The 6th Great Ninja War XXVI

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The 6th Great Ninja War

Chapter XXVI: Interlude

(This Week's Themes: and )



Nexus: Yo…exactly what are you two up to?

Liliana: o_o

Kento: ._.

Nexus: What…nothing to say? What’s the matter?

Nexus appeared instantly, in a gust of very thin black smoke, next to Liliana and used his index and middle finger to slide her hair out of the way of her ear. Nexus spoke softly into Liliana’s ear…

Nexus: Mind telling me where Izuna is?

Liliana screamed and jolted away from Nexus, who turned his head in feigned confusion. She was stricken with so much fear that her eyes became dilated. Nexus held his hand out and, using some invisible force, pulled Liliana into his grasp and grabbed her by the neck. Liliana struggled to escape but could not, for Nexus’ grip was too powerful and seemed to be draining the life out of her. Nexus took a deep breath and closed his eyes. After a few seconds, he reopened them and dropped her to the ground.

Nexus: So, that’s where he is…he seems to have his hands full. *looks at Liliana* Relax…I have no intention of killing either of you. I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll tell you what…

Nexus took out a piece of paper from his pocket and wrote out something before folding the piece of paper several times into a paper airplane. He then placed a seal on it with the touch of his right index finger and handed it to Liliana.

Nexus: Make sure you give this to Izuna when he’s finished…you’re a sensor shinobi, so you’ll know when the fight’s over. When it is, just throw the airplane. *smirks*

Nexus started to walk away calmly. Liliana looked back at him before looking at the paper airplane. Curiously, she proceeded to unfold it but was halted by Nexus, who did not bother turning around to address her.

Nexus: I would advise you not to open that. When it’s opened, I’ll know who opened it…and if it’s not Izuna…well, let’s just hope it is. *chuckles*

Kento: o_o

Liliana: o_o'

AT THE MARKET TOWN BATTLE

Izuna rushed at Roku quickly, dodging each of Roku’s shuriken throws with ease. As he moved into close range, Roku smirked and held his right hand out, palm facing up with his index and middle fingers extended. A surge of energy sparked on Roku’s fingers for a second, and Izuna became uneasy, causing him to draw back just as Roku began to speak.

Roku: Sun Fire Release: Clean Sweep

A small spark flared on Roku’s palm and rapidly expanded, surrounding his entire body in golden yellow and orange flames that spread outward with incredible intensity. The flames flared around, capturing Izuna before he could escape and advanced throughout the area, evaporating much of the water on the battlefield in a mere instant. The flames became incredibly intense, lashing out and completely incinerating the remaining buildings in the area and decimating the nearby cliff sides. However, around Roku, just below his waist, was a small area that the fire seemed to repel from, arching over his head and back down to the place right below his waist like a bodily halo. Izuna was actively producing a barrier of pure water around him, but each moment the water materialized, it was incinerated. The turmoiling flame was incredibly huge and densely powerful, but Roku somehow remained in the center of it unharmed. Everything in the area was being incinerated. Even the trees a significant distance away from the town began to dry out and catch fire. The blaze was unbearable. Izuna knew that if he let down his defense for a moment, he would be easily incinerated. The clouds in the sky wilted away as the flames reach up to the sky, revealing parts of the sun-less sky, as day had yet to break in this early morning. Izuna clapped his hands together just as his arm started to catch fire and turn to ash.

Izuna: Shin'en Faita-kaji (Liquid Hydrogen Release: Abysmal Firefighter)

Suddenly, in the midst of the explosive blaze, the clouds in the sky immediately cleared for a moment. The air cooled around Izuna and droplets of abysmal water—small, navy-blue droplets of extremely dense, water-like molecules—formed around him. Then, almost instantaneously, the entire blaze was put out and replaced by a massive amount of abysmal water that materialized out of nowhere, resulting an turbulent downpour of abysmal water that rained down on the battlefield and refilled it with water of that type. Roku was in utter shock and awe. Izuna panted and smirked.

Izuna: Whew…that was a close one, eh, Roku? I’m really glad Liliana and Kento weren’t here for that.

Roku: O_O You…how did you…

Izuna: It’s cool, isn’t it? I can materialize Liquid Hydrogen from thin air with that technique. I’d say…it’s the perfect counter to your Clean Sweep attack.

Roku: You bastard…you’ve been snooping around in my techniques. That’s dirty…

Izuna: Hmph…*forms two handseals* Liquid Hydrogen Release: Swarming Abysmal Piranha!

The water which Roku and Izuna stood on shifted slightly and from it burst out multiple piranha made entirely of the dark abysmal water, headed toward Roku. Roku formed a tiger seal followed by the serpent hand seal, causing a wall of sun fire to rise up around him and surround him 360 degrees around. When each piranha collided with the wall, they evaporated after being disassembled into small splashes of water by the fire. Roku kept the wall up until he was certain each of the piranhas were gone, but when he let down the barrier of sun fire, Izuna was nowhere in sight. Roku looked around suspiciously, unable to find Izuna. He then looked up and at the edge of a very high, ravaged cliff, Izuna stood, holding a scroll in his hand. Izuna unrolled the scroll on the ground and formed a single hand seal. Then, water suddenly began to pour out of the scroll and into the battlefield, and as this occurred, the battlefield rose due to the massive amount of water being released by the ground under the flooded area. Roku stumbled as the ground shook and water splashed violently around the large area, but the worst had yet to come. Before his very eyes, a tower of water rose out of the intensely flooded field. It was intricately designed, with textures along its surface despite the fact that it was made entirely of water. Then, several other towers of water rose followed by a gargantuan centerpiece that acted as a point of origin from which each of the towers came. As the entity continued to rise, Roku began to realize exactly what was happening. Buildings and castles, all connected together by long stretches and roadways, made entirely of water rose out of the battlefield. Roku was astonished. An entire city had risen from the deep abyss out of nothingness. Looking down, Roku realized just how deep the flooded terrain was, as he could no longer even fathom the bottom. The water had filled up the area so much so that several villages, miles away, had been submerged. Looking around from a standing position, Roku and Izuna were level with the various mountains that resided in the Land of Lightning. Roku saw Kento and Liliana several miles away atop a very high cliff, but he made no gesture toward them in their shock.

Izuna: Welcome to my world, Roku. This is my city; Atlantis. *chuckles* Water Style: Lost Empire of Atlantis.

Roku: O_O Pretty flashy technique. I think you kind of overdid it. I mean, really, do you need a source this big?

Izuna: My dear friend, who said anything about this being my source?

Roku: o_O

Izuna flicked his hand toward Roku and the water underneath the latter exploded in a small blast. Roku leaped out from the large splash and landed near one of the water towers, panting. Izuna leaped onto the water and kicked Roku deep into the abyss. Roku held his breath and attempted to swim upward, but Izuna swam down after him and the two engaged in underwater combat. Roku managed to deliver to punch to Izuna, knocking him a good distance away, but Izuna, upon being hit, turned and swam to the surface. Roku remained in place, not knowing what Izuna was planning. Izuna resurfaced and then returned to the high cliff side, away from the water. Roku looked closely toward the surface, and upon realization of Izuna’s plan, he shrieked and began to swim upward frantically. Roku kicked as fast as he could to get through the water, but before he could get near the surface, Izuna made yet another single hand seal. Roku’s eyes widened with utter terror.

Izuna: Water Implosion

In an instant, Roku felt all of the water converging on one point. The city of Atlantis sunk instantly and the great abyss rumbled violently. Roku clapped his hands together just before the entire mass of water collapsed on him brutally, causing Roku to suffer incredible amounts of pain, having the force of the ocean upon him. Roku’s eyes shut from his exhaustion less than a second into the implosion, and around him, an enormous amount of air multiplied the pressure throughout the water as the mass imploded. At that moment, all of the water that had flooded the town and miles onward had shrunk down to the size of a tiny sphere of water, leaving a colossal crater in its wake that was at least two hundred meters wide and one hundred meters deep. Izuna smiled deviously and flung his hands up, holding them in position as all of the water and pressure that had built up within the tiny compact sphere was suddenly released turbulently into the surrounding, violently eroding the surrounding rock as it splashed around. The pressure was so great, in fact, that the exploding water quickly evaporated upon being released, causing a heavy, steamy mist to cover the area once again. Izuna observed carefully as Roku fell into the center of the crater and landed harshly on the barren rock and rubble. The town had been completely decimated. Roku lay on the ground, lifeless. Izuna smiled and unsheathed his katana. He took several steps into the crater, confidently approaching the presumably dead Roku. Much to his surprise, however, upon stumbling within a few meters to Roku, Izuna noticed Roku beginning to move slightly. Then, Roku coughed up a bit of water and nearly passed out again. Roku’s kunai, shuriken, ocarina, and lyre had washed out next to him, and he reached for the lyre very slowly, exhibiting his completely weakened state. Izuna laughed at his trivial attempt to retaliate. Roku managed to reach the lyre with his index and middle fingers, but he struggled to shift it towards him, too weak to exert any energy into his hand. Then, some of the mist that was floating in the air flowed into Roku’s body, strangely enough, and seemed to give the music sage energy. He reached again for the lyre and managed to pluck several strings before having his arm trampled upon by Izuna. Roku did not scream, as he was too disoriented to focus on the pain. Instead, he used what little energy he had left to move his other hand a bit. Izuna held his katana over Roku’s head.

Izuna: Music Arts won’t work against me this time. I can just use my Divine Senses again, and thanks to my sharingan, I’ll be able to time when to use it…it’s interesting. You created an air bubble around yourself right before the implosion and then converted your body mass into water so that the bubble would keep the water from affecting you too much when it exploded. Not bad. I’m quite impressed with you dexterity and skill, Roku…but it all ends here. Looks like I win this ti…

Roku suddenly grabbed Izuna’s leg with his free hand and gripped it tightly. Izuna could feel the pressure and intensity building up in Roku’s limbs. Roku looked up at Izuna with anger-filled eyes that blazed brightly.

Roku: Don’t underestimate me, Izuna. It seems even with your sharingan eye, you haven’t noticed yet. *pant*

Izuna: What? o_O

Roku: *pant* You haven’t seen the surroundings change yet, have you?

Izuna did not waste any time listening to Roku’s words. He thrust his sword down into the Music Sage’s head, but when he did, in a stunning instant, Roku was gone and the surroundings had instantly changed. Izuna’s katana was stuck in the grassy ground, clean and yet to pierce human flesh. Izuna, shocked, looked around. He was in a massive, open world covered by a huge flowery landscape that contained roses, thorns, daisies, hyacinths, and every other flower known to man. It was the perfect meadow, and it seemed to know no bounds, as it continued onward forever. The sky, however, was a whirling torrent of dusty brown clouds through which light penetrated and clearly gave the scene a semi-apocalyptic feel and look. Izuna was then beckoned by a voice from behind, and when he turned, a cliff from nowhere stood in place not too far from him. On top of the cliff was Roku, dressed in his robes, now fixed and clean with a new flowery pattern on them. Roku had an aura that glowed around him like a golden silhouette, giving him a deity-like appearance. His wounds were, for the most part, healed, and he wore a laurel crown atop his head, giving him a most elegant appearance. His golden eyes shined like the sun, flaring with intense desire to battle and exploit the secrets this mysterious place. Finally, Roku smiled and greeted Izuna, a feeling of deep aesthetic beauty in the coming danger resonating through his voice.

Roku: I had hoped to end this with another jutsu, but it turned out that this was the best way to go about things. That Water Implosion really did a number on me, but…

Izuna: What did you do? How did you…

Roku: That…

Roku pointed behind Izuna, only to reveal a large, 7 foot-tall floating, ethereal entity that held a lyre made solely from cumulus cloud. The entity took the shape and form of a deity-like being with a laurel crown identical to the one Roku wore now, only in ethereal form. The entity had a holy aura about it and it stared blankly into Izuna’s eyes without any emotion behind its look. Though Izuna could hardly feel the contact, he noticed that the figure was touching him on the shoulder, with a great amount of power flowing through its hand. At that moment, he was instilled with fear that he had yet to know in this life.

Izuna: Wha…what the hell is this?

Roku: Welcome…to the World of Grief

END OF CHAPTER
 
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Atlantis and Apollo together! *head explodes from the epicness of it all*
I can't tell you how many times I died trying to write this ~_~
Surprisingly :)rolleyes:), next chapter will be even more epic than this one was O_O

Describing Apollo and the introduction to the world of grief was my favorite part ^_^
 

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I can't tell you how many times I died trying to write this ~_~
Surprisingly :)rolleyes:), next chapter will be even more epic than this one was O_O

Describing Apollo and the introduction to the world of grief was my favorite part ^_^
Soo good :T_T:

Loved Nexus, Loved Fire Fighter vs Clean Sweap. Loved Atlantis. Loved World of Grief, which, btw, it was my favourite part too.

After seeing all those Abysmal Jutsu, Atlantis and water Implosion, I have to ask: They're all real customs Izuna created, right? Are all the jutsus your characters used throughout the series real?
 

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Soo good :T_T:

Loved Nexus, Loved Fire Fighter vs Clean Sweap. Loved Atlantis. Loved World of Grief, which, btw, it was my favourite part too.

After seeing all those Abysmal Jutsu, Atlantis and water Implosion, I have to ask: They're all real customs Izuna created, right? Are all the jutsus your characters used throughout the series real?
Actually, a lot of the jutsus used by the characters in the series are real customs created by said users of NB. There are, however, a good bit of original jutsu that I created by myself. So, you could say techniques are mostly inspired by the real techniques. I usually go to the descriptions for a way to fully capture an image of the jutsu playing out while I'm writing it in action. :p

XD awesome as always.
Tooo Epic ~_~
nice one..^_^ can't wait to read the next chapter..
Great Chapter indeeeed, thanks XD.
Epicness all the way Roku. Awesome
Thank you all ^_^

WORLD OF GRIEF !!

Woot. ^_^
Isn't it just the best? xd

Epic O_O I'd be surprised if you lose in the FF contest xd
Lol. I don't really win 1st place often, which kind of saddens me when its something I feel could have won (ex. I only got 3rd place for my Bleach Movie...that was my biggest disappointment T_T)
xd
 

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It seriously bothers me that you dont win first place more often, especially with writing like this. Awesome chapter. Seeing the Abysmal water and world of grief takes me back.
 
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