Chapter 9: Zabuza, Gato and the Demon
It was the last day of the bridge construction and everything was predicted to end then. The bridge was nearly completed, Zabuza was probably recovered and everyone was done with their training.
Since it was the last day, the two jounin decided everyone should be on the bridge to protect Tazuna. After a bit of discussing, Hono stayed in the house to protect Tazuna's family.
Nothing went wrong in the first four hours. Tsunami spent her time preparing fish to cook them later and Inari spent his time on his normal routine of crying alone in his room. He was making origami. So far, he had created a swan, a toad and a shuriken.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Tsunami hurried over, but Hono stopped her. He walked to the door.
"Who is it?"- he asked. Most villagers were either at home or working on the bridge. A visit at that time of the day was weird.
"Open the door, kid."- he heard a rough voice reply.
"Nope. Who is it?"- he didn't get a reply this time as multiple slices went through the door. A few moments passed before it fell to pieces. He saw two men carrying katanas. One was tall and muscled. He had multiple scars and an eye patch. His skin was brown and he had a green tattoo. He wore a topless kimono and bandages around the waist. He had a sadistic smile. By his side was a smaller and thinner man. He wore a purple beanie and make up on his eyes. He had silver hair and he wore a grey jacket and black pants.- "It's not polite to cut someone's door down."
"I don't give a shit about being polite. Get out of the way or I am going to cut you."- the bigger guy replied.
Hono wasn't up for games. Everything blurred and he appeared outside the house, sheathing his Katana. A few moments passed. Hono was placid but the two thugs had their faces showing pain. After a bit, blood splattered everywhere and each of them fell into two pieces. Hono walked back in the house.
"Thank you so much! If it weren't for you..."- Tsunami said, hugging him. She was almost in tears. Inari was shocked.
"You don't have to thank me for anything. Do me a favor, gather all the villagers around here and tell them to get anything that can be used as a weapon. These two were just starters. More will come later, and I bet that others are already in the bridge. No matter what, do not put yourselves in danger!"- he ran away, headed to the bridge. He had no idea what was happening on the bridge, but he knew that it wasn't a kid's party either.
Five minutes later, he arrived at the bridge. There was a thick mist, but he could see some things. He saw what appeared to be mirrors in a circle and from a distance, he saw Kurenai, Kakashi, Tazuna, Hinata, Shino, Sakura and Kiba. He deduced that Sasuke was inside the mirror circle. No one in the two teams had that technique. Realizing that it was probably a Suiton technique, he decided to boil it and started performing handsigns. Ram, Horse, Snake, Dragon, Rat, Ox, Tiger.- "KATON: KARYUU ENDAN!"
"What the?"- he heard someone ask as he spit a great stream of fire at the mirrors. Nothing happened, but he increased the ammount of chakra that he put in it and the fire became pratically white. After a bit, one of the mirrors broke, and he could see Sasuke inside. But something was wrong. Sasuke was a pincushion, senbon all over his body. Hono ran towards him and jumped over a mirror to get inside the circle.
"What the fuck is going on?"- Hono asked the hurt Uchiha.
"This circle, the hunter nin made it. He can jump from mirror to mirror at light speed and send senbon from all over the surface. There is nothing we can fucking do."- Sasuke replied. Only then Hono noticed his red eyes and two symbols revolving around each other. Sharingan.
"Your friend is right. There is nothing that you can do. No one has ever been able to beat me, no one has ever been able to escape this circle."- the hunter nin said. She was in every mirror.
"I just broke through a mirror, I can do the rest to the others."- Hono replied.
"Now you are inside the circle. Before you make a handsign, I can simply make a pincushion out of you. I am sorry, it is hard for me to become a ninja and kill anyone. But if it is Zabuza san's wish, which it is, I will kill you."- she said, getting serious. She disappeared and senbon came from everywhere. Hono was only able to stop two with his Katana before being hit by dozens of others.
"Fuck!"- he shouted, pain coming from all over his body.
"AAAAAAAAA!"- Sasuke yelled in pain. Before they could even think, another hail fell over them. As soon as the senbon were about to hit, everything froze. What the hell? He quickly tilted his whole body to avoid every single one of the senbon. After that, time unfroze and the senbon went by, hitting no one but Sasuke. His teammate screamed, but Hono couldn't believe what had happened.
"..."- the hunter nin couldn't believe it. How did he dodge them? Can he see my attacks? No, that is impossible! Wait, those eyes! Kekkei Genkai? She threw another hail of senbon to make sure. Time froze once again. Hono looked at a mirror. Both of his eyes had taken the form of a yin yang symbol. I see... He unsheathed his Katana and struck all of the senbon that would hit him and Sasuke. Time unfroze. In the eyes of his teammate and enemy, his arms had become blurs because of the speed and all of the senbon flew away.
"I CAN SEE!"- Hono shouted, using his eyes at their full strength. Everything slowed down drastically. He could actually see the enemy flying from one mirror to another to throw senbon. He waited for a chance and got into a kenjutsu stance.- "Ninpou: Hi o Setsudan."
"IMPOSSIBLE!"- the hunter nin shouted out as Hono spun and cut the air with his fire covered katana. After a bit, numerous cuts were heard as every single senbon was sent away and an explosion of fire hit the ninja, sending her against a mirror. It wasn't a direct hit though, so she stood up moments after.- "Through all my life, no one was able to follow my speed. I congratulate you for that. But I have a way to beat you."
"Oh yeah?"- Hono got ready, but the mirrors shined. They emmited light, blinding light. Suddenly, pain came from his arms, legs, chest, belly, back, everywhere!- "AAAAAAAAAGH!"
"AAAAAAAAH!"- he heard Sasuke scream. The light disappeared, letting them see again. Hundreds of senbon were sticking out from their bodies. The mirrors shined again and another shout was heard. Sasuke had thrown himself in front of Hono before blacking out on the ground. Hono heard a sound, and even though he was blind, he could feel the senbon inches away from his head.
Hono was in a strange place. It seemed like a sewer. Tall, humid walls, flooded floor. He looked in front of him to see gigantic iron bars held together by a big paper seal. From behind the bars, Hono could see two big red slits. Eyes. Suddenly, a big red shape took form. A giant red fox was behind the bars.
"So you are the kyuubi."- Hono said, no expression on his face.
"So you are my host. I have to admit, I have been closely watching your actions so far and I was impressed. Until now. Are you going to be defeated this easily by some bitch? The great ninja that was going to be top dog in the bingo book is going to die because he just couldn't fight a girl?"- the fox asked him with a malicious voice.
"What do you think I should do? I can't see the strike, I can't block it or dodge it. I don't have enough power."- the host replied, looking down at his feet. The fox made a horrible noise that could have been an attempt of laughing.
"Not enough power? You've been hated since birth because you have TOO MUCH POWER! I AM YOUR POWER."- the fox roared.
"Why would you help me?"- he asked, confused.
"I love chaos and death. I love pain and suffering. Teach the girl and any enemy of yours what these mean, and I'll grant you my power. If the people think you are a demon..."- the fox started.
"Then I'll be the demon."
The air shifted around the mirror circle. Evil could be felt everywhere. The intent to kill was almost unbearable. A clang was heard as a senbon fell to the ground.
"What?"- the hunting nin exclaimed as she saw her enemy enveloped in red chakra that took the form of big fox ears and a tail behind his bottom. His features grew feral as his teeth were sharpened and his eyes became red slits. His nails grew. Every senbon in his body was pushed out by the same force and hit the mirrors with numerous clangs. What is this boy?
"AAAAAAAAAA!"- he shouted as he got on all fours and disappeared, only to appear by her side. Oh no! She quickly jumped to a mirror and to another. But before her travel could end, he appeared by her side and pushed her down, making her hit the ground. She tumbled before being kicked up. For a long moment she flew up, before falling down. The boy kept disappearing and appearing to punch and kick her in the air, juggling her. Finally, he jumped against a mirror and used it as leverage to go against her at full speed. He disappeared before hitting her, and appeared again, punching her in the face so hard that she flew against a mirror, going through it and shattering it to pieces, flying backwards, tumbling. Her body kept tumbling around before stopping at Zabuza's feet. Zabuza himself couldn't do much more than look shocked and turn his face. 8 dogs, varying in size and weight were biting him in different parts of the body, holding him down. Kakashi had his right hand glowing with electricity.
"WHO THE FUCK IS THAT KID?"- Zabuza shouted, looking at the red chakra-covered Hono. Kakashi's electricity ran out and he just stared.
"Zabuza, this is disappointing."- they heard a voice comment. They turned around to see a man wearing a black suit and using a cane looking at them. He was very short and had a big, grey mane and a small moustache. Behind him were hundreds and hundreds of thugs, all armed to the teeth.
"Gato? What are you doing here?"- Zabuza asked, shocked.
"You know, hiring real ninja is really expensive. I hired an exiled ninja like you just because of that. I hoped that you ninja would destroy each other, but you ended up not to. And they call you the Demon. To me, you are just a cute devil!"- all of the thugs laughed, mocking Zabuza.
"Kakashi, there is no need for us to fight anymore. If he isn't hiring me, I wish no harm to that old man."- the ex jounin said, bowing his head. The dogs disappeared.
"I agree. But someone has to deal with all of those."- the silver haired jounin replied. Shino, Kiba, Sakura, Hinata and Kurenai prepared themselves, but before they could take one step, a roar was heard.
"THEY ARE MINE!"- Hono screamed as his red chakra enveloped figure galloped on all fours, zooming by his comrades in seconds, his katana being held by his mouth in a piercing position, headed to the huge mob. Behind all of them was a crowd of villagers, shocked.
"Haha, do you really think that you alone"- one of the thugs started but quickly lowered his voice, surprised.- "can defeat us..."
"KILL HIM!"- Gato shouted running and placing himself behind the thugs as Hono zoomed into the mob, blood splattering everywhere from the cuts and yells being heard. No one could even think of retaliating as the red blur simply jumped over the strikes before stabbing the agressor. In seconds, the mob was struck down, one by one. The ground was covered in blood. The only one left standing was Gato himself, by the edge of the bridge. Hono got out of his all fours mode and walked up to him, the red chakra still encovering him. Gato merely looked, terrified as he saw Hono slowly walking to him. He could actually see the boy's killing intent and blood lust as the red demon simply smiled at him, his face and clothes covered in blood, the Katana still in his mouth.
"The... The Demon... there really is one!"- the small man muttered as the grinning red devil walked up to him and gave him a smile so big that could only come from a nightmare before repeatedly piercing Gato on the chest and belly with the Katana before spinning around, decapitating him, kicking his body off of the bridge, and looking up so that the head was stuck in the Katana by the base of the neck. Gato's head still had a shocked expression on it. Everyone looked at Hono as the red chakra faded and he grabbed the Katana with his right hand, the head still impaled in it, and making a "peace and love" sign with his left hand before passing out.