Yo!! The match you all been waiting for is here!! Satoshi is taking on the Snake Sannin in an unprecedented rematch!! Can he win, or will an unexpected Jutsu bring about total destruction? Let's find out!!
Chapter 31: Great Sand Royal Part 4: Reincarnation Jutsu!? Kage-Oni is Born!
Satoshi and Scar were feeling pretty anxious. They were going against the Snake Sannin. The one Satoshi vowed to kill no matter what. Scar was worried. Not only were they fighting him, but he put up a dome, which pretty much meant they weren't going to escape, even if they wanted to.
"So, you boys ready for the last fight of your lives?" Orochimaru said, pulling out his Kusanagi Blade from out of his throat. "Dude, don't tell me he just pulled that out of his mouth." Satoshi said, sweat dropping. "How long has it been in his stomach, and how come it hasn't stabbed him?" Scar asked, and both nin sweat dropped again.
(That secret is going to my grave.) Orochimaru thought to himself chuckling. Satoshi decided to cut the conversation short by going into Kaji-Oni. When he was ready, he looked to Scar, who had his twin katana ready. "GO!!" They both said, and charged the Snake Sannin.
Satoshi started things off with a flying kick. Orochimaru blocked it with his blade, and Satoshi jumped into the air, just as Scar came flying at Orochimaru. He swung his two blades with skill, and Orochimaru was easily blocking them. Satoshi was hanging on the top of the dome, while Scar was battling Orochimaru in a deadly dance of blades.
Orochimaru eventually pushed Scar back, and Satoshi decided to fall. Scar saw Satoshi, and tossed his blue Kamikiri-Maru at him as he fell. Satoshi flipped, caught the blade, and brought it down to cut Orochimaru up, but he blocked it, and the force created a dent in the ground.
Satoshi flew off, and Scar charged with the green Karugane-Maru. Orochimaru was quite impressed. For two nin who just now decided to work together, they were fighting like they had been partners for a long time. Orochimaru decided that to seriously underestimate these two would be dangerous, so he would take some caution. That, or force Level 2 of Satoshi's Curse Mark and mess with his mind. Yes. That sounds like a fun move. Let's have the young Musashi turn on his new friend and partner.
So, after continuing the dance of blades that the three nin were so focused into, Orochimaru decided to go through with his plan. Using speed he hadn't shown till now, he began making seals, and smirked a smirk that made the hairs on Satoshi and Scar's neck stand.
Both not waiting to see what happens next, charged at Orochimaru, who sheathed his blade on the giant purple pretzel bow on his back, and disappeared. When he reappeared, he pressed his hand onto Satoshi's neck, right where the Curse Mark was. At first nothing happened, but then a burning fire shot through his entire body.
Screaming in pain he clutched his shoulder where the seal was, and fell to one knee. "Satoshi!! What's wrong!?" Scar screamed. Satoshi was on the ground, screaming in pain, but what Scar noticed was that there were black rings running from Satoshi's shoulder, which was beginning to turn red. Scar looked on in confusion, and then became panicked when Satoshi began leaking a dark purple charka.
Before Scar could question his pained friend, Satoshi stopped screaming, and stared at him. Scar felt a sudden chill. Satoshi's calm and vibrant eyes were cold, and emotionless. (What the? What happened to Satoshi? Where's the boy who is always smiling, smirking, and causing trouble?) Scar thought to himself.
He never saw that the little marks were slowly making their ways to the seals in his hand where he sealed his Fire Skills. When the markings made their way to his hand, an immense light blasted from Satoshi, temporarily blinding Scar and Orochimaru.
(What? This light. What is Satoshi doing?) Scar thought to himself. (What's going on? This wasn't part of the plan.) Orochimaru thought to himself. When the bright light receded, and both nin could get a look at Satoshi, both their eyes widened in surprise.
(Elsewhere)
"Damn it, leader! You took all the fun away." Tyson said to no one in general. He felt the large chakra, and took a fire pill and tried to meet this enemy. When he arrived, he was disappointed that the enemy was gone, and Koji was on the ground.
Sighing, he thought he wouldn't have made much difference anyway. Then, a powerful chakra could be felt, and Tyson felt like he was back handed when he felt it. (What!? This chakra is immense! Whose could it be?) Tyson thought to himself. Deciding that this wasn't the best time for questions, he took off to find Tsunade.
The immense chakra could be felt all over the Sand Village, and a little bit of ways outside the village. But at the center of the power, Scar was stunned, and Orochimaru had an amused look on his face. Satoshi was the one radiating the powerful chakra, and it was both his chakra laced with bits of the Curse Mark's chakra. His clothes though was what had everyone's attention.
His clothes were now covered by the robes that the Kajikage would wear. Orochimaru looked on, and was running a scenario through his mind. (I wonder. What if when the Curse Seal reaches a Level 3, the person's clothes change to affect the person's powers?) Orochimaru thought to himself.
Had he had seen Sasuke earlier, his theory would have been sound, but he didn't, so to him, it's merely a theory. Why Level 3 you ask? Because Orochimaru could feel the mark on Satoshi's neck shoot to Level 3. How could he tell? At certain levels, the seal releases a certain pulse, and the pulse he feels now is nothing like the pulse Levels 1 and 2 release.
Satoshi turned to look at Scar, and Scar was relieved that his eyes held their usual spark. Satoshi then glanced to Orochimaru, Tarogan activated. Orochimaru looked quite amused. "Hmm. My dear Satoshi-kun, you've really grown quite strong, to override the Curse Mark like that, and then fuse it's evil energy into your chakra, giving your chakra a boost, and because of your will, the evil can't taint you." Orochimaru said, and Satoshi smirked.
"Truth be told, I don't know how it happened, but it happened, and now I'm stronger than ever. You can't control me with the Curse Mark anymore!" Satoshi said, and pulled out his Weapon Scroll, and summoned a red Bo-Staff. "New Weapon for the new form?" Scar asked.
"Just a coincidence, but I guess that works. Each form does have their own weapon now." Satoshi said, and gave his full attention to Orochimaru. "Now, Orochimaru! You face not Kaji-Oni, but me fused with the Curse Mark, and your executioner! Prepare yourself, cause Kage-Oni has arrived!" Satoshi said, putting chakra into the seal that the Bo-Staff had.
"Now Fluctuate, Ruby Cloud!" Satoshi said, and the 7 foot rod shrunk to 6 inches. Orochimaru thought that Satoshi was messing around, but the staff then shot at him. He jumped out of the way, and was even more amused. Satoshi's staff had just shot across the arena, and nearly took his head off. The thing even got a little wider. When it retracted, it was 3 feet. Satoshi charged.
Orochimaru pulled out a few kunai, and charged as well. Satoshi pole vaulted using his staff, and tried an aerial attack. Orochimaru dodged the attack, and threw the kunai. Satoshi deflected them, and lost track of Orochimaru. When he reappeared, he his hands in a seal.
"I must say, my young demon kid, you manage to surprise me to no end. But now, I think it's time for me to give a surprise of my own." Orochimaru said, and a dark aura began surrounding Orochimaru. "What jutsu is this?" Satoshi said, and Gatto decided to start speaking. "Mew! He's about to use a dangerous Jutsu." Gatto said. (How dangerous?) Satoshi asked.
"Extremely dangerous. Normally, this jutsu wouldn't pose much trouble, but it's especially dangerous if Orochimaru use it." Gatto said. Orochimaru finished the gathering stage, and pressed a hand to his chest. "Forbidden Jutsu: Genesis Reincarnation!" Orochimaru said, and a light began glowing from his chest, and they were all stunned by the light.
From what Satoshi could see, it appeared that another person was coming out of his chest. After a few seconds, the light receded, and Satoshi and Scar's eyes widened. There, in the nude, stood a mini Orochimaru. "What the hell!?" Satoshi screamed, and Orochimaru started chuckling evilly.
"Seems like my little jutsu worked." Orochimaru said, chuckling. "That it did, Orochimaru-sama." Mini Orochimaru said. "Now, we need to-" Orochimaru started, before Mini interrupted him. "Hachibi." Mini said. "Huh?" Satoshi and Orochimaru asked. "I'm the incarnation of the 8 Tailed Snake, Hachibi." Hachibi said, and pressed his hands into a seal, and clothes appeared on him in a puff of smoke.
He had on a purple vest, grey pants, and a black snake necklace on. "Hachibi eh? Well, I won't question how you got into me, but I do ask for your power." Orochimaru said. Hachibi nodded, and smirked to Satoshi. Opening his mouth, he pulled out two Kodachi, and pointed them at Satoshi. Satoshi smirked, and charged. Hachibi released one tail, and charged.
Satoshi swung his staff, and it extended so it could hit Hachibi, but he blocked it with one blade, and continued his charge. Satoshi blocked a thrust attack, and prepared himself for the next attacks. "Shadow Snakes!" Hachibi said, launching snakes from his wrist. Satoshi batted the snakes away, and charged again. Hachibi merely stood there, before he disappeared.
Satoshi didn't see where he went, but Hachibi appeared behind him. He sheathed his blades, and all sorts of cuts and gashes appeared on him. Blood shot all over the place as he screamed in pain. He fainted, from serious pain, and lack of chakra, and powered down.
"Satoshi!" Scar screamed. He noticed that somehow, most his chakra was sapped, and saw a snake on his leg. "When did that snake get there?" Scar said to himself. He threw a kunai, and killed the thing. He then pulled off the Zanbato he had on his back, and stood ready to fight.
Scar charged, and was ready for the fight of his life. Hachibi took one step, and blocked the giant blade with one of his Kodachi. He didn't even budge from the impact. (No way.) Scar thought to himself, as Hachibi tossed him back using only his blade. Scar hit the barrier incredibly hard, and had a hard time standing.
"Silly Human. You stand no chance against me." Hachibi said, walking towards Scar. Hachibi was standing over the stunned nin, and was prepared to strike the final blow, but something felt off, and he used his demonic senses to pick up what it was, and he hissed.
"What is wrong, Hachibi?" Orochimaru asked. "Akatsuki! I don't know where it came from, but they are stronger than they ever were. I hate to admit it, but we may need the demon cat's help to defeat them." Hachibi said, and walked over to Satoshi. He healed him enough to prevent him from dying, and let Gatto self heal him.
"Be grateful that I spared your life, but I may need your help for something bigger than the both of us. Akatsuki is together, and they are all on the prowl. Our lives are on the line, and I'd rather give a fight than destroy ourselves before they attack. So we'll call a temporary truce. But when that is over, I'll kill you." Hachibi said, and he walked over to Orochimaru.
(Seems like trusting Itachi may be a problem. Oh well.) Orochimaru thought to himself, before they both disappeared, and the barrier disappeared. Scar stumbled to get up, and picked up Satoshi. (Akatsuki!? This is crazy. Kazu-sama needs to hear this, and hear this quickly!) Scar thought to himself, rushing to figure out where Kazu is.
The Sand Nin, along with the nin that came with Tsunade and the Raikage managed to hold back the Sound Nin before they retreated. The damage to the Village managed to be as minimal as possible.
Kazu was amazed that the Sound were easier than it should have been. Oh well. Then it dawned on him. There was a reason that the attack was so easy. The attack was supposed to be a distraction.
Satoshi is in trouble.
He searched for Orochimaru's chakra, but found it nowhere. Satoshi's chakra was weakening, but very much alive. Whatever Orochimaru was doing, it was either taken care of, or whatever. Deciding to cut their losses, they returned to Sand Village. Kazu only hoped that Satoshi was okay.
ShadowRonin: I decided to throw a big curve ball, and instill the 8-tailed snake in Orochimaru. His powers will be something else, but then again, who knows how things may roll around.
Next Chapter: The battle is over, and everyone has their lives, but Kai is out cold after Sasuke's attack. Memories of the Byakugan Prodigy are shared, and new feelings are brought to the open in:
Chapter 32: Aftermath. Flashbacks of Kai.