Chapter 103: Hard as Steel

Zoro and Mr. 1 were fighting the clashes literally created sparks between the two of them.

"So your body is as hard as steel?" asked Zoro eyeing his opponent.

"That's right, there is no way you'll be able to cut though me." Said Mr. 1.

"That's too bad, I can't cut though steel." Said Zoro, "I can't defeat you."

"So what will you do." Asked Mr. 1.

Zoro removed the cloak he was wearing.

"I've been waiting for to be back up in a corner like this, so I can take a notch up in my strength." Said Zoro, "Once I defeat you, I'll be able to cut steel."

Meanwhile with Sasuke…

"So your Orochimaru's right hand man." Said Sasuke.

There was a silence…it wasn't exactly an awkward silence… but yet it was… a tiny bit… after all Kabuto seemed so weak.

"You expected someone little a different, didn't you?" asked Kabuto adjusting his glasses.

"Um…" said Sasuke.

"That's okay, you haven't met Orochimaru yet…" said Kabuto.

"No… I'm just surprised that you're able to stand up to That Crazy Bitch." Said Sasuke.

Kabuto laughed, "You'd be surprised at what I could live thought." He said.

Sasuke withdrew his swords and ran towards Kabuto who dodged, when Sasuke tried to slash him.

"You think that would work?" asked Kabuto.

That's when Sasuke ran towards him and slashed him in his stomach.

"It looks like it did." Said Sasuke.

However Kabuto was still able to move, he tried to punch Sasuke but Sasuke dodged it.

Kabuto then tried to kick him but Sasuke blocked with his swords.

"This is going to be easier than I thought." Said Sasuke with a smirk.

Sasuke sheathed his swords and ran towards Kabuto delivering a harsh kick. Then punched him in the face. Kabuto tried to counter but Sasuke kept dodging.

"Your pretty weak aren't you?" asked Sasuke.

"Well it take a while for me to warm up." Said Kabuto with a smirk.

"If you say so." Said Sasuke with a shrug.

Sasuke ran towards Kabuto and punched him once again, this time Kabuto managed to block. Kabuto tried to kick but Sasuke dodged then swept Kabuto from under his legs. Kabuto fell on his back, however he mange dot jump back up.

"Wow. I bet those were one of those things that looked worse than it really was." Said Kabuto making light of the situation.

"Are we going to fight or what?" asked Sasuke.

Sasuke kicked him in the gut and then punched him.

"Are you even able to fight?" asked Sasuke.

"I use a variation of the Gentle Fist, have you heard of it?" asked Kabuto.

"One of my crew mates uses it." Said Sasuke.

"Oh really? I'm surprised." Said Kabuto raising an eyebrow, "Now normal gentle fist uses some force to injure the person while mine is different."

"How is different?" asked Sasuke.

That's when Kabuto hands began to glow a little and began to move his hands towards Sasuke who managed to dodge each time. He managed to kick Kabuto in the face.

"No offence but Hinata's faster than you." Said Sasuke.

"I take it Hinata is your crewmate." Said Kabuto getting back up.

Sasuke nodded, he ran towards Kabuto and delivered another punch to the gut, which caused Kabuto to fall foreword… however he managed to get back up and almost delver a harsh blow to Sasuke's arm… the key word was almost… Sasuke managed to dodge. Sasuke got a strange chill as he dodged.

"He's getting better." He thought.

"What wrong? Sasuke?" asked Kabuto.

"I was just wondering, how's is your different than Hinata's?" asked Sasuke.

"I'd rather have you find out on your own." Said Kabuto.

He began to quickly try to strike Sasuke… fortunately Sasuke dodged every time.

"He's getting faster." Thought Sasuke who looked at the look on Kabuto's face, "IS he toying with me… no he can't' be… He's seems too weak to be toying with me."

That's when Sasuke managed to get another good hit in.

"It's time to finish this!" said Sasuke.

He took out his matches, he lit one and threw into the air. He then quickly drew his swords and crated the air bubble, which hit the match and began the large fireball, which engulfed Kabuto.

Sasuke smirked as he sheathed his swords.

"Looks like I win." Said Sasuke smirking.

"You'd think that would you?" asked Kabuto.

Sasuke looked at Kabuto and gasped at what he saw.

"What… the…" muttered Sasuke.

Every single one of Kabuto's wounds were healing. He couldn't help but to stare at them.

"What… what happened…" said Sasuke.

"I have the special ability to heal very quickly, there is a limit… but as you can see I was just toying with you." Said Kabuto.

"Why you…" growled Sasuke.

"It's a shame this is all you have… considering your brother." Said Kabuto.

"You know Itachi?" asked Sasuke.

Kabuto merely smirked evilly… and it was then, that Sasuke knew that Kabuto knew his brother!

Meanwhile Zoro continued to fight with Mr. 1, Zoro seemed to have the upper hand after he used Oni Giri followed by using Tiger Trap to slam him into the ground.

Zoro was ready to call it quits when he saw Mr. 1 had gotten up… without a scratch.

"I told you." Said Mr. 1.

"Not even a scratch…" muttered Zoro, "And you got up after I slammed you to the ground… that's kind of depressing."

"Of course you never met someone like me before." Said Mr. 1.

"Actually I have, expect he was able to manipulate bones so they can become almost as hard as steel." Said Zoro.

"Well I doubt he would be able to stand up against me." Said Mr. 1, "After all even if the bones were able to become as hard as steel they wouldn't be as hard… isn't that right?"

Zoro gritted his teeth, Kimimaro was a challenge before, but Mr. 1 was on a different level than him… things were definitely going to be interesting.

Next Time: Sasuke must deal with not only Kabuto's healing ability but also his deadlier version of the Gentle Fist while at the same time learn what is Kabuto's connection to Itachi. Meanwhile Zoro's haven't a hard time with Mr. 1. Will he be able to beat Mr. 1 or will he throw a building at him... Wait... What? Throw a building at him? Is that right?