Naruto Shippuden -H-: Chapter 023: Unparalleled Kunoichi
Lunesto had activated his Bat Symphony of the Garden Technique, and had a large swarm of the creatures fly quickly towards Naruto.
"So he uses bats, well I have an answer." said Naruto as seven chakra arms grew from his Nine Tails shroud, each producing a Great Ball Rasengan.
"If I can just keep him distracted long enough, then Jesei should be able to finish his mission within a reasonable time." thought Lunesto to himself.
"I better be sure to keep all of these civilians out of harm's way." said Sai as he ran around the outskirts of the battlefield and warned the citizens to stay back.
"What's going on, is someone invading our village?" asked a man that resided in the village.
"No, but someone is targeting one of our team-mates." said Sai as he looked on over towards Sakura's location.
"So, you used the Mastery of 100 Seals Jutsu to recover from that injury, but those three blue orbs will never stop following you, and the more you heal, the more chakra taxing it will be." said Jesei to Sakura as he sat atop the totem pole.
"We will see about that, there is more effects to this jutsu than what you think." said Sakura as she jumped much higher than what she was normally capable of, reaching the top of the totem pole.
"Heh, better jumping ability, I guess all aspects of your taijutsu is increased." said Jesei as he had the totem pole produce a fourth blue orb.
"Trying to get the drop on me again?" asked Sakura as she punched the totem pole with her fist, enhanced by the Mastery of 100 Seals Jutsu, and destroyed the totem pole.
"Ok, that was impressive, but the blue orbs that is spawned will not go away so easily." said Jesei as each orb hovered over Jesei in a defensive maneuver.
"So he is switching from offensive, to a defensive strategy with those orbs, I wonder what the best way to go about this would be?" thought Sakura to herself.
Shikamaru had carefully ran across the nearby buildings, trying to gain a vantage point on Jesei, in order to offer better assistance to Sakura.
"I know she wants to do this alone, but we have to consider the safety of these townsfolk as well." said Sai as he pulled out a Chakra Trench Knife, and firmly held it in his left hand.
"Alright, time to show a new type of technique, but I don't think it will be impressive as Sakura's, hehehe." laughed Shikamaru to himself as he peeked around the corner of a building, spotting Jesei and Sakura.
"Alright, Sakura destroyed that totem pole, but those blue orbs are still there, huh, I wonder if there is a practical application I can use to get rid of them." thought Shikamaru to himself as he closed his eyes, and analyzed everything about Jesei thus far.
"I remember him mentioning something about the mind, and how cognitive thoughts are the key to his power, he seems to be a thinker, hehehe, just like me, this will not be so easy." thought Shikamaru as he ventured deeper into his memories and tried to find an opening.
Sakura and Jesei had a stand-off, each waiting for the other to make a move.
"Hmmm, I bet she gets impatient here soon, I must wait though, no point in fighting close with her while she has that jutsu active, I would lose." thought Jesei to himself.
"So, what made you target me specifically, wanting to take out the medical ninja of our team first?" asked Sakura as she was trying to distract Jesei long enough to charge up chakra in her feet.
"It is nothing against you personally, everyone is judged by the Knights of Dawn, like Amazeo Village for instance, we had some personnel murder everyone in that village for their transgressions, I was not there, but I am sure it was a sight to see." said Jesei as he was trying to rile Sakura up and get her mad.
"That sounds real humble all right, you bastards are no different from the Akatsuki, going around murdering innocent people, and claiming to be doing it for the greater good." said Sakura with a look of anger upon hearing Jesei's statement.
"There is no such thing as innocent people, dark and light, they are just labels that we humans created to brand one another with, in order to make ourselves feel more exalted." said Jesei with a serious look.
"Maybe so, but that is no reason to murder children, or anyone who cannot defend themselves, it sounds like you guys just want conflict to continue, nothing more or less." said Sakura as the chakra pressure under her feet built up, cracking the ground below it.
"Using small talk to prepare for an assault, eh, not going to let that happen!" yelled Jesei as he had two of the blue orbs zoom in on Sakura.
"Shadow Piercing Knife Paralysis Technique!" proclaimed Shikamaru as he threw the Chakra Trench Knife straight into the calf of Jesei, knocking him to the ground, and paralyzing him with the jutsu.
"You again, motherfucker, quit hanging around in the shadows, fight like a true honorable shinobi!" yelled Jesei as he could not move, or stand up due to the injury.
"Sorry, but with all of the blood on yours and your teammates hands, honorable is not a word for someone like you to throw around." said Shikamaru.
"Thank you Shikamaru, now it is my turn!" yelled Sakura as she punched both of the blue orbs at the same time, disseminating both.
"Damn, might as well have the other two orbs defend me from these two." said Jesei as he was slightly worried due to his prediciment.
"Over leaping Leg Drop of the Sky!" yelled Sakura as her right leg was surrounded with a fiery pink chakra, as it came down on the blue orbs defending Jesei, and destroyed them.
"Shit, gotta' think fast, Komittomentto: Five Sacred Colors Slash!" yelled Jesei as he managed to use another Mirage Clone to avoid the fatal injury.
"Damn, and we almost had him, but how did he get away so fast, I had him trapped with my Shadow Paralysis, and Sakura had him cornered, yet he was able to pull out that weird sword and counterattack." said Shikamaru with confusion.
"You are not going to be able to keep this up forever with those clones, I will be sure to put you down this time for good." said Sakura as her hole body was now surrounded by a fiery pink aura.
"Huh, perhaps this is the result of her full prowess while using her jutsu, you are an unparalleled kunoich for sure." said Jesei as he was about to swing his glowing blade towards Sakura.
"I will not fall for your compliments, I am not foolish enough for that!" yelled Sakura.
Jesei swung his sword five quick times, producing a crescent-shaped shard of chakra five times, having the colors Blue, Red, Green, Pink, and Yellow.
"Huh, what is this?" asked Sakura as the five multicolored slashes approached her quickly.
Zaire Senju was walking through the Sun-Braced Grove, one of the four outer areas of Lazarus, as the weather was bright and sunny.
"Time to see how my friend is doing now that he is free of his confinement." said Zaire as many flies could be seen flying to and from a certain direction in the woods.
"Heh, I am going to feel him thoroughly now that he is free." said Zaire as he exited the grassy hill and entered a beautiful forest full of flowering trees and other trees with fruit.
"There you are, and are we looking rather fine today?" asked Zaire as he stood above Joakim, whose entire body had been skinned from head to toe, with blood and flies laying all around him.
"Too bad I skinned your eyelids, you cannot close your eyes and pretend this is a dream now." said Zaire as he sat next to the skinless Joakim.
"Ahhghhhhuughhghghghh." went on Joakim as he was very weakened and moaning, similar to a zombie.
"Now come on, that does not sound enthusiastic to me, I want you to release all of your emotions, after all, you will be reunited with your family soon." said Zaire as he licked the side of Joakim's head, with blood and nerves sticking to the deranged Senju's tongue.
"Please, kill me, please!" yelled Joakim as he was writhing in agony as he felt every single nerve, which was exposed to the air, feel with pain.
"No, I will let you die of infection, slow and painful, that would be the honorable way." said Zaire as he kissed the lip-less mouth of Joakim, almost as if it were a french kiss, before leaving.
"Fuck you." said Joakim as his corpse-like body fell over on to the ground.
"Fuck me, fuck me!" yelled Zaire with blood-shot eyes as he kneeled down next to Joakim and put his thumbs above both of Joakim's skinned eyes, before proceeding to gouge out both of his eyes.
"Gyaaaahhhhhh!" screamed Joakim and puss and blood flowed out of his eye sockets as Zaire removed his thumbs from the man's eyes.
"Without your eyes, you can at least pretend to be in a better place for now, until you reunite with your friends and family in Heaven." said Zaire as he crushed Joakim's skinned head with his foot, crushing it promptly, causing the flayed body to twitch violently for a minute.
"Now that this is over, I must speak with Hirudeguarn at once, I am getting tired of hanging around here, I want to spread my wonderful work to the whole world." said Zaire as he created a large flowering tree and decided to relax for a while before heading towards the main town of Lazarus.
Naruto had destroyed all of the bats created by Lunesto, causing the young man to confront him directly.
"You did not think that would be enough would you?" asked Naruto as he prepared a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken in his right hand.
"Of course not, but I must say this much my boo, the more time I get to spend with you, the better I feel." said Lunesto as he slightly stuck out his tongue and licked his lips.
"Enough of your antics, Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!" yelled Naruto as he threw the spiraling sphere at great speeds towards Lunesto.
"Everyone get down, this is going to be huge!" yelled Sai as he warned the citizens of Ishigakure to duck for cover.
"Earth Release: Cragged Spikes of Belemort!" yelled Lunesto as he created a large wall of spikes to slightly throw off the trajectory of the attack, before weaving more hand signs. "Glass Release: Protecting Visible Core." continued on Lunesto as he was surrounded by a jagged dome of glass which weathered most of the attack.
"Well, you have done good for yourself so far, but it is time I ask you about this boss of yours, and I do not want a bullshit answer." said Naruto as he entered the second stage of his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Tailed Beast Mode, minus the Kurama avatar.
"Hehehe, I am in big trouble now, well, there is no point in telling you if you are just going to be arriving at Lazarus in a few days, you can find out then, because he wants to meet you more than you want to meet him." said Lunesto with a grin.
"I would not be so happy about me wanting to meet your boss, I am only doing this to protect the Allied Shinobi Forces." said Naruto with determination as he ran towards Lunesto.
"Go ahead, but later on, you will have a change of mind, once you meet him." thought Lunesto as Naruto kicked him straight in the stomach, causing the glass armor around his whole body to shatter.
Jesei's technique, related to his sword, was homing in on Sakura's location at great speeds.
"Five different colored crescent moon shaped blasts, I wonder if each color has a different effect, better not wait to find out." said Sakura as she ran quickly out of the way of the five slashes.
"That will not cut it, Mind Release: Adam's Protective Whim!" yelled Jesei as he and Sakura, who had arrived within close proximity to him, were teleported to the same black sphere dimension as before.
"I am glad you decided to run towards me in order to seemingly dodge my sword's chakra slashes, but it was not all in fault, welcome back to my own dimension again, and in case you could not figure it out yet, we are in my head, hence the nature of my jutsu." said Jesei with a laugh as the purple light surrounded by vines and berries from before was replaced with a yellow one.
"I must figure out what these colors mean, there has been a consistency between the colors of his techniques, purple, yellow, blue, and perhaps red, and green, but what does it mean?" thought Sakura to herself as she did not let these things escape her attention.
"Now, are you going to try that two finger-touch attack again, you killed my clone before, and it was just as powerful as me." said Jesei as he had Komittomentto, his weapon, in an offensive stance.
"Well, you could put it like that, but I think the one finger variant will prove far more convenient for you!" yelled Sakura as she poked the ground with her ring finger and cracked the surrounding area, breaking out of the sphere.
"Good work, not tell me what do you see?" asked Jesei with a smile.
"Huh, this is Konohagakure, in the past." said Sakura with surprise as only the First Hokage's head was carved on the Hokage Mountain.
"Welcome to my memories, Sakura Haruno, I hope you enjoy your stay." said Jesei as he disappeared out of Sakura's sight.
"Damn it, what now?" asked Sakura to herself as she was approached by a boy with with the same hair color as Jesei, and the same eye color as well.
"Hello miss, you are beautiful, my name is Jesei Leikough, and I want to be a ninja to protect my mom from the evil mercenaries out there." said the adolescent Jesei with an innocent smile.
"What, what is this?" thought Sakura to herself as she grew worried.
"Jesei, I found you, you are it, hahaha!" laughed another child as they were playing shinobi tag.
"Okay Kagami, but I will not loose this time, hey ma'am, want to play with me?" asked the young Jesei with a smile.
"Ummm, sure." said Sakura as she was trying to analyze what was occurring around her.
"I have a few friends but they are the goldest group of guys on the face of the earth, you should meet them sometimes, especially Hiruzen Sarutobi, he is my second best friend!" said Jesei as he and Sakura arrived in the main part of the early Konoha with many trees still not removed in the village.
"Then, who is your best friend?" asked Sakura trying to play along, hoping to find the real Jesei somewhere.
"Hey, Jesie, I got an extra lunch from Mom, want to eat it with me, that is if you don't ummm, mind?" asked a boy in a dark green kimono with dark navy blue skin and long spiky brown hair. He had serpentine eyes, and pink markings around them, but had the face of an angel, overall having a very feminine appearance.
"That shy kid may look like a wimp, but he is the one who saved my life, is name is Hirudeguarn Naga, and he is my best friend." said the young Jesei as he ran towards the serpentine boy, who began to blush.
"Ummm, well, I hope you like it." said the young Hirudeguarn as he hid his face.
"Don't be so shy Hirudeguarn, we have a new villager that want to meet you!" said the young Jesei with a happy tone.
-To be continued next time with Chapter 024...-