the coverage, at the cost of straining his body.
"This power..."
Sasuke muttered in amazement s he looked at his palm, covered in flame-like marks, he felt his speed, and power increase by a large margin compared to the base, and the first time he used the mark.
Looking at Naruto who was smirking, Sasuke sneered with a smirk.
"How about we try again, stupid"
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