Rise of the Whirling Tides
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Chapter 23 Summary: Dominic was assigned to Queen Otohime's guard detail and prevented her assassination. At the same time Hody Jones 'captured' the assassin causing mistrust between Uzushiogakure and the people of Fishman Island, however, King Neptune continued to hire Dominic to protect his wife. Across the sea, Whitebeard rejoiced over Naruto's new bounty and at the death of Blacktooth. The knowledge he posses about Naruto is revealed to have been through Gol D. Roger whose ancestor had a lifelong wish that the Pirate King was unable to complete, but Whitebeard promised to complete for him through his son Ace. What exactly is the wish, is unknown or what is inside the Locket given to Whitebeard?
Chapter 24: Train Massacre
Sea Train Heading to Enies Lobby
On top of a sea train speeding across the sea on an ocean railway was a figure in black. The figure was dressed in black clothing consisting of a pair of long Anbu style pants, a long-sleeved black top that fit to the body like skin. Over the top, they wore a grey flak jacket accompanied by metal arm guards, gloves and ninja sandals. On the back of their waist were three grey pouches. Attached to the shoulders were metal guards with a swirl engraved into it. The figure wore a black mask with a white spider web-like pattern. Strung horizontally across their back with the handle to the right was a tanto. The body armour and clothing hugged tightly to the figure's body to reveal that of a well-developed young woman. The armour and clothing accented all her womanly features that could only be described as devilish. Flowing behind in the wind caused by the train was long luscious locks of black hair. Keeping hair out of their face was a black headband with a metal plate that like the shoulder guards also had a swirl.
The young woman was Suzuka a shinobi of Uzushiogakure no Sato. She was currently on a mission on behalf of the Shodai Uzukage, Uzumaki Naruto who also happened to be the young woman's boyfriend. Sticking to the last carriage of the sea train with chakra the woman looked up, allowing chocolate brown eyes to pierce through the holes of her mask. The woman's mission was to infiltrate the sea train and obtain the high valued target within. The mission was of the utmost importance, and no one was to be left alive. Suzuka had been assigned the mission as she had been trained specifically in the shinobi arts of stealth, espionage, sabotage, infiltration and assassination. In the last six months, Suzuka had also gone through rigorous and Spartan-like training, all to be inducted as Uzushiogakure's first official Anbu black ops operative. The woman had been given the codename Kuroikafu or the Black Widow.
Suzuka took a deep breath; it was time to begin the operation. The woman unsheathed the tanto from her back and channelled chakra into the blade making it glow blue. Using wind nature chakra to sharpen the tanto Suzuka impaled the roof of the compartment and made a circular hole. Kicking down the woman kicked the hole in letting it fall surprising the occupants of the compartment. Suzuka dropped down and was greeted by the sight of a dozen men in black suits.
Amongst them was an extremely tall man, so much so that he covers nearly the whole ceiling of the train car he was in with his upper body. His head was roughly twice as big as the average man's; with legs that were extremely long that their exact length is practically the height of the train car His hair and beard are white while his moustache was strangely black. Like the others, he to wore a suit, but with a yellow pin of the World Government symbol on the right side of the chest, to complete the look the man was wearing a pair of red boxing gloves.
"A trespasser! Surrender now, and we will be lenient with you!' Roared the man as he pointed a gloved hand.
Suzuka immediately launched into action appearing directly in front of the boxer catching him by surprise. Before the man could do anything, a tanto was lodged in his skull. Jumping back the tanto was pulled out, and blood gushed out, spraying into the air like a fountain.
"Jerry-sama!" shouted the men in the cabin shock coming over them as they watched their leader die. Suzuka went into action darting amongst them at high speed, swinging the tanto blade. A red mark appeared across their throats before blood sprayed out. All twelve bodies dropped to the ground no longer moving; they were dead.
Suzuka cleaned the blood off the tanto, sheathing it then making her way to the front of the cabin. Opening the door, Suzuka was greeted by a torrential downpour of rain, with winds so strong they could blow you over. Making her way across, sticking to the train with chakra, the Kunoichi entered into the next compartment. One cabin was down only six to go before she reached the target.
Entering the second rear car, the stock car, Suzuka was greeted by another group of men in suits twenty this time. Leading them was another tall man with curly long black hair, a skeletal face, and a long neck while missing one tooth. The man wore a modified marine uniform, consisting of a rope belt around his waist like a samurai and carried a large decorated sword.
"What an intruder!" The man drew the massive sword and pointed the tip at Suzuka.
"Please stand down I would rather we not have any needless vo…" The strange looking man didn't even get to finish as Suzuka appeared in front of him, two glowing fingers coated in chakra stabbing into the man's chest. The man's eyes bugged out; spit flew out of his lips as he was sent flying backwards crashing into the end of the car.
Suzuka brought two hands together rapidly forming hand seals. Arms were thrown out towards the men, before the black clothing on Suzuka's arms began to wiggle and move. Tendrils of darkness shot off from Suzuka's arms wrapping around each of the men before a black mist rolled off her body consuming the entire cabin, hiding the woman from view. The men screamed and flailed poorly amongst the darkness before they began to scream. Suzuka had closed in drawing the tanto again and swiftly dealt with each of the marine's caught up in her Genjutsu. The woman had cast an illusion technique one of her inventions.
Twenty bodies collapsed to the ground and the illusion dissolved, each body had a deep gash along their throat, as a pool of blood formed beneath them. The only one left was the man with the skeletal face. The giant of a man stood up and looked in horror at the dead bodies of his men, "How dare you! I'll kill you!" Grabbing his sword which had fallen at his side, the man charged forward swinging it overhead.
Suzuka raised the tanto to block the blade, reinforcing the smaller weapon with earth nature chakra to boost its durability. Suzuka didn't budge under the weight of the massive sword, holding it off with a single hand. Using a free hand, the woman delivered a punch to the marine's solar plexus. The blow connected making the man stumble back gasping for air. Taking the chance Suzuka darted in, channelling wind chakra into the tanto and slashed. A red line formed on the man's neck before his head went flying, blood spurting out the throat. The decapitated head hit the car's floor and rolled before coming to a stop two meters from the body. The headless body collapsed to its knees before falling over.
Suzuka moved onto the third car opening up to find a kitchen. Here she was greeted by the sight of a man that wore a permanent smile on his face sitting on a bench. He had white fluffy hair and buck teeth, with spiral-designs on his cheek and also seemed to have eyes that extend off of his face. He wore a black shirt unbuttoned, revealing his chest, a yellow scarf, black pants with an orange belt, and roller skates.
"An intruder! You won't get passed me Sasasasasasa!" laughed the strange little man with an unusual laugh. "I am Wanze of the CP7, Cook and Master of Ramen Kenpo!"
Wanze jumped off the bench grabbing some flour and shoved it in his mouth. The man chewed loudly, cheeks puffing out before a hand was placed over his right nostril closing it, "Ramen beam!" A straight line of ramen noodle shot out of the man's left nostril.
Suzuka took a step to the right allowing the noodle to shoot past and slice into the floor. The woman sneered in disgust at the attack. Disgust was written across the woman's face, who would dare to use food in such a vile manner? Especially ramen? The favoured food of her beloved.
Wanze laughed in response as two strands of noodles shot out from his nose, which was placed in each hand. The man spun the thick long ramen noodles before sending them flying at Suzuka like whips. "Ramen Muchi (Noddle Whip)!" The ramen whips cut into nearby kitchen tops as they darted towards the Kunoichi.
Suzuka kicked off the ground and darted in between the two ramen whips, intending to take the man out as soon as possible. "Ramen Kenpo Ogi: Men's Formal Suit!" Wanze quickly swallowed a whole sack of flour, and a large amount of ramen noodles poured out of his large nostrils. The noodles wrapped around the filthy marine created a large armoured suit of noodles, strangely though Wanze's upper body was exposed. "Sasasasasasa my armour is unbeatable" Boasted the so-called chef.
Suzuka ignored him as she continued charging in. This action made Wanze frown, and he punched out with both noddle fists. Starting at the incoming fists, Suzuka simple slashed out with their drawn tanto, the blade cut through the noodles, but they were so thick and so many, the blade barely made a dent. Jumping back, the kunoichi attempted to create a little distance as the fist's hit where she had previously stood. It wasn't like Wanze was a difficult opponent, more annoying than anything else. But it wasn't like Suzuka couldn't handle him.
Wanze roared with laughter as the noodle fists turned into hundreds of long noodles that he whipped towards the Kunoichi, "Senmen Muchi (Thousand Noodle Whip) The woman's left eye twitched beneath the mask as she faced the incoming noodle whips. Wind chakra flowed into the blade, "Fuuton: Reppu Kazeken (Wind Release: Gale Wind Sword)!" With a slash at mid-air, dozens of razor sharp wind blades erupted from the tanto, cutting through the air and colliding with the noodle whips. The blades cut through the noodles like a hot knife through butter, rendering them useless. The floor and surrounding cabinets received collateral damage as deep gashes appeared in them.
Kicking off the ground, Suzuka launched forward to intercept the man. The tanto swung, and each time it swung, blades of wind were released, continually tearing the noodle whips apart. Arriving in front of Wanze, Suzuka extended her left, open palm heading towards the armour, "Hakke Tenrai Hasangekishou (Eight Trigrams Heavenly Mountain Crusher Palm)!" The palm strike landed, and on impact, a large amount of chakra exploded outwards. The chakra was focused on a single point that would spread out without losing any strength. The ramen armour was blown to pieces as noodles were scattered everywhere. The force carried on knocking Wanze backwards into the door of the compartment. Blood dripped from the man's lips as some of his major organs had been crushed by the blow.
The Hakke Tenrai Hasangekishou was an improved version of the Hakke Hasangeki that was deadlier when used direct physical contact. The force behind the blow carried enough strength to crush organs on impact as a powerful burst of chakra was plunged into the target's body. Against someone like Wanze, it was a devastating technique. Even against other shinobi, there wouldn't be many who could suffer the technique without damage.
Looking at the woman, the marine struggled to his feet, blood dripping from his lips. Wanze wretched, vomiting up a considerable amount of blood and bile. It was clear from looking at him that the man was on his last legs. Kicking off, Suzuka shot towards him intending to finish the pitiful little man of now, granting a merciful death. Disappearing before Wanze's eyes, the woman appeared in front of him a blade piercing through the middle of his forehead and the skull, piercing the brain with ease. Suzuka stood in front both hands shoving the tanto deep into his grey matter. "Good thing Naruto-kun wasn't here. He most likely would have tortured this idiot for defiling ramen in such a way."
Suzuka pulled the blade out; blood dripped from its metal as Wanze collapsed to the ground eyes white and lifeless. Advancing on Suzuka entered the roaring elements once more. "So there was an intruder. Sorry, but you will go no further!' Suzuka looked up using an arm to shield her eyes from the pouring rain.
Standing in front of the fourth car was a tall man with dark skin, dressed in black leather pants and a leather jacket. Attached to the jacket were many silver chains. In the man's hands was a giant battle hammer twice as big as he was, and the man was quite taller, taller than the train car.
"Jero of the CP5 pleased to meet you." The man then gave a battle cry swinging the giant hammer down from overhead. Suzuka back flipped up onto the side of the car, sticking to it with chakra. The hammer hit the metal floor and made the entire car shake. Suzuka kicked off the car shooting straight at Jero. The massive hammer came swinging back towards Suzuka, coming into her path. The Kunoichi raised the tanto in their hand blocking the incoming weapon. The two weapons collided as the female sword user floated in mid-air, wind chakra gathering under her feet. Kicking off, using the air as a cushion, Suzuka flipped up over Jero, a foot kicking him in the back making the marine stumble forward.
With a twist of her body, the tanto in the Kunoichi's hand flashed out like lightning. Blood sprayed into the air as a deep gash was left in the marine's back, making him stumble forward, losing his balance. The marine fumbled, almost falling off the train and plunging into the water. The marine appeared to kick off the air, a cushion appearing beneath as if he was able to move on air itself. The marine glared at the woman as he stood on the train car she had come from. Suzuka was now in his place; they had a complete reversal of their positions.
Suzuka raised her free hand forming a half tiger seal, "Suiton: Suigadan (Water Release: Water Fang Bullet)!" The downpour of rain began to move as it was manipulated by the woman. Water gathered as four balls around her before the balls began to move in a drill-like motion. The rotating water drills shot forward towards Jero. The four drills came together forming one big drill. The movement catching him off guard. The drill collided with his body, making the man scream in pain. Blood flew into the rain as the giant water drill pierced through his torso and out the back. The body stood still for a moment before collapsing to its knees, eyes lifeless. The hammer in Jero's hand fell from his grip into the water. Suzuka kicked the corpse away, throwing it into the ocean with a splash. The body would sink to the ocean's depths never to be found.
Grabbing the door handle to the car, Suzuka attempted to enter only to find the door locked. Rattling the door the woman sneered. Suzuka released a pulse of chakra allowing it to run its course through the car alerting her to the fact there was thirty-four hostile inside. Sheathing the tanto Suzuka started going through hand seals before taking a deep breath, "Fuuton: Renkuudan (Wind Release: Drilling Air Projectile)!"
Suzuka struck her stomach before cheeks parted and a compressed ball of air shot out. The ball of air hit the door tearing it apart before continuing, flying through the cabin. The compressed airball connected with a man in a suit before exploding unleashing a devastating blast of wind. The man was torn apart spreading blood and gusts across the train car. The explosion of wind that followed shredded apart all those around him reducing the number within to fifteen. The floor, windows and seat of the train car were soon filled with blood as guts, organs and brain matter was splattered everywhere Most of the men threw up from the sight and smell unable to handle it, while Suzuka directly looked on with a gaze of indifference.
Bringing her hands together in a 't' shape two puffs of smoke appeared beside her. Dashing out of the smoke was two shadow clones. The two clones drew their blades and went to work viciously attacking the disorientated men. While the clones took care of the fodder, Suzuka charged up the middle towards the last two remaining cars. Leaving the clones behind Suzuka advanced, opening the door to the next car and walked into a darkened room. The lights suddenly came on, and Suzuka was met face to face with a small platoon of twenty suits pointing rifles towards her.
"Fire!" Gunfire sounded out as rounds shot towards Suzuka. The woman slashed the tanto through the air, and a storm of wind blades erupted creating an all-encompassing vortex that acted as an offensive shield. The whirlwind of wind attacked the bullets shredding them into dozens of smaller fragments. Kicking off the ground Suzuka used the chance to strike. Appearing in front of the first, Suzuka lodged the tanto deep into his throat and slashed, slicing the neck right open. Twisting on a heel Suzuka used her left arm to draw four kunai knives from one of the three pouches and throw them. Each kunai found its mark lodging into the forehead of a marksman. The suits couldn't react fast enough in the small cabin. Whereas for Suzuka this was her ideal battlefield, able to operative effectively in small confined spaces. Suzuka jumped up attaching herself to the roof, hanging upside down as a bullet hit the floor of where she previously stood. Charging along the rooftop, she lunged stabbing the tanto deep into the man's chest. Taking out tanto the Kunoichi spun and threw the blade letting it fly through the air and impale another between the eyes. Vanishing in a swirl of leaves she appeared beside the tanto tearing it out of flesh.
Suzuka drew another kunai and launched into the fray of battle. The two steel blades cut through flesh, sending blood splattering across seats, floor, roof and windows until the entire train car was an inch high in blood. The kunoichi put the kunai away before retrieving the other four, cleaning them off and pocketing them. Keeping the sword unsheathed Suzuka advanced to the final cabin. As she advanced the two clones had dispelled sending the memories onto the original, the two shadow clones had cleaned out the previous cabin. Walking into the last car, Suzuka found only four occupants. At the front of the car behind a room comprised of metal bars was a large cowfish Fishman, with short horns and a yellow body. He had markings under each eye, black spots on his neck near what were gills, sharp teeth from his lower lip pointing upward, and a white beard.
The other three were lounging in their seats. The first was a man who had a square jaw, with a slight beard on it. His hair was combed neatly, but with the back flowing, wearing a black suit with a peach-hued shirt underneath, and a striped coat over it.
The second was a man with flowing grey hair with an antenna jutting out the front and a small goatee of the same colour. He had a serious and sharp looking face, wearing thin-rimmed red sunglasses and blue earrings. Like the other man, he to wore a black suit but with a light blue shirt underneath with a matching handkerchief and black gloves.
The last was a pale man of slim stature with wavy, wild lavender hair in a layered style that is roughly shoulder-length and parted in the middle. He had black markings around his large eyes, and a narrow nose that is dark red, wearing a brown studded leather mask, a long black coat with gold-coloured trim and the World Government symbol with oversized shoulder pads, a white shirt with a black tie, a grey vest with corset lacing.
The three got to their feet, all staring at the strange mask wearing intruder. "How did an intruder get through? Weren't your men protecting the train son?" asked the man with the black suit and peach-hued shirt.
"I had some of my best operatives guarding the cabins! How could she possibly get past them! No one could have defeated them!" barked out the man with the leather mask, identified as the son of the first man.
Suzuka snorted in amusement, "They were hardly a challenge." stated the Kunoichi, and it was true compared to the daily sparring practices with Naruto, those Cipher Pol members, couldn't even be classed as a warm-up exercise for her. Every one of them had died with no more than a single swing of her blade. Suzuka was looking forward to when the real operations would begin, and she had a chance to fight a much stronger opponent. Someone on the level of a Shichibukai.
"That. That can't be. It's impossible! You couldn't possibly have killed them on your own." The son pointed a finger accusingly at Suzuka. The woman frowned at the finger, finding it offensive. Disappearing with a burst of speed, she appeared in front of the boy. Steel sliced through the air as a finger went flying and blood sprayed upwards. The third man screamed in pain, stumbling back clutching his bleeding finger.
"Laskey, kill her now!" Shouted the first man as he raced over to his son. The woman had acted so quickly, it caught them all by surprise, and before they could react, she had already claimed his son's finger.
The second identified as Laskey nodded his head and took a step forward intending to deal with the woman. "Soru!" The man kicked off the ground, vanishing from sight heading straight towards Suzuka. A deadly gleam in his eyes as he advanced on the unsuspecting woman, extending a deadly finger. This was the Shigan a deadly technique that involved stabbing the target with a finger at high speed to leave a bullet like wound. The man advanced thinking he had won only to find things had gone wrong. Laskey gasped for air, spittle and blood flying from his mouth. Halfway into the dash Suzuka had appeared directly in front of him, a fist plunged into his stomach. The man's eyes bulged as an overwhelming sensation of pain spread out, and he was sent flying back crashing into a seat demolishing it on impact.
"Was that supposed to impress? Your speed was lacking." Address the young kunoichi as she stood up straight. Suzuka had seen his movements as clear as day, she sparred with Naruto on a regular basis, and the Uzukage could travel at speeds ten times faster than this buffoon without even trying.
The other two spluttered and pointed in shock at the woman's actions. Suzuka turned to face them, "Spandine, Spandam what displeasure." Suzuka sneered behind the mask, a deep hatred for the two reflected in her eyes. Her words were full of malicious.
"Who-Who-Who are you!' spluttered out Spandam, the one in the leather mask. A hankerchief had been wrapped around the bleeding finger; white had been dyed red, as Spandam clutched it trying to stop the bleeding.
"Guess it doesn't matter, you'll be dead soon anyway." Suzuka lifted the mask off revealing the face of a beautiful nineteen-year-old woman. Flicking long black locks, chocolate brown eyes stared towards the two men with disdain. The sight of such a beautiful young woman made them all recoil from the radiance she released, it was not every day they saw such a heavenly flower. But the look of disdain in those cold eyes made them gulp in fear.
"You probably don't remember me. But I remember you Spandine. Every single day I remember that face of yours, and I feel nothing but disgust for it. Twelve years ago you dared to take my brother way promising I'd be safe. But you lied. Before I kill you, you're going to tell me where he is" The young woman glared daggers at Spandine who stood beside his son Spandam.
"What-Whatever do you mean. I don't know what you're talking about." Retorted the cowardly man as he shook beneath the woman's scary gaze. Spandine didn't recognise the black-haired woman at all but felt like she was familiar.
"You saw potential in my brother who was only one year older than I was. Don't you remember how you offered my father money to buy him, so you could take him away? You may not remember, but I do. You promised, gave your word I'd be looked after, but you never kept your word did you. Every day was like hell with that man. I had to do everything I could to survive and avoid his advances. In return what was my reward? I was sold off to be a slave. If I hadn't been rescued by my benefactor, who knows what type of life I would have had. Because of that, I've hated you ever since." Regaled the young woman mentioning a past life she had lived. The very thought of the past brought up a deep hatred that had been bottled for many years. After this, Suzuka planned to track down her father and remove the pitiful ant that he was from the face of this earth, as he was nothing but trash that deserved to die.
Spandine's eyes widened as he looked over her, the image of another reflected beside her, "I remember now! You're that boy's sister! The snivelling little girl who looked so much like her mother it drove your drunkard of a father crazy. Look at you all grown up." Spandine sneered at her but still couldn't stop himself from shaking. He acted tough but was a coward inside and out.
"Enough. You're going to tell me where my brother is." Suzuka charged ahead closing the gap, grabbing Spandine by the throat and slammed him into the floor of the car.
Blood dripped down from his lips, but Spandine only smiled, "Never. You're better off just killing me!"
Suzuka sneered before the tanto came down and pierced Spandine through the heart. "No matter I'll find my brother another way." Suzuka ripped the tanto out with a smile before turning to Spandam who had collapsed to the ground, a pool of urine forming beneath him.
"P-P-Please-please don't kill me!" snivelled the pathetic excuse of a man, tears and snot dripping down his face. Suzuka ignored him and with a swipe of her tanto decapitated him.
"You killed them, how dare you!" The shout of the man Laskey drew Suzuka's attention. Laskey had stumbled back onto both feet and was clutching his stomach in pain. "I'll make you pay!" Laskey kicked off using the soru again advancing towards the woman.
"Tekkai (Iron Body). Shigan (Finger Pistol)!" Laskey combined two of the Roshushiki, six techniques used by members of the Cipher Pol. The Tekkai hardened his body like iron, and the Shigan became a lethal close combat finger. With a battle cry, Laskey thrust his right index finger forward aiming to pierce through Suzuka's forehead.
Metal cut through the air before blood sprayed upwards. Laskey screamed, clutching his hand as a finger sailed through the air. Suzuka had sliced off his index finger with a single stroke of her tanto, then faster than the man could follow four kunai were drawn and thrown. A kunai pierced each shoulder while two pierced his kneecaps. Laskey screamed in pain and fell to the floor on his shins. Suzuka approached, tanto glistening red from all the blood it had drawn. Grabbing the man by the back of his head, she pulled his head back and swung the tanto slicing his neck open. Suzuka dropped the body to the ground, letting a pool of blood form. Not sparing the corpse another glance Suzuka approached the Fishman locked in the metal cage. The Fishman was utterly stunned from the sight before him unable to get it out of his head.
"Old Tom?"
Suzuka's soft heavenly voice broke him out of his trance.
"Ah, yes?" replied the old Fishman slightly unsure.
Suzuka used the tanto blade coated in wind chakra to slice the cell open. Walking in she smiled before the blade glistened and with a swing of the blade blood sprayed out coating the walls of the cell. Old Tom screamed in pain clutching his right arm where a good size gash could now be seen.
"You're here to kill me too?" asked the old Fishman. Tom was not afraid of death; he had resigned himself to fate a long time ago.
Suzuka shook her head and sheathed the tanto before going through a series of hand seals, "Chi Bunshin (Blood Clone)!" Blood off the floor belonging to Tom rose up into the air and began to rapidly change its form taking a humanoid shape. The blood soon grew bones, muscle and skin tissue. Before Tom knew it an exact copy of him now lay on the cell's floor. Suzuka drew out a kunai and slashed the clone's throat allowing blood to spill out.
"The blood was to create a clone. We are faking your death. Naruto-sama wishes for you to come to Uzushiogakure no Sato and be Uzu's official shipwright." Answered Suzuka as she pocketed the bloody kunai and fixed the Anbu mask back into place.
"I thank you for the rescue, but I already said no." Old Tom refused, he had already resigned himself to death.
Suzuka frowned and placed a hand on Old Tom's right shoulder, "It wasn't a request. I was ordered to bring you back. The knowledge you possess is too dangerous for the World Government to obtain. You'll be safer on Uzu no Kuni." Chakra flowed into a seal on the back of Suzuka's neck before both vanished in a flash of white heading all the way back to Uzushiogakure no Sato. The only ones left alive on the sea train was the conductor who had no idea what had happened.
Neither Suzuka nor Tom would be aware that in front of the train would be the young Cutty Flam intending to stop it, only to suffer a painful fate. Word would soon spread of the death of Old Tom followed by the violent massacre of multiple members of CP5, CP6 and CP7 including some of its top operatives.