" AHHH-" The Sound Ninja screamed as Mika sword removed the man's arm. The scream quickly stopped as Mika's sword cut across his throat.

Mika ducked under a kick, retaliating with one of his own to the attacker's face. A loud snapping told him the man was dead. That was the tenth person he had killed in the last minute or so.

Looking up, Mika noticed that Kakashi and Guy had this area covered, so he turned his senses past the stadium. He could sense attackers outside of it, they were heading toward the hospital. Well, he know had a job.

In a blur of motion, Mika hurried to and over the wall all while cloaking his body in a genjutsu. He had to deal with a few fools it seemed.

Every time he saw a Sand or Sound Ninja, he would launch a few poisoned senbon. By the time he got to the hospital, he had already taken out thirteen on his own.

Seeing a small group of Ninja, mostly Sound, just in front of it. They were taking out what looked to be a series of paper tags. It seemed these idiots were going to blow up the hospital, though they weren't going about it the right way.

Mika sighed, and decided to just kill these idiots now. Grabbing a handful of senbon, Mika tossed them at the Ninjas. Within seconds, 6 of them fell, coughing as their throats closed. The ones remaining, ten he counted, looked for the attacker.

The Leader turned around, looking for his men's killer. Who ever the fucker was, He was going to kill him!

However, as they all began to look for the killer something strange began to happen. Birds, hundreds of them, filled their visions. Screaming, squawking and making it impossible to see or hear anything.

" Genjutsu" The leader realized, so he gathered his chakra and released it " Kai!" All at once, the birds seemed to break apart into nothingness. However looking around he saw something that terrified him. His men, they were all dead. All killed with various injuries.

A sharp pain in his chest alerted the man to look down. The moment he did, he noticed a sword sticking out of his chest.

As the blood came out of his mouth, he turned to see his killer. It was a child, no older then thirteen, looking at him as if he was nothing. It was so unnerving, the man was almost glad he was dying. He wasn't going to be in a world with those eyes.

Mika was pleased with himself. He had just taken out 16 Ninja with ease. All of the chunin except for the leader who was roughly a jonin. In all it was something to be proud of.

A sudden and immense spike of chakra froze Mika. Turning his head to the Kage's booth, he saw a powerful purple barrier. However if he stretched his senses he could feel... four Kage level chakras. All of them roughly the same strength, though two of them felt incomplete. As if they were being held back by something.

He obviously recognized Hiruzen and Orchimaru. but the other two he had never his focus, Mika gasped in pure shock and more then a little fear. Whoever they were, Mika knew one thing. They were dangerous, insanely dangerous and felt kind of like Naruto...

Mika's eyes widened in shock. He hoped he was wrong, but Mika had a feeling that he was feeling the Senju's brothers. Outside of the Fourth Hokage, they were the only Kage's who would feel Like Naruto. Seeing as Uzumaki's and Senju were related and all. There was something strange about their chakra's however. It seemed they had a bits of Orochimaru's chakra in them.

" Impure World Resurrection" Mika realized how it worked. Though he lacked the Sealing skills and Chakra levels, but he understood how the chakra flow felt. How the Spiritual chakra of Orochimaru bound the souls to the host body. Controlling them by chakra transmission, in a way the reminded him of a radio signal. It was incredible.

His thoughts were interrupted as he suddenly felt a Very familiar, Jonin level chakra rushing at him. Mika shot himself backwards, over the person. Coming to rest, seeing the person he had sensed.

" Kabuto" The Grey haired medic smiling at him.

" Hello Mika, its been a while hasn't it?" Mika sighed, knowing he couldn't beat Kabuto in an outright fight. He could however hold him off until reinforcements came... He hoped.

Kabuto had been following Mika since he left the Stadium. At a distance of course, he knew of Mika's insanley accurate Sensory abilities. And as he followed the boy, he became more and more amazed at his skills as Kabuto saw body after body fall to the boy's senbon.

And now, he saw the boy surrounded by the corpse of those he killed. With ease it seemed if the calm look on Mika's face said anything. A very impressive feat seeing as the Leader of that squad had been as strong as an Average Jonin and that the rest had been at various chunin level.

The potential this boy had,... it surpassed whatever that Uchiha tool had. Kabuto couldn't wait to see what the boy was capable of in a few years. Oh yes, but first he would have to test him.

Kabuto raised his hands and covered them in his chakra scalpel.

Mika sighed in annoyance. He really did not want to fight Kabuto, not yet. Especially if the boy has the skill to use the chakra scalpel in battle. That took intense concentration and control. Mika lacked the experience to use it in a fight, though he could use them in surgery with ease.

Seeing the clear threat, Mika flicked his sword to remove the blood.

Kabuto was suddenly in Mika's face, his chakra scalpel shooting toward Mika's chest. Mika ducked underneath the blow, his sword flashing as it cut through Kabuto's wrists. Mika then shot his leg into Kabuto's chest, sending the Medic flying backwards with a loud crack as Mika shattered the man's ribcage.

Mika hoped it would put the man out of commission, but he doubted it. Kabuto was a medic after all, and if he was able to use the chakra scalpel during a fight, then healing his ribs wouldn't be that hard.

As Kabuto assessed the damage to his body, he was filled with shock and a little awe. Mika hid hard, very hard and very accurate. Shattering all of Kabuto's ribs like that took immense strength. Still it was not enough to keep Kabuto down.

Sending chakra into his chest and wrists, Kabuto cringed as his injuries started to heal rather painfully. It hurt like hell, seeing as Mika did some real damage.

Kabuto had to dodge the flurry of senbon thrown at him. It seemed the boy knew he was healing and wasn't taking any chances. Seeing the boy launching at him, Kabuto shot himself onto the roofs. His ribs needed to heal a little more before he was ready to fight Mika head-on.

Mika knew he shouldn't be shocked, but he was. The level and speed of Kabuto's healing technique was incredible and only had one temporary flaw. Reactivating his dead cells like that was amazing, and extremely difficult. It would have taken intense control which Mika had, but what he lacked was the needed chakra levels. That was the one flaw of the Jutsu as far as he saw. What you could heal was based on chakra levels.

Still, despite that one flaw, Mika analyzed and memorized the chakra flow. He could so use this technique in the future, of course he would have to alter it to suit his own skills and needs. But still, he would have to use it.

However, right now that jutsu was not a benefit to Mika. It was healing his opponent and that he would permit.

Sending a flurry of senbon at Kabuto, Mika charged at the man with his sword ready. He followed after him, all while covering his own body in the mirage. He knew Kabuto knew nothing of it just yet, so he would not be able to respond to it effectively.

Kabuto was amazed at Mika's skill with a blade. Even with his skill in Medical Taijutsu and evasion, Kabuto was having a hell of a time dodging Mika's strikes. In fact, Mika got through his defenses several times. Kabuto did not know how Mika did it, but he had an idea. Genjutsu, after all Mika possessed chakra control surpassing all of the medics in the village at the moment. It wouldn't be at all hard for the boy.

Still, Kabuto knew better then to waste his time breaking the illusion. He had to finish healing his ribs, else a fragment could pierce his lungs or heart. And that could kill even him, despite his healing.

Shooting himself rooftop to rooftop, Kabuto quickly finished healing his ribs. He could fight back now.

Mika felt Kabuto release the chakra in his ribs, and saw Kabuto tense his body ever so slightly. Mika knew the attack was coming. He was proved right as Kabuto once again launched at him with his chakra scalpels. Mika knew his old attacks wouldn't work, Kabuto was far to adaptable for that.

So as soon as Kabuto reached him, Mika swiftly put away his sword and started to evade Kabuto's strikes, using his mirage to shift his position. Thankfully He managed to dodge everything, after all a single strike could kill him.

However, After a minute, Mika noticed a very distinct pattern in Kabuto's fighting. His aim was always at large targets. Mika's torso and arms were where Kabuto seemed to aim for. So Mika stopped being defensive, striking back against Kabuto. Using his adaptation of the Gentle fist to deflect the man's chakra scalpels by hitting his wrists. His chakra strikes weren't as deadly as the Gentle Fist, but their effects were just as debilitating.

Something Kabuto quickly realized as his Chakra scalpels suddenly faded.

Kabuto was truly amazed with this kid. They had only been fighting for a less then a minute, and Mika had not only managed to dodge his every strike but actually started to actively counter and combat his chakra scalpels. It was a sign of immense adaptive abilities.

A sudden and fierce numbness in his arms made him look at them in shock. He couldn't feel anything below his elbows, nor could he even channel chakra down to them in order to heal. What happened?

The man leaped back in order to asses the damage, when he felt a senbon pierce his left leg. Knocking it out, Kabuto started sending chakra into his lungs in order to combat the Poison's effects. It seemed he had gravely underestimated Mika's abilities by not going all out. A foolish mistake if there ever was one. The boy was far too intelligent to not take advantage of Kabuto's arrogance.

Mika seemed to notice his panic as he upped his attacks, forcing Kabuto to retreat at full speed.

After a short chase, Mika stopped and quickly turned to the forest. Kabuto Turned as well, knowing Mika would have only turned for a very good reason. This turned out to be very true as Kabuto witnessed a huge explosion of chakra. When the smoke parted, he saw what exactaly Mika sensed.

Shukaku was unleashed.

Mika froze, feeling the full and twisted chakra of Shukaku. No longer being hampered by Gaara's seal, Mika could fully understand why people feared the Tailed beasts. This chakra was intense, incredibly so. And the personality it contained... was not friendly. However it did solifiy something for Mika.

The Tailed Beasts were sentient. No mass of chakra could be that complex and not carry a level of awareness. That thought filled him with a deep seated contempt for the First Hokage. How could he be called a moral being if he enslaved Nine intelligent and aware beings? Hypocrisy always filled Mika with disgust. And right now, that is exactly what he felt toward the village for their near worship of the "Honorable" Hokages.

Mika's desire to leave the village multiplied a hundred times right then. He hated hypocrites, he really did. If you were going to do something, then just do it.

Just as Mika went to continue his fight with Kabuto, Mika froze. An extremely deep seated terror filled him. What was this chakra he felt? It was like Death itself, and it was coming from behind that Barrier above the Kage stand.

But what scared him most was how familiar it felt. Whatever this was, he had felt something similar to it. That was not comforting in the slightest.

Taking a deep breath, Mika shook the feeling off. He couldn't allow it to interfere with his fight anymore. So he turned to Kabuto who was looking at him with a raised eyebrow.

Kabuto was surprised, Mika was a fearless person. Cautious, but fearless. So to see that look of fear on Mika's face was not exactly reassuring.

As soon as the boy turned to him, Kabuto raised his eyebrow in a questioning gaze.

" I can sense what feels like Death. It is stronger the all of the people in that barrier, and Shukaku ... combined."

Slight fear entered Kabuto's belly at that. He knew Mika was not bluffing and his sensory abilities were of the highest class. What was happening in that barrier?

His fears were only amplified when the barrier went down, and the Sound Four had to literally carry Orochimaru away.

Kabuto had to leap back as Mika started his attack on him.

When Mika saw the barrier shatter, he knew the invasion had failed. This was confirmed when he felt Shukaku's chakra dissipate. Seeing Orochimaru being carried off, Mika turned to Kabuto with his sword raised. He hoped to at least drive the man off. He could tell Kabuto would get feeling back in his hands soon. At that point he would he would stop holding back and Mika would not be able to defeat the man.

So he shot after Kabuto, who leaped back.

" Sorry Mika, I'd love to stay and fight you, but it seems I am needed else where." With that, Kabuto turned and rocketed away toward his fleeing master.

Mika didn't follow. There was far more important things to attend to. Healing the injured for example.

As Mika hopped toward the gates, Mika began to notice something. Or rather, a lack of something. The Third's chakra, which he could feel at all times, was absent. This could mean only one thing.

The Third Hokage was no more.


" Lord Orochimaru" Kabuto called to his master, voice full of worry at the sight of his master's clearly rotting arms.

The Snake Sanin turned to him, eyes full of pain and anger. " Kabuto, there you are. I am going to need your services. But first, how did your little test go."

A very serious look came to Kabuto's face as he began to give his report. " He is a threat, a major threat. I have never fought such an adaptive fighter. He was able to completely analyze and neutralize my taijutsu after less then a minute of combat. On my way to fight him he took down more then around thirty of Our men"

Orochimaru cursed at that bit of news. The last thing he needed was another Itachi after his head. " Where would you place his overall skill level"

Kabuto turned to Jirobo " He could easily defeat Tayuya and Jirobo at the same time and the rest of them individually. I'd say he is somewhere between B and High B rank. Either way he is a threat."

Orochimaru had one more question " What about future potential?"

Kabuto went quiet, not a good sign to the Sanin " He will reach my level in a Year minimum, Itachi's a year later. From there... I have no idea"

Orochimaru was feeling a mix of emotions. On one hand he was deeply impressed and wanted to see Mika's growth, on the other he recongnized the obvious threat Mika presented. He would have to do something about the boy. And he had a pretty good idea how to test the boy and possibly get rid of him.

" Kabuto, do you have a solid grip on his general skills?"

Kabuto nodded, though he clearly was curious about the purpose of the question.

" Very well, it seems there is going to be a new entry into the Bingo Book."

No one else spoke all the way there, concentrating on getting back to their base.


Chapter End.

P.S. If Naruto could beat Kabuto, during the Sanin Deadlock, Then Mika could do all of that.