Previously…

Shannaro XIII
post author(s): white shinobi & chaos

Hawk has managed to distract Team 1’s attention long enough for his scheme to give him an upperhand… A tornado starts forming…

Grand Hokage: We could crumble to dust if we fall from this height…
Iruka: THE SCROLL! Use the damn scroll !
Grand_hokage: I was about to… *bites thumb*…

The Hurricane encompasses larger areas and ravages the surrounding area of the tower…

Iruka: Do it, the vortex is growing larger by every second…

Hawk: No… you don’t understand… NOTHING can stop a tornado!
Grand Hokage: Nothing… but what if it had no place to extend?
Silver Uchiha: Then the tornado will gradually disperse…

Hawk: Nothing can disrupt a tornado this large…
Iruka: Do something !!!
Grand Hokage: I’m afraid my wind jutsus aren’t advanced, a summon will have to do…

::Kuchiyose: Hikikyokan::

A humongous creature appears outside of the tower and with it’s fists pierces through the aerial mass, and disrupts the tornado, leaving only debris behind…

Hawk: …so you can summon, huh ?
Grand Hokage: So you thought of us, as petty shinobi ?
Hawk: To tell you the truth, you still do …

Iruka: Heh… then you probably want to check this out…

:::GOFUUUNGAN:::

Hawk: Gofu… WHAT!? How is this possible… a dojutsu !?

Iruka: To tell you the truth, with these eyes… you aren’t as strong as I thought…
Hawk: You… strength?… HA! I’ll show you strength… You’ll be begging for your life, in no time…

Iruka grins in defiance…

Hawk grins back, and gets in a offensive stance…

::FUUTON – Kazedageki::

Iruka swiftly makes some hand-signs… Fuuton – Kazebakuhatsu !

The jutsus hit each other, but send back a massive shockwave, Iruka is sent flying into the wall, while Hawk repells the shockwave with another wind jutsu…

Silver Uchiha whispers to Grand Hokage: …remember…
Grand Hokage: Huh?
Silver Uchiha: …practice…
Grand Hokage: Heh…Let’s do this… Kamaitachi no jutsu!
Silver Uchiha: Katon Goukakyu no Jutsu!

The fireball, fueled by more wind, hits Hawk…

Grand Hokage: Did we get him ?

…the fog dissapears and Hawk is left standing with a scroll in his hands…

Iruka: What’s with the scroll ?

*Silver Uchiha notices a fire symbol on the scroll…*

…The fireball appears behind Grand Hokage, charging towards him…

Iruka acts in time and blocks the fireball with a Suiton jutsu…

Grand Hokage: How’d he do that ?
Silver Uchiha: It was a void… the same type of void FirelordSokka uses…
Iruka: That’s how he sent back the fireball…

Iruka: Two… actually… there were two…
Silver Uchiha: Plus, that fire symbol is the same that FirelordSokka and other Kurogyouten were wearing…

Hawk: The Symbol…This Symbol…is Dark Dawn… This isn’t just a symbol of a Organization… This is ancient… the powers behind it, are without limit…
Iruka: What are you going to do… IF you win ?
Hawk: WHEN we win… this, is just a matter of time…And what are we going to do? … All you need to know is… We are going to create a “New World”… from the ashes of these wretched and corrupt lands…

Grand Hokage: I’m afraid, I won’t be able to let you do this… Not if I’m ever going to become the Genkage!
Hawk: Foolish dream, If you won’t be able to beat me, you’ll never even be close to that position…
Grand Hokage: That’s why I have to defeat you… to show the world how much stronger I’ve become!

Hawk whispers “useless”, and charges towards Grand Hokage…
Grand Hokage tremors, but opens his eyes : Gofūngan: Ranpu Bakuha!
The light soon engulphs Hawk, stops him in his track… but the intensity of the attack blasts him into the wall…

Out of the smoke, with shaky movements, Hawk gets up… but is clearly wounded.
Team 7 stands still… they seem to prepare themselves for a counter-attack…
…indeed, Hawk raises his arm…

Iruka frowns: Get ready…this attack is going to be of a higher level…
Hawk: I was often told… I am the weakest of the Kurogyouten…I will win, no matter what the price…
Team 7 seems to be worrying… they’ll repel this attack, or lose their dreams…

Hawk: Come to think of it… I don’t feel that I should turn back this attack… I was always afraid of dying…

Grand Hokage is puzzled: Stop speaking in riddles… Death !?
Iruka: I thought so… this is a suicide attack, isn’t it ?

Hawk slightly grins: Now i know… How it is not to be afraid of anything! … You have nowhere to run, the radius of this explosion is huge…

Silver Uchiha: Prepare for the worst!
Iruka: But won’t you destroy the tower too ? Won’t you destroy your Kurogyouten too ?

Hawk: They won’t die… the dream still lives on! Get ready… I’m going to die… but i’ll take you with me…
::Saishu Shikata Haretsu::

Team 7 tries to counter with ::Seishou Toku::

The explosion seems to have defeated Team 7’s energy shield… The blast can be seen from miles away…
After the smoke clears away, the tower can be seen crumbling, but even so, it still doesn’t fall.
Looking closer, neither of the fighters move… Hawk’s body is completely torn apart, while the others have large wounds, and bleed heavily.

Grand Hokage seems to be alive, he makes an effort and tries to get on his feet…
Grand Hokage looks towards his teammates, and has a slight smile: *huh* … we made it, guys…
Iruka and Silver Uchiha smile and nod accordingly, but it seems they can’t move their bodies…

Grand Hokage: It seems that the Kurogyouten also brainwashes their subordinates…
Iruka: *kh*…The energy shield…If we wouldn’t have used it… we would’ve died…
Silver Uchiha: It took some of the damage…
Grand Hokage: Yes…heh…Now we are…strong enough…strong enough to protect…strong enough to follow our dreams!

From a distance, the Kunoichi that had saved the others from death looks upon the victors
- I guess they are truly strong…these kids are really something…

Kunoichi: Hey kids.

Grand_hokage: turns around and sees the kunoichi.
Kunoichi: That was a great battle.
Iruka: Well thanks.

Kunoichi: Look team 2 and team sephiroth are coming up here I want you to wait for them and I gotta help the others now bye.

::She looks upon Team 7 one more time, then she leaves… Will she reach the Genkage in time?