Board Thread:Konoha Arc/@comment-24937485-20160325110650/@comment-24937485-20160412071427



The reflective bubble was weakened in one point, before launching Kei down to the ground as the Uchiha caught a final glimpse of the blue haired ‘Hero.’.

The flashiness… the guts… the acting upon mere impulse. All of these things disgusted Kei but he couldn’t deny the effectiveness of throwing your all into one move. After all Kei himself did the same although with les force, and more planning. The two were truly like Yin and Yang, complete opposites who only shared a small part of their souls; the efficiency of battle.

In the end their efforts came together in a perfect combination as the reflective force concentrate where Kei had struck and thus left the rest of the bubble but a weak layer that Keldran easily ripped through given the raw, uncontrolled, chakra surging around his claymore.

The enemy was completely cut in two as an ocean of blood exploded out in every direction before falling down like a shower upon all that stood below.

Meanwhile, the slightly disoriented Ded Lee had shot off the wall like a rocket while loudly shouting, somehow managing to intercept Keldran and the enemy who fell down. In this moment, Ded’s katana cleaved through the neck of the already dead man before colliding with Keldran’s claymore; causing the already fractured Katana to completely shatter before Ded Lee continued his flight into the opposite wall where he made a painful landing before falling down.

Keldran was seen falling amongst the body halves of the eliminated enemy, crashing down towards the ground as high speeds, before a large concussive wave of wind spread out through the room; lifting up the rubble and pressing it all up against the surrounding walls; extinguishing the candles. -

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:15.75pt;">Lil B, who jerked himself free of the monster’s grasp, assaulted the creature in a barrage of such wicked strikes that with each of the blows the monster seemed to pp like a balloon, barely held together by its black skin. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And then, with one final smash, the creature’s head was completely obliterated by Lil B who had blinked around the enemy with immense vigor.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“If I wasn’t this tired… this weak… I’d take your caramel skinned body for myself you brat….”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">What remained of the creature fell down to the ground and with its demise, the surroundings completely changed for everyone.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The entire mountain they had fought in, all of the routes, the rooms, the basements, the caverns, the hole in the ground created by the dragon, the this and the that and the such and the so. Everything around them, the area that had become something of a comforting shelter as they fought through the many levels, the reality that they held onto. It all fell away in a single moment as the Kurama’s illusion was completely stripped away to reveal that the entire enemy base had been nothing but an illusion.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The surviving Shinobi, the corpses of their fallen allies and enemies, found themselves standing in a field off grass in the Forest, a few hours away from Konoha.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Keldran was gone, his mind and soul trapped in a state of comatose as the boy had overdosed time after time again to drive himself far beyond his normal capability all to protect those around him.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Ded Lee and Lil B were laying on the floor, unable to move their bodies which were in extreme pain, driven beyond the maximum, as they too had surpassed their own limits.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Kei barely managed to open his eyes while being carried off by Kinshi, momentarily thinking about stabbing her so she’d let him go… but he quickly shrugged the idea off knowing that what she was doing was best for the mission; or he’d just be a liability.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The boys had given it their all, most of them having had to surpass their natural limits. In doing so they had faced the blade of death on numerous occasions. If it wasn’t for the hand of destiny, and the embrace of luck, that had been ever present… it was very likely that none would have made it out of this nightmare alive.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">But they had succeeded. Konoha had finished off the masked rogues. The enemy had been beaten.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">But something strange…

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Something strange was happening as a body-sized plume of smoke arose from the fallen body of the enemy boss with the androgynous male. The smoke then reformed in the middle of all the gathered Shinobi, shaping into the body of a tall male with a single white braid falling down his back.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">He was dressed in a long robe… black… with red clouds printed all around its surface.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The man’s pure black eyes scanned around all who were present before he let out a thundering laugh. In that moment he also made his chakra sensible for anyone present. As even non-sensors would feel his power was way beyond any of the masked rogues that the Konoha Shinobi had faced.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">“SUCH A FUN GAME, MY KONOHA FRIENDS! SO SO SO MUCH FUN! WHICH BODY SHALL I TAKE NEXT?! PERHAPS SOMETHING MORE CHALLENGING! HAHA”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">And on that note, the stranger sank into the very ground while his chakra signature completely disappeared.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The man had vanished as quick as he had appeared….

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">His smoke form would be recognized by Kinshin as the second source of chakra that had inhabited the Androgynous leader of the masked rogue, as if this new stranger with the long white braid had been controlling the leader who had fought like a puppet; without emotion or any meaning behind his actions as if pulled by invisible strings. Which made it evident that it was the man who formed out of smoke, who had just now vanished from sight and sense, who had been controlling the leader of the Masked Rogues, and in turn their entire masked organization.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Was it all just a joke? A distraction? A cruel chain of actions designed for nothing more than the misery of Konoha?

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">Those still conscious would be left in doubt before the whole group gathered their thoughts, belongings, and allies as they all set back out to Konoha.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">There was no more Team Yellow

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">No more Team Blue

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">No more Team Black

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">No more Team Red

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">The team that walked back….

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;border-style:none;border-width:initial;padding:0in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;">That team was TEAM KONOHA!

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