Breaking Fate's Curse
Rebel 10: Cutting the puppet's strings.
Written by Jlargent
Me: Okay here we go with chapter ten and I have a surprise in store for my fans. Typical disclaimers apply I do not own Blazblue or Naruto in any shape or form.
Noel's POV
As we stand in front of the monstrosity that is supposed to be of that of Sasori the former ninja from Suna in his 'true form' as it were. I was lucky enough to avoid the poisonous tail and the multiple arms of Hiruko with Hinata providing support in finding the weak spots that was riddled in the large puppet allowing me to weaken it to the point where Lady Chiyo and I took advantage and shattered the shell rendering it useless.
His dark pink hair and charming smile reminds me of a slightly more masculine version of Sakura (A/N: You know I'm right about that.) he pulls out a scroll and unsealed it to reveal the Third Kazekage that he openly admitted to murdering in order to turn him into a puppet.
(Play Love So Blue: Noel's vocal theme right now.)
"Now you shall feel the power of my jutsu!" he spoke in a dramatic tone as the puppet rushes me If this guy is like Carl then the weakness is obvious I realized, I rush in towards Sasori intending to fire a blast point blank at his head only for a black mist to head towards me coming from the Kazekage's mouth Poison mist! I thought as I maneuver my way out of the way back to Hinata and Lady Chiyo when the black mist suddenly started to form into small pellets.
"Watch out Noel! That's not mist, that's iron sand. The Third Kazekage had the ability to manipulate iron sand and use it as a weapon." Chiyo whispered as she pulls out two scrolls of her own and unseal them to reveal two puppets, one male and one female. The male looked like an older version of Sasori and the female looked similar to Nirvana but with irises and long black hair.
"My first puppets, the Mother and Father." Sasori mused as Lady Chiyo positioned the puppets in front of her.
"True, they are the very first puppets that you had created. To be honest I thought I had hopes for you as one of the greatest puppet masters that Suna has ever produced. But to my shame you started to create human puppets out of your fallen victims." Lady Chiyo shouted as the revelation of what he has done makes me gasp in shock and horror, as a lieutenant of the NOL we occasionally have to deal with terrorists conducting experiments on humans Sasori, I will never forgive you for your sins.
"Enough talking, now DIE!" with those words the puppet that was the Kazekage rushes at us with iron pellets heading towards Hinata and Lady Chiyo.
Hinata starts moving her hands in sharp precise movements faster and faster until her arms and hands are a blur of movement "Hyuuga style: Guardian Eight Divination Signs, Sixty-Four Palms of the Hand!" and webbed dome of energy surrounds both Hinata and Lady Chiyo, the pellets hit's the dome dissolving into the iron sand that it was, after a few moments the pellets stop trying to pierce the barrier and there was purple steam coming from the iron sand that was on the ground The iron sand must be soaked in poison that means I have to take out the Kazekage in order to get near Sasori I reasoned as I looked at Hinata and Lady Chiyo and nod as the five of us (A/N: Three people and two puppets remember?) rush at the corpse/puppet of the Third Kazekage.
Lady Chiyo moves her arms and the Father pulls out a serrated katana and the Mother arm separates to reveal a buzz saw-like weapon extending out, the Third Kazekage arm separates to show a storage seal it activates to show hundreds of arms heading to the Mother and Father. The Mother and Father clasp their hands and pull apart to show ninja wire, then they wrap the wire around the summoned arms and apply enough pressure to cut the arms to useless pieces, while this was happening Hinata moves behind the Kazekage and notice her hands were glowing indicating that she was using the charka scalpel technique I could vaguely see the strands of charka connecting to the Kazekage, and in one smooth motion Hinata slices the strings rendering him immobile.
"Now take him out before it's too late!" Hinata yells at me, I run and jump on the Mother's shoulders and leap off of her and aim Bolverk at the Kazekage.
"Unleashing Armagus: Zero Gun: Thor!" I scream as I unleash the full power of Bolverk striking the puppet and instead of firing one missile I fire three eradicating him.
(End song at this point.)
Sasori looks on in shock as his favorite puppet was destroyed in front of his eyes, he narrows his eyes and removes his Akatsuki cloak to reveal that his body is in fact a puppet He turned himself into a puppet! But why? I thought as the wing blades extend out and Lady Chiyo pulls out another scroll and unsealed it to reveal ten puppets.
"Puppet art: White Secret Technique!" Lady Chiyo spoke as the ten puppets surround her in a defensive formation.
Sasori quirked an eyebrow at the sight "Interesting, the famed Jikki Chikamatsu no Shuu. In the hands of a skilled puppet user can take down a garrison and all of its inhabitants. However…" Sasori pulls out a scroll of his own and unseals it, when the smoke faded in the air was at least one hundred puppets.
My Red Secret Technique has conquered a small country." I whimpered at the sheer number of enemies in front of us There's way too many for us to fight and we can't retreat! I realize as Sasori laughs at the situation.
Suddenly the air was filled with electricity as a black portal appears between the battlefield and a figure drops from the portal, the figure was wearing the cloak of the NOL intelligence department but to my surprise I see a familiar squirrel tail.
"Makoto?" I said as the figure turns to face me and to my surprise and joy it is her.
"Noelli!" she squeals as she hugs me, I forget about the battle for the moment and return the hug.
"*Ahem* If you don't mind I have some puppets to make." Sasori's voice catches out attention as I remember the current situation.
Makoto looks at the large number of puppets in awe "This is so COOL! Can you make them dance?" she said in a somewhat childish tone.
"Uh Makoto you kinda arrived at a bad time. You see this guy wants to kill us and then turn us into puppets under his control" I explain as Makoto's expression went from child like innocence to deadly serious in a split second and the fur on her tail started to stand on end.
"Nobody threatens my friends. Especially not some two bit puppeteer with a fetish for wood." she said as she shifted into a fighting stance.
"I gotta warn you. I don't know how to pull my punches." she said as Hinata handed me a solider pill. I swallow it and immediately started to feel the effects as I shift into a ready position.
"Dispatched in mankind's darkest hour. We are knights of the blue flame!" we recited as all six of us rush to the puppets.
To be continued.
Me: I know I'm using a cliffhanger and I promise Makoto will be fighting in the next chapter. Next time: Makoto strikes!. This chapter will cover the hyperactive ADHD squirrel girl herself Makoto Nanaya.
Makoto Nanaya
Character voice: Tomomi Isomura (JP), Cindy Robinson (ENG)
Another classmate of Noel's and Jin's from the Military Academy, much like Tsubaki. She is a squirrel-type half beast-man, and is considerably hyperactive with a short attention span. She is outgoing, adventurous, and has inhuman reflexes. She has a few complexes about her race but nonetheless proudly acknowledges who she is. She seems to be working under the NOL's Intelligence Division, but is actually an informant for Sector Seven. However, by the end of CS True End, she transfers to Sector Seven in order to protect Noel. In battle, she fights using her specially made cross tonfas. She appears in the console version of Continuum Shift as downloadable content.
Makoto's Drive, Impact, unleashes an attack that varies based on the timing of holding and releasing the D button.
As always Hoody Hoo!