"I'll deal with her." Tsubasa tells the party while drawing out the leek which was given to her by Tama.
"Tsubasa-san, you've got the wrong weapon."
"No, I'll deal with her." Gintoki blocks her path before she was able to do anything. "I would like a one-on-one with this woman."
"YOU STUPID PLAYBOY! THAT'S MY WOMAN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! WHAT ONE-ON-ONE ARE YOU THINKING OF?!" the Leukocyte King snaps.
"Either way, you guys are getting it from me." She throws a set of 4 kunais at their direction which misses Gintoki narrowly. He was about to dodge to safety when he realized that he could not move; taking a better look at his body, Gintoki realizes that there were wires wrapped around him and it is connected to the kunais and her fingers.
"Well, I would prefer to tie you up but it's not that bad to be tied up by someone like you." He smirks at Lady Phagocyte.
She was about to drag him over when someone cuts through the wires.
"Don't flirt with her you stupid playboy." The Leukocyte King snarls at Gintoki. Another kunai hits the back of his head while he tells Gintoki off. "And who told you to dress like that?!" he turns around, pointing his sword at her in an accusing manner.
"What? Baku should be in black tights, this is the setting so I'm just following the game setting." She shrugs.
"Half of your bosom is exposed to the eyes of everyone around! And this is no longer a Dragon Quest Parody anymore! It is getting off-track to a Sengoku Basara one!" the Leukocyte King snaps while pointing his sword at her chest in an accusing manner.
"You didn't complain about it last time." The Leukocyte King stops in his outburst and flushes.
"I should be the only person enjoying the view of you in this kind of outfit. It's my right as a boyfriend to keep men from ogling at you!" the Leukocyte King grumbles but a kunai hits him straight in his forehead.
"Hah? Please explain what happened between Lala and you." there is a malicious glint in the Lady Phagocyte's eyes when she replied to him. "It is my right as a girlfriend to break up with a cheating bastard of a boyfriend like you!"
"I assume that you are the overly-suspicious type who will slaughter your boyfriend if you find him in an awkward position with any woman?" Gintoki comments after hearing Lady Phagocyte's outburst.
"I don't know. That depends on Sakurai-san and the readers." Tsubasa shrugs while ignoring the fact that Gintoki is struggling with getting out from the wires. "I assume that you are a closet pervert when it comes to your girlfriend next time?" Tsubasa asks, ignoring the fact that she should be helping him out of the mess of wires which is threatening to cut him apart if he is not too careful.
"I'm pretty much a pervert in the canon so I think I'll continue to be one in this fanfiction to keep myself from going OOC."
"So you'll share your girlfriend's assets with the general public? By getting her to wear stuff like that?" Tsubasa is starting to get grossed-out by a little.
The Leukocyte King was about to tell his (ex)girlfriend something when Tsubasa uses his head as a stepping stone to attack her copy. The impact threw the Leukocyte King off his feet and into Gintoki who had finally got out of the mess of deadly wires and it sent both men skidding across the road into the bushes. Her copy gets into her fighting stance immediately and Tsubasa readies Kojuuro's leek in her hands.
"Shinpachi, Kagura, get them out of this place now. I'll deal with her."
"Sasa, why are you so insistent on beating her up alone-aru?" Kagura asks.
"Nothing; just take those jokers and go. We don't have time." she had popped in several painkillers which are going to last for around four hours. After it wears off, she has no idea whether her body will be able to take the strain.
The leek in her hands collides into the kunais Lady Phagocyte is using to block it and she is very sure that this leek comes from Kojuro's garden. Perhaps it is the same leek which had sent Takenaka Hanbei flying to the moon and Kasuga back to Echigo from the Mini Sengoku Basara 2 series. Since she had been pretty slack during her stay at the Shinsengumi Headquarters, there is enough chakra saved in her body to perform some ninjutsu.
However, she did not want everyone to bear witness to this. It is her promise with the Shinsengumi at stake and she could not bring herself to break her promise. It is against her Way of Ninja to break promises.
"Tama, lead them to the main ram. I'll catch up shortly."
"That's supposed to be my line, tranny." Gintoki told her but this time, she knocks him out in a single punch.
"Kagura, you take this tenpaa. Shinpachi, you get the cosplayer." She tells them after knocking out the Leukocyte King.
"Are you going to be fine with fighting her alone, Tsubasa-san? She looks strong."
"If she's an exact copy of me, I don't think you guys will be able to handle her." She tells them.
Shinpachi seems to know what she is referring to and nods before leaving. She turns her attention back to Lady Phagocyte and gets into her fighting stance. She had to give it to Tama for being able to make an exact copy of her within her system and it felt like she is beating her own self up when they clashed. Another aspect which Tama had managed to copy almost got her into trouble.
This copy is able to perform a Katon: Gokakyuu No Jutsu.
'What?! Hey! That's not fair! Senpai taught that move to me during 14th Feburary! What the hell!' Tsubasa was about to do a tsukkomi to realize something.
She had been out of practice. She is not used to fighting Naruto-style after slacking for so long.
It was apparent when Tsubasa found the attack too sudden and she did not have the time or nerves to counter it properly with a Suiton ninjutsu; all she did was to get out the path of the fireball. If it was her back then, she would have used the opportunity to come up with a Suiton: Suigadan No Jutsu, Suiton: Suiryuudan No Jutsu or block it off with a Doton: Doryuheiki No Jutsu to make use of the heat from the Gokakyuu to launch heated projectiles to her opponents. The fact that she used a ninjutsu also made Tsubasa wonder just how much Tama did managed to copy from the short time they had known each other for. She did not remember telling the cyborg that she is capable of pulling stunts as such off…
Then she realized that Tama had the ability to see through walls.
It must have been that time when she had performed the KageBunshin No Jutsu at the hospital repeatedly to the Shinsengumi visitors. Whenever Sougo visits her, he will always want to see her doing that ninjutsu; there was once Tama almost walked into her performing a transformation technique in conjecture with a Kage Bunshin.
'I was careless.' She thought, dodging another fireball. 'Seriously though, can she stop using techniques which senpai had taught me? This is getting irritating.'
Whatever it is, she is pretty sure that Tama is most likely to be unaware of her true connections with Konohagakure or her home.
The grip on the leek tightens and Lady Phagocyte could see sparks of electricity on the weapon. That is a little too Tsu* and she is weak against lightning attacks.
"Hold it."
"I'm not falling for that."
"No, please listen to me." The outfit's black starts fading and she is dressed in white.
"You were a spy?" Tsubasa raises a curious eyebrow at the sight. Her copy sighs and nods.
"You think I enjoy doing this meaningless Kasuga parody?" she asks Tsubasa while her outfit is morphing into another one.
This time, she wonders what is wrong with Tama. Lady Phagocyte is wearing what it seems to be Lady's outfit from Devil May Cry 4; complete with the sunglasses. Is Tama thinking that she is some kind of deprived bimbo who has to choose outfits with half of her chest exposed to the general public*?
"I know of the shortcut to the Demon King. Let's go." She tells Tsubasa while slinging a white version of the Kalina Ann on her shoulder. Oh wait; it is not Kalina Ann engraved on the weapon.
It says Akai Akane; her mother's name.
*Sasuke Uchiha is able to channel Chidori into his Katana to increase its sharpness and cutting power (Kusanagi no Tsurugi: Chidorigatana). Tsubasa is using a similar technique but nope, she is not using Kusanagi no Tsurugi: Chidorigatana.
*Half of Lady's chest was exposed in her Devil May Cry 4 outfit.
