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Arc 3: Phase 2:

Sharp vivid green eyes continued to observed the monitors up front. Her lips still retaining that sadistic grin as she watched the three helpless buffoons run for their lives in the midst of the a cat and mouse chase. Her pursuer, the ever idiot silver haired four eyes was basically tailing behind them and seemed to get more slower every second.
She even wondered if even chose the right decision to control him. He was just really messed up to begin with.
Retreating from her previous failed plan, Yuko found herself at the only control room of the hideout. A dozen of monitors were in placed. From this perspective, she could literally see every available area around and could easily monitor their movements. Based from her observations, the trio were lost, still running through the mazes and corridors while being chased.
Hmmm, Looks like those little puppies are lost again!" She thought herself. A gleeful smile forming around her lips. She then turned her eyes towards another set of monitors, which showed the quarantined experiments of the snake man.
There was a reason why these particular people were quarantined or basically imprisoned. They were currently seen as violent and mindless creatures of freakish nature already.
The young lady then turned back to the previous set of monitors and saw that they were heading to the area where danger and death lurks the most. She gazed back to her right and immediately made her final decision.
"I wonder what will happened if I press this button?"
She gave her own sarcastic comment, being playful right now as she reluctantly pressed the button releasing them from their prisons and confinement. Each of these experiments simultaneously went out of their prisons and headed out to where they smelled the trail of scent coming from the trio.
Probably an all out eating contest for these experiments. A wonderful scene to watch in honesty.
The young lady in her early twenties, loved the blood and gore, like in those agressive zombie movies, she was already imagining them being devoured or at least getting their throats cut open or at least being eaten. It was one of her favorite lists of killings.
She hoped for these abominations to catch up with the trio immediately so that she can finally watched one of her most twisted dream scenes. She was going to get that popcorn immediately once it had already started.

The excitment was catching up with her as she began to slightly move and dance gracefully like a ballerina, humming to a certain song while holding her blade on her hand. Slashing and Dicing through the blank air.
"I can't wait!" She excitedly exclaimed.
Unbeknowst to her knowledge, a mysterious bright light suddenly passed by the monitor screens heading off to a certain place.
(MEANWHILE)
Loud Echoes of multiple footsteps were being heard across the corridors. The trio of Showtaro, Kaiga, and Mitsue found themselves still fleeing from the silver haired man, who was still chasing them throughout. When all seemed to be on track since they were on their way to the exit, they suddenly found themselves getting lost again without any reason or explanation.
"You've got to be freaking kidding me!" Showtaro exclaimed for the fifth time.
The other two stayed quiet yet confused. Apparently, they found themselves staring at another dead end once again. The huge wall standing tall as it slowly reduced their chances of escaping this place. They already spent a good amount of time searching for the exit but still they couldn't find it.
Kaiga was baffled. Now matter how much he used his eye ability, he still couldn't get them to the right direction. This was already the Rinnegan that he was using." This is impossible!" He thought to himself, his mind still wondering on what to do next.
"There must be some mistake, I think we just went the wrong way or maybe there's a Genjutsu placed here."
There was a little panic in his tone of voice. He tried to deny the fact many times and still pushed the belief of someone or something being responsible for getting themselves lost in the first place.
As for Showtaro, his emotions slowly rose up to take over him. He then gave a slight annoyed look at the Otsutsuki." A Genjutsu?" He said, before continuing." Or maybe you are just really good at getting anyone lost." He commented aloud, catching the attention of his friend and also the boy.
Kaiga immediately turned to his duck comrade and gave him a surprised look." Excuse me?" He asked. He was definitely caught off guard by his comment." Are you telling me it's all my fault?" He added.
Showtaro gave a tough face." What I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't depend on an ability that you don't know how to use yet!" He explained, referring to his friend's Rinnegan, which he had just used against the enemy.
"Hey! It's my first time using that ability." Kaiga replied back and quickly defended himself." If it wasn't for it, we've joined history already." He added.
The Otsutsuki really didn't get what the duck was trying to tell him. All of a sudden, he just blurted out this negative comment against him for no reason at all.
Showtaro narrowed his eyes." You're missing the point!" He argued." You're too confident and depend too much of your clan's ability!" He said, before continuing." And this is the results!" He added, beckoning him to look around his surroundings
The duck wasn' t that type of person, who is too dependent on the supernatural abilities of anyone. Despite belonging to the Pure Land, he was a person of practicality. He belong more to the logical side of things. He gave out his own disappointment because his Otsutsuki friend was so confident that he could lead themselves out of this place in no time by using that eye, to which he still hasn't fully figure out and instead of retracing their steps.
Kaiga, on the other hand was a bit offended by the duck's words. After all his efforts, nothing but criticism was entering his mind. So he gave an upset and regretful expression." So what do we do in your own terms?" He asked.
There was a brief moment of quietness that took over.
Showtaro being the immediate decisive duck that he is, shared his idea." We retrace our steps and head back to where we started." He proposed confidently.
"Retraced our steps back?" Kaiga spoke this time." Do you want us to go back there get ourselves killed?" He protested against the decision.
Showtaro was frustrated." It's the only way!" He said before pointing at the Otsutsuki." Besides, it's just one person, You can take care of that with your Rinnegan right?" He added, with a little bit of sarcasm.
"So now you're being too dependent on my ability." Kaiga responded back. It seemed that the duck was insulting his capabality to defend indirectly.
"I never said that." Showtaro replied." What I mean't is that if you weren't the take charge guy just now, we probably had gotten out of this maze already!" He said.
Kaiga gritted his teeth in annoyance." No! You're the one who always takes charge!" He responded back. Despite the duck being his long time friend, he was still expecting that certain attitude, which apparently remained until now.
It was one of the reasons on why there was a small ruin in their friendship.
As their argument continued, they slowly forget that there was someone with them. Mitsue stood in front of the two, being an audience once again and watching their ongoing argument.
From his perspective, it was more of a different story. During that stretch of running around just to find their way out, the two seemed to be switching decisions, everytime there was an option, the duck would say right and the Otsutsuki would say left. They were not aware on what they were doing at that time and the boy cannot join their conversation because of the fear of getting yelled at.
It was during this time that an idea came up to him. He recalled that there was another way out besides going back to there starting point. Luckily, he can still able to remember the important cuts and details.
There was a new hope growing inside and he was eager to tell the two immediately.
"GUYS!"
He yelled the loudest as he can which instantly broke their argument.
Showtaro and Kaiga immediately stopped their mouths from arguing and turned their attention to the boy, who was giving them the "Listen to me if you want to live" face. Silence took charge afterwards as the boy wss finally given the opportunity.
Mitsue didn't waste his time as he opened his mouth and spoke.
"I finally know the way out!"
(Interview)
"These guys were really prone to arguments, I have to say. They were like this smart yet angry debaters, who couldn't get things in agreement. It takes a little kid to get their minds back together."
-Mitsue
(LATER ON)
The journey continued on as the trio found themselves running and traversing through a set of different corridors and pathways. It was a somewhat fast and slow pace as the boy would sometimes confidently lead them to areas which they had never seen before and the boy would later take a brief stoppage to recall the right directions.
As for the Otsutsuki and the duck, the two had no choice but to only trust the boy, to which they did. Since the boy had been staying for a long while, it did make sense that he somehow knew or can recall every path in this place. Something that Kaiga himself didn't have since he had been stuck in just one area for many years.
The Otsutsuki could only assist the boy on helping him recall areas and solved occasional puzzles along the way.
Showtaro kept the cautiousness of the group alive. He had been moving his eyes around his surroundings for quite awhile now since they began their second search. He was just having this familiar feeling of unexpected danger slowly creeping from nowhere.
What was there to expect besides being chased a brainwashed mad man?
At this point in time, the areas were changing and getting bigger. The group had reached a certain area or corridor, which was close to being part of the darkness, it was only supported by several torches which were displayed on handles attached to the wall.
There was another quietness that took over. The only sound that they could hear was their footsteps through echoes emitting around the wide pathway. There was this strange extra footsteps from behind which the duck had noticed, but chose to ignore since it could be because of the effectd of the sound.
At this time, Showtaro's feathers began to slightly raised up. There was chill that run through his spine. He immediately moved his head from both sides of his surroundings as as he caught glimpse of shadows moving around.
The duck's widened his eyes in slight terror as he began to see the shadows slowly materializing into human figures.
"Showtaro!" He then heard a loud whisper coming from familiar voice as he turned around to face his Otsutsuki friend, giving him a puzzled and slightly concerned look.
"Is there something matter?" Kaiga asked.
Still continuing his steps, Showtaro simply his head and ignored his fears." No, Don't worry, 'I'm fine." He replied.
"Alright...?" Kaiga replied with a slight baffled voice. He wondered on what was happening to the his friend.
Was he seeing something that he wasn't seeing right now?
Mitsue, who also turned his attention towards the duck, also felt something unpleasant. In fact, he was hearing voices just awhile ago and an eerie female voice giggling.
(Interview)
"I thought I was losing my mind at that time. Everything suddenly just went into full horror mode. Before we knew, we were already walking into someone's crazy trap."
- Showtaro
The route that they eventually took was slowly revealing to be more than meets the eye. The atmosphere was slowly intensifying. There was this heavy feeling of uncertainty and unrest growing inside of them. They could only hope that nothing would ever go wrong.
The certain feeling of not hearing your own footsteps was already troubling. It felt like you were on a place where everything in their surroundings was muted. You can't even hear a single thing even your own breathing. It shows that they were already knocking on danger's door.
Showtaro could feel his nervousness arising. He was currently on the kid's right shoulder. As for the other two, they try not to be affected by the current ambience that they were receiving.
There was indeed in fact another way out. Just several corridors blocks and corridors away there was a final pathway which leads to a huge exit leading up to the main scene where the others were currently at. If only they knew that they were almost there that they brushed off their feelings of uneasiness and started running already.
However, that wasn't fate's plan for them. They still had to go through more.
It was at this time that they found themselves in the middle of the journey and a first of the series of unfortunate events.
There was this area in the corridor, where a series of old rusty metallic doors were located. Once the trio had stepped onto that area, they already knew that there was no turning back.
"I really hate places like this!" Showtaro commented, finally hearing his own voice." Why do we have to go through here!" He added.
Kaiga gave a sigh." Because it's the only way." He simply said, before continuing." We have to go through this if all want to get out of here." He added.
Showtaro didn't reply as he chose to remain quiet. Yet he still let out a faint mutter." Let's hope so." He said, before focusing back at the main direction.
Mitsue could feel the remnants of the argument between the two. It seemed that after that scene, the tension still hasn't faded away yet. Maybe that's how their frienship work all the time?
He wondered on why these two guys were having disagreements despite their friendship. Could they just put their differences aside and work together for the good of everyone?
How will they resolve their differences?
(Interview)
"I was really wondering at that time on when will they finally be friends again. It's just sad to see them fight in the middle of crisis."
-Mitsue
It was this time that something was already in the midst of their thoughts. Unbeknownst to them, one of the doors suddenly opened by itself and a human shape figure stepped out from the shadows. It slowly walked and moved like a contorted twist of nightmare towards the trio.
Mitsue, Kaiga, and Showtaro, stopped their tracks at the same time. They all felt chills that went up towards their spine as they slowly tilted their heads to their behind. They all turned around to see a human shape figure walking towards them at a slower pace. The litted torches were their only source of properly identifying the mysterious figure.
"What do you think is that?" Showtaro asked, while the Otsutsuki shrugged.
"Beats me, Maybe a survivor?" Kaiga shrugged and tried to guess. He was already planning to use the Rinnegan to see its real identity. Although, he wasn't able to.
On the other hand, Mitsue was beginning to recall this area in the hideout again. He realized that there was a reason why this doors were always kept locked. The reason was that these rooms or confinements were revealed to contain the experiments of Orochimaru.
The wild and dangerous ones.
As soon as the figure neared them, the light from the torches finally revealed its whole appearance.

It looked like the stuff from anyone's nightmares. It was some kind of human but was covered with blood all over the body. It also had bandages which were wrapped around in some parts, especially the mouth, and with the exception of the eyes, which were apparently gouged and dried out.
It was also wielding two knives on both hands as it walked and swayed towards the. before it stopped for a brief moment.
Silence then took over once again.
The trio stood there without moving a single muscle. All of them were staring widely at the nightmarish presence. They couldn't think of what to do as of now. All of their minds were frozen at that point.
"I told you were in danger!" Showtaro whispered towards them.
Kaiga gave a stiff sigh." I know, but let's keep our mouths shut for the better." He suggested.
"Guys, when I say run-" Mitsue joined in and was about to finish the conversation before being cut away.
"RUN!"
In somehow expected twist of events, both Showtaro and Kaiga simultaneously shouted and along with the boy, all of them immediately scrammed off.
At the same time, the creature also proceeded to moved and began chasing the trio at a fast and smooth pace. It was also followed by several doors opening and the other experiments also came out as they sensed the trio's loud presence.
(Interview)
"I thought, I was going to faint at that time. We were really in a state of shock and we didn't knew what to do or how to react."
-Showtaro
"Our hearts were pounding at that point. I was having a hard time whether to try and fight it or just run, and I chose to run along with them which was the right choice because after we were being chase by a dozen."
-Kaiga
"I know in my heart that we will get out of this place alive, that's why I immediately decided to run and they were the first ones to take off. How shocking was that?"
-Mitsue
(MEANWHILE)

The young lady was having the time of her life. Being the orchestrator was great, but being able to watch the results were even more greater and she found herself cheerfully and sadistically laughing all the way.
She really enjoyed seeing the fear in people, especially when they are running for their lives. This time was much more different. A duck, an Otsutsuki, and human boy were the current victims and she very much liked it.
"Try something new for a change." She thought to herself.
It was something that she wasn't expecting. These three new characters, they somehow looked interesting to play with, despite not caring where they even come. She often picks random people as her playful victims to begin with.
They too didn't have to worry since, she wasn't going to really kill them or whatsoever. However, she will be giving them a nightmare that they wouldn't forget for the rest of their lives.
The only thing that she had to do was to control her excitement or things may get out of hand. She had the most mischievious hands that ever will be.
Yuko gave yawn as she then moved her eyes towards a certain direction en route towards the larger areas. A devious smile then formed around her lips as she knew the next stage of this playful game of hers.
Things were going as she has exactly planned. It's only a matter of time before they arrived at the home of the big one.
Who knows what else she did in that control room. What kind of atrocious things would the trio be facing next?"
(Interview)
"This is just so exciting for me! It was good thing that I chose to stick around for a little while. Who knows what boring mission would I be assigned to. It's pretty sad that nowadays, you have to make things enjoyable for yourself. I guess, I'll make this one memorable for me before I get myself into trouble once again." (Rolls her eyes and gives a boring expression)
-Yuko
(LATER ON)
The journey had gone into unexpected turn of events.
The nightmare was indeed real as the trio found themselves running as fast as they can while being chased by a large amount of these mindless abominations. They didn't bother to look or glance back since if they did, they might find one of their legs chopped already or their eyes pierced by something sharp.
The trio found themselves traversing different directions. Every pathway they took, metallic doors would open simultaneously and these mindless creatures would get out like wild animals hungry for blood and life. In that span of an hour, they were thrust into a very intense situation.
Mitsue was running as fast as he can. His heart was pounding faster than ever. He could feel his emotions rising up and tears were starting to fall from his eyes. The fear of dying was already there. It was hard to imagine himself being eaten alive by those things. The only thing he could right now was to strength up himself up and lead the rest to the right direction.
Even though, this was going to be a challenge.
Showtaro, who was still on the boy's shoulder, gave a look of sympathy and guilt. He then took a brief glanced at the other, who also had that same expression.
Kaiga, too had realized it.
In fact, both of them realized that they themselves weren't contributing or helping and making the situation more worst. They left the responsiblity to the boy, who had no choice but to lead through the maze in favor of their little argument which eventually went off nowhere.
Both of them wanting to help and redeem themselves. Showtaro started the unexpected plan by glancing upwards as he saw that the ceiling was getting higher. He continued to observed once more and realized that they were in a massive chamber. At least ten times bigger than the previous one.
He also realized that the corridors they were running on the right now were just a part of a huge maze which was located inside this huge chamber. He took the little time to carefully plan it out thus he finally had the idea.
The duck then spoke." Kaiga, Listen to me very carefully." He said catching the Otsutsuki's attention.
I will head up to see the big overview of the maze." He explained, before continuing." Go lookout for the kid first!" He instructed, as he spread his wings and took upwards.
Kaiga simply nodded" Got it!" He replied as he immediately took responsiblity for the boy's safety.
(MEANWHILE WITH SHOWTARO)
Finding himself above from the others. The duck was able to finally see the overview of the maze. He have to say that whole thing was pretty huge! just as he had expected before.
Once he was up on the air, he finally began to survey and scanned the whole area. From a few miles away, he could see what appears to be an ending point. In that particular ending point a massive door in the shape of an arch stood.
"Gotcha!" Showtaro exclaimed as soon as he saw the doorway. He then darted his eyes towards other areas and saw large groups of enemies heading to where they were now.
Afterwards, He immediately drew or summoned out a certain light blue pill, to which instantly swallowed. A few moments later, he felt surge inside of him and his whole body began to glow and emitted a light blue light.
His real intention was to give light and act as a guide for the two.
"I just hope you get this message."
(Interview)
"It was the only way that I can think off. Out of this hundreds of ideas, only seemed possible to me, and I was confident that this will work out for the best of us."
-Showtaro
(MEANWHILE)
Back from the below, the message has been received clearly.

Kaiga looked up and saw the bright blue light who was his duck companion. Moments later, the light began to flew towards a certain direction.
The Otsutsuki gave a small confident smile as he darted his eyes towards the boy." Hey kid, buckle up for a little bit alright?" He asked as he tapped the boy on the shoulder to get his attention further.
As for the boy, Mitsue's focus was slightly disturbed. He knew it was the Otsutsuki guy but why would he want to start a conversation at this time around?
He was about to turned around when he was suddenly grabbed and carried by the guy himself." Hey! Hold on a sec!" He exclaimed.
"Sorry kid, but let me take on this for awhile." Kaiga simply said as he then took a deep breath. He was preparing himself for something more different this time.
Mitsue was very confused. He gave this puzzled look while he was on the guy's back." "What do you mean by something di-" He was about to finish his sentence when he was suddenly cut as the Otsutsuki took with full speed.
Kaiga finished gathering himself as he channeled what was still left in him. It was an eventual success as he briefly braced himself." Hold on kid!" He exclaimed aloud before taking off in full speed.
It was locally known as" The Otsutsuki First Step"
The simple move was already deadly to begin with and by the time he took that first step. He immediately disappeared leaving a trail of dust behind.
It felt like riding a bullet train. Mitsue could feel the air try to penetrate his skin. His eyes weren't able to focus properly because of the speed and he was getting a little bit nausy since the directions were changing continuously.
He was on the verge of puking but was able to hold on for the rest of the journey.
(Interview)
"I was really surprised when the two of them started working together and then I found myself on the passengers seat trying to keep myself from puking as there were more obstacles ahead."
-Mitsue
The hindrances ahead of them were often in the right timing.
There were times that they had to face a large of group of these mindless and blood thirsty experiments when they turned tona certain direction. Since being often outnumbered, the only thing that they could was to evade them. And by evading them, Kaiga had to used the walls of the corridors as second track.
Since his race possesed large amounts of chakra reserves, He was no exception." Okay, brace yourself for another kid." He informed the boy earlier as possible.
Mitsue could only tightened his grip and slightly closed his eyes. The little dust particles trying to penetrate his eyes were annoying and unsettling for him.
It didn't took long enough for the Otsutsuki to finally took the first few steps on the wall and boosted his speed. He gave a little adjustment and found himself running literally on the wall, spefically the right side. Mitsue's body was frozen during that whole stretch.
Probably, the most intense moment was that he himself had to slightly moved since the enemies were trying to get a hold on them by attempting to block their path. Some also tried to used old rusty sharp weapons and began throwing but only to narrowly missed them and hit the wall instead.
Once passing all of them. The last obstacle that they had to face was the number of ancient traps that were placed into the next areas.
Walls would randomly shift and moved, poisonous blades would be fired from the walls and large parts of the wall would collapse attempting to block their path again. These were some of the the many traps that they had to go through.
Although, all that it takes for them passed this test was through the eventual effort of Kaiga. Especially his Rinnegan, to which he only gained access just awhile ago, predicted of the many challenges ahead.
As the glowing bright blue light from Showtaro came to the last stage. The tension had died down for most of the part.
Mitsue was on the verge of fainting instead puking by the time they got to the last part of the journey. The boy had a very fast oriented experience. He wasn't sure if he wanted to do this stuff again, since it was risky yet somehow exciting.
Kaiga on the other hand felt a bit drained since all that running he did required a lot of his energy. He hadn't run for hundreds of years and he found himself being thrust into this mania.
The last part of the journey was the most uneventful one. They were only required to just passed through the last corridor which led them to the big entry point.
"Looks like it's over." Kaiga spoke for the first time as he placed the boy back on the ground.
"Yeah, I hope so." The still Dizzy and Wobbly Mitsue tried to walk normal as he could only to lose balance. Luckily, Kaiga was there to assist him as the two headed towards the huge door at the end.
Along the way, a conversation was formed between the two.
"Do you guys always argue like this?" Mitsue asked the first question.
Kaiga gave a small smirk and smile." Well, for most of the time." He replied. It seemed their friendship was filled with lots of complexity and some people may find that strange.
The boy raised both of his eyebrows." But you're still friends after that?" He asked.
Kaiga gave a small chuckle."Of course!" He said, before continuing." It's all simple friendly rivalry if you asked me." He explained, as he began to tell more of the story.
"Back then, we were these young students of the industry, who had the vision and ideals for a better future." He explained." We always debated on such things and wrote and published our ideas so that the rest of the public would know." He paused, trying to catch up to his breath.
Mitsue was confused, he blinked a couple of times before asking again." Wait on sec, where is your home by the way?" He raised an eyebrow.
"I guess you might haven't heard of this yet but I came the world of the Otsutsuki." He explained, expecting even more confusion from the boy.
"Otsutsuki?"
Kaiga simply nodded." Yes, it's basically a world where pale people with horns are obssesed with fruits and conquering places." He said as there was Embarrassment in his tone lf voice.
"Conquering places huh?"
Another nod once more." Yes, it's kind of a habit actually develop as years passed." He added." Especially for the Clan leaders and Higher Officials, they always had that eagerness to explore and colonized every world they stumbled upon." He said." Luckily, My family and I were exceptions." He added.
"So what does your family do?"
"Kaiga slightly closed his eyes as he recalled some of his past." Well, we were just a simple humble family living in the countryside." He said before continuing." I was a farmer's son and I spent my early years working in the fields and also pursuing my studies." He gave a nostalgic face." Despite, my family's simple goal of living a peaceful life, I was difference amongst them."
Mitsue blinked in surprised.
"I always had this dream of travelling to different places, and especially making it big into a certain industry." He paused to catch up his breath. "Journalism" He continued." I always read the newspapers and learned more about current events that happened around realms and of course The Pure Land."
"What's the Pure Land?" The boy asked.
Kaiga then took a deep breath, he knew once they get to that particular topic, the memories would slowly return to him." Well, The Pure Land is a place where the souls of the people from the Human world go to when they passed away." He explained." It's often known as the "Promise Land" since people from other realms would also go there to start a new life and make it big."
"Wait, so the dead and the living coexist in that world?" Mitsue asked.
Kaiga simply nodded." Something like that." He replied." Specifically, the people from the other realms could go and live there, but for a living human to be able to go to the Pure Land is quite impossible since it's a celestial plane." He explained.
There was a time when the Pure Land itself was situated in the Human world and that was before Chaos appeared and almost destroyed everything. Right after Kami gave his life to keep the world alive, the people who work alongside him formed the council that would eventually govern the rest of worlds.
The Pure Land itself separated from the Human world and became its own plane of existence itself. Eventually, it would have its own status as the richest and greatest world among the other realms and it maintained a system of equality. However, the short lived peace would soon end as conflicts would soon appear, mostly on the Human world.
Mitsue was trying to absorbed as much information as he can. He had no idea all about this stuff, but it was pretty cool to hear it. It seemed to be straight out from a world fantasy story and yet unbelievably all true.
"So how did you guys ended up here?" He asked.
There was moment of quietness that took over. Kaiga didn't want to relived those memories." Well, I was the first one to end up here." He replied, before continuing." During that time there was ongoing political unrest and at the same time, we were on the side of the opposition exposing the corruption inside the council as Journalist." He said.
"So what happened next?"
Kaiga took a deep breath." Well, long story short, the council ordered for a complete compromise and began arresting groups, who were leading the opposition." He explained." Showtaro was able to play a safe escape by being assigned to as a assistant to a council member while I continued to oppose them."
"And being the overconfident guy that I was, I pushed it too hard and one day I found myself being knocked out and taken to this place." He explained.
Mitsue raised both eyebrows." Wait, I thought this was a hideout for Orochimaru?" He asked.
"Well, according to Showtaro, yes this was indeed that guy's hideout but before that, this place was a prison." Kaiga simply said. He too was not aware that the whole place had been abandoned for a long time, not after long he was rescued by the duck himself.
"Wait, so he was the one that rescued you?" Mitsue asked. He also wondered on could one small talking duck dare to rescue one person in a dangerous place.
Kaiga simply nodded." Yes, He came here with a group of people." He said.
"A group of people? Where were the others?" The boy asked.
Kaiga gave a sigh." Well, they were Shinobi from a village called Konoha." He replied." They also wore their own respective headbands." He added.
For a few moments, the boy stared at the blank space. He was trying to recall a certain person to which he had met prior to earthquake.
"Sai-san.." He whispered.
Kaiga, on the other hand gave a slight puzzled face. It seemed that the boy was bothered by something." Hey kid are you alright?" He asked.
It was at this time that the boy snapped back to reality. He gave this wide eyes of realization." I think, Sai-san belonged to those group!" He exclaimed as he walked more faster.
"Let's hurry up!" The boy added.
Kaiga was taken by surprised as the boy suddenly had an energy boost." Hey wait up!" He said as he followed the kid towards the large exit point.
Finally ending the conversation.
(Interview)
"I didn't know what gave him the energy to run again but I guess all that information he heard was enough to inspire him? Kids are really strange to be honest."
-Kaiga
(MEANWHILE)
He finally accomplished his objective as Showtaro was able to guide the two towards the huge exit point. He knew that they were gonna make it eventually since his Otsutsuki friend was going to make sure that they'll escape the maze in one piece and they really did it.
There was a sense of proudness that surged within him. Even though, they would often butt heads on small things, they were still friends no matter what. They would eventually put aside their differences and worked together to solved any problem much like this.
He also felt a little bit guilty for taking too much charge on the situation. Even to the point of blaming him for any faults. That was one of the negative attitudes that the duck himself had besides being not putting trust on people that easily. It was really tough for him to trust or be friends with someone. He didn't like fake people, He can't even count the number times he was double crossed by these fake friends.
Kaiga, was the only one besides Miyuki, who he treated and looked up as a true friend. He was shocked when he heard the news that he was arrested and taken to somewhere where no one can find him. So he did everything just to find the guy and eventually he did.
The only thing that he regretted was that he had never apologize to him for every hurtful words that he said to him.
The current problem that he was worried about was getting themselves out of this place. They have been trapped here for more than hours now and it was obvious that someone was controlling the whole situation.
Could it be that guy with the white cloak?
He wasn't sure about it but he had the feeling since the beginning.
The duck stopped his flight as he landed on a certain open small hole on one of the huge chamber's walls. He wiped out the sweat from his head as the pill's effects had faded away and the glowing bright light died down.
He immediately proceeded to enter the whole as he noticed that there was another exit point at the end and a certain light. A small hope then grew inside of him, this maybe the way out eventually and he wasn't going to waste time.
(Interview)
"It was pretty much a roller coaster ride. I hadn't flew that fast since...Well you guess it (Chuckles). I just hope this is last challenge that we'll ever face in this hell prison."
-Showtaro
(LATER ON)
The huge entry point greeted the boy and the Otsutsuki with growing silence.
The massive arch shape doorway looked as if it was leading them to the final destination of their journey. There was also a wide inclined concrete steps just below the arch itself.
Mitsue was in awe by the time he saw the arch-shaped entry point. He can't recall if he had ever went here in the first place. By the looks of it, it seemed to looked like it came from ancient times, far more older than the entirety of the snake man's more modern hideout.
Kaiga chose to be calm and cautious. The Otsutsuki himself had now dedicated his entire time to be more vigilant and keeping the kid safe from danger. He was beginning to be more defensive and surprisingly, eager to fight anyone for the first time. The events prior to this one seemed to have brought his true Otsutsuki nature out for a little bit.
As the two entered the arch-shaped doorway, they were greeted by another massive chamber, but unlike the previous one, this chamber had no maze or obstacles but only a very vast concrete field that stretched towards a certain light located at the end.
There was also a second light coming from above. Apparently, there was a big open hole which had let the light of the sun passed through, thus giving light to the chamber.
Mitsue was the first one to noticed the light. His eyes widened in surprised and excitement." That's the final way out!" He exclaimed, pointing towards the same direction.
It appears that the source of the light was coming from a certain huge arch-shape doorway at the end. The true exit to be specific, It wasn't just the light but they could finally hear commotions going on outside.
Excitement would soon caught up to the boy as he planned on immediately heading off towards the end, although as he was about to take the first step, he was prevented by none other than the Otsutsuki himself.
"Don't rush yourself!" Kaiga scolded, as he grabbed the boy on the shoulders to prevent him from running." There could be traps ahead." He added.
A surprised Mitsue widened his eyes, he was about to protest but suddenly realized the other's statement. He instantly stop and calmed down. His mind went back to being cautious just like his Otsutsuki companion.
Kaiga gave out a sigh of relief.
As soon as he stepped foot in this last chamber, he suddenly felt a strong mysterious presence lurking around. He wasn't sure what was the presence true identity but it seemed to be so malevolent. He really wanted to boost this up so that they can escape immediately but two things hindered him from doing so. One reason was that he was out of chakra since using all of it back in the maze. The second was that they had to wait for Showtaro, but the duck still hasn't arrive yet.
The only thing that they could do now was to walk slowly towards the end of the chamber.
With the Otsutsuki guiding the kid from behind, the two proceeded to head towards the last exit in silence.
The journey throughout was quiet yet tense. Both of them could feel their own heart beating strong and because of the eerie silence itself, the two of them couldn't help but look around their surroundings to observed the place further.
The chamber, being massive like the previous one yet a more rounded version, was still surrounded by darkness which came from all corners. The light, which came from the sun was only located at the middle area.
While they were still in their silent journey, thoughts had managed to caught up with them.
Mitsue, with the most thoughts, gave out a simple sense of fear, yet he was able to make sure that he wouldn't panic right at this moment. His mind was giving him the worry of facing another setback. He just wanted to leave this place in one piece, he didn't want anymore hords of enemies chasing them or being trapped or lost again in a maze.
He just wished that all of this was finally over. Although, he already knew that he had to go through this for one final time before finally seeing the light of the day.
As for Kaiga, the Otsutsuki was more of keeping things under control right now. He didn't thought of any dangers that could possibly befall them later on. Yet, there was an ongoing doubt if he would ever make it alive. He knew his limits but could he go beyond that when the danger strikes?
(Interview)
"This is the one and final chance that I had, to leave this place once and for all and I didn't want to waste it."
-Mitsue
"When we reached the last stage of the journey, We thought that it was all over since the exit was just right there and Showtaro would probably figure it out and could flew his way out through the giant hole from above.
Although, there was one more challenge that we had to face."
-Kaiga
As the two continued their journey, they slowly found themselves reaching the middle part of the chamber, where most of the light resided.
Every step they took means one step closer to their goal. So in that moment they decided to go a little a faster. By the time they finally reached the area itself, they were greeted by the bright Sunny rays for the first time and an unusual site.
Right in the middle of the area stood three huge and wide round wooden logs which were attached on the ground. The three logs were a part of the sun's rays at his cast a shadow that stretched a few distances away and it stood taller than the average height of a tree. Apart from the usual normal aspects, there was also the final detail which was too horrifying to be even describe.
At the bottom of those giant logs, there were three individuals, who were tied on the logs. All of them didn't made a single move and all were facing down revealing that they were unconscious so to say.
The boy and the Otsutsuki's attention immediately switched towards them.
"Seemed to be prisoners. or maybe torture victims." Kaiga commented as he beckoned the boy to remain in his current position as he headed towards the three logs to investigate further.
As for the boy himself, Mitsue did as what he was told and remained in his current place. He watched the Otsutsuki, who was heading towards the three giant logs, in an attempt to free them from their prison. At this moment in time, the boy had took the time to relaxed for a bit. He stretched out his arms freely in the air.
He gave out a loud yawn and a few steps backwards. However, as he was about to take the first step, he found himself suddenly bumping into someone. "Oh sorry about that!" Mitsue immediately apoligized and proceeded to turn around.
It was that moment when he realized that there was actually no one behind him prior to this. His mind wondered the possibilities and only one thought came up to him. There was a sudden chill down his spine and he slowly turned around to face a certain silver haired man.
He stared at the man for a few moments, and before he could even speak, he was suddenly grabbed by the mouth.
(MEANWHILE)
By the time Kaiga had arrived near the three giant logs, the Otsutsuki's eyes slowly widened in shock as he discovered a very gruesome site.
From what looks like three unconscious individuals eventually turned out to be lifeless bodies with their throats cut open and fresh remnants or portions of blood which spread across the dusty ground.
"What..!?" A startled and shocked Kaiga exclaimed.
This was very much horrifying for anyone to see. The Otsutsuki was reduced to being speechless at discovering this, Yet his mind continued to produced thoughts. He began to ask himself on who could have done this since the three individuals looked as if they were recently killed.
The question right now that continued to bother him.
Who or what was responsible for killing this people?
"I never really thought you idiots would come this far."
A female voice coming from above then interrupted his thoughts and the ongoing silence.
Kaiga immediately looked up as he shifted his attention towards the source from above. His eyes met a white cloaked figure standing on top of wooden log between the other two. The sun was briefly a hindrance to his vision but eventually he did managed to get a clear look at the newcomer.
There was slight wind that blew and the hood was finally removed.
A certain young lady, in her late teens to early twenties stood on top of the log. She had this silver hair that was bunned up into two pigtails, and a sharp vivid green eyes. She gave a very sadistic smile that would sent chills to anyone.
"Do you really wanna know how these poor people get the slitting treatment?" She asked a slight boring tone in her voice.
Kaiga tried to calm himself down in the midst of this unexpected confrontation. His thoughts were all over. He didn't knew what to say right now as he took a few steps back." W-Who are you?" He asked.
There was brief moment of quietness that passed by. The young lady gave an arrogant smirk as she decided to introduced herself eventually.
"The name is Yuko, and you should burn that in your mind.
(MEANWHILE)
"What kind of small passageway is this!?"
Frustration and Annoyance, were the ones that took charge at this moment. Who knew that a normal looking passageway would turned out to be a hindrance for the duck from reaching up to the otherside.
It was one the things that left Showtaro baffled and confused. From the start, he was confident that he could go by that small passage way, which was located a distance above the main exit point. He wasn't expecting it to be that of a problem since he could fit in to it. Although, he was greeted by a very narrow passageway which revived his claustrophobia.
Basically, he just didn't like very narrow places to begin with. His eyes then darted towards the exit point and continued on.
"Almost there!"
(Interview)
"I'm a claustrophobic, I really hated the fact that small passageway had punked me, yet I was already inside that thing."
-Showtaro
(MEANWHILE)
The atmosphere had suddenly intesified with the appearance of the young lady. She brought a sadistic and menacing presence that almost paralyzed the Otsutsuki." Yuko." His mind was replaying the name for many times now. He somehow knew that name and he had written it on a book to which he hid somewhere in the Grand Library Of Suna.
"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?"
His thoughts were interrupted once again by the young lady.
"No, I mean actually I uh..." Kaiga trailed off as he immediately remembered the boy." Mitsue!" He exclaimed as he turned quickly around only to face the boy being held at knife point by the ever familiar Kabuto Yakushi.
"Dammit!" Kaiga cussed. He rather more furious than shocked. Yet, he was confused on how he had not sense him prior before.
The boy stood still and didn't move a muscle since the sharp blade was already on his neck. One move and he could see himself getting slash by the man.
"Let him go!" Kaiga protested, while the young lady gave an amused face.
"Awww, looked at you, getting too emotional all of a sudden." Yuko taunting, with a sarcastic remark." Do you really want to escalate this into a drama?" She added.
Kaiga gritted his teeth." What the heck am I gonna do with this?" He thought to himself. He was having a tough time making the right decision. There would be no point if he tries to take on the silver haired lady. It would only signal her to order the boy's execution at hands of the other one.
So he had to looked into a different perspective. He tried to analyzed it further only to find out that he was really in a dire situation. The only thing he can do is to think of a new solution, a creative one to get himself on the track, a risky one to save the boy.
"Escalate the drama eh?" Kaiga opened his mouth and finally replied, with booming confidence, which surprised the lady." Why don't you go first? piggy tails!" He gave a taunt for the first time, even though it was pretty much corny to his eyes.
Yuko's eyes twitch in irritation." What did you call me?" She asked, giving a slight offended expression.
Surprised hit the Otsutsuki, He never knew that his corny comment would somehow triggered her. So he tried to push it again." I said piggy tails, you little brat!" He added and yelled back at her.
There was quietness that took over suddenly.
Kaiga found himself in the midst of this silence and anticipating on what could happen next. It did happened less than a second.
The silver haired lady, had been looking down for awhile. It was something that baffled the Otsutsuki himself. Was she just trying to control her anger? It must be.
By the time, Kaiga could open his mouth, the lady brought up her head revealing cold menacing eyes.
"Nobody calls me little brat!" She said in a very calm yet creepy manner.
By the time, she had said her line, she suddenly vanished from her current position leaving the other surprised. Kaiga widened his eyes in surprised as he found himself staring at the empty air.
In that moment, the Otsutsuki began to blink a number of times. The first and second blinks were uneventful but by the time he gave the third blink, the young lady has now reappeared in front of him in a flash.
"Never call me that, Otsutsuki." Yuko replied again with a calm manner. There was no trace of her playful antics. Only a blade in her hand as she made the first quick move by attempting to stab him on the chest.
A startled Kaiga was taken by surprised as he found himself almost getting stab on the chest, Luckily, his reflexes saved him as he reacted to the attack by grabbing the girl's hand prevent the time from touching his skin.
"This girl's strength!" He commented to himself. He was surprised on how this girl possessed so much strength. Any Human would already die from that one single move. It was only his Otsutsuki anatomy saved him.
There was struggle that had transpired as Kaiga tried to resist the blade from piercing him while the girl was pushing it further to gain advantage. Yet, she had other things in mind.
She gave a sarcastic grin.
"Oh, How I could forget, silly me." Yuko said as she brought her other hand up summoning another blade and using it to strike the Otsutsuki on the cheek this time with full blinding speed.
Instead of grabbing the other hand, Kaiga chose to let go and jumped away from the silver haired lady, nearly being hit by the blade once again. He stayed in his current position unaffected for a short time.
"Lucky dodge!"
As soon as he had evaded the attack, Yuko immediately charged at him for the second time. Kaiga's rinnegan activated and predicted what was going to happen next. Having the step ahead of the young lady, the Otsutsuki proceeded to make any move possible to counter her earlier, his best bet was allow her to attack him first so that then he can counter the attack based on the Rinnegan's prediction.
(Interview)
"To say it again, I really don't have experience on fighting or hand to hand combat. I only depend on what is practical. Having the Rinnegan is a new experience for me and I felt like a noob when using it."
-Kaiga
Going with that direction, Kaiga braced himself for another series of fast dodging but he didn't expect for the girl vanish right in front of him in a glitch." No way!" He widened his eyes in surprised.
"That Rinnegan of yours is trash!"
Yuko once again taunted as she quickly went for the go ahead strike from behind.
In the last second, Kaiga had managed to squeezed in, turning around before the blade could penetrate his back but in the midst of that, his shoulder acted as the shield and the blade was able to touch him, tearing out his a piece of his cloth and giving him his first wound.
"Shit!" Kaiga winced in pain because of the damaged that he had taken. His mind continued to focus and he saw the lady still going for second strike. He tried to counter it but the other was just too fast.
Yuko grinned as she went for another strike, this time slashing the guy on his left waist and performing a powerful side kick which sent the guy towards a distance.
Mitsue was screaming inside his mind. No matter how much he wanted to help him, he was still held at knife point and one move he would find himself getting slit on the throat. He could only hope for the best.
Kaiga landed and slided on the ground as gave out a cringed. He was caught off guard by the lady's move." Damn, She moves like a glitch." He commented as he started recovering up.
As for Yuko, the silver haired lady headed towards the Otsutsuki with a sadistic and arrogant smile." Tough luck! I haven't fought an Otsutsuki in awhile." She gave out a snicker.
"Those guys are really weirdoes, I tell ya." She commented in a casual tone of voice." Although, you're different from the rest of them." She smiled.
She, in fact surprised that an Otsutsuki like him didn't knew how to fight, and that he could even speak like any normal person. Most Otsutsukis speak like old grumpy people. She wondered on how old was this guy. He looked as if he had been isolation for a long time.
It was obvious.
Kaiga gritted his teeth but was able to retain his smirk." Yeah, so what?" He said." You're not the type of person that anyone wants to be friends with." He gave another taunt, knowing the consequences that could befall him this time.
By the time he had made the comment, a blade, which was thrown by the silver haired lady, nearly hit him on the face.
"You just won't stop do you?" Yuko threatened the guy. If he really wanted to get hurt so badly, so be it.
Kaiga gave a smirk." I could do this all day." He replied back as he recovered from the ground. He was still wobbly as he gripped his hands to form a fist. He then gave out an off balance fighting stance.
Yuko could only shake her head in amusement." What a loser." She commented. She really had no choice now, the guy was asking for it and she will make sure that he would be close to death's door.
(MEANWHILE)
Catching his breath for the last time, Showtaro finally reached the end of the small passageway. He had been stuck there for almost thirty minutes and it was relief that he was able to overcome his claustrophobia during that stretch.
"I'm *Grasp* Not gonna do that *Grasp* again!"
He told himself as he finally breathed the air that he was looking for." Finally made it!" The duck exclaimed.
By that time, his mind went back to focus and he found himself watching and observing a chaotic site. From above, he could see the Otsutsuki fighting against a unfamiliar silver haired lady, and the boy, Mitsue currently being held hostage by Kabuto.
"You've got to be kidding me!"
He was both shocked and surprised. He didn't expect that a lot would already happened during his journey through the small passageway.
As he continued to observed, there were details that he had noticed to which was really terrible for him. Half of Kaiga's body was already covered in red and he was struggling to keep up.
Showtaro knew that he had to do something right now. He had to come up with a plan to destroy their momentum. His eyes were moving back forth between the boy and the Otsutsuki.
Who should he save first?
Going directly towards the main fight will definitely cause some unexpected trouble. As for saving the boy, there was still chance that he could intercept the silver haired man. But it would be a one time risky move.
He took a deep breath as he summoned a certain silver pill once more." You got only one shot at this." He told himself as began aiming at the silver haired man.
He needed that right position to execute his move. He hoped for the man to slightly move or turned around a bit to which he did one moment later.
(Interview)
"I was stuck on deciding on who should I save first, let alone that both of them could be facing a potential death. I needed that third option, and then I figure if that option won't come, I create one for myself.
So when that time comes, I immediately swallowed the silver pill and took off just like that."
-Showtaro
(MEANWHILE)
Kaiga was breathless.
The Otsutsuki fell to his knees once more. The fight was so intense and fast pace that, he wasn't aware that he had taken several cuts and stabs from the silver haired lady. He could feel multiple pains all over and his worn out clothes were half covered by his own blood.
He had no weapons, just his bare hands and wits. He had spent the whole time, evading, dodging, and taking hits to himself. He only had little less chance of attacking and when he did get the opportunity, he would only find his offense being backfired.
He knew that his body was failing, the expectation of losing was there. He needed to take a step back and rethink about his strategy. He didn't need to push himself there once again and fight. He was going to use his wits this time.
His eyes moved towards his small old peach colored pouch. He slowly reached inside and drew out a certain a seed. His mind was on overdrive thinking if he should already use it. If he did, it will be end of this whole chamber. No survivors.
He gave a sigh, placed the idea aside for later on. He went back again to planning. It was at this time that he had saw blood scattered all over the ground. It was his blood and the other three lifeless prisoners. An idea then came into his mind.
This portion of blood was already enough for him to do a certain forbidden summoning. So far, what he needed was a distraction so that he could perform it. As the silver haired lady was approaching was once again, his time was running out.
"Dammit!" Kaiga gritted his teeth in frustration. He could only hope for a miracle to happen.
When he moved his eyes around once more, he saw what appears to be a certain duck heading towards them. A glimmer of hope came and he was given a signal to summon.
Yuko was triumphant yet, confused. She had been killing this guy and yet, still he won't give up. She was surprised of the Otsutsuki's toughness but her pride immediately took over and she dismissed it as just mere luck. So far, no one has survived her torture methods this far.
"Had enough?" She asked, a smirk forming around her lips. This was already the most merciful thing that she could do but mercy was for the weak and she planned on something more.
The young lady then, rose up her hand and point a certain direction. A few moments later, sparks of lightning appeared throughout the whole chamber, the remnants of the darkness had faded away to reveal an army of mindless twisted experiments awaiting for orders.
"You know, sometimes I really like to play power. Haven't really experience what it likes to command your own army." She gave a sadistic grin. When She and the rest joined his organization, they were vested with their own powers, she herself included.
This was the final stage of her torture. She wanted to see how the Otsutsuki will handle this.
There was silence that took over for a brief moment. The Otsutsuki didn't said a word or replied thereafter. He just stayed there in his current position.
Yuko, who was already on the verge of giving orders, gave a delightful smile. Even, she knew her promise on not to kill in this mission, she was still eager to push it a little bit more. As she was about to finally give her orders, something unexpected happened.
"Not so fast!"
A certain familiar voice was heard aloud, followed by loud smack.
Both of them were startled and turned their attention towards the spot where the brainwashed Kabuto was holding the kid hostage.
Apparently, the scene had changed as the silver haired man was suddenly knocked out By a certain Showtaro, who had came out from nowhere in blinding speed, tackling the man directly on head, which sent him towards a distance finally freeing the boy.
"Mitsue! Are you alright?" Showtaro asked as the duck immediately rushed to the boy, who luckily untouched, leaving the now unconscious Kabuto on the ground.
"Yeah, I'm fine." The boy replied.
(Interview)
"The silver pill, which I had taken, can boost up your speed a hundred times faster than any living thing and it turned out to be the right decision to attack silver four eyes."
-Showtaro
By the time, the long awaited option had appeared, Kaiga finally went into full action, as he placed his hands on the ground, which was filled with portions of blood. Soon, markings began to appear on the ground to form a giant circular symbol of his clan.
Everyone kept watch at new scene unfolding. Mitsue was in awe on what was happening in front of him, while Showtaro was a bit surprised to see that his friend had done the unthinkable, and Yuko being the unnerved girl she was, wasn't intimidated.
The giant circular symbol, grew brightly as it summoned a huge creature. It has a large, egg-shaped head with small spikes protruding from the top alongside a single spike on its chin, as well as a large mouth containing human-like teeth and a single eye with black, white-like markings around it. It also appears to have two small arms as well.
The huge creature then turned towards the Otsutsuki and like any other pet, it expressed its loyalty.
"It's been a long time, Aki" A smile went across his lips.
Mitsue was raised both eyebrows in awe." What the heck is that thing?" He asked, observing the somehow cute giant.
Showtaro then gave a chuckle." That's Aki, Kaiga's pet." He explained. Simply meaning that the huge monster in front of them was in fact a tailed beast. A minature beta version.
"You mean, that's his pet for a long time?" Mitsue asked.
Showtaro nodded." Yes, Every Otsutsuki owns a tailed beast as a pet, maybe just miniature versions of them." He explained further. He recalled the first time he saw "Aki" and it was a cute yet terrifying experience since it tried lick him with its huge tongue.
(Interview)
"By the time, he summoned Aki, I was already terrified for the enemy, especially that bitch, who was giving us a hard time."
-Showtaro
(MEANWHILE)
The atmosphere had change as the tides have drastically turned. With the appearance of the mini tailed beast, it just encouraged Yuko, to go to a more bloody direction.
"Awww, I've could have that as a pet." She cheerfully commented, before turning into a full-blown sarcastic psycho." I want one!" She added as she finally gave the signal for her own army to attack them in full force.
"Kill em!"
In a simultenous manner, the army of controlled experiments charged towards them in full speed. Contributing to the rising panic of Mitsue and Showtaro.
"There so many of them!" The boy commented, as he turned to the duck." We need to get Kaiga-san and hurry to the exit!" He said.
Showtaro kept calm and called out the boy." That might be already too late, Mitsue." He said, beckoning the boy to look at the direction where the exit was located.
Apparently, the enemy had gotten ahead of them. The exit would be eventually blocked by Yuko herself, who ordered for the exit's destruction and blockage by commanding the bigger experiments.
It seemed that the mini tailed beast wasn't enough to take on the large army that the silver haired lady assembled. Not all that, the rest of experiments, from the mazes, had caught up and were in the area as well.
However, there was still hope for the good side as "Aki" wasn't only the ones that was summoned, there were also groups of white humanoids, which were also summoned and came out from the symbol to support the lone tailed beast.
This white humanoids, slightly resembled a familiar character.
It didn't took long enough, as both forces clashed, and began a bloody battle. Chaos would quickly spread across the whole chamber and moments later, they found themselves in the midst of a full blown conflict.
"Man, we're in a freaking war!" Mitsue commented. This was the first time he had been into this kind for years.
"You bet!" Showtaro commented. His eyes were focused on his Otsutsuki friend. He was just standing there in a calm manner, and he can't even sense any worry from him.
The duck narrowed his eyes in skepticism." What are you trying to do, Kaiga?" He asked himself.
(Interview)
"There was really something going on with him. I really can't tell how or what was on his mind at that time. He seemed to be in peace with something."
-Showtaro
(LATER ON)
The battle between forces continued on.
Bodies were falling and flying around. Even Aki, the mini tailed beast, was fond of facing against the larger experiments, who held weapons larger than a normal giant axe. It saw itself grabbing and smashing them like toys. it also even took a bite when he grabbed one of them.
As for the medium division, the white humanoids also had tricks up their sleeves as there weapons were their own bare hands, shape shifting into their desired types of arsenals. They clashed against the controlled experiments, which were on par with their power.
In the midst of all that, Yuko found herself inside a scene considered to be one of her dream come trues. It felt as if she was back in the old days, where "War" was the famous word in every place. This only fueled her excitement as she decided to participate.
"Lightning Release."
This time upgrading her arsenal, her once normal blades began to change as huge powerful sparks of lightning were channeled through both blades and both transformed into larger versions.
A single white humanoid then found itself approaching the silver haired lady. As it was about to strike her, it found itself getting sliced in half in a matter of seconds along with lightning sparkling as an after effect.
Yuko, didn't even flinched when she met her first victim. She simply sliced the white humanoid in half as if it was just a piece of soft bread.
Another one came rushing from behind, and the young lady simply raised up her blade above. The blade, which was already covered with lightning suddenly expanded and stretched directly towards the head of the humanoid, instantly impaling it in the head, killing it.
A third one came, and this time she threw the lightning blade towards the next humanoid, instantly blowing it up in half, after that, the blade came back to her like a boomerang and she caught with ease.
There were countless more that came to fight her and all of them met the same fate as the last three. If anyone were there to witness that specific scene, they might as well run for their lives already.
Unfortunately, for Mitsue and Showtaro, they were there to witness all of it. In fact, they found themselves trying hard on evading the fight as possible, yet the fight was chasing them. There was one time that they had to stay down or else they may get caught by the crossfires. They also have to avoid several bodies flying everywhere.
"We need to find a safe zone!" Showtaro exclaimed amidst the loud explosions and crashes.
As for Mitsue, he wasted no time as he moved his eyes around in an attempt to locate any safe spots away from the main battle. It didn't took long enough for him to be able to find one." Over there!" He yelled, beckoning the duck to follow him as they crawl their way towards the safe zone.
(Interview)
"It was something scary yet thrilling at the same time. We were all on alert mode since we might get turned into pancakes by those huge bodies."(Chuckles)
-Mitsue
"When we got to the safe zone, our minds shifted back on finding Kaiga, In the midst of that chaos and all, it really gave us the hard time and Aki was the only link at that time since he's connected to his owner."
-Showtaro
(MEANWHILE)
As the fight continued to rage on, Yuko found herself still wandering and moving her eyes around the chaotic area. Her target was the Otsutsuki himself, who had somehow hid himself away from her sight.
This is only made the young lady show her arrogant sadistic smile once more as she loved being the hunter. She was on a little Otsutsuki hunt, and she also gripped her two blades on her hands, in readiness to strike anyone who dared to attack her.
"Where is that good for nothing celestial idiot?"
A comment slip up from the young lady's mouth. She seemed to be wondering the guy's whereabouts already. She narrowed her eyes on every spot she came into and she still can't even locate the Otsutsuki yet.
She continued to search for him once more and she eventually found herself on a certain spot, where the lifeless bodies of the humanoids and experiments where scattered all over.
She slowly walked throughout as she attempted to sense his presence, to which she did eventually from behind.
There was something heading towards her direction from behind. Yuko gave the smirk as she turned to quickly face another white humanoid, who had charged towards her. The young lady made a quick set as she destroyed the humanoid with ease." Heh!
I thought He was-" She was about to finish her sentence when something unexpected happen.
*BAM*
Kaiga quickly appeared from her other side and gave a strong punch which sent her from a distance, letting her other weapon, which dropped on the ground. The Otsutsuki then grabbed one of the blades as he hurried his way towards the lady to incapacitate her.
By the time, he had reached the spot, the silver haired lady suddenly recovered in a matter of seconds and was able to attack the man once more.
Kaiga dodge the first strike and countered it his own and this time, he gave all his might just to strike her down. He did managed to get an opening and without wasting anytime, he immediately stabbed the young lady on the chest.
Yuko widened her eyes in suprised, as she really felt the sharp blade pieced through her chest. For the first time, She felt pain in many years. She took a few steps back as she held her chest in pain, there a portion of blood coming out from her. She slowly put her head and seemed to lose consciousness.
Right from other side, reactions from Showtaro and Mitsue varied from joy as they could finally see a victory being gained. The only thing that they could do right now, is to leave this place. Even though the only exit is blocked, their going to make a way out of here.
The tension suddenly died down, Kaiga felt a relief that rose up from inside of him. It seemed that all was finally over as the main commander of the enemy army has been defeated. The only objective that he could do now is leave with the rest.
He moved his eyes around and upwards and saw the big opening above. He finally had an idea on how to escape this place. He turned his attention towards Showtaro from a distance gave him an eye contact.
"It's time to go guys." Kaiga muttered aloud as he proceeded to head towards the two.
However, as he was about to take the first step, he suddenly felt a sharp object, which pierced through him from behind. He widened his eyes in shocked thereafter.
"Awww, I guess you fell for it." A female voice then cooed.
Right from behind, was Yuko, sadistically grinning in victory. Apparently, the damage that she received had no effect on her. She even removed her white cloak to reveal an black battle outfit, which seemed to belong to an old era, and the massive wound, which she had sustained had been healed by a certain green essence.
The lightning blade, which pierced him had also expanded towards the giant tailed beast which also pierced it. There was a loud roar that came from the giant and as soon as the blade went through it, it started to use an unknown power which began to drain Aki's power.
(Interview)
"I was really happy that I managed to showcase my acting skills! No one can really get away from me that easily. (Giggles)
-Yuko
"You think, no one can kill a tailed beast?" She commented." You Otsutsukis are total idiots!" She added, grinning from ear to ear.
Mitsue and Showtaro, who were heading towards the same direction suddenly stopped their tracks in shock. They both gave horrified expressions. Showtaro, who was the most affected, tried to yell out but there was nothing coming out from his voice.
Yet, his mind began to recall the memories of a distant past.
"N-No way!" Kaiga muttered as he could feel his body going all numb. Although, in a nick of time, he was able to perform one final move.
"A-Aki." He called out to the loyal tailed beast as it immediately grabbed the silver haired lady as if she was soft ball.
"What the...!?"
Yuko was caught up by surprised as she suddenly found herself being grabbed by a huge hand, as well as getting repeatedly smashed on the ground, and in a matter of seconds, the tailed beast threw her upwards, destroying a small area on the chamber's large ceiling, sending her flying away towards the sky.
Finally defeating her in the most unexpected and brief way.
It also resulted, the course of the battle changing, with the army of experiments without a leader, they were freed from control but still they were their own mindless and murderous selves and with Aki, severely wounded and weakened, he can't be able to handle the endless attacks of the enemy.
(Interview)
"It was a big win and relief when the psycho girl was finally gone, Although, it made situation more worst since, the experiments, without any guide, had gone out of control and became even more murderous."
-Showtaro
(LATER ON)
"Kaiga-san!"
With the majority of the battle finally over, the two quickly rushed towards the wounded Otsutsuki, who had managed to slowly recover from the ground.
"Kaiga!" Showtaro exclaimed, by the time he and the boy arrived at the spot." Stay with me!" He added.
The two then assisted and brought the wounded Otsutsuki towards a safer area near the huge tailed beast, which was still contuining to defend them from attacking enemies.
From there, they planned out on what will be the next step.
"Let me see, your wound." Showtaro asked, as he immediately checked his Otsutsuki friend, who was still conscious.
The wound that the man sustained was so severe that the latter had to cover it with his own hands, to keep himself from losing so much blood. This wound was done by no ordinary human.
Showtaro's was mind was on overdrive as he attempted his best to fight for his friend's life. A wound like this could be instantly healed by the red pill, a healing item hailing from the Pure Land itself. So the duck began rummaging through his celestial inventory, and due to unfortunate events, he wasn't able to find one.
"Dammit, Dammit!" Showtaro cursed in frustration. He wasn't going to give up nor lose any hope.
Mitsue could only watch helplessly as this was already beyond his power. He too was also saddened and couldn't even stop his tears from flowing.
For Kaiga, the guy seemed to be not worried. He was just giving this assuring smile to the both of them, especially his duck companion." D-Don't worry about me, I'm fine." He said, before continuing." What matter is that you guys should leave this place before it's too late."
"No No! You're coming with us!" Showtaro protested. He kept on believing that there was still hope, He was not going take this burden bull shit. But, As much as he wanted to give all his efforts, the Otsutsuki simply shook his head and declined.
Kaiga kept his smile. He respected his friend's opinion and decision but based on the current situation, everything was already too late. The enemy was already gaining advantage and it's only a matter of time before things could get worst.
The Otsutsuki didn't said any more words but looked straight towards Showtaro's eyes. It mean't to tell him that everything was going to be alright.
Showtaro was in denial but eventually, he would accept it. The fact that he won't be able to save his friend.
(Interview)
"I really didn't know what to do at that point with the exception of hoping that there would be a way out of this. Although, Fate is sometimes crueler than the worst enemies out there."
-Showtaro
(SACRIFICE)
Time was officially running out for them. Most of the white humanoids were being outnumbered by the countless large groups of enemies, who were already fast approaching them.
As much as Showtaro thought of any ideas and ways as a means to a possible escape, he was already too late.
However, for his Otsutsuki friend, He had something different in mind. Kaiga drew out a small pouch from his pocket, he took out a a piece of seed and observed it. He took a deep breath as he knew if he swallowed this, there was no going back. For the meantime, he placed the seed back into his pouch.
He either die a hero or live long enough to see himself become another victim.
"Aki." He called out the mini tailed beast, who immediately turned to them. Sensing its master's instructions, the beast then placed its massive hand on the ground, giving the two an opportunity to step on it.
Mitsue and Showtaro proceeded on to step and hopped on the giant hand. Both of them were quiet and especially for the duck, who fought to keep his emotions from taking over him.
"Please, don't push it too much." Kaiga, with a smile, instructed the tailed beast to be careful.
It was also at this time, that Showtaro had taken the little time that he had to just bid the Otsutsuki a goodbye by flying towards him, giving him one last hug and a fist bump. At this moment in time, the emotions were already visible from the duck.
Kaiga continued to smile." You didn't fail, remember that." He said, passing the torch to the duck to continue on the fight." I'm sorry for being an idiot sometimes." He said.
"And I'm sorry for being such a jerk all the time." The duck replied, finally apologizing to him.
Showtaro, who was already in tears, nodded and headed back towards the giant hand. He then received a comforting pat from the boy.
"Take care you two!" Kaiga had said his farewell to them as the Otsutsuki gave them a little salute.
By this time, Aki proceeded to make his move as the tailed beast slowly lifted up the hand, that was carrying the two onboard. In a matter of moments, he finally released a little force which sent the two flying towards the open hole from above.
As the world around him slowed down, Kaiga found himself watching the experiments, as they closed up on him. In that moment in time, he drew out a certain seed from his small old pouch. He briefly observed the seed
"No turning back." He commented as he proceeded to swallow it.
He then moved closer towards the mini tailed beast and gave him a pat." Looks like we'll be having a blast." He said as he looked upwards just to see the two for one final time as the countdown finally started.
He gave one last smile, before the seed took effect and the whole place was completely taken over by a suddden powerful explosion.
(MEANWHILE)
The world around them slowed down from their own perspectives, Showtaro and Mitsue, were able to get a good look of what had transpired from below.
From the duck's accounts he saw the last of his Otsutsuki friend, who gave one last smile before being engulfed by a huge bright light, which was revealed to be a part of the explosion that engulfed the entire chamber.
As for Mitsue, the boy had the same account but later switch onto a new scene to which he had noticed.
From a certain corner, was the still unconscious Kabuto Yakushi, facing the ground. There was nothing unusual until moments later when a bright light suddenly appeared in front of the silver haired man and took him away afterwards.
Mitsue widened his surprised, he blinked a couple of times and saw the silver haired man really gone from that spot. This is only gave more confusion to the boy. What was that all about and what was that mysterious bright light?
(Interview)
"I'm not really sure if Showtaro-san had saw that, Although, I think it wasn't too important to bother."
-Mitsue
It didn't took long enough for them to finally reached the top and entered the open hole, which finally gave them the real escape that they were looking for.
They were immediately greeted by the light of the sun and the tense atmosphere. They found themselves in the middle of the air and with the possiblity of falling down.
It was at this time that Showtaro, summoned a chakra pill and immediately swallowed it. Moments later, he felt the energy surging up inside of him and he transformed into a larger version of himself. The one that he previously transformed into.
"Hey Kid!." He then yelled towards the boy, who quickly noticed him, giving a very surprised look.
Despite the many questions going around in his head, Mitsue did as what he was told and grabbed the bow giant duck. Later on, he was finally on the back.
"Hold on tight kid!" Showtaro exclaimed as he then gained control and finally flew towards the safer grounds, specifically the direction where the rest are.
Mitsue simply nodded and gripped his hands on the duck. As they finally head towards the next stage of their journey.
It was official that they had finally found a way out of the hideout after countless hours of searching, fighting, and sacrificing. It was a part of the journey that the two will never forget.
Showtaro was still silent but his mind was active. He was still thinking about his friend's sacrifice and eventual death. He was now furious to the ones responsible for making his friend go through suffering and being imprisoned for a long time.
He closed his eyes as he could only recall the good memories when they were still journalist.
(Interview)
"Well, I just try not to think about it all the time, it's still fresh in my mind, yet I had no choice but to just accept it and continue on. It's matter of survival in this harsh reality.
And I have to focus on my main mission."
-Showtaro
(MEANWHILE)
"Sarada"
By the time, the Uchiha girl heard her name being called again, she didn't react and still kept her guard up. As she can recall, she remembered introducing herself briefly when she first met her teenage Papa. She won't fell for any tricks anymore and not even this. The only thing that surprised her was the way her teenage Papa had said her name.
Boruto, on the other hand, had the same thoughts as his raven haired teammate. He gripped the girl's hands as a message, telling her to never let her guard down yet. He was having the same cautious feeling as anyone else.
Sai, on the other hand, had gotten himself ready once more as prepared to defend the rookies in case if the Uchiha attacks again." What are you trying to do?" Sai muttered to himself, his hands were still shaking.
Back on the main field, silence had entered the scene once more. Sarada gripped her hands into fist as she prepared for another fight. This time, she was going to chidori him if he ever tries to lay hands on her blonde teammate.
As everyone was expecting the same scenario to happen, they got a different outcome instead.
Sasuke stood there ignoring the hostile expressions that he was receiving. He focus his eyes on the raven haired rookie and still kept his smile. There were also small tears forming around his eyes.
"You're still the cute little peanut, I remember."
He spoke once again, which finally shocked the raven haired teen.
Sarada froze as she widened her eyes in shock and disbelief." Little Peanut? How could he...? There's no way!" She was in denial. That certain term to which she heard years back.
"No, this can't be really him!" She thought to herself. Her heart was beating fast right now. She was in between denial and believing as she slowly let her guard down.
Both Boruto and Sai were taken over by confusion. They didn't know what was happening right at the moment.
At the same time, Sasuke took a few steps forward as he raised up his hand to reach for the raven haired girl. He too also felt nervous, he didn't know what to do with the exception of pulling her into a warm embrace to which he did in the end.
Everyone was taken by shocked as Sasuke Uchiha, the former Shinobi turned dangerous rogue, drop his blade and pulled the rookie into a huge embrace."

As for Sasuke, the guy didn't care about anymore reactions or surprises. All He wanted was just to hug the raven haired rookie because of the simple fact that it's been so long and he didn't get the chance to see her again.
His little princess, his daughter.
Sarada raised both her hands in awkwardness and surprise. She didn't know what to do right now, with the exception of letting out another comment.
"Uhmm, this is really weird!"

(Interview)
"It was probably the most weirdest and shocking moment of my life so far. Seeing him act like a brooding person with avenger issues, and then later turning into a whole different person all of a sudden, it just make me wonder if this scene really did happened originally in the past.
It really doesn't make any sense to me."
-Sarada.
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