SHONEN ALLIANCE

CHAPTER 29

Miria Overwhelmed

PUSH THE LIMIT KAKASHI

The three fighters stood still for several moments before Rigaldo suddenly made his move. Vanishing from sight for only a moment he appeared behind Miria and slashed at her with his claws. Moving quickly, Kakashi deflected the attack with his kunai as Miria's phantom vanished and she appeared behind Rigaldo. She jumped above him and tried to slash him with a downward slash. Rigaldo knocked Kakashi back and turned, knocking Miria's sword away with his claws. Miria leapt backwards as Rigaldo fired several of his spikes at her. Fortunately she was able to skillfully deflect all of them away but as the last one imbedded itself into the ground, Rigaldo appeared behind her and slashed for her torso. The claws passed through air as the phantom vanished.

"You've gotten faster since the last time we fought," Rigaldo declared turning his head. Miria stood behind him, her sword held out in front of her. "It makes no difference though, you still don't have what it takes to defeat me!" he shouted turning and charging at her. Miria jumped back as Rigaldo slammed his fist into the ground where she had been standing. Rigaldo quickly stood up and pointed his claws at her, which stretched out towards the vulnerable Claymore. Miria was barely able to raise her defense in time but the claws forced her backwards and slammed her through a small hut. Miria got to her feet quickly and leapt to a building top. Releasing her top speed, Miria charged across the roof tops kicking up a cloud of snow behind her which hid her movements. Before the snow on the roof settled Miria used her phantom and charged in behind Rigaldo, swinging her sword for the back of his neck as she did.

"Clever, you're getting creative, Claymore," Rigaldo declared ducking under Miria's blade, "but you're no where near clever enough." With that he turned and landed a fierce punch into Miria's stomach. Miria coughed as blood spurted from her mouth and she was launched backwards, crashing through several buildings before finally coming to a stop. She tried to rise, but Rigaldo crashed down in front of her and pinned her to the ground with his foot. Shifting his weight, he kicked her Claymore out of her reach while crushing the breath out of the fallen warrior. Miria coughed and began gasping desperately for air.

"A noble effort, but in the end it was useless," Rigaldo declared pointing his claws at the desperately struggling Miria, "now that I have you, I can take my time and tear you limb from limb!"

"Fire Style! Dragon Flame Bomb!" Kakashi shouted breathing a stream of fire at Rigaldo. Rigaldo jumped back but the flame stopped just before it reached the still downed Miria. Kakashi erupted from the flame surrounded by the red Kaioken aura and carrying his Lightning Blade. Rigaldo wasn't able to react quickly enough and the Lightning Blade ripped through his shoulder leaving a deep gash.

"Impudent fool! How dare you!" Rigaldo shouted swatting Kakashi away. Kakashi landed on his feet and glared at Rigaldo with his sharingan eye. "What is this? This strange feeling of dread?" Rigaldo said to himself as a cold sense of doom washed over him.

"Your future," Kakashi declared triggering the Kaioken x7, "is death."

….

Miria rose slowly to her hands and knees still gasping for breath. She could tell by the sharp pain in her rib area that the force of Rigaldo's impact had broken several of her ribs. She couldn't even speak. Releasing her yoki power, she yelped with pain as she felt the broken ribs inside of her slowly mending themselves. After several minutes, she was finally able to catch her breath and rose gingerly to her feet. As she did, Kakashi crashed into the ground a few feet away. Rigaldo landing behind him.

"Still standing? You're a resilient one!" Rigaldo said appearing in front of Miria and punching her in the stomach. Miria couldn't do anything to protect herself as Rigaldo's powerful claws pierced her stomach and emerged from her back. "I'll make sure you don't get up again, don't worry!" Rigaldo shouted pulling his arm out of Miria's wound. Miria slumped to her knees covering her wounded stomach with her arms. Rigaldo rose his hand into the air and prepared for the kill.

"Amaturasu!" Kakashi's voice called as Rigaldo's arm erupted into black flame.

"What!" Rigaldo shouted. Unable to hesitate Rigaldo severed the burning arm from his body with his other arm. The arm burnt to ashes in a matter of moments. "You're going to wish you hadn't done that!" Rigaldo shouted.

"I have no choice. In order to protect the others, I'll have to see just how tough my body really is," Kakashi declared, "I won't let you touch Miria anymore!" he shouted as the Kaioken aura appeared around him. This time, the aura was more intense then it had been before.

"What is this? How can you have gotten so much more powerful?" Rigaldo stuttered as the force of the aura made him jump back away from Miria.

"Kaioken x 10!" Kakashi shouted glaring at Rigaldo.

(Author's Note: I can't believe that after taking this long to update I turned out such a short chapter. Lot of things going on this last week. Question. What do you call a fusion between a Naruto and a Luffy? I have no idea but I have the last two chapters of this saga to figure that out. If anyone has any ideas I'd be very appreciative.)