Author's note: This is the final part of the Wandering chapters. Enjoy!
Chapter 11: Wandering Part 4
Sakigawa, Eastern Shiyaki Forest, Nipponichi
As night fell over the village of Sakigawa, things didn't seem so peaceful. For unbeknownst to the troubled villagers, a darkness was approaching Sakigawa. Deep inside the forests surrounding the village, dark creatures were descending among the woods. Rouge ninjas leaped on the trees while Hollows and Akumas emerged from the shadows. A secret meeting was taking place there and standing in the middle was a strange figure dressed in black robes. He was having a discussion with his three underlings. We all recognize Zaku Abumi and Tesla Lindocruz, but the third member was a strange black-haired girl with yellow eyes and purple-blue spiked hair. She was dressed in a punk-gothic style. Despite her appearance of a teenager, she was older. Her name was Road Kamelot, a human who followed the way of the Noah. They all appeared before this mysterious figure. He was the first to speak.
"You all know why you have been summoned here, right?" he asked the three.
"Yes sir. We have strict orders from the Dark One to attack Sakigawa and capture the important targets. According to my scouts they are sleeping somewhere in this village. Shouldn't be a problem" she stated much to the dark figure's pleasure.
"Ah, you are such a remarkable girl Road Kamelot. There's no wonder why the Dark One choose you to lead this mission. Hopefully you will do better than Gohei and Yura" he said as the young girl smiled evilly.
Meanwhile, Zaku and Tesla were not amused by Road. They also tried to gain the dark figure's favor by claiming they were better than her.
"So you are leading this mission, huh? Big deal! I bet that a girl like you couldn't even tell the difference between cuteness and ugliness" Zaku said sarcastically. Tesla laughed at Zaku's comment. However Road didn't necessarily seem offended by it and sighed in annoyance. The dark figure drew out his poisonous Zanpakuto and angrily tried to attack both Zaku and Tesla. However, they barely managed to dodge his attack. They both stood in fear of this dark figure.
"Why don't you lab rats shut up!? Haven't you forgotten that you two and that walking metal friend of yours are in danger of being purged!? Get your minds together! Now go! Leave us alone for a minute!" he ordered them and Zaku and Tesla did exactly what they were told. Road then engaged in a conversation with him alone.
"Sir, what exactly is the plan of the attack?" she asked him. The dark figure gave her an enormous grin on his face.
"Oh, that's simple, my dear. You see, the moment Tesla Lindocruz releases his Resureccion, things will get ugly. Once he releases it, he will no longer be an Arrancar. He will be a mindless beast" he concluded making Road laugh a little.
"Wow, the Dark One really has punished him, hasn't he?" she asked him who merely laughed in return.
"Yes. I'm in charge of this secret program of his. As you may know, Sosuke Aizen is nothing but a pet to be exploited with. He is begging the Dark One to protect him, while he seeks to overthrow him as well. But we have all plans for Aizen. However regarding this new source of power, the master wanted to find some extraordinary beasts as test subjects. The Hollows, or more specifically the Arrancars, became the perfect specimen. But now you must go, young lady. I can't show my appearance here for too long. The spies of the Court Guards are not to be taken lightly with. Now that we are alone, can you say what your mission is my dear?" he said with gleefully eyes.
"My mission is to attack Sakigawa, and then capture the half-anime scumbags that infest this place. The Dark One wants them dead!" she said, much to the amusement of her superior.
Inside the streets of Sakigawa
All the villagers were not prepared. In just a few minutes, rouge ninja threw kunai bombs at the streets and large explosions took place. The villagers were running around screaming in fear. Before they knew it, Hollows and Akumas marched through the streets and attacked them relentlessly. However, some of the inhabitants who were previously drunk or messed up started to fight these invaders. At the entrance Marechiyo, Chouji and Breda were sticking together in order to fight those monsters. Marechiyo was fighting by using his Zanpaktou, Gegetsuburi. Chouji was using his body-modifying techniques. And Breda was just using his gun. They all stood together as Hollows and Akumas marched towards the entrance.
"Damn it, how many of them are there? They just keep coming!" Marechiyo said while trying to watch his own back.
"I don't know, but obviously these ugly bastards don't serve the emperor" Breda said while firing his gun. He managed to put a lot of bullets through the heads of Akumas and Hollows.
"Before I came here, there was a similar attack going on in Huzo west of here. Perhaps these are the same forces that purged the village?" Chouji asked as he desperately tried to fight the enemies.
Elsewhere near the bar, Jean Havoc was shooting the rouge ninjas with his shotgun. He also had a cigar in his mouth. Assisting him were the previously intoxicated Kiba Inuzuka and Ryuji Sugoro. Kiba had also brought with him his dog Akamaru. Together they were all successful in halting the attacks.
"Oh crap! Now I'm really interested in moving back to Konoha" Havoc said as he noticed was trashed his bar were. "This place will become a bloodbath, eventually!" he added while eying the monsters.
"Well I agree with you, pal! I only came here to drown my sorrow in liquor, not to fight these freaks, right Akamaru?" Kiba asked his dog who merely barked in agreement.
"C'mon guys! Let's beat the living hell out of these jackasses!" Ryuji said as he was engaged in a combat with two gorilla-looking Hollows.
The trio plus the dog managed to handle themselves very well, despite rouge ninjas, Hollows and Akumas pouring into Sakigawa. Meanwhile at Thugnificent's tavern, Thugnificent, Suigetsu and Renzo were also fighting against the invaders. Thugnificent was very upset that they had trashed his place and he shot every enemy troop with his pistols.
"DIE YOU STUPID, BITCH-ASS MOUTHERFUCKKAAAAS!" he angrily shouted as he shot the enemy one by one. Suigetsu and Renzo both sweat-dropped at their leader's behavior. However, they wanted to know something from him.
"Hey Boss! Are those friends of yours safe? I mean, have you checked on them?" Suigetsu asked Thugnificent as he cut some Hollows with his sword.
"What do you mean by…..OH GODDAYUM!" Thugnificent cursed while he began running towards the guestrooms.
"You go help them, Boss! In the meantime, we'll see if we can come up with an escape route or something!" Renzo said as he fought alongside Suigetsu using his staff.
But suddenly while the two proud members of the Lethal Interjection Crew defended their place, a strong sonic wave was blown towards them. As a result, they were blown away until they crashed into the wall. They both had a hard hit on their backs. As they struggled to get up, they could see two dark appearances coming from the dust of the sonic wave. It was Zaku Abumi and Tesla Lindocruz. Zaku merely smirked at Suigetsu, while he widened at him.
"You are… aren't you Orochimaru's lapdog? Zaku Abumi wasn't it?" Suigetsu asked him in a widened state.
"Heh, that's right fishface! And you must be the swordsman who was part of that queer Sasuke's group, along with that red-haired slut and that orange-haired retard, right?" Zaku asked him sarcastically while mocking Suigetu's former partners. Suigetsu merely gritted his sharp teeth in anger.
"Hey Suigetsu, who's he? Is he your former war buddy or something?" Renzo asked his partner.
But Suigetsu replied: "No. He's no friend of mine. And he will never be one"
"By the order of the Dark One, we are here the capture the half-anime characters that lurks around here. Where are they?" Tesla asked them while drawing his Zanpaktuto and pointed it towards them. However both Suigetsu and Renzo were not technically intimidated by the slim Arrancar, especially since he was dressed like a pirate.
"Sorry mate! We don't have any kinds of these in our town, savvy?" Suigetsu said in a mockingly English accent while Renzo laughed. Tesla became very irritated by the young white-haired man.
"You dare making fun of me!? Very well, I will show you what it means by defying the might of the Dark One's legions!" Tesla said angrily while he raised his Zanpakuto in the air.
Zaku was enjoying this. "Oh yeah, he's going transform, eh? Excellent! Those fools won't stand a chance!" he thought while he observed his partner. Suigetsu and Renzo became cautious.
"Crush! Verruga!" Tesla said his release command. His Resurrección was then activated. Usually when releasing his Zanpakuto, he would become a giant boar-like Hollow with a mask, a mane and a pair of tusks. His body would have markings on his chest. But as Tesla began transforming, dark aura appeared around him. Both his legs and mane became black coloured. His boar-like mask remained, but the tusks grew longer than his form would usually have. His body became purple and his eyes as well. This was no ordinary Resurrección. This was a form of twisted and tainted magic similarly what Gohei Himura had. This resulted in not only shocking Suigetsu and Renzo, but Zaku as well. He was very scared of this strange power. Tesla was now screaming in pain as the dark aura closed all around him.
"What the hell's going on here!? Is this even part of the plan!?" Zaku asked shockingly while he took a few steps from the twisted Tesla. It was like Tesla was hurt on the inside.
"I-I-I MUST OBEY! OBEY! OBEEEEEEEYYYYY!" Tesla shouted as he angrily crushed the surrounding buildings in the area. Renzo and Suigetsu managed to get on top of the roof before they were taken by Tesla's mindless attacks. They kept observing this twisted Arrancar in his released form. Zaku stood on the roof of a building a few meters away from the tavern and watched in horror before deciding to flee from his position.
All the villagers also noted that there was a mindless monster in the village. Marechiyo, Chouji, Breda, Havoc, Kiba, Akamaru and Ryuji all saw the monster running rampart. They decided to get away from there as fast as possible. But the Arrancar did not only attack villagers. In fact, Tesla was so uncontrollable that he even attacked his own allies. Hollows, Akumas and rouge ninjas were slaughtered without remorse.
Elsewhere, on at the entrance of Sakigawa, Road Kamelot watched the rampage with amusement in her face. "So this is the transformation "he" was talking about. Interesting" she remarked while observing Tesla from afar. An Akuma appeared before her and bowed in respect.
"Mistress, Tesla Lindocruz is completely uncontrollable! He is attacking our forces! What are your orders?" he asked desperately.
Road merely sighed. "Then order our forces to retreat! I think one twisted Arrancar alone is enough to destroy a village and the vermin that lives in it" she ordered the Akuma who immediately went off to warn his allies.
But she could see Zaku land before him, trying to catch his breath after fleeing from Tesla's rampage. Road smirked at him. "Welcome back, Zaku. How was your sightseeing?" she mockingly asked the shinobi, much to his anger.
Zaku rose on his feet and confronted Road. "You little bitch! You knew this would happen, yet you didn't in the slightest tell me about it!?" he asked frustrated.
Road give him an "apologetic" look on her face. "Whoops, my bad. But I am under no obligation to tell you anything" she said, much to Zaku's anger.
Meanwhile on the tavern's roof, Suigetsu and Renzo watched the Arrancar destroying everything on his path in madness. It was not long before they were joined by Chouji and the others. At the moment the tavern was probably the best place to stay because the tavern was closer to the forests than the bar.
"Man, we seriously need to get out of here! This beast keeps attacking the village rampantly!" Ryuji said while panting.
"I agree with you, Bon. I think it's important that Konoha and the council are notified of this event! Our enemies are closing by!" Renzo said while calling his friend's nickname.
"So that means Sakigawa is lost? And all the villagers who perished….." Chouji said sadly while Kiba put a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry Chouji. Those bastards will pay for this bloodshed, I promise you on that!" Kiba said as he gritted his teeth.
"But how do we get out of this hellhole? The Leaf Village is just 2 hours from here!" Marechiyo asked his buddies. "I suppose walking would be pretty meaningless if you ask me" he added.
Suddenly Breda got an idea and asked his former colleague about something important. "Hey Havoc, do you still own this truck you used to drive?"
"Well, technically yes. But its motor had broken down somehow so I decided have it fixed." Havoc answered Breda.
"Well, who fixed it?" Suigetsu asked him.
"Actually it was your….." before he could answer they all heard a large honking sound coming from the backyard of the tavern. They all ran to the other side to check out who it was. When saw the reason behind this sound, everyone made outrageous faces.
"WHAT THE HELL!?" Havoc asked outrageous as he observed his truck which had technically been pimped by Thugnificent. It was no longer an old truck, but a modern truck with gangster –like changes to it. In the driver's seat sat Thugnificent with his head outside the left window.
"Hey boys! Get your asses down here, yo! We are leaving this place!" he shouted to them. They went down to the truck. Most of the group went inside the cargo of the truck while Suigetsu and Havoc went inside to the front and sat on the two remaining seats. Havoc sat in the middle and Suigetsu sat on the right. However Havoc suddenly grabbed Thugnificent by his collar.
"What did you do to my truck?! I said fix it, not pimp it!" he angrily lashed against the rapper.
"Dayum, chill out bro! Pimpin' is fixin' don't you get it!?" Thugnificet answered while pushing away Havoc's strangle.
Meanwhile inside the cargo, Huey and co. had actually been sitting there while the rest were out fighting. It was not just them but, Hanataro, Ganju, Rin, Toji (who was unconscious) and other villagers that barley made it to the truck. As they were all inside trying to lick their wounds, everyone could hear a giant crushing sound coming from behind. They were all cautious of this. Huey and Riley decided to briefly peek outside what it was. The doors of the cargo were briefly opened and they went to them in order for them to see. As they briefly watched outside they were both horrified by what they saw. It was the twisted version of Tesla himself standing on the ground that once was a tavern. He had destroyed it and now, they had been discovered.
"Oh shit!" Huey said simply.
"That nigga sure knows how to destroy a building" Riley remarked as he could notice that the tavern was no more.
As Thugnificent noticed this, he immediately stomped on the pedal and took the steering. The truck was going very fast for its size. Huey and Riley still stood by the briefly opened doors and watched the giant Arrancar just staring at them. Before they knew it, Tesla actually started to chase after them in fast speed. This was bad.
"Whoa, he must be on drugs to run as fast like this!" Riley exclaimed while eyeing Tesla's speed.
"Everyone, the beast is following us!" Huey said to all in the cargo as they all screamed in horror. As the truck was leaving the village drove into the forest, Tesla was still chasing after them. Thugnificent drove through bushes, trees and small rivers. Both Suigetsu and Havoc was very scared of either being killed by Tesla, or Thugnificent's insane driving.
"Hey Boss! Do you know what way we are going?" Suigetsu asked him. "There must be a way to lose that bastard!" he added while looking at the mirror.
"I'm trying mah best here! Once we are through this forest, we will reach the main road to Konoha starting on a cliff!" the driver said as he was struggling to avoid any potential dangers with a giant and fast enemy tagging behind them.
Havoc smirked. "I see. Then you must be talking about the Mokuyama Highway. It's a good start, but it sure as hell won't be enough to lose sight of him!" he noted while eyeing through the front window.
Huey and the others still observed Tesla as he was knocking down trees that stood on his way. He was desperate to catch these vermin, for the glory of the Dark One. Meanwhile in the inner sections of the cargo Ganju and the others decided to come up with attacks in order to slow the enemy down.
"This special Shiba firework is too important to be wasted. Why don't I throw some good-fashioned cherry bombs? That will slow him down!" Ganju said while the others listened to him.
"But do you think it will affect him? I mean, he is completely twisted from before!" Renzo said with distress. "How do you suppose some cherry bombs will inflict damage upon him?" he then asked Ganju.
"Well at least it's better than nothing!" Chouji said. "Why don't we just try it now?" he asked his buddies.
Before they could start their attack, they found themselves jumping in the air. Apparently, they had now reached the main road to Konoha, Mokuyama Highway. The truck came to the highway from the forest and proceeded to drive along the cliffside. The passengers in the cargo struggled to get a hold for themselves amidst the commotion. Meanwhile Havoc snapped at Thugnificent as usual.
"Control the vehicle, you dickhead!" he cursed while the driver merely grunted. "Remember we have passengers in the cargo!" he tried to remind him, but only to be scoffed by Thugnificent.
"It's not like it's easy to drive when some big-ass Arrancar is chasing you, is it!?" he snapped back at Havoc. Meanwhile Suigetsu discovered something terrible. Tesla was still chasing them on the highway. He was approaching them in high speed.
"He's still following us, boss! And for some reason, he runs faster!" Suigetsu said, but then something hit him. "Maybe since there are no hindrances for him to focus on, he now has free space to catch unto us!" he added.
"I told you so! We better hope of a hindrance somewhere on this highway" Havoc said.
Meanwhile, in the cargo, Kiba and Chouji threw some kunai-bombs in order to slow it down, but it didn't help. Then Fuu tried to throw her bombs.
"Damn it! He still keeps chasing us!" Kiba said.
"Does he lack vulnerability?" Fuu asked stunned.
Ganju tried to throw some cherry bombs at him, but sadly to no avail. "These bomb's don't help much either!" he said while gritting his teeth. "He really is a monster!" he added.
"You said those bombs were good-fashioned, huh? Well, good-fashioned my ass! They are as valuable as a bag of turd!" Marechiyo exclaimed, only to be confronted by Breda.
"Think you can do better!? Then why don't you stop whining and do something useful for once!?" the red-haired man asked, only to be glared in return by Marechyio.
"Hey everyone we're approaching a tunnel! We're saved!" Tom exclaimed to everyone as he had watched a window to the front of the truck.
And it was true. They came to a tunnel that was very small to fit for the giant chasing Arrancar. The tunnel went deep inside a large mountain. Therefore it was impossible for Tesla to even climb around it in order to reach them. While inside, all were relieved that they were saved. Or so they thought.
While the truck was inside the tunnel, they could hear sounds coming from outside. This made everyone worried.
"Do you think it's over Huey?" Jazmine asked her childhood friend.
"I guess not, Jazmine. There's something tricky going on here!" he answered as he listened to the sound.
"Hey Boss! Do you hear a chopping sound or something?" Suigetsu asked him, who merely nodded while focusing his attention on the road. "For some reason, I feel that this chase is far from over" he remarked.
Once outside the tunnel, a new threat emerged. It was not Tesla, but it something else. It was a flying black chopper piloted by both Road and Zaku. They had been tracking them while Tesla was chasing them from the village. Now it was actually starting to lower itself in order to chase the truck directly. Inside, Road and Zaku merely smirked.
"I didn't make all the way through the third grade for nothing" Road said while steering the chopper. She was trying the lock on the truck as her target.
"We will blast those fools to ashes!" Zaku said while watching the truck.
Meanwhile everyone on the truck was fearful that another enemy was chasing them. "Oh crap! Now we have a flying enemy following us!" Mugen said while observing the chopper chasing them.
"When the hell did they get a chopper all a sudden!?" Ryuji asked in disbelief.
"My guess would be that they used that chopper to follow that monster's trail. Either way, this looks really bad!" Renzo said as he gritted his teeth.
"Watch out! It's preparing to launch it missiles!" Chouji exclaimed while pointing towards the weapons that were moving on the chopper.
Apparently the chopper was preparing to fire its missiles. It was actually nearing the truck now. Everyone was shocked. Was this the end? However the dramatic mood broke suddenly down when Ganju shouted towards the helicopter.
"EAT THIS, YOU PUSSIES!" he shouted as he shot his Shiba firework towards the helicopter. Everyone was amazed by this. The firework actually hit the helicopter and it began to lose balance. Both Road and Zaku screamed in shock. They were actually unable to even steer it.
"WHAT THE HELL!? WHAT HAPPANED JUST NOW!?" Zaku asked in shock as the helicopter got out of control.
"DAMN IT! THAT FAT BASTARD HIT US! I WILL GET YOU FOR THIS!" she shouted angrily as the helicopter was flying towards the vale in the area. Meanwhile, Ganju just mooned them and gave them his finger.
"SAYONARA FUCKERS, I SEE YOU IN HELL!" he said as the other people in the cargo (except for Toji) sweat-dropped at him. They couldn't believe that they were saved by a clown like him. Ganju turned around and faced them with a smirk. "What did I tell ya? Fireworks from the Shiba clan are too valuable to be wasted!" he said to them. Everyone began cheering for him, as they knew that they were safe.
"Way to go, Ganju! You really showed them!" Hanataro exclaimed happily.
"Hey, I'm sorry about earlier, when I acted like a dick about your cherry bombs" Marechiyo suddenly apologized to Ganju. He only nodded as a acceptation of his apology.
Breda smirked at this. "So it turns out you are a giant with a heart of gold, eh? Well that's neat!" he remarked only to be glared by his cubby friend in return.
"Piss off, you lardass!" he said, making Breda angry and the two overweighed friends started to fight.
Thugnificent was very pleased with this as he eyed through the mirror and so was Suigetsu and Havoc. "Oh Ganju, you are just mah favourite homie!" he exclaimed with pride.
Havoc smiled and watched the road. "Finally, we're no longer chased! Now we have a safe route to Konoha" he said in relief. "I can't wait to get there!" he added.
Suigetsu chuckled. "I hear you. But then again, we better hurry to Konoha and inform the authorities about this event. Somehow, I feel this is only the beginning of something more threatening than what we just went through" the Mist ninjas remarked.
But Huey was glad that they had all survived. Now they were nearing it. They were nearing Konoha.
To be continued…..
Author's note: Well that's the last of the Wandering chapters. I know it was longer than most, but still, it was enjoyable. Characters belong to their respective owners.
