Chapter 2: Sins v.s Traits
Sora: The Sin techniques are based on vigorously opening chakra gates… forcing them open. Where as Ryder's method is different. By using Marcuz method, it's true he gains more chakra but Ryder's has gained control over opening the gates, decades of practice, a method that can only be learnt by living for centuries.
Marcuz and Ryder danced across the field exchanging a series of punches and kicks. The skin on their bodies bruised because of the impact and force of the blows. Marcuz was now bleeding from his nose, whereas Ryder seemed almost unharmed.
Ryder: Amateur… I told you to give up on the Seven Sin Techniques, nothing good can come from them. Years I've been using those, killed so many of my comrades who wanted power like me but talent, no matter how long you train, talent always trumpets effort-
Marcuz used his hands as a ricochet, firing his body off the ground and striking Ryder across his head.
Marcuz back flipped back to his feet.
Marcuz: Don't give me that bullshit. Talent trumps effort, my whole life i've been told I was talented. I had the power and blood to great things. Then you guys showed up and I suffered the greatest loss of my life. You treated us like flies, us the proud Mitzu Shinobi but I'm not proud anymore.
Marcuz uttered: Greed, Wrath, Pride! Sloth! Envy!
Marcuz's eyes began to glow a bright crimson red and his body temperatures sky rocketed through the roof. Levels he emitted where similar to that of a Container, as if he had a chakra beast dwelling with in him.
Ryder: All seven! Do you know what will happen if you open all seven of your gates forcefully like-
Marcuz closed distance between the two in a matter of five seconds.
Marcuz: God Slayer - Fist of The Azure Devil!
A single punch fired Ryder into the coliseum's walls. The sound of his jaw being shatter complimented the broken teeth that shatter to dust at Marcuz's knuckles impact.
Ryder climbed out of the wall and cracked his neck.
Loli: Now he's done it. Ryder acts cool and collected but once he suffers damage-
X: He… becomes.. a monster. A fallen Angel.
Ryder charged back onto the field.
Vaylon: I remember Ryder, he was always a violent kid. After he met Sora, his personality was tamed a bit. As if he fell in love with him but even love can't tame a beast.
Ryder: AHHH! Now you've done it. Heavenly Traits, Honesty, Judgement, Love, Compassion, Empathy.
Suddenly, white wings flapped out of Ryder's back. His wounds began to auto regenerate.
Sora: If you can purposely open your gates, they actually heal your body but it drains your life force.
If your like Marcuz and force them open, the excess chakra attacks your organs and chakra network.
Ryder and Marcuz both exchange blows, each damaging their bodies heavily.
Marcuz made a few hand signs.
Marcuz: Aquarius Rage! Typhoon Strike!
Marcuz began to spin, the sweat dripped off his body turning into waves of water and surrounding Marcuz's body. He jumped towards Ryder spinning, like a drills head. Ryder's body surged with wind chakra and he countered with a left hook.
Ryder: Crescent Moon - Wind Burst!
The wind chakra ripped away at the water drill. Marcuz fell to the floor, this time costing him something that could change the course of this fight. Ryder grabbed Marcuz by his head and lifted him up to the crowd, with his left arm missing, Marcuz now bled.
Ryder: Look at him! Your so called Champion!
He turned over to the Mitzu faction, Blueshine was prime to draw her blade and interrupt the fight but Astral silenced her.
Ryder: So primitive, I can understand why this generation failed, now it's time-
Marcuz placed his right hand over Ryder's face and began to squeeze, the force causes him to drop Marcuz. Ryder's vision was impaired and he buckled to his knees.
Marcuz: An angel and a devil get into a fist fight….
Marcuz grip became tighter causing Ryder's facial flesh to tear.
Marcuz: The angel says, I will not cheat. I will only show you my heavenly gifts. The devil says nothing and agrees. The devil defeats the angel, not because he's superior, but because he never said he wouldn't cheat nor did he say what his gifts were.
Ryder began to scream in pain, the pseudo chakra of Marcuz seems to sub due Ryder's immortality.
Marcuz: I did some research on that so called Jutsu that made you people Gods. Ha, God's my ass. It's a sealing ritual, you sealed away your souls in different dimensions. The longer they stay there, the more power your chakra imprint becomes. Basically, it's the same principle of a Container. The more you feed off their chakra, the bigger your own chakra becomes. I'm guessing one of the other Realms..
Sora: That kid how did?!
Ryder: You bastard! How in the world did you.
Ryder said these words, muffled from the force of the grip.
Marcuz: Which means! If you understand how the sealing works, you can break the jutsu but I suck at Ninjutsu, so I took another route.
Marcuz's hand began to auto regenerate, he grew a whole new hand.
Marcuz: If you want to fight with a "god", why not become one?
Marcuz tossed Ryder to the floor leaving a 4 foot wide crater.
Marcuz: Neo Sin : Betrayal! Pseudo Chakra plus Immortal Chakra plus my bloodline energy plus a Container-
Marcuz touched his stomach, the chakra he naturally omitted caused the seal to show, the curse seal of a sealed Chakra beast.
King began to laugh incredibly loudly.
Rain: When did he?! King what did you do?
King: If I had to bet on any two Shinobi, excluding myself of course, that could kill an Immortal, there only two names that come to my mind. Wolfikun and of course… Marcuz. Though I didn't know he became an Immoral as well, damn. Now I want to show off all my little tricks as well.
Wolfikun: He found out about Sora's primitive method of claiming to be a "god". Now Marcuz, show us your true power.
Marcuz almost, what it seemed to have been teleported above Ryder's body but it was just a series of swift and beautiful foot techniques, pivoting his body into place.
Marcuz: Breath of The Beserker!
Marcuz's hands began to pound heavy blows into the coliseum's floor, contorting Ryder's body in the process of the blows.
Sora: Ryder! Stop playing around. Get up!
Ryder made a series of hand signs at the last three seconds before Marcuz's punch connected.
Ryder: Release!
The force of the Chakra threw Marcuz's body about five meters backwards.
Ryder: Fine. You found out our trick. Let me ask you this, what happens when my soul, which has accumulated chakra for all those years returns to my body.
Ryder's long flowing hair turned grey from it's usually green colour. His body became more muscular and refined. His 20-year-old face altered to that of a middle-aged man with still a slight look of youth. The earrings on his ear, acting as chakra repressers shattered.
Ryder: Sora.. I'm tired of being Immortal. If I have to become human, to wipe this insolent wretch off this earth… Then so be it, for you… I would do anything. More than Loli, more than Nao.. For you! I will.
Ryder's white chakra now matched a bright green color. His body contorted and cracked, morphing into the shape of a Tiger. His finger nails became that of claws and his roar silence any noise in the coliseum.
Ryder: A monster!
Junbi: Idiot. He went and broke the only taboo of our immortality. Once our soul returns to our body, we become cursed. Reincarnated as an animal or entity of our choosing, stronger than anything we would've achieved before, at the cost of dying in a mere 60 seconds.
Ryder: 60 Seconds is more than I need. Forbidden Art! Rapid Punch Swipe!
Ryder began to grow tons of fists on his back, they all extend like elastic lashing Marcuz all over his body snapping and breaking cartilage and bones in the process.
Ryder: Die… Mitzu Kage…