The Future: Naruto Fanfiction

Chapter 167-NARUTO VS HANNAH

West Aturia

"How?" Hannah asks, "How were you able to —"

Naruto strikes Hannah's head after taking a single step with his divine oddity this time, making way for the second blow. He powers-up his left arm, slamming his elbow down into the rear of her right leg. He brings Hannah down onto one knee and creates a rasengan in his hand, thinking that for the first time he has a chance to hit a final attack on his opponent.

Of course, without Naruto's divine oddity he can't finish things off, Hannah destroys the rasengan with her combination of 'light' and 'dark' energy. She uses the next blow to strike Naruto in the chest, pushing him over onto his back. To even her surprise, she follows this up by leaping backwards in retreat. Her instincts are acting entirely differently now. Naruto has become the first opponent that she has been forced to take seriously.

Naruto gets to his feet and dusts off his black and orange clothes.

Hannah tries again.

"I'm asking you how you were able to—"

Naruto powers-up his arm, grabbing a kunai, coating it in 'life' energy and throwing it at Hannah as hard as she can. Thanks to the distance between them she is just able to dodge this kunai, but as Naruto uses his next power-up to push him towards Hannah, she knows that there is no way she will escape the incoming blow. She punches forward. Naruto counters her punch with his own, powering-up his arm as he does so. As their fists slam together, Naruto's continues to move forward, and he pushes Hannah back along the ground once more.

"Stop, stop, stop!" Hannah yells in frustration, "How? How did you suddenly get so much stronger? How are you able to use that power three times?"

"You know, before it really hurt when I used this power. Now it tickles in comparison."

"You're lying."

"Care to test it?"

Hannah does. She is convinced that when Naruto uses his power, he still feels pain, so she designs a scenario to test it. She runs at him with a moderate pace, her instinct immediately beginning to calculate the counter he will most likely make. Her predictions are spot on, and with his third use of the divine oddity he aims a blow towards her head with his leg. She dodges this and strikes the back of his leg as it passes over her head. It's a powerful hit, and a clean one.

However, Naruto moves back away from their latest scrap. He doesn't even wince. As he says it's as if he feels no pain at all.

"How?" Hannah asks for the fourth time.

Naruto smiles. "My divine oddity won't hurt me anymore. All that matters is the timing, I need to heal myself straight away. 'Life' energy is enough for that. It's the reason I'm still alive."

"That's impossible! It's absolutely impossible!" Hannah declares, "People do not master divine oddities with a moment of inspiration. That cannot happen!"

Hannah is proven wrong yet again. Naruto moves rapidly to the left, then rapidly to the right. He attacks from behind her by using his divine oddity to enhance his movement yet again. He presses a 'life' rasengan firmly into her back, knocking her forwards. It is only through Hannah's determination and skill that she manages to flip forward and stay on her feet.