Naruto and Sasuke vs. Boros, Part One

"Hey! You don't get to decide what happens in the Shinobi World!"

Naruto Uzumaki roared, and the ring of Twelve Talismans behind him burst into brilliant light!

The Rabbit Talisman lit up first. The ground beneath his feet cracked with a thunderous boom, and his body broke past the limits of physics in an instant. He became a Yellow Flash streaking through space and struck first! He was so fast that Boros's single eye narrowed slightly.

"Too slow!" Boros sneered. He was terrifyingly fast too. His punch unleashed a sonic boom that burst outward like a cloud!

But the markings of the Ox Talisman blazed across Naruto's body. He neither dodged nor retreated, meeting Boros's heavy punch head-on with a fist wrapped in golden Chakra and the Ox Talisman's immense strength!

BOOM!!!

Their fists collided. This was no longer the one-sided crushing blow from before. A terrifying shockwave spread in a sphere, ripping up and shattering every stretch of metal flooring and every fixture within hundreds of meters! A vast crater opened beneath their feet!

"Hm?" Surprise flashed through Boros's eye. His opponent's strength and speed had leaped several orders of magnitude!

In the instant Boros's old strength was spent and his next surge had yet to come, Sasuke Uchiha moved.

He did not charge forward. He merely gave the Zanpakuto in his hand a gentle swing. "Bankai: Thousand Cherry Blossoms: Stern Scene: Black Cherry Blossom Funeral."

In an instant, an endless sea of cherry blossom petals erupted around him, each one imbued with Amaterasu flames and Nature Energy!

This was no longer a beautiful sight. Every petal was a miniature blade capable of slicing through space! The black torrent filled the vast hall in an instant. Like a living storm of destruction, it swept toward Boros from every direction,