Chapter 200: The Sannin Skirmish (14/14)

Chapter 200: The Sannin Skirmish (14/14)

In less than a minute, Orochimaru led Su through several elements.

No. That will be an understatement.

The Dragon Admirer of a Serpent who also wants horns jutting out of her forehead railed an orphan weaver through the most extreme tests of elements as if his fatherless existence presented the highest height of distaste.

Yes, that is how it would look to the viewer and that is how Jiraiya is going to re-tale this battle and flourish his pen upon his reports period. Let no man or shinobi ever doubt the creative limits of his vocabulary. Not only will he use terms like 'Fatherless', but he shall also find glory and seek literary honor by writing phrases like Orochimaru, in HIS excitement let loose a torrent of blows that a whore in Ame would take in with great strides.

Su...

Su, on the other hand, takes the trophy for endurance. Or rather, the ability to survive.

Yes, Jiraiya is impressed by Orochimaru's use of manipulating nature itself using Senjutsu which allows her to perform feats like 'walking' on air and 'mimicking' Jutsus without any hand signs, meaning, without any specific mold of chakra nature.

But when it comes to leaving an expression, Su takes the cake. Ironic when Orochimaru's ACTUAL fatherless and straight-less existence has the larger one.

Not that Jiraiya minds it. But he would rather admire Tsunade's back despite the Snake admitting that her three figures are slightly more pronounced than Tsunade. There is a reason for that, of course.

He believes Tsunade tolerates him a lot more and when she does break him apart, bone-by-bone, she also does him the courtesy of putting him back together just barely... like that one time.

Orochimaru, on the other hand, will afford no such courtesies. Jiraiya holds no illusion for that.

And speaking of illusions...

After the harsh grilling from elemental 'Jutsu' including a rather deadly increase in atmospheric pressure or removal of atmospheric pressure entirely in a set space and locking Su down in a 'void'-like chamber, and after noting that nothing does work on him...

Orochimaru decided to step onto the next aspect of Shinobi Genjutsu.

And...

"Did that work?" He questions.

He admits that his Genjutsu game is a bit weak but that is true only in the aspect of casting Genjutsu. When it comes to discovering the existence of Genjutsu or breaking them, Jiraiya is as much of an elite as his teammates.

"His body is fundamentally different but my research suggests that things like chakra coils and the eight gates are not prone to changes. Getting a flow of his chakra, too, is easy in the state I am in," Orochimaru narrows her eyes.

Craters fill the area not as large as the one Jiraiya created but this time the craters are greater in number. A tree or two around them is still licked with flames. Large puddles of water can be used for water-release ninjutsu. And the rubble may as well be used for physical training or an obstacle course for the young.

"But that's temporary," Jiraiya is still on the sidelines, unwilling to put himself or the mission at risk by dilly-dallying near a Jinchuriki with a vile Kinjutsu.

This Jutsu is the true expression of Kinjutsu that emerged in the wake of Second Hokage's and Second Tsuchikage's life... the two Shinobi pioneered... well, creative thinking and independence. Being at the top of their profession and during the peak of their strength, others could hardly find faults with the two Kages. So... they basically did what they liked breaking the current era's truces and unspoken rules by researching methods that sometimes defy death.

Defiance of death The First and Major category under the umbrella of Kinjutsu.

"Indeed it is temporary. Even with my Genjutsu strengthened by Senjutsu, I am not inclined to believe that the Tailed-Beasts will be equally restrained. But..." Narrowing her eyes suspiciously and glancing at the crude seal on Su's chest, Orochimaru questions, "Why hasn't he resorted to that power until now? All he is managing to do is receive a beating."

"Successfully at that," Jiraiya points out and looks at Su who is in a daze, "Try wounding him now. Maybe his Kinjutsu needs to be 'activated' like our personal Body altering jutsu"

Su's arm was already flying away before Jiraiya could finish but seeing the man just continue to bleed out, Orochimaru sighs, "No, he spoke the truth. His body is permanently altered. I think he needs to focus to 'become' strings but physical wounds won't kill him."

After all, even stabs through his brain did not make the Jinchuriki flinch.

"We might have to kill him..." Jiraiya sighs.

"Or just let him go," Orochimaru adds controversially, "But... it is Su who knows this Kinjutsu... and for some reason, he is holding back the beast inside."

"Hey..." Jiraiya's eyes tighten and he cautions sternly but the 'Lass' smirks in reply. The tips of her fingers... claws brun in a purplish glow of chakra mimicking shapes of a lick of flame.

Before Jiraiya could speak otherwise, Orochimaru's hand extends to cover three meters of distance and her claws stab into Su's left chest!

"Five elemental seals," Orochimaru punctuates each word with a cold and dark sense of glee.

She's... excited at this moment. A greedier part of her is no longer satisfied with just having Fukushu as a lab rat. The undying Jashinist is fascinating but so is Su!

But... she must contain her avarice. Nothing good will come if she lets herself go and all that she has built... her new life, relationships, and her character itself... all of it shall go to waste.

To injure Su, however, Orochimaru realizes that she needs to pull him out of his thread-laced comfort of invincibility.

"She... really did it..." Jiraiya is well aware of Orochimaru's Five Elemental Seals that she drew in hopes to reach Uzumaki's level of fuin one day. That day is still far, but her drive in her early years led her to create a fuinjutsu that perverse most other seals crudely and corrupts them to malfunction.

That's all she could do, really, and Jiraiya is, again, well aware of things going on in her mind. Or, at least, he hopes so.

'When Jinchuriki goes out of control, so does their chakra. Their disastrous chakra form would act like a coat over the Jinchuriki but this moment of madness should provide opportunity.'

So, after screwing with Su's seal, Orochimaru pulls her hand back and waits with an eager smirk. Waiting for the beast within to undo her Genjutsu with a swift burst of chakra and attack her in incomparable rage, hatred, and violence.

Chakra Exhaustion.

'Or... by some miracle, having my entire chakra sucked and my chakra coils destroyed. That ought to kill me, too...' He smirks.

"You saved me again..." He calls out to no one in particular, "Like the mission in Kiri. Granted I hadn't perfected Heaven Liberating Fashion but you still helped... like now."

A scoff echoes in the depths of his mind.

"Not by choice"

"Don't lie, that's not cute at all," Su chuckles and the voice grows silent.

After a small duration of silence, Su whispers, "I never wanted your strength... I just wanted a friend."

"We'll see," the voice replies, "Tomorrow."

Su laughs at that, "Of course. Oh, I even chose the name of my son or daughter! I'll call them Fu!"

"You cannot have kids, remember? You shoot blank threads."

"Remember?" Su scoffs, "I stored a few flasks away. I want a kid soon enough... And remember your promise! Be kind to them. Be their friend that very day... meanwhile, the two of us can be friends tomorrow."

Su did not receive a reply for a long while, prompting him to return to the village to see who survived. As they reached the outskirts of the village, the familiar voice sniffs haughtily, "Why even think of death? Would you not stay for your child?"

"And fill their head with my nonsense?" Su smirks, "No... the truth is, there is never going to be tomorrow for me. But you're different. You're resilient... Why do you think I threw myself to perfecting Earth Grudge Fear using the strings you created? It's to leave everything to Fu to be your best companion."

For the first time, Su felt more than words within him. A distinct sense of loneliness.

'How?' Although his brows quirk up in surprise, he smiles brightly, "Don't be so glum, buddy. You're far too kind for a chucklefuck killer like me. Just... make sure Fu is loved."

"I will honor my word... and your intentions. Friend."

Su smiles in contentment.

The village may be fucked in every right but damn it, he feels happy!

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"Pfft! Losers! I not only got Utsu, A's son, Tsuchikage's kid, and even Kakuzu!"

One smug Senju lords her accomplishment over the two other failures.

"Well... my greatest find was that Orochimaru is a chick..." Jiraiya grumbles.

Tsunade glances at Jiraiya for a moment before shrugging, "Losers, the lot of you."

"So... you said Kakuzu has that Earth Grudge Fear..." Orochimaru looks at Tsunade with her gimlet eyes.

"And you don't get to poke around him until I say so," Tsunade smirks and responds with just the right amount of smugness.

What is the right amount, you ask?

As Overwhelming smugness as possible!

Orochimaru and Jiraiya groan in frustration as Tsunade adds heatedly, "I also need to stop at a Bingo Spot and collect the bounty on Onoki's son!"

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Title: The Senju Supremacy!; Three Sannins... Select the Odd, Successful One Out!; Verbal T-Bagging on Teammates; The Hidden Tailed-Beast; The Legacy of Tomorrow

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A/N: Su is going to die, no doubt, for Fu to live but I did not intend for him to die at Orochi's hand. The mission for Hero Water was a bust since the very beginning due to some constructs of Cum but this entire event was created to stoke the flames for the next war, especially A's capture.

You might even say that Konoha preemptively got back at Kumo before the Hyuga Incident.

And after some chapters, and hopefully, a few good smuts, we enter the next phase The Hyuga Incident.

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