Here it is. Unfortunately, I personally don't like this chapter. Compared to the last, it is utterly horrible in my mind. But I hope you guys find it okay.
Chapter Summary: The mission in Suijouki comes to an end! A final clash between three swordsmen takes place. Will Suigetsu get closer to his goal?
Disclaimer: I deny ownership of Naruto. That right belongs to Kishimoto Masashi.
Naruto muttered, "Ouch, that stung a little." He looked up to see tears in Sakura's eyes.
She cried, "Naruto, why would you do something stupid like that?" She started pumping healing chakra into his chest.
Naruto said, "I… I had to protect you. My well being doesn't matter, just you." She sobbed and continued healing him.
"Naruto…" she said, "don't you see yet? If you died I would never forgive myself. Please, I don't want to lose you!" Naruto saw her pain.
"I can't fight anymore," he said. "Even an idiot like me could figure that out." He looked over to Sushi who was clutching his torn right arm on the ground ten feet away. Suigetsu was actually waiting which his swords pointed down.
Sakura said, "Naruto, I'll get you out of here." He nodded and tried to stand up but blood rushed out of the wound. Suigetsu saw the chance and s\dashed over, but he was blocked by eight blades.
Sushi said, "Sorry, but I'm fighting you!" Niji slowly got up where he was.
Sakura said, "Shit, the poison wore off." Niji got up and shook his head for a second before looking at Sakura.
"That was pretty good," he said. "I won't let it happen again though." Sushi countered Samehada and sliced in but it was dodged. Suigetsu brought up a leg and kicked him in the chest. Sushi stumped back and Suigetsu sliced all of the tentacles on his right side off, causing the three swords to fall to the ground. Sushi couldn't move his injured right arm so he instead pulled the pieces up onto his left arm and made the sword whole once more.
Suigetsu tried to take advantage and sliced with Samehada. Three tentacles on his right side grew back and took hold of the rough sword.
Suigetsu struggled but figured out that the tentacles emitted chakra that held the sword in place, and they were too soft and rubbery to cut. He sliced with the head cleaver but Sushi stopped it with his own sword. Suigetsu ran chakra through Samehada, causing it to take the chakra from the tentacles which quickly recoiled.
He punched Sushi in the stomach with the hilt of Samehada and horizontally sliced with the head cleaver. Sushi was cut across the stomach but only slightly. His tentacles reached out and bound Suigetsu.
Sakura had healed Naruto best as she could on the spot. She had saved his guts from spilling out, of course. Naruto had passed out by now and she held him for a moment. She saw Niji was ignoring her and walking to where Sushi and Suigetsu were fighting. Suigetsu turned into a puddle and Sushi's tentacles wriggled.
Niji jumped next to Sushi and landed on the puddle. He pushed Sushi a few feet to the side, out of it and concentrated chakra to his palm.
"Nijiton: Shikou Sesshoku Nijibaku no Jutsu!" he pressed his rainbow charged hand into the center of the puddle. It reached and then an enormous amount of energy radiated from his palm. A giant rainbow explosion occurred, sending the water into the air in droves. Niji fell on one knee, knowing the technique was complete. Suigetsu's water fell down on the ground everywhere and stopped, slowly running.
Sushi asked, "What did you do?" Niji smiled.
He said, "That technique is once of my best. It creates a powerful blast of chakra to physically injure the enemy. But it also puts them into a powerful genjutsu. Generally, the target will be too injured and disoriented to release themselves." Sushi nodded.
"So this guy is out of commission?" he asked.
Niji said, "He should be."
"Let's leave him to the ANBU," Sushi finished. They started walking away.
From Naruto's side Sakura called, "You two are still criminals! You can't get away!"
Sushi laughed and said, "I know you care deeply for that blonde. If you try to stop us, no matter what one of us will be able to finish the job." Sakura paled at the suggestion, but made a decision. She picked Naruto up and slung him onto her back.
With parting words she said, "Although you two aren't dangerous you're still wanted criminals, for various reasons. I will be warning the Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato about this." She jumped up onto the buildings and took off.
Sushi said, "It's over now. We can go…" He was stopped as his foot was sliced off by a blade and fell down to the ground. Niji gasped and did a back flip but a pillar of water rose and he was caught inside it.
He was swirled rapidly and thrown into the air by the current. Water came together and Suigetsu appeared with his two swords and without his clothes. Sushi rolled and looked at him.
"I guess I have no choice," he said. "Takokousei!" Thin tentacles emerged from the bottom of his leg and formed tissue, making a new foot. Sushi stood up and revealed that his eyes grew bigger, his tentacles longer and a healed right arm. His right arm was still weird, being dark pink, having seven long fingers and one long thumb. Suction cups were shown on the palm and fingers of that hand. He reached down and picked up his sword, running ink down its length.
Niji fell down to the ground and got up to face Suigetsu as well. He charged up with the rainbow sword in hand, slicing down. Suigetsu raised a sword and blocked it and Sushi's extended blade. He ducked down and did a sweep across the ground with both swords. Niji did a back flip and avoided both.
Sushi came in with his sword and it slammed vertically into the ground that Suigetsu just vacated. Still with ink covering the gaps, he pulled it out and sliced where Suigetsu was. It was blocked by Samehada, which ripped through the chakra reinforced ink with a slash. Niji sliced from his other side but the head cleaver was raised top block it. Niji did a small sweep kick but Suigetsu lifted his foot and dodged it.
Sushi moved his sword to uppercut at Suigetsu but he jumped backwards. Suigetsu dashed past Niji and stabbed Sushi in the chest with the head cleaver while moving Samehada to take off his head. Sushi stopped it with his sword and tentacles wrapped around the head cleaver, pulling it out. Tentacles stretched across the hole, forming from the sides and sealed it.
Sushi's sword extended around while still blocking Samehada and sliced at Suigetsu, who was dodging the slices. The tentacles extended along his sword and wrapped around Suigetsu's arms. Suigetsu noticed Niji's charge and turned into a puddle as the rainbow sword pierced his chest. The water quickly went into the ground before either could react.
Suddenly the whole area was consumed by a pit of mud. Sushi and Niji fell in, having only enough time to complete a few seals. Sushi's body was covered by a hard shell of ink and Niji's was swallowed by a thin shell of water.
Suigetsu was inside the water of the mud and he made it compress around them. Niji opened his mouth as his water armor was shattered and absorbed by the mass of mud and his insides were compressed. He could not speak, nor could he make seals.
Sushi wriggled his way up, tentacles pushing through the liquid mud. Suigetsu couldn't control mud unless it contained a large amount of water. A tentacle wrapped around Niji and he was pulled to the rim of the mud mass.
Niji crawled up, feeling the pain. His insides were crushed and water had flowed into his mouth. He punched his own chest, making an amount of water spurt out. But it spilled back in, and that's when he realized that Suigetsu was inside him. He felt his insides contort and mix as his lungs were ripped open by clashing water inside. He felt the water grow and flow throughout his body.
Sushi said, "Niji, what's wrong?" He responded by coughing up blood onto the ground. He went on a knee for a second but then fell onto his back. Water filled his entire body, making him a shell for it as blood continued spilling through his mouth.
Sushi yelled, "Bastard! Hang on there!" He stepped over and pressed a palm near his heart. Sushi could tell that the bastard ninja was liquefied inside of him. Niji's arm raised and punched him in the face. Sushi fell back from the blow. Suigetsu was now controlling the limbs.
Finally Niji's heart stopped beating, with a large volume of blood flowing from his mouth, nose, and ears to the ground I front. More than half was drained and the body could no longer sustain. A hole appeared in his back and a massive flow of rainbow colored water flowed from it, materializing into Suigetsu. Unlike before, the water on him gave off a small glow.
Sushi yelled, "You bastard! You killed him!" After ten years of sightless revenge and finally being enlightened, Sushi realized who Niji was to him: his best friend. "You heartless savage!"
Suigetsu laughed and said, "Don't take it personally. I wanted the sword…" He grabbed the rainbow sword and two others from the mud, with the head cleaver slung across his back, "…and the only way to use it fully is by taking his abilities." Sushi noted the glow and became infuriated.
Sushi screamed, "You went inside his body to absorb his special chakra? How… You!" The once bright rainbow scales on Niji were now dull, and although Sushi could not see the rainbows that came off Suigetsu, he still knew. Sushi pulled out his sword and swung it in fury, now even bothering to extend the eight-foot long piece.
Suigetsu used Tsuyatsuya to block it and drove himself forward, driving Samehada into his chest where it shaved chakra and created a terrible wound.
Suigetsu taunted, "I know this one is Tsuyatsuya, but I never caught the name of this one. It would be nice to know that."
Sushi said, "You'll regret you asked. Shokushou Ei!" The sword moved with great speed, the metal twisting around the blade. Ink erupted from it, hardening and keeping Tsuyatsuya still. It extended further, pulling Samehada away. The sword wasn't done yet; it wrapped all the way around Suigetsu, enclosing him also in a cocoon of ink. It the came out and plunged through his chest.
Sushi let his sword down; panting from the extended fight and the amount of chakra he had lost making the much ink. He thought it was over.
Then a voice said, "Funny, I'm not regretting anything. Shokushou, though, that name fits." He paled, making his pink skin turn almost white. The head cleaver and Samehada emerged from the cocoon and cut through, finally ending by cutting through his arms and tentacles. Symbolically, Tsuyatsuya made the final move, cutting his head off.
Pink tendrils emerged from the head and neck, trying to meet eachother but not having enough chakra. Suigetsu smiled as he grabbed the head and placed it on the neck stub. Sushi's wide, circular eyes asked one question: Why?
Suigetsu said, "What, you think I didn't need to do it to you too? Suika Shiyou: Tou no Jutsu." He placed his hand in Sushi's mouth and entered his mouth by turning himself into water. Sushi struggled but was helpless to resist as water filled his insides, breaking his lungs and filling his body.A bubbly voice from within said, "Now you know what technique killed you. But you should also know that I'm Suigetsu, the strongest swordsman, and I will get all seven legendary swords."
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Sakura brought Naruto into the apartment where she was alone with him. His wounds were better, no longer lethal to him. She put him on the bed and removed his vest and the shirt under that. She also removed his mask and katana, along with the weapons stored in the back on his thigh. She would have taken pleasure in his naked chest if it weren't for the fact that four large and unhealed cuts ran down it. She took the time to sterilize them and wrapped bandages across his chest.
Naruto slowly opened his eyes, looking into hers as he did so. He knew she was worried and concerned, but sure he would be okay.
Sakura said, "How are you feeling?"
"Fine," he said.
She said, "Good, now that you're okay, what the fuck is wrong with you? You made me worry with that stupid move." He gave his foxy grin, the one he gives when trying to lighten the atmosphere.
He said, "I had to do something." He looked at the surrounding room. "Looks like it worked."
She said, "Because of you I had to let two criminals get away."
He said, "Oh. Well, we're okay, right?"
She said, "We've failed the mission, you know we don't get…"
Kakashi swung into the room and said, "Negative, Joukai. Takohatsu and Kirameki are both dead. It's horrendous really." He fingered two scrolls he had: body storing scrolls.
Sakura said, "Well, we should return to Konoha tomorrow."
Naruto said, "What about Sasuke?"
Yamato entered the door and said, "He's gone. He and his team just left Suijouki." Sai was behind him, along with squad fifteen at his back. They all entered the room.
Naruto said, "Damn it. He got away again."
Sakura touched his hand and said, "It's okay. We'll get him someday, together."
"Together," said Naruto, "I like the sound of that."
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The two squads stood at the entrance and exit to Suijouki. Villagers had come out, along with the mayor who would later have a service to honor their saviors. They watched the masked and secret ANBU leave. A small boy tugged on Sakura's pants.
"What's your name?" he asked her in a boyish and high voice.
She smiled and said, "I'm Joukai. And this…" she pointed to Naruto beside her, "is Daichi."
The boy said, "Those are weird names."
Naruto said, "Well, they aren't…" Sakura covered his mouth and stopped him from admitting the names were fake.
She said, "Well, we're ninja, we are mysterious people.
Naruto whispered, "Joukai-chan, you aren't acting very ANBU like."
She said, "And since when was there an ANBU attitude?" The kid had since left and gone to his mother as they started through the gate.
Naruto said, "Well, quiet, badass, cool, mysterious and powerful."
Sakura said, "Looks like you fail," as they jumped into the trees. "You're strong, caring, determined and hot…" she blushed and Naruto did too, "And those are the properties of a Hokage."
Naruto said, "Really? I'm that great?"
"Yes," she said. They was a friendly silence afterwards. Finally Sakura broke the silence by saying, "Naruto… my feelings, since last night, I was so worried, and I thought of the possibility of losing you."
Naruto smiled sincerely and said, "I would never leave you Sakura-chan."
She said, "I know. But be more careful, alright? I don't want you pointlessly putting yourself in danger." He nodded and smiled at her. They jumped from branch to branch, but Sakura every once in a while stole a glance at Naruto. Every time she did he would quickly turn his head away from looking at her, then a few seconds later looked back, when she would quickly look away. Sai noticed this phenomenon.
He quickly took out a book and read aloud, "When two people steal glances at one another, they are in love." Sakura glared at him.
"What book is that?" she asked with irritation.
He said, "It's called Hidden Love." She snatched the book from him and read a random page.
She screamed and threw it back at him, while saying, "What the fuck kind of weird shit do you read?"
Naruto said, "What did you see?"
She replied, "You don't want to know. It said… Two people love eachother when they share blood? What the…"
Naruto said, "Weird."
Sai said, "Is that what weird is? I would say this is good advice."
Sakura laughed and said, "I would say you're wrong!" Naruto chuckled and they continued through the forest. Later they set up a camp in a clearing, although squad fifteen sped ahead cause 'Youth never stops!'
Kakashi said, "Once again, we have two tents. Favored arrangements?"
Sai said, "I don't care."
Yamato said, "Neither do I." Kakashi looked to Naruto and Sakura who were nervously twiddling their thumbs.
He said, "Since I know what you two want, Yamato, Sai, and me will share the big tent." He tossed a tent roll to Naruto and Sakura. "Set that up. Sai take care of our tent. Yamato, we need firewood. I'll help you Sai."
Yamato did a quick jutsu and a fire pit appeared. He lit it with a match and it started on fire. Naruto and Sakura quickly pitched their tent and sat down next to the fire.
Naruto said, "So, what are we eating today?" Kakashi sighed and patted Sai's shoulder.
"We have no other food, so today we resort to Sai's special soldier pills." Sai nodded and pulled some out, five for the entire group.
Sakura looked at it and said, "We have to eat those bland things?"
Sai said, "Well, dog, they're a whole lot better than your nasty pill."
Naruto yelled, "Hey! Don't insult her! And her solider pills are… delicious!" He remembered how those things tasted: horrible.
Sakura said, "It's okay, Daichi, you don't have to lie to me." He slumped his head down. She continued, "And I only concentrated on nutrition! Medically, my Super Sakura Soldier Pills are much better!" Sai popped one in his mouth and swallowed.
"Whatever you say hag."
Yamato interrupted, "Sai, I like the codename, but it isn't her assigned one. Use Joukai."
Sai said, "Joukai?" He scanned Sakura, and continued, "It doesn't work. No part of her is heaven."
Naruto argued, "Every part of Joukai-chan is heaven!" Sakura blushed.
Yamato sighed and said, "Sai, once again, these hold no special significance. ANBU have to use unrelated codenames to prevent others from attaining information."
Sai said, "Oh. So nicknames don't have to make sense?"
Naruto said, "Wow, Sai, they aren't nick names, they're codenames, and by the way you suck at nick naming!"
Sai said, "Well, idiot Naruto, that means a lot coming from you." Naruto almost charged him but Sakura held him back.
Naruto screamed, "Hey, I can be smart! That's just you sucking at nicknames!"
Sakura said, "Well, I actually came up with that one, and Sai, you used his real name. Use the codename, even Naruto is better at it! Oh shit…"
Sai said, "How ironic, you tell me I slipped up with the codenames, but then you slip up before you realize your mistake." Sakura growled and huffed, taking her pill.
Naruto said, "What the hell? It didn't taste like anything!"
Sakura said, "It's not supposed to. The disbanded root forces were all about normal, secret and emotionless. You couldn't possibly enjoy these."
Sai said, "That's true." Naruto could sense the glum note in his voice. Sai didn't like reminiscence of his days in root. Naruto leaned back for a second.
Kakashi said, "We're leaving early tomorrow. You should go to bed." Yamato and he entered their tent. Sai shrugged and followed them in.
Sakura said, "So, Naruto… We should go to bed now, right?"
Naruto said, "Yeah. Which side do you want?" She pondered.
"The left," she answered.
"You go in first," Naruto said. She nodded and went into the set up tent, with Naruto a few seconds behind. They lay down next to eachother in the darkness of the tent. Naruto was lying on his back while Sakura lay on her side, looking at Naruto.
Sakura said, "Good night Naruto." He shifted restlessly.
"Good night Sakura-chan," he replied. Seconds later he heard her breathing calm down and knew she was asleep. He smiled warmly and turned his head towards her. He thought, 'She's like an angel. Or heaven,' he laughed. She murmured a bit and reached her arms out, grabbing his chest. Naruto was stunned when she pulled herself against his chest and used him as a pillow. He wasn't complaining though.
He whispered, "I may not be tired, but I could always fall asleep for you."
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After slipping into Konoha early that morning they quickly entered the ANBU headquarters. Kakashi directed them to the captain's room, where they saw the ANBU captain. He was in white robes and his white mask, with three red lines on each side of it.
He said, "Ahh, so squad seventeen is back. Your backup squad arrived here earlier. You have completed two missions, so as promised you will be given double pay." He pulled out some envelopes and handed one to each. "Kaminari, your report?"
"Written here, Taichou," he replied. He gave a four page long report which the captain took.
He said, "Good, I'll get this to Hokage-sama as soon as possible. Report here again tomorrow, after you rest a little." The squad nodded and left the room.
Sakura had left to their apartment but Naruto decided to go annoy the Hokage.
Sakura warned him, "Naruto, you playing with fate. You know what she could do to you?" He laughed it off, changed out of his ANBU uniform into his regular jumpsuit, and ran off to the Hokage's office.
She wasn't surprised when she heard a feminine yell and Naruto came crashing through the window.
She said, "Good aim, Shishou." She laughed and went over to him. He was lying on the floor, covered with glass shards and with a terrible bruise on his left cheek. "I warned you, didn't I?" He groaned.
"It was SO worth it," he said silently.
"You're an idiot, you know that?" she said. "I mean, can't you learn even a little from past experiences?"
Naruto's eyes brightened as he said, "Learn… Experiences… past? I got it! I can learn everything that annoys baachan by making many kage bunshins and sending them all at her, giving me experiences!"
Sakura said, "How did you come up with that?" He tried to get up but yelped and clutched his back. "Oh, I better remove those glass shards." As she did that, after putting him on the table, a team of carpenters burst in. The rushed to the window, picked up glass, took out the old glass that was shattered and finally put a new window in. As they rushed back out Sakura saw on the back of the green uniform they wore 'Lucky Carpenters' in kanji. Tsunade had named her own personal carpenter team.
Sakura said, "Now then Naruto, the shards are out and I fixed you up, but if you try running to Tsunade with any number of Kage Bunshins, I will not heal you again, neither will I take you to the hospital. So if you end up neglected and bleeding to death, then blame yourself."
He nervously said, "That's kind of cruel…" She laughed and left him to sit down on the couch and read a book. He got up and put his hands into the familiar cross seal.
Sakura said, "Don't even think about it."
He was about to say something when he lost consciousness and ended up in front of the dark cage. The Kyuubi fixed his eyes on him.
"Don't… I don't want to die and if you do what you want to, there is no way I can heal you," said the beast.
Naruto said, "What? Fox? What the hell? Why did you bring me here?"
"I just told you."
Naruto said, "Oh. I wasn't going to do that."
"Good," said the fox, "because if you do I will pump my chakra into you so fast that you will go mad and kill that pink haired mate of yours."
Naruto said, "Kill her? I would never do that. Wait, isn't a mate a… sex partner?"
"Pretty much. You know it's going to happen."
Naruto replied, "We aren't like that! Although it would be… nice."
"You see? That's what women are for. That and tearing them apart with one's own claws."
Naruto growled, "You are a sadistic bastard. Now let me out of here."
Kyuubi said, "Okay. Just don't do it!" Naruto ended up on the couch, where Sakura was standing over him.
She said, "Naruto? You passed out; are you okay?"
He replied, "Yeah, Kyuubi pulled me into a little talking session. He doesn't want me to die."
"Ahh, so the big bad fox is afraid of death?" she asked.
Naruto said, "Well, yeah, he is." She laughed at the notion. She turned back to the book that she was reading and Naruto decided to take a shower.
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Eight hologram-like figures stood in a large cavern. The one in the spiral orange mask was at the helm of the group, while the others stood in various other places, beside him.
Madara said, "This is our first meeting in a few months, as you all know. I will ask what has been happening lately. Pain, your team will speak first."
The man with the strange eyes said, "Ok. I inspected Myoubokuzan for information, but I couldn't get in. The toads have powerful seals around that place. After that we went to gather money."
"Sasuke?" suggested Madara.
The other Uchiha said, "We went to a small town called Suijouki, where Suigetsu suspected there was a mist swordsman." Madara nodded, being reminded of Kisame's death. "There was a Konoha ANBU team there for the same purpose. I figured out that one member of said team was none other than the Kyuubi jinchuuriki." Madara nodded, interested now.
Zetsu's black side commented, "So, did you fail at catching yet another one?" His white side added, "Make some use of yourself, Uchiha."
Sasuke scowled but nonetheless continued, "We failed to capture. He has grown…" he added the last part with hate, "stronger."
"I see," said Madara. He noted Suigetsu's new swords and continued, "Suigetsu has, however, succeeded?" The white haired rogue smiled and nodded, twirling Tsuyatsuya for a moment. "Zetsu and I have been researching the Hachibi. He is back in Kumo, but under more security. This mission is priority; Pain's team will be assigned to it. Team hawk, I suggest you recuperate, considering you're too weak to do anything else."
Sasuke felt a sting of anger as they all left, going back to reality. Team hawk was camped in a small forest clearing. He growled and slammed chidori through a tree. 'Naruto… I will become stronger. And I will beat you.'
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The ANBU captain said, "Squad seventeen, the will of the Hokage is that you patrol Konoha. This shift will last three months." Naruto groaned at the prospect of being stuck patrolling for such a long time, but didn't complain. ANBU were expected to keep their opinions silent, and he had to keep the badass look going.
Kakashi said as they left, "Ok, team, on patrol we were given the day shift, meaning that we will patrol during day hours. After the middle of the second month we will switch to night shift. We were assigned the west sector, where we will go alone and patrol a different section. That means no fraternizing, Joukai and Daichi."
"But-" Naruto started.
Sakura interrupted, "We would never do something like that, right Daichi?"
He said, "Joukai-chan, is there something wrong with your eye? You keep on opening and closing your left eye."
She got up close, pretending to smack him, and whispered, "That's called a wink. It means I'm suggesting something." Naruto tried to put two and two together but came up shorthanded.
He whispered back and said, "I don't get it."
She whispered sharply, "I explain it to you later."
Kakashi smiled as he said, "You aren't planning anything, are you?"
Sai commented, "I read that two whispering people together of the opposite gender symbolize a rebellion of some sort."
Sakura denied, "That's bullshit, Sai. We aren't planning anything, Teichou." They checked their masks before heading outside the hideout. Kakashi went in one direction; Yamato went to another, Sai to yet another, while Sakura waited to go last. After Naruto started moving she followed him.
She said, "Daichi, let's patrol that section."
Naruto said, "What? But we're supposed to be alone."
She said, "That's the point."
He said, "Oh. So you were winking to suggest we break the ANBU code?" She nodded in response. "I like breaking the rules."
Don't expect another chapter anytime soon. A new arc is starting, it's the holidays and I have family over. As much as I hate it, it is my job to entertain them. Coupled with the fact that my Grandma has to stay in MY room. I will try though.
Jutsu Guide:
Nijiton: Shikou Sesshoku Nijibaku no Jutsu- Niji doesn't get better than this. With a large amount of chakra gathered in his palm, he directly slams it into an oppoment, discharging it directly into them. This massive explosion will stun the enemy, physically injure them, and send them into a genjutsu.
Takokousei- Sushi's regeneration technique. It uses chakra to generate tentacles made from the ink he produces and seals up a wound. The downside is that the wound will never heal normally, and it isn't too fast. It's reach isn't too far either.
Shokushou Ei- Sushi will mutter this when he activates the true ability of his blade. It increases flexibility, secretes more ink that usual and makes the sword faster. Shokushou is the name of Sushi's eight sided blade.
Suika Shiyou: Tou no Jutsu- Hydration method: Stealing technique. Suigetsu will hydrate himself and enter an enemy's body. It is slow, and the oppoment has top be weak and immobile for it to work. It allows Suigetsu to rip them appart from the inside with massive amounts of water, as well as stealing their body fluids, with the chakra inside, and integrate it. Suigetsu can only use this tecnique so many times, as someone can only take in so much chakra and DNA. His body will also become more dense each time. He has already resolved to use it only on each of the seven swordsmen, gaining their swords and abilities.
I introduce a new section: ANBU files. I read Mizukage, which was great, and decided I would do something like Dragon6's Character Corner.
ANBU Files: Takohatsu Sushi
Rank: S rank missing Ninja, Jounin.
Affiliated village: Kirigakure, long since departed.
Age: 39
Birthday: July 8
Appearance: Pink skin, bald, with a metal plated right arm. He wears a large eight foot long sword, devided into eight sections.
Weight: Estimated to be 220 pounds.
Height: Six feet eleven inches
Ability: Produces a black ink which kills blood cells, and can greatly manipulate large blade.
Biography: He was taught loyalty to his village and began to openly accept their bloody customs. He graduated from the Academy by killing the class bully. As a Genin, Sushi went on a C-rank mission along the coast, to deliver a message to a small village which had refused to pay protection money. The village had hired rogue ninja for protection, and Sushi, along with his teammate Niji, lost the other Genin in their team. Sushi was thrown in to the water and almost drowned, but an Octopus had come and pryed Sushi from the enemy hands. This gave time for the teams Jounin to save them. From that day onward, Sushi began to grow an obsession with Octopi.
He grew stronger, forgetting the other teammate, and eventually passed Chuunin exams with Niji. Niji was equally determied to get stronger, training with Niji and developing his own style of Jutsu involving rainbows. At this time, Sushi didn't notice but he was drawn to the color, thinking of it as a light in the village he lived in. Then one night, the village decided to kill off his family, suspecting treason from a false source. They discovered it was wrong just as they moved to kill Sushi. From then, a small seed of hatred began to ferment. Falling into depression, only Niji's colorful rainbows could bring him amusement.
Eventually, Sushi was accepted as a mist swordfsman, weilding Shokushou like no one ever has. He covered his true feelings by acting morbid, eventually becoming just what the village wanted. He forgot his growing hatred, but a certain freind didn't. On one fateful mission to stop a rebellion, Niji betrayed him and the village, planting a desire for revenge so great into Sushi, it caused him to leave the village he was loyal to.
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Kirameki Niji:
Rank: S rank Missing Ninja, Jounin.
Affiliated Village: Kirigakure, long since departed.
Age: 40
Birthday: June 23
Appearance: Underneath a cloak he has many bright, rainbow colored fish scales covering his entire body. His cloth covered sword is the same way.
Weight: 167 pounds
Height: 6 feet 7 inches
Ability: Uses chakra radiated through his scales to make a rainbow chakra that confuses his oppoments. His Nijiton Jutsu uses water charged with this chakra to make powerful waves of water that is hard to avoid, considering it's shifty nature. Also can use Genjutsu well.
Biography: Secretly has always disliked his village, since his father, a Swordsman and previous weilder of Tsuyatsuya, was killed in Kirigakure's murderous hatred of Kekkei Genkai from a stupid assumption that he had a bloodline trait. Niji was inspired by his fathers sword to make it even more effective, taking the first step towards his full body scale covering and making scales on his wrists. Unlike anyone else, Niji never killed anyone to become a Genin. He instead used a Genjutsu to send a random Genin to the mental hospital.
At that moment he was placed on a team with Takohatsu Sushi and another Genin, who died on the first mission. Niji too trained, studying rainbows and the Rainbow Fish, who's scales lit up the water. Eventualluy Niji was able to medically change his entire arm to scales, gaining enough power to pass the Chuunin exams. Different in Kirigakure, these exams tested a ninja's ability to eliminate their emotions. Niji used illusions to pass the test, while he watched his emotionally degrading teammate, Sushi, kill random civillians.
He acted as emotional support when Sushi had his family killed, and secretly nurtured the seed of hatred inside his teammate. Using his rainbows, Niji got Sushi to see the brightness that wasn't their village. At this time, Niji also went to the seven swordsmen and took his father's sword, becoming one of them. He made this goal two years before Sushi did, inspiring the younger ninja to follow him.
Eventually Niji made contact with a rebel group and made plans to defect and bring Sushi with him. Knowing Sushi was too blind with loyalty to Kirigakure, he planted a need for revenge and saved Sushi from the village, knowing of their plans to execute the seven swordsmen. His plan worked and for the rest of the ten years he travled before settling at Suijouki.
That's it for now. I hoped it was captivating, although I know it wasn't.