Chapter 9: Ryuu's Dragon Style:
Zangei formed a chakra sword in his right hand, and he threw it at Ryuu. Ryuu easily dodged the attack and leapt away from Zangei and did some hand signs. 'Against an opponent like this,' Ryuu thought. 'There won't be any playing by ear.' A white dragon like entity appeared behind Ryuu. "Dragon Style: Ancient Dragon!" The dragon entity charged at Zangei with astonishing speed, and he was unable to dodge it. Zangei received a direct hit from the attack. The impact of the attack cause the area to fill with dust. Under the cover of the dust, Ryuu did some more hand signs. When the dust cleared, Zangei created another chakra sword and charged at Ryuu. Ryuu moved his right hand in a circle and did a palm thrust towards the center. At that moment, 8 kanji character appeared in a circle infront of Ryuu. From the top and around clockwise, the kanji for fire, wind, lightning, earth, water, metal, wood, and dark. In the center, the kanji character for light appeared. "Dragon Style: 9 Headed Dragon Strike!"
Zangei, in a state of slight fear, quickly formed a bunch of hand signs. "Earth Style: Earth Wall!" Some of the earth in front of him rose up to form a wall that was slightly taller and wider than Zangei himself.
Ryuu however did a simple hand seal. The moment he did, the kanji he had conjured began to glow, and energy burst from each kanji character. Each energy's element corresponded to its kanji character. The energy blasts completely obliterated the wall and Zangei took another direct hit. He manage to hold his ground against the attack. Ryuu continued his assault and generated a fire sword in his right hand and attacked Zangei.
Zangei however rapidly created a chakra sword in each hand, except in reverse hold, and he parried Ryuu's attack with such force it knocked Ryuu off balance. Zangei took advantage of this by spreading his arms preparing to swing. "You're done kid. Ninja Art: Fence Slice!" Zangei swung one sword downwards and swung the other sword sideways.
With no options left, Ryuu crossed him arms in front of his chest. "Dragon Style: Dragon Guard!"
"Too late kid!" Suddenly, Ryuu's body was covered in slashes in a chain-link fence pattern. The force of the attack sent Ryuu flying backwards. Zangei walked up to Ryuu body which was now laying on the ground. As Zangei approached, his right hand began to glow a whitish color. "Heh, I held back a tiny bit so you wouldn't die. Instead, I'm going to steal your soul."
"What the hell?"
"Well, since you shouldn't be able to move, I guess I could give you a brief explanation. I can steal up to 2 other souls. I gain the jutsu and chakra of the soul I stole. Also, for each soul I steal, my speed and physical strength increases. The final ability stealing souls grants me is the ability to sacrifice one of my other souls when I 'die' to revive myself and repair all damage my body received. Unfortunately for me, I lost both my extra souls in this fight, I'll replace them with yours and the girl's souls." Zangei then tried to plunge his right hand into Ryuu's chest, but somehow, Ryuu rolled over to dodge and the attack, and gave Zangei a hard kick to the gut, knocking the wind out of him.
Ryuu then got up in an instant and generated a fire sword in his right hand, and he took advantage of the stunned Zangei to perform a couple hand signs. Ryuu then attacked just as Zangei recovered. "Take this! Dragon Style: Dragon Hammer Strike!" Ryuu once again got a direct hit against Zangei, and the attack hit Zangei with the impact of a giant hammer, and giving a large slash down the center of his chest. The force of the attack broke Zangei's ribs and sent him flying. When he landed on the ground, he howled in pain.
Zangei grimaced in pain as he stood up, clutching his chest. Ryuu seemed to have gained speed, and he was standing in front of Zangei in mere moments, except his fire sword had dissipated and instead he held a Kunai. Ryuu then slammed Zangei in the head with the flat of side of his kunai, knocking Zangei out. After defeating Zangei, Ryuu, who was exhausted and had severe wounds, collapsed. His body and clothe were drenched in blood. Luckily, Yoshi, Akina, Surasshu, and Kurai arrived at that moment. Upon seeing Ryuu, Akina ran over to him. "Ryuu! Are you all right?" Akina hastily pulled out some cloth from her bag, which she soaked with a small water bottle she also carried. She then preceded to clean up Ryuu with it and then handed him some bandages.
Meanwhile, Yoshi and Surasshu and Kusaaijin and Zangei. Surasshu ordered Yoshi to grab Kusaaijin. Surasshu then went over to inspect Zangei. "Excellent, he's still alive. We could interrogate him and..." Surasshu stopped speaking at once. His dog, Kurainami was barking quite loudly, and he knew what that meant. He rushed over to Kurai, and whispered to him what he just learned.
Kurai expression had the shadow of being worried. "shit..." He muttered. "Hey guys! We need to get the hell out of here. Before Kuros-"
"Well hello there..."
Everyone looked to see where this voice came from, and to their horror, they saw 3 cloaked figures. It was Kuroshi, Kawa, and Senko. Kuroshi then spoke. "heh, it seems that Zangei was defeated. So tell me Kurai, did those kids do it?"
Kurai responded with a tone of annoyance. "And if they did?"
"Oh so they did? You've found an interesting bunch. Anyways, Senko and Kawa, I'll let you fight them. In the meantime, I'll continue my search for Narako. I know he's somewhere near here..."
At that, Kuroshi, moved so fast he disappeared in less than a blink of an eye. The 2 figures remaining stepped up prepared to battle.
