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Chapter 15: Burn it Down
Yamato eyed the giant man, contemplating what move to make. The disgusting smile never seemed to leave the man's expression. He watched on from the corner of his eye as Odin sprang into action attacking the woman, forcing her away from her partner, attacking her viciously with a long chain of attacks giving Shiina time to set up a containment barrier. Yamato waited patiently as Odin forced the woman in the direction of the cliff, allowing his team-mate to set up a cube-shaped barrier to contain the three of them. With his comrades out of the way and a barrier around the client's daughter, Yamato wouldn't need to worry about collateral damage. When it came to his battle techniques, they could cause extensive damage to his surroundings. When sparring with his sensei Yamato had already burnt down more than a dozen training fields by unleashing the arsenal of techniques he had up his sleeve.
The moment the barrier went up Yamato decided to act. Yamato kicked off the ground igniting the sand in a sea of flames as he raced forward, deciding to end this foe as quickly as possible. The boy sped in, the flames around his fists growing in size as he fed chakra into them. The fire spread up his arms and across his face, the flames licking at his fireproof clothing and rising around his neck as he was consumed by a sea of orange flames.
"Enken: Boukun-ou Gouka (Blaze Fist: Tyrant King's Hellfire)!" Yamato stomped his right foot down in front of Blacktooth, both fists extended and impacted against the man's sicking pot belly making it shake like jello on impact. His orange flames peeked turning ruby red before they exploded out like a raging inferno, unyielding and unforgiving consuming everything in their path. The bright red flames consumed everything in their way, washing over the beach like a tidal wave. The flames washed over Shiina's barrier the heat turning the surrounding sand to glass. The flames spiralled like a mighty tornado around the pirate rising high into the air as Yamato continued to feed them chakra. The flames were like a hungry infant greedily taking more and more with each passing second. The sand blew out in every direction as the heat began to skyrocket.
Yamato jumped back away from the path of the flames watching as they slowly began to die down. His eyes narrowed and upon the blackened sand, where nothing remained of his foe.
"Surely he couldn't have been beaten just like that. Was his bounty merely a joke? He's a logia user; he should have survived that" Yamato's eyes widened when he felt something latch onto his right ankle. He looked down and there clutching him was a hand constructed out of brown soil. Rising from the sand made completely of earth was the shape of his fallen foe.
"ZWA HA HA HA NICE TRY BOY!" The man laughed as he proceeded to throw Yamato across the beach. Blacktooth rose up from the sand, his entire body made of dark brown soil. His body was reforming from the ground itself, his sickening smile never disappearing.
Yamato struck his team-mates barrier with a thud, his back hitting hard enough it made him grit his teeth from the pain. At the point of the impact, small cracks spread out only to recover. Yamato fell to the sand and steadily began to rise, looking up as his opponent reformed.
Yamato removed one of the scrolls from his waist holding it in his left hand and with a flick of his wrist unrolled it in mid-air. The brown haired shinobi placed the palm of his right hand and forced his chakra into the seals inked along the paper. In a puff of smoke appeared his trusty Guan Dao. The Genin grabbed the weapon with his right hand, flicking his left wrist sending a wave of chakra through the scroll causing it to reroll allowing him to reattach it to his waist. The Genin twirled his polearm and slipped into a fighting stance.
"I need to draw this fight out as long as I can. Hopefully, I can give Odin and Shiina enough time to finish off their opponent."
Blacktooth could only laugh at the sight of the boy with his toy, "I advice you put down the giant toothpick, kids shouldn't be playing with sharp toys." Laughed out the pirate as he drew his sabre if the kid wanted to fight with a weapon he would happily oblige. Blacktooth swiped the sword through the air with a sickening grin; he was going to turn this kid into mincemeat.
Yamato glared at the pirate before he kicked off the ground propelling himself forward on jets of fire to boost his speed. The fire wielding shinobi dashed in like a madman in a zigzag pattern to disorientated his opponent. The inexperienced shinobi closed the distance and swung his Guan Dao up across from the right. The mighty blade cut through the air with a killing gleam intending to decapitate the wretched being that stood before its path. A loud clang echoed as the sabre wielded by Blacktooth swung down meeting the edge of the Guan Dao, two blades meeting heads on as sparks began to form from the pressure both wielders put on their weapons.
Blacktooth sneered as he looked down at the little child who dared to clash blades with him. The pirate roared as he put the pressure on gripping the sabre with two hands and applied his full strength. Yamato's feet began sliding back beneath the brute force of the pirate, his knees buckling but he held on. Chakra began circulating through his entire body before flooding into his Guan Dao. The wind began to pick up as it wrapped around the entire length of the Guan Dao. The wind became as sharp as a blade as it enhanced the cutting edge of the polearm. Yamato dug in and exerted more pressure on his arms allowing his weapon to cut deep into the cutlass. With a little extra push, the sabre was cut in two, and the Guan Dao's blade met with Blacktooth's neck cleaving his head off sending it sailing up into the air only for it to dissolve into grains of dirt and fly back towards the pirate's stumpy shoulders.
Yamato retreated twelve steps creating a little distance between him and the logia user. He had never fought a devil fruit user before; this was a completely new experience for him. The fire wielder settled into his stance as Blacktooth chucked his broken sabre to the side and withdrew one of the many flintlock pistols he carried on his belt. The pirate gave a sickening laugh as he raised the flintlock, intending to finish Yamato off from a distance. The trigger was squeezed, and a loud bang followed as a projectile made of lead rocketed forward. The brown-haired youth may have been experienced when it came to fighting logia users, but not gun users. The boy on a weekly basis sparred against Dominic, the student of Shukaku and gunfighter.
Yamato slashed his polearm across through the air releasing a gust of wind from his Guan Dao. The gust of wind sailed through the air meeting the incoming bullet head on bringing it to a halt in mid-air. The lead bullet fell to the ground making Blacktooth frown. The pirate drew another flintlock and aimed it at Yamato's head and squeeze the trigger firing a second lead bullet. The moment the shot was fired Blacktooth tossed the two flintlocks aside drawing another two and fired laughing as he did, the smell of gunpowder hung heavy in the air. Three lead bullets sailed through the air cutting it open as they aimed to send their target, Yamato, to the underworld.
The shinobi swung his Guan Dao again allowing it to slash through the air as another gust of wind came to life, meeting the bullets head on and bringing them to a halt. Yamato kicked off the ground to begin his advance rapidly closing the distance between himself and Blacktooth. The young shinobi thrust the Guan Dao forward the tip of the blade sliced forward with a deadly gleam aimed towards Blacktooth's chest. The blade pierced in deep and out of the pirate's back. Yamato dug his heels in and swung the edge to the left, cleaving a trench through the man's chest and slicing his left arm off at the elbow. Yamato released his right hand clenching it to form a fist. Fire engulfed Yamato's fist as he struck, delivering a ferocious uppercut to Blacktooth's damaged chest.
"Enken: Joushou Kaen (Blaze Fist: Rising Flame)" A stream of fire gushed forth from the point of impact shooting up through Blacktooth's neck and out the back as it rose up into the air. The flames scattered consuming Blacktooth's body as Yamato pulled his Guan Dao out and began to retreat a full ten steps back with a backpedal. He twirled the Guan Dao generating strong winds. As the wind kicked up the flames began dying down, and Blacktooth's body began to rejuvenate itself, as his body began to regenerate Yamato took a single step forward planting his left foot into the beach, taking a throwing position and threw his Guan Dao with his left hand. The six-foot-long polearm sailed through the air with the ferocity of a tiger as the wind whistled around it. The blade pierced deep into Blacktooth's midsection and dug out his back as the polearm impaled, the tip of the Guan Dao digging into the sandy beach.
Yamato quickly withdrew one of the burnt orange scrolls from his waist and threw it out into the air where it unravelled. Chakra flooded through the scroll as smoke engulfed Yamato and once it cleared in his right hand rested his Kusarigama as the chain circled him manipulated by the wind. The shinobi threw the chain sickle launching it towards Blacktooth where it coiled around him, and the tip of the sickle dug deep into his left shoulder. The chain fed into Yamato's hand allowing his fingers coil around it. Yamato gripped the chain tightly straightening in out creating tension. The fire wielder sent chakra pouring down the chain where it immediately caught on fire. Flames spread down the chain and coiled around Blacktooth covering him from head to toe. Yamato dug his feet in and pulled on the chain as he then encased it in a thin layer of wind chakra creating a deadly edge. The deadly chain than tore through Blacktooth's body shredding him.
Yamato flicked his wrist making the chain coil around the pole of his Guan Dao and with another flick of his wrist he pulled it from the ground drawing it back towards him. He reached out grabbing the handle of his Guan Dao with his left hand as he spun the chain of his kusarigama with his right making the sickle spin beside him. As Blacktooth's body began to reform Yamato swung his right arm releasing the chain sending his sickle flying out into the air. The sickle passed through Blacktooth's reforming stomach punching a hole in it. The sickles tip dug into the sand behind him as the chain fed through his body. Yamato kicked off the ground, chakra flooded down the chain making it retract pulling Yamato's body through the air sending him flying towards Blacktooth. Yamato extended his left foot as it connected with Blacktooth's chest.
"Enken: Bouken Yari (Blaze Fist: Tyrant Spear)" A spear of fire came to life launching itself from the sole of Yamato's foot. The flaming spear burned its way through Blacktooth and out the back splitting his body apart. The fire wielder shot straight through Blacktooth's body as earth fell all around him. Yamato landed on the beach and slid across the sand spinning around to focus on the pirate's back, the ocean resting behind him. Yamato had ploughed through Blacktooth's body.
A chuckle escaped the falling earth as it turned into a liquid state and began to rise into the air. The flowing earth joined back together as it took on a human shape once more. Blacktooth laughed at the pitiful efforts of the young boy's attempts to wound him.
"You seriously are stupid aren't you runt. You can't harm me what's the point in trying? Now be a good boy and hand yourself over, with your Devil Fruit powers I'm sure someone will be willing to pay a hefty price for you." barked out Blacktooth as he folded his arms over his chest, revealing an arrogant and cocky smile. The pirate raised his arms up into the air turning his limbs into liquid earth. The pirate swung an arm, and a blob of mud shot forward that quickly took shape and hardened into stone. The spear raced towards Yamato with the intent to impale him. Little did he know Yamato wasn't trying to hurt him.
The shinobi stepped back as the spike impaled where he once stood. The moment the first landed Blacktooth fired three more. Yamato swung his Guan Dao into the oncoming path of the other three spikes and shattered them on impact. The boy spun his Guan Dao as he slid back into a fighting stance. The pirate sneered and swung his arms firing more earth spears creating two dozen in an instant. As The two dozen spears sailed towards Yamato intending to turn him into a pin cushion. The shinobi spun his chain sickle and threw it out into the air. Chakra funnelled into the chain, and it caught on fire. With a flick of a wrist, he released some slack into the chain and began to turn his hand. The chain and sickle began to spin the air. He spun the chain faster and faster as a twister of fire formed in mid-air at an angle meeting the incoming earth spears. The two attacks collided. The twister sucked in the earth spears and the chain within collided with the spears shattering them. Yamato pulled his arm, and the chain sickle flew back into an open arm. As it flew back, the pirate Blacktooth shot forward closing the distance.
Yamato jumped back as a giant rock fist collided with his previous location. Blacktooth revealed a smirk as he pressed his free hand to the ground. Ripples erupted through the sand and on instinct Yamato began backpedalling. As the fire wielder backpedalled stone, spikes shot up from the ground following after him. The ground rumbled from behind, and stone spikes shot out all pointed towards him. The boy twisted on a heel and spun around swinging out with his Guan Dao. The blade of the polearm was covered in wind before a blade of wind was released circling Yamato. The circling wind blade through the incoming spikes like a hot knife through butter.
Blacktooth growled in annoyance and punched the ground with his other fist. The entire beach shook as ripples ran along it. The beach rumbled as sand began to rise into the air. Beneath the sand liquid earth appeared. Liquid earth rose up into the air in front of Blacktooth, as his arms melted and seemed to feed into the ground. The earth rose up taking a humanoid shape that grew to over twenty feet tall. The giant mud golem roared as it raised its arms and brought them down overhead to smash Yamato into pieces.
The fists came raining down as a massive shadow covered Yamato. The boy looked up without fear and began to time. As the fists descended he swung his chain sickle. The blade impaled into the outside of the left arm digging in deep. Yamato pulled on the chain, and it retracted it's length rapidly decreasing. As it retracted, Yamato was pulled swinging out into the air. As he swung up into the air, the twin fists collided throwing sand up into the air and making everything shake. Yamato swung his legs increasing his momentum. The chain extended and he landed on the upper arm of the mud golem. Yamato pulled on the chain detaching the sickle from the arm.
The arm began to rise as the Golem lifted its arms back up into the air. Yamato began running up its arm heading towards the head his twin weapons by his side. As he charged ahead, the Golem roared as it noticed him, raising its right hand it brought it down aiming to crush Yamato. The shinobi threw out his chain sickle, and it coiled around the incoming arms wrist, as the giant hand descended Yamato kicked off fire shooting out from the heels of his feet propelling him up the arm. The Golem's fist collided and broke off its lower arm missing Yamato in the process. Yamato raced up the arm and down over the shoulder and began free fall attaching the end of the chain to his Guan Dao along the way. He gripped the chain tightly and raised his polearm into a throwing position. Yamato poured chakra into his arm and threw the Guan Dao towards the ground with great force. The force pulled on the chain dragging the Golem's arm upwards, so its fist collided with its Golem's face. The giant fist ploughed through mud and made the Golem topple over back towards the sea.
Yamato fell to the ground the Golem falling beneath him. As he fell, he latched formed a 't' shape, and in a puff of smoke, a clone appeared. The clone grabbed the original and threw him to the left out of the way of the falling giant. Yamato rolled along the beach as the Golem fell atop his clone and its master crushing them both. The mud Golem broke to pieces as the dust began to rise. Yamato walked forward surveying the field, spotting his Guan Dao impaled in the sand. Yamato approached his weapon and pulled it out. Grabbing the chain at the end, he swung his arm, and the chain sickle came flying into his hand. The golem had fallen atop of the client's daughter but thanks to the barrier set up Shiina the girl was safe from half, however, the barrier had begun to crack, it wouldn't be able to handle another attack of the same magnitude.
As he rearmed a roar came from the Golem as it's entire body melted away into the sandy beach and replacing it was Blacktooth. The pirate glared daggers at the boy not expected him to be this skilled. It was starting to get on his nerves. "Boy, you're starting to piss me off! Give up now or else I'll get really mad!"
Yamato ignored the pirate as he sealed up both his weapons. The point wasn't to win but to stall for time and rescue the client. With Blacktooth's attention focused solely on him, like the youth wanted Yamato removed a smoke pellet from his pouch and quickly threw it down. The moment the pellet hit the ground a loud cloud of smoke came into existence blanketing Yamato's entire body and expanded out creating a thick wall of smoke.
"What's that punk doing?"
As the smoke rose, eight shuriken flew out and impaled Blacktooth's torso. The shuriken then exploded making the pirate stumble back. Smoke wafted up from the explosion to decrease Blacktooth's field of vision. The pirate swung an arm blowing the smoke in his eyes away.
A cry of, "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)!" alerted Blacktooth. Bursting out from the cloud of smoke covering Yamato was a giant fireball. The fireball was larger than Blacktooth as it completely blocked his vision of Yamato.
The pirate glared at the incoming fireball and slammed his hands into the ground morphing them into liquid earth. Mud began to rise dwarfing the fireball. The mud wave engulfed the fireball smothering it and putting the flames out. The moment the flames died down two kunai thrown up on an angle dived down towards Blacktooth, impaling him in the eyes. A tag on each of the knives detonated exploding right in Blacktooth's face. The pirate took a step back as his face began to reform. Blacktooth was beginning to get mad.
"You don't have a chance in hell boy!" Roared Blacktooth as he punched the air with his right arm. His limb transformed into liquid earth that began to expand rapidly in size, equal to the fist of the Golem he made. The pirate laughed as the lower half of his body morphed into mud that projected his body high up into the air, allowing him to overlook the entire beach. Blacktooth gave a mighty cry as he brought his giant fist down upon the boy who dared to face him. The wind the fist generated blew the smoke away.
Yamato eyed the incoming fist with a blank expression, showing not a single hint of fear or dread even as its shadow encompassed him. The shinobi charged ahead, chakra flowing into his muscles as he prepared his attack to counteract his foes. Fire sprang to life once more around his limbs, born through Yamato's strength and desire. The fire lifted up like a rising phoenix encasing Yamato from head to toe as it spun around his body. He took hold of the flames forcing them along the length of his arms, moulding them into his palms, separating them apart before lifting his arms above his head. The fire took shape morphing into a giant ball of fire one matching the size of the earthen fist.
"Enken: Boukun-ou Ryuusei (Blaze Fist: Tyrant King's Meteor)!" Roared Yamato as he dug his feet into the ground and with all his might tossed the giant fireball up into the air where it collided with the earthen fist. Heat radiated from the sphere causing waves in the air; steam rose from the ocean as water began to boil from the temperature of the flames. The fireball ascended crashing into the earthen man. The top layer of sand transmuted turning into glass that glistened in the sun before melting away from the intense heat from Yamato's flames. The flames pulsated with unyielding rage as they burned away at the logia user caught within. With the massive flames consuming his vision he never saw Yamato forming a 't' shaped hand sign. A clone came into existence and immediately transformed into a pile of sand to hide.
The pirate stood amongst the burning hot flames, his body crumbling away to dirt only to regrow. He showed no outward reaction as he stood amongst the inferno. His eyes bore a hole through the flames locking onto his panting opponent. The young male who had dared to strike at Blackbeard was hunched over collecting his breath. The pirate acted earth rising around him smothering the flames as he rocketed across the terrain darting towards the young boy catching him off guard.
Yamato's eyes widened as his enemy erupted from the flames closing the distance. His eyes bulged, mouth parting, saliva escaped, as he lay there collapsed on his foes fist, buried deep in his stomach. He felt his feet leave the ground and the air move around him as he went sailing like the wind. Yamato crashed into the beach creating a human-sized crater on impact kicking up dust. Yamato lay amongst the sand, body riddled with pain. He struggled into a seated position, eyes shooting wide as his foe was already upon him. The giant form of Blackbeard loomed over as the man lifted both hands bringing his fists together before bringing them down. The pirate's arms morphed into thick stone that struck Yamato with the force of a sledgehammer. Sand shook and shot up into the air on impact.
Blackbeard allowed a sick grin to form on his lips as his fists met flesh, his stone arms pushing the boy deeper into the cliff. The giant pirate jumped up into the air and pulled back his right fist, allowing the earth to overcome his limb. The fist began to enlarge blocking out the sun behind him. He cried and brought the massive fist down towards Yamato with every intention of crushing the boy.
The boy merely smirked, "Boom!" The moment the fist hit Yamato's body exploded. Dust flew out clouding Blacktooth's vision. Yamato had swapped himself with a clone he had created when the fires of his last attacked blocked Blacktooth's vision. When Yamato had been hit by the man's fist and landed, he had immediately switched himself with his hidden clone, not only to recover but to perform a sneak attack.
Blacktooth growled as he was tricked again. The pirate felt eight knives dig into his back before they detonated hitting him with another explosion that knocked him out of the air. The pirate growled as he spun around finding Yamato standing three metres behind him with a cocky grin. The boy immediately plucked out four shurikens from his pouch and threw with his right hand. As the shuriken sailed through the air a tag on each lit up. Just as the shuriken was about to hit four balls of water spewed out from the tags and hit Blacktooth's right shoulder soaking it. The shuriken then struck piercing into flesh making Blacktooth roar in pain as blood trickled down his right arm.
Naruto made every one of his shinobi carrying sealing tags that had water stored inside of them for when they came across devil fruit users. Yamato had been saving them to surprise the pirate. Yamato wanted to make the pirate think he didn't have any means to hurt him, to make the pirate slip up so he could land a blow. Yamato removed eight more shuriken each with the same sealing tag. He then threw the shuriken aiming this time at Blacktooth's chest. The seals lit up expelling balls of water towards Blacktooth.
Egburt roared in anger and swung his left arm transforming it into a tidal wave of earth that collided with the incoming balls of water. The water soaked in allowing the shuriken to strike flesh drawing blood. Blacktooth growled as his arm retracted with eight shuriken sticking out of it. The pirate plucked the shuriken out and tossed them aside as blood dripped down his arm.
"This it brat you're dead!" Blacktooth roared as he swung his right fist forward morphing it into a giant stone fist. Blacktooth roared with laughter as his fist collided with the body of the young boy and ploughed him deep the beach creating a deep crater. Blackbeard's fist began to shrink returning to normal, allowing him to spot the form of broken and beaten body of his young foe. His lips spread into a sadistic grin only for a surprise to take place as the body went up in smoke and was replaced with a log.
"Where did the log come from! Where did that boy go!"
Blacktooth senses went wild as he sensed an attack from behind. The pirate turned as he felt a great heat tickling at the hairs on the back of his neck. His beady eyes began to widen as he saw the form of the young boy right behind him fire wrapped tightly around his body. Blacktooth dissolved into earth avoiding the incoming punch as Yamato landed on the ground.
Blacktooth reformed behind him creating distance, "I don't know what you did kid, but you're better off just leaving now and letting us take our prize." barked out the pirate.
Yamato turned to face Blacktooth with a smug little smirk, "Oh and what prize would that be."
The pirate sneered and turned pointing to his captive, "Why h…." he stopped eyes widening his captive was gone, the cage bars melted, "WHERE IS SHE!"
Yamato began to chuckle softly, "Gone, far away from here."
"HOW!" roared the enraged pirate as he levelled a powerful glare at the young man.
"You'll never know." Replied Yamato, the pirate may never know, but what Yamato had done was create a clone during the distraction of his smoke bomb.
Minutes Ago
Smoke filled Yamato's vision as a thick cloud of the plume engulfed him and a wide area. He brought his hands together in a familiar T shape, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)." Amongst the smoke appearing in a small puff appeared an identical clone of the young Genin. The clone turned to face Yamato; the two looked each other in the eyes. The original removed a three-pronged kunai from his pouch and handed it to the clone.
"Go rescue the girl. I'll create a distraction." The clone nodded and took a few steps back as the original removed a group of shuriken each with an explosive tag attached to them. The original threw them with a flick of a wrist. The moment he heard the explosion Yamato brought his hands together in the tiger seal. The original Yamato inhaled, lungs expanding before he wretched forward.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)!" The originally then expelled a long stream of bright orange flames that came together into the shape of a giant fireball five times Yamato's size. The giant fireball shot out of the smoke hiding the clone and the original from view.
The moment the fireball was fired the clone substituted itself with a pile of sand appearing just outside the barrier. The clone gave the barrier a once-over before he began to poke and prod at what seemed to be random points. As he hit the last point, the barrier shattered making the girl jump. Yamato and Odin were had been lectured by Shiina about her barriers; each barrier had key areas that when touched would deactivate them. The clone quickly placed a hand over Parvati's mouth silence her, "Quiet. I've been sent to free you, while the original distracts the pirate. Now please keep calm." The young girl, Parvati nodded her head in understanding, allowing the clone to remove his hand.
The clone placed his hands on the top of the cage and reached into what little reserves he had. The original had provided him with just enough to substitute, free the girl and perform one other action. Fire formed in the clones hands which increased in temperature to the point it allowed him to melt the bar's away turning them into slag. He reached in and helped the girl out before he removed the tri-pronged kunai and placed it in Parvati's hand, "This will take you to safety."
"Thank you." Spoke the young girl as a light glow of chakra surrounded her from the kunai before she vanished in a flash of white. The clone merely smiled as he went up in a puff of smoke.
Current Time
Yamato gritted his teeth holding back the pain as he forced as much chakra as his body could muster into his next attack. He needed to hold out a little longer, he didn't know when his teammates would get here, but he trusted they would soon arrive to lend him a hand. Once his teammates had dealt with the pirate's partner in crime all three could focus attention on the logia user and contain him. He was sure if Shiina used one of her containment techniques they could seal the logia user up and take him back to Uzushiogakure for sensei to deal with. Yamato may not be able to kill the pirate, but if his team could capture him and take him back as a prisoner, surely Naruto would have a method to end this logia's pitiful existence.
Yamato kicked off the sand closing the distance. Fire spun around his right hand forming dense flames so hot that even his skin started to burn. Fire poured out around his body encasing him in a glorious untamed blaze that was wild as he was calm. The sand was pushed away rising back like a wave as the young shinobi released a single right hook aiming for the middle of Blacktooth's back.
"ENKEN: BOUKUN-RYUU GOKU (Blaze Fist: Tyrant Dragon's Inferno)!" Roared Yamato as his fist made contact. The back of his foe began to disperse forming into falling earth as fire erupted. A loud dragon-like roar was heard as a tower of blood red flames came to life taking the shape of a large serpentine dragon with fire pouring out from its lips. The dragon roared to the sky before it collapsed in on itself fire rushed outwards with the force of an explosion encompassing Yamato's surroundings.
Yamato stood amongst the flames only to collapse onto his knees as the fire continued to burn. He felt nothing but pain from his right hand, decorated in first degree burns as skin flaked away. He bit his bottom lip to ignore the stinging sensation. He looked down at the pile of blackened earth in front of him that had once been his opponent. Rising from the black earth first came a head that began to rise into the earth on a pillar of earth. A body formed followed by arms, limbs and the rest of the rest and the man's clothes. The pirate rubbed the back of his neck, as his shadow loomed over the exhausted young male.
"If I had been anyone else I'd say I'd be dead. It seemed like you were try'n to end things early there kid, too bad for you, it was all for nought. What you'd forgotten I was a logia user?" Blacktooth flashed his darkened teeth as he raised his left hand. Blacktooth's hand transformed into earth growing three times its normal size. Egburt swung his fist and struck Yamato sending the youth flying across the beach where he rolled in the direction of the ocean, coming to a stop at the water's edge. Waves splashed gently against his body.
Blackbeard rolled his shoulders as he took a step forward, his attention drawn towards the approaching and battered figure of his first mate. The woman was dragging behind her the two kids who had dared to challenge her both worse for wear. Estella walked up to her captain, hair signed, body covered in third-degree burns, right arm gone nothing but a stump, it looked like she had been in an oven. The woman dropped the two defeated kids onto the sand and panted as she fell onto her left knee using her single arm for support.
"It looks like they gave you a little, trouble." Mentioned Blacktooth as he began to remove the fifth flintlock from his belt. The four he had previously used had been melted down into liquid metal from Yamato's constant barrage of attacks. As for the other's during every attack, he had protected them by covering them in a layer of earth
"I underestimated them, but in the end, they're just a pair of snot-nosed brats" Replied Estella as she attempted to regain her breath, her entire body ached. It would take months for her to recover. The woman recovered slowly and stood up to take a few steps back as Blacktooth began to lower the flintlock towards the two children. Yamato looked up from his position, as the salt water washed over his body. His eyes widened as he caught sight of his fallen teammates at Blacktooth's feet.
"They won't be much of a bother anymore." Spoke the black-hearted pirate as he began to squeeze the trigger of his weapon.
Yamato clenched his fists and tried to force his body to move. He struggled to his knees and shouted, "No!" his shout drew the attention of both pirates who turned to look at the battered adolescent.
"Looks like he's still alive." Spoke the woman as she raised her left-hand morphing into a broken axe before she stepped up and lowered her body to Shiina, placing the axe at her delicate young next.
"He wants to save his friends, how pathetic. You're too weak little boy. In this world, only the strong survive." The woman gave a sickening smile while Blacktooth laughed. Estella removed her axe from Shiina's neck and raised it to the side intending to cut the kunoichi's head off. Estella began to bring her weapon down. For the young Yamato, time seemed to stall everything moving in slow motion as he watched his teammates approaching their death.
"Move! Move damn you!" shouted Yamato in his head trying to force his body to move. He could feel his legs shaking; his body demanded rest. His last attack had put a strain on his body; he shouldn't have used it, his body was not ready. As he watched the blade, a single thought flashed by.
"Sensei the time has come I must use what you taught me if I am to save my friends!"
Flashback
Yamato stood opposite Naruto his team-mates long gone, only he remained behind at the orders of his sensei. The two stood in the middle of a green training field surrounded by tall trees, a small pond at the northern side of the training ground. The sage was looked down at his student with a contemplating gaze.
"Yamato, I have long since sensed a power deep within you. One that has yet to be unlocked." Started Naruto, his arms folded into the sleeves of his robe as he looked down at his student. His eyes could see deep into the boy seeing a source of power yet untapped.
"When the time comes that you tap into that hidden power, I believe you will have the potential to rise above the rest. Until that day comes to my student, I shall help you grow. What I teach you now should only be used in the most dire of situations, against an opponent who you cannot beat or when your teammates are in mortal peril. Use it when you must protect those precious to you. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Sensei."
