Naruto: Path towards Godhood

At this moment, Hotoshi spent a large amount of Chakra, and a massive earth and stone dragon rose from the ground.

[Earth Style- Earth and Stone Dragon]

Ken landed on his palms. He slapped the ground as hard as he could and got enough momentum.

Thud!

Ken jumped as high as he could and landed on top of the earth dragon. This feat was enough to raise him from Elite Chunin to Special Jonin level.

Because he was putting so much Chakra in his foot, he might as well be specialized in Chakra.

"Impossible!"

Seeing Ken land on top of the Earth dragon, Hotoshi's eyes almost widened as he shouted.

Then, Ken rushed toward him. His speed helped him cross the entire Earth dragon in a single leap.

As he came in front of Hotoshi, he moved his fingers in mid-air and finished the hand signs.

[Fire Style- Great Fireball Jutsu]

A large amount of fire spewed out of his mouth, turned into the shape of a fireball, and moved toward Hotoshi.

Since he was using a fireball at such a close range, Hotoshi had no choice but to release a lot of Chakra in his legs.

[Body Flicker Jutsu]

His body suddenly vanished in front of the fireball and appeared a hundred meters to the right.

Boom!

The fireball exploded and did almost no damage to Hotoshi.

Of course, Ken didn't care. As soon as his Sharingan saw him move, Ken immediately recorded his Chakra Reserves, and his fingers moved once again.

[Fire Style- Phoenix Flower Jutsu]

Ken spat out several dozen fireballs toward the position where Hotoshi landed. But the moment he finished using this Jutsu, his Sharingan began to read Chakra's signature near him.

"Oh no! That's Earth Clone."

Bang!

Before he could react, Hotoshi's fist landed on his face and slammed him across the ground.

Thud!

He collided against a large tree, coughing out some blood, and landed on the ground in his back.

Ken felt his consciousness slipping. This wasn't his fault. His eight-year-old body couldn't bear the impact of such a punch.

But, with his strong will, he kept his eyes open as he saw Hotoshi rushing toward him with all of his strength.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two large Fuma Shuriken moved toward Hotoshi and forced him to stop.

Just as he stopped to dodge those shurikens, Jenzi appeared behind Ken and lifted him.

[Water Style- Hidden Mist Jutsu]

A silent mist appeared in front of Hotoshi, but he was still able to dodge the shuriken with his Body Flicker Jutsu.

"Damn it, those brats!"

Forced to retreat from the mist, he immediately entered the underground to sense their position.

"No, stop! You don't have enough Chakra."

Ken's Sharingan was much superior to most people. Even though it wasn't as accurate as Byakugan, he could still see the Chakra Reserves of the people around him.

He stopped Mito's hands as she was barely holding them while using this Jutsu.

"Jenzi, take her away. He can easily sense us."

Ken gritted his teeth, bearing the pain of his jaws as he spoke.

"But, what about you?" Jenzi clenched his fist and asked.

"Don't worry! Hurry and run."

Ken didn't sense anything around him, but he had a bad feeling in his heart. Just as he shouted, Hotoshi suddenly appeared from underground and caught Jenzi by his head.

"You brat!"

Bang!

Before even Jenzi could react, his head was slammed on the tree. A large amount of blood gushed out of his forehead.

"Jenzi, you bastard!"

Ken screamed and dashed toward Hotoshi, but this time, Hotoshi easily dodged Ken's fist and instead caught his fist.

At this moment, he didn't realize his eyes were turning into the shape of a Sharingan.

[Genjutsu- Sharingan]

He swiftly lifted Ken in the air and slammed him on the tree.

Bang!

"Argh!" Ken screamed as he felt the bones on his back crack.

Before he could continue, though, Hotoshi rushed toward Mito to kill her at this moment.

But suddenly, he felt his right-hand tightening. He didn't even notice something was off until he moved. At that moment, Sharingan's effect had already disappeared.

When he caught Jenzi, the reason why Jenzi didn't react was because he was wrapping his right hand with a ninja wire.

And, he didn't notice it because of the illusion.

"Ken, now!"

Mito screamed.

Ken knew what the signal was. But he couldn't muster the courage to do it. If there was a single mistake, his friends, his only friends, would die at his hand.

But his strong belief still made him move his finger. Even though his body was full of blood and cracks, he still moved his fingers and released a Jutsu.

[Fire Style- Great Fireball Jutsu]

Just when he released that, Jenzi appeared below Mito and pulled her underground. He curled inside the ground and covered Mito with his body while covering his body with soil.

The massive fireball moved toward Hotoshi, who couldn't break the Ninja Wire fast enough.

This forced him to use the hand signs and release the Jutsu that he was best at.

[Earth Style- Earth and Stone Dragon]

He conjured a massive amount of rock from the ground and turned it into a dragon before launching it toward the fireball.

Bang!

The explosion from the collision almost threw both of them away. Ken couldn't bear the impact with his small body and was tossed away.

Hotoshi was forced to bear the impact because he couldn't release out of the ninja wire.

Despite being covered with mud, the power of that impact still reached Jenzi as that impact blasted the ground underneath the collision.

Jenzi and Mito were forced to appear, which gained Hotoshi's attention.

"It's you two. It's all because of you two. I should've killed you before. I should've done that."

Hotoshi didn't know just how angry he was. He was fuming, and his eyes had turned red.

Despite a lot of bruises on Jenzi's back and blood coming off his forehead, he didn't lose consciousness.

Even Mito didn't lose consciousness. When they heard him screaming, both of them stood up.

They didn't know where all of this energy was coming from. They didn't even know they were consuming some of their lifespans for this battle.

They had consumed Food pills before. And, now, all they had left was a little bit of strength and a few Kunai.

"KEN!"

Both of them screamed at the same time, standing side by side. They threw the Kunai toward Hotoshi.

It didn't hit him. It passed next to him and reached Ken, who held Ninja wires in his hand.

At this moment, Hotoshi didn't even notice his eyes changing in the patterns of Sharingan.

[Genjutsu- Sharingan]

After putting Hotoshi into a Genjutsu, Ken swiftly connected those ninja wires to the kunai and spun them.

Using the ninja wire, he moved Kunai toward Hotoshi. The first Kunai wrapped the Ninja Wire on his body while the second Kunai caught the tail end of the first Ninja Wire and strangled it.

The first Kunai got stuck on the ground before Hotoshi could move, and the second Kunai also got stuck but on the opposite side.

This time, the second ninja wire wrapped around his left hand.

"No!"

Hotoshi screamed and tried to break those ninja wires with his Wind Release. He had just come out of Genjutsu.

He was gathering a lot of Wind Release for this, but he underestimated these three.

Mito and Jenzi didn't have two Kunai. They had six, and now, they threw the other four toward Ken.

These kunai were connected to ninja wires, so when Ken caught them, he spun and used Shuriken Jutsu to throw them toward Hotoshi.

Controlling them with the ninja wires, he let the Kunai spin around Hotoshi before he could break the previous Ninja wires.

As Kunai got momentum and wrapped around Hotoshi ten times, it finally fell into its established place.

One to the right, one to the left, one to the front, and one to the back.

All four of them were connected by ninja wires, and these ninja wires were in Ken's hands, who put them in his mouth.

The look of horror appeared on the eyes of Jonin. He almost shed tears as he screamed.

"No, no, this can't be happening. You don't have that Jutsu. You shouldn't have that Jutsu. You didn't use it before. How did you plan all of this?"

"TELL ME HOW?"

As Ken started moving his fingers, he spoke.

"All before Mito was injured was a part of a plan. But after that, everything was based on trust, trust of my friends and my promise."

"My name is Uchiha Ken. A Proud Uchiha will never break his promise. Remember, the ones who killed you were the Genins of the Leaf."

[Fire Style- Dragon Fire Jutsu]

Almost all of his Chakra gathered at his throat. As he finished hand signs, he let out flame from his mouth.

This time moved through the wires and finally reached the Jonin. The Jonin of the Sand, one of the few people who stood at the top of the food chain of this world, saw his death coming.

"I won't accept this. Ahhhhhhhh!"

Hotoshi screamed with all of his strength as the fire started burning him. In an instant, his entire body was covered in hot yellow flames that kept burning.