Hibiki's clone continued through the forest in his attempt to retreat from Vegeta; a struggling Boruto still squirming in his grasp to escape. The boy tried using every bit of strength he had, but despite Hibiki's fragile frame, his grip on the boy was like a snake coiled around its prey.
Desperate, Boruto used the only option he had left. With a slight of hand, he equipped a kunai from his backup ankle pouch and slashed at the clone's side. Hibiki cried in pain and lost his balance on a tree branch, causing him to fall off the branch and hit the ground; the fall allowing Boruto to break free. The boy got up off his knees and holstered his blade.
"I'm sorry, Hibiki. I had to. I gotta go back and help you guys!"He insisted.
With a push of his legs, Boruto attempted to return to Naoto and the real Hibiki and assist them against Vegeta, but the clone got back up and grabbed the boy before he could hit his top ninja speed.
"Boruto, no! It's too dangerous! You need to let us handle this!" Hibiki urged while trying to hold the boy.
"Come on! I can't just leave you guys to that freak! Gah! Man, your clones are way more durable than my dad's!" Boruto yelled as he struggled to break free.
Despite his fragile frame, Kohaku's strength was surprising to say at least. No matter how much Boruto squirmed, he couldn't break free from Hibiki's hold. However, Boruto Uzumaki was never one without a plan. Because before he hit the ground, he had made a hand sign for his Shadow Clone Jutsu and spawned it up in the trees so Hibiki couldn't see it.
And now was the time to use it. The boy made a motion with his free arm, clearly a signal for the clone to understand, then the copy hopped down from the trees above and slashed Hibiki in the back with a kunai knife. The clone of Hibiki then turned all black and dissipated into a murder of ravens that flew away into the air, freeing Boruto at last. After that, Boruto's own clone vanished into smoke since it was no longer needed.
"Man, these Drive clones can take a licking. But I can't think about that now. Gotta get back there and help them!" Boruto said to himself.
He was about to hop back into the trees above, but heard a sound and stopped. It sounded like a stick breaking. The boy turned to his back and noticed that a pair of bushes were rattling.
'That's weird. What is that? An animal?' He wondered.
Curious, Boruto quietly picked up a rock and tossed it at the bushes like a throwing star. The rock made a thud sound as it hit something.
"Ouch!" Cried a high-pitched voice.
'Ouch..?'
Not an animal... Then, as if on cue, popped out a young boy, looking to be about ten years old. His hair was spiky and slicked back, like he was on a roller coaster, and bleached a bright white. His eyes were odd colors. A black left, and a red right. He was also wearing a black denim jacket with a purple t-shirt along with black baggy pants with a chain hanging off them. Add on the climbing pick attached to his right leg, he looked like a miniature Ragna… If Ragna also had a white monkey tail.
"OK, WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR, YOU DOUCHEBAG?!" The boy wailed.
Sounds like him too...
Boruto jumped at the sudden outburst from the child and almost fell on his behind. The smaller child leapt out of the bush and ran towards Boruto in sheer anger. So much anger that his whole face was covered in veins. The child was now directly in front of Uzumaki, staring right into his scared face with those furious odd eyes.
"Whoa! Hey, sorry! I just thought you were like bear or something! Honest!" Boruto anxiously apologized.
The boy only squinted his eyes and got right up in Boruto's face.
"Ohhhh. So you think I look like a bear, huh? This face, does it look like a bear's? TELL ME, WHISKERS! IS IT?!"
Boruto was now sweating buckets from his nervousness. This boy seriously seemed violent. One wrong word and he could end up taking that climbing pick right into his gut.
"Um... N-no..?" He hesitantly replied.
After that the boy exhaled in frustration, then turned around to face the other direction, not bothering to acknowledge Boruto.
"Fine. Apology accepted. You're just lucky I'm in a good mood." The kid said angrily.
'Good mood..? If this is his good mood, I'd hate to see him in a bad one.' Boruto thought.
He was curious as to who this child was. Judging from his clothes, he's definitely not a shinobi, or from any village he knew. And why was he holding a climbing pick for a weapon? Odd choice. So Boruto decided to see if he could find out more about him... At the risk of getting knocked out.
"Ok... Well, I'm... Uh... I'm Boruto... Uzumaki. What's you're name..?" He carefully spoke, not wanting to say anything that could anger this frightening boy.
The child didn't reply for at least ten seconds. Even if he was turned around, Boruto could tell he still had that scowl on his face. Finally, the boy spoke.
"It's Nathan. Nathan Redgrave."
Boruto could finally breath. He thought for sure he was gonna die or something. He had no idea what could set the guy off.
'Hold on. 'Nathan'? What a strange name. I've never heard of anyone named 'Nathan' before.' Uzumaki wondered.
If you find that strange, that is because the culture of this Earth is more resemblant to East Asian countries, such as Japan. So an english name is extremely uncommon here.
"Alright... What village are you from?"
"...None."
"Where'd you get the... unusual clothing?"
"American Eagle."
"Huh? Am-er-i-can? What does that mean?"
"Dude, what is this?! Twenty questions?!"
Nathan's snap made Boruto jump in fright. Though that only irritated the boy more.
"I ain't gonna hurt you, you idiot. I just don't have time to talk. I gotta find somebody, and quick." Nathan explained.
Boruto eased up.
"Oh. Are you looking for your mom?"
...
...
"THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY?! "LOOKING FOR MY MOM"?!"
'Oh crap! I angered 'it'!' Boruto mentally panicked.
Nate reached for his climbing pick and clicked a button on the side of the hilt. Suddenly, the pick began to both change shape and increase in size immensely. The weapon's hilt was now twelve feet long with a hollowed, four foot long, blood red crescent blade on the end. With just a click of a button, Nate's pick had transformed into a massive scythe three times his own size!
Poor Boruto was left catatonic from both witnessing the transformation of the boy's weapon, and the fact that the child was able to hold such a huge weapon with just one hand.
'HOLY CRAAAAAAP! HOW DID HE DO THAT?! HOW CAN HE EVEN HOLD THAT HUGE THING?!' Uzumaki mentally screamed.
Nathan got right up in Boruto's face with the point of his scythe right up against the ninja's adam's apple, drawing a small amount of blood from the cut skin.
'Oh god! He's gonna kill me! This brat is crazy!'
Boruto could only tremble in terror as he frightfully look into Nathan's eyes, which were burning with uncontrollable anger. And Boruto could swear that, for an instant, the sclera of Nathan's right eye turned black, almost like his father's when he looses control of Kurama's chakra.
"I can't believe you asked me that! You think I lost my mom?!"
...
...
...
"Kind of..."
Nathan moved his weapon away from Boruto's neck and, with another click of a button, the weapon returned to its previous form. The boy turned his head away to hide his embarrassment induced blushing.
"I've been looking for her for a while." Nathan admitted.
"Huh?! Why did you get angry with me then?!" Boruto shouted.
"CUZ' I AIN'T A NEEDY, LITTLE BABY, BLONDIE!"
Once again, Boruto jumped back in terror. This child might has been the Tasmanian Devil.
"But she's not the only one I'm looking for. Someone close to me went missing and I'm trying to find her." Nathan explained.
Did he say 'her'? Why did that sound familiar?
"You're looking for... Wait, by any chance is the person you're looking for named Noel?"
Hearing that made Nathan's eyes widen.
"You know her?! Where is she?! Is she ok?! How do you know her?! TELL ME!" Nathan screamed.
"Agh! I-I-I don't know! I don't even know who she is! All I know is that someone I know is also looking for her! That's all!" Stuttered Boruto.
And before Boruto could even blink, Nathan zoomed right behind the young ninja with his pick held against his throat once again.
"You better know be lying to me, kid. Because I swear, if you are just pulling my fucking chain then I am gonna slap those whiskers right off your greasy little pubescent butter face!"
"Can you not just stay calm for two seconds max, you lunatic?!"
However, as Nathan was about to slit Boruto's throat, both boys started to hear screaming. Specifically, from above. It sounded like a man and a woman. They looked up and...
CRASH*
Two individuals crashed down like meteors onto the boys. The woman was cushioned by the children while the man ended up with his head dug into the ground like an ostrich. As if today wasn't strange enough.
"Oww... My butt..." Whined the woman.
"I am getting really sick of this! I've had enough crazy for two life times!" Boruto screamed.
"Ragna, are you ok?" Asked the girl.
"Never better, Noel... Damnit, my head's stuck! Damn Hagoromo, teleporting us fifty feet off the ground!" Cried the man with a muffled voice.
And if that wasn't bad enough, something then fell onto Ragna's back. It felt wet and warm, and was a dirty looking white.
"RAVEN! I felt that!" He tried to shout.
"Dat one wasn't me." Replied a voice from above.
Then another bomb fell onto the man's back.
"Dat one was me. Haha."
This new voice originated from not a man, but from an animal. It came down to earth abc rested atop Ragna's back. It was a large black avian, with red eyes, a purple beak and the crest of the Azure tattooed onto his back. It ruffled its feathers and brushed any gunk it may have had on its beak with its talons.
"Everyone doin' ok? Take it from me. Time travel ain't exactly good for one's completion. I know cuz' I was in dis dummy here when he jumped into dat Cauldron back in Ibukido." Raven squawked.
"Swear to god, I'm gonna slather you in hot sauce!"
Raven mockingly shook his tail feathers at Ragna in response, even if he couldn't see it. Noel finally got up off her makeshift cushions and rubbed her behind to ease the soreness.
"What was I sitting on..?" She wondered.
"I'll give you a hint, lady..." Boruto groaned.
Noel looked back to where she landed and saw two boys plastered to the ground. Her cushions to be exact.
"Ah! I-I'm so sorry! I didn't see you boys there!" Apologized Vermillion.
"Noel, who are you talking to?! I can't see crap!" Ragna shouted from his hole.
"Then maybe you should get out'a dat hole." Raven chirped.
Finally, the Grim Reaper pulled his head free and shook off the dirt in his hair with his hands. Ragna then saw the two boys Noel was talking about and his eyes widened at the sight of one of them. One looked just like...
"Naruto..!"
Hearing his father's name got Boruto's attention. He looked up at Ragna with a confused expression. Ragna got right back into his feet and backed away in shock. However, after looking at the boy more closely, it wasn't Naruto at all.
"What the?! Who the hell are you?!" He exclaimed.
"Ragna, what's wrong?" Asked Noel.
She then turned her head to Boruto and gasped in shock. He looked exactly like Naruto, the same Naruto that they had to bid farewell to not ten seconds ago in their perspective.
"What in the world..?"
Boruto could only stare back at these two strangers. He was starting to feel a little uncomfortable from how they just glared at him.
"What? Quit staring staring at me. It's creepy." Boruto said.
The two looked closer at the boy, realizing that even though he looked like Naruto, it wasn't. For example, Naruto has three whisker marks across the sides of his face due to exposure to Kurama's chakra. Boruto only has two on each side.
'Wait. It's not him. Looks like him, but I don't think Naruto would be caught dead wearing pink...' Ragna thought.
"Hey! I said stop staring! Why are you guys looking at me like a bunch of pe-"
"Kid, finish that sentence and you're gonna get knocked out!" Ragna angrily interrupted.
"GAH! Sorry!" Boruto whimpered.
Ragna hated being called 'that word'. Lina and Sean were the ones who started it back when he first met them in Orient Town. But enough about the past. Back to reality. Raven reappeared and landed on Ragna's shoulder, holding a cigarette in his right talon.
"Hey, what's goin' on? I had ta fly off Ragna when got back up- Holy crap! Naruto? Dat you?" Raven exclaimed in surprise.
"Whoa! That bird just talked?! Who the heck are you guys, and how do you know my dad?!" Boruto questioned right back at the strangers.
Hearing that last word only made the three of them that much more confused.
"Dad?" They all said.
Only thing that followed after was a full minute of awkward silence and staring. Finally, the silence was broken when Boruto started to recognize the newcomers.
"Hold on. White haired guy, with a red jacket, giant sword, and an eyepatch. A blond girl with weird looking ninja tools, and a blue jacket. And a big black bird that talks... No way..! You guys are Ragna and Noel! And you must be Raven!"
The two siblings and the bird went wide eyed in surprise.
"Whoa! You know us?" Ragna questioned.
"Are you kidding?! You guys are all my dad talks about! The outsiders that saved his life as a kid." Boruto replied, his voice filled with shock and awe.
"Saved your dad? Wait, do you mean... Naruto?" Noel asked.
Boruto nodded. Now the two siblings minds were blown.
"You're Naruto's son?! That means... We're back! About time!" Ragna exclaimed.
"Really? Thank goodness. Everyone must have been looking all over for us." Noel sighed in relief.
"Yeah. Jin's probably going ballistic wondering where I've been this past week. "Where's Brother?! Tell me, or I'll beat the tofu out of you!" or something like that."
Raven laughed so hard at that he fell of Ragna's shoulder and onto Nathan, who was still on the ground.
"Good one, dummy! Dat was ya brother to the do- SQUAK!"
A small yet powerful hand grabbed Raven by his throat before he finished. The bird gasped for help, but no words came out, and all that was within his field of vision was an angry red eye.
"What are you laughing at, Chicken Little? You think it's funny to see me lying on the floor like a bullied nerd?" The boy was livid now. His voice was almost demonic.
Boruto screamed and jumped behind Ragna in sheer terror.
"Who's this kid?" Ragna asked.
"I dunno, but he's crazy! And really scary too!" Boruto replied, chattering.
Nathan stood up finally and threw Raven on the ground hard. The bird squawked loudly from the pain and then Nathan got right up in his beak.
"Not so funny now that the shoes on the other foot? C'mon, birdie. Laugh at me again. Come on! LAUGH!"
"GAAAAH! I wasn't laughin" at'chu, ya crazy kid! I was laughin' at Mr. Grim Reapa over dere!"
The boy shifted his gaze and saw who Raven was talking about. His eyes went wide and he gasped. Nathan was staring directly at him. He dropped Raven who then flew back to Ragna's shoulder.
"Jeez! Talk about a devil spawn! What's wrong with dat brat?!" Raven cawed.
"Huh? What is it, kid? You're staring." Ragna asked Nathan.
"What about me, idiot! SQUACK!"
Nate didn't dare to blink. He felt like if he did, he would vanish forever. He just stared in silence, with the only sound being his voice and his own heartbeat.
"C'mon, quite staring. It's creepy."
"Ragna the Bloodedge."
"Huh?"
His eye were completely transfixed on Ragna's. Nate still wasn't blinking, so his eyes started to water, as if he were crying.
"You're Ragna the Bloodedge. The Grim Reaper. Right?" Nathan asked.
"You know my title. Are you from my Earth?" Ragna asked back.
The two kept staring.
"Nathan! You're here!"
Noel's gasp broke the silence between Ragna and Nathan. She rushed over to the boy at full speed.
"Hey! What are you doing, lady?! That kids gonna chop you up!" Boruto shouted.
However, to Boruto's surprise, Nathan didn't move. Noel crouched down and hugged the boy tightly. Tears of joy ran down her face.
"You're here! And you're ok! I'm so glad!" She weeped happily.
"Noel..?" Nathan said.
"Did you follow your mother into the Dimensional Transporter? What were you thinking? She's probably worried sick about you."
Despite being so close, Nathan didn't listen to a word that came out of Noel's mouth. He was still gazing at Ragna.
"Noel, you know this kid? And he's still staring…"
She released the boy from her embrace and turned back to her brother. Noel's eyes… They had a flavor of uncertainty in them, like she didn't know if she should say anything. Ragna only got more confused.
"Aren't you gonna tell me? Hello? Noel?! Come on! There's only so much crazy a man can take!" Ragna shouted in frustration.
"Ragna…"
She could barely speak. Suddenly, Nathan bolted past Noel and went straight at Ragna. Once he was close enough, Nathan swung his steel toed boot right into Ragna's shin.
"GAK! MY SHIN! THE PAIN!" Cried Ragna he jumped up and down on his other leg, clutching his wounded one.
"Nate!" Noel said.
"HAHAHAHA! Classic!" Raven laughed.
Bloodedge then glared down at Nathan, who was glaring right back at him.
"What the hell was that for, you little shit?!" Ragna snapped.
"I had to get that out of my system. Now, you and I can talk!" Nathan replied angrily.
"Huh? Talk? About what?" Ragna questioned.
"I got a bunch of questions, Ragna, and you're gonna answer em all!" Nate answered, pointing right at Ragna.
"…Noel, seriously. Who is this kid?"
"Umm… I… don't think I should be the one to tell you that…" Noel hesitantly replied.
That only confused Ragna more. However, a huge explosion rocked the entire area, sending tremors throughout the forest. Everyone almost lost their footing due to the shake.
"What was that?!" Raven squawked.
"This Chakra..! My dad's fighting someone!" Boruto exclaimed.
"He is? Ah! Ichigo! They must still be fighting!" Noel gasped.
"For a week? That doesn't sound right." Ragna replied.
"NOEEEEEEEEEL!"
"RAGNAAAAAAAAA!"
Two new voices filled the duo's ears. They originated from Nu and Kon, who were dashing towards them at top speed. Kon was back in his stuffed lion body. Nu tackled Ragna to the dirt and Kon latched himself onto Noel's chest, crying his head off.
"My darling Noel, I'm so happy to see that you're ok! I missed this small yet soft bosom of yours! It's like climbing a squishy vertical wall! AHH!"
POW* *BANG BANG* *KA-BLAM*
"Vertical wall?! You little pervert! And my boobs aren't that flat!" Noel angrily scream while shooting at Kon with Bolverk.
"Nu's happy to see you two, Ragna! She got like, so scared when that old man took you away from her, but then you reappear here five seconds after! Nu will kill that old man in the most painful way imaginable if he ever takes you away from her again!" Nu innocently cried.
"Hold on. Five seconds?! That's how long we were gone?! Wait, of course. Fucking time travel!" Ragna said to himself.
He pushed Nu off him and whipped out Blood Scythe.
"That means that we can stop this. Noel, stop clowning around! Naruto needs our help!"
Noel ceased her ruthless bullet rain on Kon and turned to Ragna.
"It's hasn't been a week. Hagoromo dropped us at the same place at the same time. Which means we can stop the invasion and Ichigo from killing Naruto. You said they were fighting?"
"Yeah. They only just started, which means they haven't gone all out yet." Noel explained.
"Good. Then let's get moving. That blonde ain't gonna last against him. Kid, you coming? He's your dad." Ragna asked Boruto.
"Of course! I'm not gonna let my dumb old man get himself killed!" Boruto replied.
"Huh?! What are you two talking about?! The Hokage's that bad guy! Remember?!" Kon argued.
"We'll explain later Kon! Noel, let's go!"
Ragna turned and began running towards the fight, but a voice calling out stopped him. It came from Nathan
"Hey! Hold on, Ragna! I have questions I need to ask!"
"Kid, I don't got time to play twenty questions with you! Someone I care about needs my help before he gets his ass kicked!" Ragna told the boy off.
"Wha- Are you kidding me?! You're not going anywhere until I say what I gotta say! Noel!"
"Nathan, I'm sorry. We need to do this. Go find a safe place. We'll be back, I promise."
"Ragna! Wait for Nu!"
They then took off at full speed. Nathan was just standing there now, appalled. He couldn't process what had just happened right in front of him. He was right there, and he left like that. His eye began to twitch, his fist tightened, and he clenched his teeth. Nathan's right eye was also transforming as well into a black and red dot.
"No… Don't go. I haven't even started..! Stop! STOP! I SAID STOP, DAMN YOU!"
…
Ragna moved as fast as his legs could carry him, racing towards the battle before him. One he had to stop at all costs.
'Naruto, I know the truth now. You're innocent. That dick lied to us, and you're gonna pay for my stupidity. I won't let it happen. I promised you I would protect you, and I'm keeping that promise!'
"Ichigo! You gotta stop! Naruto's not the enemy! Ichigo!"
Despite how loud Ragna shouted, the distant battle kept raging. He could only hope that by the time he got there, his two friends wouldn't kill each other. Or worse… Goku or Luffy would show up! He had to hurry.
'Damnit! I can't let this drag out! I need to hurry and-'
Ragna's thoughts were brought to a halt when something grabbed the whole of his head. It was a black monster claw with purple nails and veins covering it.
"Wait, what the fuAAAAAAAH?!"
The arm pulled him back like a rubber band being flung from fingers, flinging him past Noel and the others.
Noel: "Ragna!"
Nu: "RAGNA! WHY ARE YOU LEAVING NU?!"
Kon: "Hey, where ya going?!"
Boruto: "Ragna Sensei!"
Raven: "Really kid? You're callin' him dat too?"
The claw finally released Ragna and he tumbled like weed in the desert and he crashed face first into a large tree. And if that wasn't enough, an apple fell and clonked him in the head.
"Oww! Damnit, that hurt! Hey, who did that?!" Ragna shouted as he got back up.
Though to his surprise, the claw was attached to Nathan's right side. They boy had a look of rage so intense that it looked at if every vein in his face would burst open. Upon closer inspection, Nathan's arm looked almost exactly like Ragna's when he would use Soul Eater, but purple in place of red.
"You?" Ragna said in astonishment.
"Where do you think your going, Ragna the Bloodedge? We're not even close to done!" Nathan growled like a beast.
His arm reverted back to normal and he pulled out his climbing pic. Nate clicked the button and it morphed into a massive purple scythe with a hollow red blade. This actually intimidated Ragna a slight bit.
"Whoa! Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa! Easy kid, no need to get crazy! Calm the hell down, yeah? Tell me what I did!" Ragna panicked.
"What you did? What you did?! How could you not know! You left us all alone, you asswipe! And now you're just trying to take off like I mean nothing?! Do you even care?!" Nathan screamed.
"Left you alone? Are you talking about Judgement Day? I'm kinda lost here!" Ragna replied.
Nathan slowly approached, rage build up even more.
"How stupid can you be..? Is it not obvious?! How could you forget what you did?! What you did to us! ME!"
"Kid- Uh. Nathan, was it? Look, I literally have no idea what you're talking about! I've never even seen you before in my life! So why we just put down the giant weapon and we can talk-"
"NO MORE TALKING, YOU JERK!"
"FUCKING SHIT! WAIT!"
Nathan charged at Ragna top speed. His fist cloaked itself with black and purple energy. A move Ragna knew too well.
"HELL'S…"
"What the-"
Ragna luckily dodged last minute and Nathan's punch smashed into the tree behind Bloodedge, ripping it out of the ground upon impact.
"FANG!!!"
Once Ragna moved a safe enough distance away, he finally readied his sword to defend himself.
'Hell's Fang?! That my move! How does he know it?' He wondered mentally.
"RAGNAAAAA!"
Nathan charged again, repeating his previous attack. A punch cloaked in darkness.
"HELL'S FANG!!!"
Ragna moved out of the way again, making Nathan miss. The boy pulled a one-eighty and once again charged.
"HELL'S FANG!!!"
This time, Ragna blocked the attack with his hand. Now he had Nate within his grasp for a counter attack. Nathan grunted irritably from ceiling caught
"Got you, you little bastard. Where the hell did you learn that technique? Talk!" Ragna demanded.
Hell's Fang was one of Ragna's signature moves. A shadowy punch infused with Soul Earter. It was the first attack he learned while training under Jubei, so it meant a lot to him. And somehow, this random kid can use it? So poorly at that too.
Nathan only got angrier from Ragna's demand.
"Talk? Now you wanna talk?! You were the one who was suppose to talk!"
"What does that even mean?!" Ragna questioned in a irritated tone.
Nate decided to toss his giant scythe aside and charged up his free hand and attacked again.
"HELL'S FANG!!!"
But the attack failed as Ragna caught the boy's arm by the wrist. Now Nate didn't have any more arms.
"If you're gonna kill me, try switching up your attacks every now and then, kid. You don't use the same move over and over again. It gets predictable!" Bloodedge pointed out.
"Fine!"
In response, Nathan bashed his head into Ragna's, breaking the older one's nose on collision. Ragna was forced to let the boy go.
"Gah! My nose! Again!" He yelled.
Now free, Nathan charged up his fists and attempted another assault.
"HELL'S FANG!!!"
A successful blow to Ragna's gut. The rebel coughed up spit after the hit. The boy hits like a car.
"HELL'S FANG! HELL'S FANG! HELL'S FANG! HELL'S FANG! HELL'S FANG!!!"
It was one punch after another. Nathan was swarming Ragna with a seemingly endless barrage of dark punches. Each one more powerful than the last. Ragna could only block so many of them, and handle the one that hit him even less.
'What's up with this brat? He just keeps using the same attack over and over again like a broken record. Why isn't he using something else?' Ragna wondered. But then a thought came into his head.
'Hold on. Could it be the only attack he knows? It would explain the repetition. If that's the case, then I got this!'
Now that he knew how this kid fights, and his flaws, Ragna readied a counter attack. It was time for his own attack. He charged up his left arm with black energy and Nate did the same.
"I've got you figured out, kid. Hell's Fang's the only move you know, and even an idiot knows you can't win with only one attack. It's time to give you a taste of your own medicine!"
Their first cloaked, the two attacked each other at the same time.
Ragna: "HELL'S…"
Nathan: "HELL'S FLYING FANG!!!"
To Ragna's surprise, Nathan's punch turned into a powerful uppercut to the older one's jaw. The force launched Ragna into the air and knocking out one of his teeth.
"What the?! Flying Fang?!" He grunted.
"I'm only getting started!"
Nathan jumped high into the air, higher than Ragna and then dove down with a shadowy punch.
"HELL'S PLUMMETING FANG!!!"
The blow struck Ragna in the face and the forced caused him to crash back down to the ground hard. He cried in pain, both on impact and Nathan landing on his gut. The boy stared at him with those hateful eyes.
"I had no aptitude for learning your other moves, so I skipped them and focused all my time into developing new variants for the move I did know. The Hell's Fang punch. That way, I could turn my disadvantage into an unpredictable strength." Explained Redgrave.
He turned around and lowered his head while clenching a fist.
"Now I don't need other moves to beat my opponents. Cuz one move is all I need."
Nate's target was locked, his fist cloaked. He struck.
"This is for her, you dumb jerk!"
*CRUNCH*
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"
"HELL'S DIRTY FANG!!!"
You can guess where Nate punched Ragna this time. Bloodedge crossed his legs in sheer agony. Nathan hopped off him and picked his giant scythe back up, then morphed it back to its smaller form.
"Now then, let's start talking now that I got that out of my system." The boy demanded.
Veins popped out of Ragna's face as he jumped back onto his feet. He was steaming now.
"Talk?! After you Johnny Caged me?! If anything, I'm gonna make you wish I chose to beat you with one of my belts instead, you little bastard!"
The Grim Reaper charged, not even using his sword. He was that mad. Dark energy flowing through his right leg, ready to strike. Nathan cloaked his fists in response.
"GAUNTLET HADES!!!"
"HELL'S TWIN FANGS!!!"
Ragna's shadowy kick fiercely collided with Nathan's two dark fists. The shockwave generated by the two attacks was great, blowing through the forest around them. However, Ragna's attack was just strong enough to overpower Nathan.
The boy was sent flying into a tree. Ragna speeded up to the kid and pinned him against the tree by his neck.
"Got you, you little psychopath!" He growled.
"Let go of me, you white-tipped pube!" Nathan screamed.
"Really? "White-tipped pube"? That's a new one."
Nathan struggled and trashed around violently in Ragna's single hand, trying desperately to break free. Even Ragna was having a hard time keeping him in his grip. The kid was remarkably strong… Familiarly strong.
"Ok, now we can talk. Who. Are. You?" Ragna questioned in an interrogative way.
"You seriously didn't figure it out, you idiot? Did you not get enough oxygen when you were born?"
Wow. This kid gets more and more likable.
"Figured what our? Clueless guy here!"
"Well maybe if you weren't such a retard then it would have hit you by now!"
"Oh wow! That's it. I have no intention of taking anymore lip from you. Seriously kid, I'm gonna give you ten seconds to tell me who you are. If you don't by the time I've finished-"
"Ragna?"
A new voice was heard. One that made Ragna cease all actions. His one remaining eye widened and he turned to his right. Who he saw made his heart stop completely.
It was her. White hair and black eyes.
"Ragna..?"
"Silver..?"
"Nathan?!"
"Mom!"
"MOM?!"
"RAVEN! SQUACK!"
And there's Raven landing on Silver's head. Normally, such a reunion between lovers would be them running into each other's arms and kissing passionately. However, for this situation…
"Ragna, what the hell are you doing?! Put him down right now!" Silver screamed in worry and anger.
"Hey I'm the victim here, Sil! Your crazy little brat just up and attacked me!" Ragna argued.
"HE'S YOUR CRAZY LITTLE BRAT TOO, YOU DUMBASS!!!"
"…………………………….."
"Hesmycrazylittlewhointhewhatnow?"
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Next time
Back at the Soul Society, Sajin thinks back to the past when he made that bargain with Hazama, and how it cost him his soul, when he already lost his heart… Never fear, Makoto to the rescue! WA-CHA!