Chapter 41: Rounding It Up
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Chapter 41: Rounding It Up
"HROAR!" A loud battle cry rang out as two giants clashed together, their hands locked in combat. On the right was Jozu the third division commander of the Whitebeard pirates, and on the left was Charlotte Cadenza the seventh son of Charlotte Linlin, one of four quadruplets that included the now deceased Charlotte Opera. Charlotte Cadenza was an enormous man with an extremely thick muscular body, light brown hair on each side of his head leaving the middle bald and an enormous beard. He wore a black and pink striped short sleeved shirt, matching bowler hat, was barefoot and wore dotted wristlets.
Jozu grunted, digging his heels in and throwing Cadenza into the ground with a loud thud. Loud stomping alerted Jozu, drawing his attention as two giant men almost identical to Cadenza charged at him like a pair of bulls. On the right was Charlotte Counter, who had dark brown hair in a Mohawk with a large beard, wearing a dark blue vest with thick edges, dark collared pants, small legs and dotted wristlets with a matching belt. On the left was Charlotte Cabaletta, a giant man with small eyes, a broad nose, full lips, thin moustache, light grey hair arranged in three messy groups, large beard and yellow overalls. The two were charging towards Jozu with their shoulders extended, intending to shoulder barge him.
Diamond materialised around Jozu, transforming his body into one covered with diamond armour. Once the transformation was completed the Pirate Commander rushed forward. Two large diamond covered hands reached out and collided with the two shoulders. Two shockwaves exploded loudly from the contact, heels digging into the earth as Jozu's fingers clamped down on flesh with enough force to rupture the skin, splattering blood through the air. Releasing a mighty roar, Jozu slammed the two brothers into the dirt with a loud boom.
"DIE!" Cadenza roared as he appeared above Jozu having moved quickly, arms coated in Busoshoku Haki.
A black flash shot towards Cadenza, and a giant Kanabo was swung into his side, sending the Charlotte member flying into the ground with enough force to shatter it on impact, covering him in debris. A three-metre tall puppet covered in heavy black armour crashed into the soil beside Jozu, holding in its hands a three-metre long Kanabo with the thickness of a fully grown adult male. Connected to the back of the puppets head was a long blue chakra string that led towards an Anbu operative in full attire wearing a monkey mask and standing a good six feet behind the two.
The Anbu operative had a long brown monkey tail extending from his tailbone and wore two large scrolls on his back. On the belt around his waist were at least a dozen more scrolls. While his face couldn't be seen, the owner of the mask was a fourteen-year-old boy with chubby cheeks covered in fur and chocolate brown eyes. The youth was quite short for his age, only five foot paired with a very slim and lean build that fit him perfectly. The youth was Mickael, one of the Anbu operatives under Suzuka's command, who worked alongside Yasmin, Kuroka and Taro.
"Jozu please keep the body intact." Requested the Monkey Mink from behind the Commander. His request made Jozu raise an eyebrow in curiosity, but he didn't ask any questions.
Saru grabbed the top scroll from his back and unrolled it into the air, and with a flick of his tail, the tip landed against the scroll channelling chakra into it. A large plume of smoke engulfed Saru before red and blue figures dashed out with chakra strings attached to them. On the right was a two-metre tall puppet in red armour wielding a giant sabre and on the left was a one and a half metre tall blue puppet wielding a long spear. The two dolls attacked the closest target together, Charlotte Cabaletta.
Charlotte Cabaletta grunted after getting back on his feet, only to look up and find a pair of strange puppets closing in on him. Giving another annoyed grunt, the pirate coated both arms in Busoshoku Haki, raising them to block the incoming weapons wielded by the two puppets. The force of the twin blows sent him sliding backwards ever so slightly, his feet digging into the dirt. Fire came to life as the red puppet ignited the sabre in its hands, coating it in bright red flames and beginning its' assault, attacking with crazed wild swings. A great heat bombarded Cabaletta's face as he narrowly avoided the flaming sabre, sweat appearing on his forehead. A spear came from nowhere, the tip striking the pirates chest, clashing against a defensive layer of Haki. A blast of water erupted from the tip of the spear sending Cabaletta flying backwards.
The two puppets retreated momentarily, only to be joined by the puppet in black armour. Saru appeared behind his three puppets, the puppets in order were named Ao (Blue), Kuroi (Black) and Aka (Red), named after the colour of their armour. It wasn't very imaginative, but Saru was a person who preferred simplicity by nature. His preference for simplicity did not extend to his puppets; however, as each puppet, while looking simple on the outside, was complicated on the inside.
"You'll pay for that!" Cabaletta grunted out as he took a step forward. Suddenly, dust flew everywhere from the debris Cadenza threw aside as he climbed onto both feet and took a position next to Cabaletta. Cadenza shared a look with his brother, before looking to Counter, who was preoccupied, caught up in a power contest with Jozu, their hands clamped together as one tried to overwhelm the other.
"Try all you want," Saru responded in a cheeky tone from behind his mask, moving his fingers. The three puppets moved forward in response, closing the distance between them and the two brothers. Kuroi took the lead speeding up ahead of the other two and swinging the massive Kanabo, causing the two brothers to split off. The Kanabo hit the ground with a loud thud and collapsed it on impact.
Aka darted off to the right, engaging with Cadenza, swinging his flaming sabre from the left and releasing a wave of red flames. Cadenza punched at the air with such force and speed that a shockwave erupted from the point of extension and hit the flames, extinguishing them. Aka swung the sabre into the path of the shockwave, splitting it in two, and continued his path, bringing the sword up on an upwards horizontal swing from the left. Cadenza coated his left fist in Haki and clashed it with the sword head on, breaking the ground beneath them.
Ao thrust its spear rapidly at Cabaletta, firing off multiple sharp blades of water. The water blades cut through the air on multiple angles, forcing the giant man to do his best to avoid them. Cabaletta felt a stinging sensation on his left cheek, blood staining the pirate's fingertips as a long cut bled. The blades he avoided flew on behind him, cutting into the surrounding terrain. The mouthpiece for Ao's helmet opened up, followed by a loud whoosh as a barrage of senbon needles flew out. Haki coated Cabaletta's entire body allowing the needles to bounce off leaving him unharmed.
Kuroi slammed its Kanabo into the dirt and raised both arms. Its' palms split open, and a pair of small paper bombs popped out into the air, each no bigger than a golf ball. The black armour wearing puppet grabbed the paper bombs and threw them towards Cabaletta, where they exploded on contact. The bombs were small but powerful and sent the son of Linlin skidding backwards.
Picking up the Kanabo with its right hand, Kuroi sped towards Cabaletta, swinging the giant club towards the pirate's chest. The giant man dug in his heels, grinding his teeth against one another as he brought up both hands to meet the incoming club with a loud bang, his skin coated with haki for protection. The back of Kuroi's armour opened up as a second set of arms extend outwards, their palms opened up as small paper bombs popped out from them. The bombs flew towards Calabetta, exploding in his face and knocking the pirate back. The force sent Kuroi sliding back from its opponent, the new hands digging into the ground and bringing the puppet to a slow stop.
A wave of heat overcame Cadenza as intense flames poured out of the red puppet's sabre, forcing him back. Cadenza leapt back across the terrain as a fireball crashed into the ground where he had once been. Aka pointed the sabre and launched giant balls of fire in rapid succession from the tip of the blade. The puppet then swung the sabre, the flames dissipating as the weapon was sheathed on its back. Aka swung its arms behind itself, its' palms opening as jets extended out. Heat poured out from the jets as a stream of fire poured out from each palm, sending the puppet rocketing towards Cadenza at high speed.
Cadenza sneered at the inanimate object as it powered forward with frightening speed. With a roar, the pirate swung his meaty left fist towards the puppet, intending to smash it to pieces. The puppet, in an incredible show of maneuverability, sidestepped around the fist at the last moment, the stream of flames dying down as it drew its sabre once more. Using the momentum carried from its sudden movements, the puppet swung the sabre, reigniting it. Heat poured against Cadenza's face as the large blade crashed into his right side, carrying enough force with it to launch him up into the air. Saru didn't let up as Aka kicked off the ground throwing its sabre up into the air.
Chakra flowed through the puppet's body as cracks appeared, separating it into pieces. Limbs disengaged from the original body, while the body splintered into three sections, the waist and torso splitting off as the head left the neck. Each limb splintered into three as Aka separated into fifteen sections, joined by its' sabre as it floated beside the joints. Jets extended from the ends of each of the fifteen pieces of Aka, fire pouring out as the body parts rocketed towards Cadenza. Seals lit up on each segment as they were engulfed in red flames. Cadenza came to a halt, looking up as the parts and sword flew towards him. The pirate avoided the right fist, letting it flow past him before ducking beneath a foot.
Cadenza dodged with haste, allowing the pieces of the puppet to fly past him only to rejoin with one another immediately. As the pirate narrowly avoided being bisected by the sabre, letting it fly past him, Aka's hand reached out grabbing the sword and slashed down catching the man by surprise. A pained cry sounded as his flesh was seared leaving behind a large cauterised diagonal gash on Cadenza's back stemming from his right shoulder to the left hip.
Saru recalled all three puppets with but a motion of his fingers. The three puppets followed the commands of their wielder, returning to his side, Kuroi at the front with Akai to Saru's right and Ao to his left. A cheeky grin formed beneath the Anbu's mask as he jumped up onto Kuroi's right shoulder, seated in a crouched position. Taking out a small scroll from his right hip the Monkey Mink tossed it out into the air, and in a puff of smoke, a three-metre long orange bo staff appeared. As Saru's tail curled around the staff, his fingers twitched. Kuroi launched off the ground speeding towards Cabaletta as Ao and Akai headed towards Cadenza cutting the two brothers off once more.
Saru launched his much smaller body off Kuroi's shoulder, shooting towards Cabaletta like a bullet. The Monkey Mink flipped in mid-air, using the motion of his body to increase the force behind the bo staff as his tail swung it down from above at Cabaletta. Enhancing the orange staff with Busoshoku Haki it became obsidian black. The bo staff slammed down against Cabaletta's coated arms with enough force to make them buckle. A foot touched the pirate's shoulder as Saru kicked off using Cabaletta like a springboard to launch up into the air as Kuroi came barrelling forward, shoulder barging the giant man.
As Cabaletta stumbled back, the arms extending from Kuroi's back latched onto his biceps clutching down hard. Kuroi dug its heels into the ground and slammed its forehead against Cabalettas with a loud bang. Kuroi didn't let up and continued to smash its armoured forehead against Cabaletta's to the point that the puppet's helmet plate cracked from the force. The pirate was rattled from the constant attacks and was unable to think properly; his thoughts were a mess. Saru landed behind his puppet and acted, sliding between the puppet's opened legs, his tail swinging upwards slamming the tip of the bo staff into the man's jaw. Kuroi let go allowing the force of the bo strike to lift the large Charlotte off the ground.
A giant armoured left hand clamped down around Cabaletta's left ankle, as Kuroi latched on and threw the pirate into the ground cracking it on impact. Without letting up, Kuroi lifted Cabaletta and turned, swinging the man back into the earth with enough force that debris flew upwards. Cabaletta released a pained cry as blood flew out of his lips from the impact. Kuroi's grip tightened as he spun around again swinging the pirate into the ground and, as Cabaletta was thrown into the earth a third time, a giant Kanabo slammed into his gullet. The Kanabo drove Cabaletta into the dirt as cracks spread out through the earth like spiderwebs, collapsing the terrain in on itself. Saru stumbled as the ground beneath him shook, and he almost lost his footing.
Taking a step back the Monkey Mink controlled Kuroi, making the puppet stomp its right foot onto Cabaletta's chest before using both left hands to grab Cabaletta's left arm. The armoured puppet put pressure on the pirate's chest and pulled with both arms. A loud popping sound followed by tearing was heard, then Cabaletta's screams. Blood splattered everywhere, staining the black armour, as the puppet mercilessly ripped off the overall-wearing man's limbs. Tossing the limb aside without hesitation, Kuroi plunged its primary left hand into the stump, forcing it in, making the pirate scream and thrash about trying to throw Kuroi off. The puppet forced down with its foot, and the cracking of ribs was heard from the pressure. The puppets palm opened up inside the pirate, and a paper bomb was released. Ripping its arm out the bomb detonated.
Tissue and organs splashed across Kuroi, painting the puppet with a gruesome visage as the pirate's entire upper half was blown apart. The puppet took a few steps back; its left foot had escaped reasonably unharmed, the only signs of damage being the dents in the bottom of its boot.
"Cabaletta!" Cadenza was horrified by the sight of his brother being blown apart from the inside. First Opera, now Cabaletta, the Quintuplets were dropping like flies, all that was left was his brother Counter and Gala. Counter was under pressure from Jozu, while Gala was back home. Distracted by his brother's death, Cadenza felt pain as the tip of Aoi's spear pierced through his right shoulder. Aka followed behind, the large sabre impaling deep into Cadenza's gut and out the back. A great heat poured out from the blade as Ao retreated, ripping the spear out letting blood splash against its face.
Cadenza released a blood-curdling scream as both hands clamped down on the sabre and tried to pull it out, but Aka held firm pushing the blade back in. Sweat poured out from the pirate's body as he felt himself being boiled from the inside out.
"Stop. Stop!" Cadenza tried to beg, his skin turning red and smoke wafting into air as he was cooked alive. Within moments the pirate burst into flames and released a silent scream, unable to make a sound. Aka ripped the sabre out, as Cadenza's blackened corpse hit the ground, the stomach collapsing inwards as the strong smell of burnt pork wafted through the air.
"You'll pay for what you've done!" Counter roared in anger, but he wouldn't do anything as he was locked in combat with Jozu, unable to overpower the diamond user. The Charlotte Son wanted so much to toss the Whitebeard COmmander aside and try to avenge his siblings. All Counter could feel was a piercing sensation in his heart from the loss of his brothers, they had been born together as quintuplets and shared a unique bond, with that bond, severed all Counter felt was pain.
"You won't pass me!" Jozu roared back; muscles expanded as the diamond coating his body grew in size. Digging his feet into the ground, Jozu clenched down on Counter's hand's, making the man cry out in pain as his fingers were bent the wrong way. Twisting his body, Jozu spun lifting Counter upwards and threw him into the ground with a loud bang. Releasing his hold, Jozu stomped down with his right foot onto the back of Counter's head. Reaching down with his left hand, the Commander grabbed the back of the Charlotte Pirate's head and began to run, dragging Counter through the air, charging a good fifty metres before lifting Counter up out of the ground, face covered in blood and nose broken, lips split.
Pressing down on the back of Counter's head and making the pirate cry out in pain, Jozu twisted on his heels and tossed Counter upwards, releasing his hold. Clenching his left fist, Jozu punched down into Counter's right cheek, ploughing the man into the ground with such force that a loud snap rang out from his neck as the pirate's head bent at a wrong angle, life fading from his eyes as the corpse hit the dirt. On impact with the earth, Jozu's surroundings shook as web-like cracks splintered out from the point of contact, collapsing the footing beneath him.
Saru landed next to Jozu, his three puppets sealed back up in their scrolls. The mangled corpses of Cadenza and Cabaletta had been sealed up; the Mink hoped the Uzukage would be able to repair the damage done for his research. Being the curious individual he was, Mickael had read extensively about the exploits of one Akasuna Sasori (Sasori of the Red Sands), specifically his research into Hitokugutsu (Human Puppetry). Naruto had given Saru the green light to experiment with the subject to see if he could replicate it, but only using the corpses of Uzushiogakure's enemies. The Mink was eager to see if he could turn four of the quintuplets (five) into puppets.
Miyuki VS Oven
Metal struck metal creating sparks as heat and cold clashed creating a blanket of steam. The elegant Yuki-Onna looking young girl, Miyuki, clashed against Charlotte Oven in a heated battle, the two opposing forces they wielded fighting for dominance.
"I'm going to take your life! You Shinobi have claimed the lives of my brothers and sisters! It's only right I take your head!" Roared Oven furiously as heat poured out from his body. The Charlotte Pirate was thoroughly pissed, his brother Daifuku, part of a triplet set with Oven and Katakuri had been killed, and so had many more of his younger siblings at the hands of these Shinobi. Seeing their deaths and being unable to do anything to help made Oven feel weak and useless. As the older brother, it was his duty to protect his younger siblings, and he had failed his duties.
"Hmph." Miyuki retorted with a cold scoff at the Heat User's words, barely saying a thing. The ice user had already felt like she had said enough, and had no intentions to say anything more. There was nothing else to say, now was the time to fight. Frost poured out from the elegant katana she carried, flowing out into the air creating a large cloud. Oven sneered at the frost and retaliated, expelling an intense heat from his own body.
Miyuki seemed to glide across the terrain, everything beneath her turned to ice stretching out dozens of metres transforming the battlefield into a tundra. The young Kunoichi appeared as if she was skating on ice, snowflakes manifesting behind her as she closed in. The katana pierced through the air it thrusting towards Oven, a wave of cold erupted as snow and sleet came into existence pouring towards Oven with the force of an avalanche once more. The Pirate roared and swung his naginata towards the avalanche releasing an intense heat from the blade as it burst into flames. Orange flames poured into the air clashing with the avalanche creating a thick blanket of steam.
A tall, slender figure came flying out of the steam, the wave of cold pouring from Miyuki's body protecting her from the intense heat as she dived towards Oven from above. The young girl had released her left hand from the handle of her sword forming a half ram hand seal.
"Souryudan (Twin Dragon Projectile)!' Chakra flooded through Miyuki's veins as snow manifested itself around her transforming into the shape of two serpentine dragons. The eyes of the dragons glowed bright red as they rained down towards Oven, jaws open wide with the intent to crush him beneath their weight. Oven sneered and thrust the naginata forward, a wave of intense heat clashed with the snow dragons melting them.
Miyuki's showed no reaction, and swung her katana down, "Hatsuyuki (First Snow)!" With but a swing of the katana, an intense cold poured out. Snow began to fall before coming down in droves forcing Oven back rapidly. Snow poured down towards Oven, rushing around him, burying him up to his waist. Heat poured out of the Pirate's body but he was unable to rid of the snow, it was coming down faster than he could melt it.
Landing on top of the thick blanket of snow, Miyuki took in a deep breath, to defeat this foe she would have to give it her all. Chakra poured through her veins as a bone-chilling wave of cold poured outwards, forming a slight sheet of ice over her skin. The young girl's hands began to transform turning into solid movable ice as her devil fruit powers started to manifest in full.
"Kareno (Withered Field)!" Miyuki stabbed the tip of her sword into the ground piercing through snow. Frost poured into the soil, penetrating deep into the earth. A cold wind blew around the girl as ice continued to spread over itself. Oven was caught off guard as thick sheets of ice covered the land reaching up to his waist. Ice formed around Oven trapping his entire lower half, as the snow that surrounded him became rock hard. Heat poured out of Oven's body as he attempted to break free. However, the ice was so cold the extreme temperatures released from his body did nothing but barely keep him warm.
"Impossible!" Oven was in complete disbelief. Taking hold of his naginata once more he swung it down into the ice, striking it with the long blade. A crack appeared in the metal as the polearm was unable to defeat the hard ice, merely leaving a scratch.
"Nothing is impossible." Responded the young kunoichi, frost pouring into the air from her breath. With a flick of her wrist, Miyuki pulled the sword from the ice and pointed the tip towards Oven, cold pouring out from her body and the blade, she intended to finish it.
"You think I'll be beaten!" Oven roared furiously; a greater heat poured out from his body as his skin heated up and began to smoke. Flesh began to burn away as steam poured out around Oven as the ice and snow began to melt. "You think I'll be defeated so easily by a child! I am Charlotte Oven, Son of Charlotte Linlin!" Armament Haki coated Oven's hands and naginata as he swung the polearm into the surrounding ice with a loud bang, cracks spreading out from the point of impact before the ice shattered, flying out in multiple directions, Oven was free.
Steam poured out from Oven's feet as he touched frozen earth, launching himself towards Miyuki with the intent to kill. A wave of murderous intent poured out from Oven's body, directed towards the ice using Kunoichi, the naginata was thrust forward, aimed to impale the girl through her chest. Miyuki brought her katana into the naginata's path, striking it with a loud clang. The force behind the blow sent the young girl sliding back across the frozen terrain. Oven didn't let up as he stomped towards Miyuki, melting the terrain around him, making it boil.
Miyuki could only block the incoming naginata as it swung down from above, the heat pouring out of it making her sweat. The young girl dug in, gripping the katana with both hands and resisting her opponent's increasing strength. Oven's physical strength was overwhelming, surpassing Miyuki's, making her arms and legs buckle beneath its might. A large foot crashed into her gut, coated in Haki releasing a wave of orange flames. The young girl held back a scream as she went sliding back, a hand clutched the wounded area. The kimono she wore had been scorched, revealing singed flesh as it peeled away.
"Not so tough now!" Busoshoku Haki, the weakness of all Devil Fruit users, especially Logia Class Devil Fruit users.
Miyuki ignored the antics of her opponent and placed her left hand against the wound. Green chakra appeared around her slender fingers and flowed into the wound causing it to regenerate leaving nothing but a faded scar rapidly.
"What!" Oven was visibly shocked by the display, the wound he had been so proud of a minute ago was gone. Little did he know, Miyuki had studied Iryo Ninjutsu (Medical Ninja Techniques), and while nowhere near as advanced as some of the Iryo Nin on Uzushio, she had studied enough to heal up minor inconveniences such as this.
"Shigure (Winter Shower)!" Miyuki gave a swing of her katana, slashing at the air releasing a permeable chill of frost into the air. Snowflakes materialised around Miyuki and shot towards Oven, flying towards him. Hundreds of them continued to form, bombarding the heat user with their numbers. Oven sneered at the incoming snowflakes and swung his naginata releasing a wave of heating melting those that came close. Those snowflakes that avoided the heat hit the ground and cut through it with ease; they were razor sharp.
A deep chill rolled forward as Miyuki sprung into action, her eyes glowing icy blue as she darted in towards, her opponent closing the distance between them. A cold gust of wind poured out from the Kunoichi's body, bringing the blade she carried around, slashing at Oven. Metal clashed with metal as the katana struck against the naginata, a wave of cold pouring out and ice spreading across the edge of the naginata. Steam rose into the air as heat poured into the polearm melting the growing ice. Without batting an eyelash the ice user struck, lashing out with a rapid succession of sword swings, each blow faster than the one before as the metal edge became a blur.
Oven sneered, feeling himself growing exhausted, and bit down, swinging the naginata into the path of the incoming sword swings. On each impact a chill would pierce his body, forcing the pirate to release a wave of heat to remove the cold. The pirate began to sweat, not from the heat released from his body, but from the pressure coming from his opponent. The young woman was getting faster with every swing, and the cold piercing his body was getting stronger and stronger. Steam rose into the air from the clash of the opposing elements, creating a large mist around the two opponents. Blood flew out into the surrounding mist, dyeing a part of it red as a thin cut appeared on Oven's right cheek. A chill filled Oven's body from the fresh wound, but he was unable to focus on it as Miyuki continued to press her attack.
Miyuki's forehead dripped with sweat, the grip on her sword becoming tighter as fatigue began to overcome her, continuing to press her attack at such speeds was draining her stamina. Ignoring the growing fatigue, Miyuki channelled chakra throughout her body, further boosting her physical abilities, and picked up the speed of her attacks. Arms throbbed and muscles strained as the blade swung furiously at Oven, creating the illusion of multiple blades. Blood dripped from the tip of the katana as her swings cut through Oven's defence, slashing him across the right cheek and the arms, leaving him with close to a dozen cuts. Each time the sword struck the naginata, vibrations of pain travelled through the young woman's arms.
A deep frost poured out from Miyuki's body as icicles formed beneath her feet and snow began to fall around her. Ice spread over the young girl's entire body as it transformed, becoming living ice.
"Kan no Uchi (The Cold Time)!" Ice coated the blade as Miyuki kicked off with her right foot and thrust the blade forward. Sleet formed around the blade shooting forward and clashing with Oven's naginata, dousing the orange flames. As steam formed the cold overpowered it, creating a haze of frost that surrounded the two, cold wind blowing wildly as the naginata froze over becoming solid ice. The tip of the katana struck the frozen polearm, shattering the enemy's blade and piercing through Oven's chest. Ice spread out from the point of contact rapidly, and a cold chill flowed through Oven's body as the previous wounds he had received froze over.
Oven's veins soon became visible, turning ice blue, his skin turning pale as the heat rising from his body dropped rapidly in temperature, a frost escaping from his mouth and a shiver taking over his body. Oven gasped for breath, the cold unbearable and coursing through his veins. Frost formed on his fingertips turning them into icicles. His fingertips were going numb; the heat user dropped to his knees, the shivers intensifying. Oven tried to increase the heat, but the cold was too overbearing. Oven grit his teeth, trying his best to stay warm, drastically increasing the heat granted by his devil fruit powers.
Miyuki stood opposite Oven, panting heavily, sweat dripping from her forehead, arms lowered by her sword, hands shaking, barely able to keep up her tight grip on the katana. The kunoichi was exhausted, barely having the energy to hold onto her katana, let alone lift it for another swing. She had long since reverted to her normal form, deactivating her Devil Fruit powers.
The cold piercing Oven's body was infused not only with her devil fruit powers but Miyuki's chakra, creating a new type of Hyouton (Ice Release) Ninjutsu. Miyuki's devil fruit granted her a natural alignment to wind and water, allowing her to fuse them freely. By infusing her ice nature chakra with her ice devil fruit powers, it drastically enhanced her devil fruit powers' strength. Miyuki doubted Oven would die so quickly, even with the enhanced strength, he was faring better than others she had tested it on. The technique Kan no Uchi had only ever been used on the odd pirate during missions, the cold had killed them within seconds.
Miyuki's knees wobbled as the strength left them and she fell onto her right leg, planting the katana into the ground for support. She was still young, and her body was still growing, forcing it to go beyond its current limits had left her weak.
"I'm not done!" Oven stuttered out, struggling to speak, the cold making his entire body feel slow and heavy. The pirate used the remains of the polearm as support, heat pouring out from his body, only to be extinguished, forcing him to focus on the crucial areas. Heat was directed towards his brain and internal organs, protecting them from the cold, starting there and slowly working outwards, fighting off the powerful chill.
"If I die, I'm taking you with me!" Oven gasped out using the polearm to force himself to his feet, ignoring the cracking of his muscles, having been frozen over by the chill. Oven's bones protested as they began to break, having turned incredibly brittle from the cold. Heat poured into Oven's hands melting away at the icicles and flowing into the remains of his naginata, turning it orange and causing it to burst into flames. Gripping the weapon and coating it with Busoshoku haki, he used the last of his strength and threw it towards the weakened Miyuki.
Miyuki looked up as the broken polearm flew towards her, her muscles straining and protesting against the motion, refusing to move. The weapon struck the young girl in the chest, a loud crack echoing out on impact as it knocked her back, blood flowing out from her soft blue lips with a silent scream. Miyuki's back hit the ground with a loud thud, the force of the blow making her bounce and roll across the frozen earth, pain coursing through every part of her body. As Miyuki finally landed, she remained stationary, circulating her chakra, analysing the damage. She couldn't help but wince; the blow had broken eight of the ribs located in the sternum, one of them even pressing against her heart. She raised her hands slowly, having dropped her katana, and started forming hand seals, making sure not to move too much.
Green chakra flowed around Miyuki's hands as she placed them over her chest and injected the chakra directly into the area. As she did, Miyuki transformed her heart using her devil fruit powers and began to set the broken ribs back into place, freezing the breaks over with ice temporarily to set them. Temporarily repairing the wound, Miyuki relaxed and channelled the last of her chakra into the seal on the back of her neck. The seal lit up, and in a flash of white, the young Kunoichi was teleported away, a matching seal appearing on the handle of her katana as it followed her, vanishing moments later.
Oven could only spit out a wad of pale blood that froze the moment it hit the ground. His eyes became heavy as he collapsed to the ground moments after his opponent, his fate unknown.
Odin Vs Smoothie
Odin stood at the edge of a newly formed smoking crater in the ground, sweat dripping down the swordsman's forehead, his limbs shaking. The earth had been charred black as smoke wafted upwards creating a thick cloud that made it impossible to see anything. Odin didn't presume his enemy to be dead; presumption was the mother of all fuck-ups if you presumed your enemy was dead, chances are you would be the one to die instead. He waited patiently as the smoke began to clear, revealing a thirty-metre deep crater. At the centre was a second smaller but still relatively large hole with smoke wafting out of it.
A smaller hand reached up out of the hole grabbing the edge as its owner, Charlotte Smoothie, pulled herself from the debris. The woman was visibly smaller than earlier, having returned to her normal size, the skin peeling off her arms and legs, both sets of limbs covered in dangerous third-degree burns. Smoothie's outfit was torn apart, leaving barely enough to keep her modesty, her hair a complete mess, burnt brown with more than half of it missing. The woman appeared visibly angry as she pulled herself from the hole. At the last minute, Smoothie had fired blasts of liquid into the ground using her sword, making a hole and rapidly shrinking herself, before coating her entire body with Busoshoku Haki. Thanks to those last-ditch efforts, she had managed to avoid the majority of the attack, but what she had taken was still overbearing. Smoothie couldn't feel any pain, as if all her nerve endings had been seared off.
Odin clicked his teeth in annoyance, lightning engulfing the twin katana's he wielded before the Jounin kicked off, propelling himself down into the crater, heading straight towards Smoothie. The sound of thunder resonated beneath Odin's feet as he walked on air, closing in on Smoothie and swinging his two swords downwards. Smoothie sneered and swung her sword, the metal cracking with chips falling to the ground. The three swords collided with a loud clang, Smoothie's blade cracked even more as a large piece fell off. Lightning flowed into the woman's body electrocuting her. However she showed no reaction; she couldn't feel a thing.
"I'll kill you!" Roared Smoothie as she pushed at the swords and threw Odin backwards. Taking advantage of this she sprung forward, swinging her blade, intending to take off the youth's head. Odin sneered as lightning chakra gathered at his feet, forming a footing in the air that allowed him to regain his stance. The left katana swung into the cracked sword's path, the lightning enhanced sword beginning to cut into the weakened sword, while the right swung down onto the weakest point. Smoothie's sword broke with a loud shatter as the top half flew into the air and impaled the ground.
Smoothie showed no sign that she cared for her broken blade, choosing instead to swing the broken sword downwards. Odin dug his feet into the created footing and brought both katana up to block the incoming swing. The swing carried enough strength to push the Shinobi downwards, where he landed on the ground with both feet. Not wasting any time, Odin sheathed both swords.
"Raiton: Gian (Lightning Release: False Darkness)!"
Odin opened his mouth and spat out lightning shaped like a spear that shot towards Smoothie. The spear of lightning crossed the distance and struck the long-legged tribe woman in the chest. The Busoshoku Haki coating the area prevented the spear from piercing through like it normally would, but even so it still carried enough force to knock her back five metres.
"Raiton: Raiju Hashir no Jutsu (Lightning Release: Lightning Beast Tracking Fang Technique)!"
Lightning erupted from Odin's right hand as it pointed it towards Smoothie. The lightning poured out into the air taking the form of a large hound that quickly darted towards Smoothie with impressive speed. The woman sneered at the incoming beast and held the remains of her sword in a reverse grip and brought it down, plunging the blade into the beast's forehead. Lightning entered Smoothie's body, but again she felt no pain, even though she could see material melting into the flesh of the hand gripping the broken sword. Smoothie tore the sword out of the lightning hound as the energy dissipated and kicked off the ground, launching herself towards Odin.
Odin reached into the pockets of his Jounin Flak Jacket, removing eight kunai, and, with lightning encasing the blades, sent them flying towards Smoothie with a flick of his wrists. His hands clapped together in the ram seal intensifying the lightning chakra surrounding the knives. The knives suddenly changed course, instead of moving in a straight line they curved, attacking the pirate from multiple directions. Smoothie darted around the incoming kunai knives with surprising flexibility, showing herself to be incredibly limber. As she broke through the line of kunai, Smoothie's speed increased, closing the distance between herself and Odin and drawing another sword out of its sheath.
Odin gripped a katana in his right hand and swung it into the path of Smoothie's blade, hitting it with a loud clang. Lightning poured into the katana coating its edge, increasing its lethality once more. A long leg came up as a kick crashed into Odin's stomach. Air escaped from the youth's lips as he went sliding back, his free hand clutching the pained area. A shadow fell over Odin, Smoothie looming over him, her right leg coming down in a swift axe kick. Kicking off the ground, Odin rolled to the left, avoiding the heel of Smoothie's boot as it hit the ground cracking it on impact.
Taking a low crouched stance, Odin launched himself towards Smoothie, sheathing his sword but keeping a hand on the handle. His right foot dug into the ground as his foe entered into striking range.
"Suīpusandā (Sweeping Thunder)!" Lightning chakra flowed into the katana as Odin began to draw it. Smoothie sneered at the action and swung her broken sword down intending to bisect Odin right down the middle. The Jounin smirked and kicked off with his right foot, vanishing with a thundering boom. Smoothie appeared visibly stunned as her sword hit the ground with a thud. A flash appeared behind the pirate as Odin appeared, seeming to float in mid-air. Removing the katana from its sheath a loud thundering boom echoed from the scabbard. The sword swept across the middle of Smoothie's back, slicing through flesh and splattering blood across Odin's cheeks as lightning coursed through Smoothie's body cauterising the wound.
The Sweets Commander stumbled forward, pain coursing through her spine. Smoothie could feel the lightning piercing through her, extremely painful with a fierce bite to it. The woman bit down, willing the pain away, she wouldn't let something like this stop her. Regaining her bearings, Smoothie forced her body to move, turning around and swinging her blade down at the floating Odin. Her sword struck Odin's katana instead, but the force behind the swing threw Odin to the ground. She stomped down, intending to flatten the youth beneath her heel, only for her foot to meet metal as Odin used his sword to stop the incoming boot. Smoothie began to grind down with the heel of her boot pressing all her body weight into it.
Odin grunted under the pressure as his body was pressed into the ground slowly making an indent, one hand holding the sword's handle while the other, the left, had its palm pressed against the flat of the katana's blade. Lightning sparked in Odin's eyes, his whole body soon becoming shrouded in electricity. Electric blue lightning could be seen engulfing surrounding him in a lightning storm. Lightning scorched the earth and tossed Smoothie aside, throwing her up into the air. The woman flipping in midair and landing on the ground in a crouched position.
Odin concentrated allowing lightning to flow into the location of his first gate, Kaimon the Gate of Opening. Lightning banged against the door and forced it open, Odin felt his body shake as muscles expanded, veins strained, and chakra coils forcibly widened. Lightning surrounded Odin, creating the illusion of samurai-like armour covering him from head to toe. The swordsman flipped himself up onto his feet, swinging his sword to the side, lightning violently lashing out at his surroundings, carving trenches into the earth below him.
"Tenbihou (Heaven's Armament)!"
The overflowing energy was spreading to every part of Odin's body, engulfing his bones and muscles, greatly enhancing his physical speed and power. However the overwhelming amount of lightning coursing through his body began to break it down, blood splattering onto the ground as blood vessels burst, violently tearing his body apart.
"Tenbihou", or Heaven's Armament, was Odin's final technique, one reserved for the end of battles to finish his opponent off with one move, a killer move. Lightning chakra was condensed and packed inside the body, stimulating the muscles and encouraging rapid growth in physical strength and speed, along with improving one's reaction time. The force of the lightning chakra would rip open the first gate, removing all restraints on the brain allowing one to use one hundred percent of their muscles. The lightning pouring through the first gate forces it to increase the flow of chakra within the body, forcing one's chakra coils to expand under the increased pressure, straining them and even slowly tearing them apart. The overflow drastically increases the amount of lightning in the body to the point that the lightning begins to explode outwards, gradually tearing the body apart.
Willing himself to ignore the pain of his body ripping itself apart, Odin kicked off the ground, running towards Smoothie. Each step shattered the ground around him, turning it into debris and creating foot shaped imprints.
"Tenbihou: Reihai (Heaven's Armament: Rend)!"
Odin launched off the ground, vanishing with a loud thundering boom, the earth beneath him caving in, collapsing backwards over twenty metres forming a five-metre deep trench. The swordsman appeared directly in front of Smoothie, moving faster than she could track, the woman's eyes widening in stunned surprise. Odin wasn't chancing it and intended to perform his final sword technique at close range. Odin's katana swung down, cracks appearing along the blade, the metal unable to take the strain of the energy coursing through it. When Odin had last used the technique he had been much weaker than he was now, and the metal was unable to withstand the overflowing and overwhelming amount of lightning chakra coursing through it.
The slowly cracking katana came down in a single overhead swing. Lightning erupted from the blade with such force that Odin was sent flying backwards as everything was released. A giant sword slash over twenty metres long manifested from the lightning and came down on Smoothie with the force of the heavens. The entire sword slash was brimming with power as lightning shook the earth. The slash struck Smoothie head-on, engulfing her in its brilliance as a bright flash of light poured out into the air blinding Odin. Smoothie coated her body with Busoshoku Haki intending to protect herself. The lightning pierced through the woman's body, blood spraying out into the air as the lightning refused to acknowledge the protective armour, staining itself red.
Blood red lightning engulfed Smoothie as a pillar shot up into the sky piercing the heavens. The pillar expanded tearing the earth apart, engulfing even its creator, Odin, in its might. The Jounin held back a cry of pain as a seal lit up on his neck, and he vanished in a flash of white, but the damage had been done, his right arm had been charred black from third-degree burns, the handle of his sword melted into the palm of his hand.
The pillar of lightning began to die down, revealing an even deeper crater inside the one already formed. Lying in the middle of it was a blackened body, smoke wafting off it. A low grown escaped the body as a pair of defeated eyes opened up. Smoothie was lying in a giant crater, her entire body stiff, unwilling to move. The woman couldn't feel a thing, nor did she possess the power to lift a muscle.
Whitebeard and Naruto
Whitebeard admired the pillar of lightning from a distance, even from here he could feel the power coming off of it. This was the second time he had felt the repercussions of the battles between the Shinobi and the Charlotte Pirates. Earlier he had felt the intense cold coming off from Miyuki during her struggle with Oven; the chill had given him slight goosebumps.
"Powerful, and reckless that one is." Commented Edward, admiring the power released from Odin's body, even if it had torn his right arm apart leaving it a scorched mess.
"He's a little headstrong, and prone to overdoing it. This will be the fifteenth time I will have had to repair his arm and chakra coils." Added the Immortal Sage between sips of sake, eyes piercing the pillar of lightning, activating the Hiraishin seal on Odin's neck by remote access, sending his youngest student to the Uzushiogakure Shinobi Hospital for immediate medical treatment. Honestly, Odin, reminded, Naruto of himself during his youth, how many times had he ended up in the hospital from overdoing it?
"The boy is young; it is expected of the youth to believe themselves invincible and to go beyond their physical limitations." Quoted the Yonko downing another bottle of sake, Whitebeard had been the same during his younger years, often tended to shatter his bones when he first started learning how to use the power of the Gura Gura no Mi.
"I can't recall the number of times I tore myself apart while using Kurama's powers or while mastering the Rasenshuriken." Naruto reflected on his youth, and couldn't help but snort in mild amusement.
The Immortal's disguised eyes flashed as cerulean blue transformed into the Rinne-Sharingan and flickered towards a random space and narrowed. A hint of murderous intent flashed between the godly eyes, but it dissipated before it could be released. The Doujutsu died down as cerulean blue returned. The Sage could only snort and returned his attention to the ongoing battles. Whitebeard noticed his friends reaction but chose not to comment, at the same time Robin had also noticed the change in the immortal eyes and although curious, instead remained silent. Itachi was the only one who didn't seem to have noticed anything as he remained blissfully unaware of everything, sitting peacefully on his father's lap, happily eating rice cakes.
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