Through the magic circle created by Georg, Tatsumaki arrived on a hill at the outskirts of a japanese town.
Around her there were several members of the Hero Faction, who quickly bowed.
"Lady Tatsumaki, we are Cao Cao-sama's soldiers, it is our pleasure to be working with you"
The green haired woman payed little mind to them, looking around while taking in her new enviroment.
She calmly floated in the air, the members of the Hero Faction looking at her confused, untill she was in the edge of the hill and looked down, a dirt road stood down there.
"Is that where the Kyuubi and her guards will come from?" - She asked
"Y-yes ma'am, the place where the meeting with Indra will be held is just a few miles away from here, so they will have to pass this road in order to get there. We have lookouts that will warn us once they are close."
Tatsumaki nodded and turned to the soldier who seemed to be in charge of the unit.
"Do you know who is accompanying her?"
The man nodded.
"We know for sure that a unit of tengus is responsible for the Kyuubi's guard, they are of little threat to us, the biggest threat comes from the Kyuubi herself and whatever guards Sakra has assigned to scort her."
"I see... Cao Cao told me that you are instructed to follow my orders, is that correct?"
"Y-yes ma'am, whatever it is you believe will help you to capture the Kyuubi, Cao Cao-sama has ordered us to do it."
Tatsumaki raised a hand and said
"Good, then my intructions are the following: Don't get in my way."
"U-uh?"
The man asked, confused. Tatsumaki sighed
"You heard me, I can tell just by looking that you guys aren't even close to the level of strength your bosses have, so if you jumped into the middle of combat you would just get in my way. Let me handle the situation and you all stay behind, watching or doing whatever the hell you want."
"B-but, surely we might be able to-"
Tatsumaki glared at the man with an ice cold stare
"Don't try to discuss this, if you get in my way you not only could get hurt by the Kyuubi and her guards, but I myself won't be able to guarantee your security if I have to get serious"
The man gulped, a shiver went down his spine, he could tell there's not a hint of exaggeration in what she said. The sheer power that came from that tiny woman easily surpassed everything he had seem, there was no way they could help her in the slightest if the situation got serious.
"I... we understand ma'am, we'll do our best not to stay in your way."
The man said, bowing down to her and apologizing.
A few minutes went by, with the soldiers hidding in the greenery of the hill, that place had been specifically chosen due to it being in the route of the Kyuubi's caravan and because it provided the optimal place for an ambush.
They had set camp in there and despite of the trees and fresh air, there was little to do.
Tatsumaki liked forests, but could not fly around due to the warnings of the members of the Hero Faction that this could reveal their location.
"Tsk, so boring..."
She complained, more than a few times, making the members of the Hero Faction even more nervous.
Untill Tatsumaki stood up, a sharp look drawing in her eyes
"Something is coming"
She stated looking at the horizon
The leader of the team stood up, confused
"Lady Tatsumaki?"
"I can feel a powerful energy coming from that direction"
She pointed with her chin
Nervously, the man reached for his communication device and confirmed that no one had been seem yet
"U-uh, I'm sorry Lady Tatsumaki, but the lookout teams reported that no activity has been observed yet."
Tatsumaki turned to them
"Are you doubting me?"
The man jolted backwards
"N-no ma'am, it's just-"
But before he could finish, a message reached the team
(This is delta team, we see the Kyuubi's caravan approaching fast from west, she has 30 Karasutengus accompanying her, they are travelling by air.)
The man looked with shock stamped on his face
Had Tatsumaki noticed the energy of the Kyuubi's caravan before they were even in the sights of the lookout team?
He looked at the green haired woman, a smug look on her face.
"Told you so."
(We also just had confirmation of who Sakra sent to guard her and I'm afraid it's not good news)
After the shock, he asked
"What is it?"
(The one Sakra has sent... is his son, Arjuna, the Great Hero)
The man's eyes went wide with that statement, a shiver went down his spine when he heard that name
"Arjuna... the son of Indra..."
He stood there, a look of shock in his face.
"Arju- who?"
Having listened to him, Tatsumaki inquired, her voice bringing the man back from his nearly catatonic state.
"A-Arjuna is the child of the god of war Indra, Lady Tatsumaki, he is a god class on par with the Heavenly Kings... if Sakra sent his own son to guard the Kyuubi, that must mean he's taking it very seriously."
The man said nervously, Tatsumaki, however, smiled at the man's statement
"The son of a war god, huh?"
Her boredom was gone as it finally seemed she was going to fight someone strong after a long time.
(Sir, what do you want us to do?)
The member of the lookout team asked, to which the man replied
"I-I don't know, we should pro-"
"What do you mean you don't know?!"
Tatsumaki interrupted him
"Isn't that what you guys called me here for? To deal with opponents who are too much for you?"
She said, crossing her arms
"B-but Lady Tatsumaki, we are talking about a god class warrior, he's legendary and-"
"Are you doubting my power?"
He was cut once again by Tatsumaki, who now seemed angry
"N-n-not all ma'am, I just think that..."
The man was now sweating and stuttering all over from his nervousness, that woman was the last person he wanted to offend, but he also knew she was an important resource that could not get hurt no matter what.
"Your boss asked me to come here specifically because of my power, don't think for even a second that you comprehend how strong I am. Many have tried and they all paid the price for that."
He gulped hard, the aura coming from her was now starting to distort the space. All the other soldiers were transfixed staring at her, nearly shaking due to how strong her aura was.
"I... w-we understand ma'am, if you wish to go and fight head on, then allow us to accompany you in battle, we may not be strong but we'll assist to the best of our abilities"
Tatsumaki floated higher into the air and shook her head
"No, if he's really that strong, then you'd just get in the way. Watch from afar if you want, just don't interrupt me."
With that harsh last remark, Tatsumaki flew at an incredible speed towards the place where she had felt the presence
During the flight, she remembered
"Oh yeah, the damn mask"
She took it out and placed it in her face
As a hero who was used to do her work without cover, it was hard for to adapt to having to wear a mask as to not be recognized.
After merely a few seconds, she spotted the Kyuubi's caravan.
A flying golden carriage being scorted by Tengus and on top of it, a handsome young man wearing armour and wielding a bow, the legendary weapon crafted by Brahma himself, the Gandiva.
"So that must be him..."
When the tengu guards noticed her approach, Tatsumaki was already very close.
"What the..." - Arjuna, the son of Sakra, looked confused at the figure he had just made sense of.
A small girl with green hair, a black dress and an emerald carnival mask stood in front of the dilligence.
"Arjuna? What is going on?"
He heard the Kyuubi's voice from inside the carriage.
"Do not come out Yasaka-hime, I think we might have run into trouble..." - He warned.
The Tengus pointed their weapons right away at the invader.
"Halt! Who are you?!"
One of them screamed.
Tatsumaki merely glared at them, ice cold eyes, her threatning aura seeping all over.
Arjuna immediately felt the threat that the woman posed
"Out of the way! You can't-"
He tried to warn the guards not to face her, but it was too late, with a movement of her hand, all the Tengus who were in the air had their bodies destroyed, blood and feather spreading everywhere as they fell to the ground, lifeless.
"Out of my way, small fries"
The young god's eyes went wide, the little girl had killed thirty youkais in a moment's notice.
"Oh Lord, what is this?!"
Yasaka opened the carriage's door, but Arjuna jumped down to stop her
"Do not come outside, Yasaka-hime, I cannot allow you to get hurt!"
He said, but the Kyuubi had already stepped out.
"Oh, so you are the nine tailed fox, I see..."
Tatsumaki looked down at them, her eyes being draw to one particular area of Yasaka's body
...
They were huge
She couldn't help but look down at her own chest and compare
It reminded her of another monster with a ridiculously large chest she fought once.
"Tsk, stupid titty monsters..." - She said under her breath
Arjuna stood in front of the Kyuubi, pointing his Gandiva at Tatsumaki
"Who are you? And why do you attack us?"
She replied crossing her arms
"I'm here to take the Kyuubi, I want to warn you that you have no chance of beating me, but..."
A sadistic smile quickly formed on her face, painting a menacing expression that made Arjuna and the Yasaka shiver.
"You are welcome to try... I really wanna know if the child of a god is really all that strong"
The Kyuubi gazed at the woman with the mask and looked at her fallen guards, her eyes went wide as realization suddenly hit her.
"It... it can't be..."
She said in shock.
Arjuna narrowed his eyes, as not only the son of a war god, but also as a hero of the hindu religion, he was more than capable of feeling that despite her size and petite looks, that girl was incredibly powerful.
"I do not care for what reason you may have for it, but as long as Yasaka-sama is under my protection, you will not have her! I suggest you step back now, or taste the fury of the Devas!"
He said, pulling the string of his Gandiva and summoning an arrow of divine lighthning
Tatsumaki's eyes widened at this, when Arjuna pulled the string, the air around actually became static and the atmosphere twisted. Dark clouds started covering the skies
Her smile broadened, maybe he was indeed going to give her a good fight after all.
"Come on, give me all you got!"
She said, provoking him
Arjuna's expression turned to one of rage as his divine aura surrounded his body
"Arjuna, no! This girl is, if she is what I think she is, we have to run!" - Yasaka stepped by Arjuna's side, stopping him
Her words got a confused reaction from Tatsumaki, who tilted her head slightly.
But despite the leader of the youkais pleads, but the young god shook his head
"I'm sorry, Yasaka-hime, but she is very powerful, I don't believe we would be able to escape without a fight"
Arjuna said, a bit confused as to why the Kyuubi seemed in such a panicked state.
" Also, I need you to create a barrier around us, as powerful as you can."
The leader of the youkais thought of protesting, of saying more, but she understood Arjuna's words and nodded, a determined expression on her face.
If that girl was what she thought she was, then fighting was indeed their only way out
"Understood, [Sunshower Barrier]!"
A great barrier surrounded the entire area where they were fighting, Tatsumaki looked around, nodding in approval
"Good, good, this way no one's going to stand in our way, thanks for letting me go all out!"
She said, rasing her hands as huge rocks were lifted into the air, she threw them at Arjuna, who dodge with god speed or blew them with his fists covered in divine aura
"I dislike harming children, but if you will insist in fighting, then don't hold against me!"
He released the string and the arrow flew at god speed towards Tatsumaki
"Who are you calling a- WOAH!"
Tatsumaki's anger at being called a children had made her miscalculate the speed, the arrow was too fast!
With barely any time to react, Tatsumaki tried to dodge but the arrow exploded in a huge blast of light, catching her in it's range of divine power.
A huge explosion filled the skies, so big in fact that the ground beneath shook and cracked, trees bent and burned with the sheer power of the godly arrow.
"Ugh!"
Yasaka groaned
"Y-Yasaka-hime?" - Arjuna asked concerned, the Kyuubi shook her head
"I-it's nothing, I just had to create the barrier in a hurry so I have to make a lot of effort to hold in your power"
Arjuna nodded, of course, if it's a barrier made in a rush, even Yasaka wouldn't be able to hold in god-like attacks for too long.
"It's okay..."
He said as he looked at the huge cloud of smoke that his arrow had formed, not feeling the presence of the terrifying girl any longer
"I believe we have dealth with that girl, let's get back to the carriage and report this to my father" - He said, turning back to Yasaka, ready to help her climb back up the carriage.
However, Yasaka's expression became one of panic
"B-behin-"
Before she could finish, Arjuna felt a strong grip on his shoulder
"Hey... who are you calling a child?"
His eyes went wide as he turned around and saw the girl he had just shot with his arrow gripping his shoulder behind him
A shiver went down his spine, how had he not noticed her approach?
"H-how did...?"
She had just received a full strike of his divine weapon with quite some strength behind it, she was almost intact, with only her dress slightly torn, her mask cracked and a few burns on her body
"This dress was quite expensive, you know?"
Tatsumaki was clearly angry, her hair flowing with the strong gust of wind created by her power
"You're going to pay for this!"
Arjuna lifted his arms enveloped in divine aura to defend himself
"Die!"
Tatsumaki shouted as a burst of kinetic power hit Arjuna
"Ughh!"
Despite covering himself with his power, the force of the blow still managed to knock him out of the air and send him crashing to the ground
DOOOOOOOOM
A huge cratter formed where Arjuna had been throw at
"Arjuna!"
The Kyuubi descended from the skies, worriedly calling Arjuna's name, who jumped out of the cratter
"Cough, cough, it's okay Yasaka-hime, I am- blurgh!"
He coughed a slight ammount of blood, his arms felt sore due to the pain.
"Damnit!" - He exclaimed in anger, the attack had been even stronger than he expected, just who the hell was that girl?
Arjuna looked at Tatsumaki, hoovering in the air, looking down at him
"Had enough?"
She asked with a defiant smile
The young god looked angrily at her, his godly aura intesifying
"Not even close!"
He pulled the strings in his bow again, shooting another arrow at Tatsumaki
"This trick won't work again!"
Tatsumaki raised her hand, releasing her own power
BOOOOOOOOOOM
The clash of their incredible powers shook the entire land, even the Kyuubi had to cover her eyes due to the intense light and dust raised by the strikes
"Is that all you can do?"
"Tsk"
Angered, Arjuna summoned three arrows at once
"I am sorry, Yasaka-hime, but I don't think I can hold back against this girl, please try to sustain the barrier for as long as you can"
The Kyuubi nodded, Arjuna could see that sustaining the barrier was already starting to take it's toll on her. He had to end this quickly.
"Enough! Time to start fighting seriously!"
He said, releasing the three arrows at once.
Once shot, the lightning arrows grew immensely, becoming bigger than a spear they ripped through the air, each of them carrying enormous divine power.
"Oh please, more of the same won't help you!"
Tatsumaki skillfully moved through the air, avoiding every arrow throw at her.
Arjuna summoned more and more and shot them combined with his divine aura, but Tatsumaki either destroyed them all or dodged.
Six arrows became twelve, then twenty four, then forty eight and then over one hundred arrows of divine lightning were shot glowing in the sky, making it seem as if a second sun had arrived in that place.
But it didn't matter how many arrows were aimed at her, even Arjuna's best shots only came close to hurting Tatsumaki, who seemed to be getting annoyed.
The lightning might have been innefective at dealing any significant damage to her, but the more arrows were shot, the closer he got, she was starting to get light burns from the tremendous ammount of power Arjuna was placing into each shot, even with her barrier holding most of the power back
"This is getting annoying! My turn!"
She yelled, placing a hand forward
"W-what?!"
Arjuna shouted as his whole body felt heavy and he was suddenly forced into his knees
He managed stop his whole body from being pinned to the ground by placing a hand forward
A loud sound echoed through the field as Arjuna's palm and knees hit the ground, the pressure Tatsumaki had placed upon him was so great that the whole ground beneath and around Arjuna broke in several pieces.
"What is it? Can't get up little man?"
She said, with a smirk plastered across her face
"Don't. You. Underestimate. Me!"
Arjuna shouted, a massive ammount of divine aura being released from his body
He placed all of his strength in trying to stand up, veins started to pop at his neck, face and body, he gritted his teeth so hard it began to hurt.
Slowly, but steadily, Arjuna did something that caused Tatsumaki to smile surprised.
He stood up
"Ahhhhhhhhh!"
He forced his own body to start moving, every muscle in his body shaking with the strain he was putting on himself.
With every ounce of strength, he raised his bow, readiying another set of arrows.
Tatsumaki smirked
"Pretty impressive, aren't you? But I'm still not using full strength... what about this?"
Tatsumaki closed her hand
"Guahhh!"
Arjuna was forced in place, his limbs stuck close to his body as if he was being crushed between two walls.
Creck Creck
He could feel and even hear the sound of his bones and muscles starting to give out, such was the power that Tatsumaki had began to exert
"Guess I found your limit, huh?"
She said disappointed
"Let's just end this"
With another hand, she raised a finger and a huge psychic hit right in Arjuna's back
"Aggggghhhhhhhh!"
Arjuna yelled as jolts of pain spread through his body, however, it wasn't long untill his screams were cut short due to the blood that started accumulating in his mouth.
"Arjuna!"
Yasaka yelled, she was using all of her strength to try and maintain the barrier amidst Ajuka's and Tatsumaki's onslaught of attacks, forced to watch the young god assigned to her security being beaten around, she was nearing her limit and tried to take a step forward to help, but was quickly reprimanded
"Don't you dare interfere! You don't have the power to face me! I may not have permission to kill you, but I can crush your limbs if I think you will get in my way!"
Tatsumaki shouted angrily looking at the Kyuubi, who frooze in place immediately.
Yasaka gulped and a shiver went down her spine.
Indeed, if Arjuna, the son of a war god wielding a legendary weapon had barely been able to hurt her, what chance did she have?
But still, she looked at Arjuna, who at this point couldn't even scream properly with all the blood that had gone to his mouth, there were bruises starting to appear all over his body. As a mother, she could not bear to watch someone so young suffer because of her.
"Y-Yasaka-hime... don't... come any... closer"
Arjuka said between his bloody coughs
"Uh? Are you still trying to keep this brave façade? Honestly, men who think they are strong are so annoying"
Tatsumaki gripped her hands harder, increasing even more the pressure around Arjuna, who desperately fought back with godly strength and divine aura to resist the immense grip that she had on him.
Untill, it became clear to him
To defeat this girl, he would have to use... that
Using every all of his divine strength left in him, aimed at Tatsumaki and shot it towards her, even without moving his body.
She was surprised, but still managed to avoid a direct hit, however, her grip loosened a bit and Arjuna felt it
"Uuuuugaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!"
With his body covered by lightning, Arjuna managed to walk once again.
"Do you think this will allow you to fight?"
Tatsumaki raised a hand and an enourmous kinetic burst was released at Arjuna, like an invisible train going straight to him, lifting the ground and tearing anything that stood on it's path
CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAASHHHHHHHH
Before he had anytime to react, Arjuna was sent flying backwards untill he hit the rocky wall of a nearby mountain so hard that it caused all of side to fall on top of him, burying the young god underneath stone and debris.
Tatsumaki hoovered over the scene, she could still feel Arjuna's energy, he was alive, but not moving.
She turned her back, rubbing her shoulders
"Man, this kid really gave me some trouble, it's been a while since I've had a good fight"
She sighed
"Still, I thought he would last longer... I'm a bit disappointed."
Then turned to Yasaka, who was staring in horror at the pile of rocks in which Arjuna had been burried.
Her strength had been exhausted, the Sunshower barrier did not resist the last attacks of this titanic battle.
Tears had start to gather in her face
"Arjuna..." - She said
"Oh, quit the crying, he's not dead. At least not yet." - Tatsumaki said, to which Yasaka looked at her in confusion
"You can't even feel that his energy still there? God, I thought the Kyuubi would be stronger, you are pathethic. Anyway, I was sent to take you, so let's go, I'll have the others deal with war god junior over there"
She said pointing at a hill and extending a hand to lift Yasaka off the ground
"You will not... not while I draw breath!"
Tatsumaki heard a voice comming from beneath the rocks, Arjuna's voice
BOOOOOOOOOOOM
A huge explosion of aura that sent debris everywhere cleared the path for Arjuna to get out.
His body was covered in blood and bruises, his knees and arms most of all were swollen and dark, Yasaka couldn't believe that what appeared to be a little human girl had done this to the child of Indra.
Despite seeing her opponent stand up again, Tatsumaki was not upset, instead a smile grew on her face
"Hahaha! That's more like it! I was starting to think gods weren't all that! C'mon, entertain me some more!"
She said gleefully, extending her hands, ready to break appart his body
Arjuna had a determined expression on his face, he glanced at the beautiful youkai he was supposed to protect
"Yasaka-hime, you are no longer holding the barrier, right?"
He asked, to which the Kyuubi merely nodded.
"Good, because you'd probably pass out if you tried to hold in this attack"
Arjuna said, readying his bow
"Hey! Pay attention to the battle if you don't wanna die!"
Tatsumaki replied angrily at being ignored, throwing another psychic attack at Arjuna who replied by shooting holy aura from one his bruised hands, the two attacks collied creating a huge explosion.
Arjuna was seriously exhausted and injured from the fight, so even the impact of the attacks was enough to almost send him backwards.
"Ha? Is that what you are planning to do?"
Tatsumaki mocked
"No... this is what I'm going to do"
Arjuna raised his arrow again, except this time, it was not the light of a divine arrow, but of something much, much more powerful.
Yasaka's eyes went wide
"I-impossible, is that...?"
Arjuna nodded and replied with only one word
"Pashupatastra." - He declared
The mere mention of this name sent shivers down his own spine
One of the six irresistible weapons of the hindu mithology, so powerful that only three gods aside from him had ever used, so powerful that it could hurt or even kill Brahma himself.
This was the reason why Arjuna had spent so much time burried beneath the rocks before standing back up, to recite the mantra of this weapon.
The mantra of the Pashupatastra is a sealed chant and it can only be used in the most dire of situations and only against a worthy opponent.
The fact that one the strongest weapons of Mount Meru had appeared in his hands when he called for it was proof of one thing.
"You are worthy"
Arjuna declared, getting a confused reaction from Tatsumaki
She could feel the pressure coming from the weapon, the enormous power of the Pashupatastra.
"I will... cough, show you... the power of the hindu gods!"
He yelled, using every ounce of divine strength left in him to shoot towards Tatsumaki, even without being able to move his body.
Tatsumaki's eyes widen as she watched the trail of destruction left by the weapon shot at her
The Pashupatastra was absolute destruction, an embodiment of Shiva's wrath, destroying everything on it's path
It was called an irresistible weapon because it could not be blocked or defended, once used, the Pashupatastra would destroy and kill everything on it's way, no barrier or defence able to hold it back.
In a moment, the shot reached where Tatsumaki stood and everything became enveloped in a huge blank light
Even the Kyuubi and Arjuna had to cover their eyes, the light was nearly blinding
However, despite it's enormous destruction, not a sound was heard, no explosion or even the sound of earth collapsing.
Pashupatastra devoured even the sound around it.
Once the divine light of Mount Meru's strongest weapon had faded, Arjuna and Yasaka could finally uncover their eyes.
"W-what..."
The Kyuubi said, speechless
All that laid in front of them, had disappeared.
The entire land, for dozens of meters had disappeared without a trace, leaving a perfect empty hole of several feet deep of burnt earth in front of them, nothing left to tell a story, not even ashes.
Arjuna, without saying a word, looked at his hand, the price for using such mighty weapon.
His skin had been flailed and he could see the muscles beneath had been burnt, it hurted him immensely, but he had to swallow the pain, it had been his decision to use this weapon after all.
Looking in the direction where Tatsumaki was, he bowed deeply
"You were worthy, the gods of Mount Meru acknowledge your strength."
One of the deadliest weapons of the hindu religion only could be used against someone truly powerful and worthy. That girl had proven herself to be fit a place amongst the gods.
Somewhere, in his honourable war god heart, Arjuna couldn't help but mourn the death of someone like that, even if she was an enemy
He slowly raised his head once again and turned to the youkai leader.
"Yasaka-hime, let's get out of here and call my father, at this time he must- huh?"
As he spoke to Yasaka, Arjuna was about to set his arrow down, however he noticed something that sent shivers down his spine.
Pashupatastra... was still with him.
"T-this is impossible"
He said, looking at the weapon, unable to believe it was still there.
The moment the enemy is defeated, Pashupatastra would immediately be sealed again, as there was no worthy opponent anymore. But for some reason it did not disappear.
"H-how can this- UGH?!"
Before he could inquire any longer, however, Arjuna felt a strong grip around his body, rendering him immobile.
"A-Arjuna- kyah!"
The Kyuubi had also been gripped by the invisible force
Suddenly, the earth beneath their feet started to change, twisting and raising itself, eventually covering their legs and arms in a rock solid structure
"W-what is this?"
Arjuna could barely fight back, his strength was exhausted from using the divine weapon and the grip around his body was fierce.
Then Arjuna saw a figure that made his eyes nearly pop out of their sockets.
And he realized the reason why Pashupatastra had not disappeared.
Because the opponent had not been defeated!
"You almost got in me there boy"
Tatsumaki was in front of him, her dress slightly torn and a little more scarred than she was before, but alive.
"H-how did you?!"
Arjuna asked enraged, he refused to believe the divine weapon of destruction had failed. It was impossible, there was no way to block it, no way to defend against it! How could that had happened? The young god thought.
With a cocky smile, Tatsumaki answered the question.
"I admit, if you had used that thing against me about 15 or 20 years ago, when I was still reckless and believed I was invincible, you might have gotten me. But I grew, I can tell now that there are certain things that you shouldn't try to take head on..."
Tatsumaki said, looking over at the destroyed land with a pensative expression.
"That's why when you used that attack, I raised all land around me. I knew it would only buy me another second, but a second was all I needed."
She pointed in a direction, Arjuna and Yasaka's eyes followed her finger and saw a hole on the ground
"Y-you dug...?"
Tatsumaki nodded and gave a sarcastic laugh
"I know, cliché, but it worked, didn't it? Still I gotta admit, I had to dig pretty deep, even found water at some point"
She said, drying off the hem of her dress that seemed wet.
"Too bad, if you only had looked into the hole you created you would have seem my tunnel and wouldn't have been caught off guard. Well, I guess it was you who got cocky with that arrow of yours, huh?"
Tatsumaki stated looking at Arjuna's bow, which laid on the ground as Arjuna's legs and arms had been casted in rock constructs.
Arjuna cursed himself for his carelessness, his overconfidence had proven to be his demise.
"This is not over yet!"
However, he still tried to fight, pouring out his strength. Summoning lighthing and divine aura to try and break free as he did before
However, it was futile, Tatsumaki was still far from reaching her limit and he had been beaten and forced his own power to the limit with the Ashupatastra.
"What is it? Are you getting tired?"
Tatsumaki mocked, a sharp glare on her eyes
"Then I guess this is the end after all."
DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
A powerful burst sent Arjuna flying, breaking the stones that were holding him in place and sending him back with such strength that he broke several trees before hitting a hard rock that broke in his impact
"GUAHHHH!"
Lots of blood came gushing from his mouth as Arjuna fell to the ground, nearly uncounscious, but still trying to stand up in shaky legs
"Y-Yasaka-sama... you wil not..."
"Woah? You're still alive, impressive, you do have the body of a god after all, how about this"
Tatsumaki flicked a finger, a strong pressure hit Arjuna right in the middle of his forehead
Beaten, broken and with his stamina at it's end, that was enough to send Arjuna to the ground, hitting his back on the ground with a loud thud.
"You were a good fight after all, I'm glad I chose you to fight against, but now, it's time..."
Tatsumaki raised the young god's body in the air and slowly closed her hand
"G-guah..."
Arjuna barely had the energy to scream as he felt his body being broken
"Don't worry, no one will se you like this, when I'm done, there will be nothing left of you to tell a story."
She said.
However, behind her, seeing all this with tears in her eyes, the Kyuubi finally had enough
"No, no, noooo! AWOOOOOOOOOO!"
Yasaka yelled loudly and howled to the skies, causing Tatsumaki's attention to be draw towards her.
Releasing the Kyuubi's spiritual power, Yasaka managed to break the rock prison by changing into her original form.
Tatsumaki's eyes light up again as she saw the majestic nine tailed fox in it's full glory dashing towards her
"Hahahahaha! Do you think you stand a chance?! Good! I wasn't done having fun yet!"
She raised a hand, however, the Kyuubi suddenly stopped.
The huge nine tailed fox stopped just a few meters away from Tatsumaki and... prostrated itself
"H-huh? What are you doing?"
Tatsumaki asked and Yasaka replied
"I am begging for this child's life."
An expression of confusion appeared on Tatsumaki's face.
As Yasaka said this, she returned to her human form, still prostrated with her forehead on the ground before Tatsumaki.
"I will do as you ask, I'll go anywhere you want, but please, I beg of you! Do not kill this child who was only trying to protect me!"
Her tears began to wet the earth.
"He tried to kill me, why should I do that? You have no way to resist me, even if you wanted to."
Tatsumaki replied, indifferent to the Kyuubi's pleads
Yasaka rose her head slightly, so she could look at her attacker
"Please! I've met your people once, I am familiar with your ruthlessness, but you seem so young! You surely must understand how your parents would feel if something happened to you!"
Tatsumaki's expression turned to rage
"What did you say?!"
She raised her hand and the Kyuubi was immediately pulled upwards from her prostrating position, floating in the air as Tatsumaki chocked her
"U-ugh!"
The green haired woman was pissed, not just at being confused with a child, but because the mere mention of her parents made her remember of how they had abbandoned her to become an experiment on that terrible lab as a a child.
"Do not utter a word about my family! I am and adult woman! I have a child!"
She yelled, to which the Kyuubi responded forcing her voice as she was being chocked.
"Then... you know how it is... to care... about your child. Please, guhh... I also have a daughter."
Yasaka tried to regain her breath and continued
"As a mother and a woman... I understand how important our children are, that's why... I beg you, spare this kid."
Tatsumaki's eyes widened
My child...
She calmed down as she was reminded of her family, her real family, not the one that had abbandoned her.
Her sister, her husband... her son.
She let go out of the Kyuubi
"Ahh, ahh, thank you..."
Yasaka said, catching her breath as Tatsumaki looked back at the young god, his face and eyes swollen, blood and bruises all over his battered body
Now she could no longer see the war god from before, but a child. Someone's kid.
A young boy... like the one she has.
Swalling a mouthful of saliva, she turned to the Kyuubi.
"Ah, whatever, okay! I'll let him live, it's not like I have to kill him anyway."
The Kyuubi's eyes light up
"Oh, thank you! Thank you so very much!"
Yasaka bowed towards her
BOING
Curving herself had caused her huge breasts to jiggle and pop forward in the loose kimono.
Once again, Tatsumaki gazed at them angrily
SLAP
"Kyahh!"
Yasaka yelped when Tatsumaki smacked one of them
"W-what was that for?"
"Nothing! Shut up, you titty monster!"
She retorted angrily, using her telekinesis to pull out the shirt from one of the dead Tengus
"Put this over your clothes!"
Yasaka looked at it confused
"B-but..."
"Just do it!"
Tatsumaki ordered
"A-a-alright..."
The Kyuubi sheepishily put the shirt on, however...
"I-it's a bit tight..."
The clothes couldn't hold her breasts fully and their volume could easily be seem, making Tatsumaki grit her teeth
"Grrrr, it's fine! Better than the kimono that's barely covering you beneath it anyway, you exhibitionist!"
"Y-you what?" - Yasaka asked, a strong blush across her face
"Now put this!"
Tatsumaki threw a pair of shackles engraved with magic symbols
"The magician boy said that it will keep you from using your powers"
She tigthened the shackles around Yasaka's wrists, drawing a small yelp from her.
"Oh, quit whining, let's get out of here"
She formed a barrier around the two of them and took flight
"W-wait, what about Arjuna?"
Tatsumaki shrugged
"If you wanna take him with us it's okay, but I dunno what Cao Cao will do to him"
Yasaka panicked at this remark
"T-they wouldn't kill him, would they?"
She received a wave as a response
"Don't sweat it, I'll tell them not to kill the kid, alright? They might put him in a cage, but he won't die, you have my word"
The youkai leader breathed out in relieve, the young man's well being was the most important thing in her mind right now.
Arjuna's uncounscious body was also raised in the air and they flew through the air back to the Hero Faction's camp.
"By the way, you seemed to have recognized me back there, you also said something about 'my people'. Have you seem me before? I've fought with a lot of monsters, so excuse me if I don't remember you in particular."
Tatsumaki asked, although she was sure she would have remembered meeting the nine tailed fox.
Yasaka shook her head.
"Oh, about that... it was not you but... someone similar to you"
Tatsumaki looked back curious
"Another esper?"
Yasaka raised an eyebrow
"Esper?"
"Yeah, it's how we call ourselves, there's an entire organization of us, they are the ones that make me wear this stupid thing."
She says taking her mask out
Yasaka's eyes widdened when she saw Tatsumaki's face, it was incredibly jovial, was this woman really an adult with a child?
However, she pushed that away from her mind and nodded
"O-oh, I see, it all makes sense now..."
"Makes sense?"
Yasaka hesitantly nodded
"Y-yes... you see... one day members of our faction were attacked by unknown masked assailants with powers very similar to yours, those people... they killed a great number of us, including..."
The Kyuubi sighed, tears gathering on her eyes
"My husband, the father of my daughter."
Tatsumaki's eyes widden
"I-I'm sorry... I guess..."
She replied confused, unsure of how to answer, it's the first time Tatsumaki had spoken with an inhuman in such a... human way.
"You don't need to be... they said you were at war with us, my husband at least died while fighting, some of you were also killed, I apologize for that as well."
Tatsumaki just nodded, while looking at the Kyuubi's desolated expression
"So... where are you taking us? To your esper allies?"
"No, I'm currently working with a group called Khaos Brigade"
Yasaka's eyes went wide
"Khaos Brigade?! So you the espers are... working with them?"
The green haired woman nodded
"Yes, they aren't exactly happy with your alliance with the devils you know? Can't say I like the idea either"
When Yasaka heard that she sighed
"I see... we predicted that something like this could happen, that's why Indra-sama sent Arjuna, but..."
She looked at the battered and bloodied body of the young hindu god.
"We did not expect someone so powerful."
A moment of silence reigned before the Kyuubi managed to gather courage and make one dreaded question.
"W-what are they... planning to do to me?"
Terrible things ran through her head, it was obvious during the fight that Tatsumaki wanted her alive, but now that the Khaos Brigade had been mentioned, she could only imagine what they needed her specifically for.
The green haired woman shrugged
"I'm not really sure, they said something about ki, lines or whatever, honestly I wasn't paying a lot of attention, you'll know when we get there"
Yasaka shook.
Ki and Leylines? It was definitely something involving Kyoto, her territory, her people, her home, her daughter's home...
A few moments later they had arrived at the camp with the other members of the Hero Faction
"Looks like we are here"
"Lady Tatsumaki! Y-you actually made it, as expected!"
The leader of the group exclaimed when he saw she was carrying the Kyuubi
All the soldiers stood in awe looking at the beautiful human form of the nine tailed fox, confused by why she was wearing a shirt over her kimono, but their eyes were suddenly draw to the other person Tatsumaki was carrying and that's when the squad leader's eyes almost popped out in surprise.
"I-impossible!
He rushed over to look closer, indeed, there was no doubt.
"T-t-this, this young man is..."
Tatsumaki nodded
"Yeah, the Arjuna boy, I gotta say you guys really didn't exaggerate. He was a good fight, I hadn't gotten to be serious like that in a while, still... could have been better"
All those in the camp looked at her, their eyes nearly busting out of their heads.
They were really looking at Arjuna, the Great Hero, son of the war god Indra, defeated and broken right in front of them while Tatsumaki herself had no major damage done to her at all.
"What are you gonna do with him?"
Tatsumaki asked
"Please, don't hurt him! I beg of you!"
Yasaka exclaimed, making the members turn their heads towards her, confused
Tatsumaki rubbed the back of her head.
"Oh yeah, he's not dead by the way and I kinda promised that I wouldn't let the kid die"
The soldiers of the hero faction looked at each other, none of them had expected something like this, they were completely unprepared, alternating between looking at Arjuna's uncounscious body, the Kyuubi and their leader.
For a moment, the group leader thought this was crazy, but there was no way he was going to object Tatsumaki's decision.
"Y-yes ma'am, we'll call Cao Cao-sama and inform him of this."
He saluted her, Tatsumaki crossed her arms, starting to get bored again.
"Alright, I kinda wanna shower and change myself after this, so I will be going back."
She pointed at Yasaka as one of the members prepared a teleportation spell.
"You're coming with me"
The Kyuubi gulped, the wounds of her dead husband had been reopen and the ones responsible for his death and of several youkais under her command were now working with the Khaos Brigade.
Whatever was happening, Yasaka could tell it was something terrible.
But now she could only pray someone would protect her people.
However, as she stood in silent prayer while the teleportation magic enveloped them, it was not her many subjects that came to mind, but the image of her daughter.
With tears in her eyes, Yasaka mentally apologized to her followers.
Because this first prayer would be for her child's safety.
Afterword: Thanks for reading! I actually only had one vote in the question I made and Guest-Questioner asked for Tatsumaki's fight to be first so here it is, hope you enjoyed it! Next chapter will be Sun Wukong's fight against Mob, so look forward to it!
Yes, Yasaka has a deceased husband in this story, Kunou's father. I'm just so annoyed at the fact that Ishibumi hasn't bothered to explain who Kunou's dad was. So I'll use it as a backstory related to the Esper Community that I belive you will all enjoy.
Now to the reader's questions!
Hey, glad to have you back! I admit I was worried when you didn't comment on the last two chapters, what did you thought of them? Hope everything is alright and you enjoyed the jokes with the Kyuubi's chest. As for Berserk, yes, it's very sad that Miura died, Berserk is a work of art and a bastion of manga culture, however I don't know if it can be compared to One Piece, mostly because I only read One Piece up to the chapter where they recruit Nami, so yeah, pretty early on.
However, if you ask for my opinion, from what I've read, I don't think there's a lot of similarities between the two stories. Both are very well written, fleshed out and one could say both are examples on how to write a distopia, but the worldbuilding and characterization is just too different. While Berserk goes for the dark, gritty, no punches pulled kind of style, One Piece is much more cartoonish and funky with it's storytelling, even the worst situations still being nowhere near as dark as in Berserk. But that's just my opinion and like I said, I stopped with One Piece very early on so all I know about it is by what friends who watch it talk about.