chapter 5: Knocked into the Ground: part 2
Ballik had Lophin pinned to the ground. Lophin had stopped screaming and even stopped struggling; he was not dead but he wouldn't move. Then Ballik noticed that the blood oozing from Lophin's wound was coming out in bubbles, meaning that it was literally boiling...He noticed that Lophin's veins were beginning to become more prominent and his chakra holes, normally completely blocked, were being forced open one by one. Then Lophin let out a yell, accompanied with such a force of chakra that Ballik was blown seven feet away. Lophin stood up, swaying a little with chakra encircling him. His veins became black, his eyes the equivalent of the summons. Strain was placed on all of Lophin's muscles, and from his fingers and toes burst claws, skin and blood spurting everywhere. His teeth grew into fangs and his white and brown hair turned completely white. Then he used his chakra to create a fist and hurled it at Ballik. The Hokage simply dodged this by leaping, but a chakra kick preceded Lophin's first attack. This he just barely dodged. Suddenly, he saw Lophin in the air above him readying two arms of chakra for a cross-slash. which was once again dodged. Then the unexpected happened...Lophin used his chakra to create a temporary platform and jumped off of it, soaring over Ballik and coming down with a double chakra fist maneuver. Lophin sprang off of his still clenched hands and used another chakra platform to catch Ballik off guard, and nail a punch across Ballik's chin. Ballik's feet once again left the air for an increased period of time, Ballik himself landing on Lophin's roundhouse kick. The defeated Ballik crumpled on the ground, whimpering at the frightful force, but this didn't last long as human flesh is only so elastic...
The rest of the anbu squads arrived just in time to see the fate of their leader. Enraged they charged in with a Metal Thunder Dragon jutsu. Every single attack missed, Lophin disappearing. They were about to leave when they noticed blood trickling about two ninja in the rear. They turned in time to see them split perfectly in half, blood forming massive puddles on the ground, organs all in perfect cross-sections...Then the responsible demon charged at a startled ninja, hitting him in the chest, his ribs shattering upon contact. Lophin pushed off of this into a few aerial spins, kneeing another anbu ninja in the neck, combining it with a deadly blow from behind to the skull on his return trip. Lophin began forming hand seals and shouted "Fire Style, Flamethrower Jutsu!" and instantly a flame burst from his outstretched hand, incinerating all who were still too rattled to form a chakra shield.
"Demon Jutsu, Metal Claws!"
Chakra compacted around Lophin's claws, making them pure steel. He then launched himself into the chests of two ninja, repeating his action until his hands met flesh. Only four ninja were left, and they were finally ready to combat this deadly new opponent. However, they were much too late...
Lophin used the rest of his birthright to launch two powerful chakra blasts at his opponents, knocking them into and through fifteen trees in Konoha's forest. Now thoroughly exhausted, Lophin collapsed and reverted to his normal form. All but his mask and summoning seal healing were removed. The mask he had to fix himself when he awoke the following morning, but the seal would not heal...
The villagers became wary of Lophin, even though the monstrosities they saw had no connection with Lophin's appearance or status in Konoha. Still they did recognize that he was gone during the whole period of the massacre and did not appear again until the following morning. This put Lophin in even an even more secluded state, something that Lophin was enjoying; well at least for now...