blueteamnovel 246. Nozomi vs Akatsuki
246. Nozomi vs Akatsuki
246. Nozomi vs Akatsuki
As soon as Nozomi’s eyes landed on the Akatsuki group she felt her mind being pulled elsewhere. A moment later Nozomi found herself tied to a cross by chains, Itachi holding a katana looked at her with his usual expression.
“This is Tsukuyomi, here I can control everything.” As he spoke Itachi moved to stab Nozomi in the gut, however before the katana could touch her it began to disappear.
“That might be true to some extent but the world no matter which one bows to me.” Nozomi answered as the entire realm they found themselves began to waver like a heat mirage. A moment later Nozomi found herself back in reality, staring at Itachi's bleeding eyes.
“Amaterasu!” Nozomi had but a moment to dodge out of the way. Unfortunately, despite her speed her susanoo’s left arm ignited with black flames. Quickly dispelling the chakra construct Nozomi landed with a lazy smile.
“My turn.” An instant later Nozomi disappeared as she engaged her optical camo. Moving quickly while taking advantage of her lynx paws Nozomi closed the distance aiming her scythe towards Deidara’s neck.
A resounding clang rang as Nozomi disengaged her optical camo, having her surprise attack blocked by Kisame’s Samehada. Not only that but she had to quickly make distance as Sasori’s Hiruko puppet attacked her with its poisoned tail.
Not wasting time Nozomi aimed crescent rose towards her foes unleashing a barrage of bullets. Each one of her enemies blocked the bullets their own way, from a wall made of explosive clay to Samehada and the blaided tail of Hiruko.
Even worse she had to quickly dodge out of the way as a massive fireball tried to scorch her courtesy of Itachi. By then Deidara had enough time to mount one of his explosive creations. Soon enough she would need to dodge the bomber’s creations.
“Tch, you all are annoying.” That is all Nozomi managed to get out before Kisame unleashed an unreasonable amount of water effectively turning the crater she had created into a massive lake.
Having been swallowed by the water, Nozomi got to see the other members of akatsuki standing atop the water while looking down at her. In that moment Nozomi used her own mangekyou sharingan to extinguish the black flames Itachi had tried to unleash on her.
That moment of distraction was all it took for a ridiculous number of water sharks to form. To make matters worse, clay figurines in the form of weird aquatic life forms began falling onto the lake. Their plan was obvious, swarm tactics with Itachi’s amaterasu as the winning condition.
Well, it wouldn’t be that easy. In a moment Nozomi concentrated an absurd amount of chakra as she prepared to release her jutsu.
‘Water release: Vengeance of the drowned.’ Instantly her chakra took control of the water around her as vaguely humanoid creatures began to form out of it. From extremely thin with gangly limbs to obscenely bloated like they would explode. These creatures began to grasp the many water sharks and clay constructs as well as rise from the water while trying to grasp Nozomi’s foes to drown them.
All of this as a set up for her next and final jutsu. However, when she was about to release it her mind was taken elsewhere again. This time she found herself inside Tsukuyomi unrestrained. Itachi’s ineffable mask of calm nowhere to be seen. The man looked tired, around one or two steps from death.
“Nozomi Uchiha, before you break out of my tsukuyomi again I wish to talk.” Hearing Itachi Nozomi just raised an eyebrow. From Tomoka’s memories of the show, Nozomi understood that Itachi wasn’t actually a bad guy, just a really dumb one.
“Alright, I am listening.” With a sigh, weather of tiredness or relief, Itachi began speaking.
“I know I won’t survive this fight, even if we somehow take you down, I am almost fully blind, and my disease has progressed even further. No, I don’t even believe we will win. I know I don’t have any right to ask this of you but... once I die, I would like it if you preserved my eyes, give them to my sister.” Nozomi nodded along, she expected this much.
“Give them to her yourself, once I deal with you and your friends I will have you teleported to her or her to you. You killed our clan, and although I understand why you did, I can’t forgive you. In the end, I believe it is Satsuki’s right to be the one to choose your fate.” Having said her piece, Nozomi once again broke out of Tsukuyomi.
Less than a second had gone by since Itachi placed her inside Tsukuyomi. Now it was time to end this. Channeling her chakra, Nozomi focused on the storm she had created. Afterall, no matter how small the projectile, with enough speed, anything could be lethal, even a single raindrop.
‘Water release: Dance of a million water needles.’ Each raindrop gained speed as its shape changed to look like senbons. Not only that but Nozomi once again used her dojutsu, this time to increase the power of the storm.
The Hurricane's winds gained strength as they picked up speed. The many water needles accelerating relentlessly looking for a foe to pierce. More and more speed, more and more power. Nozomi could feel the back of her eyes Itching as she pushed more and more chakra through them.
Soon enough the winds turned sharp, cutting anything in its path, the water droplets like bullets going through their surroundings with impunity. The members of Akatsuki tried their best to defend themselves. Deidara’s clay cocoon looked like a bee hive full of holes. Itachi’s susanoo flickers uncontrollably as it resisted the assault draining its creator more and more. Kisame’s water bubble deformed and splashed as the shark man did his best to survive.
Poor Sasori didn’t stand a chance. His wooden body became splintered as the winds shredded him with impunity. His center, the part that contained him, the part that he couldn’t turn into a puppet became a pincushion of water needles. He died, the art he hoped would be eternal, no more.
The storm raged on, Itachi’s susanoo at the verge of collapse. Then the darkness of the storm was swept away by the brightness of the sun. Deidara’s cocoon had collapsed to show a black sphere cracks covering its surface from which light came out unimpeded.
“Well shit.” That's all Nozomi managed to get out as the sphere broke apart releasing the power within, Deidara’s final art. Nozomi quickly covered herself in her susanoo while using her dojutsu to reduce the power of the explosion as much as she could.
Light, all encompassing blinding light. Pressure, like being in the deepest depths of the ocean. Finally, heat so much heat as if the sun had fallen from the skies above onto the earth. And the battlefield was no more.