Rise of the Whirling Tides
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"Hi there" Normal Speech
"Hi There" Thought
"Hi There" Biju and techniques
"Hi There" Biju thoughts and techniques in head
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"Hi There" Normal speech
"Hi There" Thought
"Hi There" Biju and Techniques
"Hi There," Bijuu thought and techniques in head
Summary Chapter 25: Uzushiogakure Anbu Boot camp has begun with five recruits. Tom arrives on Uzu no Kuni meeting up with Otsutsuki Hagoromo, learning that Otsutsuki Hagomoro and Uzumaki Naruto are one in the same. Tom faints to the news that Kurama had eight siblings who are almost as strong as he. Naruto commissions Tom to begin building the Maelstrom a 350m long warship able to carry 8,000 to 10,000 soldiers with weapons beyond anything the world has seen.
Naruto receives word that Doflamingo has taken over Dressrosa and the Royals have gone missing. The Uzukage begins an operation to rescue the royal's and remove some of Doflamingo's power.
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Chapter 26: Rescuing the Royal Family Part 1
Uzu no Kuni - Uzushiogakure no Sato - Uzumaki Compound
Outside of the Uzumaki Compound in Uzushiogakure no Sato a powerful force of men, women and beast had gathered. Standing out front was nine men and women proudly wearing the Uzushio hitai-ite, the symbolic swirl of Uzu on display. Towering behind them as big as a house was a giant four-tailed ape with bright red fur. These ten men, women and single beast had all gathered for one purpose, a mission of great importance to rescue the royal family of Dressrosa King Riku Dold the Third, his daughters Viola and Scarlet and his granddaughter Rebecca.
At the forefront was Suzuka, decked in full Anbu Uniform, her black mask with white web pattern fixed firmly in place hiding those beautiful features. Standing behind her was a boy fourteen years old wearing a Chunin Flak Jacket and dark red battle robe. The boy was Houjin, who since being rescued had grown to an impressive height of six foot. The boy's wild black hair was tame as a pair of crimson red orbs pierced the world. At attention next to Houjin was ten year old Vladimir, the student of Son Goku, standing five foot six, with red hair that matched his fire like passion. The boy was wearing a long-sleeved light-red shirt and pants, with a mesh-armour shirt and fitted black suit underneath, with calf-length sandals. Over the top was carbon fibre full torso body armour.
Behind the three were six more chunin each dressed in full armour covering the torso, shin, wrist, elbow, shoulder, leg and hip. Team 3's leader was a thirteen-year-old six-foot male with lion facial features, whiskers, claws, orange hair and green eyes named James. To James right a fifteen-year-old seven-foot sawshark Fishman with light purple skin, wavy black hair, cyan blue eyes carrying a sawtooth blade on his back named Ken. On James's left, was John who was a shorter twelve-year-old male only five foot with short brown hair, matching eyes carrying a pair of short tanto strapped horizontally to his back
Team Four consisted of three female Chunin. The leader standing in the middle was fourteen-year-old Serenity, long purple hair, matching eyes and five foot eight in height, on her back was a set of five-foot metal rods. To Serenity's right was twelve year old Anita a salmon fishwoman with pink skin, black hair, hazel eyes and a fin on her head. Lastly to Serenity's left five-foot fourteen-year-old Nisa, a blonde-furred, blonde-haired, canine mink with dog ears, a dog-like snout, and a large bushy tail. All nine operatives carried a hip pouch of some kind.
Appearing in front of the group in a flash of white was Uzumaki, Naruto the Shodai Uzukage. With Naruto's appearance, all nine shinobi knelt in greeting and respect to their leader.
"Rise we are short on time. Two days ago Doflamingo dethroned King Riku Dold the Third who Uzushiogakure had been undergoing diplomatic relations with in an attempt to ally Dressrosa and Uzu no Kuni. You have all been elected to be sent to Dressrosa, where you will meet up with Team 5 who are preparing to receive you. Team 5 will give order's splitting you up to find the remaining members of the royal family, Riku the King, Scarlet his eldest daughter, Viola his youngest daughter and Rebecca the granddaughter. They are all high priority targets. Anyone who dares get in the way, eliminate them! Son Goku will be coming with you encase the marine's show. It will be his job to deal with them." Naruto gave the orders to his shinobi, commanding them with a voice of authority as his aura washed over them, the aura of a Kage.
"You have your marching orders!" Naruto waved a hand and a giant sealing array formed beneath the feet of the ten. The seal glowed before all ten vanished in ten flashes of white.
Dressrosa
"Uhahahaha!" a sick twisted laugh was heard as a pair of beady blue eyes locked onto the form of a twenty-something woman with pink hair in a light grey hooded robe, carrying a shopping bag. The owner of the eyes raised a flintlock pistol locking onto the woman, licking their lips in some sadistic glee. The person behind the pistol aimed it straight for the woman's chest and slowly pulled the trigger. Water droplets falling all around as it rained heavily, the sky black as night.
"Kaze Muchi (Wind Whip)!" A vicious spiralling whip made of pure wind streaked through the air. The owner of the pistol dodged jumping backwards as the whip struck the street cutting through it. Wind swept through the streets wrapping around the woman who was surprised by its appearance. The wind came together taking a humanoid shape of a tall fourteen-year-old with black hair.
"Scarlett Dold, King Riku's eldest daughter?" asked the shinobi as he looked at the pink haired woman with a discerning eye.
"I-I don't know who that is." The woman took a step back, unsure of the boy who appeared out of nowhere, wondering why he was looking for her.
"Do not fear I have been sent by the Uzukage of Uzushiogakure no Sato to protect you and your family. My comrades have been sent out to find our family." Houjin attempted to reassure the princess of Dressrosa that he was here to help.
Ten minutes prior
Arriving in a flash of white the ten operatives of Uzushiogakure appeared in an abandoned warehouse. Standing in front of them was a squad of three Chunin. In the centre the leader Sayo, a girl of fifteen years and a member of the giant tribe standing twenty feet in height with short black hair and eyes. To Sayo's right was Tsuna a boy of thirteen years, six foot and a member of the long leg tribe who had spiky brown hair accompanied with blue eyes. The last member was a fourteen-year-old boy, five foot eight with blue hair and matching eyes named Sazuki. These were the three members of Team 5. Each wore the standard Uzushiogakure Chunin Military Uniform.
"Thank you for your timely arrival. I apologise we must dispense with the pleasantries and mobilise. Explosives have been placed in the Kingdom Armoury, guard stations to the north, west, east and south sectors of Dressrosa set to go off causing a distraction. Team 4 the King is held up in a small shack with his royal guards. The King's eldest daughter Scarlett is in hiding with her daughter Rebecca but was spotted by Sazuki coming into town five minutes ago. Houjin, Sazuki will show you the way. Suzuka-san, Viola is being held in the royal palace as Doflamingo intends to have her join his family due to the unique gifts she is in possession of. Vladimir-san, Tsuna will lead you to Rebecca. Team 3 and Son-sama, please remain on standby." Ordered Sayo the leader of Team 5, giving the commands to her comrades. Sayo had already been informed by Naruto that she would be given command of this operation.
"If you run into trouble do not hesitate to call for backup." This was an operation that could not go wrong as the royal families lives were on the line.
"Hai!" The shinobi gave their commands and those who had their marching orders departed. Houjin left with Sazuki leading the way as Tsuna accompanied Vladimir.
Current Time
Sazuki landed beside Houjin in a crouched position, "The enemy is getting back into position. It is Diamante one of the Elite Officers of the Donquixote Pirates." The blue haired youth drew a kunai throwing it towards an alleyway. The clanging of metal echoed out.
Stepping out from the alley was a man who towered in height over eleven foot, with especially long legs, dressed in what could only be described as gaudy clothing. The man had in his right hand a flintlock pistol and in the left a sabre. "Uhahahaha. What have we here? Doesn't matter I'll kill her than deal with you" Diamante showed a cruel smile as he fired the pistol straight at Scarlett.
Houjin sneered and swiped a hand through the air creating a wall of wind. The wind wall wrapped around Scarlett protecting her from the incoming round. "Sorry but your opponent is me." Houjin stepped in front of Scarlett, blocking her from Diamante. Slashing a hand through the air a blade of wind shot forward, slicing the pistol in half. Diamante dropped the gun straight away, giving the boy an annoyed look.
"Sazuki take the princess back to the other's, kill any who stand in your way. I'll deal with Diamante." Houjin threw his arms out towards Diamante. The devil fruit users arms transformed into two twisters of wind that shot forward slamming into Diamante knocking him back. The move gave Sazuki the chance to shunshin over to Scarlett, pick her up and run off into the distance, disappearing in a twister of lightning.
A sabre slashed down cutting the twisters in half. Diamante sneered at Houjin and launched forward with a thrust of the sabre intending to impale the intruder. With a smirk the shinobi rushed in drawing a kunai with his right hand, holding the blade in a reverse grip, Houjin blocked the incoming weapon, the flat edge of the kunai connecting to the tip of the sabre. The shinobi grinned as sparks came to life as the two pressed against one another trying to overpower the other. In the collision, Houjin kicked out with his left leg, flesh transformed into a twister of wind that slammed into Diamante's stomach. The pirate's body waved as it turned into what could only be called a flag and floated away, avoiding the blow. Houjin eyed the characteristics of a devil fruit, at least things wouldn't be boring, at least he hoped. With a flick of a wrist, the kunai sailed forward.
Diamante reconstituted himself to a physical state and swung the sabre into the path of the kunai to deflect it. The sabre struck the kunai, only for a devilish smirk to form on Houjin's lips as the knife glowed. The tool glowed bright red before exploding with deadly force. Diamante was sent flying through a cloud of smoke and collided with a nearby shop, crashing through the front glass, scattering broken glass onto the streets.
Biting into his right thumb, Houjin drew out a scroll using his left hand. Throwing the scroll into the air it unrolled, and the bleeding thumb flew across the black ink. The scroll went up in smoke before falling to the ground. A loud bang echoed as the streets in front of Houjin shattered due to the impact of the item summoned. Embedded in the street was an eight-foot-long weapon that looked like a cross between a hammer and an axe. The shaft at the tip which acted as the hammer half was three foot long and two foot wide and as thick as an adult male. The axe was placed on the opposite side of the hammer side while as long but not as thick was equally as deadly. Houjin grabbed the pole and pulled the weapon up with little effort. The fourteen-year-old spun the massive tool before gripping it with both hands and pointed the tip towards the shop.
Diamante climbed out of the shop, brushing off the glass. Glaring at the teenager, the pirate kicked off the ground, "DIE!" The pirate placed his right hand atop the tip of the sabre and flattened it, with a thrust the sabre shot forward extending like a snake towards Houjin, with the intent to impale in one move.
The shinobi drew the massive weapon to the side and swung it into the incoming path of the extending sabre. Chakra poured into the weapon making it glow bright blue. Wind coiled around the end covering the hammer and axe head in a thick layer. The hammer side struck the sabre on its tip, on impact wind exploded out in every direction blowing the rain away. The wind exploded out with such force the sabre went flying back towards Diamante. The pirate stepped to the side in the middle of his charge to avoid being impaled. Diamante continued the course, with a flick of a wrist the sabre returned to its solid state. Raising the sabre overhead, it was swung down firing a compressed air projectile that intended to slash the boy in half.
Houjin showed no reaction as the projectile struck slicing his body in two, but there was no blood. Ropes of wind shot out from the two halves fusing them back together. The shinobi removed his left hand from the axe, to thrust it forward, "Kaze Taihou (Wind Cannon)!' Wind exploded forth with the force of a cannon as it slammed against Diamante's chest sending the giant of a man flying back through the air and crashing into another building.
Kicking off the ground, Houjin's legs transformed into miniature twister's that helped propel his body up into the air. Rising high up into the air, Houjin raised his left arm which transformed into a giant arm comprised of spinning wind, "Kyojin no Ken (Fist of the Giant)!"Houjin swung the massive fist down directly on top of where Diamante had fallen. The fist of wind was comprised of thousands of razor sharp blades of wind that cut into Diamante, turning the wind red with blood. Even if Diamante was a devil fruit user capable of turning his body into a flag like a state to avoid damage, against the cutting wind it was useless.
Landing back on the ground, Houjin's arm returned to normal. In the debris was a bleeding and furious Diamante who pushed rubble aside to stand up. The man's clothing had been shredded, "You'll pay for that! Corrida Glaiv (Bullfighting Glaive)!"
Diamante raised the sabre, and the metal began to wiggle like a worm. The metal twisted around taking the shape of a bulls head with two sharp horns. The Doflamingo family member charged, crossing the distance to get to the infuriating child who was thrashing him like an infant. Raising the bullhead Diamante swung it like a mace intending to smash Houjin's brains.
Houjin kicked forward crossing the distance to meet Diamante mid away, swinging the massive weapon he held into the path of the incoming bull mace. Wind coiled around the top of the weapon as the two fighter's collided. The mace struck the wind cloaked hammer tip, and an expulsion of wind erupted out. The expulsive wave of wind hit the mace and Diamante with such explosive force the pirate was sent flying back while puking blood. Diamante hit the streets, carving a shallow fissure as he slid back coming to a stop twenty meters from the teenager.
"I should end this quickly and report back." Houjin intended to go all out, no longer hold anything back. Wind circulated around Houjin as he clutched the giant hammer-axe. Houjin kicked off, his legs turning into twisters of wind that propelled his body like a rocket. Rocketing through the air, Houjin closed in on Diamante and swung the massive weapon, axe face down intending to split the pirate in two.
Diamante hurriedly grabbed his fallen sabre amongst the street debris and raised it to block. The powerful axe swung down and struck sending vibrations running through the sabre.
"Kaze Isshuu (Wind Kick)!"From beneath Houjin kicked out with his right foot, planting a vicious kick to Diamante's stomach. As the kick landed Houjin's leg transformed, a tornado of wind exploded out launching Diamante further into the ground forming a human-sized crater. The streets cracked and shattered under the impact of the tornado.
"Kinda disappointed. I thought someone under a Shichibukai would be much stronger." Little did Houjin know there were a few key factors he wasn't aware of or considered. One was that Diamante couldn't use haki and had no way to injure a logia user like Houjin making this a bad matchup. Second, Houjin had undergone a Spartan training regime on Uzushio under Naruto's supervision. Houjin had specifically asked for Naruto to put him through the most gruelling hellish training possible. This training had allowed Houjin to gain a decent grasp of his chakra and become a Chunin in a record-breaking time, less than two years. Such torturous training every day made it felt like his last and that he could have died at any moment. By constantly feeling that death could claim him had helped the second gen devil fruit user break past the limits of his body.
Houjin approached Diamante, gripping the giant weapon tightly as he looked over Diamante lying in a human-sized crater. "Apologies but you have to die." Houjin lifted the weapon, axe side down and swung it intending to slice Diamante in two. As the axe came down Diamante's body twisted fluttered away like a flag avoiding the axe blade as it struck the ground. Diamante flew out of the crater, standing at the edge, blood trickling from his mouth.
"What a pain." Houjin watched as Diamante turned and began to flee, but the Chunin wasn't going to make it that easy. Leg's turned into tornados, and Houjin rocketed up into the air landing in front of Diamante who skidded to a halt. Houjin's left fist struck again, delivering a powerful left hook to Diamante's chest. On impact Diamante's chest caved as the man's body turned into a fluttering flag again, curving around the fist. Houjin smirked before his arm transformed into a tornado, "Kazeken (Wind Fist)!" Wind exploded out over a great distance sucking Diamante's fluttering form in before launching the man into an abandoned building. The wind slammed against the building ploughing through walls. Web-like cracks ran up the length of the building as it crumbled, collapsing on top of the pirate. The collapsing building caused the citizens of Dressrosa to scream and flee in terror from the battle of the two giants. They had originally been watching from their homes, but as the conflict grew serious, they fled towards the castle for safety.
At the same time, multiple explosions went off around Dressrosa, "About time." The explosions were to work as a distract allowing all members of the operation to slip in and then retrieve the royal family. Diamante's assassination attempt on Scarlett had caused Houjin to act ahead of schedule.
Rubble was pushed aside as Diamante freed himself from its confines. The paramecia user climbed to his feet glaring daggers at the logia user that was his enemy. The man was battered and beaten; his left arm looked like mincemeat and clothing had turned to rags. Diamante was aware that this was an enemy he could not beat, nor escape from, he could only hold out until someone came to help. The destruction going on in the middle of the Kingdom would surely draw the attention of others.
Picking up the sword that lay at his feet, holding it in the right, Diamante pressed it, ignoring the pain in his arm, until the blade was flattened before thrusting it towards Houjin. The blade shot forward extending with great length, extending like a snake. The tip gleamed as droplets of rain fell around it. The blade cut a clean line through the rain as it aimed for Houjin's chest.
The logia user swung his massive axe, meeting the blade head on. The sound of metal clashing echoed before the blade twisted pointing up before diving straight down, piercing through Houjin's right shoulder. The blade curved again piercing him from behind. The blade continued bending and extending piercing Houjin from multiple angles turning him into a shish kebab. With each puncture the shinobi wasn't even phased, just standing there.
Diamante pulled back on the sabre and the extended metal shredded the logia's body apart into multiple segments. Wind oozed from the wounds connecting the sliced pieces back together restoring Houjin's form.
"Your life ends here." Houjin spread out his left arm, transforming into a spiralling cyclone. The cyclone began to change shape as the tip became something like a drill. "Kussaku Kaze (Drilling Wind)!"
Houjin launched the spiralling drill forward. The drill chased through the air; the rain gathered around it combining wind and water as a spiralling maelstrom took shape. The two elements spun in perfect harmony. "Kussaku Dai Uzu (Drilling Maelstrom)!"
The elements loomed overhead as they dived down on Diamante with the intentions of turning him into mincemeat. There was no escaping the attack as it was moving to fast for Diamante and even if he altered his own body, the attack was expanding in size to a point there was no dodging it. Even if the devil fruit user turned his body into a flag, the attack was sucking in everything around it; Diamante would be drawn in and shredded apart. The pirate watched on as doom approached, and just as hope seemed gone a woman's voice was heard.
"Ten Layer Igloo!"
A wall of snow flowed out of nowhere gushing around Diamante's body. The snow took shape forming a large igloo over the pirate. The snow igloo formed a protective layer against the incoming attack. But one wall of snow wasn't enough as multiple layers of snow were formed creating an almost impenetrable dome of snow to protect Diamante.
The spiralling attack struck the middle of the snow dome, cutting through it, drilling in like it's namesake. Snow was sent flying everywhere as the drill of wind and water combined piercing its way through, penetration each layer. With every layer, the maelstrom drill began to lose its strength, power dissipating. The drilling power of the maelstrom came to a stop at the final layer, dispersing as it lost all strength. The wind retracted returning to Houjin and reformed into his arm.
A wave of snow rushed through the streets, filling it entirely. The logia user looked down, finding he was two foot deep in snow. The snow was strange as it seemed incredibly thick and dense. Looking towards Diamante snow rose up as the igloo collapsed. The snow took a humanoid shape, an incredibly feminine shape before the body of an attractive green haired woman appeared. The woman would have been in her early twenties, with a seductive body wearing nothing but a blue and white striped shirt and blue bloomers, as well as a set of blue heels. The temperature began to rapidly plummet as it no longer rained but snowed,
Houjin couldn't help but frown at the sight of the woman who had come from nowhere. The logia user clicked his teeth in annoyance, having wanted to finish Diamante off, killing the pirate before backup arrived, but it looks like he had taken to long. To finish Diamante off this snow woman would also have to be taken out.
Lifting up the massive polearm in his right hand, Houjin pointed it at the green haired woman, "I don't know who you are, but I advise you stand aside or die." Chakra surged through the logia user's body, steam began to rise from the snow as fire nature chakra was released causing the substance to melt.
"My such a handsome child. It would be a shame to end your life. Why don't you surrender now, before I have to mess up that face of yours." The older woman smiled flirtatiously at Houjin, giving him a seductive wink. If the boy was anyone else who hadn't had shinobi training he may have fallen to the woman's charms.
"Sorry lady I'm on the job. Sure you're a world-class beauty, and if I was a little older, I'd surely want to tap that. So again I apologise. Maybe if we both live through this and later on, you can hit me up, perhaps get a drink together and roll around a bit in the sheets, you know doing it like rabbits in heat," Retorted Houjin with a charming smile. The woman seemed to blush at his compliment before her entire face turned bright red at his lewd remarks. The logia took off, shooting around the ground deciding to take the chance to strike while she was distracted.
The axe began to glow red as fire elemental chakra was funnelled into it. Houjin raised the axe side up as he leapt into the air and swung it down overhead. "Bureijingugurōrī (Blazing Glory)!" Fired poured out of the axe, the intense heat melting the surrounding snow as it descended.
The snow woman swung an arm, the arm transformed into pristine white snow that flooded out like a tidal wave to meet the incoming flaming axe. Snow met fire and steam erupted as the two elemental forces collided. The snow arm began to melt, dripping as the fire was slowly extinguished. Houjin pushed down, and the fire roared with fury as it came to life, branching out to engulf both him and the green-haired woman.
The woman with topaz eyes glared before her entire body transformed into snow that exploded out with force. The snow engulfed the flames of Houjin's axe extinguishing them. An avalanche of snow came into existence engulfing Houjin as the boy was washed away, slamming into one of the nearby buildings. The snow built up forming a thick bank trapping him inside. The only thing that was visible was the boy's head.
"Well done Monet. Now finish him off" Barked Diamante, directly referring to the woman whose apparent name was Monet.
"Unless you have a seastone sword, there's no solution to ending this boy's existence" answered the woman as she began a slow walk towards Houjin who appeared as cool as a cucumber.
Houjin revealed a devilish smirk as the wind picked up. The woman took a step back as a giant tornado of wind exploded out from the snow covering Houjin's body. Laughter echoed out as the boy appeared above the tornado of wind; his entire lower body from the waist down had transformed becoming one with the tornado. Left-arm pulled back, Houjin punched down, "Kazeken (Wind Fist)!" The arm turned into a spiralling twister that shot towards Monet with great speed.
The woman answered in kind, raising an arm up to meet the wind. The arm transformed into a bank of snow that spun in the air colliding with the wind elemental attack. The two forces pressed the attack against one another trying to push the other back, but they were both equally matched. The two attacks retracted before Monet breathed in.
"Fubuki (Snowstorm)!" Monet parted her soft, supple lips and breathed out a stream of snow. The snow flew up towards the tornado; wrapping around it as a blizzard was formed trapping Houjin within.
Houjin stared at the blizzard surrounding him nonchalantly, throwing his arms out to the side. Wind spun out forming around him. The wind slammed against the blizzard making it rumble. A great tornado formed around Houjin as his body soon became part of it, arm's transforming into wind, fusing with the forming tornado.
"Gufū (Hurricane)!" The terrain began to change as the sky darkened; rain began to fall once more. Lightning crossed the skies as the temperature rapidly began to change. The thick smell of fresh ozone filled the air. Lightning flashed before it struck the streets around the three melting the build-up of snow. Rain began to pelt down as the tornado expanded in size, transforming into a deadly hurricane, absorbing the blizzard into it. Snow began to rise as it was all sucked into the hurricane.
Monet tried to stay steady, but the winds were drawing her in, she couldn't stay put. The woman struggled against the winds, stepping back against them but it was no good. Monet was sucked up into the hurricane. Surrounding buildings began to crumble as rubble flew up into the hurricane. The citizens of Dressrosa had long since left the area the moment Houjin and Diamante had clashed. Diamante impaled his rapier into the ground, holding onto it for dear life. The hurricane grew in force again, lifting Diamante up into the air threatening to drag him into its deadly eye. The pirate began to slip and would soon be dragged into the hurricane.
The hurricane continued to revolve with such force the streets were torn apart. Diamante gritted his teeth, holding onto the sabre for dear life. The hurricane grew in size, the suction force of the wind was so great the sabre was ripped out, and Diamante was pulled in, his screams followed as trickles of blood could be seen spinning around the hurricane's edges. Inside the hurricane Houjin held out both hands and began to absorb the wind, bringing the attack to a halt. Sweat was dripping down his forehead; the hurricane could only be sustained for a short period as Houjin didn't have the skill, experience or strength to keep it up.
As the winds left, the rain began to stop and the lightning soon followed. The buildings that had been sucked in hovered in the air before they began to fall. Houjin waved a hand towards the buildings, his arm transformed into a tornado that shot up collecting the pieces of debris and ground them into harmless dust that was scattered to the winds.
At the same time, Monet fell from the heaven's, eyes spinning, she had been rolling around in the hurricane and got dizzy from it. The woman hit the ground with a loud thud, her entire body turning into snow. The snow woman struggled to her feet, wobbling back and forth in an attempt to steady herself. Diamante followed after, his entire body was covered in deep cut marks, it looked like he had been tossed into a blender, his right arm was a complete mess it didn't even look like flesh. Blood was pouring from the pirate's left eye, the eyeball gone. Bone could be seen on his right leg as the flesh had been sliced clean off. The pirate was a mess, bleeding all over. A broken sabre clutched in left hand, the flesh almost stripped from it.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Monet's cheeks expanded, clutching her stomach with one hand and covering her mouth with the other. The woman wasn't feeling too good after going on that chaotic ride, Diamante's appearance didn't help either.
Houjin looked in her direction and launched forward legs turning into wind to propel his body forward. The woman didn't even have the time to look up before a giant fist made of wind slammed into her body tossing her into a wall. Monet splattered against the wall as a snow angel.
"Doton: Kage Bunshin (Earth Release: Shadow Clone)!"The ground liquefied turning to mud as it lifted up taking a humanoid shape. The mud gained colour taking on the exact physical appearance of Houjin. The mud clone lifted a hand, mud extending out taking the shape of Houjin's massive weapon. Handling the giant tool the clone launched forward towards Monet swinging the giant item. The hammer half of the weapon ignited as a wave of angry red flames launched out.
With the clone to distract Monet, Houjin turned his focus to Diamante. Tornado's jutting from his lower torso launching across the streets. Covering the distance, Houjin pulled his left fist back transforming it again into a giant fist made of wind. The wind fist grew, doubling in size "Kyojin no Daiken (Great Fist of the Giant)!"The giant fist of wind, easily four times Houjin's body size struck Diamante, even as the man tried to turn his body into a flag to avoid the attack. The fist was just too big, and the wind drew Diamante in preventing any escape. The fist rocketed through the air ploughing Diamante into the ground, forming a deep crater.
Rain began to fall again pelting the streets; it was as if the heavens were crying as if they knew what was next to come.
The moment Diamante was plunged into the ground Houjin shot forward with his wind rocket technique covering the distance. Wind erupted from the logia user's body blowing debris aside. A hand removed a sealing tag from his left hip pouch and slapped it against Diamante's head. The seal lit up and chakra surged into Diamante's body making him scream painfully. The pirate felt as if something was being ripped out of him. Houjin held out his left hand and a ray of chakra shot out from the tag meeting his palm. Chakra began to take shape and soon a bizarre looking fruit, in the shape of a pale yellowish-red squash appeared.
The battered Diamante looked in horror; it was the devil fruit he had consumed many years ago. Attempting to stand the pirate found his body weakened, and unable to activate his devil fruit powers, "What-What did you do!"
Houjin chuckled evilly as he pocketed the fruit and spoke nonchalantly, "Took away your powers." Taking a deep breath he moulded fire elemental chakra to his lungs, mouth and throat, "Katon: Karyuu Endan no Jutsu (Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Projectile Technique!)" Breathing out Houjin expelled a stream of bright red and orange flames that took the shape of a long serpentine dragon. The dragon roared and flew towards the weakened Diamante. All the pirate could do was scream as the flames engulfed him. Steam rose from his body as rain pelted the fire attempting to extinguish it, but the flames burned so intensely the droplets were evaporated. Before long all that remained of Diamante was a pile of wet smoking ash.
"You-You-You killed Lord Diamante!" The shocked voice of Monet drew Houjin's attention. The woman was in mid clash with the clone; hand's transformed into giant snow claws, blocking the massive weapon.
"I have no love for those who try to take a mother from her child," Houjin spoke with venom, before he spat on the smoking pile of ashes, then stomped down, further desecrating the remains. The boy had a deep hatred for anyone who tried to take a parent from their child. Most likely due to the loss of his mother, at the hands of his father. It had left a deep-rooted hole in the boy's heart that had filled up with the desire for revenge.
"I'll kill you!" Monet roared, throwing her arms out to the side, knocking the weapon back. Arms transformed into thick walls of snow washing over the clone and flooded towards Houjin with the intentions of crushing him beneath its mass. The wall rose high up into the air, higher than the buildings; its massive shadow loomed over.
Without hesitation, Houjin released a burst of chakra over a wide area, sensing for any living chakra signatures. With the area clear of any innocent parties, the devil fruit user moulded chakra causing the earth to rise beside him turning into another mud clone. The two exchanged a glance; there were no words needed as the clone had already been given its orders on creation. A blue cloak erupted from the clone's body as chakra came to life. Heat began to radiate from the clone's body as the chakra was moulded gaining a fiery temperature, "Katon: Neppa (Fire Release: Heat Wave)!" Heat erupted before bright red flames exploded out in every direction, swarming towards the incoming avalanche.
Houjin punched out with both arms that immediately transformed into two giant spinning drill like tornadoes. The two tornadoes each thicker than an adult male fed into the wave of flames. The fire absorbed the wind growing exponentially in size from a raging river to a proverbial ocean of fire. The raging tidal wave of bright orange and red flames collided with the avalanche of snow; steam erupted on impact as the three elements collided. Snow spiralled around Houjin's tiny form, slowly dissolving as the flames grew in size continuing to be fed chakra from the clone and wind from Houjin's devil fruit powers. The flames grew in size soon overpowering the incoming snow forcing it back, and with one push a tidal wave of flames exploded out washing over the snow.
Monet screamed out as the ocean of flames overcame her, steam rising from her body as it melted. The woman was consumed by the flames as they filled the streets burning everything in its path. The flames weren't contained and spread out rapidly like a raging tsunami, burning through the streets forming a cross pattern, the height of which could be seen from the sea. Rain poured down heavily helping to extinguish the flames. In the middle of it, was Houjin panting heavily nothing but destruction around him. Luckily the people of Dressrosa had fled from the fight, leaving the nearby area abandoned, no innocent lives would be lost.
Walking over to his fallen weapon, Houjin picked it up and sealed it back into its scroll before pocketing said scroll into his back pouch, the earth clone had long since dispersed. The teenager went to leave when he heard a weak whimpering. Looking towards the source, Houjin was surprised to find the snow woman was still alive but badly injured. Surprised by the fact she hadn't been burnt alive, Houjin approached, little did he know at the last second, the woman had encased herself in a thick layer of snow. It if hadn't been for the snow's protective layer the woman would have been turned into a pile of ash. All her clothes had been burned away leaving her body naked to the world. The shinobi pushed any reaction aside as the woman was badly burned. The entire right half of her body was a black mess. Taking a closer look, the teenager took note of the woman's right eye while intact there was no light or reaction; the flames had rendered the eye useless.
Houjin looked towards Monet who was withering on the streets in agony, showing a look of pity. "Damn my conscience." Crouching down the teenager removed a metal bracelet from his back pouch. The bracelet clamped down on the woman's left wrist and seals lit up along its edge. The seals spread out covering the woman's body. The woman's body froze up and her eyes closed as she entered stasis. The seals were designed to paralyse the body and force it into a form of stasis, while on devil fruit users acting like seastone to prevent the use of their powers. These were just two of its many uses.
Houjin removed his Chunin flak jacket, in order to take off the red robe he wore. Removing the robe, revealed the teenager wore a pair of black khaki pants beneath. With care, Houjin wrapped the robe around the woman's naked and burnt form, before putting the Chunin jacket back on. Taking care, Houjin picked the burnt woman up bridal style in his hands, before going up in a swirl of wind disappearing with the snow woman.
Author Note: If you want to picture Houjin's weapon, think of the Gravity Hammer from Halo, looks similar to that. Also before you go on about sparing Monet while killing Diamante, I have my own reasons for doing it.
