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Arc VII Chapter 7
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Danzo charged in his desperation. Armed with his kunai, he closed in. Facing her in melee was a subpar decision, but he had little choice. Taking her blast was equally suicidal. He regretted his decision quickly.
Asami grinned and scored her next hit, demolishing another portion of the village. Danzo was slow, painfully slow. Her current attack relied primarily on brute force, but their effectiveness was undeniable.
Danzo returned once again, and she resorted to her favourite side arm, her sword. His kunai blocked her Susanoo and snapped, which left him vulnerable.
This was her opportunity to counterattack. Her sword pierced his torso with merciless precision. Her gleaming fire sealed his end. Her plasma torched his paralysed body inside out.
Asami leaned closer and whispered, mocking him, “Seven. You died seven times, yet you still fail to comprehend the discrepancy in power. You and I, we are not equals. We never were.”
Her hand extracted her blade and faced him another time with delight. Her sword sensed her euphoria.
“...” Danzo sweated. Wahtever jutsu he was using, it started to take a toll on him, draining his limited chakra reserves.
Asami accelerated and charged, protected by her purple flames. Fire and wind, katon and futon collided. Her steel met his kunai. He parried her strikes.
“...” Danzo gritted his teeth under the weight of her heavy blows. Eventually, his defence failed. His body was erased by a lance of heated plasma. Once again, his body flickered out of existence.
Asami giggled. “Such a pathetic performance. Is this everything you have to offer?”
Danzo didn't hesitate. He repeated his mistake and charged. Close combat was a terrible idea. He couldn't match her speed, her strength, her skill.
Danzo paid the price, punished by a densely concentrated chakra. Her might pulverised his frail body and another portion Konoha's infrastructure.
Asami sensed his presence, readying her blade. His movement grew increasingly sluggish, careless. His resurrections drained him mentally and physically.
Her hunted continued. Her blade pierced his leg and pinned him down. Danzo struggled in vain.
Asami grinned ominously. “Do you know what I don't understand about all this? Why are you doing this? Why are you trying to kill me? What do you gain from this?”
“...” Danzo refused to answer.
“Such a pity. We aren't talkative today.” Asami ignited her fire and incinerated Danzo. Her purple flames devoured her victim in an endless pyre. His cries of agony resounded through the air.
Her innocent smile struck terror into his heart. “Imagine the world that could have been. Imagine the future that could have been. All lost in a single day.” Danzo burned until nothing remained. His skin remembered the blazing heat.
Reality reset. This time, however, Danzo visibly panicked. He had already died ten times. Whatever it was, he was running out of it.
Asami wielded her sword and stepped closer, prepared to reap his life. “Don't worry, we are not finished yet.” Her lips twisted. Darkness clouded her eyes.
Her Susanoo grabbed him and strangled Danzo. Her palm summoned a tiny flame. “This might hurt a tiny bit, but not for long. Promise. Your death will be slow and painful.”
Asami summoned her fire forwards. Her intentions were clear.
“...” Danzo paled. He had used up his sharingan, yet the demon in black still lived. This was his last chance.
Desperate, he played his final card and prayed, Shisui's eye. His last act of defiance. “Die!!!”
Asami froze and halted. Her whole body refused to move, and her burning glare hit Danzo. “What did you do?”
The girl gripped her sword and stabbed her chest. Her beloved blade pierced her heart and blood stained her kimono. Her hands grew cold. In the end, she died.
Asami's weakened body collapsed and her Susanoo released Danzo.
Danzo escaped her grip and couldn't believe his luck. He won. He won. He won ...
“...” Danzo's eyes widened in shock. Her bloodied corpse rose in his moment of triumph. The girl defied death.
Asami removed her blade from her torso and stood with a gaping hole in her chest. The girl lived, and her wounds regenerated under a subdued purple shimmer. “I have beaten death once, and I will beat death again! You need more to kill me! The world needs more to kill me!”
Asami rammed her steel through his right eye. Her last strength guided her hand. Her blade split his skull apart and tasted the sweet nectar of victory. Victory was hers, but fate robbed her of her triumph.
Danzo's corpse vanished. The coward fled the battlefield. He ran with his tail between his legs.
Asami clenched her fists and coughed blood. “This ... bastard ...”
Danzo would pay for this betrayal. The village would pay for this betrayal.
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Danzo limped through Konoha's burning ruins. He carried his old, broken body along and fled the battlefield. He had to escape this hell. He survived the demon in human skin and lived to tell the tale, but the once proud village was reduced to rubble. Her attacks wrecked havoc.
Butchered, eviscerated, bisected, burnt, he lost all of his Sharingan. A single fight cost him his hard-earned spoils. He even sacrificed Shisui's eye.
“...” His eyes spotted Fu and Torune at the horizon. They brought reinforcements. He was saved.
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Ah yes lads it went where I thought it would go. For Naruto to have any effect against Asami his talk no jutsu is gonna need more than 2 years of practice xD
Trying to imagine Asami in a Kimono Akatsuki cloak with that hat and the jinglin' sound in the background.. gives me chills homie.
Wonder who her partner is going to be though.
Great chapter loved reading it looking forward to more.
no canon shall be spared..
For being right all along. From Asami with love.
LOVING THIS!!!
Just wondering are some things still canon like Orochimaru killing The 3rd, Danzo dying from Obito's hand, Sasuke following Orochimaru and learning what truly happened.
Also is Asami going to learn the truth from Itachi lol
Hopefully he keeps writing it long enough for us to find the answers to those questions ourselves
"Orochimaru killing The 3rd"
I am generally not writing about every little detail. So, you can assume if I didn't say anything or anything occurred that contradicts an event logically that the time line was perserved.
cool
Danzo will certainly die someday. Asami cost him everything in his arsenal. Unless he gets creative until Sasuke comes after his blood or Asami doesn't come to finish the job, he'll be helpless.
Very true.
@Assurbanipal_II
Sasuke vs Danzo
Danzo: I can still do this
Asami vs Danzo
Danzo: f*ckIN RUNNN
Well, something like the Danzo destruction badge 1st class gold.
I present to you the Platinum Danzo Destructuon Badge. Now Sasuke only has to kill him once UwU
So true.
Interesting... didn't she hate Itachi, though, form that meeting they've had? I wonder how she would meet him now...
And I enjoy Pain so much already ^^. Your characterization is, as always, wonderful.
Though that wine... >_<
She is a little girl! No wine! No wine -- she drinks black cherry juice in my headcanon!!! It's tastier and even redder in color than *ugh* wine
Cute drunken loli. Imagine her being slightly red in the face and all giggly.
Of course, with black cherry juice in her hands.
@Assurbanipal_II headcanons rule . And I bet she can get red in the face and giggly from a good cup of hot chocolate as well!
@Queenfisher Awwwww, a hot chocolate! *sipping on her chocolate*