Symone's scared eyes look to Nova in question as Nova states, "You're... the only... one left... to stop... his terror..." as he coughs up a large amount of blood, draining his remaining energy. "Shh!... Relax! Save your energy so we can get you help!" states Symone, but Nova declines, nodding his head side-to-side. "My wife... I thought I... I... could avenge... I failed... please... kill for her... for us. I don't wanna... die in vane like her. Let us... live in you..." hesitantly and painfully spoke Nova as tears fall from Symone's eyes as Renji and Nova watch on silently with sadness in theirs. "I'm gonna sleep now... Katrice... Please hold my hand until... I fall asleep... I love... you" stated Nova as he rested his head to the side, believing that Symone was his dear wife for a moment as Nova began closing his eyes slowly. A dumbfound smile of peace had risen from his lips as he drifted gently to his unfortunate death. Symone realizes he is now gone and begins weeping harder than before, taking out a chain and placing the ring Nova had given her just moments before on it, clipping it around her neck and keeping it as a necklace. Symone then stands as suddenly she is thrown by a devastating punch to the jaw as she slams powerfully in to a tree. "SYMONE!" yells Mikomi as Renji yells, "FUCK!" As he noticed Genburori standing in front of them with anger in his eyes.
Symone:
A Naruto Side-Story - "The Heart Of Rain"
Chapter
Twenty-Six: The Real War: Commenced!
With much intense speed and a lack of hesitation, Renji steps forward with an agile and persistent flurry of punches, aiming for Genburori, but Genburori had been dodging with an indomitable speed, not even being gently nicked by a single blow. Genburori looks calmly with intense movement as Renji's relentless attacks bring a smirk to his foe's face. Quickly, Mikomi jumps in and also starts delivering a flurry of his own punches. Genburori gets shocked for just a glimpse as Genburori then begins dodging both attacks, using more agility than before. Genburori swings his right leg towards the left, twisting his body away from a punch thrown by Renji as Genburori then plants his left hand on the ground, dodging an attack by Mikomi as Genburori then plants both hands on the ground, throwing his body up, delivering a kick with each foot in to both, Renji and Mikomi's jaw as they impact one another, falling down hard on their backs. Genburori then twists with his legs still in mid-air, turning his body forward, flipping himself up using his hands, planting both feet back on the ground as he stands before them, smiling with arms crossed. From a short distance, Symone is seen standing up from after being assaulted by Genburori as she looks on, seeing Renji and Mikomi laid upon the ground. Symone runs over to them as they stand up. All of them stand side-by-side in a fighting stance with one leg digging back into the ground with their opposite foot planted forward; forearms up. An intensity pierces through the eyes of the three fighters as their dissecting glance penetrates Genburori. "So, it seems you managed to make it quite far Renji. All of my men are now dead, and my strongest man had just died by my own hands. A fool that Nova was. From the start, I should of just taken everything in to my own hands and rid of all the parasites blocking me from my path of superiority. Renji... you made a mistake coming this far" spoke Genburori with an expressive smirk glazed on his lip as he strokes the hair on his chin. "You bastard..." silently spoke Renji out loud as now, Mikomi speaks, "Your fascist acts will be deceased when we're through with you. You will not conquer the goals you've set for yourself... and as for this countries Government... they'll be soon dealt with when we're done dealing with you". "...and who the hell are you? Some scumbag shinobi trying to be a hero?" replied Genburori. Mikomi stands straight, looking to Genburori as he himself replies to his words, "My name... is Kusa No Mikomi". "Kusa...? A grass-nin? You don't even have business to be here. Leave now... or YOU'LL be deceased" stated Genburori. "I'm here not only for a job, but it's my personal mission now to kill you, because to leave scum like you behind in this world to gallivant around with your idiotic ideals would be like dishonoring what my Sensei... Tsuchi-sama had taught me" replied Mikomi with an intense look of determination in his piercing emerald-like eyes. Genburori's eyes become stagnant with shock as he asks, "Did you just say... Tsuchi?!... As in Tsuchi... -Bo?". "Yes. I see you've heard of him. You should know my strength then" stated Mikomi as he smiled. "Heard of him? No... I know him. You can say I actually know him personally... considering he's my brother!" shockingly replied Genburori with widened eyes. Mikomi shockingly states "B-Brother!? Then... that means..." as he recollects thoughts from the past...
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!". The sound of a younger Mikomi seemed to be heard as he's shown punching a bag of dirt hanging from a tree branch, training as his Sensei seems to be watching on. "Very good, Mikomi. One thing though - When throwing your fist forward, when you make contact with the bag, you need to emit your chakra properly" spoke Tsuchi-Sensei. Mikomi replied, "Emit my chakra properly? How?" with a question that intrigued him. Tsuchi-Sensei walks over towards a large tree within the woodlands they seemed to make camp at as he glances back to Mikomi speaking, "Yes. When you make contact with the bag, the force and energy of your punch has an automatic dispatch of chakra, which is what happens every time someone uses their energy. To understand this, you must understand the concept of energy. Energy is created from heat of all kinds. Heat from electricity, or even the heat created from the core of a human's body. To manipulate that heat though, you must build up and expel the heat in proportion with an individuals limitations, and to do that, you must exert your individual limitations using some type of force... for instance, your punching. Every movement the body makes is an exertion of energy and build up of heat. Walking, running, swimming, punching, kicking... everything you can think of. If you understand this, you get a sense of knowledge to help dictate to yourself how to manipulate your energy, or chakra best by getting a feel for it". "A feel for my chakra?" asked Mikomi as Tsuchi replied, demonstrating his words, "Yes. Exactly. Imagine the energy laying in your core which is located within the pit of your stomach, and try focusing on the color it may be. For instance, I can see my chakra being a pigment of red, boiling in my gut. Try it out for yourself. Close your eyes and concentrate". "Yes, Sensei!" shouted Mikomi as he closes his eyes, placing his fingers in a seal to concentrate his chakra somewhat better. His eyes closed now, he imagines the pit of his stomach burning with an energy, trying to define the color of it. Struggling with his eyes clenched tight, he visualizes the innards of his stomach. An image of him racing towards the darkness is shown as an intolerable light bursts from the distance. Mikomi forces himself to concentrate still as the image reveals a hue of green around him. "My chakra is... green..." thinks Mikomi as he opens his eyes quickly, releasing the seal as he screams, "My chakra color is green!". "Green, you say? My, what a coincidence" spoke Tsuchi with a smile on his face as Mikomi asked, "A coincidence? But I thought you said your chakra's red?". "It is... it's just that... no one I've ever met... except just one... has ever had green chakra, and they had an unbelievable sense of power" replied Tsuchi as Mikomi asked with excitement, "Really!? Who else had green chakra!?". Tsuchi replied, "Well... I guess you can say that he's my brother". "YOU HAVE A BROTHER!? IS HE REALLY STRONG!?" asked Mikomi as Tsuchi-Bo Sensei replied, "Unbelievably strong. When we were younger... we would have this game we played. It was a game where we'd have to sneak on one another using our Ninpou(Ninja Arts) where we'd see who can sneak up on who and defeat the other. I believe the last records I recall before he left us was... 458 to 142". "Whoa...! So he actually managed to defeat you 142 times!? A-Amazing..." replied Mikomi, but Tsuchi butted in as he spoke, "Actually, Mikomi-kun... I'm the one who defeated HIM 142 times. He held the other record" as he smiled, closing his eyes as he looked down to the grass. Mikomi looks on nervous to ask about his brother as his eyes are widened. A sickening feeling was in his stomach as he thought, "If he was that strong that he could beat Tsuchi in general... even once... I'd be terrified just by that. I know of his past, except this is new to me... so for now, I'll just keep it quiet"...
"Man... it must be true... this IS his brother. I just assumed he was dead. I never thought in my life I'd meet him. How can it be... he seems much younger than Tsuchi-Sensei?" thought Mikomi, shown standing on the battlefield. "Well... This is quite the coincidence to know my older brother took on a student to make as weak as he was. His death couldn't of come any easier; dying from some shameless hired shinobi-da. I've actually heard about you... Mikomi-kun. You're the one that killed those goons after my brother died, aren't you?" spoke and asked in quite a cocky way. Mikomi's eyes become shocked as he yells, "HOW... HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL OF THIS!?" as suddenly, Mikomi thinks to himself, speaking yet again as he comes to a realization, "...No... don't tell me... you hired those scumbags!? BUT... HOW COULD YOU? HE WAS YOUR BROTHER! I KILLED THOSE NINJA'S THOUGH! HOW COULD YOU HAVE POSSIBLY KNOWN!?". "Well, fortunately, I had one of my own subordinates stalking the scene from a distance, and he saw something quite amazing before he ran off to give me the information on a little boy who freaked out and killed those scum. I guess in a way, I thank you. I never had to pay those worthless rogue-nin a dime because of you! Hahahaha!" spoke Genburori as he ended his statement of confidence with an ear-retching laugh. "You... YOU!... HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" screamed Mikomi in anger as he lashes forward at Genburori with such a speed that seemed to mimic that of his own. Genburori is shocked as a gentle breeze passes and whisks his shoulders as a quick crunching sound was heard. Genburori looks down with shock as he noticed he was pierced by a glowing shard of green chakra through the chest. Mikomi is seen standing behind him extending the chakra from his right hand with an angry piercing glare in his eyes. "Interesting. It seems this type of chakra materialized from the energy in the air rather than your own energy supply. This must be a Kekkai Genkai(Bloodline-Limit), eh?" spoke Genburori, completely ignoring the hole in his chest as his blood pours out, spurting all over the body of Mikomi. Mikomi's shocked face looks to Genburori as Mikomi quickly dematerializes the chakra he had formed and jumps back a bit, away from Genburori, trying to analyze the situation as to why he was able to sustain such a calm manner of speech. "How the hell could he be so at ease?" thought Mikomi. Genburori turns towards Mikomi, turning his back on Renji and Symone as they notice they can see one another through the gap in his chest. Genburori forms an easy hand seal and places his palm over his chest. "Revival!" yelled Genburori as the chakra that flowed on his own hands created from the seal forges a new cellular structure to maintain his damaged body and recreate the chest that had been pierced so widely by Mikomi's attack. Renji notices as he thinks to himself, "He... he just regenerated using medical ninjutsu!?". "So I see. You know medical ninjutsu, huh? Unfortunately for you, medical ninjutsu is annoying, yet easy to get around. Eventually, your chakra shall burn out" spoke Mikomi as Genburori smirked, replying as he said "That so? You know me all so well, eh? Did you know my chakra can grow to my bodies full potential in a matter of seconds? I don't need long rest, food, or water to regain my power like typical shinobi, thanks to a Kekkai Genkai I stole from a ninja in the Rock country several years ago. It's similar to your Kekkai Genkai, except forming a temporary flow of external chakra from the energy in the air, my body on the other hand actually absorbs that energy in the air through my pours and fills up my chakra limit to maximum as soon as I dispel even a little, or the whole lot of it. Basically, I can restore my life when near death any time I want, and have 100 of my chakra at a constant consecutive rate without dithering it by even the slightest margin!". "You... you absorb the Kekkai Genkai of ninja, and that in itself is your own Kekkai Genkai!?" asked Mikomi in shock as Renji is seen swallowing hard with a tad of fear in his eyes as he thinks to himself "Unbelievable...". Genburori replies, "Correct, and now that we know all there is about one another, shall we begin this one-sided fight on my behalf? I have places in Amegakure to go to you know". "You think I give even the SLIGHTEST SHIT where you have to go, you BASTARD!?" yelled Renji as he darts forward at Genburori. Mikomi's eyes get shocked for a moment as he noticed Renji charging at full speed as he follows from the other side, darting towards him as well. Genburori holds both arms out with each palm facing Renji and Mikomi as he screams, expelling a lot of chakra at the both of them, knocking them down a bit to avoid the double-sides attack. Genburori darts towards Renji with his fist clenched as he pounds it deep in to the Earth. "Toonrai No Jutsu!(Distant Thunders Technique!)" yelled Genburori as he embeds chakra in to the ground, cracking it for nearly three-hundred feet as large bolts of thunder-like chakra flies from out of the ground, shooting upwards towards Renji, but thankfully, Renji had avoided it by jumping just high enough to avoid the technique. Symone was also in danger by the jutsu as it nearly reached her, but thankfully for her as well, she jumped just high enough to avoid the electric chakra currents. "Teh!" angerly displayed Genburori's face as he sighed in disgust. Suddenly, Genburori is kicked over to the side, skipping along the now shattered Earth as he stops himself by flipping backwards as he looked forward, seeing Mikomi standing there in his Taijutsu stance. "Hmm..." sighed Genburori as suddenly, Mikomi chased forward with such a speed towards Genburori, but suddenly had stopped. Genburori's eyes look on curiously as he tilts his head to the side, seeing Renji and Symone land on each side of him. "Hahaha!" laughed Genburori as he knew he had just been set up in a trap as he's fully surrounded now; his eyes closed and face tilted downwards as Mikomi whisks his hands around one another, clapping them together, and then holding them forward as he uses his Kekkai Genkai to manipulate a jutsu as he screams out, "Ninpou: Aoao No Kakera Jitsugen No Jutsu!(Ninja Arts: Fragments of Green, Materialization Technique!)" as the air around Genburori seems to glow with chakra shards, as Mikomi manipulates them to swarm at Genburori with high speeds, impacting him with what seemed to be a limitless supply of chakra currents in the air. Symone then joins in on the assault as she forms a quick hand seal herself, screaming out, "Ninpou: Tou Renda No Jutsu!(Ninja Arts: Sickle Barrage Technique!)" as she holds her right wrist forward with her left hand as she launches a barrage of incredibly large chunks of chakra-embedded ice that seemed to pour furiously out of her palm towards Genburori. Renji now joining in, as he hurls a few dozen tag-bomb shuriken from his holster tied to his leg, creating a huge explosion that shook the area, cracking the Earth even deeper than Genburori had before. Screams from Genburori were heard for a moment as Mikomi halts his attack, as does Symone. A cloud of dust had covered the area as they await to see what they find as it begins to slowly clear. Renji looks on as well with tightened curious eyes. A wind sweeps over the area, dragging the dust with it as Genburori is shown in a bloody, crippled mess inside a huge crater. Genburori laughs with a pain in his voice as he states, "So... the girl has one hell of a Kekkai Genkai as well. It... seems as though... I now have two new Kekkai Genkai's to acquire here today. H-how... unfortunate for you guys". "From the looks of it, it doesn't look like you'll be acquiring anything except more of a beating if you don't stop your ways" stated Symone as she walks towards Genburori's body. Renji yells over to Symone, "Symone! Get back! You don't know if this is a trick!". "He's right, don't move any closer, Symone!" yelled Mikomi. "I'll check the fool out for myself just to be safe" stated Renji as he walks past Symone and to the body of Genburori. He looks down to Genburori as Genburori states, "A trick? I'd never do such a thing!" as he laughs. Renji looks on curiously as he places his hand in his holster, discarding a paper bomb as he twirls it around his hand, throwing it down on to Genburori's body as he jumps back a bit. Suddenly, the explosion is set off as it rocks the area a bit. More debree from the rock particles spray out in to the air as the wind quickly sweeps it away yet again. Renji jumps back over to the crater, noticing nothing but a pool of blood remained in the crater. Renji smirks and sighs as he says, "For once, the fool was right. It wasn't a trick after all. Ha!". Suddenly, what looked like a huge rib bone shot out from the ground and was aimed at Renji. Renji noticed it and swayed to the side, but it seemed it was too late, lacking the time to notice another rib bone shot out from the other side as it pierced Renji through the abdomen, failing to notice the first one was just a quick distraction. A sickening sound was heard when the bone had pierced Renji as the blood sprayed every where. Symone and Mikomi looked on in complete shock, alarmed as to what just happened, as it seemed quite unexpected to them. "RENJI!!!" yelled Symone. Renji's left eye closed tightly as he tilts the other to the side, seeing Genburori pulling himself up from the ground as he minimized the extension of his rib bone that seemed to be protruding from his own chest, smacking himself in to the body of Renji as his rib bone still is seen slightly piercing him. Genburori is now shown up against the back of Renji, whispering in his ear, "You're far too naive to be a ninja... fool" as Genburori absorbs his rib bone back in to his chest. He then pushes Renji forward with his right hand as Renji just hits the ground hard in a bloody, ferocious mess. "Shit! Renji!" yelled Mikomi as Genburori is then quickly shown kicking Renji away from the area. Renji's battered and emotionless body just skips along the ground like a rag doll until being pounded by a large nearby stone, breaking his leg on the impact as the cracking was heard quite loudly. "Now that I got the trash out of the way, it's time to focus on what's truly important now... your Kekkai Genkai's!!!" stated Genburori.
The battle began with one hell of a start, and it seems that one shinobi on the team of good is down already! Genburori's original mission seemed to fail for the most part, but it seems he has his eyes set on a whole new mission! The mission to conquer not an outskirt village for the Government, but a mission to conquer two new Blood Limits! Will this menacing man that seems more like a God EVER be able to be stopped, or will he end up finishing what he now has his fierce eyes set upon?