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"This was the deal Uzumaki. While you werent aware of what it was, it's not my fault you accepted it before you got a clear picture. We could've waited for him to show up, but you went ahead and started the transaction the moment I entered the bar. So, it doesn't really matter if you don't like it, you will do it. Or does your word truly mean so little?" Gog said, actual steal in his voice as he spoke.

Naruto sat there for a while, his back leaned into the chair as he and Gog had a mild stare off. Finally, the blonde relented, giving an overdramatic sigh as he said, "You are so lucky I'm a man of my word. Otherwise I'd have slapped you across this room and then tell you to kiss my glorious ass." Leaning forward, Naruto asked, "Are you sure these guys won't attack this Sovereign place?"

"Of course. My planet may be neutral, but it is strong. Both the Kree and Nova empires know this, and both acknowledge they have enough on their plate without having to deal with us." Gog spoke, his voice holding a hint of pride towards his home planet.

"Fine." Naruto said, crossing his arms over his chest, "We leave after this meeting. Though I still have a few more questions."

"Of course."

-x-

"So what do you call this thing?"

Sitting in one of the gunner's chair, Speed looked around Naruto's ship, an unimpressed look on his face. Naruto answered as he put in the coordinates, "Kushina."

"Kushina?" Speed asked with a chuckle, "What is that your girlfriend's name?"

"It's my mother's." Naruto answered, turning to face him he continued, "She's dead, in case you were wanting to feel like more of horse's ass." Turning back around.

"What's a horse?"

"Nevermind." The blonde ninja said with agitation. Finishing up his prep work, Naruto started the duel engines, revving up the ship before lifting off into the air. Looking over at one of the screens to his left, Naruto saw that he had to take 265 Jump Points to get to Sovereign, "So how do you know Gog, exactly?" He asked, trying to strike up a conversation.

"I was about to ask the same." Speed answered, crossing his arms across his chest as he rested his feet on the control dash in front of him.

"First off," Naruto said as he got up from his seat, the ship now on autopilot, "get your feet off my stuff." He finished by swatting said man's feet, causing him to give the ship's captain a scathing look, "Second of all, I asked first." Walking down into the lower deck, Naruto walked over to a locker door. Opening it he threw his scarf and jacket inside.

Speed, who had decided to follow after Naruto, answered, "It wasn't long after I stole the hydro-gun that I was forced to run from the Atlas Squadron. I tried to pawn it off anybody I could think of, but nobody wanted the trouble. So, I went to Gog for information on who might be interested. And while he might not've been able to help me sell the damn thing, he promised he'd find a way to get me to Sovereign." He explained.

"And why would he do that exactly? Gog doesn't seem like the kind of guy to help out a guy like you, not without getting paid anyway."

The curly haired man shrugged, "Let's just say we came to a mutual understanding."

Naruto raised an eyebrow, "You've lost me."

"Good." He proceeded to follow Naruto back up to the cockpit, taking his seat back at the gunner's station as he spoke, "So what about you, how do you know Gog?"

"I'd heard about him about a month ago on Xandar. I sent him a message, we got in touch, we set up the meeting, we had the meeting, he fucked me over by making you my responsibility, and now here we are." Shifting the throttle forwards, Naruto took back control of his ship, piloting it up into the planet's atmosphere.

Speed scoffed, "If I remember correctly, you said you could've 'slapped him across the room' when Gog told you about the second part of the deal. And from what I've heard about you, Naruto the Celestial, you're more than capable of doing that. So, why didn't you?"

"Because I'm a man of my word. It's my ninja way." Naruto said, "It's my own damn fault not hearing what the second part of the agreement was. I've made my bed, now I gotta lay in it."

The thief looked at Naruto skeptically, "You're a strange man, Naruto Uzumaki."

Naruto shrugged, a though crossing his mind a few seconds later, "And don't call me 'The Celestial.' I don't know where people got that idea, but I'm most definitely not that."

And so began the long ride to Sovereign.

-x-

"AAAHHHHGH!"

"Brute…enough." The man that spoke was massive, standing just over seven feet tall, with muscles nearly slitting open his dark green leather uniform. His long black hair draped over his tan skinned head, his hair at the nape of his neck. Glimmering in the poorly lit room was his iron clad jaw, the thick piece of metal protecting the bottom half of his face rather snuggly.

Growling, the man spoken too took a dangerous step forward. His head coming just under the other man's impressive jaw line, he his entire body was covered by a dark blue fur, with sharp bottom canines poking out from his lips. His matching outfit covered the rest of his hairy figure, but it did little to prevent anyone from seeing his vast build, "I'm not done yet Ironjaw."

"Enough." Stepping forward was a man of a rather slim frame, his body clothed by what could now be confirmed as their uniform, which consisted of a pair of dark green leather jacket and pants, with the Kree symbol for 'A' plastered on the left shoulder, "I ordered Brute to continue with his fun Ironjaw. The fool deserves it." Now fully out of the shadows was a rather handsome man with thick blonde hair and handsome features, his looks were ruined by the rather sinister gleam in his eye.

"But Hug-"

"Ah ah ah." The man interrupted, "Remember Ironjaw, we're in the middle of business. And during business what do we use?" He asked sarcastically.

"Codenames." Ironjaw said rather testily.

"And what is my codename?"

"…Phoenix."

"Good." Kneeling down in front of the once screaming man, a cruel smile stretched across his face as he cupped his chin, "We can't have someone like Gog the Knowing learn our names…now can we?"

Gog, his once unblemished yellow skin was now ruined completely. His left eye was now swollen shut, a massive purple knot covering it fully. His nose was broken with the right side of his temple split open, blood pouring out of both and dripping on to the floor. It got worse from there, from his trouble breathing and the black and blue spots along his sides, it was clear his ribs had been broken. His arms tied up above his body, the noosed rope forcing his body to hang several inches off the ground. Blood covered his hands entirely, his fingernails torn out and the skin around his fingers flayed off. His pants were left on, the wet spot running along his crotch showing that he had soiled himself.

Light suddenly entered the dimly lit room, "Sir, Captain Att-Lass is here." His head poking out was a rather thin looking man, his turquois colored skin and fin on top of his head making him resemble a fish.

Getting back up, Phoenix answered, "Thank you Man-Monster." Walking out of the room, the leader of the group was forced to shield his eyes from the Interdis sunlight. Walking passed a man with the build of your run of the mill professional athlete, he nodded towards the fellow blonde, the resemblance between the two rather striking, "Cougar."

Cougar nodded back, "Brother."

Phoenix sighed in agitation at the fact that his brother had revealed that fact, the door to their little torture chamber still open, but said nothing as he made his way to the Kree Cruiser. The ship was rather small made for two or three people at a time, like a Nova Star Blaster only that is was more circular in shape rather than that of a star. As the hanger door opened, out stepped a man with traditional Kree armor, only his was a lighter green in color and the armor around his neck and head was lighter and resembling more or a helmet, leaving only the bottom half of his face visible, similar to a Nova Corps helmet. His skin tone blue, much like most of his people, the man had a thin mustache on top of his upper lip. Walking in front of him was a Kree woman, her curly black hair resting on her shoulders, her uniform red in color, it being less armor and more spandex, with black shoulder paddings and gloves. Wrapped over that was a long and open green trench coat.

"Welcome, Captain Att-Lass, Commander Minn-Erva." Phoenix said with a mild solute, "We've managed to obtain the information we need."

Minn-Erva frowned slightly as she could hear screams coming from the shack a few yards away, "Then why does it sound like you haven't."

Phoenix's face shifted into mild disgust, "The little vermin admitted to having relations with the little thief while he was in his care."

The Kree commander gave a quick chuckle, "Leave it to a man from Paramater to have a problem with such a thing." Folding her arms behind her back she continued, "What did you learn, Lieutenant?"

Looking at for Captain Att-Lass for a moment before looking back to his commander, "The thief's name is Speed Cater, home world unknown, though he's spent time of the Kyln. He's a pretty standard thief, the fact that he hasn't join the Ravager's is a little shocking, though I doubt very many of the clans that specialize in thieving would accommodate his life style. He apparently landed on Hala where he learned that the High-Ruler's hydro-gun was on now on display. He then formed a crew, all of whom were killed during the heist and their getaway. He came to Interdis about three weeks ago after all the buyers he contacted refused to take his score off his hands, mostly due to our pressure. Gog allowed Cater to stay with him and help him find refuge on Sovereign, his home planet, in exchange for sexual favor. Cater is now in the current care of one Naruto Uzumaki. They left three days ago."

That got Minn-Erva's attention, "That flash in the pan? I hear that certain planets have dubbed him 'The Celestial.' He can supposedly manipulate the elements around him and can travel through space without the need of a ship. All stories more than likely, but his defeating of Blastaar is nothing to scuff at."

Phoenix scoffed, "Please, that beast was overrated."

"Could you have defeated him?" Att-Lass asked, speaking for the first time since his arrival.

"By myself? No." He nodded his head behind him in the direction his team was at, "With them though? Definitely."

"Good." Minn-Erva said with a nod. Looking over at the shock containing the still ongoing screams she said, "Deal with the Sovereign fool. His screams annoy me."

-x-

It had been four days since Naruto and Speed had departed for Sovereign, the long trip doing nothing to help the two blondes get along.

"Will you shut the fuck up about the Kyln already! The way you make it sound it was a paradise compared to some of the places I've been!" Naruto screamed from the pilot's chair. "Boohoo, there were murderers there! Boohoo, there were mean guards there! Boohoo, if you did get a room you were forced to sleep on the ground in a massive cuddle party! Boo-fucking-hoo!"

Down below deck was Speed, the curly haired man got up from his seat, storming up into the cockpit, "Well, excuse me for trying to strike up an Eternity forsaken conversation! And what the hell you would you know about staying in a shitty prison?!"

"I got sent to a prison that sealed off all my powers so that they open a box that sealed away the warden's son, only for the unsealed son to be possessed by a demon that was also within the box." Naruto said matter of factly.

"…Bullshit."

Naruto was kept from continuing when Kushina's left side was hit by what looked like a laser blast, the force of it rocking the ship slightly, the blast not doing much damage due to the shields activated around the ship. Pulling up one of the screens, Naruto looked to see who the asshole was that shot at him. From what he could see it was a pair of ships that weren't much bigger than his, maybe a quarter bigger in overall size. Only while Naruto's was more of a jet in shape, the shape of these ships reminded him more of a helicopter minus the propellers and more square in shape and design.

More blasts began to bounce off the hull, forcing Naruto to go into an evasive maneuver. Pulling up, Naruto did a barrel roll, the ship moving like a top at the end of its spin, before straightening out, the ship now upside down before he pushed the throttle forward, causing the ship to tailspin down wildly. The maneuver proved useless however, as the attacking ship was still hot on Naruto's tail.

"Dammit!" Naruto cursed. Looking over at Speed, whose eyes were wide from the sudden move, he shouted, "Make yourself useful and man the torrent gun!"

"Uh…right!" Grabbing ahold of the joystick to his left, Speed began to try and get a lock on the trailing shit, "You got anymore moves like that one?"

"Not…really." Naruto said rather weakly, juking to the left harshly to try and get some distance, "That's the most I've learned since I got this ship."

"Great…just great."

Naruto scoffed, diving down before entering another barrel role. Waiting for the ship to even out he asked, "Who the hell are these guys?"

"No idea…could just be some pirates or something."

"Great…just great." Naruto said, "Are you even trying to shoot there guys?!"

"I'm trying, I'm trying!" Speed shouted, doing his best to at least skim one of the ships, "Die, die, die, die, die, die!" The curly haired man sprayed laser fire towards the two ships, each one missing by a fair margin.

Pulling the throttle back, Naruto forced his ship upwards sharply when he saw that both of the ships hard fired some kind of missile towards him, "HOLD ON!" He screamed, forcing the ship into another barrel role, the missiles following the ship in a tight spin.

"Come ooooooon!" Naruto yelled out, pushing Kushina to her limit as the missiles wove into each other tighter and tighter. In a moment of total epicness, the missiles collided into themselves in a silent thud.

Naruto finally evened out, looking back where the missiles 'exploded,' Naruto said, "Can I be honest?" He spoke as he dove down, "That wasn't very satisfying." He ended the sentence by juking to the left.

Speed was too busy trying to shoot down one of the ships, it being an honest act of some higher power that he finally landed a hit, the laser blast rocking one of the rear engines causing it to fall into a rapid tailspin, "Hell yeah!" Speed yelled out. Looking over at Naruto he smirked, "I don't know, that was pretty satisfying."

Naruto scowled as another laser hit his Kushina, "Yeah, I'm done." Creating a Shadow Clone, the ninja had the clone sit in the co-pilot seat, "Make sure these guys are as close as possible without them being able to get a good enough shot at us to take us out, got it?" The clone nodded as Naruto went below deck. Walking over to the hanger door, Naruto opened up a screen that showed the rear camera, showing that the ship was right on their tail. Activating his Six Paths Sage Mode, Naruto reached his hand out, his fingers making a grabbing motion as he searched for the ship through his Magnet Release. Finally finding it, Naruto watched on the screen as the ship stopped in its tracks for a moment before it suddenly began to crumble into itself. It wasn't before long that the ship was nothing more than a giant metal beach ball. Closing the scene, Naruto walked back up to the cockpit, walking passed a flabbergasted Speed, his clone popping as he took the pilot's chair, "Now that was satisfying."

"Wha...what?" Speed stuttered out, "Ho-how…with the other you…and the ship." Now blinking rapidly he rubbed the back of his neck, "Wow."

"Yeah…I know." Naruto said with a smirk.

-x-

"Why haven't you come in to report Captain Att-Lass?"

Att-Lass was sitting in his captain's chair, now aboard his battleship as he headed for the planet Hala. Leaning in his chair rather lackadaisically, his chin resting in the palm of his hand as he looked at his fellow captain, "I was taking care of our little thief problem, Captain Kell-Varr." Said man was of a pale tan complexion, his wavy blonde hair flowing out just above his eyes. His uniform was very like Minn-Erva's only more masculine.

Kell-Varr raised an eyebrow, "I wasn't aware you had apprehended the thief?"

"I haven't." The blue skinned man answered, "Though my squadron is on the cusp of doing it as we speak now."

The blonde-haired man scowled, "You'd send those barbarians? They'd destroy the artifact before bringing it back here."

"Perhaps." Att-Lass drawled, "But that isn't the point, now is it? The point is sending a message to those that dare think of embarrassing our empire ever again." His eyes grew sharp, "Am I wrong?"

Kell-Varr's eyes narrowed, "Watch yourself Captain Att-Lass."

"Oh I will Kell, I will." With that, Att-Lass cut out the feed.

Minn-Erva raised an eyebrow at her captain, "Was it truly so wise to challenge Kell-Varr in such a way?"

Att-Lass didn't say a word, simply looking forward out into the passing cosmos before, his mind on something not even Minn-Erva could guess as to what. Finding the task pointless, the woman turned back to her station.

-x-

Three Days Later

Location: The Planet Conjunction

-x-

The desert planet of Conjunction was rather a rather hostile planet, with its ever present and fierce sand storms making most of the planet inhospitable. The few places that you were capable of going into was always a beehive of activity, with most of them made up of fuel stations, bars, and casinos, making it the perfect stopping place for any space traveler, so long as you knew how to use a gun of course. The current hut Naruto and Speed were in was a rather busy bar, with such a wide variety of species it was hard to find two of anything.

Having just walked into the bar, Naruto pulled down the scarf that was covering his mouth and nose before pulling up a pair of rectangular goggles. Patting the sand out of his hair, Naruto said, "I'll get us a drink, go find us a table."

Speed nodded, walking away into the crowd to look for an available table. Heading over to the bar, Naruto leaned against it as he waited for the bartender to notice him. It was as he waited that he noticed the door open, causing his attention to be drawn to whoever was walking in. It was two men, their sizes the polar opposite of each other. One was at least seven feet tall with a big build on top of it. The strange thing about him was fact that it looked like his jaw was made of some kind of metal. The man next to him was four feet tall at the most, his turquois skin tone and the fins on top of his head reminding Naruto of a fish. The pair walked towards the center of the bar, leaning against it much like he was.

Looking over, he saw that the bartender was finally heading his way. Giving his order, he was once again forced to wait, thus causing him to look around the bar. It was then that he noticed that two other people had just entered, the two looking as though they were brothers with their matching blonde hair and facial features, the only difference being that one had a more athletic build.

His attention was taken off of them when his drink was given to him, the blonde quickly transferring over the Units necessary. Walking over with the drinks, Naruto once again noticed an additional patron, this one walking over to the empty table next to his and Speeds. He was a big man, his body covered from hair to toe in hair, reminding Naruto of a werewolf in some ways.

Taking a seat, Naruto gave Speed his drink, the two of them drinking in silence for a moment. It was as he was drinking that he felt several eyes on his person. As discretely as possible, Naruto looked around towards where he felt the eyes belonged too. Each set he found belonged to the people that had just recently entered the bar. Only they weren't looking at him.

They were looking at Speed. Or more specifically…the hydro-gun holstered on his hip.

Naruto didn't wait a second longer, a blue seal in the shape of a spiral forming in the center of his palm, slamming his hand onto Speed's shoulder, the same seal now on the spot he'd slapped him. He then disappeared in an instant, almost as though he had teleported.

-x-

"What the hell?" Speed asked, looking around to see that he was now in the lower deck of the Kushina. He jumped in shock when he saw Naruto suddenly appear next to him, "Naruto, how the…what the?"

"I'm not Naruto…technically. I'm a clone." The Shadow Clone clarified.

"How…how did we get here?"

"It's a move called Hiraishin, or a variation of it anyway." The blonde clone explained, "We don't have time for explanations, that bar was a trap and the boss is fighting the guys that are after you."

That got Speed's attention, "Seriously?! Well what're we waiting for them, let's go!"

-x-

Naruto was currently cursing his luck, the blonde finding himself on his back having been thrown out of the hut by the big hairy brute. Getting up, Naruto brushed the sand out of his hair and off his body, "That was a cheap shot, asshole."

Stepping out of the hole he had created was Brute, a savage smirk on his face as he looked down on Naruto, "Not my fault you didn't see it coming."

"Hey, it's not often you see a guy transform into…that." Naruto said, pointing towards Man-Monster, his once tiny frame now even bigger than Ironjaw's, his once turquois skin now an angry red, "But that won't happen again…trust me." His eyes closed for a single second before opening, his eyes showing that he was now using Sage Mode.

Man-Monster snarled angrily as he tore off the remains of his shirt, "So says the dead man." No one in the group seeming to notice the change in color of Naruto's eyes and eyelids.

"Now, now Man-Monster, let the man have his delusions. These are his last moments after all." The voice belonged to the now smallest of the group, the wicked grin on his face matching the evil gleam in his eye. Looking over his shoulder he said, "Show him a good time, Ironjaw."

Forced to duck to get through the hole much like Man-Monster had too, Ironjaw walked out with a massive sword in his hand, the double edge blade gleaming in the desert light. He didn't say a word, simply charging forward with a speed that honestly surprised Naruto, him being the fastest guy he'd seen so far while out and about the universe. That didn't matter though, as Naruto simply raised up his arm up in a rather lazy fashion.

"Fool." Ironjaw mumbled, bringing down his weapon with an unbridled wrath. Upon impact, the ground beneath them cracked into the shape of a spider web, small fissures in the ground forming with a loud crack.

Alpha Squad couldn't help but be shocked at the sight before them. However, it wasn't the show of strength used. It was the fact that Naruto had caught the blade as though it were a simple club or pipe, with no sign of injury, the blonde simply starring up into the other man's eyes. Then, with one quick hand motion, Naruto broke the sword in half. If they had been impressed before, it could only be how they felt about the blonde grabbing ahold of the now air born blade. With a quick rotation and the simple addition of Wind Chakra, Naruto threw the bisected sword into Man-Monster's throat, severing his head from his body all in one fluid motion.

The ninja wasn't done with that however, having continued his rotation he quickly began to gather Boil Chakra along his arm and elbow. Finally reaching a full three hundred and thirty-six degree turn and now fully facing Ironjaw, Naruto released the built-up chakra in his arm, "Boil Release: Erupting Propulsion Fist!" He called out.

The only ones that didn't jump back from Naruto's attack was Ironjaw and Phoenix, the former because he simply didn't have enough time to dodge, the latter because he knew the attack wouldn't hit him. Right upon impact, the area on Ironjaw's body that Naruto hit exploded outwards, the excess Boil Chakra shooting out of his back like a burst pipe, the chakra then exploding out in a vast jet of power, leaving the area covered in a vast mist. There was no blood, the life liquid evaporating upon contact with the boil release. This was much to Naruto's relief, as all that was left of Ironjaw was his lower abdomen and legs, the lifeless body parts flopping to the ground in a sickening thud

Cougar found himself surrounded in the thick mist, the squad member finding it near impossible to see a foot in front of him. Looking around wildly, he tried with all his ability to see anything, only to fail miserably. The feeling of his arm being cut open caused him to curse and jump backwards, holding his now bleeding arm in alarm, looking around with even more fervor.

"Show yourself, you fucking coward!" He screamed out, trying to get a rise out of him so that he could pinpoint a location. He got his wish, only not in the way he was expecting.

"You know…" Naruto echoed out, his voice sounding as though he were everywhere, "From what I can tell, you and I are the same body wise, so I wonder if you have the same eight kills points as I do." His voice echoed out, it shifting in volume so that Cougar couldn't tell how close he really was, "Larynx, spine, lungs, liver, jugular, subclavian artery, kidneys…"

Suddenly, the sound of what could only be described as a thousand birds chirping could be heard heading towards. And then, the next thing he knew, he felt a striking pain so great all he could do was heave from the force of it. A hot liquid began to build in his mouth, causing him to cough from the sudden intrusion. Looking down after his coughing fit, Cougar could only widen his eyes at the sight of a hand covering in what looked like lightning sticking out of his chest.

"Heart."

With a violent heave, Naruto pulled his fist out of the corpse's body, the man once named Cougar dropping down in a wet splat. He wasn't allowed to celebrate long, as the mist had cleared up for the most part, and Brute was now hot on his tail. He'd killed a good handful of clones that were meant as a distraction, but his Chidori had created a lot of noise, noise that was now bringing the man that lived up to his code name barreling down on him in a savage charge.

Just as Brute was within an arm's length away, Naruto's arm shot forward with a speed never seen by the raging beast. He wasn't allowed to ponder on it much longer, as his windpipe was now closed shot under the blonde warriors grip, said man bringing Brute up off the ground before slamming him back into it, leaving a massive crater behind.

Naruto didn't relent, pushing his arm down on Brute's chest he said with a dangerous calmness, "Magnet Style: Journey to the Center of the Earth!" Brute quickly felt a massive pull on his body, the force of it so great his body began to dig into the ground before blasting off into the depths of Conjunction.

"I suppose you don't mind me asking what you did?" Walking into view, Phoenix stopping just a few yards shy of Naruto, his stance rather lackadaisical.

"Simple." Naruto said, straightening up as he did, "I simply made him irresistible to the magnetic core of this planet. If the pressure doesn't kill him, the heat eventually will."

"You are impressive." Phoenix complimented, "Much more powerful then we could've possibly imagined."

Naruto's eyes narrowed, "How did you find us? No one knew he was with me except…" It was as he spoke that he realized it, "…Cog."

"Bingo." Phoenix said, his wicked smile growing only in cruelty.

Naruto was hesitant to ask, but knew he needed to, "What did you do to him?"

"Oh you know, standard procedure. Torture, torture, torture, and…oh yeah, more torture." He said rather nonchalantly, "At first it was all business. But after he revealed his little…habit, well…then it was all pleasure."

Naruto looked at him with confusion on his face, "Habit?"

Phoenix shrugged, "His habit to make the beast with two backs with those that were of his gender. How else do you think the thief got within his favor?" His smirk, if possible, grew even bigger, "It's too bad I was ordered to kill him…otherwise we could've had so much fun."

Naruto was shocked by the revelation, but didn't ponder on it too much as he said, "You're insane.

"I like to think of myself as a sociopath, in all honesty." Was his retort, his ever-present smirk still in place. That seemed to be the end of the conversation for the self-described sociopath, the man charging forward twice as fast as Ironjaw, his fist enveloped in an orange energy.

His sense of danger flaring like crazy, Naruto jumped the side as Phoenix brought his fist down on the ground below, the resulting explosion of energy forcing him to take to the skies. Phoenix was hot on his tail, shooting out blasts of energy out at the blonde ninja. Naruto wasn't having any of that, shooting off two blasts of wind from his fingertips, intercepting each energy blast with extreme prejudice. The eviler of the blondes came into the other's safe space, the two of them entering a rather one sided and brutal brawl of fists, kicks, and elbows. While Phoenix could barely get a metaphorical word in, Naruto took over most of the conversation of fists. For each counter was a fist that nearly broke bone, for every strike was an organ that was almost burst from trauma, and for every block was another brain cell lost from the fact that his brain was constantly bouncing around in his skull from getting his face pounded in. After several minutes of this, Naruto grew tired and decided to finish his little massacre.

Bringing his arm back, Naruto formed a Rasengan in the palm of his hand before swiftly bringing it down into Phoenix's torso, drilling back into the ground below with a fierce velocity. He didn't relent with that, as he was suddenly surrounded by a cloak of lightning. Raising his leg up over his head, Naruto allowed himself to descend onto the prone man below.

"Guillotine Drop!" With an unrivaled ferocity, Naruto slammed his heal down on Phoenix, the force of it exploding out in a fierce explosion of debris and chakra. Jumping back, Naruto waited for the cloud of smoke he'd created as his Lightning Armor dissipated.

Naruto sighed as he put his hands in his pockets, watching with a blank face as Phoenix pulled himself out of the crater his body had formed. Getting up with a wobbly step, Phoenix's grin was still in face, blood flowing from his open mouth, "Heh heh heh…you-you're strong." He nearly collapsed before catching himself, his body hunched over as he fought with all his will to stay on his own two feet, "But one of these days…you're gonna attract something you can't stop, something you can't beat. And I plan to watch from wherever it is I end up after death, and laugh as you end up like I am now."

Naruto's face remained calm as he brought his hand up, his fingers forming the shape of a gun, "Whatever you gotta tell yourself, asshole."

Phoenix began a slow chuckle that quickly became a maniacal squeal of laughter. This went on for several seconds, that is until a wind bullet found itself drilled into his skull.

Naruto sighed, "Whatta mess."

Kurama gave off a long yawn, "What I miss?" He drawled.

-x-

Chapter Complete

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Author's Note: Yo! This is the longest chapter I've ever written, and it was honestly pretty fun to write. There were a lot of inspirations for this, War for the Planet of the Apes and Baby Driver being main ones. Those that haven't seen those movies, watch them, they're masterful. I don't really have a lot to say, other than the fact that my previous statement about me portraying my characters after actual actors is going under a bit of a change. While I'm sticking to what I said, I'm not gonna focus on it too much. When I do it I'll let you know, otherwise don't put too much into it. For those that are wondering, the Atlas Squadron are the characters from Atlas Comics. That's pretty much it. If you have questions PM me or whatever. I'm close to 900 reviews, so let's get it together people! As of now I'm 68 reviews away, so reward me for writing such a long ass chapter. FOLLOW! FAVORITE! And most importantly, REVIEW!