[Last chapter was a cliffhanger and personally don't like going mute on yall on a cliff, so here.]
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As I walked toward Tsunade ready to unleash my fury on her, I suddenly remembered that my clothes were now tattered and not fitting to fight or move properly.
"Wait a second," I said and stopped, which made her stop and look at me with a confused frown.
"What now?!" she asked with an angry yell.
I didn't answer her and just muttered so only Katsuyu could hear me, "Take out my clothes," then put my hand in my hair and took out my kung fu clothes, which made Tsunade raise an eyebrow.
"How did you do that?" she asked in surprise but I didn't answer, later she will find out it was Katsuyu.
Then I started to remove my now-tattered kimono in front of Tsunade, which surprised her immediately. "W...what are you doing, you jerk?!" she shouted with a huge blush and quickly covered her eyes in embarrassment, though she still peeked at me between her fingers.
"Oh, come on! You are blushing even after around five years of being together? Besides, I just bought this kimono today and now look what you did to it." I paused and looked at her loose green kimono while removing my pants to reveal my dragon balls, which made her even more embarrassed and turned her face a shade of red for 'no reason.'
I think this is her first time seeing my shilonga long. We may have gone past some levels in our relationship but still not quite to this level yet.
*Gulp!*
"..."
Tsunade gulped, but I ignored her horny ass and slowly wore my tight, black, long-sleeved shirt, loose-fitting white martial arts pants, a yellow sash around my waist, and tai chi slippers on my feet.
As I finished, I said, "So you won't change?" to a shocked red Tsunade who had her mouth wide open with saliva falling down like a waterfall and her nose bleeding.
"Huh? Ahh, umm, huh?"
"Don't give excuses later when I beat you up. So change," I said as I made myself comfortable while stretching my arms and later throwing my tattered kimono away.
"O...okay, I...I...guess I will change," she stuttered and turned around to go somewhere.
"Change in front of me!" I said with a frown and arms crossed.
She turned and looked at me with a frown of her own. "What?" she asked.
"I said... change in front of me like I did," I said in a low, creepy voice.
"Are you out of your mind?!" she suddenly yelled in anger with tick marks over her forehead while pointing at me.
"Isn't it more fair for me to also see your body like you did to mine?" I asked with a shake of my head in disappointment while my arms remained crossed.
"I am a woman, you jerk!" she yelled again angrily.
"Who cares? You are my fiance but I consider you as my wife at this point. And I already saw some things beneath all that fabric throughout these years of being together. Do you really need to react like this?" I asked boredly.
"That's because I am not a shameless barbarian like you!" she exclaimed in embarrassment, which made me shake my head again in disappointment.
We stared at each other for some moments as the leaves of the trees danced with the windy orange sky. "Get back quickly," I said, and she just disappeared without answering. I concentrated and sensed that she had left to change behind a boulder far from here.
"..."
I narrowed my eyes and exhaled every last bit of air inside my lungs, then nodded my head down for a moment. After that, with a bit of force, I inhaled strongly until I achieved what I wanted to smell.
"She really likes Wisteria flowers, huh?" I muttered as I scratched my chin and thought about how her body always smelled so nice.
Now that I think about Wisteria flowers, I thought, if Rokushiki worked out for me except Geppo and Kami-e because the physics simply didn't allow for it, or maybe I was doing something wrong?
Anyways, could I use the breathing styles of that samurai guy from the demon slayer world?
Maybe I can recreate Hamon or those breathing styles in order to manipulate the Nature Energy in this world.
Even if it doesn't help me with Nature Energy, I will still benefit from the techniques. My only concern is that I don't know if the physics and biology of this world can support the uniqueness of these techniques, just like Geppo and Kami-e, where I still have problems performing them because of how nonsensical they are.
I doubt only Duy or Guy at their 7th or 8th gate can perform Geppo. But I am sure I am missing something, and I doubt I won't be able to recreate them.
I slowly removed my hand from my chin and got out of my thinking posture, then looked around to analyze the place where I would fight.
'I need to avoid that cliff,' I thought as I continued to look at all the trees and boulders while slowly making a clear imaginary map of this place in my head.
After that, I narrowed my eyes and raised my hand to–
*Swoosh! Bam!*
Without moving an inch, I blocked a punch from Tsunade with my palm in front of my chest, which disturbed the air around us.
I put some force in my arm after her momentum died down and threw her away, which she flipped in the air and landed on her feet gently.
"I was always curious about how strong you were since our academy days, so maybe I will have to find out how much those muscles can help you now!" she said with an arrogant smirk.
She probably thought that even if I beat down those genin kids back in the day, I couldn't do the same against more powerful and experienced opponents like jonins.
I couldn't blame her for thinking like that, though. She had been going out of the village a lot for missions, and she had years of fighting and killing experience. She had seen the horrors of this world in person and knew how "weak" I was compared to the true powerhouses of this world even though she knew I was kinda strong in my own way. So she was clearly underestimating me now, which didn't sit well with my psyche.
In my base, I was a lowest low Jonin. In carnage form, I became a proper low jonin. In spiral, I was mid Jonin. And in monster form, I became high jonin.
But I was still confident that I could beat her in base form by simply and completely overwhelming her because of my plethora of techniques and skills.
She was a mid jonin if she went all out and aimed to kill, but she wouldn't go for the kill in this fight, so there was no worry to use forms in front of her.
"Bring it on, woman," I said with a smirk of my own and went into a Wing Chun stance with my legs slightly bent, my left arm forward and palm relaxed, and my right hand positioned near my forearm with my palm also relaxed.
Tsunade raised an eyebrow as she saw the familiar stance most ninjas used but didn't say anything. She just disappeared and reappeared in front of me with her right fist already moving and aiming for my face.
I didn't panic at her high chunin speeds because I had already activated my psycho mode technique, so I could clearly see her and react to her movements.
As I watched her fist slowly get nearer, I simply moved my left arm and shifted slightly to the right so that I could position the back of my hand on the forearm of her moving fist, whose trajectory was now beside my head instead of at it.
I didn't let go of her opening and extended my right arm to hit her neck, but as expected, she just blocked the fist with her palm. To my surprise, she flicked her other hand beside my head, and a kunai appeared out of nowhere nearing my neck.
I immediately grabbed her wrist with my still vacant left hand so she couldn't move, broke my Wing Chun stance, and flipped sideways to deliver a 360‑degree kick to her head, which made contact and–
*Paw! Poof.*
"A shadow clone," I muttered with not so much surprise, as I had already sensed the slightly weaker aura emitting from this clone compared to the usual vigorous one of Tsunade, who was looking at me not far away.
My monster senses have been amplified and sensing this type of tricks is becoming quite easy.
"That shadow clone was at least high chunin, so it's quite impressive that you could take care of someone of that level," she said with her arms crossed, her hair dancing with the wind, looking strong standing there in her jonin outfit.
All these exchanges of blows took only about two seconds at most, because our movement speeds had already surpassed what a normal eye could see.
"Thanks, but... is that really all you've got?" I asked as I rubbed my wrist, not really impressed.
"Remember that I am putting some sense into your head right now and don't have time to play with you. So get ready..." She didn't wait for my response as she vanished instantly, and all of a sudden, I had to jump backwards because a fist had already hit the place I stood before!
*Booooom!*
I looked at the ground thirty meters wide that was decimated by this wench in surprise as I lost balance and tried to dodge the rocks and debris until a huge boulder came my way.
Tekkai
With every muscle in my body hardened, I greeted the boulder head‑on, and it hit my body, which didn't even make me tickle. As the dust and debris settled, within the now settled tremors and dust, I looked at Tsunade, who was still in her punching position.
"You could dodge that?" she said in surprise.
"What does it look like to you?" I said with a smirk while seriously thinking that that punch could have really messed up some of my bones if it had hit, and let's not talk about her speed, which had jumped to special jonin rank already.
She dusted her hands. "It doesn't matter. Even if surprising, it is just a fluke!" She shouted at the end and again vanished from her place to lunge at me.
She appeared before me really fast, which made me frown because I could react to her speed, but my body was a little slower. So I put force in my legs in a split second and tried to side step really quick.
Flame Kata: Phantom Pace.
I left an afterimage as I stepped to the right side, which made Tsunade's fist go through it. But she didn't bother to react to my move and just came forward again with her fists surrounded by chakra.
She threw five punches at my upper body parts, which made me sweat a little as I tried to dodge each one with the Phantom Pace technique, leaving afterimages again in my previous places. But it seemed there was a feint among one of her punches, because the moment I side‑stepped for the last time with Phantom Pace–
Combination Arts: Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist x Xiao li x Tekkai
*Pawww!*
I was hit in the stomach and sent through the area until my back hit a tree. But it couldn't stop my momentum, and I broke the tree to pieces, then hit the ground many times like a ragdoll until my momentum stopped with me facing the orange sky, lying on the ground.
*Step step step*
"Only peak chunin?" I heard her say in a mocking tone, which made me narrow my eyes.
"..."
"With only this amount of strength you want to go out? Don't make me laugh. Do you think you would be alive if I were serious, or if someone else were in my place? You wouldn't even stand a chance!" she shouted angrily.
I wiped the small trail of blood on my lips and then looked at it for a few seconds, thinking.
Most of the force behind her punch had been rendered useless because I used one of my advanced moves that I had created throughout these years after implementing some ideas I got from the Xiaoli martial arts of that old man from the Baki world, Kaku Kaiho, and my own ultimate redirection of forces martial arts from my old man Bang.
It was a timing technique. I used Tekkai so my bones wouldn't break, but I was still considered an object, so most of the force remained. Then I used the Xiaoli arts backed by my main martial arts, the Water Stream art, to distribute the force my body absorbed throughout my body so my internal organs would remain safer.
But it seems her punch still did some little damage, which meant she was serious and wanted to immobilize me, fuck me on bed, and then use her healing voodoo later to get me back in shape after being raped.
'This horny bitch! Does she think I don't know why she is so worked up about this matter?' I thought.
"Where did your cockiness go? Didn't you want to teach me who is the boss of the house?" she said with a not‑joking tone, looking down at my lying body as if I were just a waste of her time.
I was thinking if I should really show my monster form to her or not.
I knew for a fact that Tsunade was not dumb and would seriously question my being, unlike my parents, who just shrugged and celebrated because of my "Kekkei Tota." She was more observant than she let on and was a mad scientist who would immediately ask for my blood to check and research on, just like that creep Orochimaru, who got wet at the slightest new things related to the body and whatnot.
I am still not ready to tell anyone that I wasn't human. The less people knew my body was special the better... until I got back my absolute power.
If Hashirama cells could fuck up the whole world then who knows what my cells of equal value will do.
'It's decided, then,' I thought with an imaginary nod.
I will tell her my secret when I come back from my journey, where I am sure I won't be weak anymore and won't have to hold back on secrets because of people like Hiruzen, Danzo and weirdly, Tsunade, even though I never tried to be.
"Don't blame me then. You asked for it! Huuup!" I said, and with a huup, I levitated as I floor‑jumped using my back muscles and then front‑flipped in the air to deliver a kick with all the strength I could muster, aiming for her shoulder.
"Hurrrrr!" I let out, and my downward kick made contact with the shoulder of the bewildered Tsunade, who was surprised and didn't know how to react to my sudden attack.
*BOOOOOMMM!!*
"AGHHHHH!"
The ground beneath her broke into pieces, and the powerful kick sent shockwaves through the ground, causing it to fracture and shatter within a 100‑meter radius.
The once solid surface splintered into countless pieces. The air was thick with swirling dust, reducing visibility to mere shadows. As the commotion died down after some moments, I back‑flipped to get away and sensed Tsunade, who had also gotten away from the clutter I had made.
As the dust dispersed, I could see her far from me, healing and tending to her broken, bloody, and smashed shoulder with a pained expression, which emitted a soft green light until she stopped and stretched her shoulder. Then she turned to glare at me with red, angry eyes. "Is this how you treat your lover and wife?!" she yelled.
"..."
"Answer me!" she yelled again.
"Dumb bitch! if not for my strong body, I would have become a cripple because of your punch! So I will have to ask you the same!" I replied.
"But even if that were the case, I could have brought you back into perfect shape with my Mystical Palm Technique, you stupid jerk! But what about you?!" she yelled with veins covering her forehead, and I was about to retort but stopped midway and put a hand on my chin.
"Well, you know what? You actually make a good point. But who cares! You hurt me, so I hurt you back. It sounds like actions have consequences to me," I said with a shrug, which made her grit her teeth.
"Good, good! Not only do I have to bring you back to your senses, it seems you need to be taught how to show respect to women too!" she said as she stepped forward and cracked her neck, trying to be intimidating.
I must stop her, but I can't do much with special jonin or low jonin prowess against her even with my superior techniques. And I don't want to use my Whirlwind Water Stream: Roaring Aura Sky Ripping Fist, as I am not sure if she will be able to come out unscathed like Mito did even if I hold back on its power.
So I have to defeat her real quick with less brutal means. Also, I have analyzed some of her fighting style, and let's just say it doesn't seem one bit like a proper ninja who are tricky and fight in an unorthodox and dishonorable way.
She is just brute forcing it, which is so Mehhh to look at.
I got ready and slowly raised my hand in a karate chop style.
"Although I love fighting, fighting my own wife is something rather disturbing to do." I exclaimed I finally went on the offense.
Combination arts: Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist: Rankyaku.
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I thought the name of my technique as I looked at Tsunade, who got ready to lunge at me, not knowing what would come next. When I finally pulled down my hand very strongly with the tips of my fingers emitting a reddish aura... instantly, a reddish projectile air slash three meters wide and ten meters long was sent toward her.
*Swooosh, whistleeeee!*
With astonishing speed, the reddish air slash that made a whistling sound traveled and cut through the ground like paper toward a very surprised Tsunade, who likely didn't expect something like this from me.
Unfortunately for me, she seemed prepared. She did a few hand seals to puff out of existence, leaving a tree trunk in her place, which was shortly cut in half after by my Rankyaku air blade that continued its way toward the forest, cutting many trees that made contact with it until, after cutting approximately eight trees, it stopped and dispersed.
I immediately sensed my surroundings and located Tsunade not far from her previous place, then sent another wind blade with my arm toward her again.
But this time I concentrated hard so I wouldn't miss what she did next, which was, as I expected, she simply dodged the blade this time and disappeared, reappearing behind me with a flash. But I was prepared despite the differences in our speed.
Soru
I vanished and traveled the distance of sixty meters in an instant to get away from the trajectory of her punch, which hit the ground of my previous place.
*Booooom!!*
Her punch again made a big commotion as a huge crater spread, sending boulders and sharp rocks everywhere. My back was still facing her, but I too didn't wait and jumped, then created a strong momentum to spin.
Combination Arts: Whirlwind Cutting Fist: Rankyaku ×6.
Using my legs, I sent six reddish sharp air slashes toward all the dust and debris that hid Tsunade in it.
*Whistle, whistle, whistle!*
The slashes quickly approached her place and dispersed the dust immediately after contact. But it seemed I miscalculated something, because I felt a cold chill down my spine and goosebumps hit my whole body as the world around me slowed down. I slowly side‑glanced at my back to see a chakra fist approaching, which I couldn't dodge.
'Sigh, how I wish I could use Geppo right now, but no crying over spilled milk, I guess.' I thought with an imaginary shrug as I heard a whisper.
Tekkai
"Chakra enhanced strength."
*BOOOMMM!!*
Her fist made contact with my back, and I was flown with a sonic boom, sent far into the forest.
I broke many trees in my way and hit the ground many times until I hit a huge boulder that I was dug through because of my unstoppable momentum, making the boulder break into pieces.
Fortunately, I stopped, and unfortunately, I got buried inside the rubble.
"Aghhhh, fuckkk!" I cried as some pain assaulted my back for a moment, which made it slightly difficult to move.
"Damn!" I exclaimed as I easily pushed the huge broken rocks aside and came out of the rubble to see my clothes ripped to shreds, much to my extreme annoyance. "Not this fucking clothes again!" I said angrily as I also felt some back pain that I was sure was fractured bones caused by that fucker of a wife.
I turned to look up at the place I had come from, which was now a total mess with many trees broken to pieces and the ground damaged.
Then I looked far into the distance, where Tsunade was looking my way with a surprised expression.
"You thought I wouldn't be able to stand up, huh?" I muttered to myself as I put my dislocated shoulder bone back in place calmly.
*spit*
I spit out the blood in my mouth.
'Fucking Body Flicker is too troublesome!' I thought in annoyance as I contemplated a way to approach her quickly and catch her off guard so she wouldn't be able to use either Body Flicker or the Body Replacement technique like the previous times.
*Inhale exhale.*
I breathed to calm my nerves and thought about a very easy‑looking technique I had wanted to learn for some time now, which could also help me use long‑distance attacks more discreetly than Rankyaku, since the air blades were visible and easy to dodge for someone experienced like Tsunade.
"You survived that?! How are you this strong without chakra?! You shouldn't be able to stand up anymore!" she yelled in shock, but I didn't respond, as I didn't want to unknowingly utter something and raise her curiosity more about me unless I found myself in a lab.
I am even slightly tense as her picking up genetic material I have left behind her and there like me spiting that blood on the ground.
But let's calm down, she is my lover, even if she found out I wasn't human, then I am sure nothing will happen knowing her. But if she actually changed after knowing I am not human in the slightest possibility, then...
Better not say what will happen.
I closed my eyes as I inhaled and exhaled for a few moments and went into a horse stance. I extended my right arm forward with my palm relaxed and open like a buddha, then clenched my left hand into a fist beside my trunk.
As always, water is the answer to most things.
'One's movements should all flow like water, always straightforward, never jagged, never struggling,' I thought about the words of my old man as I tried to recreate this one art fit for this situation.
"So you are not going to give up?!" A fly buzzed far from here, attempting to disturb my moment of realization.
Every martial art detests clumsy blows that only smash the weak. All moves should flow smoothly, like a large river, and they should also be full of intrinsic power.
A large power can overwhelm and crush a small power when hitting it head‑on, like a torrent. This power can even move a rock. This is a strong power, "hard." Meanwhile, if one could divert the torrent, one could change the flow itself and neutralize it. This is the resilient power, "soft." Power.
I contemplated and took a huge breath as I slowly understood more of the philosophy behind my old man Bang's words.
Then...
"Soryu Style: Destructive Death: Compass Needle."
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The End.