Chapter 9: Prisoner: Part 3
Lophin was subjected to even more tests, all much more painful than the previous ones he endured. Instead of just poking and prodding him, they began to burn, drown, and cause sever mental trauma. After just one day, anything left of the old Lophin had been released back into the atmosphere. Even so, he still hoped for escape, which is why he decided to store all of the chakra he had left in his blindfold at the end of each grueling day. However, in order to have any left at all he had to suffer the burn experiments, letting his flesh slowly decay. He had just finished a session now and had lain back down on the cold floor in his state of nudity. That is right, they took away his clothes and wouldn't even give him rags to wear; they deemed him impermeable and replaceable, and as such wasted no time on providing anything. Without sustenance his body withered quickly, the Absolute Seal working at an even faster rate. He closed his eyes and vainly tried to remember himself smiling.
One month later:
Lophin had risen even from this status, giving them the need to create a whole new class. They had already proven his durability to almost all objects in the realm of the living, they needed no more data--they had not needed any more data after the first week, but the doctors liked to enjoy their toys. Lophin was promoted to the combat portion of his captivity. His trainer was none other than the ruthless Kaiser, who literally worked his body down to the bone each and every day. Kaiser was beginning to get cocky, and felt something close to pride in his alleged achievement. It was not every day that someone completely nullified a demon's will. Lophin's arena was adjacent to his cell and was literally kept at absolute zero temperature. This made every impact create at least one compound fracture, no matter how strong you were. It also meant that the jagged walls could not be cracked and were impregnable to chakra attacks. There was no escaping from Kaiser's suicides. In just a day Lophin had to start using up his chakra again, to prevent his body from becoming an example of symmetry.
Kaiser's training did nothing to improve Lophin's skills; even Lophin's bones were fractured one too many times in order to come back any stronger. This grueling haul took its toll on Lophin; and during his experiences Lophin only gained two new skills, Kaiser's signature moves. To the average person this positive was inundating in a sea of negatives, but to Lophin it was his greatest advantage and only opportunity. Even though he had been forced to use up the chakra his body naturally replenished everyday; Lophin still had his headband.
As he lie in his inescapable prison, he mused over the sin's that would soon set him free. He opened his eyes, taking off the headband for his first time and letting the light flood his senses and envelop his entire body. Lophin incinerated his blindfold during the chakra conversion and burst out of the roof of the compound, his Absolute Seal glowing brightly. Lophin created his mask, despite the fact that his face had already become horribly malformed, and headed for his enemy's base, hopes high. He didn't even bother to use the door when he came upon it. Instead, he used the ramming method and launched himself straight through the wall and into the operating room.
Lophin had already done the hand signs as he shouted "Fire style, Liquid Flame!" He then shot out to gigantic chakra arms and wiped out half of the medical staff, ripping apart the ceiling in the climactic release of his long-suppressed rage. Then he took out two kunai from a medic's pocket and prepared to use his new moves. He stuck the ring-ends in the palms of his hands and charged forward. Lophin evaded the techniques unleashed upon him and dug the other ends of the kunai into two ninjas. The word turbulence emanated from Lophin's mouth as the kunai began to spin, increasing their speed until they were a steady blur. The new whirring menace ripped off the skin of Lophin's victims and twisted it as well as their bodies until they were reduced to ashes. The same thing happened to his own arms, however they were instantly healed as he began his second assault. Three more ninja met the same fight until Kaiser appeared near the scar in the ceiling. Lophin narrowly escaped the path of two attacks and used the release skill to launch his whirling weapons at the offender. Kaiser jumped down from the roof and dropkicked Lophin.
Lophin got up from the remains of the experiment apparatus and charged at Kaiser. Just before reaching his destination, Lophin twirled round, effectively throwing Kaiser off and dodging his prepared counter-attack. Then Lophin dug the two newly retrieved kunai into his adversary's chest, cutting out a pattern and then taking out one hand to perform a release maneuver into and through Kaiser's skull. Kaiser advanced towards Lophin, forming a chidori and attempting to plunge it into our protagonist. Lophin countered with his other kunai, threw the other kunai to his other hand, jumped back into a free-fall position, formed a platform with chakra, and dove into Kaiser's body. Kaiser just grabbed Lophin and threw him aside.
Kaiser opened his mouth and dug his hand into his mouth, ripping off his upper-skull. Within stood an exact replica of Lophin's own head, the way it would look without any wounds. Lophin stood stunned as his duplicate shouted, "It's used like this!" Kaiser was coming upon Lophin when the antagonist had said "Pendulum Jutsu." Kaiser's needles stood transfixed in the air, still spinning from the turbulence technique he previously cast. He proceeded to use his needles like razors, skinning Lophin with numerous short and swift swipes.
At this Lophin came back to his senses and pushed Kaiser away and into the ceiling. Lophin rolled backwards and then leg-swept his falling adversary into the far wall of the crumbling establishment. Lophin plugged two more kunai into his palms and said "Turbulence!" He used his chakra to increase the speed even more, so that there were sizeable flames contained in his hands. Lophin poured out the remainder of his chakra into his legs, increasing his speed. He assailed the recoiling Kaiser, lashing into his captor's body, running round him all the while. Then Lophin dropped down on the floor and slid under Kaiser, performing the pendulum skill. The kunai dragged along Kaiser's back as he fell to the floor. Lophin jumped up onto Kaiser and used the release skill to launch his projectiles. However, these Kaiser let hit his backhand. Kaiser rolled a full 360 degrees and slammed the kunai into Lophin's ribs.
Lophin stumbled backwards, marveling at the sight of his body degrading until he had wounds to match Kaiser. "Ninja Art, Reflection Jutsu: Cancel," Kaiser said as he got up, returning to his old form. "Once again, do it like this!" A previously unnoticed seal illuminated on Kaiser's shoulder as he finished Lophin off with a single slash.
Afterwards he dragged his deemed failure as well as all of his dead staff to the town dump, where he left them to rot for eternity. As Kaiser canceled his seal, he remembered when his grandfather had bestowed it to him. He pushed the thought away from his mind and returned to the ruined complex to plan his next move.