THE BATTLE FOR THE EARTH – MIRAI'S POWER
In the Valley
Standing opposite Mirai is a Colonel. This Colonel can be distinguished from Captains by his clothing just like all Colonels can. The two key identifiers that the shinobi of the hidden leaf have learnt, the number 2 on his vest, the silver cloak adorning his back, these perfectly match up with their expectations and their intelligence. The cloak flips gently in the breeze as Mirai locks eyes with her opponent.
This Colonel is a male of average height. It is impossible to determine his exact age but Mirai estimates him to be in his thirties. He wears a pleasant looking smile on his face, this would make him very approachable if he wasn't an enemy. His hair is a striking blonde running from the tops of his heads all the way to his shoulders which it gently brushes against.
"You and I have met before" the kind looking Colonel asks.
Mirai doesn't move a muscle, replying apathetically, "I have fought many times to protect my friends against the slaughter brought about by a Colonel".
That seems to hit home with the Colonel, who lowers his head and lets out a deep sigh. "I see, my apologies, I am simply following orders".
Mirai remains calm on the outside but is furious internally. This man, these people have hunted down shinobi after shinobi, they have advanced relentlessly without taking any prisoners. Many times, she has watched, unable to do anything as a Colonel has cut down those she was supposed to protect. In an age where Uzumaki Naruto had inspired so many to become shinobi, it had become a hindrance as much as a help. For every extra shinobi, you can take to the front lines, another shinobi dies on the front lines.
"What is your name?" the Colonel asks.
"Sarutobi Mirai".
"My name is Sisto" the blonde Colonel declares.
'Only one name' Mirai makes a mental note, 'Come to think of it I don't ever recall hearing of a second name for any of the invaders'. Quickly she decides to put this to the back of her mind, there are more pressing things to focus on than the enemy's nomenclature.
Without a word warning, Mirai runs towards Sisto.
On the Hidden Leaf Hill
As Mirai begins to run, Boruto's Byakugan widens. "Here she goes" he says, clenching his fist.
"Go for it!" Sarada shouts as if Mirai can hear her.
These two are close friends of Mirai, one of their most trusted shinobi ever since the enemy had first shown up. Sarada, the 9th Hokage, had depended greatly upon Mirai to lead small teams to repel the enemy's attacks, depending only on Boruto and Mitsuki. As for Boruto, he had been working with Mirai when he discovered the portal to the other realm. When the most difficult of missions arrived, it was often the two of them who would work together to complete it.
In the Valley
Mirai begins by reaching for her pocket, her speed of movement so great that it can be said to rival a Hokage's. As her hand comes out of her pocket, a triplet of kunai come with it. She begins a motion at her chest, ending it far to her side, throwing the kunai in a perfect straight line towards Sisto.
'What a joke' Sisto says in his own head.
The Colonel places his left foot behind him, using it as a pivot point for his entire body. He uses the muscles in his hip to move his entire body out of the kunai's path. Using this method, he uses minimal effort to maximum effect, avoiding any harm without losing too much energy.
As he dodges though, he keeps an eye on Mirai. Mirai, the granddaughter of the 3rd Hokage slams her foot into the ground, propelling herself quickly towards her opponent. The onlookers familiar with her fighting style instantly realise that her physical prowess has improved greatly. That is made obvious by the speed of her movement.
'Impressive speed' Sisto mentally praises her before raising his foot off the ground slightly. With a huge thud, he slams his foot into the ground, creating a dust cloud between himself and Mirai. As he runs around the side of the dust cloud he smiles, 'But, it will take more than physical prowess to match up to me'.
The blonde Colonel arrives around the other side of the dust cloud only to come to a shocking realisation. 'She is gone'.
He then hears footsteps from behind him. He hears them but he refuses to believe that he could be outmanoeuvred. She is there though, Mirai has run right around the dust cloud and caught up to him.
'What!'.
Mirai steps towards the Colonel. As she runs towards him he notices two distinctive energies in her right hand. On the left is a small tornado like energy, presumably representing the wind. On the right is a brightly burning flame, representing the fire her homeland is famed for.
As Mirai arrives at the Colonel's back, she combines the two energies together. It is timed perfectly and controlled masterfully. The moment her fist collides with his spine, the point of contact is the origin for an enormous explosion of red.
Sisto is knocked to the ground.
On the Hidden Leaf Hill
"She got him" Biwako smiles as she raises a fist, "It's a direct hit".
"I see" Boruto murmurs.
Shikadai looks to his childhood friend, his old classmate. "What is it, Boruto?".
"These guys have overwhelming power" Boruto begins, "But they are soldiers, not shinobi, in a game of blind spots and deceit, Mirai is going to win every time".
"That's to be expected" Tobirama smiles as he crosses his arms.
"Nevertheless, it is useful to know" Kakashi adds before thinking to himself, 'What exactly is Mirai's power'.
In the Valley
1…2…3…4…5…6…
Sisto gets back to his feet. His standing motion is not in the least laboured, instead it is leisurely and calm. This suggests to Mirai that he is behaving like many do in sports, he is making the most of the ten-count permitted to him before getting to his feet.
"Not bad" the Colonel smiles as he dusts himself off, "I don't remember anyone from this world with such raw power".
The smile becomes less cheerful, instead it is awkward, reluctant, as if he had just received some bad news that he had expected. "It seems that I can't afford to hold back against you".
Once again Mirai gathers her explosive power in her hand.
"Still" he continues, "It would be a mistake to assume that I fear you".
Mirai ignores the ramblings of her opponent, instead deciding to try a new method of increasing her speed. She sends chakra to the bottom of her feet, two natures combine, wind and fire mesh into an explosive power. That power launches her towards Sisto at even greater velocities than previously.
Sisto finally uses his power to retaliate. A clear blue orb appears in his hand and he quickly swings it towards the approaching Mirai.
She is an experienced shinobi though, she doesn't understand her opponent's power but she does understand the flow of a fight. This is an attack that she can counter. She gathers her explosive power on her fist and punches the orb as hard as she can.
BANG!
A small dome of red and blue forms around the duo, lasting a few seconds before it finally dissipates. This dome is something you would expect to see in the 4th great shinobi war, when Jinchuriki clashed with Kage and the warriors of legends. Yet, here it is, Mirai has managed to generate such power by herself.
'That explosive power of yours truly is incredible. I didn't think something like that was possible for chakra users'. A deep impression is left upon the Colonel by this clash. 'However, you made an unlucky draw because my element is water'.
The situation is bad for the daughter of Kurenai and Asuma. She decides to put some separation between the two of them and fast. To achieve this, she gathers explosive chakra in both her left hand and her right before slamming them together. It's a non-fatal explosion with the sole aim of pushing them both away, as such the force from it is incredible.
Mirai lands on her back before quickly scrambling to get on her feet.
Sisto calmly slows himself by controlling the water behind him. Repeated blue waves crash against his ankles as he grinds to a halt.
On the Hidden Leaf Hill
Naruto shakes his head lightly, as he closes his eyes for a moment. "This is bad".
Hinata nods in agreement with the man whom she shared children, "It's bad luck that Mirai was drawn against the worst possible opponent".
"The most fundamental part of her power is her incredible fire chakra" Himawari notes as she strains her Byakugan to the limit, "But her opponent uses water".
Contrary to everyone else though, Hiruzen remains calm. No, that is understating his emotions, he smiles at what everyone perceives to be his granddaughters struggles. "Our training is about to finally become useful".
"Useful…".
"What do you mean sensei" Tsunade questions.
"While creating, explosions is the greatest of her abilities, that in itself is not Mirai's power" Hiruzen then turns to Naruto as he explains, "Her power is something far more incredible".
In the Valley
Sisto holds his two hands towards the centre of his chest as water gathers between them. "Here we go". He thrusts his hands out before him, launching the water towards Mirai in a high-pressured beam. High-pressure is understating the power of the attack, this could easily cut an average shinobi in half.
Mirai takes a deep breath. 'Just keep calm and focus. Focus on combining them together'.
Mirai places her hands out before her before bashing them into the high-pressure beam. The moment of contact is enough for her hands to receive several bruises, she lets out a guttural groan as she pushes against the unstoppable force.
At least it seemed to be an unstoppable force.
But then it is stopped.
The entire beam freezes.
'WHAT!' Sisto yells internally once again.
Mirai wastes no time upon seeing an opening. She leaps into the air before landing on the frozen beam. She uses her explosive power to shoot herself along the low-friction surface. Reaching the end of the beam, the golden opportunity arrives, she kicks Sisto right in the head.
Despite the enormous momentum with which Mirai executes the attack, Sisto only stumbles backwards.
Mirai lands after sliding off the end of the beam, still not hesitating though, she executes another attack. This time is also a great surprise to everyone, her hand stretches towards Sisto and from her palm it launches.
She throws lava towards him.
The Colonel dares not test himself against this attack, he leans backwards, holding his entire body weight with his legs as he looks up at the attack flying over him. After a moment, he regains his balance and plans on running towards Mirai. He cannot run though. His feet are stuck.
Mirai has turned the ground beneath him to mud.
'Not good!'.
Amongst the commotion, what he had failed to realise was what Mirai herself was doing. Standing right in front of him her fist glows an extremely bright orange colour.
"Focus it all…" she begins.
Sisto starts as he realises what she is doing.
Mirai then yells, "INTO ONE POINT".
BANG!
As Mirai's fist connects with her opponent's chest, the flames spread through his body. Sistovisibly spits up some blood while a thin layer of flames diffuses through his skin. The power of this blow is truly incredible.
On the Hidden Leaf Hill
Naruto doesn't know what to think upon seeing Mirai's flurry of attacks. 'I thought it was a kekkai genkai or some power unique to her. Yet, that isn't true, the attacks she just did must have all been results of fusing elements together'.
His contemplation continues as he massages his temples, 'That isn't possible though. You cannot fuse chakra together just through practice, certainly not in the period of one month. Explosions, Ice, Lava, Mud, that's four combinations she just created. That isn't possible'.
"Incredible…" Sarada breathes out with a look of awe on her face.
Boruto nods, "Yeah, she toasted him completely and utterly".
Mirai smiles as she watches Sisto stumble from one foot to another. 'Go on, fall down, your lungs, your heart, your liver, they are all burnt. You won't be getting up again'.
Just as she is confident that he is going to fall. Something defies her expectations.
A blue aura appears around Sisto.
He regains his footing.
He takes a deep breath.
"I've cooled my insides using water but that was damn close".
Mirai's eyes widen as she realises just what she is up against. 'What is this power?'.
On the Hidden Leaf Hill
Tobirama unfolds his arms. "Brother, Naruto…".
Hashirama nods, knowing what this is about. "That's just like the power he used against us".
The one Hashirama is thinking of is Peterson. Colonel Peterson had used a similar power when battling Naruto and Hashirama, though in his case his aura constituted largely of static electricity and the occasional arcing bolt of lightning.
This Colonel, Sisto, his aura appears to be made from water, in keeping with his power that he had used in his base form.
"A power amplifier" Naruto concludes.
The Invader's Hill
Clyde lowers his head. 'What will you do now'.
'The elemental cloak is a power boost beyond your imagination.
'It is not something that can be understood by the people of this world'.
A smile then creeps onto the General's face as he raises his head to look at the opposite hill.
'Having said that…'.
In the Valley
"Now what will you do" Sisto teases Mirai, "You must be able to feel that my power is far greater than yours".
When he had expected Mirai to cower in fear though, instead she steps forward.
"There is a legendary man from our world, a man you killed but the rest of us looked up to".
"That man was the 7th Hokage and he taught us the greatest lesson we were ever to learn…".
Stopping short of teaching the lesson. Hiruzen's descendant hits the ground with her foot, her explosive power launching her towards her opponent.
'Bluster all you want' the Colonel snorts his disapproval, 'If this is the limit of your power I can kill you in one hit'.
Mirai stops just short of Sisto before a thick white gas escapes from her mouth. This gas is quickly identified as gaseous water by all the onlookers. This is steam. In a moment of desperation, the shinobi has revealed yet another product of elemental combination.
The blonde man looks left and right, 'Where are you Sarutobi Mirai'.
Several explosions occur around him, from all sides. Whatever Mirai is doing, she is doing it to hide her position. That is why she creates several sites for her explosions to occur. When the steam finally clears, she has escaped from everyone's sights. Everyone but one man, stood on the invader's hill.
Sisto finally looks up into the sky above him. Seeing that Mirai is indeed above. 'She used the explosions to propel herself upwards'.
Mirai plummets towards Sisto.
She gathers as much explosive chakra as she can. The fire burns so brightly that the sky turns red and the wind roars so fiercely that the air seems to roar its warning towards the grounded soldier.
On the Hidden Leaf Hill
Shikadai gasps. "What amazing chakra, is this sort of thing even possible".
Hinata notices the flaw in Mirai's attack. "If she uses all that chakra at once, won't she be immobilised".
Naruto's eyes nearly bulge from his head as he comes to a realisation. "It doesn't matter" he proclaims.
"Naruto…".
"She is in the air above her opponent" Naruto explains as he points at Mirai, "The explosion will force him down into the ground".
He turns to Hinata as he finishes, "It doesn't matter if she is down for the count after this attack".
"She will have immobilised him first. He will have been down for ten seconds first".
"Mirai will win!".
In the Valley
Sisto is trembling with fury. "YOU" he yells up to his falling opponent.
"He taught us to never give up!" Mirai screams, finishing her lesson from before, "Take this!".
As the hidden leaf shinobi swings her arm down towards the Colonel, an earth-shattering explosion spreads from the valley. The ground itself shakes as various stones and boulders are ripped apart by the spreading flames. This attack is similar to a tailed beast bomb or a massive rasengan in power. Though, ironically for an explosion, it is much more concentrated, such is Mirai's control.
As debris flies towards both of the onlooker's hills, the Hokages and the Colonels rush to protect their subordinates.
Finally, the dust clears revealing what the Hokages had hoped for and the Colonels had feared.
Both fighters are down.
The Hidden Leaf Hill
"He's down!" Biwako shouts at the top of her lungs.
"She did it" Hiruzen tightens his fist as he looks on, his pride written clearly on his face.
"So long" Sarada mutters, "We waited so long without being able to defeat a Colonel and now… Mirai has brought one down before our very eyes".
In the Valley
1…2…3…4…5…
Mirai unable to move, consoles herself in her head. 'I don't care what I have done to myself, you're finished Sisto'.
6…7…
Then she gasps.
On the Hidden Leaf Hill
Boruto shakes his head, "That's impossible".
In the Valley
8…9…10…
The ten second mark passes.
And Sisto is on his feet.
"I guess that means I win then" the Colonel smiles.
The first match, is the hidden leaf's loss.