𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑜𝑛 - Naruto world (Kenji's story/Amaterasu)

A Lost War - 7 Chapter

{this is gonna be a FIRE battle hehe. Literally. From here you will see some brutal scenes that may be... Disturbing in a way.}

Once given the go-ahead to start fighting, Kenji and Akio either lash out at each other. Their young bodies collide in a show of hand-to-hand combat style. Kenji is always smiling, his golden eyes continue to assess the opponent's movements trying to find an opening to strike.

Akio instead attacks quickly without focusing too much on Kenji's exposed sides, also because Kenji was defenseless without equipment. In an instant, Akio pulls a kunai out of his bag and tries to hit Kenji with fast swishes. The other boy jumps back and detatches from Akio, landing on the ground a few meters away. He smirks and his hand Instinctively goes for taking a kunai from his bag. But he finds nothing...
Damn right... I forgot my equipment at home

That second of distraction is enough for Akio to be able to carry out an attack. Throw a lot of kunais following a high jump, getting a good perspective. The weapons are thrown at Kenji that dodges them in time... Taking advantage of this, Kenji grabs one of the kunais on the ground and uses it to parry the other blows. Akio frowns as soon as he sees that Kenji doesn't seem scared of any of his attacks and decides to move on to the next step.

"Shadow clone no jutsu!"

Akio evoques 10 copies of himself that spawns all around Kenji, surrounding him. The golden eyed kid glances around and sighs muttering under his breath

"Great... I'm outnumbered. This will be funnier"

He stands back straight holding on his right hand the kunai. All 10 copies jumps down and rushes towards him. Kenji starts with the hand to hand combat style, fighting off one after another the clones. He jumps, nimbly kicks on the head of the first clone who disappears, while another blocks Kenji's arms and he takes off jumping back and causing the other copy to fall headfirst and disappear in a cloud of smoke. The remaining 8 copies attack in unison and Kenji trows up his only kunai joining his hands together and shouting

"kunai shadow clone no jutsu!"

The only kunai he possess turns to be 8 and Kenji, jumping up, kicks and trows one by one all the blades that hits the clones of Akio and make them disappear. Once Kenji lands on the ground thinking to have won, he looks out for the real Akio. But he is taken aback when the other boy comes out form below... His hands grabbing Kenji's legs and making him gasp in surprise, stumbling he is dragged and digged inside the dirt of the arena till his chest. Trapped he tries to squirm and looks around wondering from where the attack will come.

"ah! Dammit"

Taking that moment at his advantage Akio lands meters away form Kenji that is stuck on the ground, he makes the signs with his hands, then closes them near his mouth and suffices a flame of fire towards Kenji.

Kenji's golden eyes widens and he notices the ball of fire casted towards himself... It's the end... I'll end up being cooked like chicken!!

The other students watching form a distance have their eyes glued on the scene. Some even covers their faces in worry that Kenji may not get out of that situation alive. The teachers are ready to intervene to stop the battle in case of extreme danger. But they all watch curious as the huge fireball engulps Kenji on the ground and casts a cloud of smoke. The seconds pass without a single sound. Akito remains watching his work and smiles already feeling victorious.

The instructor then raise his hand and takes his folder

"Akio won this mat--"

A gasp and some shouts of surprise echoes and blocks the instructor. Everyone looks at the fire slowly dying... From the flames something rises to its feet, a slightly burnt arm winds with a simple movement from left to right and the flames split letting Kenji pass who slowly comes out alive, walking and burning at the same time. The slow steps almost dragging on the loose soles. The boy's face was a blackened by ash and dripping with blood. A terrible scene... Kenji's body, which had practically almost melted, is recomposed in front of everyone's eyes. His face returns perfectly intact, his melted fingers split and the flesh resumes to cover the phalanges, the bones... The clothes were just a few rags hanging from Kenji's body engulfing most of his now restored lean figure. Strips of blood and ashes fall to the ground... Kenji's feet, still engulfed in flames, take steps forward, leaving death behind. He's like reborn.

His eyes reopen, sparkling that gold stares intently at Akio with all the determination he had in his body. His lips, a little dirty with blood, begin to smile as usual... But he was no longer an innocent, a forced laugh. No... It was a real smile full of strength, courage and a new power that gives him a jolt of adrenaline.

- Immortality -

Akio shudders at the scene, his body doesn't move... Terrified, his black eyes stare at Kenji's and notice the big difference between them.

Everyone around looks shocked and in awe... Some other horrified runs away and leaves the arena, teachers don't know what to do... The battle didn't end there.
Kenji doesn't waste any time and as soon as the flames behind himself dies down...

"Heh..."

That's the only thing that escaped Kenji's mouth. Like a bolt he appears in front of Akio and kicks straight on his stomach. The shocked boy coughs blood and in an instant his body bends in two. Probably he broke something... Akio crashes against the opposite wall of the arena landing badly and collapsing to the ground.

Kenji's body stays tense and stands straight looking at Akio that doesn't find energies so much he is shocked to even fight back. The teachers reaches for Akio and rescue him by taking him to the infirmary. Kenji remains unfazed and finally releases all the adrenaline that has kept him on his toes all this time. The instructor fixes his glasses and rewrite something on the folder

"u-uh.... Well... It seems like it's... Kenji the winner! Congratulations you're Chunin"

Kenji smiles as he hears those words but deep inside he felt bad for having to injury another young ninja. His immortality saved him... Of course the flames burned and hurted him, but he was focused on something else completely. Nobody applauds or screams of joy to congratulate Kenji... Everyone stares at him as if they had seen the incarnation of a demon, a child who came out of the underworld and came out alive.

Kenji's smiles falters as he notices everyone's upset expressions, not understanding why they were so shocked. He eventually srughs off and takes some steps towards the table with the head band covers of the leaf village. He grabs one and wrap it around his forehead.

Once he raises his head, he doesn't even wait for the other students to finish their fights and leaves the arena, the fight he came for is over...

He had won the battle that's true. But the taste that all this had left him did not taste of satisfaction... All those eyes on him... The flames, the blood... The cries...

Why did he feel that way? Disappointed in himself... As if that forehead cover on his head weighed more than the metal katanas he sometimes used to train. That forehead cover didn't felt his yet.

The battle is won... But i made more enemies to face the war

And so the Immortal chunin heads back home to get a clean of himself and change clothes. His hands tight in fists, his steps slow as he crosses the big open doors of the arena back out in the light. The head staring at the ground, the hair disheveled and rusted by the flames was now slowly restoring itself ... But his golden eyes did not stop shining with a spark of determination.

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Well yep!
Kenji made it... But at what costs? Hehe you will see why he lost the war in the future guys.

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