Trouble in the Sand 2~~~Chapter 49

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~~~Chapter 49
Komacki quickly got up and slashed at Kimimaro, who easily dodged it. Denma was behind him in no time. He kneed him in the back of the head, and Honz grabbed the back of his neck and thrust his face into the ground.
The three snakes jumped back, and Komacki shakily stood.
“No… I won’t die, I can still get stronger!”
Komacki’s chakra began to lash out, white, in all directions, and his eyes turned black and began to bleed. He behind himself and pulled not a spinal whip, but a spinal scythe.
“Curse seal… level 4!”
The aura he put of crushed Honz even, but they could still get more powerful. Honz’s hair and eyes turned white, and Denma’s clothes ripped apart, all but his pants, and his chakra sparked red. Kimimaro also pulled out a spinal scythe, and his bones shown clear, become like his armor.
“We’ll now put an end to you… ready to die?” Asked Honz.
“No *cough* no matter what I must do, I’ll revive the old you, my brother!” Screamed Komacki, coughing up blood due to his injuries and the side effects of his curse seal.
Hearing that, Kimimaro’s eyes widened, and looked down. A tear fell to the ground. Suddenly, Honz disappeared and reappeared in front of Komacki ready to deliver the finishing blow. Komacki couldn’t move because of the period of paralysis before you could use the 4th level curse seal. It looked like the end.
“No!”
Kimimaro, appearing out of no where, blocked Honz with his bone scythe.
“Orochimaru may have taken me in, but if he wants to hurt my brother, than I refuse to serve him!”
He pushed Honz back, and Komacki was ready to move once more. The two brothers stood back-to-back, Komacki facing Denma, and Kimimaro facing Honz.
“Do want to die that badly, you traitor,” said Honz calmly.
“For my brother yes.”
“Let’s show them the power of the Kaguya!” Komacki said confidently.
“Yes, little brother, lets.”
The Kaguya brothers burrowed underground, and a forest of bone spikes emerged. They both morphed out of the tip of one, back-to-back still.
“Ready?” Asked Kimimaro.
“Always.”
They both held their bone scythes in a readied position, ready to face the fiercest ninja in Orochimaru’s ranks…

Trouble in the Sand 2~~~Chapter 48

Komacki; Denma; Honz; Kimimaro



~~~Chapter 48
The gang was greeted by all of their friends at the gates of Konoha, but Tsunade intervened.
“Now is not the time for this, Orochimaru seems to building something, and it is obviously a threat to Konoha. Your goals are to destroy it at all costs and to eliminate Orochimaru! Complete them at all costs!” Demanded Tsunade, motioning for them to head out.

Haku. Naruto. Gaara. Rutsu. Kamizo. Hiruma. Itaru. Chihiro. Kisara. Sen. Brandi. Komacki. Hunter. Shibo. They all dashed out of the village, into the forest. Their target: Orochimaru.

The fourteen shinobi rushed bravely into the sound territory. When they emerged from the forest, the entrance to Orochimaru’s underground facility sat against the roots of a huge tree.
“I can’t allow you to ruin Orochimaru-sama’s ambitions…” muttered a man walking out up the stairs, dressed in a white vest and ripped pants, with bloody bandages on his head and arm.
Komacki gasped when he saw who it was. Kimimaro. Two more men walked behind him. Honz and Denma, already at their highest levels of power. Kimimaro activated his curse seal, and so did Komacki.
“This is my fight… go!” He told everyone else, “Brother… you lost yourself to Orochimaru… but I will bring you back!”
Komacki instantly went into curse seal level three, ready for the biggest battle of his life. They rushed into frenzy. Komacki kicked off of Denma’s head and punched Honz before kicking Kimimaro.
Kimimaro grabbed his ankle and threw him into the ground, bringing out his bone sword, which Komacki had already done. Komacki rolled back and fourth on the ground, dodging Kimimaro’s stabs. He disappeared just before Honz brought his foot down, digging into the ground where Komacki’s head had been.
Denma appeared in front of Komacki when he tried to kick Honz in the back, blocking his attack. Denma charged his palm full of chakra and thrust it into Komacki’s chest.
Komacki flew back and coughed up blood. Kimimaro seemed to maybe… actually care, just a little, but still. Komacki was instantly up again; he had no time to just lie there in the dirt.
His bone spikes shot out all over him and he jumped up next to Honz’s face, spinning. Honz became scratched and bloody, but he grabbed Komacki by the leg threw him into the sky and Kimimaro jumped after.
He slashed Komacki’s back, and Komacki yelled in agony, and Kimimaro seemed to care a little, again.
“You can’t beat all three of us!” Said Denma, kneeing Komacki while still in the air.
“He’s right you know,” said Honz, sending Komacki plummeting back to the ground with a slam of his fists.
Komacki slammed into the floor, blood splattering all over the place. He whipped out his spinal cord and made his bone drill, wrapping his whip around Denma’s leg, pulling himself up into the air.
“Maybe! But I will find a way!”
Komacki stabbed Denma in the side, and he fell to ground. Denma stood shakily, grasping his side. Komacki landed on his feet, with Honz and Kimimaro standing behind him.
“Astral ray,” Honz said calmly.
A beam of white light launched from his finger tip, going straight through Komacki’s waist.
“I can still fight!”
Komacki whipped around and stabbed his drill at Honz, who just swayed to the left to dodge. He thrust his palm into Komacki’s chest, and Kimimaro down kicked him into the floor. He almost seemed… reluctant…

Trouble in the Sand 2~~~Chapter 47

~~~Chapter 47
Honz’s movements were steady and focused, as well as strong and fierce. But Komacki and Hunter were just as strong, well, together they were at least.
The two ninja had begun to combine their attacks into impacts of a higher magnitude. Honz, however, wouldn’t be taken down that easily.
“Well, well, it seems that the two of you still have some fight in you.”
Komacki once again wrapped him up in his spinal cord, and Hunter took the chance to get in a few hits before Komacki stabbed him in the side again. Honz was a sturdy man, not budging much even under this heavy fire. He stuck his finger out at Komacki.
“Astral Ray.”
A white beam fired from the very sky, hitting Komacki dead on. When the light vanished, Komacki was breathing heavy. Hunter summoned two wolves, which tried to restrain Honz, but he threw them aside effortlessly.
“Hunter… give me some time, I have an idea,” said Komacki, burrowing under ground.
“I don’t now what he’s up to, but it won’t work!”
“He’s my friend now, and I’d trust him with my life!”
Hunter lunged for Honz, going into a fury of kicks, but only getting in a handful if hits. Komacki was still under ground. Honz punched him hard in the gut, which sent him skidding on his back through the dirt.
Komacki was still underground.
“No matter how long it takes, I’ll give him all the time he needs!”
Hunter jumped up above Honz, spinning. He plummeted downwards, but Honz stopped him from both spinning and falling by grasping his ankles tightly.
Komacki was ready.
“Dance… of the seedling fern!”
Bone spike burst from the ground all over the place, stabbing Honz, but Hunter’s steal plated shoes protected him. Honz began to cough up blood. Komacki suddenly appeared, coming off of one of the bones, stabbing Honz just above the heart, even if Komacki thought that he had hit Honz’s heart.
All the bones receded, and Hunter and Komacki powered down and walked off to the front of the building, back to where their friends were.

A little bit after they left, Honz stood up and wiped the dust off of him self. He went back into the building and emerged with another white suit and trench coat.
“That ones strong… isn’t he, Denma?”
“Why yes,” answered Denma, walking out of the shadows.

“Now we have to report back to Tsunade, since everyone has been sent back, or at least, the rescued have,” said Komacki.“Then… to the sound, to kill Orochimaru!” Yelled Naruto…

Trouble in the Sand 2~~~Chapters 45 & 46

~~~Chapter 45
Ikuji and Itaru were moving so quickly that neither of them could be seen. Neither of them needed their weapons at this point, they were both fighting fist to fist.
Suddenly, Itaru turned into a liquid-like substance and quickly swept across the floor and rose behind Ikuji. Itaru tried to punch her, but Ikuji separated into small purple specks and reformed, bringing her foot down on Itaru’s head. Itaru slammed into the ground, but was instantly up again.
She kneed Ikuji in the stomach and round house kicked her into the wall.
“That won’t stop me!” Cried Ikuji, rebounding off the wall.
Souls began to spew from Ikuji’s mouth in the form of sharp needles. They flew at Itaru in an overwhelming barrage. But Ikuji wasn’t done yet; she grabbed Itaru by the back of her head and ground her face against the metal wall.
Itaru’s whole body was covered by blood and scars.
“I need to do that…” she muttered, running out of breathe., “Up… grade… level… 3!”
Suddenly, as they dimmed down, the lines went white and shown brighter than ever before. All of her wounds instantly healed.
She outstretched her hand, her palm facing Ikuji. Suddenly, tones of mechanical parts burst out of no where, flying Ikuji and engulfing her. Inside the parts, Itaru quickly burst into the hollowed area where Ikuji was, and fired two huge beams from the glowing circles around her palm.
“White drive: crushing beam!”

Itaru’s upgrades went away, and she walked out of the room, staggering a little. Ikuji’s body lay in scraps and blood behind her.

After she left, a small purple ball of light came out of the ground, and Ikuji’s body was remade.
“The fun never ends… next time… my full potential will be released! HEHEHAHAHAHAH!!!”

Komacki and Hunter rushed down the long hallway until they came to the outside, a large training field stood before them.
“How nice of you to join me.”
“Who are you?” Asked Komacki.
“That’s Honz,” answered Hunter.
“Correct… I’m Honz… I really don’t belief in violence… but, if it’s necessary to make a peaceful world, ruled by Orochimaru or not, I will fight for it!” Stated Honz, flinging his coat aside, revealing a pure white suit; and he quickly adjusted his tie…

~~~Chapter 46
Honz disappeared. Komacki and Hunter were already at their best; Komacki with his curse mark, and Hunter on full alert. Honz appeared behind Hunter and he thrust his palm into his back. Right after, he slammed the back of his foot into Komacki’s side.
Komacki caught it with his bones, and Hunter was still ready for more.. Komacki pulled out both of his bone swords, and he and Hunter went into a frenzy of attacks against Honz. Honz shut his eyes.
With out even looking, Honz easily blocked all of their attacks with his bare fist. His eyes suddenly opened and he thrust one palm into each of Komacki and Hunter’s chests.
The two of them flew back and staggered as they tried to steady themselves.
“Should we take it up a notch?” Asked Hunter.
“Let’s do it!” Answered Komacki, “Curse Seal… level 3!”
Komacki’s skin turned white, and his bones black, and his bone drills emerged on his left, and he pulled out his spinal whip with his right. Hunter put his palms on the floor; suddenly, two chains attached to iron balls appeared, attached to his ankles.
“Prison guard… ankle weights!”
“Humph… these ‘power-ups’ of yours don’t seem to strong, but I really can’t say until I see them in action. Go ahead, attack me!”
That was Honz’s mistake. Hunter went first, kicking Honz. Even though Honz blocked, the ball on the chain flung around and hit him on the head. Komacki was up next. He wrapped Honz in his spinal cord and thrust his drill into Honz’s side.
“Not *cough* bad,” Honz said, coughing up a little blood, “but you have yet to see the full extent of my power. So if you please, step back!”
His pupils turned into white stars, and his suit burst into shreds. Stars appeared on the back of his hands and feet, and on his chest. The only piece of clothing left on him was his long white pants.
“Whew… I don’t like using this because it makes this wonderful sit burst.”
Honz stood in fighting position, ready to fight. Komacki and Hunter charged in once more, but this time, Honz was ready. When hunter tried to kick him, he instead grabbed the metal ball and used it to fling him into the ground. When Komacki came at him, he simple kicked him down into the dirt.
“Well… now what do you think? Too powerful for you?” Asked Honz, putting his hands behind his back.
“Not at all this battles just begun!” Said Hunter, standing.
“Yeah… We’re not done yet!” Said Komacki, standing as well.“Shall we finish this duel then? Well then, here I come, boys, prepare yourselves!” Demanded Honz, lowering himself into a fighting stance…

Trouble in the Sand 2~~~Chapters 43 & 44

~~~Chapter 43
Hunter walked over to Rutsu, pulling out a kunai.
“Time to end you petty attempts at victory!” He yelled, beginning to stab.
“NO!”
A small white ball shot the kunai from his hand. At the door, with his fingertip pointed at Hunter, stood Komacki, a snarling look on his face. His curse mark had already spread.
“I’ll kill you for this!”
“Try me!”
Komacki rushed into battle, pulling a bone sword out of each shoulder. Hunter’s steal plated shoes and Komacki’s sword clashed over and over again as the two taijutsu fighters frenzied. Hunter ended up having to do a hand stand to fend off Komacki’s dual wielding.
“Humph, my clan’s taijutsu is far greater to yours!”
“My feet will not falter!”
Hunter seemed to have finally made a hit, but Komacki’s rib cage emerged and caught it.
“And now… Dance of the pine tree!”
Bones sprouted all over Komacki and he began to spin around, slicing Hunter rapidly. Hunter kicked Komacki in the fore head with his free foot, but Komacki blocked it using his bone plate armor.
“I’m telling you, your style can’t beat me!” Yelled Komacki, very annoyed at this point, “Dance of the Camellia!”
Bone spikes came from Komacki’s palms and feet, and he began to going into a frenzy of punches and kicks, until he kicked Hunter in the head, just as Hunter did the same.
They both flew to the floor.
“You’re strong, why do you work for Orochimaru?”
“Because… well… I had no one but my wolf…”
“We could be your new friends… come with us, we’ll crush Orochimaru together!” Komacki said, with an inviting hand outstretched.
“Seriously? Heh… didn’t think I’d ever be accepted… well, you’ve got your self a deal!”

Komacki took Rutsu and Gaara outside to Chihiro for healing, and then rushed back into the building, along with Hunter.

Itaru met with them only a few yards from the next room; a strange chakra could be sensed from within it. Ikuji.
“Yummy souls I see, ready for eating I see, big feast I see… Time for the reaping I see!” She screamed, laughing manically…

~~~Chapter 44
“Hunter, Komacki, you two go on to fight Honz, I’ll take on this nuisance!” Commanded Itaru.
Hunter and Komacki ran down the hallway on the other the other side of the room, but Ikuji didn’t seem to care.
“Cybernetic? But you still have a soul I see… I’ll destroy you and devour it whole!”
Itaru’s mechanical fists were already ready for battle, and Ikuji had her soul fists ready as well. The ladies went into a clash of punches, eventually grabbing each others hands.
“Quite formidable…” said Ikuji.
“So are you!”
They bother jumped back and fired off a beam. An explosion resulted when they clashed, smoking the whole area, which gave Ikuji the chance she needed.
She appeared behind Itaru, who flipped around, surprised. Ikuji began to pound her into the ground, and then kicked her into the ceiling.
“Maybe not as much as I thought.”
Itaru got up quickly and lunged for Ikuji, now switch over to her mechanical swords.
“Soul blade!” Ikuji said, as she pulled a glowing blue blade out.
The girls swerved around each others sword, trying to hit the other. Both of them got in a few minor hit. Itaru bled, but Ikuji healed instantly.
“What are you?”
“Well, you see, unless my soul is injured, this replaceable body will heal instantly!”
Ikuji charged back, and Itaru didn’t know what to do. How do you injure a soul? Gaara said he had done it by… by… crushing her! After that short analysis, Itaru once again brought out her soul fist, and began to try to crush Ikuji by ‘clapping’.
“So… that sand boy told you the crushing my body will make my soul vulnerable and injure it huh?”
From that point on, Ikuji was much more careful about getting hit, but Itaru still had her ability up her sleeve.
“Upgrade, level 1!”
Itaru’s body once again turned black and became covered in neon green lines. She became faster and stronger, and now Ikuji was nearly unable to dodge.
“Time to revert to that…” Ikuji said as her body was covered by a sparking blue light.
Her soul fists disappear, fore she didn’t need them in this state. The two women rushed in towards each other, going into a frenzy of punches once more. But they soon switched over to swords.
“Why do you fight for Orochimaru?”
“It’s the best way to get souls!” Cried Ikuji, obviously not thinking of swaying away from Orochimaru like Hunter had.
Eventually, they both decided that this fight wasn’t going to end like this, thus, they both went up another level.
“Soul sparks…”
“Upgrade… level 2…”
Ikuji’s soul armor turned purple, and the lines on Ikuji turned red…

Trouble in the Sand 2~~~Chapter 42

~~~Chapter 42
But, before the wolves could even move, a huge torrid of sand flew into the room, crushing them all. Gaara stood at the room’s entrance, breathing heavily. Then he saw Rutsu.
“Rutsu!”
“Ah… I guess your Gaara… nice to meet you… I’m Hunter… now I’ll do to you what I did to her!”
Hunter dashed at Gaara, leaping from the ceiling to the floor and back again, dodging sand coming his way. Hunter tried to punch Gaara, but the sand caught it. Hunter only smiled.
A wolf pounced on Gaara from behind, getting through even his sand armor, biting his back. Blood fell to the floor. And as Gaara staggered back, Hunter stood on one foot and launched a barrage of kicks with the other, pushing Gaara into the wall.
“You may have this sand, but I’ll get through! So, how does it feel? To finally be vulnerable!”
Hunter then delivered a downwards kick unto Gaara’s head, sending him into the ground. But he wasn’t done; he began to spin and jumped up, coming down on Gaara like a drill. Gaara’s sand armor flew around as Hunter’s feet broke into the wound left by the wolf.
Gaara yelled in pain as Hunter threw him up by the back of his head and kicked him into the wall as he came back down.
“Wolf feasting!” Hunter yelled, summoning about five wolves.
The vicious beasts went for Gaara, but the sand wouldn’t allow it. The grains of sand crushed the wolves easily. Gaara stood, blood now spewing from the injury on his back.
“As expected.”
“You… bastard…” Gaara barely breathed out, before falling to the ground.
Hunter stomped on his head turning his foot, pushing his face into the ground. Rutsu, barely alive, was boiling over with rage. She stood shakily as Hunter slowly turned at her, surprised at her second wind.
“You… how dare you hurt him!”
Gaara had a nose bleed.
“What are you gonna do? You’re both already almost dead.”
He was right. No matter how much she wanted to win, Rutsu couldn’t fight at all in the state she was in. Then, she remembered what Komacki had said.
“Raise your chakra if you’re in danger” went through her mind.
Her chakra began to spike, but only for a second, before she fell to the ground once more. She closed her eyes, hoping that someone would come to their aid.But no one came, and Hunter snickered at her petty attempt…

Trouble in the Sand 2~~~Chapter 41

~~~Chapter 41
Rutsu rushed under ground, keeping herself hidden from enemies. But there was one she couldn’t get away from. Three wolves followed her closely, ready to pounce on her at any moment.
“I have to get above ground… where I can dodge,” she said to herself.
Then she felt it. A large room with only one man standing in it was above. She burst through the metal floor, pieces of steel and stone flying around on the floor.
“Bravo, you found me… or have I hunted you down?”
Hunter stood in the middle of room, petting a wolf at his side.
“Who are you?”
“Hunter… Orochimaru’s ‘hunter’”
“Orochimaru? Well then… I have to beat you!”
She rushed into battle, doing front flips towards Hunter, who jumped back. Once he jumped, Rutsu stopped and slammed both hands on the ground and earth itself grabbed Hunter. Rapped in rock, Hunter struggled to get free.
Rutsu put a red glove on each fist, and blew a small amount of fire onto to each of them, setting them into flames. She went into a fast and hard frenzy of punches into Hunter’s gut. Hunter coughed blood onto the ground.
“How’s that?” She asked confidently.
Suddenly, two wolves lunged at here from behind, and before she could counter them, they each bit one of her wrists and disappeared.
“I bet that hurt,” remarked Hunter as the ground receded, “and I bet this will, too!”
He flipped around, kicking her in the side of the head with the back of his foot, and then punched her into the ground. He then jumped into the air and did a few front flips before going straight into Rutsu with both feet. Jumping off, he grabbed her hands and threw her into a wall.

Outside the facility, Gaara could tell that Rutsu was in trouble.
“Rutsu…”
He rushed into the building after, even though the rest of the gang was yelling for him to come back.

Rutsu’s blood dripped heavily from her mouth as she shakily stood. Her fists still on fire, she began to spin her right arm at her side, before flinging it at Hunter.
“Flame cyclone!”
The fire spiraled off of her fist at Hunter, but Hunter easily jumped out of the way, appearing behind her. She spun around, her face full of fear, just before he head butted her, kneed her in the stomach, and put his fists together and slammed them down on her head.
Rutsu banged into the ground, denting the steal. Hunter kicked her in the side, moving her a few feet.
“Done already? It seems you’re too weak to face me!”
With that, he summoned a huge pack of wolves, all hungry and snarling.“The hunt is over, time to devour the prey!” He said, laughing…