'He's still trapped in my genjutsu, but his body is acting on its own? How is this possible?!'
Sasuke questioned inwardly and faced Toji ignoring the crazed smile on the man's face.
It seemed like despite the fact that Toji's consciousness was trapped in the mental plane, his body was so trained to the point where it was on some sort of autopilot now, moving based on pure instinct.
"Chidori Nagashi -- Chidori Stream!"
Streams of lightning ripped towards Toji's figure, however the man simply turned towards the attack and hurled himself into the air at supersonic speed. He instantly blitzed towards Sasuke and both of them instantly engaged in a ferocious battle.
*BANG!*
*BANG!*
The crowd couldn't clearly see their figures due to the speed at which they fought. In their vision, red and blue streams of light streaked across the entire structure, clashing occasionally as sparks flew haphazardly. After another clash, the red beam of light forcefully smashed into the ground, as Sasuke's figure was sent skidding across the floor.
He instantly kicked back and readied himself to fight, but flickered away instantly when Toji suddenly dropped from mid air. In his left hand was the soul splitting katana, in his right, the special grade cursed tool, the inverted spear of Heaven and in between his teeth was a normal dagger.
Toji instantly gained on his position and began a full blown assault with the three blades, switching and attacking haphazardly with his full speed, making it difficult for Sasuke to deduce his fighting pattern or track his movements. He juggled the blades expertly, switching in between all three and attacking randomly at different times with the three blades.
Even with his nigh godly reflexes, Sasuke's Sharingan fell short in this bout and was subjected to an endless barrage of blade attacks that slashed and ripped through his skin. The inverted spear of Heaven cancelled out all his Jutsus making it impossible for him to escape, the soul splitter inflicted a pain that was indescribable and the dagger targeted his weak points.
He was caged with nowhere to go. He pushed maximum cursed energy into his Sharingan trying to strengthen his perception in order to escape the barrage of attacks at the cost of immense damage to his eyes.
In about a moment, his eyes began to furiously bleed as he pushed his perception to the fullest. Waiting for a moment, he allowed Toji's dagger to stab him right in the chest, and he latched onto it furiously along with Toji's arm, bringing the battle to a stalemate.
Sasuke's bloody eyes stared in Toji's lifeless ones, for a moment. And then...
*BANG!*
A headbutt from Toji sent him reeling backwards, his mask cracking in an instant, before a kick sent him crashing into a wall.. He slid down in a crouched position, took off his cracked mask and coughed out blood.
He couldn't believe how badly he had lost. The fight with Kakashi had gone completely different from this, and that gave him a false confidence which had been shattered today by Toji.
He countered Kakashi in every aspect, and the Shinobi's strategic fighting style was completely seen through with his Sharingan. He had even put him in multiple genjutsus at the beginning of the fight and all that led to his victory. But Toji was a different kind of animal.
Toji countered him in every aspect.
He was immune to genjutsu, with reflexes and speed that was at least equal to his. His hand to hand combat was not inferior to his in any way. His precognition and extra sensory perception while not close to the Sharingan found a way around his sharingan's eye of insight..and to make matters worse, Toji's immense strength and durability made Sasuke unable to heavily damage him. His inverted spear of Heaven could break through any Jutsu....
Toji watched him intently and then did the unthinkable. He grabbed the inverted spear of Heaven and plunged it into his own chest.
*Puchi!!*
Blood sprayed all over the floor, yet Toji was unreactive to it. In a few moments, clarity slowly returned to his gaze, and his pupils appeared within their sockets. He turned around to face Sasuke who was badly roughed up and bloodied yet still standing and understanding came to him.
"If anybody had been in my shoes, the fucker would've lost in the first few exchanges."
Toji spoke, glaring towards Sasuke even longer this time as a spark lit up within his eyes before he began walking towards him, aiming to probably put an end to this.
"Endless Crow Barrage!"
A burst of cursed energy suddenly caused an endless number of exploding crows to surround Toji, wanting to blow him apart, however, with the inverted spear of Heaven, all cursed techniques were useless before him.
He simply walked through as if it was nothing but had to sidestep, when a massive axe slashed towards his head from above.
Raising a brow, his hands moved at blinding speed and grabbed the attacker instantly.
Mei struggled to breathe, with Toji's hand wrapped around her neck. She spasmed as Toji mercilessly clenched his fists around her throat wanting to end her.
But...
"Chidori!!"
Sasuke descended from mid air with all the strength hidden in his body. His right hand wrapped in a thick sheath of lightning ripped towards Toji's neck.
Reacting with his superior speed, Toji hurled Mei's body into the distance, and...
*RIIIP!!*
Blade ripped through flesh and blood splashed on the ground. Toji let out a crazed smile. The inverted spear was lifted up and Sasuke was skewered on it, his body shivering and spasming in pain.
"Ah fuck. I'm disappointed. I thought you could do better. With this measly strength you want to go against the Zen'in clan? Think again brat. You're an outcast just like me, but the difference between you and me is...
I won...will you?"
The last part of Toji's statement was whispered to Sasuke, but each word hammered on his heart. Toji knew who he was.
Sasuke was in immense shock. He lifted his head, locking eyes with Toji, etching the man's smile into his memories. He was never going to forget this encounter.
"I evolved. Became stronger than them. This shit is what you're going to go against them with? Tsk! You'll die without even knowing what happened to you."
Toji spoke. His words hitting Sasuke deeply. Fighting Kakashi had casted an illusion on him. The illusion of strength. It seems he had won the battle but never really benefited from it. He was nowhere as powerful as the Zen'in clan. Toji was right, he'd die if he tried to. It wasn't even close.
He needed more power. He needed to refine his skills to greater heights. He needed to be close to perfect. Ordinary Ninjutsu wouldn't be enough against them. He needed more power to be able to stand at the top so they wouldn't be able to dictate his life any longer.
Toji laughed, as Sasuke slowly slumped into unconsciousness due to the blood loss. His face was emotionless, but his eyes held an unknown glimmer. He brought the blade to the ground and slumped Sasuke's bloodied figure unto his shoulders, under Mei's watchful gaze, and carried him into the first aid center.
"Hey!!"
He didn't even bother to knock and just walked in ignoring the protests of the old man who quickly hid the erotic magazine in his hand and pulled up his shorts.
"Heal him will ya."
Toji placed Sasuke onto the bed, walked to the man's fridge, took out a beer and began drinking from it.
"That'd be twice this month! You insolent brat. When are you going to pay me?!"
The old man roared out in indignation, but Toji who was about to head out turned towards him and raised a brow and watched the old man cower away in fear.
"I'll pay you when I get back, old man. Also wash your hands before you touch him. Seriously who even jacks off in the middle of the day? What a pervert."
Toji shrugged and walked out, as the old man gritted his teeth in fury after being called a pervert by a brat who was young enough to be his son.
A/N: Hope you guys love the chapter. It ain't much, but bear with me 🙏. Peace✌️