"The Will of Fire you said?" The... actual Will of Fire? "Omoikane sarcastically asked, trying to sound surprised.
" Tch! Nothing more than a false idea that supposedly united Konoha shinobi, isn't it?"Omoikane continued with a more serious tone in his voice.
" What's the point of believing in it if the 'King' is dead?"he added as well.
Hayato flinched a bit after Omoikane's last statement.
" H-he knows about the will of Fire as well?"Hayato thought baffled.
" No, that's wrong! "Hayato managed to speak out. "The King will die only when the last Konoha shinobi perish!But, Konoha's final warrior hasn't perished yet!"
Omoikane then let out a tiny chuckle and then calmly replied.
"Sorry to snap you out of your delusion, but your king is dead" he said as he intensified his last word. Without losing any time, he dashed towards Hayato and used the Kubikiribocho to try to cut him with an upper slash.
However, Hayato managed to evade it with moderate difficulty and suddenly, a huge shockwave was unleashed from his sword, continuing upwards and slicing the mountain's top in half. The shockwave's course wasn't halted and kept traveling to the sky, blowing away the clouds.
Hayato looked behind him open-mouthed, as huge boulders rolled down from the top of the mountain.Something then, not bigger struck his left ribcage and exited from the other. When he looked at the source of his pain,he was shocked from what he saw.
The Nuibari's string passed through his abdomen, holding him still. He noticed how the golden string was tied around the tip of the Kubikiribocho and passed through it's hole several times. Omoikane held with his other hand the string, but the Nuibari itself couldn't be seen anywhere.
Omoikane sprouted another arm that exited from his sleeve, using the Ashura path. Red malleable chakra appeared in his metallic palm and formed into a sword, with which Omoikane attempted to decapitate Hayato.
"Come on you idiot! Repel it somehow!" Omoikane thought as the sword touched Hayato's neck. Suddenly then,a huge boulder was erected from the earth like an explosion, crushing Omoikane's Ashura path arm.
The boulder swiftly formed into a gigantic human figure that bore little to no similarities with Hayato.This 2.5 meter human figure bore muscle mass that even a Mr. Olympia champion would envy. He was shredded like a rock and was so vascular, that his blood probably raced through his whole body like a bullet.He had no metallic parts in his body, unlike Hayato, and he was dressed only with pants.
The figure's, with sharp facial features, had a frowning expression and the only similarity between him and Hayato was the hairstyle. On his right chest the word "EARTH" was encrypted in kanji.It was clear that this man was Hayato's earth clone.
The clone instantly grabbed Omoikane from his neck and with his other hand he grasped the Otsutsuki's hand, with which he wielded the Nuibari's string.Hayato's muscular replicant attempted to crash Omoikane's right arm, but the enemy swung the Kubikiribocho at him and managed to slice his left shoulder a bit Nevertheless, it didn't cut through his torso.
However, since Omoikane couldn't withstand the pressure from the earth clone's strength, he forcefully withdrew the string, letting Hayato free. Omoikane sprouted once again another Ashura arm, with which he punched the clone's face. A seal appeared on the metallic arm that made it explode, right after the hand touched the earth replicant's face.
The blast produced insane amounts of heat that burned the clone's face, revealing a part of his skull. The clone then, utterly furious, grasped Omoikane's neck with both of his arm and jumped high into the air.Before landing on the forest that stretched through the whole mountain range,he threw Omoikane on the ground and stomped on him afterwards.
Unfortunately, the clone's whole acrobatic attack was futile. Omoikane's body exploded and let out huge amounts of hot steam, literally evaporating the clone and setting ablaze the landscape around him.
"Heheh! Taste your own medicine, Hayato!" thought the original Omoikane who was standing a few meters away.
Suddenly then, Hayato himself was detected midair and tried to pierce Omoikane on the ground with his spear. Omoikane evaded the attack with no problem and leapt back.
"He combined a shadow clone with boil release! Perhaps he switched places when I looked back to see the shockwave emitted from the Kubikiribocho?"thought Hayato confused.
Suddenly, he coughed a huge blood splatter from his mouth and had a difficult time breathing. The Nuibari slightly damaged his lungs when it pierced him earlier .
" Oh, it hurts doesn't it?"Omoikane taunted him.
" I know that this is not the best that you can do, isn't it Hayato-san? "
Hayato stared down at the splash of blood that he spat, with a completely lifeless expression. A lifeless expression that hid self disappointment underneath.Even though Hayato managed to hurt the enemy , Omoikane still toyed with him and saw him as an inferior creature. What was needed for Hayato to become a threat? What was needed for him to gain the upper hand?
He still had one ace in his sleeve,but it wasn't time to unveil it yet...
"COME ON!" Omoikane shouted at him. "Show me what your scientific ninja tool is capable of! Show me what the NAENCO unit can do!"
Hayato was surprised when Omoikane spelled the name of his scientific ninja tool. He raised his head and glanced at Omoikane's mask.
"You know, I have a feeling that you are underestimating me, Omoikane!" Hayato said with a serious expression.
"No, no I don't. I just wanna see your power to it's fullest extend!I can see that you are not the guy that goes full out from the beginning, isn't it ? You are one of those guys that have the delusion of unraveling the enemy's tricks and abilities by going easy on them, isn't it?"Omoikane spoke words that made Hayato panick. He had never seen an enemy that knew so much about him.
" Fine then "Hayato exclaimed and entered an offensive pose. He put his left foot in front of him and leaned down towards it and then pushed his other leg behind him. Afterwards he grabbed the spear with his left hand from beneath the blade and with his right hand he grabbed it just below the middle of the shaft, pointing it at the enemy.
Instantly,while his sage mode was still activated, he coated himself with lightning, but the lightning bolts around him were much more intense and bright, compared to the Overdrive jutsu that he used during his battle against Aki. He was about to unleash a powerful attack, but he had to be careful since Omoikane didn't fight exclusively like the average Otsutsuki, using planet - busting attacks with no methodical planning. He used tricks, strategy and deceit as well.
"Are you combining sage mode with lightning cloak? Will your body be able to withstand it?" Omoikane questioned, as he doubted heavily about the success of Hayato's next attempt.
"More precisely, will the ground be able to withstand it?" he asked to himself and immediately generated two shadow clones that used space-time ninjutsu to teleport at the top of the mountain. The first clone, using the Shinra Tensei technique, erected a gigantic wall of repulsive force that spanned for several kilometers in both height and width, protecting the city of Koshiku. The other weaved handsigns and placed his palm on the soil.
"You asked to see more of my abilities. Then, let me show you a bit more of my forte, speed. Let me show you why they called me Konoha's Photon Racer." said Hayato enthusiastically and used the natural energy at his feet as a thrust. He flew towards him at unmatched speed, making him seem like a ray of light rather than a human.
Even air itself couldn't handle Hayato's ridiculous velocity, as it compressed and turned into hot plasma that disintegrated everything that it touched. The soil was disintegrated as well, while Hayato generated so much force with his thrust that caused an earthquake that could be felt all around the world.
If it wasn't for Omoikane's clone that infused the wider area with earth chakra to keep the ground in one piece, the earth would have surely crumbled and the city of Koshiku would be reduced to dust. The jet of hot plasna was shot towards the two clones, yet it was successfully halted by the Shinra Tensei. The blocked plasma continued its way skywards.
Hayato then, before attempting slashing Omoikane from above, he jumped into the air and did a pirouette that increased the momentum of his upper blow. Omoikane repelled it using the Kubikiribocho.
The two weapons clashed, creating a sound that was reminiscent of 1000 thunderstrokes pounding the earth simultaneously.The shockwave swiped away the whole forest and instanly, Hayato withdrew his spear and he started consecutively thrusting it at him, in order to prevent him from using the Nuibari.
He continuously attacked, using both the spear's blade and the the spear's butt, in order to inflict blunt damage as well. Omoikane, even though he managed to block his attacks, he could barely keep up with his tremendous speed. His Sharingan started struggling.
Hayato even used the Frog Kumite technique in order to unleash invisible blows with his spear and managed to slightly cut Omoikane a few times. There was no way his enemy could defend against such an attack.
Then, Omoikane attempted a powerful slash from above, but Hayato blocked it by holding his spear horizontally. He then pushed away the gigantic sword and, taking advantage of the opening, he slashed off Omoikane's ankles. Immediately after the attack, Hayato rotated his spear and used the spear's blunt side to crash the enemy's knees with a big swipe.
Finally, attempting to finish him off, Hayato thrusted with great force his spear once again towards his throat, yet Omoikane found the strength to move the Kubikiribocho in front of him and trap the blade of Hayato's spear in the hole of the sword. Then, after letting out a scream of pain and fury, he lifted up the spear and Hayato as well, as he didn't let go off his weapon.
Omoikane managed to hold his sword up high, together with Hayato and his spear,since he planned to slam him on the ground. Nevertheless, Hayato exploited the height that was created between him and the Otsutsuki and let off his spear. Instantly then,as Hayato initiated his fall, the lightning bolts around him became stronger and brighter than ever before, enough to blind Omoikane for a bit.
"LEAF HURRICANE!"
Hayato unleashed a powerful spinning kick at the enemy's left flank. Omoikane instinctively created an Ashura arm to block the kick, yet Hayato's foot easily smashed through the mechanical arm and hit his left arm with enough force to blast away his flesh and literally destroy the clavicle and the humerus bone.
The shockwave that was generated by the way kick was so intense that it compressed the air to the point of fire. A gigantic earth-shattering ring of fire that managed to spanned kilometers away and succeed on melting and brushing off huge chunk of the soil and of the mountains.
The battlefield was now a blazing infernal lake of magma. Hayato had no other choice but to concentrate chakra on his soles and float on lava, even though his feet were aching. He dashed back and increased the distance between him and the enemy, as Omoikane barely had the power to stand up. Grunting from the intense pain,the Otsutsuki couldn't but see his swords sinking in the lava,together with Hayato's spear.
"WATER STYLE:SURGING WAVE"
One of Omoikane's shadow clones that was protected by the Shinra Tensei repulsive force launched an immeasurable amount of water from his mouth on the ground, enough to cool down the magma and solidify the earth once again. Hayato jumped over the gigantic wave that headed aggressively towards him, only to see the second clone sliding through the water by utilizing the chakra on his feet in a peculiar way.
As he was midair, Hayato dashed once more towards the clone and attempted a diving kick but the clone evaded it and Hayato submerged underwater and impacted on the still hot ground, hot enough to make the water boil.
The force generated by Hayato's kick was sufficient to cut the water in half and give him the chance to head straight to the surface. Without losing any time, he catapulted himself towards and in no time re-emerged to the surface. The clone almost instantly amassed red chakra in his hands, which he formed into spiked knuckledusters. Thus, a fierce taijutsu fight broke between them.
"I must not use the Frog Kumite. It'll take too much chakra!" Hayato thought as he prepared himself.
Two directs, followed by two crosses and an uppercut were the clone's initiative attack, yet Hayato repelled them with his kicks, even though the spikes on the knuckledusters put great strain on his feet. Immediately then, he ducked and unleashed a double swiping kick, which was evaded as the clone jumped over them. Hayato then put his hand on the water to balance himself and stretched his whole body to launch a rising kick, but Omoikane's clone managed to grab his leg and hold it tight between his arm and sides.
"Don't tell me.Have you started getting tired? Have you started getting...slower?" the clone taunted him as he noticed that the lightning bolts around Hayato were getting smaller and dimmer.
The clone the rotated Hayato and tossed him prone on the water. Just when the clone was ready to finish him by smashing his head with the knuckleduster, Hayato mysteriously submerged once again underwater.
"Heh, he used wired kunai that he threw them at the bottom in order to reel himself underwater. One of those foolish shinobi tricks!" Omoikane's clone thought to himself as he discovered Hayato's escape plan with his Byakugan.
Hayato then shot himself at the surface and performed an X slice with his lightning-engulfed kunai, managing to scratch the clone's mask.He then instantly leapt back and charged with great speed at the enemy, consecutively attacking him with his kunai.
However,as the clone blocked the kunai with his knuckleduster their shape deteriorated, forcing Hayato to fall back once again. He then threw his wired kunai underwater once more until they impacted the bottom and erected an electromagnetic field around them in order to gather all the metals present on the ground.
And almost instantaneously, two boulders were formed around the kunai and Hayato pulled them with immense strength over the surface, slamming them in the enemy's head. The boulders crashed into pieces and didn't hurt the clone a bit, yet they momentarily limited his visibility. And that was the opening that Hayato wanted to create for him to obliterate the clone.
He swiftly grabbed a kunai from his pouch that landed on his palm. And electromagnetic field was generated on his palm.
"Lorentz Gun!"
Using the poweful electromagnetic forces on his hand, Hayato fired the kunai at immense velocity, while the force of the launch produced enough recoil to move his arm skywards. The kunai, engulfed by lightning and fire from the aerodynamic friction and air compression, blasted it's way through the clone's torso, making him exploded in a poof of white smoke. The kunai continued until it crashed onto a mountain in an explosion.
The raging water stream was evaporated, because the temperature of the environment was still high and the second clone that casted the Surging Wave jutsu disappeared in a poof as well. Victorious from his small skirmish with Omoikane's clone, Hayato turned around at the original, only to witness him in perfect shape and with no injuries at all.
"I am pretty sure that not only did I slice his ankles but I also crashed his arm and knees. But, not even scars exist in the places where I attacked!" Hayato thought with great irritation and anger as he analyzed Omoikane, who was picking up his swords, undamaged by the magma. His fury was reflected on his face.
" Hmm... 'There is no way he has no injuries' you thought, right?"Omoikane asked him,simultaneously commenting on his frowned expression.
" Isn't it clear? I used shadow clones to buy time for me in order to heal.Not only this, my clone's experience reflected onto, providing me with useful information about your 'spear-less' combat. Your kicks are definitely powerful." and after finished this small monolog, Hayato didn't even bother to answer and immediately rushed to pick up his spear, which was nailed on the ground behind Omoikane.
The Otsutsuki with a horizontal swing of the Kubikiribocho tried to slash Hayato in half, yet he slided underneath it and leapt forward to grasp his spear. Nevertheless, even though he managed to regain it, his speed gradually decreased overtime, giving Omoikane the opportunity to attack.
Then, just before Hayato was ready to launch another attack with his spear,Omoikane used the Shinra Tensei jutsu to blow him away. However Hayato pinned down his spear in order to gain more balance and resist against it more effectively.
"Damn it! I am not in move! He can use the Nuibari against me now!" Hayato thought as he tried to find a way to escape the immense pressure of the Shinra Tensei. Then suddenly, an idea popped in his head. An idea so stupid, that it could probably get him killed. He wouldn't lose anything though if he attempted to put this idea into practice, since... there was probably no other way to counter the Nuibari.
"One of the advantages of the honorable sage mode is that it greatly enhances your perception, kid! Not only that, if you manage to focus on your senses and your surroundings while you are not distracted by the heat of the battle, you can enhance your perception and sensory abilities a step further! But... I guess that's kinda impossible during battle since you might get your head chopped off easily... "those words echoed in Hayato's mind, words of someone that helped him tap into the power of senjutsu.
" Sage art:Shamanic Trance "
Hayato completely relaxed himself, except his hands with which he grasped tightly his spear. He was slowly getting able to sense and perceive everything in a range of 5 kilometers, every tree, every rock, every living thing. Hayato could now point out with precision the exact location of even tiny insects!He now sensed Omoikane's chakra pool at a greater extent, something that terrified him even more.
"Calm yourself... breath slowly... become the nature... " he muttered to himself several times.
Suddenly then, the layered voices inside his head started speaking again, trying mentally challenge him and break him out of his focused state. However, they weren't strong enough to succeed, since Hayato now was focused on his task and in a complete link with nature as well.
Suddenly, he sensed the Nuibari disappearing from the enemy's hand and then reappeared somewhere, with a presence that was much more difficult to detect.Hayato sensed that the needle sword's string was tightened around the Kubikiribocho's hole, below the blade's tip.
"The Nuibari... doesn't dissappear completely ! It's still here!" Hayato thought as he was tracing Nuibari. Mysteriously then, both the sword and the string dissappeared again, for a longer time period than before.
Hayato, even though he was surprised by getting closer to finding the Nuibari's ability, he didn't let of his concentration and continued searching for it. The Nuibari's presence reappeared abruptly, and it was a lot closer to Hayato than before.
"That's it! Here it comes! I have only one chance and if I miss it I'll surely die!" Hayato thought, while the Nuibari's presence felt closer.
Just when he traced the needle sword near his neck, Hayato slightly tilted himself backwards and, instead of his neck, the Nuibari pierced the tricep of his left arm, made all the way up to the other arm and exited from the tricep of his right arm.
And that was it. That was the moment when Hayato finally unraveled theNuibari's mysterious ability, thanks to the otherworldly understanding of his body that the jutsu that used earlier granted him. When the needle sword punctured his body, he felt a long, yet tiny solid object passing through it.
Afterwards, he sensed something slithering in his bicep, indicating that this was the Nuibari's needle.Yet, the sword and the needle weren't shrunk, but, an other bizarre transformation occurred on them.Omoikane had the ability to erase the sword's width and depth, turning it into a literal 1d object.Not only that, perhaps he can it dissappear using the spacetime ninjutsu of the Rinnegan that was embedded in the Kubikiribocho. Soon, Hayato would unravel that sword's peculiar abilities as well.
Hayato's senses had augmented to such degree, that he could easily feel a 1d object, with literally no depth or width, passing through his body.Omoikane's ability was so simple, yet so troublesome and deadly.Our hero made a gamble, a gamble that could probably cost him his life, yet his sheer determination, courage and senjutsu prowess played a decisive role in succeed in this attempt.
The string around Kubikiribocho tightened a lot more, making Hayato's arms pull themselves together, attempting to dislocate his shoulders . The pain was immense, but it wasn't enough to stop Hayato from executing his next move.
"Heheheh... You think you got me, eh?" Hayato muttered and smirked while he was panting from pain, yet he was simultaneously so much relieved that he finally found out about the Nuibari's annoying ability.
"You should've gone for the head, you idiot!" he said, mimicking his enemy's sarcastic attitude.
Instantly then, he swiftly weaved two handsigns and exhaled a tiny fire stream at the part of the string that entered his tricep. The fire engulfed the string and became a lot more intense, traveling through it and reaching Omoikane's arm. The roaring flames swirled around his whole body, completely frying him alive.
As his whole body was in fire, Omoikane was forced to pull the Nuibari back at him. Hayato, on the other hand, couldn't believe in his eyes. He just couldn't accept that a simple fire jutsu was that effective. Nevertheless, it was now time to finish the show once for all...
"Now let me give you a taste of the place you are going to end up, OTSUTSUKI PIECE OF SHIT!" Hayato roared as he weaved a few handsigns and distanced himself by making a gigantic leap, several kilometers away.
"SAGE ART:MAJESTIC ARSON"
The flames that completely coated Omoikane intensified to the point that they became a tall fire pillar, strong enough to produce hot air currents that summoned thunder clouds.As if the area wasn't already hot enough , Hayato's jutsu was the icing on the cake.
The Otsutsuki, not being able to neither absorb the natural fire nor swipe it away, since his Rinnegan was incinerated, stood there and accepted his fate. In a matter of few seconds, he literally turned into ashes.
The still-raging fire, set ablaze anything that wasn't scorched by the ravaging sbockwave that was caused by Hayato's kick, turning the wider area into a hellish wasteland, where no normal living being could step its foot.Soon, the wildfire that was caused would be put out by the incoming thunderstorm.
What about the city of Koshiku? What happened to it?
"Heheheh..." Hayato chuckled as he gazed upon Omoikane's body, that slowly turned into stone.Hayato fell down on his knees, relieved.
"An S-rank jutsu feels good, doesn't it?" he muttered to himself and grinned, panting heavily . However, this intense battle with Omoikane exhausted him severely. Immense pressure on his chest caused him to vomit in pain.
Even though there was a wide smile on his face, his whole body ached terribly from the unimaginable G forces and from the friction. As Hayato was bursting through the air, it felt as he was running against a swarm of bullets.
"Getting tired? ." a voice spoke from behind, a voice that Hayato instantly recognized. And just when he turned around to look, the source of the voice disrespectfully punched the right side of his face, laying Hayato down with no problem.As his body touched the ground, a gigantic crater was created and a plume of dust and soil skyrocketed high on the air, indicated the tremendous power with which Omoikane's punch was infused with.
Hayato, with his optics and electronics inside his head malfunctioning because of the blow,attempted to glance at the attacker's face.
"Oh... Oh... Oh... tsutsuki Omoik-"he tried to speak, but the only thing that came out were a few, unorganized words with a stutter.
" H-how? "he asked, confused and with disappointed look on his face. He was utterly disappointed with himself.
Omoikane didn't reply just after Hayato's question.
" Hn!Very well then... "the Otsutsuki scoffed.
" One tiny, little hint just for you, Hayato-san. The physical matter isn't the only thing I can pierce and bend with the Nuibari."he said as he glanced upon Hayato's healing wounds that were caused by him.Hayato'snatural vitality, an ability boosted by the sage mode as well, gave him the ability to continue fight with might, even if life-threatening injuries were indicted on him.
Hayato reflected on Omoikane's words and tried to understand what he meant. There was no way that he couldn't sense Omoikane when he escaped the Majestic Arson jutsu, yet Hayato had the mistaken idea that not only he hit him, but he killed him as well.
So, there was only one way that Omoikane could avoid the hellish inferno. Genjutsu.Having in mind his hint, Hayato thought that the Nuibari affected his chakra pathway system when he pierced him.Another annoying ability of the legendary needle sword, he thought.
Also why did Omoikane went for the his neck when he could go for the head?This way, trapping the Nuibari's needle in his arms would be a lot more difficult.
This thing bugged him.
Hayato then managed to form a grin of success, yet even that was difficult by the shock that Omoikane's punch caused.However, even this wound had almost healed completely.
"The Nuibari... You turn it into a 1d object, don't you?" he asked, as he anxiously awaited the Kubikiribocho's swing that would slice his torso in half.
Omoikane didn't reply immediately and chuckled a bit. This tini-tiny chuckle turned instantly turned into a bark of laughter.
" See? Isn't it more fun when you find out by yourself? Imagine how boring the whole session would be if I had explained it by myself! Isn't the process of experiential learning so much fun?" Omoikane asked rhetorically with a bit of and prepared to continue.
"This... bastard! He figure it out!" the Otsutsuki thought as he tried to hide is annoyance.
"Yeah, you know what? I still have the mood for a bit of good ol' fashioned taijutsu!" Omoikane said energetically. He then tossed away both of his swords several kilometers away. He instantly leapt back a few meters.
"Come on, Hayato-san! Throw some hands - or how the hell you humans say it! I won't be using my swords to make it more even!" he continued speaking with that irritating sarcastic tone.
"W-what? He could easily kill me right now? What didn't he?This... This piece of shit! He is really underestimating me!" Hayato though furious and bewildered.At that point, he just considering giving up since he thought that there was no way to beat him. He didn't have the chakra to pull out the final ace in his sleeve, though he did have an alternative that perhaps could work.Not only that, after using the Shamanic Trance jutsu he wasn't able to use sage mode again for at least 24 hours.
"Stand up, warrior! Show him who Uchiha Hayato, the Photon Racer, truly is." a voice spoke into his head. On of the few times a voice actually spoke positively for him. He reached for his spear besides him and got up.
"I have to preserve as much chakra as possible! So I have to use it now!" Hayato thought.Omoikane that stood a few meters away, scanned him with his Byakugan to see if he is preparing something sketchy. And suddenly, he noticed something suspicious near his artificial liver. There were two containers that constantly pumped fluid though Hayato's body.
"Wha-What is he doing? Inuyashiki, do you copy?Can you tell me what's that fluid in those containers?"
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Somewhere, in another dimension, inside a citadel-like building, two men, who belong to the Otsutsuki clan, watch with suspense the fight between Hayato and Omoikane. The first one is using a mysterious jutsu to sense what Omoikane is watching, hearing and feeling and he can even communicate with him.The jutsu caster, named Inuyashiki, uses wires from a mechanical Ashura arm that are inserted in his subordinate's neck in order for him to sense as well Omoikane's experiences.
"Omoikane, you reckless idiot. Look at the harm you and the other one caused on Nature.Nature is a resentful woman.She will remember what you've done and someone will pay for it." the jutsu caster spoke.
"Brah, for the love of god, st-stop spittin' your fucking 'mama nature' bullshit and do what ya were told to!"his subordinate abruptly said while smoking a pipe.
Inuyashiki glanced for a bit at the man besides him.
"Foolish creatures" he thought as he mysteriously analyzed the effects of those fluids in Hayato's body. After a few secs, he managed to give Omoikane an answer.
"Those are...different types if stimulants? Can his organism withstand the effects of all of them?" Inuyashiki said surprised and the man besides him spoke once more.
"Really? Dude those are baby doses, I can take up to-"
"Close your mouth, Takeminashiki!I'm trying to think!" Inuyashiki replied with a ridiculously calm tone and he instantly focused on the events that were about to unfold.
"And please stop smoking that stuff" he added as well, commenting on the pipe's...ingredients .
Takeminashiki stood silent and answered with the middle finger.
"Yeah, now I see. He is using drugs to boost his capabilities without using chakra." Omoikane thought and prepared for the incoming attack.
"However, I'll still delay the final test for a bit. I still have the mood for a bit more combat"
Hayato on the other side, with explosive energy running through his whole body and drug-produced thrill, charged towards Omoikane and became nothing but a blur. The Otsutsuki quickly clapped his hands.
"Wood style:Deep Forest Emergence Jutsu" and instantly, huge trees erected from the earth so big, that they even overwhelmed the raging wildfire, that were almost put out by the thunderstorm that was initiated.Hayato wasn't able to reach Omoikane,since now he had the upper ground.
The enemy, as he was ascended by a huge pile of trees, launched chakra rods towards Hayato. Just before the chakra rods were ready to hit the target, Hayato disappeared again like a blur and reappeared midair, throwing his lightning-engulfed spear at unimaginable speed.
"Sojutsu:Impaling Thunderclap!"
Omoikane dodged it and the weapon hit the huge tree's root were Omoikane stood, easily penetrating it and nailing itself onto the ground. As Hayato was was in the air, he dashed towards him using natural energy as a propeller and attempted to deliver a falling kick.
His attack failed, as Omoikane evaded it, and Hayato's foot landed on the root.The root couldn't bear the force and was smashed in two.The shockwave made splinters fly around at high speeds that eventually got burned of, as they couldn't withstand the friction with the air.
When Hayato touched the ground he instantly disappeared once again and reappeared just a few centimeters away from Omoikane, who was now standing horizontally on a trunk. Without losing the chance, Hayato tried to swiftly cast a jutsu.
"Sage Art:Gale Palm" by utilizing the natural energy-controlling nanomachines to move the air at intense speed, he used both of his palms to unleash two gusts of hot air, yet even that was futile.
Omoikane disappeared as well like a blur and the sonic boom that occurred incapacitated Hayato's senses. His palms struck the trunk and shattered the whole tree.The hot air currents that were unleashed by his palms traveled for a few meters away and burned some trees as well.
Omoikane instantly noticed Hayato's combination jutsu.
"Ah, now I see. He's using the heat that is produced by the friction of his arms with the air and by the loss of kinetic energy.In combination with the Gale Palm jutsu, he shoots hot air currents. Mild jutsu like this won't work!" he thought and instantly launched a barrage of chakra rods at Hayato. Using an afterimage, Hayato dodged it and headed towards the ground in order to regain his spear. After grasping his weapon, he flew towards Omoikane and and swiftly tried to stab him, yet he deflected the thrust with a red chakra sword.
Hayato answered with a quick barrage of spear thrusts, making the spear produce a deafening, high-pitched sound. He even managed to slice Omoikane 2 or 3 times.He didn't miss the chance to unleash another jutsu.
"Sojutsu:Water Sarissa" rain drops gathered around his spear and formed a water stream that extended the weapon's range by another 5 meters!.
Without wasting any time, he swiftly kept swinging his spear and the air currents and sbockwaves that were produced by the spear's swiped away and torn apart several trees in the process. Even though he felt pressed by the attack, Omoikane managed to dodge the water spear that ravaged everything on it's path.
"Damn it! The drugs help him reach speed levels similar to those of the lightning cloak!And this annoying fighting style makes things worse! However, he doesn't have the lightning cloak's perception buffs and that make him vulnerable." thought Omoikane and the red chakra sword turned into a kusarigama, a sickle that had a chain tightened on it.
Omoikane wrapped the extending chain around Hayato's arms and cocked his hand back,making Hayato abruptly kneel. Instantly, he striked Hayato's jaw with so much force, that made a sound similar to that of a musket. A few teeth flew away from Hayato's mouth.
Omoikane did not stop there. He roared irritated and used the chain to furiously toss Hayato away with insane momentum, enough to pass through 20 trees in row. As he was lying on a branch, almost unconscious, Hayato tried to form a plan.
Suddenly Omoikane appeared in front of him, just using sheer speed. Even though he tried to preserve as much as chakra as possible, Hayato unleashed a shockwave from natural energy that shoved Omoikane away and blew out some trees as well.
He took advantage of that opening and got up, subconsciously putting his hands into his pockets and pulled out a few metal strings afterward. Lightning flowed through the strings, making their speed increase and build up huge momentum.
"Sage art:Electro-whisps" Hayato stretched his arms towards Omoikane and the strings at each hand wiggle and slice the trees around them into pieces. Omoikane evaded them by jumping upwards, giving some time to Hayato to grab his spear, which was a few kilometers away. He coated himself once again with electricity and headed towards his weapon.
Omoikane detected Hayato that was leaving the area and instantly turned his head towards his direction,even though he was a still in the air.Hayato reappeared in a matter of milliseconds besides him and put his spear underneath his armpit.He dint throw out an attack and instead he rapidly started duplicating.
"These are not clones! These are afterimages!" Omoikane thought as he tried to form a plan.
The afterimages opened one of their pouches and black sand came out them .When the lightning cloak's lightning jolts came in contact with the black sand an explosion was produced, proving that the black sand was basically gunpowder. The explosion functioned as a diversion.
"What is the meaning of this feeble diversion, Hayato-san?" Omoikane asked irritated, completely unaffected by the blast.
An other loud boom was heard from behind him, similar to that of a lightning strike. When Omoikane landed on the top of a tree, he turned around just to see Hayato flying towards him at immense speed.
Pure white, positively charged lightning was emitted from his arm, which grew bigger and bigger. It's branches flickered around and produced thunderous sound, like a machine gun, that muffled the screeching chirping sound of the lightning bolt.The sheer enthusiasm that almost overwhelmed Hayato before landing the hit reminded him of a similar situation, very long ago.
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In another country, in another village, inside a building which served as training grounds, little Hayato was standing in front of a pile of dry wood and rubber. A dead expression of anxiety formed on his face as he stared at the pile.
"If you have this kind of expression in front of a pile of wood and rubber, what kind of expression will you have in front of a human?" a man besides him calmly joked.
"N-no that's not it!" little Hayato stuttered. "You are telling me to pass natural lightning through dry wood and rubber, literally one of the most effective insulators in the world, and then blast them into pieces?!"
The man besides him chuckled a bit. He was a man of fairly tall stature and muscular body. He had black skin and had also golden-colored, spiky hair, while the back and the sides of his head where shaved. He was dressed plainly with a jacket and pants.
" Not only that, Hayato!There is a tesla coil underneath the pile, which provides the whole city with electricity. I need your lightning to reach it and charge it, so the whole village's electrical devises will be able to operate for at least 2 hours."the man said with a smile.
Hayato didn't respond and just stared at him, with his mouth hanging from shock.
" Uncle Musashi, are you nuts?"he finally spoke terrified.
" Well, the test is what it is.Now,what are you waiting for?"the man, named Musashi, said and swiftly leapt to the stands.
Hayato couldn't help but initiate the the test.He tied his headband bandanna around his head and glanced at his target determined. A small pillar which emitted lighting was erected from the ground. He then weaved a few handsigns, placed his hand above the pillar and started draining it's electricity. The lightning from the pillar gathered around his hand and gradually grew bigger and stronger.
He felt immense pain through his whole arm, yet that didn't stop him from continuing the test.
"Sometimes in battle, the odds are completely against us and every jutsu of ours is completely useless against the enemy. What are we going to do then, even if there is no way we can counter the enemy?!" Musashi said with a serious tone in his voice.
"We gather all of our forces and use them against the enemy, Hayato! Even if those are completely futile against them, we attack with determination, might, sheer bravery and fearlessness of death! Why? Because we have nothing to lose!" Musashi continued, trying to boost Hayato's morale.
" Because the enemy will be shaken and tremble! Not because of our attack itself, but because of the valor behind it. We show the enemy that, even if they got the upper hand, their superiority doesn't frighten us!They will be terrified because, contrary to us, they have a lot of things to lose! And thus, the possibility of defeat passes through their mind and shakes their morale. This applies to life as well, Hayato. "Musashi finally finished his words.
The lightning bolt in Hayato's hand stabilized and he was ready to launch his attack. He dashes forward with tremendous speed, while the air's pressure and friction made things a lot more difficult.
" GO HAYATO AND DON'T STOP!ONCE YOU LOSE YOUR MOMENTUM IN LIFE YOU ARE DONE FOR!" Musashi roared at Hayato, raising him morale a lot more.
He was a few centimeters away from the target and he was already feeling the hit connecting.
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"SUPREME SAGE ART:CHIDORI" Hayato thrusted his lightning-engulfed arm at Omoikane with immense force and speed. The enemy subconsciously blocked the blow with a shield from red chakra, but his defense was useless, since he was blown away by the huge force that Hayato's blow contained. The lightning bolt was launched from Hayato's hand as well and applied tremendous pressure against Omoikane's shield, who was sent flying and penetrated tree after tree.
As it was logical, the lightning bolt shattered the shield and traveled through Omoikane's arm, completely burning it and boiling the blood inside it. He managed to cut his arm off, before the lightning scattered through his whole body.
He noticed the destruction that this attack caused, completely setting the whole "forest" alight. The lightning surprisingly had even severely scarred the earth,considering that rock and dirt are insulators.
When a couple of seconds had passed, the pain from the wound that Omoikane caused after cutting off his hand finally kicked in. Not even him expected the pain to be so intense and kneeled down.
"You peace of..."he muttered furiously. He detected then a metallic thing that stood out from his chopped-off charred arm, something that looked like a kunai.
" He hid a kunai in the lightning bolt? "Omoikane thought surprised.
A long metallic thread was tightened on it, which was extended for a couple of meters. At the thread's edge a shuriken was tightened,coming rapidly at him.
Since the shuriken wasn't engulfed with lightning or something like that,Omoikane knew thaf Hayato was going to pull off his usual, het annoying trick. He stood there,just blankly staring at the shuriken that was flying towards him.
Then...POOF. The shuriken exploded and emitted steam, proving that it was Hayato's fire clone who used the transformation jutsu to fool Omoikane. Without losing any time, he blasted himself into fire and launched the Otsutsuki skywards.
When Omoikane finally landed onto a charred trunk, he thought to himself that it was time to finish this battle!
"That's it! Playtime is over! Initiating final test!" he thought and hovered over the earth. Hayato couldn't do nothing but stare at him,since he wanted to preserve the final drop of chakra that was left.
"What is he planning? What is he planning to do?" Hayato said to himself as Omoikane raised higher into the Earth's thermosphere, making him invisible.
A chakra rod came out of his hand that slowly enlarged and took the size of a telephone pole. The telephone pole-sized chakra rod floated besides Omoikane and duplicated itself thousands of times.He then telepathically infused then with chakra.
"Hidden Ninja Art:Rods From Heaven!" Omoikane said calmly as he looked upon the whole country.
Hayato, while not being able to see what Omoikane was scheming because of the thunderclouds, stood there and anxiety took over his body.However, he was ready to dodge or block any incoming attacks
Instantly then, a chakra rod descended from the sky, which speed was enough to heat the air around it from the fiction and engulf itself to white plasma. It swiped away the thunderclouds, reducing them to droplets and crashed on the earth, completely obliterating the surroundings and producing intense shockwaves that could possibly wipe out cities.A mushroom of fire and dust emerged from the crash site.
Hayato turned his head to gaze upon the destruction. If that amount of destruction could be caused by just one rod, what would happen if all the rods descended together.
And then another descended, and another one, and another one, and another one. All of them produced the same amounts of destruction as the first one. Hayato knew that if he stood there he would get impaled and blown away.
"Shit! Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit!This is bad! This is so fucking bad! I don't know what are those shits, but if I stand in their way I'll DIE!" he thought panicked and he looked around. He had no other choice. If he was to survive he had to resort to the combination of the lightning cloak and the Sharingan. And so he did. Even though he despised that eye, he activated it in order to to raise the possibilities of survival.He wouldn't last long though, as his chakra had almost depleted!
Terrified and with a sense of hopelessness, he roared against the descending rods as an act of instinct
And another rod descended, and another one, and another one, and another one, and the relentless bombardment continued, decimating the mountain range around them.As they impacted consecutively,the shrapnel and fragments that were produced by the blast made a shrieking, disturbing sound that could easily psychologically scar even the bravest warriors.
Hayato barely evaded them and the shockwaves put great strain on his body, while pebbles and shrapnel crashed on him that hurted a ton. When someone moves at that speed, a tiny pebble might seem like a bomb to them.
He wasn't able to see anything, since upon collision the rods raised a lot of dust in the air.The dust and the continuous sound of the explosion flooded him with a weird, intense feeling, something that could be described as a mixture of excitement, terror and the sense of dead end.He has never felt like this before.
"This is bad isn't it? This is bad! THIS IS SO FUCKING BAD" he desperately screamed as a tear flowed through his face subconsciously. Knowing that from anytime soon a rod could impale him,he desperately and hesitantly leapt from a spot to another in order to dodge the rods. However, the shockwaves and the intense heat that was produced could not be evaded. Then, he decided to use his final drop of chakra and weaved a series of hand signs as fast as he could.
"SUPREME SAGE ART : PHEASANT HUNTER" he roared and used the heat around him to form a gigantic fire pheasant and threw it afterwards directly towards Omoikane. The screeching fire pheasant completely melted the rods on it's way.
"This jutsu...Where have I seen it before.Hm... It seems that he truly carries his genes." Omoikane thought kinda confused, surprised by Hayato's chakra capacity as well, and prepared to launch his final rod. He coated it with much more chakra than the others and threw it towards the fire pheasant. Hayato's jutsu wasn't able to melt the final rod, since it's speed was enhanced by chakra and thus it was much faster that the others. The rod easily swiped away the fire pheasant.
Hayato perceived the final chakra rod at the last moment, yet he managed to dodged it, however the blast's shockwave was much more stronger and launched Hayato very far. His body slided through the earth, like a sack of potatoes, and hit several boulders on it's way. He finally stopped when he crashed into the leftovers of a mountain. The constant bombardment had finally ceased.
Hayato desperately tried to get out of the debris of the mountain, while his body ached badly by the constant forces that affected him. Even though he used his Sharingan for just a minute he felt fatigued. His legs felt heavy and his organic parts were soaked in blood.
He looked around him and gazed at the destruction that Omoikane's jutsu caused. The rods laid waste to the area, as far as the eye could see. The forests were completely incinerated and the mountains stood no more. It was like he was in another planet.The area had been turned into a gargantuan crater, as a new, big mountain range rose in the horizon, indicating the existence of a crater.
Then, Omoikane slowly descended from the sky and glanced upon Hayato.His sliced-off arm had already regrown.
"The Sharingan. Finally!" he said satisfied.
Hayato didn't even react to his words and he just looked languidly around, terrified by the jutsu's destruction. He then looked behind him at the remnants of the city of Koshiku,where no building stood. It was a debris wasteland now.
"This jutsu uses the kinetic energy that the rods build up when they enter the atmosphere in order to inflict damage. I use some chakra as well though to launch them more powerfully." Omoikane explained.
"Also no worries about the citizens, Hayato-san! I used a shadow clone to cast genjutsu on 'em and transferred them away with timespace ninjutsu, thinking that they got away by themselves." he assured Hayato.
"This... motherfucker. He still had so many chances to kill me. Why didn't he?" Hayato wondered and tried to focus on the enemy once more. His chakra had almost depleted and there was no chance of victory.
"Now, let's initiate the final stage of the test" thought Omoikane to himself.
"Im trying to remember an interesting jutsu of humanity when I looked up on Earth's archives. What was it's name, what was it's name?" Omoikane sarcastically asked and comically scratched his mask.
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"Ah, that's it! That jutsu that was engineered by the family of yours!" he continued and opened his palm.
"The Rasengan!"he said with a proud tone in his voice.
A spiraling sphere of pure chakra appeared in his palm, which gradually became larger and stronger. It became as big as a small building and got infused by boil release chakra, becoming purple and started emitting powerful hot air currents as well. Omoikane held the rasengan above his head like a basketball and prepared to throw it at Hayato.
Hayato stared at the massive rasengan with an emotionless expression in his face. He felt discouraged, tired, powerless and pitiful as he accepted his fate.He still couldn't believe that the enemy knew how to cast a rasengan and even knew who developed this jutsu.
"Yeah yeah, what a tragic irony to die by a Rasengan, isn't it" a voice inside his head spoke, but Hayato didn't react.
"Yeah, that's it..." he murmured as the rasengan approached.He closed his eyes in order to not witness his destruction.Using it's spiraling chakra and the heat of the boil release, the rasengan unleashed powerful air volleys that shook the ground.
"That's the end of the road..."Hayato thought.
"Mama...my grandparents... my sister. I'm finally coming to you. I can finally apologize to you..." a tragic thought passed though his mind as he felt the rasengan's heat and he subconsciously raised his hands to "protect" himself.With the effects of the drugs fading away, he barely had the strength to do this simple task, as his arms seemed immovable.
The supermassive rasengan's heat had already begun causing mild burns, while the force of the air currents had become unbearable. This was truly the end.
"THIS IS NOT THE END" a message popped on Hayato's HUD just before the rasengan was about to melt him.
Instantly and mysteriously, great power flowed through his body. The temperature caused by the Rasengan slowly cooled down, while simultaneously the sound of the spinning chakra disappeared. Hayato opened his eyes to see what the hell was happening and he was shocked, in a good way.
A green seal, that bypassed Aki's "DEAL" seal, was extended from his right arm to his eye and created a peculiar pattern. Hayato recognized that seal. The Karma had finally resonated and absorbed the giant rasengan,replenishing a good amount of his chakra pool.
He glanced at his palm while shaking relieved.
"How.How much chakra was put into this rasengan? I feel... amazing!" he asked himself while a smile appeared on his face.
"Heheh! So you haven't abandoned me, eh?" he thought and clenched his fist.
"I had never abandoned you!"
Another weird message popped in his HUD once again.Hayato's eyes widened from shock when he saw the message and he very slightly blushed.He understood that the one who send the message wasn't the usual AI program, but someone else, someone that knew Hayato very well.This message had sentience in it.
This person gave Hayato a second chance to redeem himself. Now it was up to him on how will he use that chance.
Meanwhile, Omoikane descended from the sky to witness closely the Karma's manifestation.
"The Karma!... " he said surprised as he stared at the green seal.
"... manifested!At last!"
Hayato gained an insane amount of confidence after his Karma resonated. He wasn't fighting alone now. However, there were still no chances of winning if he was to combat with his current fighting style.
Now that he has acquired a very good amount of chakra, he is able to pull out the final ace in his sleeve.He is ready for his final charge, something that planned from the beginning of the fight.
"My body may be strained, but I must do it now that I have the chance!" he thought as he prepared his attack.
"You know what, Omoikane?If I die, then you will come with me!" he said and activated both of his sage mode and Sharingan once more.He felt anxious, as he knew that his next jutsu would be his last.
"Come on hon, come on! Keep the Karma activated for a bit longer! I beg you!"he thought as adrenaline, natural this time, rushed through his whole body.His body started shaking while metallic clattering could be heard from it, as a result from anxiety from what's about to ensue. Contrary to the facial expression of excitement that he had, Hayato was absolutely terrified, as death's scythe was touching his neck. Then, something mysterious happened.
"You should'd already known that going against nature and her laws is such a foolish thing to do." a silhouette that appeared behind him whispered in his ear.
"I ain't going against anyone, since nature is the one that endowed me with such power.A power that I was able to master through harsh training and sheer determination. Now, shut up!" Hayato answered with great annoyance to that silhouette as the time had finally come for him to use his strongest jutsu, the final ace in his sleeve.
He clapped his hands and engulfed himself with lightning for a last time. Natural energy aura gathered around him and shielded his body.
"SPRITE RELEASE:TERMINAL VELOCITY!"The lightning jolts around his body completely changed. Hayato now emitted a red strong light, that seemed like fire.Purple lightning tendrils flickered around his body as well, reminiscent to jellyfish tentacles.This strange energy caused his hair, eyes and Karma to glow a bright red color.
"HERE I COME!" he roared as he dashed towards the enemy, while his surroundings were completely vaporized by a blast of plasma. Behind him, rather than the usual shockwave that follows high-speed objects,there was a trail of radioactive plasmised air that exhilarated anything in contact and caused a small, nuclear explosion.However, nothing could be heard.There was complete silence everywhere.
Omoikane, not being fast enough to even process Hayato's new bizzare mode, got the first punch on the face.It felt like a swift, hot comet stroke him. Yet, no sound or shockwave could be generated. Everything was literally silent.
Hayato quickly glanced back to check on the incoming plasmised air trail. He still had time to throw some punches.
Before even Omoikane could react and form a thought, Hayato grabbed him from his collar,slammed him onto the ground, while the soil below the enemy turned into pure magma and vaporized afterwards. Hayato then jumped and stomped him,yet he couldn't even manage to gasp in pain before getting hit by another blow. He continued his rampage by consecutively pummeling his whole body.Once again, no sound or shockwave. Just pure silence.
"WHAT'S THE MATTER? YOUR SHARINGAN ISN'T WORKING NOW?" Hayato taunted him as he furiously pummeled him Nevertheless, the sound wasn't fast enough to reach Omoikane's ears.
The force of the punches didn't cause the usual gusts of air to pop around, but very thin jets of gamma rays .Those light speed jets propagated around the place and incinerated everything. Once again, no shockwave, no sound, no crater,even though those punches unleashed energy that could surpass the energy output of a gigantic nuclear warhead.
However, our hero, in an unknown way, had the ability to preserve this energy to unleash it directly to the enemy.
Just before the trail of pure plasma air engulfed them,Hayato finished his barrage and grabbed Omoikane again from his collar, tossing him into the air, triggering another small nuclear explosion.Taking advantage of the opening he created , Hayato violently kicked him in his jaw and sent him flying into the stratosphere. Small balls of plasmised air formed around Omoikane's body as well.
Weirdly then, as Hayato ascended higher into the atmosphere, the color scheme of bizzare aura changed from blue and purple to a vibrant red.
"Was that... Was that his plan from the beginning? Why? Why wasn't this jutsu inscribed into the Scroll of Earth?" Omoikane finally managed to form a thought.
"No, no that ain't it. He used this jutsu again, but with much less intensity! He engulfed the senbon with which he hit Tomoko with that type of energy!" he continued he looked on the ionized air around him.Rotating his eyeballs left and right was the only movement that he was able to do.
Yet, why isn't there any sound and shockwaves produced by Hayato's blows and speed?The answer is very simple. Hayato moves so incomprehensibly swiftly, that everything else is practically stationary.
Since Omoikane he traveled at that much speed, the air molecules do not have the time to move around Omoikane, thus they clash with his particles and hurts like hell. Those clashes create gamma rays that tore apart the air molecules, completely plasmafying the atmosphere around.
Similar thing with Hayato, yet the plasma isn't able to follow him and creates a trail several meters behind him like a comet. Such is the jutsu named Terminal Velocity! Yet, great drawbacks come with this ability as well...
Hayato's hands and forearms had already melted by the continuous punch barrage from before. He could now work only with his legs. And that's what he was going to do.
Hayato then jumped as well in order to reach him, dashed forward and rammed onto Omoikane with his legs with amazing momentum.
As Omoikane was still flying around the stratosphere with Hayato's legs still pressuring his chest, he noticed something.
"How. How many times did we fly around around the Earth in such a sort time? 50?100 times?" he desperately thought as Hayato grabbed him once again from his charred clothes and descended rapidly into the lower levels of the atmosphere. They clashed onto the surface of the Earth, onto the same place were the city of Koshiku once stood and produced an gigantic nuclear blast, that could be easily seen from space.
Hayato managed to defend himself by deactivating the Terminal Velocity and focusing on building up the natural energy aura around him. Even though, a lot of forces affected him and wounded him severely
Instantly then, the effects of Hayato's attack could now take place, since the Terminal Velocity's rampage had finally ceased. Myriads of shockwave blasts occurred, loud and strong enough to be heared and felt by the whole planet. People from all around the world were absolutely terrified, as they thought the end of the world had come. Many buildings suffered extensive damage by the earthquakes that were caused, and perhaps tsunamis could occur as well Those shockwaves crated craters that reshaped the scorching ground once again.
Yet, humans weren't the only ones that felt Hayato's attack...
When the explosion cleared,both of the fighters's scarred bodies could clearly bee seen. Hayato's arms had completely melted, while most of his face had completely burned off and revealed his metallic cranium. His haori kimono had been obviously burned off and most of his pants as well. Finally, the tree-like scar that stretched from his neck to his back reopened and spurted gallons of blood, as he overworked the the scientific ninja tool NAENCO. He couldn't even feel his lower body.
Omoikane on the other hand, even though his heart was still pumping, was in a much more horrible state. His body was completely deformed by the blows and most of his skin was affected by 4th degree burns. Most of his celestial attire and mask was destroyed, revealing his head,which was just a cranium with a couple of muscles now. Nevertheless he managed to cover his face using his arms.
Even though Hayato was still conscious and Omoikane wasn't, there is still no clear winner of the fight.Both are in a horrible condition and no one knows who will leave his final breath there...
TO BE CONTINUED...
A/N:"Terminal Velocity"? Yeah right... I should name this chapter "Incredible Bullshit Physics"