Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Hidden Leaf Ravine.
November, x784.
Upon entering the room, what the alliance wizards saw that made them so furious was a number of tanks. In each of these tanks was a humanoid silhouette. Though, none of them could be called humans any longer. And although that was enough to gain the ire of the wizards, what really set them off was the fact that all of these humanoids were clearly children.
Even worse, there was an operation table in the center of the room. Lying on the table was a still conscious, young boy with a large cut on his chest. And standing over the child was an ash-grey haired young man with his hair tied in a short ponytail, onyx black eyes, and black-rimmed, round glasses wearing a dark purple, high collared shirt, dark purple pants, and a white, cloth waistband holding the still beating heart of the child on the table in his hands.
"Oh, the intruders have arrived." The grey-haired man said casually. "What a pity, I was almost done noting down all the effects of the latest serum."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man clenched his fist, crushing the heart in his hands and killing the child. Then, in an unhurried manner, he pulled a handkerchief from one of his pockets and started wiping the blood from his hands.
*Bang!*
*Boom!*
Before he could finish, however, he vanished from where he stood in a burst of speed. Appearing in the grey-haired man's place was Guy, with is fist extended. Less than a second later, the sound of a small explosion could be heard from the wall where Guy's punch sent the grey-haired young man flying.
"Kabuto Yakushi, a traitor of the Village Hidden in the Leaves, to think you would be one of Orochimaru's followers." Guy said, seething in anger. "And to see you betraying us just to commit atrocities like this, where you steal the youth away from children, unforgiveable."
"Hmph!" The grey-haired young man, Kabuto, snorted before spitting out a mouthful of blood as he climbed out of the hole in the wall his collision created. "For someone with such a low amount of magic power, you pack quite the punch. "I'm curious to know how you trained your body so far. Even more impressive is the fact that your body has not broken down because of it."
"That won't matter once I'm done with you." Guy said, straightening his back as he spoke. At the same time, he folded his right arm behind his back while extending his left hand forward in a provocative gesture. "I will let my youth burn brightly in place of all the children whose youths you have taken away."
"Even if your body is abnormally strong, you have no chance of defeating me." Kabuto said as his right hand began to glow with a soothing green light. "[Healing Magic: Mystical Palm Jutsu]."
Placing his palm on his jaw, Kabuto began healing the cracked bones he received from Guy's punch.
"We'll see about that." Guy said, vanishing from his spot once again.
In the next instant, before Kabuto could finish healing himself, he was launched straight upward, crashing through the ceiling of the cave. At the same time, Guy, with his right leg pointing straight up, appeared I the spot where Kabuto once stood.
"You all keep going." Guy said, lowering his leg as he spoke. "I will deal with this traitor."
Then, before anyone could respond, Guy leapt upward, through the hole his kick created after connecting with Kabuto's chin. Meanwhile, the other four wizards were left standing in place with anger still visible on their faces.
"So, what do we do with this place?" Kagura asked, scanning the room as she spoke.
"We check for survivors before burning everything in here to the ground." Alfonzo said coldly.
"Yeah, whether it be the successful experiments those mad men completed or the research data, nothing in here should ever see the light of day." Yoruichi added in a solemn tone.
With that, the four wizards split up and checked all the tanks in the room. Unfortunately, after searching for half an hour, they found that all the specimens were no longer human. The only saving grace was that none of them had to suffer any longer, as they were all dead.
"Well, then, let's get rid of all this shit." Alfonzo said as he carefully closed the eyes of the boy Kabuto had been operating on when they entered the room. "I'm sorry we didn't get here sooner. But we'll make sure that they never had the opportunity to do this to anyone else."
Seeing just how much the sight of tortured children bothered him, Marin could not help but approach Alfonzo and give him a hug. Returning the hug after being slightly shocked, Alfonzo forced a smile.
At the same time, the body of the child on the table next to them started turning crystalline. Then, at high-speed, a sharp crystal spike grew from the child's corpse, stabbing straight towards the side of Marin's head.
Before any harm could come to Marin, however, the gravity around the operation table increased by tenfold. As a result, the crystalline child corpse, along with the crystal spike that grew from it were crushed and shattered into dust.
While Marin was caught off-guard by the sudden sneak attack, Alfonzo's hand was sparking with purple electricity, ready to destroy the incoming attack. However, that was completely unnecessary, as Kagura acted before he needed to.
"Thanks, Kagura." Alfonzo said, retracting his electrical current. "But this cavern is so annoying. I couldn't even feel the magic power in that attack until it was close."
As he spoke, Alfonzo looked towards the entrance to the cave. Standing at the end of his line of sight was a fair-skinned, black-eyed young woman with light blue hair worn in a spikey ponytail with side bangs that framed her face wearing a green, knee-length kimono, with a long left sleeve and a short right one. Underneath the kimono, she wore a red turtle neck and a pair of black compression shorts while her lips were adorned with red lipstick.
"You reacted very quickly. And for that you deserve praise." The blue-haired woman said as she strode into the room. "but I cannot allow you to destroy Lord Orochimaru's work. And for even considering it, you deserve no less than death. Lucky for you, I won't be killing you quickly. Oh, no. I will enjoy the pained and agonized cries you make as I slowly turn you all into crystal statues."
"Then, you must be the last of Orochimaru's followers mentioned in the report, Guren." Alfonzo said in a blunt tone. "Good, then the only ones we still haven't seen are the two ring leaders and Kurotsuchi's creation, Nemu. But I do have one question for you before we get this started."
"I suppose I can grant you this one mercy." The blue-haired woman, Guren, replied with a sadistic smile.
"How do you plan on stopping me from destroying everything in this room?" Alfonzo asked as he was covered in a purple electric current. "[Electromagnetism Magic: Chidori: Stream]."
*Zap!*
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
Just as he had done when destroying the traps before, Alfonzo, with fine control of his magic power, ejected just enough streams of electricity to destroy all the tanks and places were experiment data could be stored. At the same time, he controlled his electricity so that it would not harm any of his allies.
Seeing that display of power and control, Guren furrowed her eyebrows in frustration. At the same time, she began performing a series of hand signs.
"[Crystal magic: Crystal Shuriken]." Guren chanted, holding the last hand sign.
A moment later, dozens of shuriken, formed from pink crystal, appeared around Guren. Then, with one gesture, they were sent spinning towards the group of four.
Preparing to intercept the incoming projectiles, Alfonzo planned to create an equal number of metal projectiles to counter. Before he could, however, Kagura stepped forward. Then, she raised her sheathed katana over her head.
"Slashing Form]." Kagura cried as she swung her sword down.
With the wind pressure alone, all of the incoming crystal projectiles were dispersed. Then, Kagura charged forward with determination glowing in her eyes.
In response, Guren formed another series of hand signs.
"[Crystal Magic: Jade Crystal Blade]." Guren chanted with the completion of her final hand sign.
With that, a single edged crystal blade began forming on Guren's forearm. Unlike the earlier crystal constructs, however, this blade was a dark, bluish-green instead of pink. And using this newly formed blade, Guren was able to intercept the incoming slash from Kagura's sheathed katana.
"Are you mocking me?" Guren asked with displeasure as she glared at kagura and her sheathed blade. "Unsheathe your sword and fight me for real."
"I would never." Kagura replied without changing her expression. "My style of swordsmanship does not require that I draw my blade."
"I see." Guren replied, her expression relaxing slightly. "Then, I guess that means you're a practitioner of the [Style of the Undrawn Long Sword]]. Perhaps you will be a challenge, after all."
Meanwhile, Alfonzo, Marin, and Yoruichi had simply slipped past the two women who were completely focused on each other.
"We've been searching this hideout for a few hours, by now." Marin said, still shaking off the horrible scenes she saw in the last room. "How much longer do we have to stay in this gloomy place."
"well, from what I can remember, there should only be one or two more rooms filled with captives." Alfonzo replied. "Then, we'll only have to deal with the last three nuisances."
"Then, there should be one for each of us, right?" Marin asked with a smile.
"Nope." Yoruichi replied. "I'm on rescue and support duty, remember? The last three will be for you two to play with."
"Oh, right." Marin replied, a small, embarrassed blush making its way onto her cheeks. "After seeing all those poor people, I kinda forgot the plan."
"Yeah, missions like this aren't for everyone." Alfonzo said, combing his fingers through Marin's hair as the trio moved forward. "And the worst thig is, this isn't even the worst place like this I've ever seen."
Like that, the trio continued to walk through the corridors of the cavern. And since Guy was no longer with them, Alfonzo was forced to bathe each new corridor in lightning to destroy the traps hidden within.
Eventually, after coming across two more rooms filled with prisoners, while Yoruichi vacated the last of the civilians, Alfonzo and Marin reached a large, empty room that seemed to have been used as an arena of sorts. And standing in the middle of that arena was Nemu.
"One of you may pass while I must ask the other to stay with me.' Nemu said while bowing her head politely.
"I see." Alfonzo said with a nod. "So, they wanted to split us up and fight me alone, huh?"
Instead of responding, Nemu maintained her bowing posture.
"Well, I'll leave her to you, Marin." Alfonzo said, combing his fingers through Marin's hair one more time. "When Yoruichi is finished moving the last of the civilians to the shelter, she'll lend you a hand if you need it. But I doubt you will."
"Sure." Marin replied, a resolute expression on her face.
Smiling in response, Alfonzo leaned forward and planted a kiss on Marn's forehead. Then, without another word, he walked towards the entrance behind Nemu. Surprising for Marin and Unsurprising for Alfonzo, Nemu did not move to attack him at all.
"I expected to see you attack him from behind." Marin said with a confused expression on her face.
"I was instructed to separate the intruders and battle the one left behind." Nemu replied, finally raising her head once Alfonzo could no longer be seen in the corridor behind her. "Whether that battle is to the death or simply to capture will depend on how much of a threat you represent."
"I see." Marin replied, unsheathing her daggers as she spoke. "Then, let's get started. You all need to pay for all the horrible things you've been doing to these people."
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Earth land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Hidden Leaf Ravine.
November, x784.
After being blasted through the cave ceiling, Kabuto stopped himself from falling by using his magic power to stick to the top of the hole he created. Then, after noticing that Guy was approaching, he ran through a short series of hand signs.
"[Hiding Like a Mole Jutsu]." Kabuto chanted quietly as his body sank into the top of the hole and began burrowing towards the surface.
Meanwhile, Guy, fueled by his anger and sense of justice, traveled up the hole and arrive near its end just in time to see Kabuto fuse with the surrounding earth.
Realizing that Kabuto was most likely headed to the surface, Guy punched at the end of the hole.
*Bang!*
As a result of Guy's punch, another stretch of earth was destroyed, extending his path to the surface.
About a minute later, Kabuto, without disturbing the ground, rose from the top of the ravine somewhere over the hideout.
"Good, I should have a minute or so before he arrives here." Kabuto said, recasting the [Mystical Palm Jutsu] and healing the damage from Guy's first two attacks.
All the while, Kabuto could feel the ground shaking and hear the crashes from Guy's attacks that created his path to the surface.
"Indeed, once I capture Guy, Lord Orochimaru will be pleased with the valuable research material." Kabuto said to himself, taking a bit of distance from where he emerged from the ground. "And considering his low amount of magic power combined with the fact that he has no ninjutsu or genjutsu at his disposal, this shouldn't be very hard."
Though the shinobi of the Hidden Leaf village are also considered wizards, their system of magic has evolved differently than that of the common wizard. Like all wizards, they refine magic power in their bodies from the ethernano in the air. However, instead of using imagination to cast their spells, they use a series of hand signs to manipulate the magic power in their bodies and mold it into seven basic elements.
Those elements consist of Earth , Water, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Yin, and Yang. And to be able to use spells, or Jutsu as they call them, of other elements, such as wood, poison, ice, etc., they must have a certain genetic mutation they refer to as a [Kekkei Genkai] that helps them to combine two of the basic elements. In fact, these [Kekkei Genkai] can provide much more than just more advanced element usage when casting spell.
For example, there are two shinobi clans in the Village Hidden in the Leaves that have eye magic specific to their clans. Another example would be the nearly extinct clan who used to live off the coast of Fiore that could produce chains made of magic power from their backs.
As for the terms Ninjutsu and Genjutsu Kabuto mentioned a moment ago, they refer to the use of magic power to cast spells. While most ninjutsu focuses around casting elemental attack spells, there are exceptions. Meanwhile, genjutsu is the use of one's magic power to influence another's placing them in an illusion, if cast successfully.
"[Dynamic Entry]." Guy's voice could be heard from underground as the ground began to rumble more intensely.
*Boom!*
A moment later, pulverized rocks and debris shot upward as Guy, with one leg extended in a kick shot out of a hole in the ground.
"Good, you're still here." Guy said with a confident smile that sparkled momentarily. "Now, I will show you the power of my youth."
"Uh… sure." Kabuto replied in an unsure tone as he took his fighting stance.
Immediately afterward, Kabuto charged forward with his hands covered in blue magic power.
"[Healing Magic: Magic Scalpel]." Kabuto chanted quietly.
In the next instant, Kabuto slashed his right hand at Guy's left chest. Instinctively, Guy turned his body by a quarter turn, evading Kabuto' strike while simultaneously pushing away Kabuto's wrist with his right palm. Then, he followed up by whipping a back fist into Kabuto's face.
Taking the hit squarely, Kabuto's head was whipped to the left. However, instead of flying back, he used his magic power to anchor himself to the ground. At the same time, using his left hand, he chopped at Guy's wrist.
Sensing the danger behind the attack, Guy kicked upward at the underside of Kabuto's left wrist, raising his left arm upward. Crouching low a moment later, Guy spun on his pivot foot with his right leg extended away from his body.
'[Leaf Gale]!" Guy shouted sweeping Kabuto's legs out from under him.
Then, as Kabuto was falling to the ground, Guy leapt up into the air, summersaulting forward with is right leg still extended.
"[Leaf Drop].!" Guy shouted as he brought his right heel down on Kabuto's chest.
*Bang!*
*Cough*
As a result of Guy's kick, Kabuto's eyes widened as he coughed up a mouthful of blood. At the same time, Guy used Kabuto's chest as a springboard to summersault away from Kabuto's hands that were still covered in magic power.
After landing, Guy looked down from just outside of Kabuto's reach. And what he saw was exactly what he expected. Kabuto, after receiving three attacks form him lay on the ground with a broken jaw, a broken wrist, and a caved in chest.
"Good." Guy muttered quietly, relaxing his muscles. "I only had to open the [First Gate]." Guy muttered to himself as he regulated his breathing.
"Is that really what you think?" Kabuto, in a weak tone, asked from his spot on the ground.
Surprised that Kabuto could even speak, Guy's eyes widened as he looked at his downed foe. To his surprise, Kabuto's sunken in chest was regenerating at a visible speed. On top of that, his jaw had already healed. And he was pretty sure the same was true about his wrist.
"How?" Guy asked in disbelief. "I didn't give you enough time to use the [Mystical Palm Jutsu] to heal by that much."
Instead of responding immediately, Kabuto slowly rolled over and picked himself up from the ground. By the time he was standing upright again, there was no visible evidence of the injuries he just received.
"Do you really think, that after all the experiments and research we've completed, that we haven't found ways to improve our own bodies?" Kabuto asked, recasting the [Magic Scalpel] as he spoke. "As it so happens, I've gained quite the regenerative healing factor for myself. And if that's all you've got, then there is no way you'll be able to defeat me. In fact, I think it's better this way. Tiring you out enough that capturing you is easy sounds wonderful. Then, we'll have a perfect specimen for experimentation."
Frowning at the new revelation, Guy once again took his fighting stance.
"Then, it looks like I'll just have to hit you hard enough that your healing will be ineffective." Guy replied before vanishing from where he stood in a burst of speed.
Once again, Guy appeared in front of Kabuto with his right foot shooting up at kabuto's chin. Unlike last time, however, Kabuto was prepared for Guys' high-speed movements. As a result, Kabuto, with is hands still wearing the [Magic Scalpel] raised both his hands to block Guy's kick.
Stopping his kick quickly after seeing Kabuto's defense, Guy once again spun on his left leg.
"[Leaf Great Whirlwind]!" Guy shouted as his right heel lashed out at Kabuto's head.
At a speed that Kabuto could not follow with his eyes, Guy kicked him so hard that he was blown away. At the same time, due to the speed at which he spun, a whirlwind was produced around Guy, sweeping up any surrounding pebbles as it raged around him.
*Boom!*
A moment later, kabuto slammed into the ground a distance away. At first glance, it was clear that his skull had been cracked and the teeth on the left side of his mouth had all been shattered. Still, He started stirring nearly immediately after hitting the ground.
Once again, Kabuto's hand lit up with green magic power as he applied the [Mystical Palm Jutsu] on his injuries while slowly standing to his feet.
"Impressive." Kabuto praised once he was back on his feet. "I couldn't even see that one coming. And you've completely destroyed my glasses… what a pity. Those held significant sentimental value. Oh well, I can always get another. But if that's all you have, You'll never be able to defeat me."
"*Sigh* I was hoping it wouldn't have to come to this." Guy said, once again relaxing his muscles as the whirlwind surrounding him died down. "But I guess I'll have to allow my youth to explode in full. [Limit Breaking Magic: Eight Inner Gates: Gate of Life, Open]!"
With Guy's chant, his magic power swelled while his skin turned as red as if he had been boiled. At the same time, his hair stood on end while his veins bulged all over his body.
The [Eight Inner Gates Guy referred to are natural limiters in the human body, with each person having eight in total, as the name would suggest. These limiters are in place to keep each person from harming him or herself inadvertently with their strength.
With the use of [Limit Breaking Magic], however, these gates can be opened temporarily, granting the user an exponential growth in both physical strength and magic power depending on how many are opened.
At first, Guy had only opened the [First Gate, the Gate of Opening]. And with only the first of the [Eight Gates] open, Guy was able to kick fast enough to create a localized whirlwind. But now, by opening the [Third Gate, the Gate of Life], Guy's power increased by two whole magnitutdes.
In the next instant, Guy was no longer standing in his previous location. At the same time, Kabuto had been rocketed up into the air. Then, from different angles, Guy repeated struck the grey-haired young man with a multitude of punches and kicks.
"Ahh… The [Eight Gates]." Kabuto muttered while being rag dolled in the air. "Though I'm impressed you can open three gates, this will be far from enough to defeat me."
"You make it seem as if three is my limit." Guy replied while continuing his onslaught. "[Gate of Pain, Open!]"
As soon as Guy opened the next gate, his speed and power increased once again. Still, it seemed as if it would not be enough to defeat kabuto, as his regeneration was still keeping up with the damage inflicted.
"[Gate of Limit, Open]!" Guy shouted his chant as his speed and power increased once more.
By this point, Kabuto was feeling a strain on his healing factor. Still, he felt as if he could handle this amount of damage.. At least until Guy tired himself out.
"Just give up." Kabuto said with a sneer, despite all the broken bones and blood covering his body. "A failure like you just doesn't have what it takes."
"Ha! I thought I'd gotten rid of that title." Guy said with a smile, despite the pain he was feeling from surpassing his body's natural limits by so much. "Then again, from the perspective of most shinobi, having no talent when it comes to Ninjutsu and Genjutsu would make me a failure. Still, if this isn't enough to erase that from your mind, then let the limits of my youth do so. [Gate of View, Open]!"
Hearing Guy mention the sixth of the [Eight Gates] in his latest chant, Kabuto's eyes widened in both surprise and concern. With only five gates open, Kabuto's healing factor was just barely able to break even with the damage Guy was inflicting.
Instead of continuing to pummel the beaten and battered Kabuto, Guy finally allowed him to fall to the ground. Before he could regenerate by too much, however, Guy leapt straight up into the air and pulled his fists back.
"[Morning Peacock]!" Guy shouted.
With Guy's shout, he began throwing punches towards the spot Kabuto fell. However, these punches were so fast that flames were created on Guy's fists from the air friction. Then, at the end of each punch, the fire that had accumulated on Guy's fists, along with an air bullet produced by the power behind his punches, was launched downward at Kabuto.
"Argh~~~~~!" kabuto's pain screams echoed over the surroundings once he was engulfed in flames.
With Guy's punch only lasting for a few seconds, eventually falling back to the ground. Meanwhile, Kabuto's screams last for much longer as he was burned severely even after the air bullets ceased. Eventually, Kabuto lost consciousness, right around the time the flames went out.
Noticing this, Guy slowly made his way over to Kabuto, closing all the open [Eight Inner Gates] as he moved.
"Oh man, I'm gonna be feeling this for weeks." Guy said as he slapped a pair of anti-magic cuffs onto kabuto's wrists. As soon as that was done, he fell onto his back. Then, with a wide smile on his face, he continued speaking. "But that's just a sign of my youth burning brightly."
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