Chapter 2: Sound vs. Dragon of Light

Denn jumped down a branch to help Nasake. "What do we have here? Three strangers in our territory?" Another person came to help the person who was chasing Blaze. He wore a blue garment on his clothes and had glasses on. "Should I kill them or take them as prisoners?" Blaze scoffed in anger. "I don't know what you are or who you are but you won't take us down that easily!" She took out her fans and waved them hard for the kunais to come out. "Kunai-tipped fans? Well that's new," he said as he dodges her poisoned kunais. "I'll let you have the ones on the left, Kabuto. I'll take care of the ones on the right." Kabuto took out his kunai as he prepares to attack "It would be my pleasure, lord Orochimaru." He dashed towards Nasake and slashed his skin. "Huh? 'Lord Orochimaru'? That's his name? Sounds like a serpent name," Nasake said. He used a thunder spin to slow his enemy down but Kabuto easily dodged it. "What type of jutsu was that? You need to be quicker than that if you want to hit me," he sneered. Jutsu? What is that? The tiger dragon thought. Is that supposed to be a power source or something? Denn pulled out his dark flame katana and tried to slash him. The medical ninja kept moving so Denn wouldn't get him directly. "Hold still, four eyes so I can hit you!" he roared.

Blaze couldn't use her "hidden powers" in front of Denn and Nasake yet while she's fighting a former leaf shinobi. "I knew the third Hokage has gone soft on you. I'll kill you now while I still have a chance," she said as she held her fans cross-armed. "Most people failed to kill you but I'll correct that mistake myself. And this time, no holding back!" She ferociously charged at him nearly the same speed as Denn. Nasake's sister tried to cut him with her fans but she wasn't good at hitting moving targets. Blaze got too aggravated and speedily spun her fans around and multiple kunais came out. The kunais flew so fast, it's almost invisible to the human eye. All of them directly hit Orochimaru. "Ha! I got you this time!" she smirked. Then she noticed that she hit a clone. "Damn it, a substitution jutsu," she cursed. Nasake still fought Kabuto to make sure he doesn't get close to Nikita while she is regaining consciousness. He promptly detected the former leaf shinobi behind Blaze. "Blaze, look out behind you!" he warned. Nasake's sister turned around and ducked down to avoid being hit directly. Then she started to block his attacks with her fan. "There's no way you'll win this time, Orochimaru. You and four eyes there are out-numbered four to two," she said.

"Blaze, don't mention Nikita in front of that snake! He'll try to take her if he finds out about her having eternal youth!" he shouted. "You just mentioned it, you dummy!" she yelled back. Orochimaru stared at Nasake in interest. "Eternal youth, you say?" Blaze slapped herself upside her head. "That's right, you freaking snake! She eternally young and she have healing powers stronger than you can imagine. Nikita can't die permanently since she can heal her body overtime when she killed in battle. Plus, she's way stronger than your inadequate medical ninja, Kabuto!" Nasake bared his teeth in anger. "Blaze, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up!" he spoke rapidly though his teeth as he slid his hand across his throat. She completely ignored him and continued. "Not only that, she'll protect anyone she cares about but she won't do that for a heartless shinobi like you. You'll have to make her fall in love with you and to do that" "BLAZE!! SHUT THE HECK UP!!!" he hollered. "Is to kiss her when she's vulnerable and her vulnerability is her worst fear," she continued. "And her fear is total darkness!" Denn and Nasake drooped in disappointment. "Why did you tell him that?" the two dragons spoke in a low voice. "Thank you for telling us, Blaze," Kabuto smiled evilly. "We'll take Nikita while she's still unconscious."

"There's no way you'll take her. Not while we're around, four eyes!"

"I'm getting tired of that insult! I'll take you and your little friends down then get the girl!"

"I should have dealt with you first. You're a lot easier to fight than Orochimaru."

"What did you expect? Lord Orochimaru is one of the legendary Sannin."

Denn stepped in beside Blaze. "Sannin, my ass! I don't care what you call yourselves. You're still going down along with your pet snake!"

"How dare you insult him?! That's it. I'll start with you first!"

Kabuto's hands glowed in a bluish color and dashed towards the space dragon. Denn jumped out of the way but Kabuto manages to grab one of his ankles. He crashed down and staggered to his feet. He felt a sharp pain in his left ankle when he tried to stand on it. What just happened? he thought. My ankle feels like if it was broken. The medical ninja came closer to him to deliver the final blow. He balled up his fist and drew it back. When he aimed for his face, Nikita immediately blocked it with side part of her sword. Kabuto hesitantly glanced upward to Nikita's face. "Don't even try, you jerk," she said in a mean way. He pulled his hand back and backed away from her. "You must be Nikita you friend was talking about," he sneered. "That's me: the one and only beautiful, elegant, unkillable, smart, skilled, talented, and master-ranked healer half angel Nikita Starr!" she twirled and smiled in a flirty way. "Don't include any extra details! It's bad enough that I told Orochimaru everything about how you easily falling love with certain boys if they kiss you!" Blaze scolded. "You told them that? Wait, who's Orochimaru?" Nikita asked in a calm way. She gazed at Kabuto and turned to Blaze pointing at him. "Is that him? For an enemy, he's kind of cute, don't you think?" Nasake's sister growled in frustration. "That's not him, you sleazy princess! That's Kabuto! The one with the long black hair and snake-like eyes is Orochimaru!" Nikita then saw him behind the medical ninja. She softly gasped and trembled shortly. She grasped her sword and held away from her face in a ready stance. Kabuto reached for a kunai and stood arrogantly. "No, Kabuto. I'll fight her myself," the Sannin commanded. "I want to know how well she can fight beside ninjutsu." Ninjutsu? What world are we in? Nasake and Denn thought. Orochimaru unconcealed a sword that was inside him. When he caught the sword, Nikita fainted. Blaze sighed when she saw the half angel collapse. "I'm impressed how he unsheathes his sword but at the same time, it's nauseating to watch." Nikita slowly staggered to her feet. "Sorry about that. I passed out for a second but I'm ready to go." She spoke in confidence. "Now then, let's get mortal combat!" Blaze, Nasake, and Denn slouched in grief. "Why did she have to say that line?" Denn grumbled. "I guess our Nikita haven't changed a bit after four years," Blaze complained.

After a short time, Nikita's enormous wings appeared and ruffled a little. Kabuto and the dragons jumped on different branched to avoid interfering the battle. The Sannin and the half angel dashed at the same time to attack each other. Both swords clashed as they fight. Nikita used a fire slash move to slash him in a distance. He easily dodged her move. At incredible speed, he charged at her and lunged his sword. She moved out the way and took flight. "Come back down here and fight me!" the Sannin yelled. Nikita twirled her sword around. "You're just mad because I can fly and you can't!" she taunted. "And if don't like it, try to drag me down then." The half angel laughed regardless of Orochimaru's incapability of flying. "Striking shadow snake!" he shouted. Snakes came out of his sleeves and wrapped around her ankles. He started to pull her to the ground. "Wait, I didn't mean that literally!" Nikita said. She flapped her wings hard to stay airborne but his strength is undeniable. Great. This is not what I expected, she thought. Clearly, that freaking snake has powers also so we are evenly matched. Wait, if I can stand up to Spellfire, I can stand up to him. Nikita pointed her sword at one of the snake's head. The blue flame on the tiger sword swirled around it while she drew it back. "What kind of jutsu is that?" Kabuto gasped in shock. "Her sword has some sort of blue flames rotating around it. Almost as if she is channeling her chakra onto her weapon." The half angel applied enough force to the snake's head. "Tiger jolt!" she called out. All the snakes released her ankles and she flew higher. "Amazing," the medical ninja said. "She used her chakra and applied it to her sword to create a very powerful thrust."

Nikita's wing grew tired and she was forced to land. "Oh no, Nikita's wings doesn't have enough strength to stay airborne after all that energy used," Blaze pointed out. "Now she'll have no choice but to fight on the ground." The half angel got down on her knees breathed heavily. My body hardly used any energy to make that move and I'm already at the peak of my limit, she thought. She became aware of her huge angel wings closed. Oh yeah, I forgot about my wings. They consume large amount of energy whenever I fly. I'll just be thankful that my wings aren't small or I'll take too much energy. She tried to stand up but the weight on her body is too heavy. The half angel used the tiger sword to support her balance. "Aww, tired already? Well none of us are getting any younger, are we?" Orochimaru jeered. Nasake watched her trying to stand up. This is bad. All half angels has a certain limit they use in battle, he thought. If she goes past that limit, she'll pass out in a dire way. In other words, death. Nikita tried so hard to not faint again. "I don't know how long I'll last without passing out but I can't use too much energy," shepanted. Slowly, she raised the sword up to her waist. I can't take this much longer! I need to help Nikita! Blaze thought. "Fire style: fireball jutsu!" Nasake's sister called out. Large amounts of fire shot out of her mouth and aimed at the Sannin. What?! She can do ninjutsu?! The Sannin thought. Immediately, he got hit by the attack and then fell to his knees. "Where did that come from?" the half angel asked herself. She looked around and spotted Blaze waving at her. "Blaze? You did that? I thought you didn't have any powers?" "I don't but I went to Konoha two years ago, I learned ninjutsu and genjutsu at a Jonin level." Blaze explained. "It's kind of funny that I learn quickly at a young age." Nasake, Denn and Blaze jumped off the branch and ran to Nikita.

Orochimaru slowly got up to his feet and charged at Nikita. He bared his fangs to give Nikita a curse mark. "Nikita, watch out!" Denn shouted. But he already bit Nikita before she can move out the way. She screamed in pain when she felt his fangs piercing her neck. "Nikita!" the dragons yelled in unison. He removed the fangs from her neck and waited for the curse mark to show up. For the first time, the curse mark didn't show. "If you're trying to give her a curse mark, then it's not going to work," Blaze glared at the Sannin. "She is ninety-eight percent immune to any type of poison, including your curse mark. You can't just make a half angel your servant, especially when she's in her regular form." Kabuto silently caught Nasake off guard and got him in a chokehold. He paced towards his master and dragged the tiger dragon. He held a kunai across Nasake's throat. "You may be repellant to my curse mark, but I bet one of your friends isn't," the Sannin chuckled. "If you give yourself up and join the sound village, I'll let your friends go." Nikita growled angrily. "I'll never join you or your village." Nasake struggled to break free but his human form made him weaker. "Forget about me, Nikita. Just leave here and never come back," Nasake said weakly. The half angel closed her eyes for a moment to think about Orochimaru's proposal. She clutch onto her necklace and remembered the first time Nasake gave her the yin-yang necklace. I can't lose my best friend. I need him to take care of me, she thought. I vowed to stay on the Dragon of Light but I'll risk my friends' safety. Nikita got down on all fours and sobbed. "Fine, you freaking snake. You want me to join? I'll do it in exchange of my friends' safety." Blaze, Nasake, and Denn gasped in surprise. "No, Nikita! The sound village is very dangerous! Don't do it!" Blaze pleaded. "You don't know what he'll do to you! What about your fear?!" Kabuto released his grasp on Nasake. The tiger dragon stood up and ran to the other two dragons. "Nikita…" Denn spoke in a low voice. "You three please leave here as far as you can and don't look back," she sobbed. "Blaze, take Nasake and Denn to Konoha and don't anyone what happened," the half angel instructed. "Go! Leave me here! Don't worry about me! Just go! Now!" They left hastily and followed Blaze to konoha. Nikita continued to cry as she was left to stay in the sound village. She got up and walked to the sound village. Kabuto and Orochimaru followed her.

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