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Chapter 43 - Samurai forces

Slash

"Huck.."

Slash

Taiju dances around the herd of samurai attacking him. Shifuku felt light in his grasp, he parries the chakra coated weapons with ease.

Woosh

A long sword grazes his lower ribcage, inhaling the frosty cold, he counters with a vertical strike to the enemie's blade, shattering it into pieces and followed up by piercing the Samurai's chest.

Thud

His body crumbles onto the snow, Taiju swung the blood on his blade to blind the two samurai behind him.

"Bastard!" They wipe at the blood on their mask.

Taiju rotates his blade in a full 360° angle, golden arms protruding from his back.

"1000 arms of mercy. " Taiju calls out.

Flashing around the samurai, golden threads begin to coil around their bodies as Taiju reappears in the middle of the army.

As the threads faded, the army stood still as blood sprays onto the snowy ground, painting it in a crimson pool.

Taiju stood there as the shower of blood ruins his yukata.

Shifuku glows faintly, blood dripping down its handle.

Rumble...

The earth trembles under a new weight, a giant samurai comes to view, standing 2 metres tall (6"6), wielding a long blade coated in chakra resembling a morning star.

The massive samurai swings his weapon at Taiju.

The Shinobi counters with Shifuku emitting yellow waves.

BOOM

Golden azure energy travels across the area.

Taiju's legs went sliding back as the force of the morning star presses him ankle deep into snow.

"Sh#t!" Taiju curses, his knees bent at a 90° angle, back straightening to support his blade.

"You killed my brethren!" The colossal samurai barks out, compressing the ninja beneath him.

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Near Ringo's minka, the ladies found themselves facing off against a platoon of samurai lead by Mifune, the general of the nation of Samurai. The veteran warrior wears a grey body suit protected by green armour plates, two at his shoulders, 3 connected at his waist wrapping and his white hair under his head wrapping.

"Ameyuri Ringo, a ghost of the Mist wanders on my land." Mifune unsheathes his blade.

"Kurosawa."

"Kiba."

The two swordsmen call out their blades, Kurosawa cutting the frosty air and Kiba crackling loudly.

Wooosh

Mifune charges at Ameyuri using Laidō, moving at blinding speeds to attack her while Ameyuri flashes at him–lightning bolts scorching the snow under her feet.

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Tayuya-

Tayuya brandishes Momiji to face the platoon of samurai, a crimson glow emitting from her blade as she slashes at samurai in her proximity.

Momiji increases her partner's speed to match the Samurai's usage of Laidō(drawing a blade faster than a ninja doing hand signs)

Tayuya sends a horizontal projectile slash around her, gutting down her enemies.

Woosh

A blur of grey appears on her right side, a samurai with their blade coated in chakra to resemble a bow and arrow. The crescent of her katana resembles the bow with a thin line of chakra from the pommel to the blades point. Chakra arrows generated when the Samurai pulls at the chakra line.

"Very creative. " Tayuya praises.

The female samurai scowls, pulling at the chakra line. "Hachiman's harvest. "

Shooting the arrow at Tayuya, it spilts into a dozen more, moving at high speeds.

Tayuya channels chakra across her cardiovascular system to hone her senses.

Tayuya cuts at the arrows, her vision magnified by red threads forming a pattern for her cut at the chakra flow.

"Tsk." The archer channels another arrow, aiming at Tayuya's neck, she shoots the projectile.

"Red dragon. " Tayuya cuts at the thin air, her slash forming into a red dragon, slithering towards the arrow.

Chomp

The dragon consumes the chakra arrow– still in pursuit of the Archer.

"Heavenly divide." The archer channels more chakra to her new arrow, it's glow darkening to a Lapis blue.

Split

The arrow cuts Tayuya's red dragon in half, bursting the red chakra while it darts towards the Redhead.

Thwack

"Aughh." Tayuya spits out blood.

The lapis blue arrow piercing below her collarbone.

"This is for my brethren. " The archer aims at the nin's head.

"Hehe...hehe." A demon giggle invaded the Samurai's ears.

Crimson chakra emits from Tayuya, a Kijo forming behind her, extending it's ghostly finger to the Archer.

"Momiji." Tayuya calls the name of her blade.

WHOOOSSHH

She flickers towards the archer.

"Heavenly divi–"

Slash

Tayuya cuts off the Archer's hand holding the chakra bow.

"Aaaahhhh!" The archer screeches to the heavens, holding her severed hand as blood squirts out of her wrist.

Tayuya slices at the Archer's neck, a current of blood painting Tayuya's face.

Thud

The Archer presses her neck with her one good hand, a futile attempt to stop the blood spilling out as she chokes on the substance.

Her frantic eyes looking at her enemy, pleading for a quick death.

Stab

Tayuya ended her misery with a precise stab to her head.

"May your souls rest in peace. " Tayuya pays her respect to the fallen samurai, even if they died at her hands, she respected them as practioners of the will of the blade.

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Kin and Yugao-

"Midnights sorrow. " Yugao leaps at the samurai, small projectile slashes phasing through them as she appears behind the army.

Sheath

Sheathing her blade, a chorus of slashes rings out, bodies dropping as blood taints the snow.

"Purple rain." Kin exhales a mist of poison, fogging up the battlefield.

"Our masks are resistant, you dumb b#tch!"

A samurai curses at her, swinging his chakra blade at kin.

Crack

The moment he swung at Kin, parts of his armour cracked open, small holes in areas out of his hands reach.

Kin smirks wickedly, her body coated in her poisonous residue.

"Get ready to dance." She giggles.

"What the?"

"My skin is itchy!"

Kin's intentions was not to suffocate them with poison, No.That is too simple...she prefers a more sadistic method of letting her poison invade their flesh, prickling through all layers of skin, directly infecting tissue and causing an unbearable need to scratch at the area to the point the person will tear through tissue to stop the pain.

The Konoha nin has front row seats to the mosh pit of desperate samurai scratching at their own skin, some ripping off their uniform to get to the itch, exposing themselves to the poisonous mist and blistering cold and those desperate enough are using their swords to stab at the irritation. Truly a sickening sight to behold.

Yugao uses Laidō to cut down samurai, her enhanced speed allows her to move at a millisecond behind the samurais abilities draw their blades. Runa slices through men like pieces of paper, blood slithering down the chrome of her blade, the blade's point emitting light as a parting gift to the lives it took.

"Ameyuri. " The violet-haired shinobi's eyes fix on Ameyuri facing off against Mifune.

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Cling

Cling

Crackle

Mifune and Ameyuri clash blades, lightning bolts pushing against chakra.

"Raijin's wrath." Ameyuri presses her blades points together, generating an immense charge of electricity.

Mifune channels chakra around him, condensing it to act as armour.

"Kurosawa. " Mifune whispers.

Whoosh

Crackle

Ringo slashes the air, a giant sphere of electricity darting towards Mifune.

"Divine Dragon." Mifune thrusts his blade, manifesting a cloudy white dragon colliding with the lightning sphere.

BOOM

The two attacks fused to create a massive sphere of azure/white energy, melting the snow beneath, shattering the hibernating earth. Silence fell over the land of howling wolves, this battle would decide the fate of the Shinobi-Samurai alliances.

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