Along The Path Of Vengeance(Sasuke/Mha)

Chapter 48: Chapter XLVIII: Naruto Vs Sasuke



They both ran at each other and met in the middle with Midoriya throwing a kick at 8%.

It was easily blocked and Midoriya's eyes widened in shock before Sakura grabbed him by the collar and threw him through a collapsed pillar laying on the ground.

Kirishima said, "Jeez, the last time I saw Midoriya get manhandled like that was against All Might."

Midoriya rubbed his head and dodged an incoming punch, thinking, '8% was nothing for her! I already gotta go to 20%.'

He punched her, and she blocked, but the grimace on her face told him enough. He went for another punch, but she side-stepped it and landed a blow to his chest.

It knocked the wind out of him, but he held onto her arm and slammed her over his shoulder on the ground, going for an axe kick that she rolled out of the way of.

While they went back and forth, Sasuke thought, 'She's going equal with 20% of One For All. If she's like Midoriya at all, she should grow stronger in the future too. Didn't think there were others out there with quirks that had that kind of strength.'

Mina asked, "Hey, Tsunade, how does her quirk work? I thought she was a healer."

"She is one. She can just also transmit that life energy into power."

Sasuke asked, "Does the diamond on your foreheads have anything to do with your quirks? Or is that just a birthmark?"

"It's both. It multiplies how much life energy we can utilize, but there is no reason to use it here. It's only for really serious situations."

Gaara stirred awake from his earlier knockout and Nezu caught him up to speed in his language.

Midoriya tried to land multiple hits on her, but she would block and return her own. He thought, 'This isn't getting anywhere... I think black whip can be used for actual combat now. Sasuke's been helping me a lot the past week, I should put it to use!'

While she jumped away, black tendrils suddenly shot out of his hand and wrapped around her.

Uraraka held her hands together, "Can he control those now?"

This caught Sakura off guard and he pulled her into a hard gut punch that made her spit up saliva.

He felt like he heard ribs cracking and retracted his tendrils, "Woah! Are you ok?! I didn't mean to—"

Sakura uppercut him almost up to the ceiling and stood up fine. Bakugo yelled, "What the hell are you doing, idiot?!"

Sakura said, "Thanks for the concern, but I can heal really quickly from anything you do, so don't hold back or underestimate me! Cha!" As he fell back down, she went for a haymaker that he barely put up his guard for.

He was sent flying through another pillar and caught his breath, 'Her strength is monstrous! It's as she says... I gotta try harder!' Green lightning arced around him and he got on all fours briefly, '25%!'

The speed boost helped him blitz her and sweep her feet from under her. She tried to swing at him, but he blew her away by flicking a finger at full power.

She yelled as she was sent through a pillar and Midoriya grinded his teeth feeling the pain of a broken finger that he didn't miss, but he powered through it and wrapped tendrils around pieces of rocks and chucked them at her.

She punched through them and got closer, but he used the combination of smoke and his tendrils to distract her and let him land a solid punch to her dome that knocked her out and sent her flying.

Mina cheered, "Good job, Midoriya!"

Tsunade called the fight, "Midoriya wins!"

She jogged over to Sakura who woke up within moments and shot back up. Tsunade put her hands on her shoulders, "Woah there, fights over. You did good, Sakura."

Sakura relaxed and rubbed her head, "Aw man... since when did he have that other quirk?"

Midoriya strolled toward them holding his broken finger, "You were super strong! I barely won."

She stared down at his finger, "How'd you break your finger with your own power?"

"Eh... I can't handle my quirks full power yet. I got carried away and used it all to blast you away once... can you heal it maybe?"

Sakura crossed her arms and turned away, "Nah."

Midoriya scoffed, "Huh?"

Tsunade playfully pulled Sakura's ear, "Don't be a sore loser."

Sakura winced and approached Midoriya, and waving her off, "I was only kidding," she reached out to his finger and healed it within moments.

He laughed awkwardly and the two walked back to the rest of the class, "Thanks."

Some of the guys gave Midoriya pats on the back, and Kaminari said, "Good job, Midoriya, we're tied up now."

Uraraka stated, "You got a handle on your quirk fast."

Midoriya replied, "Yeah, Sasuke's been helping me figure things out for a while, so I have him to thank for that."

Sero said, "Now we just need Sasuke to bring home the trophy."

Naruto pumped his fist, "Not gonna happen! I've been waiting too long to kick your butt, Sasuke! Let's fight already!"

Sasuke glared, "You're too loud, shut up!"

Mina said, "Good luck."

Bakugo said, "I'm never letting you live it down if you flop against whiskers boy."

Sasuke smirked at them and sauntered to the middle of the half-destroyed training ground with Naruto. By this point, four of the six pillars around lay in pieces on the ground. Sasuke sized him up, "Just try to make this interesting, idiot."

Naruto glared, "I got a name, duck ass!"

"Then put up a good fight and I'll call you it."

Tokoyami said, "UA's strongest vs the son of the Yellow Flash. Sasuke should still come out on top."

Shoji asked, "Minato, does Naruto have the same quirk as you?"

"He has my Rasengan, although I don't think he'll ever be able to use flying Raijin."

Todoroki mentioned, "Didn't he say he uses clones?"

Neji replied, "He can use both. You could say his quirk is like yours in the sense of being half and half."

Naruto and Sasuke stared each other down as Sasuke's eyes warped into a pinwheel pattern.'

Tsunade waved her arm, "Begin!"

The two ran at each other, and their arms clashed in the middle before an exchange of punches and kicks happened. Sasuke landed a hook in his face, but Naruto recovered and headbutted and kicked him.

Sasuke responded with a knee to the stomach, and Naruto dipped low and swiped him off his feet. Sasuke spun on his hands, kicking him away, but Naruto grabbed his feet and threw him away before they started another exchange.

Both landed hits on each other, and Kaminari cheered, "It's like watching a Bruce Lee movie!"

Sasuke thought, 'This idiot has good hand-to-hand skills, but that ends here.'

He began coating himself in his Savitar form, and his speed and power increased drastically. He landed a kick on Naruto's face, but suddenly smoke puffed around him as he was surrounded by six Naruto's.

They all charged him at once, and Sasuke's eyes swapped between them all rapidly before landing a perfect blow on each one. 'They're solid, but they disperse with just one hit. Interesting.'

He looked back at the main Naruto, who came out of his puff of smoke with a blue ball of energy in his palm, "Rasengan!"

He landed the ball straight in Sasuke's chest and sent him flying, "Oh yeah!" But mid-flight, Sasuke swapped with Naruto, leaving him as the one flying into a pillar.

It almost worked, but Naruto summoned a clone that grabbed his hands and swung him back around toward Sasuke like a torpedo.

Sasuke barely blocked a headbutt and kicked him over himself before getting surrounded by dozens of clones.

Momo said, "It's like all the clones share one mind."

Todoroki replied, "They probably do. They do what he want without any verbal orders."

Mina asked Minato, "How is he able to keep up with Sasuke so well?" She waved her hands, "Not saying you're not a good teacher, but Sasuke is a genius."

Minato answered, "Naruto… has a bit of an unfair advantage. His clones aren't just distractions, all of their experiences get added to him when they poof."

Shikamaru side-eyed him, "So You're saying he can create something like his own 3x xp farm when training or fighting?"

Minato chuckled, "More like a 1,000x xp farm if he wants."

Sasuke thought, 'You'd think an ability like this would be taxing on stamina,' he tried to fight off the clones, making over a dozen poofs, but they slowly overwhelmed him, piling on top of him.

Naruto snickered, "He wasn't so tough."

Neji questioned, "He took care of him that fast?"

Midoriya's pencil point snapped, "No way that took him out!"

Tokoyami added, "I agree. He hasn't even used half his arsenal."

The Naruto clones piled up on Sasuke rumbled before exploding into a cloud of smoke, slowly revealing Sasuke's V2 Susanoo. "Don't get cocky, loser."

Naruto grunted, "I'll show you who's being cocky!"

Sero waved his hands, "There's no way that little energy ball can tear through a Susanoo. It's way too durable!"

Minato replied, "A normal Rasengan isn't the only thing Naruto has."

Sero raised a brow, "Huh, what do you mean? What else could he do? Make the Rasengan bigger?"

Naruto summoned over a hundred clones this time, and some people watching scoffed. The clones ran at the Susanoo, and Sasuke said, "You're too predictable."

He easily swiped the clones away with his arms, creating clouds of smoke around himself that built up more and more. Sasuke focused on his surroundings and ignored the yelling of the clones. He noticed a faint blue glow in the smoke and smirked, "As I said, you're too predictable!"

Minato answered Sero, "His Rasengan quirk is way stronger than mine has ever been."

He punched at Naruto, who got close with a Rasengan, but instead of being sent back, he poofed into smoke, and before Sasuke could turn around, he felt his Susanoo being destroyed from behind by Naruto, "Rasenshuriken!"

Sasuke protected himself with as much purple energy as he could as he got sent flying into the last standing pillar that fell on himself. Naruto smirked, and Minato had a proud smile. "Take that! Predictable, my ass!"

Bakugo rolled his eyes, "Wouldn't have let that happen to me."

Sakura frowned, "Oh, come on, Sasuke, stand up."

Mina crossed her arms, "Cheer for your own team!"

The rocks exploded, and Sasuke stood there, catching his breath with a large hole in the back of his costume. "You got me good there... Naruto."

Naruto smirked, "Glad you aren't down for the count yet. I needed to kick your butt some more, believe it."

Sasuke dashed at Naruto and jumped into the air, pretending to go for a kick before swapping with Naruto and kicking him in the back. Naruto yelled, and Sasuke jumped up to kick Naruto into the ground, but clones pulled Naruto out of the way.

The clones jumped Sasuke, and Naruto made dozens of more clones in the meantime. Naruto tried to overwhelm Sasuke again, but this time, Sasuke drew large shuriken and threw them in all directions on string before spinning them around in circles, destroying most of the clones. His hand arced into blue lightning, and he stabbed straight through the rest of the clones on his way to Naruto, "Chidori!"

He dispersed the lightning at the last second but maintained his speed as he landed a good punch to Naruto's face, although he puffed into smoke. Without looking, he jumped out of the way of a Rasengan that slammed into the ground where he stood and tried to slam him with a Susanoo fist.

Although Naruto rolled out of the way, and their exchange continued. Minato looked at his phone, 'This has been the longest fight so far.'

Both Naruto and Sasuke bruised each other up, landing multiple blows on one another as their appearances became disheveled. Sasuke showed superiority in hand to hand combat, but Naruto's tenacity and clones kept him in the fight.

Kaminari was awed at the fight, "I didn't think anyone could give Sasuke this good of a fight; it's like they're even."

Momo replied, "To an extent, I think Sasuke has to hold back due to the lethal nature of a lot of his arsenal."

Todoroki said, "Sasuke's been landing a lot more hits. That Naruto guy just keeps eating up his hits though."

Both Naruto and Sasuke breathed heavily, and Sasuke grunted, "Would you... go down... already?"

"After... you..."

Sasuke straightened up, and Naruto did the same before creating another fifty clones, 'I don't think I can make another group of clones like this.'

'He can still make that many clones? I gotta finish this fight.'

The clones rushed in with Naruto and Sasuke combined Susanoo's fists with his normal combo to take out multitudes of clones at the same time. Once only the original was left, he went to strike him but winced as his Susanoo construct dispersed from exhaustion.

Naruto took the opportunity to throw a punch, and Sasuke returned a normal one as they both connected with each other's faces at the same time, but Naruto's fist slid on Sasuke's cheek and Sasuke's punch sent him skidding on the ground.

Sasuke stood heaving looking down at Naruto who struggled to get off all fours. Tsunade observed and slowly raised her hand, 'This is getting out of hand, Sasuke's basically won.'

Gai teared up, "Such a beautiful display of youth... Don't give up kids! Pour your hearts out!"

Neji called out, "You're too stubborn to call it quits this early, Naruto!"

Hinata softly yelled, "I believe in you, Naruto!"

Naruto slowly stumbled to his feet, smiling, and said, "Thanks for the encouragement, guys. I got this."

Sasuke's eyes went wide and his legs wobbled as he bent over. Kaminari yelled, "You got UA on your shoulders, Sasuke! You got this!"

Mineta whispered to Mina, "Encourage him by telling him you'll sit on his face or something!"

She slapped him away, "I'm not saying something like that out loud!"

Sasuke took a deep breath and straightened up, "I just had… to catch my breath…"

Naruto got back into a fighting stance and outstretched his right hand as a blue ball formed in it. Around the spinning ball, shuriken blades formed, "Let's finish this, Sasuke!"

Sasuke outstretched his left hand as Chidori arced violently into it. And to add to it, his eye dropped a tear of blood, causing a black flame to partially envelop his Chidori. "I'm putting you down, Naruto!"

They both jumped at one another, preparing to slam their quirks into one another.

"NARUTOOO!"

"SASUKEEE!"

An intrusive thought popped into Sakura's mind to run into the middle of the techniques, and Minato thought, 'That can't end well...'

He got ready to draw his kunai, but Aizawa's eyes glowed red. "That's enough!"

Both Naruto's and Sasuke's techniques disappeared while they flew into one another, stunning both of them while their momentum carried them straight into each other. And to their misfortune, their lips smashed together in an accidental kiss. Both their eyes quickly went wide with horror as they realized what happened.

"PFFFFFFFTT!" Kaminari, Sero, Mineta, Kirishima, Bakugo, Hagakure, and Uraraka doubled over laughing.

"Oh, jeez!" Mina covered her mouth, trying not to laugh. "Sasuke... I thought we had something special!"

The two boys immediately separated, spitting and wiping their mouths aggressively.

"GROSS, GROSS, GROSS!" Naruto scrubbed his tongue with his sleeve.

Sasuke's face was redder than his Sharingan. "I'm gonna kill you!"

Sakura stood frozen, her eye twitching. "Did... did they just..."

Minato tried to maintain his composure but couldn't help chuckling. "Well... that's one way to end a fight."

Aizawa was stone-faced, Hinata blushed, covering her mouth, Neji face-palmed, and Midoriya dropped his pencil in shock.

Bakugo yelled, "This is gold! Did someone record that?"

"I managed to catch that on camera!" Hagakure waved her phone excitedly.

"Delete that footage right now!" Both Naruto and Sasuke yelled in unison, both standing as their fatigue seemed to suddenly fade.

Hagakure held her phone protectively, "No way! People gotta see this!"

Sasuke tried to use Amenotejikara, but he didn't have any more uses of it ready. Both Naruto and Sasuke side-eyed one another and nodded before dashing at Hagakure.

Bakugo snatched the phone from her and ran, "I'll take care of this!"

Tsunade wiped tears from her eyes from laughing. She thought, 'Sasuke was gonna win… but this is gold.' "I declare this match... a tie!"

In the aftermath of the unexpected ending to the fight, Class 1A and the exchange students ate dinner together in the Cafeteria. Everyone had Ramen bowls, and Uraraka sat next to Hinata, staring down at her food, "Ramen is nice, but... why are we having a Ramen dinner?"

Hinata had a small smile, "Minato made a special request since it's Naruto's favorite food."

Some students glanced over at Naruto who was scarfing down multiple bowls shamelessly. Sasuke's lip curled up while he looked down at him, slowly eating his own bowl, "Jeez, you're a pig."

Naruto glared up at him, "Huh? You wanna fight again?"

"You're lucky Aizawa shut down my Chidori." He pointed his chopsticks at Naruto.

Naruto pointed his own back, "We wouldn't have even clashed! My Rasenshuriken would have gone straight through, believe it!"

"Well, I don't believe it."

Further down the table, the guys laughed while rewatching the video Hagakure sent them on their phones. Kaminari said, "I still can't believe that happened!"

Naruto muttered, "Maybe I should steal everyone's phones with my clones..."

Hagakure replied, "Too late! It's in the cloud already."

Naruto and Sasuke grimaced and Lee pumped his fist, "Don't be so down! Think of it as a clash of youthful rivals ending in—"

"Don't finish that sentence unless you want to be set on fire."

Lee rubbed the back of his head and Neji sipped his water calmly, "At least you both have experience for future dates now."

The table laughed at the duo's expense, and Shikamaru held his head in his palm, "This is dragging on... can we talk about anything else? Or nothing at all?"

Kirishima shouted, "Yeah, those other fights were great! Lee, you gotta let me know how you train before you go."

All the teens socialized together for the remainder of their dinner and trained together without sparring. All the teens who sparred trained together, and interestingly Shino spent the whole time training Koda. But soon enough, the day came to a close, and it was time to say goodbyes. Minato called out, "Alright, guys, time to head back to the hotel. We'll be meeting class 1B tomorrow."

Naruto put his hands behind his head, "Man, this place is way cooler than I thought it would be."

Lee and Kirishima shook hands, "Thanks for the tips, Lee. I gotta visit China sometime, maybe we could do some hero work together in the future."

"That would be great!"

Ojiro remarked, "One day really wasn't enough time, but I'll commit all those pressure points to memory."

Neji replied, "Good. I can just text you reminders if you need them."

Gaara walked toward Bakugo and said something that Nezu translated while stretching out a hand, "He said you're strong and that you showed him things he has to improve on."

Bakugo quickly shook his hand and turned away, "You're damn right I'm strong. Try moving around in fights more next time."

After Nezu translated, Gaara nodded and walked out looking up in thought.

Sakura waved at Midoriya, "Keep up the training, Midoriya. Next time I come to Japan I'll try to be twice as strong at least."

Midoriya waved back, "I will, good luck!"

Naruto and Sasuke side-eyed one another with their hands in their pockets. Naruto said, "Next time we fight, no interruptions from teachers."

Sasuke smirked, "I won't hold back as much on you next time."

Naruto chuckled, "As much? You better not hold back at all!" They walked past one another, and Naruto raised his hand for a high-five. Sasuke briefly stared at it and chuckled, giving him a high-five.

Naruto and the rest of the visitors left and it was once again just the 1A students. Sero stretched out, "Man, what a day."

Mina nudged Sasuke's side, "You think Monoma might copy Naruto's quirk and end up kissing him too?"

Sasuke made his way to the elevator, "I'm going to bed." The rest of the class laughed, and the night ended peacefully.

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