This was a joy to write, but very hard. I love this part of the series, but so much plot bs played a role in Naruto surviving Kimmimaro.
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Mika moved, blade in hand, clashing with the white haired man, who extended a freaking bone from his palm. They met in the middle of the clearing, bone against steel. "You're a Kaguya, damn it." He gritted out, moving with all of his speed and skill, only to find that this man was far better at Kenjutsu that he was. He moved with elegant precision, slashing, stabbing and jabbing but it mean nothing against the man's skills. He was just that good, kage level good...
Only, as they clashed, something was clear. 'He smells like death... something is wrong, he is sick, I can see it in his pallor, taste in the air. It's already impeding him, but he's so strong, it means little. I need to get an edge, poisons might help.' And the Mika was stabbed, or rather grazed as the man moved with blinding speeds, cutting a path across his left side. Mika barely evaded worse, it would have been fatal. As it was, the touch burned and made it hard to breathe. Realizing he had to be far more careful than ever before, Mika focused all of his control. 'He is more dangerous than anyone I have ever known. I need to fight well, or I will die.'
Flexing his muscles, he wracked his brain for ideas...
And some came, but not many. The man was that good, that he could likely counter anything he came across... so Mika had to be as clever as he could manage.
"Tenten, go help the others." He called out, not willing to risk her life. Then he pulled out his senbon and a smoke bomb, and readied himself for his only resort. Rushing forth, he threw the bomb down, sinking into the earth, he created four clones ( his max) and spread then out. All of them plastered explosive tags on their bodies as they hurried through the earth. Two rose up and he felt them slash at the Kaguya, who dodged and killed them only for them to explode.
The last two clones rose as the Kaguya flipped back, burned and cut from shrapnel. They peppered him in poisoned senbon, managing to hit his left calf even as the others were dodged and blocked.
"Digital Shrapnel!" And eight figner bones pierced and killed the clones just as Kaguya boy reached the earth... and landed in Mika's trap.
Pulling him down as fast as he could, Mika pulled on more than his body... he pulled on his chakra, as fast and harshly as he could. The Kaguya could not get out, the chakra pulling stopped the usage of his bloodline, which was controlled by chakra.
However, something terrible happened... the man's chakra changed, turning darker, many, many time stronger and tainted. It felt off, nasty and delcious, healing and hurting, painful and delihgtful. It was like acid was burning thorugh his body, his coils deliveirng agony through his body at the same time as his every muscle was strengthened.
Reflexivley, he squeezed, and the added strength did something to him. He felt his mind go hazy, he did not let got, even as he crushed the man's calves into fine mush. The man's screams barely registerd, even as Mika pulled him farther and farther as he craved that power he tasted, draining him to the point that the man, the last Kaguya, died in his arms and Mika's heart finally registering the strain...
Finally gave out.
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Tsunade's face was the first thing he saw when he woke up, looking exhausted and confused. "You are an anomaly."
"What?"
"You took in the chakra of a kage level ninja, empowered by a Stage Two curse mark...and you lived. Those curse marks use Natural energy and Orochimaru's essence to empower those marked by it. The raw power should have killed you."
Mika, realizing he was in a hosptial bed, sat up and almost puked as agony burned in his chakra coils. "How am I alive? That chakra, it was maddening, like poison... i felt odd, wrong... but also right."
She sighed. "My best bet, you are comaptible to the curse mark. It kills most that take it. It is meant to drive you mad, far as we can tell. You had a fair reaction to it, but you lived. I am impressed." She sighed. "I heard that Orochimaru wanted you to join him, I am glad you said no."
"I had no desire to join him." Mika lied, some part of him had wanted it. Power was a weakness of his. Danzo's genjutsu that he put in Mika's head, at one point, was all that kept him loyal. Tsunade did not need to know that. "How was the mission?"
She smirked. Sasuke was brought back, he tried to escape but Hinata got him and knocked him out. He stands trial in a week. You'll be up by then, but be careful. The stress was incredible on your body. You are lucky to be alive..."
And he nodded. "I appreciate that... I was so outpaced. I only one cause I got lucky, that the curse mark chakra empowered me instead of killing me. I am glad it was a success... do I have visitors?"
"You do... they are outside right now. I'll let them in."
He would end up getting a hug from both Hyuuga kids, as they wove the tale of how they killed their enemies. Hinata had fought the red haired girl and Neji both a long ranged Spidery archer. Tenten, Kiba and Naruto had worked together to fight a set of twins that could fuse and had good taijutsu. It was a hard fight but they all managed to survive.
Alll was well... and that meant everything. Mika had no desire to die until he was free of the Leaf, and had fulfilled his promise to the Hyuugas... that was a few years off at the least.
Chapter end, tell me what you think in the reviews.
This was a joy to write.
Love, your Ninja Overlord.
Mika.