HIDDEN LEAF PRISON
Shikamaru stared at the smiling old goat man, studying him. He didn't appear to have any tricks up his sleeve. Plus, he's been locked up for years now with little food, barely any water, and he's chained up. What could he possibly do?
"So…" Shikamaru started.
Zayoshi looked up and smiled.
"You'll tell me everything you know about Psycho? Right here right now?" Shikamaru asked.
Zayoshi continued to smile.
"Of course, I'm a man of my word. Plus… doesn't look like I have much of a choice does it?" Zayoshi said.
"Then get talking." Shikamaru demanded, "We're on short time."
Zayoshi sat up straight to get his arms, that were chained to the wall, in a more comfortable position.
"Alright! Where should I begin? Perhaps with how we met?" Zayoshi asked.
Shikamaru grew irritated.
"Yes. That would be an ideal area." Shikamaru said.
Zayoshi smiled again.
"Sounds good. Alright." Zayoshi said, clearing his throat.
"Psycho and I met 25yrs ago. Just a year before the second great shinobi world war, a war that as you know we would take part in. I was 40yrs old at the time at my home island of Zou." Zayoshi started.
Shikamaru winced.
"Zou? Where is that? I've never heard of that place." Shikamaru asked.
Zayoshi laughed.
"Ha ha ha ha! This is going to be fun Shikamaru-kun! Zou is an island on the back of a millennium year old elephant in the New World." Zayoshi explained.
Shikamaru was completely confused.
"What? I-I must be missing something..." Shikamaru said.
Zayoshi grew annoyed.
"Looks like I'll have to give you a small history lesson before I explain my business with Psycho… if you please." Zayoshi said.
Shikamaru, his interest peaked, nodded softly. Zayoshi cleared his throat.
"The New World rests on the second half of the Grand Line. Go deep enough and you'll encounter Zunisha, the elephant. I lived on his back with my people, the Minks, as a farmer. The Mink tribe are animal humanoids, which explains my appearance. One day a couple young men found me and asked me to join them on their journey." Zayoshi said.
FLASHBACK
It was a hot summer day on the island of Zou. Zayoshi, 40yrs old at the time, tilled the ground until he heard something.
"Oi! Oi!" A voice called out.
Zayoshi looked up to see the sun shining down on him and two shadowy figures standing over him on his house. One had its arms crossed and the other had a hand on his hip.
"Are you the one they call Zayoshi Botoya?" The shadow asked.
Zayoshi smiled.
"Depends on who's asking young man! I'm quite a popular man with the government! Are you bounty hunters?" Zayoshi asked.
The two figures jumped down and stood up straight. One had on a black jumpsuit with a grey flak jacket, a pattern on the left side of his face, with a black eye ball and red pupil.
The other wore a black tank top and black cargo shorts, he also had a white headband wrapped around his forehead, his short black hair showing.
One of his eyes were light blue and the other was light purple with rings. Zayoshi smiled at the two.
"Neither of you look like you're from around this part of the world. May I ask who you are?" Zayoshi said casually.
The man in the flak jacket walked forward.
"I'm called "Psycho" Uchiha. This is my brother, Cyclone." Psycho said.
"We've done our research on you. We want you to help us rule this world." Cyclone said.
Zayoshi stared with a straight face.
"Rule the world? With a couple of randoms like you? Ha ha ha ha! Get out of here, you young cats are so foolish now adays." Zayoshi joked then went back to tilling.
"We know about your family.. it was a tragedy." Psycho said.
Zayoshi threw down his tilling tool.
"You don't know nothing." Zayoshi said.
"Being outcasted, forced to farm with bad land and live off bad fruit.. they have to pay for treating you this way... and.. that power you've come across.. it can help you with the revenge you seek.." Psycho said.
Zayoshi's eyes were wide with fear.
"What in the hell... who the hell are you?!" Zayoshi yelled.
"A friend." Psycho said.
"Zayoshi." Psycho said, offering his hand, "I want you to rule the world with us."
Zayoshi gulped and held out his hand slowly. Eventually, their hands clasped in unison and Psycho stood the goat man onto his feet.
"Cyclone and I are staying here tonight, continue farming or whatever you'd like to do. We leave tomorrow morning." Psycho said.
When the two vanished Zayoshi smiled to himself and began tilling once more.
END OF FLASHBACK
LAND OF IRON (NORTH)
Onoki, the Tsuchikage of the village hidden in stone, walked with his two escorts.
"Come on! We can't be late. This is a matter that must be attended to!" Onoki rushed.
Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi rushed to catch up.
"Hey old man! What's the rush? You weren't this eager the last time we had a meeting at the five kage summit!" Kurotsuchi said.
"Hold on give me a minute to catch my breath!" Akatsuchi said.
"No breaks! This meeting must happen on schedule! The man who's currently running wild has disturbed everything!" Onoki yelled.
Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi looked at each other.
"Who exactly is he?" Akatsuchi asked.
"Yeah I've never even heard of him." Kurotsuchi added.
Onoki sighed.
"This man… I've run into him before when I was just a young ninja. During the second great ninja war, however… I understand that this man fought in both the first AND second ninja wars." Onoki explained.
Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi looked at each other with shock.
"What was his business in those wars?" Kurotsuchi asked.
"That man… the reason both of those wars has his name written all over them… was because…"
LAND OF IRON (SOUTH)
"So… Mizukage-sama… could you tell us about this Psycho guy who is attacking um… Marineford or whatever it's called?" Chojuro asked.
Ao looked over at the young man.
"I agree. I am also curious to know about this fellow... who holds the last name "Uchiha." Ao said with disgust.
Mei lowered her head.
"I've personally never seen him… but…" Mei stopped.
Chojuro and Ao looked at her.
"I was told that he… was the one who killed the second Mizukage in the second shinobi world war…" Mei confessed.
Chojuro and Ao couldn't believe it.
"Huh?! Gengetsu-sama!? Is he that strong!?" Chojuro asked.
Mei nodded soflty.
"It appears to be that way… but he didn't only fight in the second shinobi world war… he fought in the first one as well… both wars have one major thing in common…"
LAND OF IRON (EAST)
Ay stormed through the snow covered grounds in the land of iron. Shi and Darui struggled to keep up. B continued to walk at a normal pace writing raps.
"MOVE IT! WE NEED TO GET TO THIS MEETING!" Ay yelled.
"THIS IS A SERIOUS MEETING! THIS BASTARD THAT FINALLY WANTS TO SHOW HIS HEAD AFTER ALL THESE YEARS IS WHO THIS MEETING IS ABOUT AND I WANT EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION THEY HAVE ON HIM!" Ay continued to yell.
Shi and Darui became worried.
"What the hell did he do to piss you off so bad, Raikage-sama?" Darui asked.
Ay turned around angrily.
"THAT DAMN BASTARD IS THE ONE WHO GOT THE SECOND RAIKAGE KILLED! HE SHAMED OUR VILLAGE AND OUR HISTORY! I WILL BE THE ONE TO FIND AND KILL HIM ONCE AND FOR ALL! WHEN I HEAR WHAT I NEED TO FROM THIS MEETING I'M GOING TO GO FIND HIM WHEREVER HE IS!" Ay yelled.
Shi and Darui looked at each other with concer once more.
"It's destiny that I kill him. And apparently he was at blows with the first raikage as well, the bastard! And to make matters even worse for his case… he was the one who…!"
THE LAND OF IRON (WEST)
Tsunade walked softly through the snow covered ground. Her mind still in a haze from her freak out earlier.
"Lady Tsunade!" A shinobi yelled.
Tsunade shot up.
"Huh? Yes?" Tsunade asked.
"We're nearing the summit! Are you okay?" The shinobi asked.
Tsunade shook her head.
"Yes I'm fine… thank you." Tsunade said.
"Psycho… what the hell could he be doing causing trouble again?... I thought that part of my life was behind me…" Tsunade said to herself.
"Dan… Psycho killed him in cold blood, as well as every shinobi that was with me in that forest.. the second hokage… he-he killed him too! I remember… Saturobi sensei told me he went to go fight Psycho alone so his team could retreat safely..." Tsunade continued in her mind.
"That man.. was far more powerful than anything we had ever seen before.. and to make things worse.. he's probably only gotten stronger… thank you Garra… for calling this meeting… this needs to be addressed… after all.."
HIDDEN LEAF PRISON
Zayoshi smiled after finishing his story of how he and Psycho met.
"So after we left Zou… we traveled through the Grand Line picking up powerful fighters along the way… because you see this was, as I mentioned earlier, only one year before the second ninja war. Once we gathered up our troops we made our way back to the ninja world and… settled in the village hidden in rain." Zayoshi explained.
Shikamaru looked confused.
"Wait… gathering forces for what? Did you know war was coming?" Shikamaru asked.
Zayoshi smiled.
"Oh yes… we knew war was coming… because… just like the first shinobi world war…" Zayoshi stopped.
Shikamaru stared with anticipation.
All at once. Ay, Mei, Onoki, Tsunade, and Zayoshi said:
"PSYCHO WAS THE ONE WHO STARTED BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND NINJA WARS!"
Everyone except Tsunade's men, as she was talking to herself, reacted with pure shock.
Shikamaru couldn't believe it. This couldn't be true. The ninja wars were started through conflict between the villages…
right?
"Psycho attacked all the villages with the intent to kill their kage off all at once. This would create a huge power struggle that only he could fill. Once he had his seat on top of every village he'd rule as the ninja world's one supreme leader." Zayoshi smiled.
Shikamaru was in absolute shock.
"Lady Tsunade.. that's why she...!" Shikamaru said to himself.
"Don't feel bad. Shikamaru-kun." Zayoshi broke the silence, "Of course information like this would be kept secret, who'd really want to own up to the fact that one man and a rag tag army was almost able to conquer the ninja world!? Yee hee Ha ha ha ha ha!" Zayoshi laughed, then he became serious.
"There's.. one other thing…" Zayoshi said.
Shikamaru looked up at him.
"There's still some parts of my story I didn't tell you… like my real name." Zayoshi said.
Shikamaru stared with small fright.
"Back on Zou… they called me… Zayoshi "The Acid."
Shikamaru was confused, nervous, and scared all at once.
"Zayoshi? The Acid?" Shikamaru asked.
Zayoshi smiled.
Crackling could be heard inside Zayoshi's cell. Shikamaru looked at Zayoshi's cuffs to see them slowly melting away and steam rising.
The cell started to reek of chemical and slowly both of Zayoshi's arms became covered in a toxic green liquid. Shikamaru was too shocked too move or speak.
Zayoshi slowly stood up when his cuffs were off and ripped off his shirt. His arms slowly transformed back to normal.
Shikamaru stared up at the goat man, mouth agape.
"I ate the acid acid fruit and have the ability to become acid! I can control the level of toxicity and corrosiveness. From an irritant to full on bone melting acidity!" Zayoshi explained.
Shikamaru was too shocked to move.
"A-A-Acid fruit?" Shikamaru stuttered.
Zayoshi looked down at his right arm and clenched his fist.
"Arament hardening…" Zayoshi said softly.
Before Shikamaru could react Zayoshi cocked back and punched the cage wall from his cell and it fell over.
Shikamaru couldn't believe what he was seeing. He jumped back and threw shuriken at Zayoshi who let them get caught in his acid body and melt.
"Grgh! What!?" Shikamaru yelled.
Zayoshi smiled big.
"Acidic birds!" Zayoshi yelled.
A ball of blue acid formed in front of Zayoshi and shot small blue acidic birds at Shikamaru who took them all.
When they hit his body they started to steam and burn his skin.
Shikamaru screamed in pain.
"Yikes! That has got to hurt!" Zayoshi taunted.
Zayoshi just calmly walked past the suffering man.
Zayoshi picked up the newspaper from the World Economy News and slowly melted it away in acid.
"Time to go!" Zayoshi said confidently, "See you around Shikamaru-kun." Zayoshi said, running off.
LAND OF IRON
Mifune, the leader of samurai, sat Indian style in front of the doors to the summit. His eyes were closed. He slowly opened them to see the four kage walking towards him.