"N-Ngh...! Agh! My head feels like it's about to split open!"
Holding back his screams as to not alert his companions, Rei had remained in his ditative state for the last hour
His goal...to expedite the rging of chakras within his very body. The pain-inducing visions of Isshiki Ōtsutsuki and the original "Rei Sano" he experienced in "Rengoku no Kyōkoku1Purgatory's Canyon", along with everything else he'd learned and experienced so far, led the Genin carrying the soul an engineer to one, single acknowledgent...
Now that his body had completed its cellular transformation into a full alien-human hybrid, the two chakras in his body had finally begun to rge into one...
{I can feel the pull...it feels so comfortable, yet painful at the sa ti! What is this...this contradiction? Like sothing else is trying to interfere with ...} (Rei)
However, he knew his very being was still unstable...and an unknown. Tired of his body's unpredictability, he sought to set things straight once and for all, which ant using the ability that consistently put his body through a repetitive cycle of change...Kisshōten2Auspicious Heavens
{That feeling again...this is it!} "Rgh!"
ZUZUZUZU!
Struggling for so ti, his efforts were finally rewarded as the familiar, yet odd sensation of being dragged into the strange world of white had enveloped him. Things remained dark for a mont, and when he opened his eyes, he found himself in the mysterious ntal space...
But things we're not the sa...
"H-Huh? What the-? Wait a sec, I can-?!"
Catching him completely off guard, Raymond was shocked upon discovering he'd regained the ability to speak in this world, sothing he could never do before. And just as he started to wrap his mind around the new change...
"Oh my God... What the hell is going on?! What are those?!"
...What was forrly an empty space with nothing but a black gem, had now hosted countless lights in the distance, many of them taking a rotating elliptical shape, irregular in nature...like small galaxies
"They're all...what caused this to happen? ? I can't even call them to my location"
Raymond, who typically controlled everything in this white world, found that he couldn't call these strange lights to him. No interference could made, as if his white world was detached from all the others
Rei tried reaching out to them, but the abrupt sensation of an unknown force had pulled him back, throwing him away
"Ooof! W-Who-?!"
"Please don't go near those, especially after all the trouble we--I've gone through to hide you from them"
"W-Why are you here--no, I guess I shouldn't be THAT surprised, considering our unique relationship. Just wanna check, this isn't another hallucination right?"
"Nope. But whether or not you can refer to any of this is as real...it all depends on perspective"
Things continued grow more and more uncanny, for once again, the original owner of the body, "Rei Sano" had stood before Raymond. Like a mirror of him, not at the age of three when his body was taken over, but the sa age as the now reborn Raymond of twelve years
"Is that right...shows what I know" (Raymond)
"Gotta say, you're not acting as shocked as I expected you'd be" (Rei)
"Considering everything I've been through and know, should I be?" Raymond retorted before turning his attention towards the strange phenonon in this strange world
"Pfff! Hahaha! Fair point! Then again, you always were so quick when it ca to things like this" (Rei)
"Yeah...but never to the things that matter most" (Raymond)
"Well that's funny" (Rei)
ZWIP!
"What is-GUOH?!" (Raymond)
"It's funny because I was just about to say the sa thing...body snatcher" (Rei)
Raymond soon regretted taking his eyes off of Rei, who suddenly grabbed the forr by the throat! Hoisting him up before slamming him down, Raymond was swiftly kicked several feet away, with such a level of force... he even struggled to breathe!
"Cough! Cough! Urgh!" (Raymond)
"Yup! That's how it feels for anyone who gets punched by you. Makes you think eh?!" (Rei)
"T-Tch! And here I thought we could have a aningful conversation. Can't believe I almost thought you accepted losing your body... I really am getting more naïve" (Raymond)
"Who would be cool with that? Along with the body snatching, I've also had to watch you fumble about, doing damage to MY world." (Rei)
"It's not like it was who forced your soul out...agh!" (Raymond)
"True. But you're the one I can punch right now" (Rei)
"You little shit...!" (Raymond)
"Calling that...it's kind of redundant, wouldn't you say?" (Rei)
Rei's face couldn't be any more colder if he tried, staring right into Raymond's eyes as the latter struggled to get back on his feet
{Can't believe I took THAT much damage in such a short exchange, how is he so strong?!} (Raymond)
"Truth be told, I wasn't expecting our eting to co this quickly, despite my initial efforts. You've continued to surpass expectations Raymond, it truly is fortuitous..." (Rei)
"The hell are you saying?!" (Raymond)
"Now...show all of this wasn't for nothing!" (Rei)
BOOM!
Cracks in the white space erged as Rei and Raymond blasted off the floor with inhumanly swift movents too fast for the naked eye! Following the sudden dashing, the pair exchanged blow after blow!
Neither managed to gain the upper hand on the other. Kicks, punches, blades, even Nintaijutsu3Ninja Body Techniques...they were perfectly matched
What frustrated Raymond the most was that the boy before him... didn't even appear to be trying
TAK!
"So annoying...!" Opting for a new approach, Raymond gained so distance before moving on to pure Ninjutsu instead {Katon: Endan4Fire Style: Fla Bullet!} (Raymond)
"Oh please, and here I thought you were smart!" {Suiton: Suidan5Water Style: Water Bullet!} (Rei)
BOOSH!
As the opposing techniques t, Raymond moved out of the way, knowing he was already at an elental disadvantage with this clash of Ninjutsu
"Cheh!" (Raymond)
"My appearance and fighting matched yours, did you really think we couldn't use the sa Jutsu?" (Rei)
"It had crossed my mind but-" (Raymond)
"You wanted to confirm before making any moves. I get it, you're not like Naruto Uzumaki, rushing in blind like a moron doesn't suit you. However-" (Rei)
{He knows about Naruto...then it's safe to assu he knows everything I've said and done since my arrival in this world. Maybe even beyond that...just like-!} (Raymond)
"Too much hesitation always leads to disaster! Despite everything that's happened to you over the years, fear dictates all of your actions! Dumbass!" {Suiton: Bakusui Shōha6Water Style: Exploding Water Shock Wave!} (Rei)
SPLOOSH!
"This much water in an area with none?!" (Raymond)
An ever-increasing amount of water droplets ford the air, forming into a massive wave reaching several feet in the air, with Rei standing on top!
"Have you forgotten?! This body is, albeit slightly different... Ōtsutsuki now! Think, Dumbass! Those guys don't train! Compared to humans, chakra manipulation is as natural as breathing to them! Rather than being surprised, you should be doing the sa! Co on, Raymond...BE BETTER!" Rei scread with boundless frustration, impatience, and anger
{Only one way out of this!} "Hmph! What is with you?!" (Raymond)
Knowing the boy was trying to cut off his routes of escape from either side, he focused all the chakra in his body towards his legs, jumping over the attack.
"Great, with that out of the way, I'm gonna have to try sothing else" (Raymond)
"No way I'm just gonna sit here and let that happen..." (Rei)
"Uh?!" (Raymond)
BAM!
Raymond evasion was short lived, however, for Rei t him in the air. With an elegant turn of his body, Rei delivered a swift roundhouse kick to Raymond's torso, putting him back in the attack's path
"AGH!!" (Raymond)
"Tsk! You're pissing off...! How am I supposed to-?!" (Rei)
The massive tsunami-like water Ninjutsu struck the confused engineer with violent force, blasting him even further away. Once he was no longer under the crippling force of the attack...
ZWIP!
"!" (Raymond)
...Rei closed the distance in an instant, standing right of in front of the now downed Raymond, with a look of disappointnt on his face
"Please... I need you to be better!" (Rei)
"..." (Raymond)
"Considering your options, why did you attack with Katon? You should've stuck with Suiton! After all, your latest recursion in that canyon has-!" (Rei)
"I'm aware. I just wanted to confirm my suspicions" (Raymond)
"Oh? Your suspicions being...? (Rei)
"That all manner of Ninjutsu could still be used...in this realityyou've made for " (Raymond)
"...!" (Rei)
CRACK!
The white dinsion continued to break apart...
"Well...did I pass?" (Raymond)
"Heh...Hehehe! YES! That's the kind of intelligence I want to see! When did you figure it out?" With his answer, Rei's deanor had made a complete 180°, with joy blooming on his face
"The mont the world cracked from the start of the fight. I was in a similar position with Kyō... when he was under MY Genjutsu7Illusionary Techniques" (Raymond)
"Oh yeah...that did happen. It gets so trippy in this place, you tend to forget about the important stuff" (Rei)
"Not to ntion, your frustration whenever I wasn't performing up to par. You were so obvious, you might as well have the word, teacher, plastered on your face" (Raymond)
"Hahahahaha!" (Rei)
CRACK! CRACK!!
"Now, don't you think it's ti to end this farce?" (Raymond)
"Yeah, I suppose you're right. You have been patient" (Rei)
"Considering your situation, I'd say, not as much as you" (Raymond)
"Haha...damn straight" (Rei)
SHATTER!
Like a mirror breaking, the surroundings continued breaking into pieces until the entire area reverted to its original state
{Those..."galaxies" are still here, but everything has returned to normal. Crazy to think one can use illusions in a place like this. I can't speak with my mouth anymore...}
[That's right, things are back to normal, or what passes as normal in this place]
{That voice...as I suspected. Rei... You really did have so ties to it...}
[Yes...but not the kind you're likely thinking about]
Raymond stood up, his body devoid of all injuries and battle. Rei was the sa, but now his body had beco ethereal, with no mass. His form slightly distorted as if he were...a ghost
[Are you ready? Because I'm low on ti]
{You said the sa to when I first ca here, but fine. All I care about now are answers. Right now, I don't care whether you go by "Rei" or "Notitia"... I want a real explanation this ti}
[...]
{Tell ... Why am I here?}
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