Chapter 6: Invincible
"Sorry guys, but there's no food left in here. Some bastard must've stolen it," Sanji cussed as he looked through the fridge.
"Oh yeah, I forgot. I ate all the food because I was really hungry the night before the incident. But it tastes better when it's cooked, so Sanji make us something!" Luffy ordered in a carefree and clueless manner.
"YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD US SOONER!" Usopp yelled with an elbow to the top of the head. His head just absorbed the blow.
"HOW CAN I COOK ANYTHING IF THERE'S NO FOOD LEFT?!!?" Sanji yelled with a heel to his rubber face. "I should've just bought a new refigerator sooner…"
"We could've bought a lot of things with that gold…" Usopp replied in a depressed manner. "Stupid hole thingy. Because of it, Going Merry barely has any life left to go on and we lost basically everything that wasn't nailed down or really heavy, including the money we were planning to use to repair Going Merry…"
"Guys, don't worry. We'll get everything back in no time at all," Luffy cheered them up.
"How do you propose that, captain?" the cook asked as he lit up a cigarette.
"Easy. We just have to kick some ass and take back what's ours!"
"I guess we don't have to go far to get it then…," Sanji said softly after he took a secretive glimpse out of the window and caught sight of a dark figure passing by.
"An enemy's here?!?!?" Usopp panicked, "We have to fight somewhere else. Going Merry might not be able to handle it!"
"Why aren't they barging in already?" Luffy asked.
"Are you even listening to me, Luffy!?!?!?"
"I think they're trying to catch us off-guard or something and haven't realized we already noticed them. This is a perfect chance for us to get away from here. Act casually while walking out," Sanji stated quietly.
"Sanji, you're a GENIUS!" Usopp praised. "Luffy, that means double for you when it comes to acting casual!"
"Ah, how boring!"
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"I can hardly believe it. This map, everything, is so different. This has to be a joke…. How can we be in the middle of the Grand Line suddenly enter in the like between a huge mass of land? It's not possible…" Nami stated in a shock manner. Her mind was officially in a roller coaster of confusion. She had been examining this thing for hours and the more she looked at it, the more she was lost.
Sakura, who just entered the library a few minutes earlier, just pat her back to comfort her. "Well, Hokage-sama and I do have our views that you might have come from another continent that is very far from here. We have no information on it whatsoever, but we do know it exists, so it can be that."
"I…, I just need some fresh air…," Nami stated.
Sakura helped her up and both of them walked out of the library. Immediately as they exit, soldiers dressed in gold and green uniforms stood in front of them. Behind them lied many unconscious genin, chuunin, and jounin on the ground.
"Hand over the orange-haired girl now!"
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"Shizune-san, do you see anything about peculiar about this material found on her clothes?" Hinata asked.
Shizune further examined the mini-sized trace of fabric that they found on Robin's clothing with a magnifying glass. "This is definitely something I never saw, but that may not mean much since it may be common wherever you're from…. How about you take a look at it, Robin?"
Robin stepped over and looked at it in the same way Shizune examined it. "I doubt it. I never saw it before in my life. Even looking at it, you can see how much power it emits. It's overwhelming…"
"I guess that means we've reached a dead end," Hinata said with a sigh.
"Wait, maybe Hokage-sama might know something of this. We should go ask her. Come with me," Shizune said after a loud yawn as she stepped outside the lab.
"Shizune-san!" Hinata called, but was too late. The moment she walked outside, she was knocked out unconscious by surprise all too fast.
With her Byakugan, Hinata started analyzing the situation before the enemy would notice that there were more people in the building.
"Ojos Fleurs," Robin silently told herself after she crossed her arms. Eyes bloomed outside the laboratory they were in, and she began scanning the area. "There seems to be around 10 enemies near to us."
"12 to be exact. Four in the front, 6 in the rear, and two on the rooftop," Hinata corrected with her Byakugan still activated.
"What's the plan, Hinata-san?"
"I…, I don't know…"
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Zoro and Kiba were both breathing heavy. Both were exhausted, full of bruises and cuts, yet still had smirks on their faces.
"You sure know how to use your swords, huh?" he commented, while holding over a cut a little bit below his shoulder.
"You're not so bad yourself. I'll be glad to beat you down some more if it weren't for these guests," the green-haired swordsman replied.
"What a shame… Akamaru!" he called. With that, his pet partner jumped on top of his back, which was now parallel to the ground. "Juujin Bunshin! Shikyaku no Jutsu!"
Soon, both man and dog became two identical half-man, half-beast characters ready to show their worth.
"Heh, ninja tricks are pretty interesting," he noted to himself as he got into his Santouryuu fighting stance. "Nothing better than a good warm-up before we really get serious, huh?"
"You can bet you ass on that! Akamaru, let's go!"
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"Shikamaru! C'mon, hurry up!" Naruto called from outside his house.
"What do you want?"
"Training! It'll do the body good, so let's go."
"I never promised that I would train with you today…"
"Stop being so whiny already, and let's go. We should work on that secret jutsu better."
"That technique is a pain in the ass…"
"What? Well, whatever. Hurry up!"
"I guess the "pain in the ass" part came from his side of the table…" Shikamaru concluded before he decides to finally give in. "Fine, I'll be down in five minutes…"
"Fine. If you're not here in five minutes, I'm dragging you out!" Naruto warned with a smirk.
"Hai, hai…"
As promised, he came down at the time agreed. Once he exited, he felt something strange in the environment though.
"Shikamaru, you're lucky this time. It looks like our training session is cancelled."
"How troublesome…"
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"These assholes just keep getting back up," Sanji complained after he landed a double kick on the chest of the enemy. Another one came at him from behind, but the long-nosed partner managed to cover him in time.
"Hissatsu Kayaku Boshi!" Usopp shouted at the top of his lungs. His gunpowder star was slinged right to the forehead of the enemy with a small explosion on contact.
The enemy just stood there temporarily stunned. When he came to, a strong heel hit his face straight on, knocking him to the ground.
"These guys are so weak!" Luffy complained after he let loose a Gomu Gomu no Muchi, tripping over a set of enemies that surrounded him.
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Chouji stood there in the middle of town breathing hard, along with Shino and Ino by his side. Slowly, their fellow comrades fell due to exhaustion.
"I don't understand this. I'm absolutely positive that they aren't figures created by genjutsu, yet they stand back up after every single one of our attacks. It's impossible. Even Iruka-sensei gave out after attacking them over and over again," Ino said pessimistically. She knew well that she wasn't strong in ninjutsu or taijutsu as well as her comrades and her genjutsu didn't seem to have any effect at all on these soldiers. It would be only a matter of time before she would be defeated too.
A line of enemies rushed toward an unguarded Ino but Chouji jumped in front of her, ready to unleash an attack. "Bubun Baika no Jutsu!" He punched forward as it enlarged, unleashing a powerful strength of a Akimichi growing arm.
Another parade of enemies jumped from the rooftops toward the group. Shino quietly muttered, "Mushi Kabe no Jutsu…," and a wall of bugs shielded him and his comrades from their close-up attack, along with projectiles from the side. Next, he allowed a bug clone of himself to dash forward with a kunai, and started slashing the throats of the foes.
Soon, Chouji and Shino (and some help from Ino) were able to take care of all the enemies in their proximity.
"There are still more around the village. We should hurry," Shino suggested.
They prepared to take off, but before doing so, a kunai was thrown at them. Shino's bugs immediately gathered at his hand, into a ball shape and was thrown to neutralize the the attack. Ino complemented his block with three shurikens straight to the forehead of the enemy, killing him off.
The team looked around them and soon realized they were once again surrounded by the enemies.
"They just keep coming and coming…," Ino complained in an irritating tone.
"Don't worry, there has to be some limit to their troops. We just have to hang in there," advised Chouji.
Suddenly, Shino noticed something. "They're the same ones as from before…"
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Sakura ran forth and formed ten clones while doing so. An enemy tried to punch one of them, but his fist went straight through the clone. As soon as it touched the illusion, he was immediately met with a punching glove, coming out of Nami's Clima Tact, knocking him far back.
"Good job!" Sakura complimented.
"You can't survive on a pirate ship without at least knowing a few tricks," she boasted. Before she could say any more, 3 soldiers soon appeared before her.
"You're coming with us, ma'am."
"Like hell I will, you perverts!" she shouted. She then kicked one of them in the groin area, and pushed him into the other two. Then she made a run for it.
"Sakura, I'll leave the rest to you!"
5 out of the 15 men in the area ran after her. Sakura was about to stop them, but the other 10 quickly surrounded her. Sakura got into a fighting stance, preparing to take them on.
But before she can throw the first punch, a green swirl entered and knocked out three of them in one fell swoop.
"I will always protect, Sakura-san. That's my promise!" Rock Lee stated.
"Sorry to hurt your ego Lee, but…," she started. Next, she threw a mega punch right into the chest of the enemy, pushing him hard into another ninja, sending them flying back into a building. Next, she hopped onto the shoulders of another enemy, did a split to send two jaw breaking kicks to two enemies standing beside him, and topped it off with a strong elbow to the top of the head of the enemy she was standing on, sending him down quickly. "I don't need your help anymore."
Lee clapped his hands in amazement. As he stood there clapping, the remaining two enemies sneaked forth with kunais in hand and attempted to stab him. "Konoha Reppuu!" They dropped in no time at all.
"We should hurry. I'm afraid Nami might need our help," told Sakura. They were planning to run in that direction, but suddenly all of the the enemies stood back up again.
"How is that possible?" she asked in shock.
"It probably isn't," concluded Lee.
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Meanwhile, Kiba and Zoro kept throwing ultimate fatalities one after another, but the enemies kept getting back up.
"Their healing rate is even more impressive than Naruto's…."
"They aren't human," Zoro commented. "San-Jyuu-Roku Pondo Hou!" His sword blast attack connected, knocking five warriors down, in some cases, their heads were even blown to chunks. However, the enemies soon regenerated and fully recovered. "That just makes the game all the more fun, eh?"
"I guess so," Kiba replied with a smirk. "Gatsuuga!"
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Once Nami was pushed back to a dead end, she did the only possible thing she could do in the solution. She blindly started swinging her weapon around. Her hand was grabbed soon enough though, and the enemies just blankly glared at her.
"You're coming with us. And don't you dare resist any further, sweetie?"
"I don't think so!!!!!!" With that, a powerful, gravity induced axe-handle (folded fists smack from above) was slammed in to the head of the soldier. The other four guys backed away a bit on the entrance of a new fighter.
Nami smiled when she saw her furry comrade to her rescue. "Chopper!"
"Don't worry, Nami. Chopperman is here!!!!!!" He said loudly while still in his Heavy Point form.
"Huh?"
"I mean… So, Nami you should stay behind me. I can handle these guys by myself."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you then," she said.
The four immediately came in at him, and Chopper immediately threw a punch. The attack was evaded, and a double kick hit his chest, causing him to back-step a bit. Chopper countered with another punch, but they avoided that hit as well. They immediately went for another hit, but Chopper collapsed into his Walking Point in time to avoid as well. He rammed forth into the enemy's knee and combo'd it up with a devastating upper cut in his Heavy Point form.
The three men left pulled out their kunai and started aiming dozens of them at Chopper. Chopper was able to dodge many of the array of projectiles, while protecting Nami, with his quick transformations, but a weapon soon cut him across the shoulder, nearly hitting Nami as well.
"Chopper!"
"I'm okay… Don't worry, just three guys left," he re-assured.
Unfortunately, the two earlier KO'd enemies, got back up in their tip-top condition.
"What the hell…. How strong are they? How can we kill these guys if they can get back up even after your strong hits," Nami exclaimed.
Chopper immediately saw it in their eyes though. "They can't be that strong. They're already dead…"
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General Hayze was standing at the front gate of Konoha, while staring at the pile of dead and unconscious bodies. "After this, I should remember to take some of these brave shinobi home with me. They will be proud to serve for a new generation of power. It's only a matter of time before ninjas die off anyways…"
He then looked at his watch. "This took much longer than I thought it would. Oh well, I guess I'll have to send them in now."
Suddenly, seven guys appeared before him. "Where's Kane?" asked Hayze.
"He went on ahead," one of them replied.
"That brat's always off and disobeying orders. He's ruining the the morale of our team. General, you should dismiss him!" another complained.
"Now, you know Gaiyo wouldn't like that. He is his nephew afterall. Now, do you guys want some of the serum on you?"
"I don't intend on needing it."
"Same goes for the rest of us!"
"Proud men, are we? Now you guys do know that proud people are often found dead sooner than others on the battlefield, right?"
They remained silent.
"Very well, then. Do what you must. Bring back the Straw Hats at all costs."
In a gust of wind, the seven men disappeared without a trace.