The Crimson Hunter
A/N: Hello! Welcome once more to another chapter of TCH! I prepared a real nice, long, and action filled chappie! If you have any questions, Plz ask in the reviews or PM me.
Also, this;
"Human speech"
'Human Thought'
"Demon speech"
'Demon Thought'
Now on with the Chapter!
CHAPTER 3: INVASION BEGINS
{TAZUNA'S HOUSE}
After the group had finally made it to the house, everyone went to sleep. Now, the next morning everyone sat in the dinning room as Tsunami made breakfast with the help of Haku and the weird pink haired girl. Now Hei sat in the living room with the rest of the guys. Oh and he's in cat form. Sitting on Zabuza's head. Getting a tick mark from him. Finally after a minute, Zabuza swatted at him only for him to Sonído into Tazuna's lap. Zabuza stood up and pointed an accusing finger at Hunter.
"Hey! What's that all about!? You can't just use those techniques to get away from me! That's cheating." He shouted as the small black cat gave him a deadpan look.
"And yet you expect me to just let you smack me around? No thank you, I'm fine right here. Now if you'll excuse me, I now will take a nap." He said, his voice a soft feminine tone. Without letting anyone say anything more, he was fast asleep. After twenty more minutes, Tsunami walked in and set the plates down, but noticed something.
"Where is Hei-Kun?" She asked not noticing the -Kun suffix she added. The rest looked around and then they pointed toward the black cat on the couch. The cat itself was just waking up and stretching when suddenly it felt itself scooped up into a crushing hug and a squeal of 'KAWAII!' After two minutes and nearly suffocating, the women let go and allowed him to transform back into human form. As they all sat down and began eating Zabuza spoke up, breaking the silence.
"So what faction will I be assigned to?" He asked surprised looks from everyone, minus Hei, who lifted an eyebrow.
"Why you'll be under the command of none other than our favorite Mei-Sama." He said with a knowing smile. Zabuza groaned and a rain cloud formed over his head before he thought of something.
"And where will you be?" He asked him only to get a grin that made his spine shudder.
"The Second division. As of one year ago, I became the captain and commander of the MIST ops." He said seriously leaving the others who knew of the events in Kiri stunned. Zabuza pointed at Hei again accusingly.
"What?! You command the entire faction!? How is that possible? It's only been two years! And you were a seated officer when I left." He said with a little fear dripping through his voice. Hei nodded in a knowing way.
"Yes that maybe so but you have to understand that I have finally mastered that Technique." He said seriously while Zabuza just paled and gulp. Hatake was getting irritated and spoke up.
"What are you two babbling about?" He said with clear irritation in his tone. Hei narrowed his eyes dangerously at the man before he sighed. He looked at Zabuza and spoke.
"Go ahead and tell him, it won't matter seeing as it will be disbanded as soon as Yagura is dead." He said getting a nod in affirmative.
"Well Hatake, the brat here, from what I've heard is the current commander of the second division faction in the rebel forces against Yagura. That particular faction specializes in assassination, torture, interrogation, espionage, and most recently became home to the heaviest hitters in the whole rebel force and with the brat here apparently in command of the whole faction. But what I'm suspicious about is the way they achieve ranks in that division. There they fight to the last man, the last blade, and the last order and if the brat is the commander now, that only means he either defeated or killed the previous commander or he died and gave the position to Hei on the spot. I knew the commander of that division and he was not one to just give that position to just anyone, so that means you killed him." It wasn't a question, he knew that's what Hei did and he really didn't care but if what Hei said about achieving what he had indeed achieved, than it meant only one thing. Hei could possibly be the strongest man alive.
"So what's that mean? He can't possibly be as strong as Sasuke-Kun." The pink haired Gennin said as she hugged the duck headed boy with stars in her eyes as their other teammate kept his fake smile. Zabuza narrowed his eyes at Hei further and spoke.
"Because all the commanders should be at least Kage level Shinobi minus the 4 & 13 division. Now what did you do Hei?" He said as he looked sternly at Hei, who kept an emotionless face.
"KageOni (Shadow Demon)." He said only those words as Zabuza looked down to see a blade at his neck, apparently protruding from the ground from a shadow. Hei spoke again this time with a smile and cheerful tone.
"Zabuza, you know better than anyone, I'm more than capable to lead the second division, especially now that I have not only grown stronger but have also mastered the Ketsu." He said as the blade retracted. Hatake, being the nosy ass he is, wanted to know more.
"You've mentioned this "Ketsu" before, what is it?" He asked as politely as possible. Zabuza looked toward Hei and saw him shrug and nod. With a sigh, Zabuza looked at Hatake.
"Hei is from a now extinct clan, actually the first clan to have been wiped out before the civil war at the start of the bloodline purge. They were born with the ability to manifest a blade out of their own spiritual energy and infuse a small part of their soul into it. Thus the blade becomes sentient, and will later develop a soul of its own. These are called Zanpakuto. Hei's family line is specific to one reacquiring Zanpakuto, The No-Name Zanpakuto. These blades also have the ability to contain huge amounts of power, and in some cases are known to drive their wielders insane. In order to contain this power, the blades abilities can be unlocked in three stages. The sealed state, Shikai, and finally Bankai. No-name's abilities are unknown and probably will remain unknown if I know Hei well enough. But back to the question at hand, Ketsu, the only known technique of No-name, its sole purpose is to erase anything from existence, it's unstoppable and there is nothing in this world that can block it." He said, sparing a glance at Hei and seeing him licking himself in his cat form.
"Really?" He asked with a deadpan. Hei looked up at him and tilted his head.
"Say Zabuza, you up for a spar." The feminine voice always creepedt him out and especially when he said it so seductively.
"Stop doing that! And yes I'd like very much to mess you up." He said before he realized what he said and his eyes widened. Hei purred before rubbing against the paralysed Zabuza's side and wispering in his ear.
"That's 5 Hei-0 Zabuza." With that said he strolled out the room toward the exit.
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{RANDOM CLEARING}
Tazuna and his family were sitting in the tree line watching as Zabuza and Hei faced off in the center of the clearing. Haku stood between them with a cloth in her hand, she swung her hand down and said 'Hajime'.
Zabuza wasted no time and ran at Hei with the intent to bisect him, meanwhile Hei stood there with a bored expression. Zabuza swung horizontally and was met with no resistance, now he knew something was wrong until he felt some weight on his cleaver. His eyes widened as he turned to look only to come face to whisker with a black cat. Said cat mewed and stuck its tongue out at Zabuza, who grew a tick mark and yelled.
"Hey! Will you take this seriously?!" That was his first mistake, he could have escaped this spar without any injuries but now Hei was going to show him why he was commander of the second division.
A puff of smoke later revealed Hei quickly making hand seals. He shouted but Zabuza heard nothing as the darkness took him. Standing over Zabuza's unconscious body, Hei raised an eyebrow that soon started twitching as he kicked Zabuza in the ribs.
"What!? Are you telling me that a simple Genjutsu took you down like that!? Haku weren't you suppose to help him with this?" He looked at the aforementioned girl to see her eyebrow twitching equally as much.
"Yes he was supposed to have done the exercises I gave him to do. But it's obvious that he instead went to those strip clubs we always past on our travels." She said lifting her fist and shaking it dangerously. Hei eyes lit up in realization and quickly used Sonído to appear near Haku. She jumped slightly as he grabbed her hand and began walking to town. Everyone soon left the clearing leaving the unconscious Zabuza on the ground. Unknown to the others, a note slowly landed on the ground next to the man, who opened an eye and picked it up.
[Honestly, Zabuza-Sensei I just saved your life by distracting Haku-Chan. Now I expect equal compensation for my service and I'll await your payment within the hour when I return after my date with Haku-Chan. Bye-bye! Signed Hei Arisawa, your favorite master assassin and student] the note read eliciting a snort from Zabuza before he got back up and walked back to the house.
"One of these days that boy will be the end of me. But I can't deny he grows on you." He chuckled as exited the clearing.
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{TOWN}
Haku sighed as she was dragged through the small town by her exuberant old friend. She looked at him to see his excited face, which alone brought a small smile to her face. The first time she met Hei, he was so guarded that he basically shut the world out but over the years, her, Zabuza, Tatewaki, and Mei managed to break him out of it. Now that she thought about it, she never saw him in human form around Mei; she looked at him again and called out to him.
"Ano... Hei-Kun?" She asked getting a 'hmm' in return. Taking it as acknowledgement, she continued.
"Have you been in human form around Mei yet, I mean even when we were little, you would be any animal except yourself around her. Is there something that's stopping you?" She asked as Hei adopted a thinking pose.
"Hmm... You know at first it was because she was new to our group and I was afraid of trusting anymore people, but over time her curiosity amused me and know we basically turned it into a game of sorts." He said nodding his head at his assessment while Haku sweat dropped. She shook her head and decided to change the subject.
"So where are we going?" She asked as she saw Hei's smirk, a smirk that unnerved her. After awhile they stopped in front of a ramen stand. Immediately, Haku palmed her face and gave Hei a deadpan look.
"So you just wanted to get ramen?" She asked incredulously and a little disappointed. Hei looked back at her and gave her a soft smile.
"That isn't the only thing they serve and it doesn't change the fact, it's still a date." Haku blinked in surprise as a red hue rose to her cheeks. She averted her eyes and stuttered.
"D... Don't say s... such embarrassing things, Hei." Hei just chuckled and brought her into the stand. The owner saw the two and his eyes widened as he recognized Hei. He was in front of them in an instant.
"Ah! Hei-Sama, it's so good to have you in my humble establishment. What can I get you and the young lady?" He asked politely. Hei nodded and gestured to a nearby table.
"Haku will have a plate of your best sour dango and I'll have a medium bowl of your miso ramen." The owner bowed and scampered off into the kitchen. Hei looked at Haku and sweat dropped as he saw her giddy expression. He chuckled and shook his head slightly.
"Really? Has it been that long since you've had your precious sour dango?" He asked and then backed up a little as she glared at him.
"Yes, Tou-San has denied me this wonderful god send in exchange for jobs and cover from the Hunter-Nin that are chasing us." She said with a huff as Hei merely chuckled and wave off her complaints.
"You don't need to worry about the Hunter-nin. All of Yagura's able bodied men were relocated to Kiri for preparation of the 'End Days'. So we can make it back without a prob." He said as the owner came back with their orders and some green tea. They continued to talk and catch up until it was time to head back to the house.
At the door, Hei stopped Haku before they could enter. Haku, at first raised an eyebrow but then her eyes widened as she felt a soft warmth envelope her lips. It was Hei. He was kissing her! She froze, but only for a moment before she responded and leaned in further, only for the door to open fast and a flash ruined their moment.
There in the doorway stood Zabuza. A camera in hand with a shark-like grin. Haku was beet red while Hei just raised an eyebrow. Zabuza put the camera back in his pouch and clapped his hands.
"Ah it's always great to have some blackmail material, especially on you Hei since I can never get anything over you." He said laughing but that soon stopped when his noticed the lack of embarrassment on Hei's face. It looked more like... Amusement? He was left gawking as he saw Hei wrap an arm around Haku's waist and pulled her into another kiss, this one more passionate than the last. Haku 'eeped' before relaxing into the embrace. They soon broke and Hei merely walked inside the house, leaving a dazed and smiling Haku and a gawking and blinking Zabuza. Soon Haku fainted and Zabuza realized something.
No! My blackmail! Curse you Hei Arisawa! he thought as he sulked on the porch, poking at a floorboard. After awhile Zabuza sighed, picked up Haku and walked back inside, mumbling about 'Dumb wolf-boys and unbeatable children'.
The next morning Hei, Haku, and Zabuza (plus Hei's wolf familiars) stood at the end of the bridge ready to depart. Team 7 had already left hours before them. The town was currently behind them to see them off. Hunter kneeled down to Inari's level and ruffled his hair.
"Now Inari, remember what we taught you, protect what is precious to you and you will truly become strong just like us." He said with a smile and Inari jumped into his arms in a hug.
"Hei-Nii!" He exclaimed with tears in his eyes. Hei smiled sadly and reached into one of his pouches and pulled out a scroll. He unfurled the scroll to reveal a seal surrounding the kanji for 'Blank slate'. Upon seeing it Zabuza and Haku's eyes widened. Haku pointed at the scroll, stuttering.
"Hei-Kun that's..." She was interrupted when Hunter spoke up. Everyone seemed confused as to what the scroll was for.
"Yes I know. I'm positive that he is worthy. Inari are you willing to protect what is precious to you with everything you have? That you will fight to the death even against impossible odds? When everyone is in darkness, are you willing to become their light?" He said seriously. Inari had never seen him so serious. Inari gulped and put his head down in thought, soon his head snapped up with a fiery determination that made Hei smirk.
"Yes I will protect my homeland with my life! Believe it!" He yelled while Hei's eyebrow twitched before he just sighed and stood up. He looked at Inari and unsealed the contents of the scroll. A satchel fell to the ground alongside a katana, Hunter bent over and picked up the katana. The katana appeared to be a simple katana, the blade curving slightly upward. The guard was a four pointed star and a green hilt-wrap circled the golden hilt. A small red tassel tied to the round butt of the sword. It's sheath itself was black with a golden bottom and a pale blue dragon wrapping around it from bottom to top. The eyes were the most attention grabbing as they seemed to emit a red hue for a moment. Hei bent down and tied the Katana on Inari's back using a thin blue string tied firmly around his tiny frame. He put a hand on Inari's shoulder and spoke softy.
"With this, you can fulfill your promise and the satchel is filled with exercises and techniques to properly teach you. Now you will be my legacy for when I'm gone, you will teach the next generation in our techniques. Be proud of what we are, for that could be the only real thing in this world for us." With that said the three of them ran off into the trees. Leaving the stunned crowd behind. Until it was broken by Tsunami.
"Hey! Father what will we name the bridge? It has to have a name." She said and Tazuna put a finger to his chin before smiling and yelling out.
"How about we name it 'The Super Sexy Tazuna Bridge'! HAHAHAHAHA!" He shut up quickly when Tsunami smacked him on the head.
"Why not call it 'The Bridge of Hei'?" Inari asked and everyone had to agree with it as it sounded very nice but Tazuna thought of something.
"Why 'The Bridge of Hei'." He asked and Inari looked back and smiled.
"Named after the Hero of wave Hei Arisawa, who spilled the blood of a tyrant to free this nation." he said and walked back to the house. Tazuna laughed and they all went home. That was the day 'The Bridge of Hei' was named, a bridged born in blood. A bridge that signified the returned hope to the people of wave.
A day later Hei and the Momochi pair finally arrived at the camp, Hei once again in animal form. A large wolf followed by two equally large wolfs. After being let in by the guards, they quickly made their way to the lead tent, Hei once more left his followers at the entrance.
Once inside, Mei started the meeting. The first and eleventh divisions would be at the front lines. The 4th division would await any wounded brought in by the 12th and 13th divisions. The rest of the divisions would surround Kiri and provide cover to the 1st and 11th division's flanks. While the Captain-Commander(Mei) and the MIST ops commander(Hei) with a small team will face off against Yagura.
After the meeting they all went their separate ways but Hei stopped Haku and took her to the side. He turned back into his human form and before Haku said anything she once again felt a soft warmth on her lips but this time she didn't hesitate in returning it. They broke apart and Haku spoke.
"What's that for?" She was short of breath while Hei just caressed her cheek. He smiled at her and put his forehead to hers.
"Just for good luck, be safe Haku-Chan." With that Hei hurried back to the second division to prepare for the final battle. Zabuza came around the corner looking for her. When he saw her, he put a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey you alright? Haku?" He asked. Haku looked up at him and then back to the direction Hei went. She nodded and started walking to their tent.
"Yes Tou-san, I'm okay. We should go get ready for the battle." With that she turned a corner. Zabuza raised an eyebrow and then grinned as his nose caught a lingering scent.
"Oh Hei was here not too long ago. Wonder what they were talkin' about?" He shrugged and walked away.
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{NEXT DAY}
The rebel faction currently stood at a hill overlooking Kiri's large walls. Mei looked over at the second division and saw a cloaked figure, around 6 ft with his hood up. On his back was an elegant looking katana in a Burgundy sheath. Mei raised an eyebrow and walked over to him.
"Well it's great to finally see your human form, even if your covered in a Cloak.*Sigh* Oh well, it's obvious that you won't show me anytime soon. So how we starting this party?" She asked as Hei looked at her and took off his hood, revealing his mask. He chuckled and grabbed her hand getting a blush from her.
"You'll see my face soon enough but for now, watch and learn." Without waiting for a response, Hei used Sōnído to appear on-top of the village gates. The guards had no time to react as Hei already finished charging his Cero. Back with the rebels, all they could see was a blue flash and the resounding sound of a massive explosion. Looking back to the village, they saw it was relatively unscathed but the forest and mountains behind the Kage tower and the Kage tower itself were gone and replaced by a plume of smoke and fire. The rebels were left gaping until Mei giggled and motioned for everyone to charge.
Back at the village, Hei was staring at the abandoned streets, the civilians having been evacuated before the invasion. After some time, Shinobi began coming out of the wood work and soon Hei was surrounded by Yagura's personal ANBU. Hei took a battle stance and created a blood clone to watch his back. He looked at the clone and gave him a nod, before the clone could move an ANBU appeared behind him ready to behead him. Before the ANBU could kill the clone, Hei already kicked him away. That started the battle as Hei and his clone made their way to ground zero: The Kage Tower.
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With Mei, things weren't as easy as with Hei. She and the rest of the team made their way to the Kage tower as well, but the remaining Seven swordsman that stayed loyal to Yagura stopped them and now it was only her heading to the tower, the team stayed to fight the swordsmen. When she got there she gasped and ran faster.
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{WITH HEI MINUTES EARLIER}
Finally Hei made it to the tower to see Yagura standing in front of the flames and smoke, holding his double-hooked Bo staff. Walking up to him, Hei stood not two meters away from him and he spoke.
"Yagura, I'm sure you know why I'm here. Let's just skip the pleasantries and get right down to it." Yagura simply nodded and held his Bo staff in a defensive position. Hei nodded to the Blood clone, said clone ran at Yagura. Yagura tensed and was about to react when the clone suddenly exploded in a shower of blood, blinding Yagura for a moment. That moment was all Hei needed to land a powerful kick to Yagura's stomach, launching him back into the smoke. A moment of silence ensued until three pressurized streams of water launched out from the smoke, nearly cutting through Hei. Jumping to the side, barely avoiding the first beam and ducked under the second, the third missing completely. Hei quickly turned into his wolf form and launched a volley of fist sized fire balls into the smoke. Yagura soon leapt through the top of the smoke and attempted a downward slash with his Bo staff. Hei easily caught the staff with his tail and let out a jet stream of flames, only for Yagura to kick off his maw and back flip away. While Yagura was still in midair, Hei returned to his original form and drew his katana. When Yagura landed, he had to duck under a horizontal slash; he then tried a leg sweep and successfully tripped Hei. While Hei was falling forward, Yagura used his back to flip Hei over him. Using the momentum, Hei flipped again and tried an axe kick with his left only to be blocked by Yagura, who crossed his arms in an 'X' formation. Not stopping there, Hei twisted his body and used his right leg to kick Yagura in the face, launching him back. While Yagura tried to get up, Hei discarded his cloak and picked up his Katana. Hei pointed the katana at Yagura and then disappeared in a Sonído.
Yagura only had a second to react as Hei appeared behind him, but when he dodged he could have sworn Hei said.
"IroOni, Green. (Colorful Demon)." That was when the unexpected happened; Yagura's scarf was torn to pieces. His eyes widened as Hunter pointed his sword at him and said a single word.
"Grey" And just as he said that, a diagonal slash appeared on his chest, cutting through his grey mesh shirt. He grunted in pain and then realized something.
He can cut me without being near me! He quickly resolved to stop Hei and end this fight ASAP. On that note he disappeared in speeds that surprised Hei momentarily, which was a big mistake. For Yagura had already landed a devistating strike to his left shoulder, dislocating it and shattering bone all at once. Before Hei could react, Yagura performed a leg sweep, tripping Hei and then axe kicked him into the awaiting ground.
Standing back up, Hei tried to dodge, only to be kicked into the air. Hei gasped in pain before Yagura slammed him into the unforgiving floor. Standing once again on shaky legs, Hei panted as blood dripped from his mouth.
"Hahaha, is that all you have Yagura, Huh? You're so weak, I barely felt anything." Hei taunted as he limped over to his Zanpakuto. After he picked him up he turned to Yagura.
Hei was about to release his Shikai when Yagura, in his Bijuu cloak, once again appeared in front of him. Hei eyes widened for he had no time to react and was turned into a human pinball. For what seemed like forever Yagura tossed him around, smashed him, broke bones, and all Hei was able to do was stifle his screams of agony.
~SKIP~
Hei was on his knees, head down and blood dripping from his head and lips. Yagura was walking slowly towards him ready to kill him. When he stopped, Hei looked up and saw Mei standing protectively in front of him. She was glaring at Yagura with hate she's never felt before; she just stopped him from killing someone precious to her. So now she took her stance while Yagura took his.
Without another word two combatants ran at each other and the battle that ensued was, in Hei words, freakin' insane. As the two leaders shot Jutsu after Jutsu at each other. The only thing Hei could do was watch from the sidelines as he waited for his wounds to heal. After a few minutes, Hei got back up and drew his blade, just in time too as both the other fighters stopped to regain their breath. Hei Pointed his sword at Yagura and began his attack.
"Bankai!" He was soon engulfed in a pillar of light, electricity arching ever so often. The light soon took a darker tint and continued to darken until it was black with crimson outlining the light. When it dissipated, Hei stood there with his armor replaced with a long-sleeved, ankle-length black coat (or shihakushō) with red lining, which is closed at his chest and left to flare out into ragged ends. The Katana, now a black Daisho with red lining the edges. Near where the blade met the guard, were teeth designed for ripping and the guard itself was a six pointed star. The hilt wrapping was black and a small gem gleamed at the end.
Yagura sneered at the man before him as he seemed to just shake off their previous fight with not a single scratch. Just when Mei turned to look at Hei, Yagura started to transform into his Bijuu cloak version 2. Hei saw this and with the fastest he's ever moved, appeared in front of Yagura.
"Ikkotsu ("Single Bone")!" Hei shouted as he hit the transformed Yagura square in the chest, launching the man through several buildings. Mei watched in fascination as Hei seemed to get a huge power boost, before multiple chakra arms launched out through the buildings, trying to impale Hei. Hei quickly dodged and launched his own attacks.
"Cero Oscuras." Just as Yagura resurfaced from the rubble, a black beam fired out of Hei's Daisho aimed right at Yagura, who quickly jumped out of the way. Mei was forced to retreat back lest she be caught in the crossfire. She was clearly out matched in this fight; she never thought Hei was able to match a Jinjuuriki with full control. Minutes past as they launched massive attacks at each other with little results, until Yagura went further into his transformation and in just a few seconds the Three-tailed Demon Turtle stood in all its glory. It lifted its head as red and blue chakra began forming and condensing and compressing into a purple orb, over its head. Hei eyes widened as it began shrinking before the demon pointed the orb toward them. Hei had seconds to react as he jumped up into the air and stood in the path of the menacing attack.
"Cero Del Rei." Just as the orb left the Three-Tails mouth, Hei's attack was launched towards it in hopes of canceling each other out. But alas the menacing orb was much faster than his attack and the orb reached his attack before he could get away. The resulting explosion destroyed all the buildings around them in flames that ultimately engulfed Hei as well. Mei gasped as she watched one of her oldest friends die before her eyes. Falling to her knees, Mei was just staring at the place Hei once stood now blotted out by smoke and fire. Her eyes began to tear up until they widened as a figure slid out the back of the smoke and stopped twenty feet back. As the smoke drifted off of the figure, Mei saw it was Hei but the top of his shihakushō was burned away, revealing his toned upper body and bandaged wrapped abdomen, the mask on his face scorched and slowly crumpling away. For the first time ever, Mei finally can see his face, and a spark ran down her spine, she found it hard to look away and started to wonder how a 16 year old could look so hot. She was so entranced at his appearance that she momentarily forgot her surroundings and failed to notice Yagura turn his attention toward her. She had not time to react as one of his tails descended on her, seeing it at the last second, Mei's eyes widened as she saw her impending death. Shutting her eyes tight, she awaited the pain that never came, opening her eyes she saw Hei holding her bridal style.
They were currently on the roof of a building far from the Three-Tails. Yagura was looking around confused as to where they went until he locked eyes with Hei from afar and let out a mighty roar.
"Sorry Mei-Chan but I'm going to have to fight him myself. So stay put and watch my awesomeness." He said making Mei roll her eyes despite the situation and said.
"Fine but if you die I'm going to bring you back and kill you myself." She said before she pulled his head to hers and kissed him on the lips. Hei's eyes widened for a moment before he responded in fervor. After a moment they broke apart and Hei put her down and disappeared in a Sōnido.
Back with Yagura, Hei appeared in a Sōnido with two clones with him, above Yagura's back and before the giant turtle could swipe him away, the three simultaneously called out their attack.
"Sōkotsu ("Double Bone")!" They shouted as all their respective attacks met and the result was catastrophic as Yagura roared in pain before the ground bellow them cracked and exploded with debris flying in all directions. The rebels and Kiri forces stopped their fights to see the origin of the blast and saw a terrifying sight (Or wonderful sight depending whose side you're on). Yagura still in the three-tails form, laying motionless in a large crater, a wide spider web crack on his back. With a groan, Yagura lifted himself up and red and blue chakra once again converged on his mouth.
What is he doing!? Hei eyes widened as he saw that the orb was much larger than the last and was growing unstable. Growling in irritation he quickly ran through hand seals only to see he wouldn't make it in time as the, now giant orb, began to waver wildly, he knew he could only do one thing. And it was going to hurt. He was about to call out his resurrection when suddenly the orb condensed and then exploded. Time slowed down and Hei felt his eyes burn for a moment before a name called out to him.
"Kamui." He shouted as the space around the center of the blast distorted and began to suck in the explosion. But alas it wasn't fast enough and he was engulfed as well.
Back with the rebels and Mei, they all gasped as they watched the commander of the MIST ops be swallowed by the intense fires. Mei couldn't take anymore and fell to her knees, she was watching helplessly as her closest friend nearly dies multiple times in the same day. Her heart was too fragile to continue to watch, she shut her eyes tightly as she felt the sting of tears. She was about to call a retreat when she heard a voice that brought both relief and slight anger.
"Owww! I knew that was bad idea! I'm never doing that again." Hei said as he limped out of the smoke and approached a downed Yagura, now in human form. Yagura could barely move he was so weak; he attempted to stand only to cough up blood. Hei rubbed his head and looked over at Yagura, his eyes narrowed at the man before he thought.
Oi, Benihime. What was that? Hei asked only to receive a nervous chuckle. Benihime rubbed the back of her head sheepishly before she replied.
Heh, you see, back then when you asked me to make you a new bloodline. Well I wanted to surprise you, so I gave you the Sharingan and it seems that you never really awakened it until now and it has apparently evolved to the Mangyōkuo Sharingan. Are you happy? She asked hopeful that he doesn't hate her. Hei was shocked and slightly excited by what he could do and he had to ask.
Cool! What can it do!? He asked like a kid in a candy store. Benihime giggled at her cute container, whoa, wait wait, did she just call him cute? Oh man, why is she blushing now? Ugh just answer him already.
Ok you just used the first move and the next is the same except with your right eye you can travel anywhere in the world so long as you've either been there or you have some type of marker there. And the others, well I'm not sure, but you have other things to attend to, Ja Ne! She quickly cut the connection before he could utter another word. Hei sighed before looking at Yagura struggle to get up. Walking forward with a little difficulty, Hei walked silently over to Yagura. Yagura looked up to see him coming toward him and sighed.
"So you will kill me here. Then what, you'll become Mizukage?" He said looking down, he didn't notice Hei snarl at him before his features took on a more animalistic look. Grabbing him by the collar and lifting him into the air, Hei glared at Yagura in utter contempt.
"Don't even think for a minute that I would kill you for that hat. No this is far more personal than you'd think." Hei said through gritted teeth. Yagura narrowed his eyes at the prospect of revenge and he believed it totally irrelevant. Closing his eyes, Yagura spoke.
"Then why?" Opening his eyes, he gasped at what he saw. Hei eyes had turned red with three tomeo, but he could see that slowly they were morphing and twisting until they resembled something of a lotus. All in all, Yagura was terrified.
"Mei Terumī." Hei said calmly but Yagura could tell he was trying to stay calm with little avail. Yagura knew that too well, the leader of the rebellion, the first prisoner to never brake until he had to... do... the... Uh oh.
"*Gulp* what does she have to do with this?" He asked feigning ignorance. Hei would have none of it; he was really getting sick of looking at this guy.
"You know very well what she has to do with this!? I will never forgive you for what you did to her, people like you disgust me. Now die." He said as his Mangekyou span rapidly and then the space around Yagura distorted and twisted until it ultimately devoured him. Hei dropped to one knee breathing heavily. He could hear people rushing to him, but he could care less about that, he was so tired so he let himself fall. The last thing he saw bfore passing out was Mei's tearful smile.
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{Three days later, Hospital}
Groggily, Hei woke up to find he was in a white room. All white. A hospital room. Hei groaned as he sat up and took in all the rooms' features. The room was like any other room in the hospital, but there was a calendar on the far wall near the window. Looking closely, he noticed the days had been crossed off until, what he would assume to be, today. Not only that but, according to the calendar, he'd been asleep for three days. He wondered how much he'd missed. A nurse then came in and noticed him awake, she blinked before quickly and quietly leaving the room. Hei raised an eyebrow, but shrugged it off. Getting up was easy, standing on the other hand was a little difficult, regardless he managed to find his cloths and get his pants on when Mei came rushing through the door. Mei froze at the door and gasped as she saw his back, Hunter was facing the window and heard her gasp, he froze as well and slowly turned to her, unintentionally giving her a view of his chest, which made her bring her hand to her mouth. Can anyone blame her, her best friend stood before her, shirtless, giving her a full view of his scarred back and equally scarred chest, not just normal battle scars either, they were scars one would get from being tortured, and they looked old, far too old to be from this war. One in particular was the fist sized jagged scar just over his heart, obviously what ever attack was used had clearly gone straight out his back, if the same scar on his back meant anything. Hei sighed and sat down on one of the sofas in the room. Mei slowly approached him and put a hand on his forearm.
"Who-what did this to you?" She asked, concern clearly in her voice. Hei sighed and looked into her eyes; he could see she really cared for him, even maybe love him. He smiled sadly at her and spoke, equally sad.
"You know I wasn't always the strong willed child that was adopted into the Arisawa clan, before you met me, before Zabuza and Haku met me, even before Tatewaki met me, I was weak and always afraid. But I have a right to be, that place, that hell, it did so many things to me, I was just a child. I didn't know what I did wrong. My real name, Mei, my birth name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, Former Jinjuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, and The wielder of The No-Name Zanpakatou. When I was a child, the villagers of Konoha, they hated me, they even went as far as to form mobs to chase me down and torture me. But the wounds always healed and left me with only scars, except the last time, an ANBU used an assassination technique, a very powerful one, the Chidori, it killed me. But the Kyuubi, she gave me a second chance, gave me strength, and gave me hope. The hope that I could find happiness somewhere else and away from that hell." He said in sadness. Mei stared in mute shock, until it slowly melted into confused giggles, then full-blown laughter. Hei watched in confusion as Mei was forced to hold her sides due to the laughter.
Uhh… Did I break her?
Beats me, Maybe she couldn't handle our awesome? The Kyuubi replied. Mei soon began to calm down, wiping at her eyes as her giggles seized.
"Wow, this is priceless, we were saved by a real prince! My prince in shining armor, I'm in love with a prince!" Mei once more descended into hysterical laughter. Hei stared in shock at what she had said.
Did she just say…..?
Oh hell no! She can't have what's mine! What!? Where the hell did that come from? The Kyuubi thought to herself in confusion. Mei soon calmed herself after she noticed Hei's stare. Her eye's widened when she realized her blunder. Stuttering, she tried to correct herself.
"Haha… Hey, I didn't mean-"
"I'm leaving, Mei."
Cliffhanger no Jutsu!
I know, I'm a bad person. But it was a spur of the moment thing. All will be explained when I come up with one.
Till Next Time!