9) Sepia Invasion
Five months later
"Fire style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" Luis yelled, shooting mini fireballs out of his mouth and aiming at Kyle, who erected a skull shaped dome around himself. "The only problem with this was that the dome was not only bone based, but energy based as well. And anything energy based was no match for a Byakugan user. Kristal started to strike at the dome, which easily gave way to her fingers, but there was no Kyle inside. In a heartbeat, she used the Kaiten, which turned out to save her life as Kyle struck the wall of chakra with a fist. Kyle's appearance gave Luis the time to prepare a genjutsu and trapped an unaware Kyle in it.
Kyle started to make handsigns, but because of the genjutsu, he wasn't building up energy to pull it off, but Luis made blades of genji energy to strike Kyle with. "Dance of Blades!" Luis yelled, starting to spin and throw the blades directly at Kyle: or so he thought. This Kyle was a clone. The real Kyle had risen out of the ground and pulled his spine out of his back to make a bone katana. He charged at the unaware Luis and prepared to stab him literally in the back, but Kristal used her speed and hit Kyle with a strike to the midsection that paralyzed him.
"Done," Kristal said. "Nice try babe." She kissed Kyle on the cheek.
"That almost worked. If it hadn't been for Kristal, I would've been toast," Luis said. "Enough training for now?"
"Yeah," Kyle said. "I was gonna go down to the city with Kristal, Hi-C, and Logan to hang out. Wanna come?"
"I would, but Shawn and Kitty got Michelle to go with them to the Lower east side in Manhattan to chill," Luis said.
"And if Michelle goes, you automatically have to go, right?" Kyle asked.
"Yep," Luis said. "And I have to deal with the three queens as well." The three queens were Jazmin, Tara, and Amanda, or at least, that's how they referred to themselves.
"Why don't we just all go together?" Kyle asked. "How about it Kristal?"
"Ok," Kristal said. "We leave in an hour?"
"Cool," Luis said. "I'll tell Michelle and the others."
"All right," Kyle said. "Meet us at the gate then." Luis gave a wave and ran to the mansion.
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The Lower East Side was a place of no return if you liked drama. Hi-C knew people there, so he was running into old friends, but virtually everyone else was looking at the place like a new territory. Manhattan was the size of an average city, so there was a lot to explore, and the team did that with a quickness. Shawn and Kitty were walking with Logan when Shawn bumped into a hooded figure.
"The hell are you going?" the guy asked in a rage.
Shawn was about to retaliate, but caught the markings on the guy's face. Shawn gasped.
"What's wrong Shawn?" Logan asked.
"Scoot?" Shawn asked. "Brian Inuzuka, is that you?"
"Brian?" the guy asked, taking the hood off. Now that Shawn looked at him, the only thing that resembled Scoot on this guy was the red markings on his face. The guy had a headband with a leaf symbol on it, and a small white dog in the front of his jacket. The dog barked at Shawn and Logan, but the guy, who looked no more than 15, silenced him. "That would be my cousin. I'm Kiba Inuzuka. And this is Akamaru," he said, pointing to the dog.
"Kiba?" Shawn asked. "What are you doing here? I haven't seen you in years."
"Same here Shawn. Who are they?" Kiba asked, pointing to Logan and Kitty.
"Oh," Shawn said. "This is Logan."
"Yo," Logan grunted.
"And this is Kitty," Shawn said, putting his arm around her. Kiba laughed.
"So she's your girl, huh?" Kiba asked.
"Yep," Shawn said. "So, what you been up to?"
"Same old, same old," Kiba said. "Well, I really got to get going. I'll see ya around sometime."
"Cool," Shawn said. Kiba ran off, leaving Logan and Kitty stunned.
"Who was that?" Kitty asked.
"How do you know a ninja?" Logan asked. That headband that Kiba was wearing gave it away. Each of the six major countries had a hidden village, which was the strongpoint of their military. The U.S., which was the land of fire, had Konohagakure, or the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Having a headband like Kiba's signified that you were a ninja, while the leaf insignia showed his village affiliation.
"My friend Scoot is Kiba's cousin, so I know his family," Shawn answered. "I wonder what he was doing here."
Before anyone could take a guess, Logan's cell phone rang. Logan picked it up and immediately his face changed.
"What is it?" Kitty asked.
"We gotta go back to the mansion, now," Logan said. "It's under attack by the Sepia."
"I knew these five months were too good to be true," Shawn said. "Let's go."
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Heihachi was pleased with himself. There was little resistance from any of the mutants, and Xavier was his. Once Xavier's top students came, he would kill them, along with Marcus. Imagine his surprise then when he realized that Marcus wasn't anywhere to be found. Then imagine his anger. When Logan and the other brats got there he would beat his anger out on them.
"You will pay for this!" Scott yelled. He struggled to get to his feet.
"And who'll stop me?" Heihachi asked. "If you guys don't even know where the Knight is then how do think you have a chance?"
"Because we don't need him to fight our battles," Shawn said, catching his attention.
'Perfect,' Heihachi thought. "So you're ready to die this early?"
"Who said I was going to die?" Shawn asked. "Look at who you have to fight." There was Hi-C, Logan, Michelle, Kitty, and Jazmin. Amanda and Tara had their Sharingan activated; Kyle had his Kaguyagan; Luis his Gensougan; Kristal her Byakugan; and Shawn his Espogan. "You really want to face these odds?"
One of the Sepia walked up. "Shall I take care of them Master Heihachi?"
"No," Heihachi said. "I got them." Then he fired an energy blast that laid all of them out save Kristal. The only reason for this, though, was because of the Kaiten. "So there is some fight in you?"
"The hell was that?" Shawn asked, struggling to get to his feet.
"This," Heihachi said, running up to him and punching him in the skull. Shawn flew into one of the mansion walls, unconscious. Hi-C tried to cut Heihachi with his sword, but he caught the blade and ripped it out of his hands. Then he hit him with an elbow, which put the swordsman into la-la land. The sepia apprehended the rest of the team, but Amanda wouldn't go down that easily. she started to fire energy blasts at all opposition until Heihachi yelled. "You're a feisty one. I always knew Latinas were hot headed."
"You're the one who killed Marcus' mother right?" Amanda asked.
"And what if I am" Heihachi asked.
"Then I will fight you to the end!" Amanda yelled. She gathered pink energy into her right hand and crossed it over her chest onto her left shoulder, and then threw the energy as a ray at Heihachi. "Power Blitz!" She had made a crater in the ground, and smoke was billowing out of the hole in the ground. Amanda smiled.
"Did she do it?" Logan asked.
"Shut up," The Sepia guard said and punched him, knocking him out yet again.
There was a sudden wind and Heihachi stepped out of the crater. He was unscathed. Amanda was in shock. "But that was my-"
"Your strongest attack?" Heihachi asked, then laughed. "You bitch! You will die for that." Heihachi started to hit her, with every blow belittling her. "I will make you suffer just as Shapira did. You like Marcus that much? Then tell his mother that he turned out to be a coward, running from his destiny! Now die!" He fired a huge orb of energy at Amanda. She closed her eyes, waiting for the crippling attack to kill her.
The attack never reached its target. A wall of magma had been erected in front of her. 'What the?' Amanda wondered. 'Heihachi knocked Jazmin out. She's the only one here that can control magma.'
Heihachi also was shocked, but regained his composure. "When I say die, you die!" Heihachi charged at Amanda, but then an energy blast from the sky blocked his path.
"And when I don't want someone to get hurt, they are not going to get hurt," a voice said. Amanda recognized that voice anywhere, but didn't believe it was him.
"So you show your face at last," Heihachi said. "This is going to be fun."