CHAPTER 38
Zayoshi Botoya, left hand man of the criminal Psycho Uchiha, stared down Ibiki and his 100 prison guards, the only thing between him and freedom.
He had broken out of his cell and attacked Shikamaru with his acid abilities as well as claim several lives of the guards with said abilities.
He just retrieved his Bloodlord's Dualblade, a special axe he used in his prime, from the confiscated weapons room in the leaf prison. Ibiki stared down Zayoshi with a smile on his face.
"No man has ever escaped this prison in my time as warden and I don't intend on breaking that streak." Ibiki said confidently.
Zayoshi tilted his head and smirked.
"Just because you don't intend for something to happen doesn't mean it will go the way you want it, Ibiki-kun." Zayoshi taunted.
Ibiki smiled.
"In my case it will go my way!" Ibiki yelled and stretching out his hand, "Kill him! Forget whatever information we need from him! I've already sentenced him to death!"
The 100 guards yelled in determination and drew kunai, small katanas, shuriken, and some even had their bare hands. Ibiki smiled as well as Zayoshi.
"My my such ambitious youngsters. Don't charge me all at once the fight will end too soon!" Zayoshi said sarcastically.
Zayoshi dodged the first couple slashes from two men, back handed one away and side kicked the other. Three more guards ran at Zayoshi.
One jumped in the air and the other two attempted to stab his body. Zayoshi caught the one in the air by the throat and swayed back to dodge the attempted stabbing.
Zayoshi swung his axe across both of their chests and then slammed the guard he was choking onto his back and scraped him across the floor throwing him into five more men.
At least 20 men ran at once to attack Zayoshi. Zayoshi ducked and dodged the attacks while of course attacking back.
He ducked under one man who went flying then kicked a man into another. He slashed the chest of another guard and kicked the body away.
A man tried to attack him from behind but even without looking Zayoshi dodged it and the man stabbed his teammate.
While the guard was shocked at who he stabbed Zayoshi slammed his blade into the guard's back and snatched it out. He swung back and slashed the chest of another man who ran up.
A few guards wanted their turn. They slammed their katana onto his axe and were shocked at how strong he was, being able to hold them to a standstill.
The two other man ran around to the sides to attack Zayoshi who turned into green acid and expelled corrosive spikes from the sides of his body stabbing the two men in their chests and burning them from the inside out.
He forced the two men he clashed blades with into the air and spread acid onto his blade and sent a crescent shaped slash of corrosive acid at the men and hit them in the air.
The remaining acid fell over the battle like rain and burned the remaining men in certain spots on their bodies.
"Corrosive Axe." Zayoshi said calmly, covering his axe in acid and running into the crowd of men.
Left and right Zayoshi slashed and cut men down with his acid covered blade.
The men screamed in pain as their bodies were melted by the acid that Zayoshi had covered his blade with.
Numbers were starting to fall fast and Ibiki noticed this and decided to join the fight. He pulled out 8 shuriken wrapped in strings and threw them at the old man.
Zayoshi turned and was wrapped up by the stringed shuriken.
"You got him! Ibiki-san!" A guard said.
Zayoshi tilted his head in confusion and his body slowly started to smoke and melt the stringed shuriken away. Ibiki was visibly surprised. When he was completely free Zayoshi lowered his head.
"Instant pierce." Zayoshi said, covering his body in green corrosive acid.
Immediately Zayoshi's body splashed on the ground and shot through seven guards' chests aiming for Ibiki, who jumped out of the way and let Zayoshi splash onto the ground again.
Zayoshi slowly turned back to normal as he stood to his feet. He turned to look at Ibiki and smiled. This would be short lived as men surrounded him and impaled him with their weapons.
Ibiki smiled. Zayoshi again tilted his head with confusion and pouted.
"Oi oi, you leaf ninja aren't very bright are you?" Zayoshi said casually as their weapons melted into his body.
"Our weapons!" A guard noted.
Zayoshi's body slowly became covered in orange acid.
"ACIDIC PORCUPINE!" Zayoshi yelled.
Spikes instantaneously shot out of Zayoshi's body impaling the men who stabbed him. When the acid retracted Zayoshi was seen smiling.
Ibiki took off his glove and bit his thumb and did a series of hand signs. He put his hand on the ground and summoned a double eged sword. Zayoshi looked at him with confusion.
"This sword… truly lives up to its name. It's a double edged sword both figuratively and literally. The pain my opponent feels when slashed… I feel the same pain!" Ibiki explained.
Zayoshi chuckled and put his hand to his head.
"Now why in the world would you have a weapon like that?" Zayoshi asked.
Ibiki smiled.
"You could say I love a little pain. It also helps me feel closer to my target!" Ibiki explained, charging Zayoshi.
Zayoshi smiled and threw his axe down.
"Then let's see how much pain you can handle!" Zayoshi said, turning into purple acid and shooting straight for Ibiki.
Ibiki jumped out the way and Zayoshi's acid form bounced off the wall and straight for him again. Ibiki barely flipped out the way and landed.
He looked over to see Zayoshi's acid form bounce off another wall and come for him again, but he dodged it and it splashed against another guard causing the guard to fall over in pain.
The acid took the form of a ball and bounced in place before shooting like a rocket towards Ibiki who was very shocked at this point. Ibiki was able to dodge again.
"What in the hell is this man? What is he trying to do?" Ibiki thought to himself, dodging another attack from Zayoshi.
Zayoshi outsmarted Ibiki this time and instead of crashing into another wall he extended backwards and shot straight for Ibiki's head.
Ibiki turned around just in time for Zayoshi to splash into his face and go into his mouth and down his throat. Every guard that was left watched in horror.
"What is he doing to Ibiki-san!?" A guard asked.
Ibiki fought and groaned and grabbed his throat. His eyes were opened so wide it looked as if his pupils were going to jump out his skull.
His pupils slowly turned purple and he stopped struggling and his head hung low, his arms limp. When he looked back up he yelled:
"ACID POSSESSION!"
The guards stared with fright. Ibiki stood straight up and put his hands on his hips with a big smile. After looking around he began to stretch.
"It's been a while since I've been in such a young, fit body! I see now why he was the warden!" Ibiki said, looking over at the double edged sword in his hand.
The guards were shocked but knew what was going on.
"Did you hear what he said? He stole Ibiki-san's body!" A guard noted.
"Yeah but how are we supposed to get him out?" Another asked.
"Aim for the body! Get Ibiki-san to spit him out!" A third guard added.
Ibiki began to laugh.
"It doesn't matter if you get him to spit me out young men! I've already filled his insides with acid and took over his nervous system.
"The instant I'm out of his body he's out of commission. That and… with this weapon I'm about to use… he'll be in more pain on the outside than the inside! HA HA HA!" Ibiki laughed.
The guards charged the possessed Ibiki who swiped at them with his double edged sword.
He cut two men down then jumped over another's head. Landing on a guard and stabbing him then thrusting the sword through two more men and flipping the sword around to impale even more men.
He swirled the blade like a propeller and the bodies flew off.
"Man this guy was in great shape!" Ibiki yelled.
Guards ran at Ibiki again and were subsequently defeated. The remaining guards aimed their weapons.
"It doesn't matter if you defeat us here! When you leave Ibiki-san's body you won't be able to leave the village!" A guard said.
Ibiki stared at the man and laughed.
"Why else do you think I jumped into this man's body? This is exactly how I plan to leave the village you fool! Speaking of which I've wasted far too much time here." Ibiki said, walking over to grab Zayoshi's axe. He coated the axe with acid and raised it in the air.
"Acid fissure!" Ibiki yelled.
The axe slammed on the ground sending a vertical wave of acid at the remaining guards splashing them against a wall. Ibiki smiled and turned towards the door to the prison.
He opened it slowly and sunlight shone through. The warm rays of the sun and the outside air all hit him at once. He could hear the birds chirping and children playing.
After taking a breath of fresh air he pushed the doors open and smiled. Zayoshi was a free man yet again. He slung his axe over Ibiki's back and walked out of the prison.
"Mifune. You'd better still be alive when I get to the land of iron old boy!" Zayoshi said to himself from inside Ibiki's body.
LAND OF IRON
SHRIEEEEEK KABOOOOOOOOOOOM
A wall exploded and Mifune ran out into a hallway clutching his sword. The shirtless raikage chasing him with a lightning chakra aura.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ay yelled, dashing after Mifune.
Inside the five kage meeting room the other kage collected themselves.
"Why would Mifune betray us? Didn't he help us during the fourth great ninja war? If he was never really with us, why help?" Onoki asked.
"Because it wouldn't have fallen with Psycho's plan." Garra said, "Psycho obviously needed these lands to be peaceful so he could launch some sort of surprise attack on the five nations again."
Onoki nodded.
"So, do you think… the whole Akatsuki thing… declaring war on the five nations to get us to work together was all apart of his plan?" Mei asked.
"I doubt that. Psycho is a smart man from what I've heard, but I doubt he thought that far ahead… if anything it just played with his luck." Garra explained, "He could've attacked us even if we were all still enemies."
"That is true…" Mei said.
"But right now we have to stop one of his main forces from getting away!" Garra said.
"Right!" The other three kage said in unison.
Garra, Onoki, Tsunade, and Mei all ran out of the room and followed the trail of destruction left by the raikage. After a few minutes of running the came into a big room and saw the raikage standing completely still. They ran up to him.
"Raikage, are you alright? Where's Mifune?" Onoki asked.
"Tsuchikage…" Mei said, pointing forward.
Onoki looked forward to see an army samurai posted in front of them. Mifune stood at the very front.
"This place will become your graves Kage." Mifune said.
"LIKE HELL IT WILL!" Ay yelled.
"What you see here is 100,000 of this land's best samurai. You WILL die here. You're all too old and undertrained to defeat these men. And don't think your lackies will save you here either, they're no match for these men." Mifune explained.
As Mifune finished talking the samurai clutched their swords.
"Hey… you all thinking what I am?" Onoki whispered.
Ay smiled.
"EASY WORK!" Ay yelled shooting into the crowd of samurai.
Mifune jumped into the air.
"MOON WALK!" Mifune yelled, beginning to walk on the air itself out the way of the fighting.
Garra sent a giant sand hand up to grab Mifune. Mifune saw the fast moving hand and turned around in mid air and closed his eyes.
"One sword style: JAN KAROL SLASH!" Mifune yelled swinging his sword upwards, spinning it and sheathing it. When he completely sheathed his sword the giant sand hand exploded. Garra clenched his teeth.
"Men! Kill the kage!" Mifune ordered.
The samurai charged the kage.
HIDDEN LEAF VILLAGE
Zayoshi, who was in Ibiki's body, walked to the leaf village's main gate. At the gate awaited Izumo and Kotetsu.
"Hey! Ibiki-san!" Kotetsu said.
Ibiki turned towards them.
"Hey there young man!" Ibiki said.
"Where you headed?" Kotetsu asked.
Ibiki thought for a moment.
"Oh just going on a little stroll." Ibiki said.
"Well sorry sir, but you might want to get back to the prison. Apparently Zayoshi broke out and was causing trouble." Izumo said.
Ibiki smiled.
"It's fine. I took care of him." Ibiki said.
Kotetsu looked at Ibiki's back and saw Zayoshi's axe.
"Did you really? With his axe?" Kotetsu asked.
"Yes! I am now taking this axe to the um… land of iron for safe keepings." Ibiki said.
The guards started to get skeptical.
"I thought you said you were going out for a stroll. And why are your pupils purple?" Izumo asked.
Ibiki became serious and his index and middle fingers started to drip green acid.
"Acid arrows!" Ibiki said.
Before Izumo and Kotetsu could think, they were pierced by the acid arrows and doubled over in pain. The men spit up blood as their insides melted and damaged organs. Ibiki turned to continue walking and left the village.
HIDDEN LEAF FOREST
"Looks like a decent distance from the village…" Ibiki said.
Suddenly Ibiki's body began to cough and hack until it vomited every bit of acid that went into his body for the possession.
Ibiki's mouth, wide open, let steam escape that's how hot his insides were. Ibiki coughed up an unhealthy amount of blood before falling onto his back and dry heaving.
The acid that was thrown up slowly formed back into Zayoshi smiled and walked over to Ibiki's body and grabbed his axe.
Zayoshi looked left and right but couldn't figure out where to go.
"Well that's troublesome…" Zayoshi said, slowly creating acid wings, "I know it's a place covered in snow so that's what I'll look for!"
Zayoshi flapped his wings and took to the skies.
LAND OF IRON
The kage fought with all their might with the samurai who opposed them. Mifune watched from a safe distance.
"The five kage know they are too much for me. I wouldn't stand a chance… especially against the raikage and his anger. Once Zayoshi gets here he can finish them for me. It won't matter how angry they are then.. they can't beat acid." Mifune thought to himself.
As Mifune finished his sentence he looked to the side without moving his head and whipped out his sword to block Shi's attack.
"Impressive. You were able to slip out of the battle and come for me. However, you have just sentenced yourself to death." Mifune taunted.
Shi "tsk'd"
"Why don't you kill me then?" Shi asked, pushing Mifune away before the two charged each other again.
On the battle field the raikage made short work of the samurai.
"LARIAT!" Ay yelled, striking several of the samurai with a clothesline.
Mei Terumi and Onoki worked together to take out samurai. Onoki summoned rocks out of the ground and Mei used lava release to cover them in lava.
"LAVA BALLS!" The two yelled in unison.
Tsunade punched one to her left and right with incredible power then lifted her leg and axe kicked the ground, breaking the floor in two and dropping hundreds of samurai to their doom. Garra used his sand to wash away samurai with ease.
"Garra you alright?" Kankuro asked.
"Yes, I'm fine! How are you doi-?" Garra was interrupted by a samurai trying to sneak attack Kankuro.
Garra sent over a giant sand hand to push the samurai into the wall with tremendous pressure. While Garra was distracted 15 samurai jumped over him.
"YOU LEFT YOURSELF OPEN! KAZEKAGE!" The samurai said.
"Get the hell away from him!" Temari yelled, swinging her fan, blowing away the samurai.
"Temari! Thank you." Garra said.
"Don't mention it!" Temari said, blocking a sword slash from a samurai.
Mifune and Shi continued to trade sword slashes while everyone fought. The two clashed swords and stood still.
"You're not even trying!" Shi said angrily.
"You really think I would use my full power against a scrub like you? Fool." Mifune taunted.
Shi winced and clenched his teeth. Mifune still stared seriously. The two pushed each other away. And Mifune sheathed his sword.
"But that's even more the reason to finish you off quickly… wasting my time on trash like you is… embarrassing!" Mifune said, squatting and closing his eyes.
Shi, tired of the insults, charged Mifune.
Everything around Mifune became black. His body shone a dark purple and Shi's was a light blue.
"Not yet in range." Mifune said to himself.
Darui sliced a samurai down and looked up to the stage.
"That stance! Mifune's about to... SHI! GET THE HELL AWAY FROM HIM!" Darui yelled.
Shi kept running.
The raikage had a samurai by the throat and turned to look at Shi after Darui yelled.
"THAT STANCE! SHI! LISTEN UP BOY! STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING!" The raikage yelled, throwing the samurai at a wall. Ay tried to run towards shi but samurai got in his way.
"We won't let you get to Mifune-san!" The samurai said.
"RAHHHH! NUISANCE!" Ay said, smashing them all away, but when he looked up it was too late.
Mifune, still focused, waited. Shi kept charging him.
"You are in range." Mifune said to himself.
Mifune slowly lifted his sword out of its sheath just a little and in the blink of an eye he dashed through Shi, still squatting with his eyes closed, his sword still barely out of its sheath. Darui, Ay, the kage's and their helpers all stared with shock at how fast Mifune truly was. Shi looked back slowly at Mifune and blood fell from his mouth and his eyes started to close and he began to lose balance. Mifune spoke softly.
"This is the power… of a samurai from the Wano kingdom." Mifune said, sheathing his sword, "One sword style: JULIE SLICE!"
A giant burst of air and blood shot out of Shi's abdomen, slicing the concrete walls all over the room and pushing dust into the air. Shi coughed up blood and spit and fell onto his face. Everyone was full of shock. The raikage, Darui, and B specifically. Mifune stood to his feet and looked over the battle field.
"Having such a useless piece of trash as one of your bodyguards Raikage-san, shame on you!" Mifune said.
Shi's eyes were completely closed. The raikage was filled with anger. He looked up at Mifune with pupil-less eyes, as they had rolled to the back of his head.
Ay dashed towards Mifune with lighting speed. Mifune opened his eyes slowly and there was a big boom. The raikage fell on his back in pain, holding on to his arm, which was covered in green acid.
"AHHHHHH ARRAHHHHHGGGGG!" The raikage screamed in pain.
Everyone watched the raikage struggle with his hand as it burned and looked up to see two men on the stage. Mifune slowly looked over at the 7ft, built, shirtless old goat man who stood next to him behind a wall of acid. The acid dissipated and everyone stared in shock. Some couldn't even speak. Tsunade was petrified.
"Took you long enough." Mifune said.
The old goat man smiled and rubbed the back of his head.
"Sorry! When they arrested me I forgot to bring the map that showed me how to get here." Zayoshi said.
Mifune closed his eyes and opened them, looking back down at the kage.
"Wh-What the hell is this?" Onoki asked.
Raikage held his arm with intense anger.
Taunade breathed heavily in and out as Garra stared with shock.
"First a sand man... now.. and acid man?" Garra asked himself.
"There-there really was a goat man.." Mei said.
Zayoshi "The Acid" the left-hand man of the most wanted man in the world and his swordsman, Mifune from the Wano kingdom, legendary infamous relics from Psycho's attempt at ninja world domination stood before the five kage.