Arrival at Suna's gates

Hearing Kurisu's words Koroshi begins to draw upon more memories to give him that pain, although in Koroshi's life there hasn't been too much pain, it has only been recently that he has dealt with any ill feelings, so he is trying to reach really deep to see if there are any memories that he might have repressed within his mind to keep up with his normal happy nature although he is coming up with a blank, that is, until a wave of emotions begin washing over him like a tidal wave, not just any emotions, but pure pain, hatred and sorrow, it would seem that with all of the nine tails chakra flowing through his body that he is feeling the beasts true nature, although something seems a bit off about this, it doesn't feel like the nine tails, in stead it is more familiar, in fact too familiar, as he is trying to find out what he is feeling Koroshi's vision goes blank and everything is dead quiet expect for his breathing that seems to echo in this blank space that he is in. Looking around there isn't anything in this space, it is just pure nothingness, and it seems to go on forever, wanting to see if there is anything alive Koroshi takes in a breath as he is about to call out for anyone to see if he gets an answer, however just before the words "Hello" escape his mouth he hears laughter within his head that echos so loud that he can barley think straight "Use the pain of loss? What a fool, your 'brother' just sealed your doom, by opening up your heart like this and allowing me to flow my chakra through you I will be able to take over your body, but first since you are looking for pain, why don't I show you!" The nine tails words echo within Koroshi's mind but just as soon as they came they left mere moments later. The blank space however begins to shift, twisting his vision until it forms the Leaf village, and it is as if he is standing there looking up at the Hokage faces, a smile forms across Koroshi face as he looks up at them, although something seems to be off about it, the faces have paint all over them, and writing that says "Echo was here!" on it. Koroshi chuckles to himself and tries to walk toward the faces, however when he tries to move the body doesn't do as he commands it, instead it looks to his left seeing a lot of angry civilians running toward him, their words ring out "Echo you are dead!" Hearing this Koroshi is very confused as he tries to look down only to see the 11 year old body of his brother Echo Uchiha instead of his own, having only a moment to take in what is going on he is forced to begin running the other way, away from the crowd of people as he begins to hop from building top to building top. He would run for awhile shouting out  a few different taunts as he easily escapes the crowd of people, until he later loses them by leaping over a large wall and crossing over a river. Thinking that he is in the clear the boy begins to make his way toward their home within the Uchiha clan district. Feeling like a champion he lifts his arms into the air attempting to wave to his clansmen, however something strange happens, they all simply turn their heads away from him in disgust, in the background he can hear them speak "What a disgrace, he cannot even form a spark of fire nature chakra, and from the medical ninja, and elders he never will, and to top it off he continues to dishonor out clan by acting out, and pulling pranks on everyone!" Another one replying "I know, why doesn't he just leave? he is never going to be a good ninja anyway, he will most likely die in his first mission, honestly would be a blessing".


Hearing this Koroshi is shocked as he has never heard his clan speak this way about Echo, and Echo never told them, even when they were adults. Wanting so bad to shout at the Uchiha clansmen to tell them how wrong they are, and how Echo will be a great ninja tries to yell out, but when he tries to talk nothing comes out. It would be then that the body begins to lower its arms slowly, sticking them in his pockets as he begins to walk away from them and toward the house that his brother lived at, however after turning a corner the young boy would be met by three 15 year old Genin Uchiha's. One would step forward toward Echo lifting both of his arms before connecting them together as he punches out with his right hand, striking his left hand which is open. "Oh look the born failure, what did we tell you about coming to our district?" The boy says with a grin as he looks toward Echo, who does nothing and simply tries to walk past them to get him, when he does however the boys see the smudges of paint on the boys hands and arms, and realize what he has done. Then without a second thought the one of the boys swing his right arm outward connecting it with Echo's face, leaving a red mark and sending him falling to the ground with a hard thud. Koroshi at this point has his fist tighten into a fist as he wishes that he could knock these boys out for laying a hand on his brother, but when he tries to move once again he is unable, the only thing he can do is watch, watch as the boys grab Echo by the collar as they drag him off to a back ally way away from any other people as they begin to take turns on Echo, The first pinning him against the wall as he unleashes a flurry of punches, hitting his stomach first causing the young boy to spit out a little blood, then followed by that he would begin to punch his face repeatedly until both of his eyes are black with bruises, and his face is marks all over it. The onslaught of punches lasting  a good 10 solid minutes, once he is done and breathing a little hard he drops Echo to the ground. "Is that all you got?" Echo says weakly as he tries to stand up, however another one of the boys  steps forward delivering a hard kick the the boys right side, most likely cracking a rib or two as he knocks Echo to the ground once more. The boy not stopping he begins to stomp on Echo's body, bruising his arms and legs, and cracking a few more ribs, then to finish him off, the boy that spoke to Echo the first time and who is what some would guess to be the leader of them would grab him by his collar once more, forcing Echo to his feet so that he can look at him face to face as he is about to ask him if he has had enough, before he is able to however Echo spits toward him, some thick blood landing on the boys face. Filled with rage by this act, the boy throws Echo down to the ground and begins to make a few hand seals as he breaths in, one would guess that he is about to use the fire ball jutsu on Echo, however before he breaths out the boys father shows up grabbing him by his shoulder "He is not worth killing, just leave him" The father says as the boy releases his chakrs in a some exhale of breath, forming a bit of fire when he does say You are lucky your dad is who he is, or else you would have been taken care of awhile ago!" As the boy says this he spits toward Echo, it landing next to his head as the boys and their father walk off leaving Echo there, hurt and barley able to move.


Hours pass as Echo tries his best to get up his body hurting all over as he forces himself to stand, and walk back to his home, when he enters both of his brother rush to his side asking if he is ok and what had happened, and with a grin the boy tries to laugh, although it comes out as coughs as he spits out a little blood "Nothing, just took a nasty fall from the Hokage faces, it was worth it to see everyone's faces though!" Echo says as his brothers shake their head, and carry him off to the hospital so that he can rest and recover. Meanwhile the current Koroshi's hands have been balled into a fist so hard that blood is actually dripping from them 'How could they do this?! Why didn't he tell us?!?! .... How did we not find out' These thoughts run through Koroshi mind and he growls out, his vision going black for a moment, thinking that this is over Koroshi stares off into the distance waiting for him to see Kurisu, in stead his vision stays black and the nine tails voice echo's in his mind once again "It was always like this, the family that you love and trust beat your brother whenever they could, called him scum, and treated him like an outsider, and what did you do? As the beasts says this it flashes to a few months ago where Koroshi was training in the fields working on some taijutsu, even at a young age he was very gifted at it, well while he was training three very familiar Uchiha come up to him, each one being about 15, it was the same boys as before. Koroshi turns, greeting them with his normal happy smile, and they begin to talk to Koroshi, asking him if he can show them some moves, it would seem that, like most Uchiha they are more skilled in ninjutsu and weaponry, and lack in hand to hand combat. Koroshi being the nice person that he is helps show them many different moves, and ways to strike "You helped them, you showed them how to hurt your brother even more, and you know what it worked, they did this so many times that it is hard to keep track. You think you are doing good, but you only end up hurting those closest too you, how sad." The nine tails voice rings in his ears, Koroshi's burning up with anger of how his training was used to cause other pain with no reason. Koroshi can only think how Echo must have hated him.


Although the visions don't end there, in fact this is just the beginning. After some flashes of light, a new scene appears in front of him, this time it is a few years later, blinking a few times to help his eye adjust sees Viper, the young age of 13 wearing the Hokage hat, this must have been after the attack, and when Viper took charge after all of the jounin and such have passed away in the war between Kumo and Konoha. He can hear Viper talking to Echo, asking him for a favor, with his age no one is respecting him, and he fears that someone is going to try and take his life, and with it the seat of Hokage, so he asks Echo if he will be at his side as one of his Anbu black ops, Echo wanting to make sure that Viper was safe accepted. Even though most of the higher rank Jounin had passed, some Anbu still were activate and they agree to train him under the Hokages wishes, although even with being the brother of the Hokage he was not shown any special treatment, in fact since Echo was going to be the one to protect Viper, they were harder on him to model him into the weapon he needed to be. His training was hard, many nights he was not given any food, and he was thrown into the forests to fend for himself, other members to toughen him up would dash past him with blinding speeds with their swords, slightly cutting him repeatedly, making it where Echo was in fear for his life every moment he was alive. With this fear came the awareness of a true Anbu, soon his ears became so sensitive that the slightest snap of a twig Echo was already grasping for his make shift kunai made from sharpened rocks, and faced the threat head on, Echo with this training also grew a thought process of if he is to die, he will be doing so on his two feet fighting, never shall he be on the ground or with his back turned, no more running away.  


Koroshi watched each and every moment of the training, fear training where he would be forced to stand against a wall while two anbu guards slashed out at him with their swords, getting very close to his eyes, throat and other places that would either cause a lot of harm to him, or kill him. If he flinched, or tried to get away he would be greeted with a hard blow to the stomach, and the words "No fear!"were shouted at him, with no time to rest or to recover he was forced to stand, and they would begin again, soon Echo got the thought process of, just don't move, they won't cut you so it doesn't matter, seeing this the Anbu guards in stead of getting close to cutting him, would do very small cuts, getting deeper and deeper every time, slashing at his chest, face, arms, making sure not to hit anything fatal, but making sure that it was painful, at first Echo when he would get cut would shout out in pain moving to cover the wounded spot, when he did this he would be greeted with a hard punch to his face, slamming him against the wall as the same words from begin echo in his mind. Soon Echo grew with this training weather they slashed at him, or even slashed through him he would not move, he would not flinch and he would not say a word. His eyes were unshaken and he waited for the next step.


Next came conditioning training, this would be for both body and mind, for starters he would be forced to hang from a bar in the middle of the room that was pitch black, while he hung there and without any sound Anbu would dash past him, either slashing them with a sword or dagger, while others would strike his arms, legs, throat, eyes, anything to cause Echo the must pain at that time, should he let go, or fall from this position he would not been given any food that day. As expected of a 13 year old boy when being hit this many times and by so many people much older then him, he fell many times, the lack of food causing him to grow weak, and would make it hard to hold himself up, even when people were not attacking him. The reason for this training is that Anbu no matter what happens, weather they are blinded, beaten, cut, or without food or sleep, they never let go of their weapon, as if you do so, you will die. This was beaten into Echo until he was able to hold onto the bar above his head, while going on 48 hours without any water, two weeks without any food, and 72 hours without sleep he was able to hold onto the bar no matter what, he refused to let go of the bar even if he died, in fact the time where he passed the test, Echo was knocked out, but refused to open his hands. After master control over his body and having an unshaken will, Echo was moved to a different kind of conditioning, one of the mind.  He would be placed under many different Genjutsu, each one more horrifying then the next, with Koroshi mia they used this to help train Echo,having Echo picture in every way humanly possible that Koroshi would be killed. They showed him the four tails stomping the life out of him after getting back into the village, seeing the attack that was going on, and rushed in to stop it, with Echo not being there for the fight, he is unsure if any of this is true or not, his brother might be dead, and any one of these could be how it happened. Many times he saw his brother die, being an Uchiha he saw as Kumo ninja ripped his eyes out of his head for later use, he even saw Koroshi being tortured in many different ways, one thing that Koroshi always was worried about was losing his limbs, he treasured his body, and that was his only weapon, well he was forced to watch as his arms were slow sliced off with a buzz saw, his legs to be eaten off by hounds, and had to watch as his brother was thrown on the ground, twitching and still trying to fight back, blood covering his whole form. These images being too much for Echo, many times he would be shaken to the point that he couldn't move, speak or even sleep. When this happened they would tell him "Any of these things could be happening at this very moment, do something about it! Get stronger, or do you like watching the people you care about in pain!" With this Echo would try to force himself to move, and when he did not, he would be greeted with even worse images, this would continue until he was able to break the genjutsu and when he did, come out swinging, or looking for a weapon.



Getting closer and closer to the goal of the Hokages weapon they only had a few more things to go through, this first being something that all Anbu were trained to do, whenever they were bought into a room, or into an area they were to look for anything that could be used as a weapon, and anything that could be used to escape if need be, with this Echos eyes grew so keen that just by walking into a room he was able to pick out every escape route, and was even thinking of ways that he could turn normal every day items into deadly weapons. Koroshi is shocked, amazed and filled with grief by watching Echo be trained in such ways, although with all of these trainings Echo was able to master then with time, and was able to become the ninja that he is today, While Koroshi is thinking on this he can only hear the nine tails laughing "I joined the picture soon after that when the leaf was at war with the Sky village, that fool of a kage gave me away to Viper, and what does he do? Curse and torment your brother more by sealing me away in him! With how much pain and hatred he had in his heart it was easy to take control, and I was able to do so many times, like later when he went to Suna to claim it under the great fire nation" Koroshi is filled with different thoughts, thoughts of how Viper would not only allow the anbu to put him through such training, but how he sealed a demon of pure malice in him. Koroshi tries to see his points and his reasons for doing so, he needed to have the power of the Leaf grow, so that he can protect everyone, but at what cost?



As he is going through this in his head and the nine tails his bringing up another vision on the outside of Koroshi's mind, Kurisu witnesses that Koroshi is not replying to him what so ever, in fact he is just growling and roaring out, the 7 tails behind him swaying around as an 8th and soon a 9th tail forms, the chakra pouring out of his body causing the dark area to have an ominousness orange glow, in the air and within the chakra Kurisu can taste the pure malice coming from Koroshi, it is so potent that it is causing a smoke cloud of chakra around him, covering his form where he can only make out a silhouette from the glow of the nine tails chakra, should Kursiu use his eternal mangekyou sharingan it see through the cloud, or if he approaches closer   it would be clear that Koroshi is no longer himself, and that the beast is gaining more and more control. Koroshi took Kurisu's advice and when Koroshi opened his heart to feel the pain he needed, it made it easy for the nine tails to over whelm him. His skin slowly begins to melt off and to begin floating into the sky before crumbling into ash, Koroshi's psychical form being changed to that of a hybrid between human and beast, his hair can still be made out, although it is spiked upwards and in all directions, his body is flowing with consistent moving chakra, that seems to form a fur like coating over him. His face is replaced with what looks to be a black mask with jagged fangs, and two round circles for eyes. The nine tails that were spinning around him move tightly together before fusing together to form one tail, this one being thicker and filled with much more chakra then before. With a mighty roar the new beast like form, now only sporting one tail begins running on all fours toward the knocked out Kasuga, seeing as he is already weakened from the attack he is the easiest pray to help with the new found blood lust. Should he not be stopped he would leap into the air once he is a few feet from the boy, slamming down on his chest with all of his might as he tries to break his chest cavity. Once on top of the boy he would begin swinging his clawed arms out toward his face, attempting to rip him to pieces in front of his father should he not do anything to stop him. After having fun with his pray the beast would look toward Kurisu blood dripping from his hands as he lets out another mighty roar before running toward him on all fours like a beast, leaving a trail of bloody clawed foot and hand prints behind him.


Meanwhile back in Koroshi mind the vision has finished being formed, this is some time later then his last vision of Echo being trained in the anbu. Echo wanders the sands of the Wind country a few miles from Sunagakure, he sighs as night begins to fall his goggles blocking the wind from his eyes his travelers cloak obscuring his face and body from view his gear all in it's rightful place. He would keep walking for awhile until he decides to make camp for the night within one of the caves that is blocking most of the wind from passing, making it the best place right now that he could rest at. After starting a fire the Anbu captain would be greeted by a man who would later be known as Azaiyo, naturally when someone else is in your home land someone would go out to see what, so the first words upon seeing Echo are "May I ask your purpose here?" Echo returning to his normal self, and what Koroshi knew of him before he died replies with a sly remark, saying that he could ask him, but goes into asking his won question of if he had any salt for the meal he is cooking. Seeing as both ninja were of higher ranks in their respected villages being shown this level of disrespect causes the tension to be high, and for the mood to get a little more aggressive. The man Azaiyo returns with his own remark, stating that he must be the 'funny type'  before decided to introduce himself, stating that he is the deputy kage, and that he is a sannin of the sand. He would continue to state that he should cooperate with him as he only wishes to seek those who are peaceful, any others would be met with the choice to suffer the great prison that the Sand village has to offer. Of course in  stead of taking any threat to the mans words Echo simply replies with "Kid, I own this land, it'd be one hell of a political move to throw me in jail...much less keep me in there without a few broken bones." before continuing to ask about the salt,  disrespecting him further.  Their conversation goes on for a bit, Azaiyo and Echo going back and forth about what a Shinobi, and what a true hero really is, Echo's words and his view causes Koroshi to think hard on it as well.  "A Shinobi does what he must for his country, a Shinobi must survive." Koroshi can see great wisdom in these words and he believes in them as well, he would do whatever it took to keep his country safe, but after recent things that are happening he is caught to see if he deserves to live, whenever he tries to help it has either ended badly, or people got hurt anyway.


"Who are we to judge good and evil...? Our Nations fight and kill for our causes, It's easy to look at our way is right...but to someone else their way is the right path, they fight for their country and their beliefs just as we do.. One man's hero is another's mass murderer... being a Hero is a matter of perspective, being a Hero means creating peace.." Hearing this Koroshi can once again agree with some of Echo's words although Koroshi has a very different look on this matter, he deems that people who kill without cause or reason, or those only doing so to gain power for themselves are evil, and himself he refuses to kill, but in stead try to work things out in other ways would be deemed as good.  Although could he really call himself a hero? what peace has he helped cause? and could he kill if it meant saving more lives?  Koroshi thoughts on this continue as the conversation does, Echo continuing to say "Shinobi by definition are soldiers, following orders... while ignoring the bad... Hero's acknowledge the bad they do for the greater good and repent... they accept the searing flames of Hell so other's may be spared of it.." Should Koroshi change to be the hero Echo could have been, taking in all of the hatred of this world on himself so that there can be true peace? this is something that he could not do while he is Kage, if what he is getting from Echo to be true he would need to be the bad guy, dying at the hands of the villages to end all of the fighting, how could he do this however? and would this truly be the right path for him to follow, or should he keep on his path trying to make the world a better place by showing them there is always another way, and showing the world that he is a man that never would turn to darkness, or to give in to his emotions to take a life.


"You need to look at those hands of yours...and wonder just what it is YOU want out of life, I don't think this generation needs heroes just yet.." With these words Koroshi feels as though Echo has some how broken through life and death and is now talking through the nine tails vision and talking to him, he looks down at his hands, and Koroshi honestly doesn't have an answer of what he would want on a personal level, but he can think of what he does want for his village, his country, and even the world. When being told that this generation doesn't need heros just yet, Koroshi feels a bit relived and once again it is as if Echo is talking to him and reading his mind as Koroshi for a moment thought about becoming an object of hate so that the world could know peace , but with his words Koroshi can put that thought to rest, for now at least.  Koroshi for the moment enjoys the conversation between the two, although there are a few rocky points, such as Azaiyo trying to get to Echo's flank to test him, and Echo using the extra speed from the nine tails, and with his own anbu training quickly puts at stop to those actions, and requests that he does not attempt them again. Another rocky moment would be when Azaiyo tries to call upon Echo being an Uchiha, and asking why he wears his goggles, and why he doesn't show his sharingan to show who he really is. The mere mention of Uchiha however sets Echo off. He can sense the hate building within him as his train of thought is stopped cold at the mention of the name Uchiha, and that Azaiyo just had to bring up his eyes. He then directs a flash of killing intent towards the Sands Sannin his mouth formed into a grimace.. a simple wordless message... 'Do not question it further...' Azaiyo despite the killing intent tries to ease the situation by making a joke and trying to laugh it off, saying that a no would have been enough.  


Later into the conversation it would seem that Azaiyo is trying to join up with Echo so that they can right the world together, and form an alliance between Suna and Konoha, however Echo seems to just ignore this statement and only focuses on his thoughts on heros and what future lies for them, as well as that is no reward for being a hero, the only thing that a hero could hope for is that the Will of Fire would be passed on to another, and if he sought out a reward he should work at a civilian shop. Koroshi feels as if Echo is being a little harsh although what he is saying is true, and that no one that calls themselves a hero should ever expect any form of reward, divine or not.  There is a few more times where the two go back at each other speaking about different ideals, until Azaiyo decides to ask Echo about th flying thunder god, Koroshi only knew of one person in history to know this jutsu, and that was the yellow flash. Well it would seem that this boy was able to learn and master it as well, so to put an end to the conversation before it turns ugly the boy uses this technique, vanishing from sight, leaving Echo alone in his cave as he curses to himself.


As if turning a page the scene flashes to a few days later, Echo standing over his fire tosses his anbu mask to the ground, stating that he did not need it any more, before dressing in what Koroshi knows is his battle gear, the ear of the Sannin after preparing for a battle he views as Echo takes off with great speed his sharingan burning brightly under his goggles as he dashes through Suna, watching for any and all ninja that might try to stop him, but surprisingly, no one does. He is left to do as he pleases and he stands on top of the Kazekage building, shouts can be heard from inside the building, the voice matching that of the boy Echo was speaking with only moments ago for Koroshi. He blinks in confusion as Echo begins to let his chakra free flow out of him, as if he is trying to draw out and challenge him, although Koroshi has no idea why this is as the nine tails is only showing him what he wants to see, and right now the scene looks ill for Echo, it appears as though he is trying to force a fight because of the boy knowing the flying thunder god, to anyone that knew what happened and the reason Echo was there would have a better understanding of the situation 'Echo what are you doing?' Koroshi says in his mind as he watches the scene unfold. The boy continues to scream at himself, speaking more toward Echo's ideals as he does, saying that he will die for his country, although something seems off about him, is he under some sort of genjutsu? or maybe being mind controlled? The boy is just acting very different and his voice is more twisted, however his ranting and raving is returned by Echo with a very cocky voice "If your quite done Mr. Hero, your needed at the top level" Echo always loved to make people around him mad, because if they were angry or not focused then it helped him find weaknesses, and to use those weaknesses to topple even the strongest of ninja. However once the boy hears Echo'd voice he begins to replying to him from within his tower, speaking about how he was scorching the areas in Konoha, looking for something to better his village, but it would seem that  was a lost cause, and he was confronted by a Leaf ninja who captured him. The man would go on to say that he let the Leaf ninja capture him, but in doing so, he took everything from him, the most important things in his life. What could this mean? Is he speaking of his personal items? his weapons? when being arrested isn't it normal for these things to be taken away so that the person doing the arresting doesn't get hurt, or have to worry about the other retreating? As Koroshi thinks on this he hears the man continue "With this, I had no choice but to escape the situation. I needed time to myself, and needed to rebuild both me and my village after my loss. Was this wrong? It seems I am a criminal" When he escaped did he hurt someone? is this the reason Echo is so angry with him? The scene continues where the boy is saying he never meant any harm to anyone, and that he would not want to fight against Echo, no many people would. Well he is trying to speak to Echo about the short time they spent and how he is the most reasonable man  he has ever met, Koroshi has some thoughts on this, but chooses to ignore them as he is too interested in what is going on.


Echo being who he is cuts the man off again, stating that he is tired of talking to the floor, and that they have business to discuss. After a few moments the door to the roof would bust open, Azaiyo standing in front of Echo as he opens his month to speak, however Echo cuts him off saying "You can come up with any of the excuses you want, you attacked my ANBU, you've messed with the Fire Nation and you've been ordered to death." Hearing this lets Koroshi into the reason why Echo is challenging him, although who did the man attack? and why was he in Konoha to begin with? There would no answer to these thoughts and no time for Koroshi to focus on them to find one, in stead he is in shock of what Echo says next "You talked about wanting to be a Hero yeah?? Heres your chance...were gonna play a little game...You'll be the Hero..and I'll be the Demon you have to vanquish...If you run...All of Suna will be demolished." Would Echo really do that? would he kill all of Suna because one man attack an Anbu from Konoha? It doesn't make any sense, hopefully Echo is simply trying once again to bait out a fight so that he can get his revenge. Azaiyo's response however comes off as a bit strange, from his tale he was doing damage to himself in a crazed frenzy to gain more power for Suna, although he says that he gave all of his belongings to the Anbu as a sign of family, and that he himself is not the true Azaiyo, and that he had made a total of seven different clones to handle the personalties. Koroshi makes sure to keep that in mind as that could help Kurisu if the demon known as Nike comes back, although that is something he will address once he is not having these visions, he can bet that he has passed out or something from taking in so much nine tails chakra at once without knowing how to fully control it, and that Kurisu and his son are waiting for him to wake up. While these thoughts are going through Koroshi's head however he watches as Azaiyo tosses his head band to Echo, going forward to say that the headband is a gift from Viper to show family ties and their partnership, afterwards he would begin to relive himself of all weapons and armors, asking Echo if he really wants to kill him, then he can.


These speech however does not have any effect on Echo besides angering him further, he goes on to say that the head band is no sign of family, and that it was just to mark an organization and nothing more. Although what seems to anger him more is that he is threatening his whole village and he only sends a clone to face him, and will not come out himself. The clone would then begin ranting and continuing to state that he did not attack the anbu, and that he did not even lay a hand on him, he even goes on to say that as a clone he cannot fight and does not have the power to do so, this making it clear that this may not be a different clone jutsu, but rather an experiment, Koroshi doesn't know how he feels about someone making bodies just to hold their different emotions, but continues to listen to the mans words as he says he will lead him to the real one, and Echo may kill him if he wishes, but all he wants is peace and that he is a selfless man and would fight to save Suna. Again this has no effect on Echo besides angering him even more, he states that the clone should bring his mater to him, or that the people of Suna would die, Koroshi at this point is really hoping that he is just bluffing or playing some sort of game.


The clone in stead of doing what Echo asked stays to see if he can talk some reason into Echo, saying that he is not a demon and that he wouldn't attack them, and if he did what Viper and Konoha might think of him, he also goes on saying that Echo is free to make his choices and say who he can trust and call a comrade. These words in a sense come off as crazed thoughts spewing from the clones mouth, if Echo was not acting on his own and was doing this by order of Viper or Konoha, then why would they think any differently from how he got his mission done, and if he was acting on his own, he is making the choice to kill him or the village to get him to fight back. Although when he begins to speak about Amane Koroshi begins to think why she isn't here? and if she is in that shack on the outskirts of Suna, this thought bringing up a lot of bad memories of the One tails attack on Suna, and how he found her dead. However the clone continues to talk making it hard to focus on anything else, as he begins to speak about Echo's ancestors and what they would think about him if he killed the innocent.  Echo on the other hand is from what Koroshi would take it as shocked that the clone is still here and is still talking as he states "HOLY RIKUDO SENNIN DO YOU EVER SHUT UP!!!!??" before shooting a beam of energy from his finger to try and dispel the clone, however what seems to be an Anbu from the sand appears in front of the clone to block the blast from hitting him, stating that he does not care what has happened and that no harm should come to the Kazekage, seeing as he was protected the clone tells the anbu that he should get far from here, before stating an order of protection to keep Suna safe, this begins to make some ideas form in Koroshi mind, however for the moment it would seem as the the nine tails is getting slightly bored of the scene , and is wanting to skip to the next part of this, where he can show a different side of Echo, but he decides against it, wanting Koroshi to fully see how many times and how many people tried to keep Echo calm, but he doesn't listen and acts as a demon of rage, and lets him take control of him, however he thinks it would be best to let him see the whole scene.

The lack of Nike’s influence seemed to paralyze Kurisu, his body refusing to attack and his mind being clouded by mixed emotions. It was all Kurisu could do in order to continue urging Koroshi to unleash the power of the Kyuubi in full, encouraging him to use the pain of loss in order to create a need for the power instead just a desire to draw it out. “You’re doing it! Push on through!” the moment was on its way although it would create problems.
 
He blinked his eyes, their appearance changing from normal into their eternal gaze, trying to see through the building cloud of malignant chakra. He was able to use his enhanced vision to see Koroshi, unsure of what was truly happening until it was too late. He saw more tails coming from Koroshi, there was the final tail to signify that all they’d need to do now is work on taking control of the Kyuubi’s chakra. Before more could happen in terms of training the Kyuubi threw a wrench in the plans by attacking Kasuga.
 
Kurisu was frozen for a moment, seeing the Kyuubi take off towards Kasuga and leap into the air. He had expected Nike to make some comment on it but there was silence. He couldn’t watch it happen though, lightning crackling around his body along with a golden color bijuu chakra cloak, taking a hard step forward and punching his hands forward he’d send two chakra arms with hands open right at the kyuubi influenced Koroshi, going at full speed and strength to knock Koroshi off of Kasuga just as the impact started which would hopefully be enough to save Kasuga’s life. Even if the attack were to kill Kasuga at least Kurisu would be able to use Asgard’s help to make things right.
 

Assuming the arms hit as expected, the hands would push Koroshi off of Kasuga and try to hold him down on the ground. “Koroshi you have to calm down, control your emotions. You’ve got the power now is the time to harness it.” He was hoping that Koroshi would be able to reverse course and stop the Kyuubi’s control, if not then Kurisu would use all his strength to try and hold the beast down on the ground.

The possessed body of Koroshi Uchiha is about to slam down upon Kasuga, going to be doing a great deal of damage due to Koroshi's strength and weight all coming down on his chest, however as if in slow motion and as his bare feet that are coated in chakra are about to land down upon the boy, a father's love can be seen. As if watching this frame by frame and if time as slowed down Kurisu sees the nine tailed controlled Koroshi mere inches away from hurting his son, having dealt with so much loss his eyes reflect the Uchiha clans greatest power, but also their greatest curse, with this sight and with the crackling of his light element, and deep glow of his beasts chakra he throws out his arm to protect his son.  The slow motion would continue as Koroshi foot is touching down on the boys shirt, but just before he makes contact with the boys body it is as if everything has returned to normal speed for those watch as Kurisu's chakra cloaked fist impacts Koroshi's form, sending him flying back griding against the ground until he is finally stop by a large rock. His body held done by Kurisu, the nine tails alone lacking the power to force the arms off of him, so he remains pinned down, this causing his anger to sky rocket.

At this point the beast is roaring out in ferocious anger as three more tails begin to form, the beast trying to use its clawed hands to dig into the arms binding him to force them off, as he desperately pushes against the ground with his legs to try and force his way out using all of its strength, and the strength Koroshi has, although against Kurisu's combined strength with LRA and his fully realized beast cloak it does not seem he is going any where. However it can hear Kurisu's words although due to Koroshi mind and thoughts being else where at the moment, the beast in return to his words only lets out another mighty roar as he tries to rip the cloak into pieces.


Meanwhile in Koroshi's head the scene continues with Echo growing in anger as Azaiyo begins speaking again, leading to Echo to having an out burst and screaming at the Sand anbu as he claims that he had finally gotten him to shut up, and begins to threat Suna once again, wanting Azaiyo to step up and be the Kazekage, Echo could easily kill everyone and he knows it, but the Kazekage keeps dragging this out and won't give Echo what he wants, although Echo wouldn't really do that, would he? The battle would go on as all three parties begin to make their moves, Azaiyo's clone doing nothing but standing there as his Anbu tries to protect him, ultimately fleeing to another building top as Echo destroys the Kazekage building and the clone along with it. Seeing this Koroshi cannot not help but think how many times that poor building has been rebuilt.  After dispatching with the building and the clone Echo would turn his sights on the Suna Anbu, slashing out with his blade until stabbing it into him by slamming him into the ground with all of his strength, taking the anbus life. Then in a way to honor the anbu that Echo once was he told him it was time to sleep before taking his mask and putting it away in what Koroshi can only guess is Asgard, Echo next actions however make Koroshi pause as he is truly shocked at what he is seeing.

Echo with a growl stands up from the Anbu and proceeds to blast fire from his hands, setting many buildings ablaze, as well as the civilians as they run for their lives away from Echo who is truly looking like the demon he was claiming to be earlier as he shouts "PEOPLE ARE DYING!!!!!! AND THEIR GONNA KEEP DYING!!!!" as a tailed cloak begins to form as the chakra soon begins to coat his body making Echo look very menacing. It would be at this time that Navi would show up, from the look of his face he is shocked at what is going up, his friend Tora on his shoulder hissing at Echo's form as Navi begins to speak still in a shocked state as he asks Echo what it is that he is doing. Although his words do not reach Echo as more tails begin to form one after another as his skin begins to peel away leaving only a dark red chakra outline of the nine tailed fox, with a mighty roar Echo would land his fist down into the ground as cloaked claws rip upwards from the ground, tearing a part buildings, and grabbing civilians and ninja alike, thrashing them high into the air before tossing them around, due to the great speed, and none of them having any jutsu to catch their momentum they would surely die, or get hurt really bad, as he shouts for Navi to return to Asgard so that he can find his prey. Koroshi can only stare wide eyed at what is happening, Viper told him that Echo once took over Suna and that lead to him getting the spot of Kazekage, but never in a million years would he think that Echo would lose control like this, or would kill so many innocent people, he wants nothing more than to jump in and save everyone and stop Echo, but he is only able to watch in horror as everything happens around him, the blood being splattered about by the people being slaughtered around him as their screams are silenced as soon as they begin. Thankful however it would seem that reenforcement have arrived, not only is Navi there, but Viper and Kurisu show up to stop Echo, Kurisu taking a more peaceful root to stopping Echo as he tries to reason with him, and to see if he can reach out to the real Echo hat is being controlled by the hatred of the nine tails. Viper tries to reach Echo as well, shouting to him in order to reach him as he is widen eyed as well at what he is seeing his brother do, meanwhile Navi who was always known for his great speed takes off in a flash trying to save as many people from Echo's attacks as he can, placing them a safe distance away, and cutting the casualties way down, Koroshi sighs out silently thanking Navi for his actions.


Echo still being controlled snarls toward Viper as he speaks in a growled tone "What do you mean what am I doing!? I'M COMPLETING THE MISSION!!" could this have been something that the Anbu put in his head during his training? that anything and everything should be done to complete a mission? He can only hope that the Leaf did not force that upon Echo and that it is only the nine tails controlling and clouding his mind, Echo would also reply to Kurisu asking what it is he is doing here, however he does not wait for a reply as he continues to ask for their help in finding Azaiyo, is he that caught up in killing the man that he would make true to his word and kill until he shows himself? at first Koroshi thought Azaiyo was a good man as Echo and him shared moments together talking about a true hero, but he is really just hiding and refusing to fight Echo as his village burns. The scene to some would look as if Echo is standing there for a moment, but due to the nine tails showing him these visions he can hear the beast speaking to Echo, egging him on, their short conversation being the following "If you can't find the rabbit...burn the brush it can hide in!" He can hear Echo asking about the people showing that he still has some humanity left, however the beasts mentions the Uchiha clan, and compares the people in this village to them "Ridiculing...Underestimating...Looking down....the abuse is next....will you let them hurt you again?" The beasts sliver tongue doing its work as Echo in a fit of rage shouts out before grabbing a hold of two very scared civilians as they scream out for help, Koroshi's body tensing up as he tries to move toward them "Echo stop! You don't have t-" but before Koroshi can finish his words, which would have gone unheard anyway, he watches as he crushes the life out of them, before slamming his fist into the hospital, turning it into nothing but a pile of rubble, no doubt killing everyone inside. Echo's thought race on what to do next before he recalls Asgard and its tracking capabilities, so with a flash of crimson he vanishes and appears within Asgards control room shouting for them to find Azaiyo, although the next image surprises Koroshi and Echo, it would appear that the real Azaiyo was in the Kazekage's building, and died with the very first attack from Echo, the words "...Those people didn't need to die..." echo in his brothers mind as the scene cuts off there



With Koroshi's feelings growing, so does the beasts power, but this point and time the beast has opened seven of the tails, and is beginning to grow in size at a rapid rate as the beast is trying to take full form. What Kurisu would witness is Koroshi's chakra body expanding outward as the nine tails bones burst out of his body, first the ribs, then the tails, his spine and finally his clawed arms and skull. Roaring out the beast would keep flowing more and more chakra out as skin begins to form over the bones and his body seems to grow in size, 5 feet every few seconds as the roars get louder and more monstrous, due to his form quickly taking up the space of Kurisu's chakra hand, his body begins to go downward, digging into the ground as it is torn and ripped apart under the pressure from the weight and the new size pressing down on it. After a short while if Kurisu does not do anything it would come to pass that the nine tails body pushed and forced the ground down so much to take on its larger size, 50 feet tall, that his body for the most part would be free, besides the chakra arm over his mouth, the beats eyes looking down at Kurisu with a lot of anger as the tails move rhythmically around begin him, although due to his size and how much strength is behind the tails they are causing a lot of wind to stir up, as well as destroying any stone buildings in their path. Still being trapped by Kurisu the beast digs its clawed hand into the ground getting a large mass of earth as he hurls it at Kurisu, hoping to break his concentration on the arm, or to trick him on moving out of range

He had trouble fighting off flashes of his violent past, images of blood soaked clothes on his dead villagers. His eyes wandered off and caught a glimpse of Kasuga, it was nearly too much to try and work through. There was no choice, he had to deal with Koroshi until the Kyuubi was under control otherwise all of this would prove to be pointless. Even if he didn't want to deal with fighting at the moment, his son needed his help and doing so was only going to speed up the inevitable fight. 'Well, let's just see how we compare to the Kyuubi, how about it?' he spoke in his mind to his own bijuu, the yonbi. 'He's stronger than I am but just don't get stupid and you should be able to hold your own.' 

Taking a deep breath and then exhaling he'd disperse the chakra arm holding down the kyuubi while creating another one to catch the rock tossed his way. Throwing the rock back at the kyuubi would hopefully give him the opening he needed, darting off towards Kasuga at full speed he'd use his key to Asgard and heal Kasuga while sending him back to Konohagakure no Sato in order to ensure that nothing would happen to his son during this intense training session. 

Turning his attention back to the most likely still very much enraged kyuubi, his eyes burned with their eternal hue. There was going back now, this would truly be a test for Kurisu to see just how strong he had truly become during his days as Raikage. Adjusting the position of his body he took on a 'Goku' stance prepared to deal with whatever the kyuubi planned to do. "Ready whenever you are you dumb fox." perhaps it wasn't best to try and upset the kyuubi anymore than he already had but it sure wasn't going to get much worse.

The enraged nine tailed beast upon seeing the rock be thrown at him moves his head slightly to the right, allowing it to fly past him "Damn, while I am still stuck in this brat I cannot use my full strength!" the beast growls in his head as he eyes the proud Raikage taking on a warriors stance and facing him. The beast doesn't know if he will be able to fight Kurisu without his full power, however he is not going to back down now after he is so close! if he dies in this fight he will be free any way, so the outcome does not really matter. This fight is about nothing more the pride, the nine tails for its great power known through the ages, and Kurisu, the former Raikage and protective father. With a mighty roar the beast would send shock waves of sound by the sheer size and force of his lungs, shredding apart the buildings within 30 meters of him, sending the bricks flying toward the Raikage, each would be coming at slightly different speeds and heights, but with how many bricks and other rocks that are flying toward him it would look like a wall, briefly blocking Kurisu's normal view of the beast. During this time the beast would begin to charge large amounts of chakra into its lungs, forming a ball of pure concentrated chakra in his mouth. It will take some time to build up, and Koroshi doesn't have as much chakra power as the beast itself, but this blast if it hits will hopefully do some real damage.


Meanwhile however deep within Koroshi's mind where he is stuck for the moment is left with the image of Echo realizing that he has killed for no reason, feeling his hate, his sadness, his disgust. Koroshi little bit little is understanding Echo's wishes of wanting to die, however Koroshi still feels as though everything could have been different if he would have spent more time with Echo, first he wasn't around Echo enough to prevent the beatings, or the other forms of abuse that he had to suffer, then getting lost to reclaim his jacket, and then moving away to Suna to be the Kazekage. Maybe if he was a better brother, or if the too were closer that he would not have so much gate within him, and he could have lived a normal and happy life. Koroshi thinks on this for some time, being left in total darkness the only thing to do is think, and with the nine tails malice still surrounding this area it is corrupting Koroshi's thoughts and making him focus on all of the negative things that have happened, over looking all of the positive things, such as the times the three went on missions together, spending time playing and having fun, even over looking that closeness that they still had when they were older, how Echo came to his need and watched over Suna, giving him a brand new office, the time they had the party with all of the brothers together, Viper's wedding, and the birth of his children. All of this being blocked out of Koroshi's mind and only leaving the horrible things that have happened to Echo, Suna, and the world. Koroshi is trying to hold onto his positive side, but with each vision he sees, it gets further and further away.


After some time has past and Koroshi had had time to think about everything over and over again he begins to see light, after blinking a few times he sees Echo standing before two people, Maku, and Youka. Koroshi upon seeing them begins to glare Is this it? is this when they killed him?! Koroshi thinks, however something isn't right, the two look happy and friendly, and they are not in Kumo, they are in a place Koroshi has never been. It would seem that Echo is training and teaching them, also, Echo has a Kage hat on. All of this does not make any sense, when did he become the Tsuchikage? and why is he training them, are they his ninja? or his allies? The scene continues and it shows that they are missing ninja that work for Echo, and the three seem like they are friends. Koroshi doesn't know how to feel at this moment, he is happy that Echo was accepted and was not alone, but if they were his friends, why did they kill him? did they do it for a jump in power? to try and still his eyes? or beast? Or were they simply just playing him from the start, earning his trust so they could claim that they beat the best in the world? These thoughts continue for a moment before the scene switches slightly, it is still Echo, Youka and Maku, however they are in a different area. They are in a bar, Youka is sitting on a stool next to Echo, while Maku begins to sing and play a tune, however it is as if they do not see Echo for a moment, him only making himself known when he places the music box he had found on the table, playing some very loud music as he begins to fill the area with his aura, his Sharingan burning bright. It would seem that Koroshi had it backwards, Echo was here to kill them, not the other way around, this becoming very clear by his words, although Maku and Youka could not hear it he hears Echo speaking with Kurama, who is working together with him. The scene goes on as he views that Youka some how has the Rinnegan, and begins to try and absorb the chakra Echo is letting out, however something strikes Koroshi at his core, Youka saying "This body does..have one wish, if we do fail here today that you make this world habitable again. Not the mundane its become." These words ignite a fire within Koroshi "That is your wish?! and yet what did you do with your live after taking Echo's? You took over a great nation, tortured their people, and turned them into living bombs and decorations!" The more Koroshi's anger grows, the more power the Nine tails is able to take from him, and at this rate, things are looking pretty bad for Koroshi. The scene however continues and cuts off Koroshi's thoughts, Echo's chakra arms are absorbed by Youka's barrier, as well as his massive chakra that he built up, however upon his attacks being stopped, he views Echo dash with great speed down into the cellar of the bar, building up a mass of chakra before launching what looks like a dragon upwards that destroys the bar with great power, undoubtedly killing all those inside, expect however the ninja he was sent there to kill. Maku the one Koroshi has personally fought appeared within the cellar with him, coating his body in the black flames of the Uchiha clan, only moments after appearing Echo would turn to kick the man in the face, however he had other plans, he started channeling the jutsu he had used against Koroshi in their fight, drawing in things around him, before exploding with chakra sending it in all directions around him, his plan must be to kill Echo with this attack as well as everyone else that wasn't killed by Echos. However only moments after using this jutsu he would blink out of the room and 20 meters away from the bar, only moments after he vanishes he sees what looks like the Susano-o, another jutsu that was used against Koroshi form over the hole that was once called a bar, sealing Echo inside of it, then to make sure that his death will happen coats the body of the Susanoo in gold fire. Koroshi watching through Echo's eyes sees them widen in surprise as he is shoot upwards, his mind trailing off to something that hits Koroshi pretty hard, he sees Echo's life passing through his mind, he sees him proudly and slightly blood coming out of the academy holding a headband in his hand as he has finally become a ninja, before running off to eat dango with Viper and Koroshi, he can remember that day pretty clearly, Echo was so happy, and the three talked about what they planned to do, and what kind of ninja they were going to be, although their dreams did not go as planned. Viper's main goal was to become he leader of the Uchiha clan, never mentioning being the Hokage or becoming a god like figure to most, Echo's goal was to be a great swordsmen, one that would prove that he was his own person, not just an Uchiha, in fact Echo said that even if he had unlocked Sharingan that he would not use it. He did not care about what rank he was going to be, all he know was that one day, he was going to be the best, the best in the world and no one could ever tell him that he was wrong.  Koroshi, his goal was never to be a Kage, or to do pretty much anything he has done during his time, all Koroshi wanted to do was to grow in strength as a Taijutsu user, wanted to be a sensei, or possibly a teach at the academy, he never even thought about a Kage spot, never wanted to rule, all he ever wanted was to be strong enough person that he could protect others, and wanted to help teach others to protect themselves.  


However that happy thought is quickly changed as Echo's mind races through as his last moments draw closer, he sees Echo as the anbu captain giving Navi his mask, welcoming him to the hell that is the life of the anbu with a grin on his face, he knew that Navi was trained by Echo, and the two were very close, but he didn't know that Echo himself was the person that made him into an anbu. That may be the reason that Navi seemed a bit awkward around people, if Echo put him through the same training that he went through, or worse then it would make sense that he wouldn't be open when talking with people. However these thoughts change as well, changing to be Echo when he was given Samuru to look after and to help grow, Viper even though he is stuck in Asgard, never wanted that for his kids, so he entrusted Echo with the kids, he sees Echo refusing it at first as the crying Samuru moves around in his arms, however when Samuru looks up at Echo his tears stop, and he begins to goggling and smiling toward him, Echo's heart melting as he smiles back, and goes off to get some parenting books, Koroshi never knew that Echo was raising Samuru, the two must have been very close, and he must be heart broken that he is gone, even more so that the people that had killed him are still out there, and causing even more pain to others, Koroshi still hates himself for not being there to safe Echo, but a different form of hate is that he doesn't have the killer instinct that his brothers have, if he was killed, he is sure that Echo and Viper would not only kill the person that did it, but would kill every family member, every friend, neighbor anyone that would be close to them would be killed to ensure that they had paid for what they had done. However Koroshi is not that way, he hates killing, and feels too strongly against it, Samuru must hate him, and think that he is weak for this. Should they ever get a chance to talk Koroshi will have to ask for his forgiveness, even though he may not deserve it. These thoughts however are left unfinished as they change with Echo's, viewing Maku and Youka in his office for a moment as he offers them a job, Koroshi however doesn't have a kind memory or something to look back on with this thought, he is only reminded that Maku and Youka even though Echo had taken them in, and was their friend, the two did something to betray him, and now they have killed him without a second thought.

He can hear Echo's last thoughts, and it brings a tear to his eyes "Doesn't have much of a purpose anymore do I...?
The boy is strong enough to handle himself....Konoha doesn't need some great protector anymore...
The battlefield doesn't need a Demon King to tear their ranks asunder..." He hears Echo speak before he sees the following scene.

A boy collides into him as he stands beside a toy cart, his gaze trailing downwards before they flick upwards towards a blonde woman and his eyes soften. A small smile graces his face as he gazes fondly at the child, reminded of his nephew back home. The Mother is beautiful too, perhaps..

A Mother doesn't need a flighty guy like me coming and going... This must have been someone that Echo had loved, or at least was close to, the child reminding him of Samuru when he was a child, although Koroshi didn't know it at first, maybe Echo wanted to settle down and have a family of his own, it would make sense after raising Samuru. The scene switching once again.

A door is blown inwards by his foot as a young man looks up as he sits in the Raikage's seat, instantly alert and ready to strike..Echo smirks at the reaction and the small flare of chakra he feels.

A Raikage doesn't need guidance... That must have been the person that took over after Kurisu, but he thought that was his daughter? maybe this was her stand in, or possible the one after her. So maybe she is still alive, this giving Koroshi a little bit of hope, and something to tell Kurisu. Although that thought is taken up as Echo's final image of his life flashes in front of him.

Two pairs of onyx eyes joined by a third pair of blue stare up at the night sky, young faces of three brand new Genin lay awake the night before their first actual mission. Three Hopeful Genin, Three Brothers, Three Friends, Three pairs of hearts filled with dreams...
A shooting star flashes across the sky and eyes blink before the triplets share a look before grinning and closing their eyes.

Heh, first to fall...? How lame is that...? This scene alone is enough to hit Koroshi hard, he can feel the pain of Echo's death even more so as he can view Echo's last moments, how he felt as though he was not needed any more, how he was a burden to others, and that this might have been for the best, however his last thoughts are also of Koroshi and Viper, he was told that the last time Echo and Viper were together was not a friendly one, and that Echo gave up his tool to enter Asgard. Even though he was mad, and hurt Echo's bond with his brothers were strong enough that they were on his mind until his very last breath. Koroshi eyes now filled with tears as he feels the joy and pain from Echo as he does one final action before his death. At his last moment, Echo activates a tattoo with a flare of chakra, giving a message to his only real friend he's ever had...That boy who rose to the throne of Hokage and became someone that could truly match him, if not beat him.

'Navi, Kyuubi's gettin' loose in Kumogakure...Oh and Goodbye..' Echo transmits, before a chuckle escapes and the blast takes him and pain overloads his body as it tries in vain to keep up with the damage the blast is doing...Too fast, too much...
One last thought hits him, as Echo Uchiha fades into ash as the attack disintegrates him and all of his belongings.
"I wonder....What will Mom be like...?" In his final moments Echo Uchha proved that he was a caring uncle, a trusted friend and mentor to many, and most of all was a hero, one that even though he has died wanted to make sure that no one else got hurt, so he informed Navi of his death. Koroshi emotions at this point are shifting and changing so much that he can barley stand it, the nine tails taking advantage of this.


Outside of Koroshi's mind the Bijuu dama is almost fully charged, however he feels Koroshi slipping away, and his soul growing weaker, so with a grin he cancels the blasts by closing his month, his form beginning to shrink as the two are becoming one, however not in the way that Kurisu has planned, in stead the nine tails is in full control of Koroshi's body and his powers for the time being. after the his form has been changed and shifted down to Koroshi normal height and size, the only change being a dark orange aura that is coating his body like a bijuu cloak, his hair is lifted up by this power as it envelops him. He now faces toward Kurisu his eyes closed however a grin still remains on his face, he is silent for a moment.

"You were right, all I had to do was use the pain of lose and create that need. Thank you so much for your help, now, how about we continue with our battle?" He says, although it is not Koroshi's normal voice, there is a slight Echoed effect to it, causing it to sound a lot darker and creepy, his grin shifting into a very unsettling grin as he opens his eyes, Koroshi's Sharingan eyes are now mixed with the eyes of the nine tails, being a dark orange in stead of red, and the slit that is the beasts eye is now covering most of the design of his eternal mangekyou sharingan. Right after opening his eyes he would begin to let his chakra pour out of him, as well as opening 7 of the 8 gates, the combined power alone causing the ground under him to be crushed as a small crater is formed beneath his feet, his body is now shifting from its dark orange state, to having tints of green in it because of the gates. All of the veins in Koroshi's body are now bulged outward as they are forced to pump blood much faster due to the increase in speed strength and power due to the gates. His form shifts slightly as his upper body leans forward some, his right arm being brought up to the same level of his face, his hand staying open, his fingers spread slightly a part, while the tips are bent inward toward his hand, in a position so that it is ready to counter attacks that might be thrown at him. His left arm however is moved back some aligning itself with his ribs, his hand is clinched into a fist, and is turned slightly so that the bottom of his fist is pointed toward his body, in a position that it is ready to strike. This stance being the one that is taken by Vegeta  "Come on clown, show me what made you the Raikage!" He says, his tone matching the one before as he wants nothing more than to kill Kurisu and get out of here so that he may kill everyone that Koroshi, Echo, Viper and Kurisu care about to make up for all of the time he was stuck in Echo's body unable to kill for himself.

This was going to be an nearly impossible challenge to tackle head on, but that was the plan. He wasn't going to rush into it just yet; however, the time to rush in and fight all out was going to come soon. His mind was still slightly unstable from just recently banishing Nike to the deep depths of his mind along with the other voices that had come with it. His eternal gaze still looked on the Kyuubi enraged Koroshi, Kurisu experienced intense hallucinations that made him have flashbacks to his old days back when he was more obsessed with overcoming the rival and brother he'd found in Viper. It slightly annoying, the image of Koroshi's Kyuubi form flashing into a figure of Viper back and forth until there was a loud roar followed by waves of debris flying towards Kurisu.

He remained in his stance, his armor forming onto his body (Rajin Armor, not sure if it was on already) along with his current state of having his lightning release armor active and golden bijuu cloak from Son Goku, the impact of debris being dramatically decreased. His right hand moved to cover the surface of his face from the pieces of debris, the entire surface of his body being protected and causing the pieces to harmlessly bounce off him until the barrage was finished. With his eternal gaze he could see the building of chakra going on; however, the chakra seemed to disperse as the state of the battle took on a change.

For a moment he thought that Koroshi had taken control of the Kyuubi, that was hopeful wishing as it became apparent from the words spoke that the Kyuubi was the one in control for this battle and had the power of Koroshi as an added measure to try and secure the victory. Kurisu had no intentions of losing in this situation, he needed to fight off the Kyuubi until Koroshi could finish the process and take control back from the beast. "I intend to show you." there was silence and pause after his statement, the calm before the storm. A light breeze rolled through the area between the two incredibly powerful fighters, the sound of a rock break off from a nearby cliff was the bell that started the fight.

In one swift movement he launched into a sprint off his leading left foot, his attention was entirely focused on the flashing images of the Kyuubi and Viper. His emotions were hard to knock back as the wound of family deaths still tugged at him, in this case the death of Navi by the hands of Viper were fueling him. He had some understanding towards what happened, but it didn't change his initial feelings that were being expressed through the fight with the Kyuubi and his mental hallucination.

During his sprint, there'd be a quick flash of hand seals followed by Kurisu spitting out five large orbs of lava spread out in a even formation that would mark the end points of a star the size of roughly fifteen meters. This would create a gap to try and force the Kyuubi to stay in front of Kurisu as the lava orbs were not set to hit unless the beast would move away from Kurisu's charging form. If able, he'd be in range to strike out at full force with right fist squarely aimed at the kyuubi's face. Regardless of the effect that it would have aside from sending the Kyuubi flying, he'd follow up with his right hand pulling back while his left leg rose up and stuck out at the Kyuubi's right rib cage in an attempt to bring the beast's guard lower so that Kurisu could then go with a straight left punch to the Kyuubi's face before take steps backwards while still on guard. If the Kyuubi was barely effected or at least knocked away by the strikes, he'd stare down the kyuubi, keeping his guard up and being prepared for a counterattack by the powerful being.

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Used in Post: Those Lava Orbs

The anticipation builds as the two giants face each other, besides the few words that were spoken and the cracking of the ground under their feet the battle field is silent. The beast looks on toward the Raikage, he has seen his strength but has never gotten a chance to test it for himself, he has only been able to look through Echo's eyes, and the two never had an actual battle, they just spent their time playing, what a waste. Although with this new body not only will he be able to fight Kurisu, but he can challenge all of the people he has seen through out the years, such as Viper, he was the Hokage for many years, and he is the reason that he was sealed within Echo, not only that, but the bastard had the gall to take some of his chakra, and to clone him and his keen, and what pisses him off even more is that Viper put his chakra into his snot nosed brat Samuru. Then to pour salt in his wound he had to watch him grow up through Echo's eyes, seeing him use his chakra like it is a play thing, this whole family sickens him, and he is going to make sure to kill each and every one of them! His thoughts however end there for the time being as nature itself sounded the start of the fight as the sound of a rock breaking off of a cliff speeding toward the earth causes the Raikage to start his charge, officially starting the battle.


He watches as he charges forward toward him, shooting some lava orbs as he does, the beast feeling the strength in his new body simply laughs upon seeing them, if he was still stuck in Echo he might have been hurt by that attack, but with Koroshi's dense muscles, his callus body, and with the added strength from the gates he feels unstoppable. With Kurisu nearing the beast begins to walk forward toward him, his arms starting at his sides, his shoulders back, his smirk still on his face as Kurisu finally seems like he is taking things some what seriously as his body is now covered in his Raijin armor, hopefully this will keep him alive so he can test his new power. the gap between them is closed quickly as Kurisu attempts to punch him in the face with his right hand which is clinched into a fist, however in stead of making contact with the target he had planned, it stead it is met with Koroshi's left hand that was moved up in blinding speeds that only someone on this level would be able to see. As soon as the punch would hit Koroshi's hand a loud cracking sound echoes through the battle field, however Koroshi's body remains unfazed by the strength of the hit, in stead his immediate action upon the fist coming into contact with his hand he closes it down upon Kurisu's closed fist, gripping it with his max strength, his fingers digging into the armor as it begins to crack under the pure strength of Koroshi's grip. Should this not change Kurisu's actions and he tries to kick upwards at Koroshi's form with his left leg, attempting to hit his ribcage, the beast would swiftly move his right arm to catch his leg by the shin, holding it in the air so that he is off balance and has an even smaller chance of escaping. The beast wanting to test his strength further uses his grip strength to dig into the armor, crushing it against Kurisu's leg as if it is a mere soda can to him. Should these actions still not change Kurisu's and he attempts his third attack of a punch with his left hand aimed toward his face. Seeing this coming in slow-mo due to the sharingan, and his own speed the beast's smirk widens as he thrusts his head forward attempting to slam it into the Raikage's fist, should his action go through as planned his forehead would slam into the armor covered fist crushing the armor into Kurisu's hand, as well as shattering the Raikage's wrist due to the massive strength slamming against him.

Should everything go through as planned the beast's actions would continue "No wonder Kumo was taken over if you were their best warrior!" The beast says his smirk showing off his fangs that are begging to rip into some flesh, however he wants to get a real fight, so he in stead of biting into his throat like he wants to, would in stead push his arms forward releasing Kurisu's arm and leg as he does, tossing him to the ground freeing him. While these actions go through he is watching his body for any and all movements so that he can counter.





( The Ultimate Stance )

This was a rather unique experience, he wasn't sure if it was some ill effect of time spent within Asgard considering it was fill with what basically was Viper's chakra. That was how Kurisu looked at it anyways, seeing the image of his rival and brother instead of the kyuubi enraged Koroshi, it reminded him of the past, all of it. It was as if his mind being clear in the first time for years was letting him see the truth that he'd made himself blind to for so long, it seemed to be playing out for him. Maybe it was a way for Nike to try and get back into his head, but the effects were far different. 

The old days before losing Echo and Navi, before all the Fire Nation and Sky Nation conflicts and tragedies, before the two boys had even been kage. The days of just being a Genin, at the time Konohagakure no Sato was lenient with allowing their ninja to go explore, after all the Hokage had been powerful. The kids didn't know back then that it was the actions of the Hokage that had accidentally tied them together, that Kage not long before the two met had destroyed and died in the village of one of the boys, Kurisu. The cliche cycle of revenge was always able to grip hold of the young and naive, it created tension and hatred. 

Looking on, he saw the image of Viper catching his fist and starting to crush it. The pain was light as it was Koroshi denting his armor with his enraged hand. Almost childishly he had telegraphed his moves and now his leg was being grabbed as well. Mixed with the thoughts of the old days, he remember that Viper still had killed Navi. He had no intention of stopping his punch, though the following crack of his wrist made him consider regretting it. Shaking his hand, the hallucination was rather disturbing at times, a mixture of the Kyuubi, Viper, and Koroshi. The memories continued to speak to him.

The young Kurisu and young Viper met outside of the home villages, neutral ground. The Konohagakure no Sato Headband had sparked it, the fresh memory of a Hokage destroying Kurisu's village although paying the price of life in the process. Kurisu immediately challenged the young Viper to a battle, he was cocky at the time and didn't understand the type of warrior that Viper would grow to become. The cockiness wasn't unwarranted though, he provided a challenge worthy of unlocking Viper's sharingan for the first time, Uchiha legends spoke of requiring desperate need to unlock forms of Sharingan and he was able to provide that. Even though their spar show off their childish skills, it was Viper's ideals and words that would ring true many years later.

Spars weren't so simple now, not with a kyuubi jinchuuriki with the power of seven opened chakra gates holding onto one of your fists in an attempt to crush it and the other holding your opposing leg. He was rusty and Koroshi was very strong as it was, even more he was dealing with visions of Viper and that minor detail of Kyuubi being in control of Koroshi's body and most of his powers. The headbutt had indented an impression of itself into the armor of his left hand while also resulting the breaking of his wrist. The armor was sturdy and his tolerance for pain was high, he could still use it but he needed to try and be smarter. At that moment he was tossed away and the kyuubi tried to mock him but he only heard the voice of young Viper.

"I hope that is not all you got, i haven't even broken a sweat yet." Viper always did have that ego, even with words that were wise and powerful. They all had their flaws, Kurisu's flaw ended up being his emotions. The flame of revenge burned with anger inside of him, but that was something Viper made his see need in controlling. Just a spar had turned into him trying to do things that would have killed other ninja, but of course Viper was far from your average ninja but the intent wasn't too kill, well maybe it was at first.

Perhaps that was the key, he rushed forward at the kyuubi'd Koroshi and taking a page out of Viper's book he used his eyes. Closing his left eye he'd hopefully get close enough to Koroshi to ignite his face on fire with amaterasu from his right eye. This was a calculated move for the drunk warrior, he knew full well that the kyuubi would only get enraged beyond belief but he'd be able to easily survive and recover quickly. Assuming that he was in striking range at this point, after having attempted to do so in order to fire off Amaterasu, he charge up lightning chakra on his right hand and sticking out just his index finger he'd concentrate the chakra there. Maybe this was going too far.

Compassion, "If it means anything, you have my apology for what Konoha has done." even after the attacks of anger from the vengeful young Kurisu, even as a boy Viper knew how to use his words and time things right. The words my have only made the young Kurisu see a possible friend and definite rival in Viper, they would be part of the building blocks for the future. "The way I look at it, your village is like your family, it has it's faults, and it has it's strengths. Konoha is my home, it is where I was raised, and where my mother died to bring me in to this world.." and Viper also knew the pain Kurisu felt, perhaps Kurisu realized it then, that Konohagakure no Sato was truly the better village, as he had never really looked at Kumogakure no Sato in that way. Perhaps that was the real reason he ended up following Viper later, only to see Konoha destroyed. Instead there was no choice but to return to Kumogakure and try to lead it, an impossible task. Even though peace was what Viper tried to make Kurisu see, being Kage always complicated things.

There was no need to take things lightly, he was battling a living tank of destruction. The hell stab technique used by an ancient Raikage and passed down through history was a perfect test to see what kind of damage the living tank could handle. Doing this immediately following the Amaterasu he attacked with, he'd slash his right finger downward at Koroshi's left shoulder, an attempt to remove the limb from his body and try to make things more difficult. 'At least he can heal from that, or he won't get hit, guess we'll see.' his thoughts were still cloudy, the truth growing clearer and clearer, louder and louder.

The nine tailed possessed Koroshi looks toward Kurisu, watching as he closes his left eye, the nine tails never seeing Kurisu fight, and knowing that each Uchiha has different powers with their eyes he doesn't think to much about the three from the past, but in stead retakes his stance from before as he prepares for any new powers that might come from the Raikage, to his surprise however Kurisu charges at him, Koroshi's sharingan tracks and traces his chakra, seeing lightning chakra building and flowing to his right index finger, as well as some chakra flowing to his eyes, thinking that this these two techniques go together the beast focuses more on his finger getting ready to redirect it, and to send it into the Raikage's chest. However while he is distracted with his hand he is caught fully off guard by Amaterasu, the black flame of the Uchiha clan to cover his face, lucky for him however Kurisu was not looking into his eyes, so they are not being burned at the moment. As for the rest of him however his skin, as tough as it is beginning to burn away, showing the true might of the Uchiha clan. While he is distracted by the pain of the black flames, and being blinded by seeing the chakra within the flames with his sharingan, he loses track of Kurisu for a moment, he tries to sense where he is until he feels a great deal of pain in his left shoulder as he hears a thud, and he can no longer feel his arm, the beast at this point is so enraged that once he can see he plans on ripping Kurisu limp from limp,  so many things are going through the beast mind, he is cursing Kurisu, his family and the blasted Uchiha eyes that he has. However, just as he begins to panic he remembers one thing about this power, it can only burn what it is in contact with, so with a sick twisted grin the beast without having made any physical reaction before this moment lifts up his right arm, uses his claws to dig into his own skin, ripping into it as he pulls off a large amount of his flesh tossing it aside with the flames on it. once the flames are gone he can know see Kurisu, his face is bleeding and is almost at the bone showing all sorts of muscles and tendons that should never be seen by any normal person, his teeth and large fangs can also be seen through the small bit of flesh that used to be his cheeks. While still looking at Kurisu with his grin he lowers his form down, grabs his fallen arm with his right, and lifts it up to his shoulder, the natural 9 tails regenerating powers beginning to take effect, the wounded skin is now steaming, his arm is slowly being attached back onto his body and his skin is regrowing itself "Well wasn't that a cute attack, reminds me of the brutal fighting style that Echo had" At that moment the beast realized something, something that would make any man shake with excitement, he could not be stopped, at this moment he is the strongest any person can be, and he is going to enjoy this.

With his arm fully healed he wiggles his fingers around making sure that everything is working right before he lowers his form for a moment, his weight shifting to his right leg, before he dashes toward Kurisu, his right arm is out stretched, and he dashes just to the left of his target, as he does so at blinding speeds he slams his arm into Kurisu's neck, his armor for the most part protecting him, however due to how much strength is put into this attack the armor around his neck begins to bend inward, making it tight around him, choking him in a way. However Koroshi does not stop with the first hit, he continues to run forward, attempting to force Kurisu's backwards like this, dragging him by his forearm by the neck, with each passing moment the armor gets closer and closer to his neck making it harder and harder to breath. After about 10 seconds of running, this making it where the armor is very tight around his neck, but giving him just enough room to gasp for air, so that he will not pass out, or die to quickly. After the 10 second marker, he pushes forward and down with his right arm as he lowers his form once more, slamming Kurisu into the ground with all of his might, this causes the back of his armor to be bent in some from the sheer force of the attack, it also knocks some air out of Kurisu, making his breathing even harder for him, and making his armor very uncomfortable to wear. His armor being both a blessing and a curse, it should be clear to both the beast and Kurisu that if he was not wearing it, his bones would be shattered, and he would have died a long time ago, however because he has the armor on, it is now choking him, and stabbing against his flesh just by wearing it.

After choke slamming Kurisu to the ground by his forearm Koroshi stands up over him with the same twisted smile as he looks down at his foe, who at this point should on the ground gasping for air "What other tricks do you have up your sleeve?!"

He'd seen a lot of horrifying things in his life, some of things he'd done and things that others had done. What he witnessed was far different from those experiences, granted he did cause it. The kyuubi enraged Koroshi was definitely unhappy with the black flames of Amaterasu and the loss of his left arm; however, the kyuubi simply ripped off his face which was more horrifying than anything Kurisu had seen in a very long time. The hallucinations made the event even worse, seeing the raw wound of bones and muscle tissue mixed with flashes of Viper. It was fitting, Viper had shown to be wise and nice but after becoming a Kage and Jinchuuriki like Kurisu, there was a change.

They'd both ascended to leadership roles in their respective villages after each village had been destroyed and the previous Kages had died. Too young for the boys to truly take on the role but Viper was able to handle it better than Kurisu. One went mad and kill crazy while the other seemed to take to building a nation and overthrowing smaller villages to increase the power and display of his Nation. Kurisu never really understood just how things had changed so much from their early childish encounter, ignoring his own problems while seeing Viper make mistakes and then correct them. Even though Viper had gone down a dark path, he had steered off in a path of light, that was what Kurisu needed to do. 'How am I suppose to make myself a better person?' the question was puzzling.

The kyuubi was able to heal its face and even reattach the slice off arm. Kurisu had expected as much, the bijuu itself was already powerful and having Koroshi's body made it worse especially with the kyuubi's regeneration ability. He was going to be punished for his attacks, it would have worked on almost anyone else. Perhaps this is what he needed, repentance. Would this be enough to straighten out his life? No, Viper never took a beating like this to change, there had to be more.

Love, a powerful thing that can topple nations. Viper may have taken the world into the palm of his hand, but he let it go. Family, bonds that can solve nearly every problem. He could remember Viper getting married and being happy, having kids and caring about being a better man for them. Kurisu had never been one to settle down, he'd been involved in many one night relationships and never really became a good father to his kids. Misaki was the closest he'd ever come to being a good parent, but he put the Raikage Hat on her head and sealed her fate. Viper would have never give his kids such responsibilities that early. Maybe building a family is all that matters.

He could see the Kyuubi preparing to strike at him, a move he was familiar with from his days in Kumo. "If I didn't know any better I'd say you were trying to kill me." he could hears Viper's words as a kid alongside the Kyuubi's mention of Echo's brutal fighting. His own anger had consumed him in his youth, he didn't have the intention to kill then nor now, yet he still always fought like it. It was a problem that he needed to fix, that was the key to being a better person. Before he knew it, the kyuubi enraged Koroshi was on him, raising up his arms to block the impact as futile it was.

His right arm took the main force of the impact as his left arm didn't there in time. The two bones of his forearm cracking under the pressure with his radius bone actually snapping. Pain once again, he still wasn't too used it but all the years of drinking helped him numb most pain. He had no choice but to drop his arms, the lariat attack impacting his neck and slightly choking him. The choking effect was decreased from his arm taking the initial impact, but the lingering force of the arm still applied enough pressure to deny him some air until the arm is removed from his neck. He coughed some, his airway opening back up and the armor not quite choking him.

He had never questioned why Hokage Nashua Uchiha had attacking Kumogakure no Sato in the first place, Viper had always talked about making sure Konohagakure no Sato was no longer did bad things, but had it ever truly been that bad? Kurisu realized that whatever Konoha had it always seemed to bore great leaders, even Koroshi was from Konoha and made a great Kazekage for Sunagakure no Sato. Kasuga, his son, his mother lived in Konoha. 'I'll have to go see his mother Ari after this. I just need to build a family and actually be there for them.' that was now the plan, to go to Konoha and call it home.

His mind was fully clear, he knew what he needed to do. Before doing anything else, he needed to make Koroshi be able to overcome the Kyuubi and master it. He'd been too focused on thinking of ways to end the fight when that wasn't even the point nor the right mindset to have. He needed to resist the thoughts of killing or even major injuries except for when absolutely needed. 'You are angry, I get that. I'm sorry for what the ninja world has done to the bijuu. I've made friends with Son Goku, but I admit that its still wrong that he's locked inside of me." he was taking a new approach.

"So Kurama, I know my tactics angered you even more and you've had almost no free time. You nearly killed my son and yet I forgive you for it. If you need to take out some anger, focus it on me but try and calm down. Koroshi is a good person, I think you'll come to respect him." he did not expect the words to work now, but they'd set things up. For now he'd take his beating, the beginning of his redemption. Jumping up to his feet he'd go back to his bread and butter, even if it was the same as hitting a brick wall over and over. A Raikage is known for breaking down walls, maybe he could breakthrough the kyuubi.

Slamming his right fist forward towards the kyuubi's face, he'd do as he had earlier almost regardless of what happens. His left leg rising up to strike at the kyuubi's ribcage and following through with another strike with his left fist to the kyuubi's face. The strikes with his arms would probably be weakened from his broken bones and surely there'd end up being more breaking but he could handle it. Even if it was a wall that a Raikage couldn't break, Kurisu could not be fully broken and so he desummoned his armor, leaving just the lightning release armor and bijuu cloak.