Slash
Mangetsu slashes his blade at Zengetsu.
Haah
Zengetsu smirks as he stabs his blade in ground.
"You lowered your guard."
"Kenjutsu: Surudoiken: Blade Crucifixion: Death by Thousand Cuts"
Slash slash.
Almost a thousand glowing chakra blades erupt from the ground.
"Hydrification Technique"
Mangetsu yells imdiately. His body turns into the water to avoid the physical attack.
"It's useless These blades are infused with chakra."
Stab stab
The blades stab through Mangetsu's body. His body turns into a jelly-like state as it slowly converts into a puddle of water.
Cough cough
"I did it I brought honor to you father."
Zengetsu slowly closes his eyes as blood continues to spill from his wounds.
"No not like this I won't die alone I will take you with ."
A hand cos out from the puddle of water. There is a long needle sword held in the hand.
"Kenjutsu: Nuibari: Wire Crucifixion"
The hands stab the needle through Zengetsu's throat.
Guffaw
Zengetsu coughs out a mouthful of blood as he struggles to breathe. Zengetsu infuses more chakra in his sword as the blade pierces through the puddle of water, silencing it completely.
"Guess in the end like father I will also die a aningless death because of a foolish rivalry. I only ca to know of this fact at my deathbed."
Zengetsu's vision blurs as his eyes shut down.
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Izuna imdiately approaches the direction of the explosion.
He notices a giant pool of lava at the center of the pool. A frown appears on his face as he notices i lifelessly lying on the ground.
He quickly approaches her and checks her pulse.
Phew
"She is alive she just ran out of chakra."
Izuna makes so hand signs and grabs her hand.
"Chakra transfer"
He transfers so of his chakras to i while rejuvenating her with Nature energy.
"Ugh!"
i slowly opens her eyes as she looks around.
A handso face appears in her vision as she is lying in Izuna's lap.
"What what? What happened?"
She quickly distances herself from Izuna as a slight blush appears on her face.
Cough cough
Izuna coughs a little to remove the awkwardness.
"So what happened here? Where is the enemy?" He asks her.
"He he is gone forever." i points towards the cliff.
Izuna understands her gesture and nods his head.
"So did he give you any information?"
i imdiately passes the scroll to Izuna. Izuna opens the map and notices the marked location.
"It is situated on the alternate route of the escort group. We have to hurry up."
i slowly stands up and tries to walk. She staggers and falls to the ground.
"I am still weak from the chakra exhaustion." She takes out a chakra pill from her storage scroll and consus it.
"We don't have ti to wait for your recovery." Izuna grabs her by the waist and Princess carries her.
"Wha what are you doing? Put down" i protests.
"Listen we don't have ti for this banter your father needs your help." i hesitatingly nods her head and stops struggling.
"Let's pick Zengetsu too that guy is like a cockroach he won't die easily with his water body." Izuna closes his eyes and senses Zengetsu's chakra.
A frown appears on his face.
'His chakra signature is too weak.'
He imdiately dashes in Zengetsu's direction. He arrives at the location to see a needle sword stabbed through Zengetsu's throat.
He places i against a tree as he approaches Zengetsu.
"Zengetsu!..."
Izuna imdiately pulls out the sword while he treats him with 'Mystic Palm Technique'."
"Oye! Zengetsu!... open your eyes you can't die like this. You are an unkillable cockroach just open your eyes you can't die like this." Izuna infuses Nature Chakra in Zengetsu's body while treating his wound with 'Mystic Palm'.
"Ugh!"
Zengetsu slowly opens his eyes as he stares at Izuna.
"It's futile I won't live longer my end has co."
Zengetsu places a hand on Izuna's shoulder.
"It was fun to know you I hope I will be able to have a friend like you in my next life."
Zengetsu closes his eyes.
"Na?... tell your real na?" Zengetsu asks him.
" no Yuki clan mber can use such a high level 'dical Technique'. You are not a Yuki clan mber so at my last monts at least tell your real na."
Izuna opens his eyes and activates his Mangekyo Sharingan.
"Anominakanushi"
Izuna activates his Mangekyo ability as he stops ti. He holds Zengetsu's hand to remove the effect.
Zengetsu slowly looks around and notices everything frozen in a place.
"This is"
His eyes widen as he notices everything frozen around him. Zengetsu turns towards Izuna and notices his Sharingan and real face.
"Haha as I expected who could it be except the 'Silent Shinigami' of the Shinobi World. There is no ninja as talented as you." Zengetsu chuckles as he struggles to utter more words.
Izuna clutches his right hand as he tries to communicate with the 'Sin Seal'.
"Sin Seal damnit listen to save him like Minato and Kushina I made a friend in this shinobi world and he is on the verge of death save him"
The Sin seal remains dormant without any activity.
"Damnit!... Damnit!"
Izuna smashes his fist on the ground.
Crack
A crack appears on the ground.
"Just give up on ..."
Zengetsu holds his hand.
"I don't have much ti here take this sword as my present for you"
Zengetsu passes his sword to Izuna and slowly closes his eyes.
"Rember what I said about the origin of 'Seven Swords of the Mist'. It is the Eighth sword out of the Seven. No one no one was able to use it Even now I don't know what else is it capable of just take this sword as a nto from ."
Zengetsu slowly passes the sword to Izuna as he breathes his last.
"Damnit!... Damnit!... Even if we knew each other for a few days but I ca to consider you as a friend."
Izuna holds the sword in his hand.
A strange feeling wells up within him as he feels a strange connection to the sword.
He ignores this feeling and stows the sword into his storage scroll.
Bam Bam
Izuna digs a grave near Zengetsu's body and place him inside it.
"I won't allow anybody to pilfer your remains and disrupt your rest."
He makes multiple hand signs and places various fuinjutsu seals around Zengetsu's grave.
"Release"
Izuna releases his space-ti ability and walks towards i.
"Zengetsu has left this world."
He emotionlessly informs her. i silently nods her head. He makes so hand signs and slams his palm on the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu"
Izuna summons his eagle and moves towards the Escort Group.
"We will unite with the escort group and face the attack of the enemy together with them."
i silently stares at Izuna's solemn face while sitting on top of the eagle.
'Is this the face of a man who lost his friend? Is this how father felt all those years when he lost his friends and family?... No I don't want to lose my father.'
She clutches her fists tightly.
They travel for another hour before they spot Fuji and his escort group.
Ao frowns as he notices so chakra signatures.
He activates his Byakugan and notices Izuna and i flying towards them.
Ao turns towards Fuji and informs him. A frown appears on Fuji's face.
"This girl why did she co all the way here?"
The eagle lands in front of the group and i jumps down and rushes towards Fuji. Fuji stops her and questions her.
"What's the aning of this, i? You were supposed to stay in the village under Terumi clan's security."
Fuji notices the worn-out condition of i as his frown deepens.
"Father!... you can accuse later but listen to first."
She thrust the scroll into Fuji's hands and narrates the entire series of events to the group.
Sigh
Fuji sighs to himself as he lants Zengetsu's death.
"His father was my savior. He saved my life during the Second Shinobi War. I can't even take care of his only son what kind of friend am I?"
"It's not the ti for the mourning we have to move forward or else his sacrifice will go in vain."
Elder Genji reminds him.
Sigh
Fuji sighs again and continues his journey. Izuna moves alongside them as he recalls his journey in the shinobi world.
'As an Otaku I thought the Naruto world would be an interesting place from the ani and manga I read I always find it fascinating when a bunch of shinobis throw around there cool jutsu but I guess I was nave back then my powers might have made my life a bit easier but there is still pain, suffering, and death in this world.
There is no true peace in this world. Only endless conflict and war if there is no conflict then the human will create a new one ahh it is the nature of man.'
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Inside the Storage scroll
The sword continues to glow with a cyan hue as many strange seals appear on its entire blade.
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