Episode 69: The Suicide Division
All of Squad Eleven were extremely tired, having to battle several people in a row without a break.
Kenpachi walked over. "So is that it?"
They all turned to him. "Sensei..." Mumbled Ikkaku.
"Is there anyone that hasn't been tested yet?" Kenpachi reworded.
"No, everyone did." Said Rinji. "A few of them got kicked out, but not much."
"Good. Now I'm going to describe our battle strategy. To avoid as many casualties as we can- we're going to group people into groups of two. You will not pick your groups yourselves, Rinji will pick them for you- based on what he thinks will create a good combo. The only thing I have to say is that I'm going to be on Rinji's team, and Ikkaku and Yumichika are going to be on a team."
"Alright..." Rinji said. "The first group is Akagi Miyoshi and you." He pointed to a young man with black hair with white streaks, and he had green eyes. He was wearing a red T-shirt, and black pants. He had a black cape draped around his shoulders. He proudly brandished the Hidden Cloud symbol on his forehead.
Akagi walked up to him.
"The name's Kazuo." He told her.
"Don't leave yet..." Rinji cleared his throat. "The next team is..." He pointed to the guy who kept talking, and then he pointed to a Stone Shinobi.
The guy that kept talking was wearing a black shirt with torn sleeves, and black pants with grey stripes. His hair was wild and purple. He suffered from Heterochromia iridum*, his right eye being green, and his left being red. He had a grin on his face. He was wearing a Mist Headband, that was tied around his thigh.
The Stone Shinobi looked less than pleased. He had brown eyes, and spiked black hair. He was wearing a brown flak jacket that had short red sleeves.
The man with mismatching eyes walked over to the Stone Ninja. "ey, dude. My name's Takeda Shiken. What's your damn name?"
"Moritaka Nishika."
"And the last two of you are a team as well. Your teams do not include your personalities or your Villages. Your personalities might clash and your Villages might be enemies- but you will work together." Rinji paused. "If you cannot put aside your differences... you'll die. Simple as that. Talk with your teammate. Tell him your Jutsu, rank, your name, and your weaknesses."
"We have a zero tolerance for stupid." Kenpachi said. "You guys act like idiots, and I'll cut you in half. That's all there is to it."
Takeda and his partner were standing in front of each other.
"I already said my name. So what I do is I've got this cool mutation and it makes my Fire Style purple. A side effect of this is my eyes are different colors, but there's no damned ill-effects. I'm a Chunin back at the Mist, and I'm an Eighth Seat here."
"Moritaka Nishika. Jujutsu and Muay Thai. Special Chunin** and Sixth Seat."
"My name is Akagi Miyoshi. I am an ANBU, so I am good at a lot of things. I specialize in swordsmanship, Summoning Jutsus, and Medical Ninjutsu. I'm an ANBU and now I'm a Fourth Seat."
"Kazuo Matsuki... it's surprising that you're only a Fourth Seat. I'd think that you'd be at least Third Seat. Why don't you challenge the Third Seat and take his position?"
Akagi looked him in the eye. "I'm not sure what game you're playing, or why you're playing it. But I won't be a pawn to you. If you try to do something like that again, I'll kill you. Now go on to state your Jutsu and your rank."
He paused for a moment. Damn it, it didn't work. He thought. "I do Wind Style. My rank is a Genin and a Tenth Seat."
The two other people were leaning against the maze wall. The one was a man with blond hair, and a cowboy hat. He had the Sand head piece stitched into his hat, and he wore the standard Sand Flak jacket. He had a black scythe at his back.
The other was a woman had blue eyes and long brown hair. She was wearing a Leaf Headband, which kept the hair out of her eyes. She was wearing a black and white uniform, with a silver flak jacket. "What's your name?" She asked.
"My name's Yari Hiduga. You?"
"Hirako Aikawa. What's your Jutsu?"
"I use a scythe."
"I have a chained sickle. What's your rank?"
"Jonin and Seventh Seat."
"I am a Genin and a Ninth Seat."
"Ninth Seat and a Genin. You must be pretty freaking weak. Don't drag me down when we're fighting."
"We're only two ranks apart."
"Heaven and Hell are only two realms apart. That mean they're the same thing? Just stay out of my way and we'll work together fine."
Ikkaku and Yumichika were talking, when Kenpachi dropped down to their side. "Go around and tell all of the groups that they can return home once they're finished talking. The Allied Shinobi Forces officially meet next week."
The next week, everyone received a new headband, with the kanji for Shinobi on it (忍).
All of the Shinobi were lined up. Rather quickly, arguments spread. Weather it was about Sasuke attacking Killer B, the Sand attacking the Leaf, previous wars, the Hyuga incident, the Mist creating the Akatsuki, or just about anything else. Arguing turned into fist fights.
Kenpachi growled. He widened his footing, and he drew his sword.
"Kenpachi, don't hit anyone." Tatsuzo warned.
Kenpachi pointed his sword out in front of himself, and lifted it above his head. He then gripped it with both hands, and slashed down.
Sickly yellow energy blasted from his sword, destroying a small mountain that was behind the Shinobi.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Kenpachi roared. "The Kazekage has something to say. So I suggest you shut your mouths or I'll personally kill every one of you."
"Thank you, Kenpachi." Gaara said.
Kenpachi nodded.
"In the name of gain and profit for one's nation and village... Shinobi have hated and hurt each other for many years. From the First to Third Great Ninja War- and all of the conflicts in between. All of that hatred cried out for power- thus I was born. In the past I was hatred, and a Jinchiriki. I hated this world and all it's people- and they hated me right back. I wanted to destroy them, and they wanted to destroy me. That's exactly what the Akatsuki is trying to do now- destroy everything."
Tatsuzo and Kenpachi exchanged looks, but said nothing.
"I was stopped by one Leaf Ninja. He cried for me. He cried for me, even though we were enemies! And he called me his friend, even though we had battled. He saved me. He saved me from myself. We were on opposite sides, but we were both Jinchuriki. We felt the exact same pain. THERE CAN BE NO HATE! There are no enemies now, there are only Shinobi. The same way that Naruto and I felt the pain from the Tailed Beasts, we all felt the pain from the Akatsuki! And if you still hate me for what I have done in the past... then you can face me after this war."
"The kid that saved us, is Naruto Uzumaki." Kenpachi said. "He's the Jinchuriki of the Nine Tails- he's the Akatsuki's goal. Even if you hate him, you must protect him- to protect the world. So as ninja, we need to unite. Take down the enemy, and then we can go back to being Leaf Ninja, Steel Ninja, or whatever Village you're from."
Kenpachi lifted his blade to the sky again, but he didn't slash down. "BY THIS BLADE! I SHALL DESTROY THE AKATSUKI!"
Everyone started cheering.
The next day, the Suicide Division headed out, all of them running towards the Akatsuki base.
"Hey, Kenpachi." Rinji asked.
"Hmm?" Kenpachi responded.
"What happened to your chakra?"
"Don't know what you're talking about."
"When you did your Kendo back there... your chakra turned yellow."
"It did? I didn't notice."
"Maybe I'm just seeing things."
"No, I saw it too." Ikakku spoke up. "It didn't make sense to me, so I asked Yumichika. What he said surprised me."
"Chakra tends to be colored light blue." Yumichika said. "When a Jinchuriki uses it's Tailed Beast chakra, their chakra will turn red. When an Uchiha unlocks Mangekyo Sharingan in both eyes, they can use Susanoo- and this technique is made of pure chakra. All Susanoo have their own unique color."
"I don't get your point." Kenpachi responded.
"I think your body absorbed some of that chakra from being exposed to it. When you battled Nine Tails Naruto, when you battled Susanoo Sasuke..."
"It didn't make sense to me. And it still doesn't."
"When you use your chakra, what do you think happens to it? It just disappears? Part of it is transformed into your Jutsu, and some of it gets wasted and it'll go up in the air. Breathing in the air around these for so long might cause one to absorb their chakra- if it doesn't kill you."
"Lots of people survived the Nine Tailed Fox's attack even though they were around him." Said Akagi. "It doesn't make sense that they wouldn't get the power, but Kenpachi would."
"I'm willing to bet that they didn't get very close, and if they did... they most likely didn't battle a Susanoo user. A combination of the two might cause Kenpachi to get his own chakra color." He paused a moment. "It's still only a theory, so take it with a grain of salt."
"Enough." Kenpachi ordered. "Thinking won't help right now. If you think in a battle, then you'll get distracted and die. We do not need any unnecessary casualties in this war."
"Unnecessary?" Asked Kazuo. "If there's necessary casualties, then there must be necessary casualties. What are they?"
"What a stupid question." Ikkaku said. "Obviously the enemy."
"I said enough. Stop talking. We run in silence from now on."
"Being as we were preparing for the war..." Tobi said. "We had no time to replace the dead Kisame. So who do we replace him with? The people that would best fit this role would be Zommari Rureaux for his brilliant speed, Szayelaporro Granz for his brilliance, Luppi Antenor for his extra limbs, and Yammy Llargo for his strength."
"Screw Luppi." Grimmjow said. "He's a tool, so I nominate Yammy."
"Yammy is probably the best thing we need, because of battle support." Harribel said.
"Hey, Tobi." White Zetsu said. "We've got a problem..."
"Kenpachi Zaraki along with the rest of Squad Eleven is on their way. He's also bringing Rinji Toichi and several other ninja that aren't worth mentioning." Black Zetsu finished.
"Damn." Tobi said. "Then we'll need to take the back door. Yammy, Grimmjow, and Ulquiorra will hold them off as long as they can. How many of them are there?"
"There's ten of them."
"We should also send Nnoitiria and Gin, then."
Gin opened one of his eyes for a second.
"Alright. I'll be sure to take out Kenpachi this time..." Gin lied.
"You better. You are an Akatsuki, Ichimaru. Do not dishonor us again."
The Akatsuki who weren't involved teleported away, and Yammy was teleported over.
"What the hell?" He growled. "What do you guys want?"
"You are now an Akatsuki." Ulquiorra explained. "We are now waiting for an attack lead by Kenpachi Zaraki." Ulquiorra had large black wings, and he wore no clothes, he didn't need to. He wasn't a human, but he was humanoid. He had a white chest, and a black mark running down his chest. His waist down was solid black, and he had black arms as well. He had black hair, and golden eyes. He had white horns.
"Kenpachi, huh? This'll be fun." Yammy was tall, a massive man. He had orange hair, and he wore a white jacket.
Grimmjow smiled. "Yeah. It will." Grimmjow was wearing light white armor, and he had long blue hair. He had blue eyes as well, and he had elf ears.
"Hmm. I'm taking Kenpachi myself." Said Nnoitiora. "Get in my way and I'll kill you myself." Gilga was wearing a similar jacket to Yammy, but Gilga's was tighter on his chest. He had a crossed out Mist Symbol on his headband, he was the only one of them who had one.
"None of you take him lightly." Ordered Ulquiorra. "If you do, you'll be killed. And Lord Madara will be less than pleased."
Tatsuzo was running along side the Leaf's Might Guy.
"You know, my friend Kakashi was going to be the prime candidate for this position." Guy said.
"Sorry to hear that I'm the second choice."
"Not to worry. I battled Kakashi several times, and in a straight up battle I am on par with him. That means you're at least on our level."
"Right. I'll keep up with you, Might Guy. I've heard stories about the Green Beast."
"I cannot say the same."
"That's because I didn't want any stories about me."
Isane, and Machiko were preparing beds for the wounded.
"Miss Haruna..." Isane called.***
"Yes, Isane?"
"Have you ever been to a war before?"
"No. I haven't. Have you?"
"No... I'm worried... I don't know if I'll be able to see so many injured people."
"Well I have a strategy. When you see a room full of sick and injured people- make the room smaller. Start taking the people that are more seriously injured and have everyone else get closer together so you can see everyone- that way it seems like there's less people."
"Thank you, Miss Haruna..."
Machiko walked over to Haruna. "If the enemy attacks, you and I are the ones that'll need to take them down, right?"
"Yes. But other shinobi will be in and out, so they might be able to protect us."
"We cannot count on that, though. I have went through serious training with Tatsuzo Tekkan, one of the strongest in the Steel. You do not need to worry."
Sakura nodded. "Thank you, but I'll be able to handle myself."
Inoichi, Ino Yamanaka's father, was standing beside two steel ninja. Ayako Kujianja and Majikku Itsuki.
"Ayako, you're going to need to go to Darui's division, to commune back to me. Majikku, you're headed to Tatsuzo's division. Make haste, they're open for an attack."
The two of them nodded, and then took off.
He had already done that for the rest of the divisions, besides the Suicide Division.
Rinji's and Tatsuzo's former Genin- they were Chunin now- were waiting in the line for the battle. They were in the short ranged battle division.
"Yoichi." Said Daichi.
Ryu responded for him, with a hoot.
"Do you think we're ready for this war?"
"We're as ready as we can be. Don't think too much about it, because if you don't think you're ready- then you won't be ready. And if you're not ready, you'll get killed."
Ryu nodded in agreement.
"This would make a great scene for my manga..." Yozo mumbled, writting something in his hand.
"Seriously, Yozo?" Asked Kiku.
"What? I won't be able to write in my manga for the entire war. And that conversation inspired me. I can't help it."
"Hear that, Ryu? We're inspiring."
Ryu responded.
"No, that's a good thing. It means we're cool enough to model characters off of in a story."
"Stop talking." Ordered the woman who escorted the Tsuchikage. "I'm trying to concentrate."
"My apologies." Daichi said.
"Didn't you hear me! I said SHUT UP!"
"Okay, you don't have to yell." Yoichi said. "You're the one who wanted quiet."
She stopped, and so did the six of them- Ryu was still on Yoichi's shoulder so he wasn't moving anyway.
She sighed, realizing it wasn't worth the effort, and then darted forwards.
Despite her retreating from them, the three said nothing the rest of the trip.
Notes: *When your eyes are different colors. It's caused by lack of pigment in one of your eyes.
**In the show it was called Special Jonin, but I thought that made them sound like they were above Jonin level so I changed it to Special Chunin instead. In some subs they're called Tokubetsu Jonin.
***At this point I realized that Shizune was killed in the Pain Arc, but revived later. So the commander will be Sakura, no matter how much I don't think she's fit for this position.
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From now on, I'm going to put a list of the Akatsuki's current members in my author's notes, because I now that's sometimes hard to remember.
Akatsuki: Tobi, Zetsu, Yammy Llargo, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Tier Harribel, Gin Ichimaru, Ulquiorra Cifer, Nnoitra Gilga, Ywach Bach, and Kabuto Yakushi.
Takdesu: Coyote Starrk, Zommari Rureaux, Szayelaporro Granz, Luppi Antenor, NaNa Najahkoop, Ginjo Kugo, Riruka Dokugamine, Jackie Tristan, Shukuro Tsukishima, Yukio Hans Vorarlberna, Moe Shishigawara, Robert Accutrone, Lille Barro, Bambietta Basterbine, Bazz-B (Bazzard Black), Driscoll Berci, BG9, Candice Catnipp, Gremmy Thoumeaux, Cang Du, Berenice Gabrielli, Giselle Gewelle, Jerome Giselle, Jugram Haschwalth, Liltotto Lamperd, Guenael Lee, As Nodt, Sosuke Aizen(I'll address why he's so low on this list later), Mask de Masculine,
Shipata: Meninas McAllon, NaNaNa Najahkoop, Askin Nakk Le Vaar, Loyd Lloyd, Quilge Opie, Pernida Parnkgjas, Shaz Domino, PePe Waccabrada, Nianzol Weizol, Royd Lloyd (Loyd's brother), Lilynette Gingerbuck, Choe Neng Poww, Charlotte Chuhlhourne, Abirama Redder, Findorr Calius, Ggio Vega, Nirgge Parduoc, Emilou Apacci, Franceska Mila Rose, Cyan Sung-Sun, Tesra Lindocruz, Shawlong Koufang, Edrad Liones, Yylfordt Granz, Di Roy Rinker, Nakeem Grindina, Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio, Cirucci Sanderwicci, Santenbainne Mosqueda,
If any of these names seem unfamiliar to you, that's because I took all the Arrancar I could think of (aided by Wikia), manga only Sternritter, and Fullbringers. For future reference, I'm dropping the Shipata from the end of episode list, I was just putting that there so you knew who all was there.
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