Chapter XLVI - The Unorthodox Killer Bee

Gyatsō let out a small grunt as Bee brought his own arms against the Osore leader's body. Bee then directed a heavy knee to Gyatsō's stomach, sending him flying back. The intensity of the Raikage's chakra coat caused most of Gyatsō's cloak to rip upon impact.

The white-haired shinobi landed next to Hikari on one knee. He was clutching the wound that was now present on his abdomen. A few drops of his crimson blood slowly dripped onto the ground.

"Even my Shaolin couldn't pick up that little blow of yours. I almost can't even read your strange movements," Gyatsō said through gritted teeth. Hikari could immediately tell that his superior was only going to get even angrier during this fight. He walked towards the crouching shinobi and gave him a smile.

"You needn't waste chakra by dealing with this weakling, my lord. Raikage or not, nobody can defeat the divine being that you've become," the blonde male told him.

Gyatsō slowly looked over to Hikari, giving the male a twisted smile of his own. He then turned his head to look at Bee, who appeared to be preparing for a second attack.

"With the Raikage dead, I'll be able to erase this shinobi world and replace it with my own. I have no problems with destroying those who get in my way!" the Osore leader yelled out. He then quickly stood up and ran towards Bee, who rushed towards him at the same time.

Chakra bones in the form of bull horns then appeared on Bee's left arm. To Gyatsō's knowledge, this notorious weapon increased the destructive capacity of the Lariat technique. The white-haired male smirked to himself as he let himself get closer to the Raikage, all the while watching closely in case he made another sudden, unpredictable move.

With the two shinobi now inches apart, Bee swung his arm towards Gyatsō's neck in an attempt to catch him in the Lariat. After failing to sense any additional movements from his opponent, the younger male lowered himself to the ground at the brink of impact.

"Attacking me in a linear fashion is utter stupidity," Gyatsō said with a wide smirk. His hair was completely covering his eyes, but Zuko noticed that a faint purple light was emitting from below the bridge of his nose.

"Almighty Push!"

A massive dome of air suddenly blew in all directions, with Gyatsō's body as its epicentre. Bee was immediately sent flying in the air. After a few short moments, the white-haired male appeared above the Raikage. After smirking to himself, he performed quick hand seals.

"Now Water Style: Water Bomb Jutsu."

After kneading a large amount of chakra in his stomach, the Osore leader expelled a massive torrent of water from his mouth, aiming right for Bee. Normally, the skill of his jutsu would require multiple water style users, but naturally, Shaolin enhanced one's chakra manipulation.

The torrent of water crashed into the dark skinned shinobi and sent him crashing to the ground. However, after a few moments, Gyatsō began to lose his smirk. The water torrent was still spiraling against the Raikage's body, but was dissipating by the second.

When the majority of the water eventually disappeared, Gyatsō discovered that Bee's hand was against the tip of the now small torrent. The Jinchuriki's chakra coat had receded, but his hands were still covered in the dark red aura.

How did he absorb it? Gyatsō thought.

He then landed on the ground with a blank facial expression, once again placing a hand on his stomach wound. The group of Hidden Cloud shinobi behind him were still loudly cheering for their leader, confident in the veteran's skills. He knew that they believed the Jinchuriki's skills surpassed his own, and this caused him to chuckle a bit.

Gyatsō then turned to face them and shook his head with sheer disbelief.

"What are you cretins acclaiming for? You're witnessing the death of your Raikage, the death of your village, and most importantly, the death of your wor-"

The white-haired male suddenly gasped and quickly turned to the side to catch Bee's incoming fist. The force of the Raikage's attack sent both of them flying back into the Mizukage's residence on impact, sending bricks and wood flying everywhere.

With Gyatsō forced against the wall, thus unable to move, Bee began to chuckle himself. This angered the Osore leader even more. What could he possibly be confident about?

"Don't think you get the luxury of looking away from me. But before I kill you, lemme tell you something that we agree on," Bee said as he peered into the shinobi's agitated eyes.

"You think you can kill me, you bastard?! I am the messiah, you have absolutely nothing at your disposal to defeat me!" Gyatsō yelled back at him.

"The death of the shinobi world has always been awaited, but yours is the only one that will die, the one with all that hatred. And nothing about you is sacred, all of the crap you're spouting out is outdated, fool, ya fool!"

Gyatsō stared back at him before lowering his head. Bee rose an eyebrow at the man, unsure about what he might say next.

"...I don't expect an idiot to understand, but I'll say this. If by some chance your words hold truth to them, then what of it?" the white-haired shinobi asked the Raikage.

"The hell does that mean?" Bee asked back. Gyatsō slowly rose his head to reveal his second stage Shaolin activated once more.

"Nobody has ever tried to make their ideal world a reality. They just sit and abide by the flawed one we have now, like the weak-minded bugs they are. I won't let anyone, especially a Kage, try to stop my flawless, unblemished project."

Bee blinked a few times before realising that his vision changed. In fact, everything around him suddenly changed. Looking to his side, the Raikage discovered that his arms were covered in dark, bloody chains. When he rose his head, almost disoriented, he also realised that a Shaolin eye was spinning above him.

Several more chains also appeared and spun around the shinobi's body. After a few seconds, they clamped around him, constricting him tightly.

Snap out of it, Bee.

A faint voice echoed inside Raikage's head, but he ignored it. The voice then grew louder and louder, eventually ringing in his head. He recognised the voice to be Gyuki.

"Damn... Eight-o, is that you, yo?" Bee asked himself softly. He then quickly rose his head to look up into Gyatsō's eyes, which were now slightly twitching.

You were caught in his genjutsu, but don't worry. Like I said earlier, that cheap trick won't work so long as I'm here to help you out, Bee heard Gyuki say in his mind. The Raikage then smiled a little and nodded his head, thanking his companion softly.

"So, genjutsu really doesn't work on a perfect Jinchuriki. I'll just render you unconscious and kill you then," Gyatsō said with a slight pant. It appeared that the genjutsu he induced Bee in took a toll on his chakra reserves and body. Even though that was the case, he was storing up the strength he had left.

Through the smoke formed by the previous attack, Zuko looked at Bee, who still had his arm tightly pressed against Gyatsō's body. With his Shaolin, he detected a large amount of chakra building within the muscular shinobi. While this raised some questions for him, he didn't intervene. Rather, he activated his Shaolin to its second level, further investigating Bee's chakra.

"Yo! I'm the killer and you're my prey, Gyatsō, your arrogance has led you astray! With your blood and bones these walls will be sprayed, with the killer bomb blowing you Osore bugs away!" Bee rapped loudly.

What does he mean by "bomb?" Gyatsō thought.

Hikari widened his eyes and suddenly ran towards the two shinobi, fear clouding his mind. While Zuko sensed Bee's chakra quickly growing, Hikari completely understood why it was happening.

"Lord Gyatsō!" Hikari yelled as loud as he could. Gyatsō looked over to his incoming subordinate with a confused facial expression. Zuko quickly followed behind the blonde male, who continued to warn their leader.

"Quickly, master! Get as far away from the Raikage as you can! He's about to launch a Tailed Beast Bomb!"

"Tailed Beast Bomb? Do you expect me to be afraid of a pitiful ninjutsu that I can easily absorb with Gakido?" Gyatsō chuckled out. He then looked back at Bee and widened his eyes with shock.

A small cluster of what appeared to be black and white chakra was gathering in front of Bee's mouth. While that alone was enough to make Gyatsō slightly unnerved, Bee's sudden transformation into his Version 2 state forced the white-haired male to attempt to pry the Raikage off of him.

I can't even budge him. Why won't he move?

As more of the strange chakra quickly gathered in Bee's mouth, Gyatsō looked at his feet to notice that they were sinking in the ground. Concern spread on the man's face as he angrily looked up at the Jinchuriki again. His attempts to pry himself away from Bee failed, forcing him to try even harder.

"Damn you! Just how dense is that chakra bomb of yours?!" he demanded Bee.

The chakra inside Bee's mouth formed into a large sphere and constantly grew at a rapid rate. Zuko's Shaolin easily measured the seemingly limitless amount of chakra being put into it. He concluded that this was Gyuki's own chakra rather than Bee's, considering the stamina a Tailed Beast has.

The large chakra sphere then began to grow smaller inside Bee's mouth. He was consuming the Tailed Beast Bomb to fire it as a beam instead of what it'd be as-is. Because of this, it was now clear to the surrounding Osore members that he was fully intent on killing them all.

When Gyatsō saw a blinding flash of light before his very eyes, he bitterly concluded that he was going to be caught in the Raikage's attack. The Osore leader smiled to himself before slowly closing his eyes.

It looks like I'll be meeting you guys soon, Hideo... Ichiro...

After a few moments, he quickly opened them to the sound of a devastating explosion going off far behind him. He then noticed that Hikari was next to him with his hand on the superior's back. Gyatsō blinked a few times before looking over to where the explosion came from.

"What did you just do, Hikari?" he asked the blonde shinobi. Hikari looked at the seal that was now present on Gyatsō's back.

"I used Insutantoshīru to seal your body as to have you teleport with me. I only had a split second left, but I was able to make it to you in time and get us out of the Raikage's blast radius," Hikari replied. He was panting a little as he explained, possibly due to the stress he was just put under.

"Your Supido style is most impressive. Orochimaru developed it just as perfectly as I told him to," Gyatsō told him.

"Thank you, Lord Gyatsō. Also, given the little time I had, I was unable to bring Zuko with us," Hikari added.

"Zuko has been my pupil this entire time for an important reason, Hikari. I just intend on killing that damn Raikage before he does."

Gyatsō then clutched what was left of his cloak before ripping it off his body with a soft grunt. As soon as the torn cloak touched the ground, he was already out of sight. Hikari closely followed him behind.

Zuko winced as he slowly opened his eyes, seeing nothing but darkness. His entire body was covered in solid, dark chakra that was emitting black mists everywhere. His hair had extended and was white, and the wings that were now sticking out of his back were burned severely.

It looks like I survived that Tailed Beast Bomb, he thought.

The dark chakra cracked in multiple places before shattering completely. Smoke covered the entire area, but his Mūgetsu Shaolin picked up a moving object that was quickly approaching him. He then chuckled lightly to himself.

"You injured me, Raikage... but attacking me as I am now is just a death wish!" the white-haired shinobi yelled out. He then dashed towards the moving figure with great speed.

When he got close enough, Zuko's eyes widened as he was now struck heavily in the back, sending him flying forwards. He turned his head to look at who hit him, as his elbow was still against the Osore member's back.

"Y-you faked me out?!"

Zuko's infuriated eyes stared into Bee's until the younger male crashed against the ground. Bee then jumped high into the air before landing a heavy knee against Zuko's spine. Zuko groaned out in pain before eventually growing limp. The Raikage had struck him in one of his vital points.

"Your eyes, they don't look the same, but to the eyes of Lord Killer Bee, you're an even bigger shame than that unstable lame Gyatsō Mataba," Bee scolded the immobile Osore member. He then turned his head to the side a little bit, sensing himself someone's approach.

"If that's the case, perhaps I gave you the wrong impression, Raikage."

Gyatsō revealed himself and walked towards Bee with his arms crossed. Hikari was walking behind him. The blonde-haired ninja pulled off his own cloak with a gentle smile. A sudden gust of wind blew both their hair to the side, but the cause of this wind was Gyatsō's buildup of chakra.

"I think of myself as the saviour of the world, purging out the wicked one we have at this very moment. I'll ask you to look at me in the same way," the white-haired male said. A wide smirk was present on his face.

"Too late to call yourself a saviour, your own wicked behaviour will be the grave for ya," Bee told him back. Gyatsō let out a little sigh at the Raikage's response. Multiple veins popped out of the Osore leader's neck as he cracked his knuckles.

"To hell with the existence of this world... I've really had enough of your existence."

He then appeared in front of the dark skinned male and threw a kick towards his chest. Bee grabbed onto Gyatsō's foot and threw him to the side, but the white-haired shinobi used a single hand to rebound and catapult himself towards the Raikage again with a crazed laugh.

Bee gritted his teeth in annoyance as he used his forearm to block his assailant's furious kicks. He then applied a significant amount of pressure to push Gyatsō away again.

"Don't let up, Lord Raikage! Kill that maniac already!" one of the Hidden Cloud shinobi yelled behind him.

Bee performed a few hand seals before a puff of smoke engulfed the space around him. Gyatsō squinted a little to count seven blades landing between his left armpit, stomach, both elbows, right leg, right side of his neck, and mouth.

When the smoke quickly cleared, Gyatsō couldn't help but chuckle at the Raikage's strange appearance. Even Hikari stared at him with utter confusion. Neither one of them were familiar with Bee's unique Disturbance Taijutsu, a style of taijutsu utilising fast, unpredictable movements.

Gyatsō took out two kunai from his ninja tools pouch and held them in front of his body. After watching Bee closely for a few seconds, his Shaolin began to switch between its first and second stages. The white-haired male's squinted more, trying to ignore it.

Even after resting in the Hidden Stone Village, my strength never fully came back to me. I'll have to try and predict his movements with just my level one Shaolin, but...

Bee then appeared in front of the Osore leader while spinning quickly, turning his very body into a lethal fray of blades. His body was also now engulfed in lightning style chakra, similar to the previous Raikage's lightning armour. The lightning chakra enhanced both the blades and his speed.

Gyatsō winced a little as Bee's swords rapidly slashed against the kunai he were holding. Multiple slash marks periodically appeared on his arms and cheek, meaning that Bee was managing to cut his opponent at the same time.

What the hell are these attacks?! Gyatsō thought angrily. Before Bee could land another slash on him, the white-haired shinobi jumped far back in the air.

Looking below him, he realised that he was now directly above the Hidden Cloud shinobi. Some of them darted up at him in fear. With another wide smirk present on his face, he dropped his kunai and performed multiple hand seals.

"I might as well kill all of you, too!" he said with a cackle. He then gasped and looked in front of him, looking right at Bee's foot.

The Raikage brought his leg against Gyatsō's body before he could finish his jutsu. On impact,he was sent flying farther back, sparing the group of any danger.

When Gyatsō landed against the ground, he quickly looked up to eye Bee's incoming barrage of swords again. Going on the defencive, he held his arms out in front of him. Dark chakra immediately engulfed them and then his body, acting as armour.

Bee scoffed to himself as he spun around faster, making all of his swords slash against Gyatsō's chakra armour faster. When the Raikage noticed that they were dealing little damage, the electricity surrounding his body intensified rapidly. His body caved in the ground with a loud bolt of lightning, sending the two shinobi falling deeper into the earth.

Gyatsō smirked again as he manipulated his solidified dark chakra into a blade of his own. He kicked the Raikage off of him and dashed towards him with hopes of slicing him in the chest.

Bee's lightning armour, however, electrocuted the white-haired shinobi when he got closer. With a faint grunt, Gyatsō continued to fall down until he landed on a heated piece of earth. Bee looked up to notice how far they had fallen. Even he could feel the magma that was boiling some distance below them.

"Light Style: Heaven's Carnage!"

Bee quickly looked down at Gyatsō, who was smirking up at him. His hands were slapped against each other, indicating he had just performed a jutsu.

A massive, sudden white beam appeared from the sky and engulfed Bee, forcing him to crash through the platform they were on. Gyatsō laughed a little as he slowly stood up, jumping down to land next to the Raikage, who was laying against the ground.

"You should heed your own words. You don't get to look away from me," Gyatsō told him. He then pointed up to the sky and slowly waved his finger.

"My Light Style is a variant of Yang Style, where one must use their physical energy to create chakra. Rather than creating life with Yang Style, I breathe light into creation with my chakra," the white-haired shinobi explained. A faint light appeared on the tip of his finger but quickly went out.

"I'm completely certain you can't move right now. That is the effect of the Mataba clan's Light Style, after all."

He then picked up one of Bee's swords and channeled some of his chakra into it. He wanted to make sure that just one strike would be enough to kill the Jinchuriki, so increasing the weapon's destructive capacity was the way to get the job done.

With his smirk still present on his face, the Osore leader lowered the blade until it was above Bee's chest.

"Let this be a message to you, Killer Bee. I, Gyatsō Mataba, never lose."

He then shoved the blade deep into the Raikage's chest. After a few seconds, Bee's body converted into a sharp pool of lightning and electrocuted the white-haired male.

Gyatsō's eyes grew bloodshot as he fell to his knees, panting.

What?!

"And let this be a lesson that you never count me out, fool, ya fool!" a voice came besides him.

A reappeared Bee then harshly brought his arm against Gyatsō's neck, successfully hitting him with a Lariat. Bee's body was still covered in lightning style chakra, which drastically increased the potency of the hard strike.

Gyatsō coughed out a substantial amount of blood as he was sent flying upwards at a fast speed. He crashed through multiple layers of earth before landing some distance away from Hikari.

The blonde shinobi's eyes widened as he looked over to his badly injured superior. A pool of blood had already formed under Gyatsō's body, prompting Hikari to quickly run towards him.

Suddenly, Hikari's eyes darted to the side to notice that Bee was now charging towards him. When Hikari used Supido to teleport to Gyatsō instead, the perfect Jinchuriki was already there with him.

A line of blood slowly ran down Hikari's lip. He slowly looked down to see multiple blades jabbed into his stomach. Bee smiled a little when the blonde male stepped back a little to force the blades out of him. He then pointed straight at the Osore member's face.

"Gyatsō Mataba's out of ya reach. Now I'm gonna beat the blood out of this leech."