Anger of an Emperor.
Pov: Fugaku Uchiha.
"We just lost Takumi Uchiha to the Hyuga of all clans. How did that happen?" Another Uchiha near me whispers.
I did technically give him the rights to his clan Identity... I never expected it to be misused in such a way. Then again, when has Takumi ever conformed to what the average man would consider to be normal? Never in his life... such a troublesome child.
...
Hn?
Why is Ken flinching like that- with every strike... Is Takumi performing Genjustu? His lack of illusory ability was his biggest weakness though... It cannot be Genjutsu, I do not see any signs of Takumi casting such jutsu. Unless of course, Takumi is more talented in Genjutsu than even me.
Hn- unlikely.
*Bam!*
Using an advanced technique Ken sends Takumi flying into the dirt- dust rising... and as it falls Takumi stands up.
"Is that the stance you wish to take?" Takumi asks in a cold tone.
... Ken shivers as his eyes focus even harder at the boy.
"As brainless as I thought" Takumi cracks his neck and dashes forward in another new stance.
How many techniques was he hiding from the clan?
As fast as Takumi is- Ken is just as swift- a flurry of attacks, counters and blocks from either side as Ken cannot move an inch from the wall he is set in front of, neither shinobi giving any room to the other for a solid twenty seconds.
*Swish- BAM!*
But Ken finally gets a good strike in- reusing the [Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm]. This time palm to the sky and striking the bottom of Takumi's hand, sending the rapier flying upwards into the sun where Takumi cannot see it, flickering above the stadium.
Ken leans forward ready to strike- seeing a moment of weakness in Takumi as he loses his primary weapon. Takumi is forced to retreat in this moment- leaping back to the centre of the arena and switching his stance- standing completely still.
"Idiot- The Hyuga can easily bypass your impact technique!" Ken shouts and shoots forward after the boy.
*Pow! Bam! Jab!*
Multiple Hyuga hand strikes assault the boy- who still stands till and takes every hit without a change in expression, despite the obvious bruising that Ken is dishing out.
five strikes later and Takumi begins to move again- suddenly blocking the next attack and stomping on Ken's foot before grabbing his collar and shoulder in his hands- shifting Ken's position slightly to the left.
*Swish- Pop!*
Ken suddenly pushes himself away- as the rapier falls blade first into the position he once stood in.
Takumi has to think faster than that if he wants to catch a Hyuga off guard-
*BAM!*
Takumi kicks the falling blade before it can reach the dirt- sending it flying past Ken and slashing a small chunk of his ear off.
The Rapier digs into the stadium wall as Ken readjusts himself and glances at his ear.
Did he just... kick the falling blade perfectly at Ken- on the spot? No- did he plan for Ken to push himself back and grant him room to perform such a kick? Which is it- skill or talent? A plan or instinct.
"You got a hit in- I am impressed. But you just placed your own weapon behind the enemy" Ken raises his stance once more.
"If I needed it I would have caught it" Takumi replies and takes one step back, before switching his stance again.
Hands close to the floor- primal, beast like... dangerous looking yet lacking a certain practicality that usually accompanies Takumi's styles.
He is a very technical fighter- prediction and knowing the battlefield is his strength...
"... Has Takumi ever performed such a stance in front of you Itachi?" I ask my son.
"No" He answers.
I pinch the bridge of my nose.
He needs to stop improvising and rely on his strengths- he is stressing me out with this duel and what it means if he loses.
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Pov: Kakashi Hatake.
"Oooooo- What is that?" Gai asks me.
"I don't know" I answer again.
"You don't know much, despite sharing a training field" Kurenai comments.
...
"No comment?" She asks.
"No" I answer.
*Dash!* *BAM!*
Takumi dashes at the Hyuga- before being smacked down with a palm strike, dirt rising from his impact.
*BAM! BAM! BAM!*
Takumi consistently gets slapped around with multiple strikes... what is this? He is literally running at a trained Hyuga as if he were a primal animal.
*BAM!*
"Haa- you had me going there for a minute, seriously? You lose your weapon and this is all you can do? No jutsu? No illusion? Nothing?" Ken mocks.
Oh. Wait I think I know this one.
Did it to Yu before- called it...
*THOO-*
A sudden thrust that rushes through the wind- whirling past a palm strike and digging deep into the sternum of Ken Hyuga, a chakra scalpel that punctures one of the lungs as Takumi whips his hand across the Hyuga's chest.
... Raging tide? No- Raging water into Hollow Breeze.
Something about a four elements art.
A fighting style dedicated to wildly and unpredictably attacking the opponent repeatedly without thought as you focus entirely on getting past one single attack, to which you strike the chest and take the wind out of the target- allowing for you to wildly strike without the targets guard being up.
And just as stated- Ken clutches his chest as his stance falters.
*RIP- TEAR- SCRATCH- SLASH- CUT!*
Robes pulled into many pieces- revealing the heavily scarred chest of this elder Shinobi- as new scars get added onto that torso with relentless clawing from Takumi, who uses chakra to sharpen his claws.
"What..? How can he...? He is pouring raw chakra over his body and sharpening it- without wind chakra... or hand signs..." Asuma drops his jaw and studies Takumi as he slashes into the torso of Ken.
"Enough!"
*WOOOOOSH!*
A blink and a shout later- Ken Hyuga spins on his back heel and throws his arms wide, using the famed [Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven]!
*CRASH!*
Takumi is thrown against the wall- pulled away from the Hyuga and thrown by the increasing mass of chakra- blood leaking from his back as the skin is torn and his shoulder is damaged heavily with the impact.
Ken Hyuga... one of the very few Hyuga outside of the Clan head and his children who are allowed to learn that technique, a famed war hero who saved many lives and took far too many to count. Not just any normal Elder... one of the strongest in the Hyuga clan, if not the Strongest Elder.
I hate to say it- but Takumi is outside of his league.
"I see you are talented- I humoured your attempts to win this duel- but showing off here only shines on how much time you have wasted, once you train under me I will ensure you become something worthy enough for this village, shedding that Lazy moniker you cling to!" Ken shouts out in anger, spit flying as he uses his torn robes to patch up some more serious wounds.
Not like those wounds would keep that Hyuga down anyway.
"Did I... Get you angry? I apologise- I only intended to harm and embarrass you in front of this crowd you old foolish man" Takumi stands up and pops his shoulder back into place.
First time for everything, I have never seen Takumi act so immature... or is it just him being active? Have I ever seen him take anything seriously? Not yawning mid bout with his team.
*BAM!*
A sudden Vacuum palm from Ken sends Takumi right back into the wall- before the dust could even settle.
"You have a lot of skill- and a whole lot of nerve to back it up! But don't think that makes you strong, you are weak! Powerless!" Ken abuses the Vacuum palm as he talks.
*BAM! BAM! BAM!*
"You have no ninjutsu- no genjutsu- only your Taijutsu and Kenjutsu! And even then you just swing the weapons around without real power behind them!" Ken shouts at Takumi.
*BAM! BAM! BAM!*
"YET- YET!!! You stand against Jonin as if you deserve to be on that Pedestal- and you do!! You WIN! YOU BRING BACK RESULTS ON YOUR MISSIONS! YOU ARE A LIMITLESS GENIUS! EVERYONE HERE CAN SEE IT- EVERYONE IS DISSAPOINTED IN WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT TALENT!! YOU ARE A FAILURE TAKUMI UCHIHA!!!" Ken screams bloody murder.
"He is getting really pissed off..." Kurenai whistles.
Why wouldn't you calm down after the first few strikes?
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Pov: Ken Hyuga.
"- ARE A FAILURE TAKUMI UCHIHA!!" I shout and slam my palm forward again, the Vacuum palm slamming into the brat and breaking his body against the stone.
...
Why.
WHY.
WHY CAN I STILL FEEL HIS BLOODLUST? IS HE STILL AWAKE AFTER ALL THAT!?
"So fragile, that mind of yours- eager to prove you are not afraid"The brat whispers across the distance.
*BAM!!!!!*
[Vacuum Palm!]
...
The dust slowly settles... as the bloodlust vanishes... I take heavy breaths and wipe the sweat from my face... staring at the boy embedded into the stadium walls, arms stretched wide as his head hangs low.
Blood dripping from every wound and opening on his body, splattering against the ground below him.
...
"Ken Hyuga..." The announcer begins to call my victory.
Hsss~
*BAM!*
[Vacuum Palm!]
I feel his bloodlust for a mere moment and immediately react, blood splatters across the wall as I push him in even deeper as my eyes shake- scanning his every move with the prized possession of the Hyuga clan.
"That is enough Ken! Stand down!" The Uchiha clan head stands and yells.
...
Hssss~
It's not enough... he is still alive... what is this bloodlust- eating away at me... how many things do you have to slaughter to gain such bloodlust- who is Takumi Uchiha? A secret weapon? A serial killer? Is he... even a child? What if he is possessed by something? Someone?
"Ken Hyuga-" The announcer tries again.
'Enslaver. Look me in the eyes'
I read the monsters lips with the byakugan... and look him in the eyes as he raises his head.
Are you sure that is the stance you wish to take?
He doesn't say a damn thing- not one movement suggests he even indicated such a question... but I hear his voice rattling in the back of my mind- I can hear him, taunting me... telling me I am inadequate.
I AM THE ONE THAT IS WINNING THIS FIGHT! SO WHY AM I SO AFRAID!!??
What did I anger!?- why is he so angry!!? Is this what it means to fight the Lazy Uchiha? Or am I the first to see this side of him!?
*Rattle...*
A pebble falls from the wall... the announcer goes silent... as Takumi moves his hand- pulling it out and aiming his hand at me, as if to karate chop me... from a distance?
"Try that palm technique of yours one more time" To everyone else he asks kindly, to me... it might as well be a command from the cruellest monster in the world.
*Swish-*
[Vacuum Palm!]
*BAM!*
I push forward- chakra slamming into the boy once more... but he flicks his wrist and remains uninjured- despite the wall on either side of him receiving the impact.
...
"w-what was that..?" I frown and take a step back.
*Crack- Slam*
The wall cracks as multiple stones slam into the floor, Takumi taking a step down into the stage again,
Legs shaking so violently- as if screaming to give in, bleeding so much more than me... one arm broken and multiple ribs shooting into places they shouldn't- a nose twisted to the left and blood flowing from the mouth and nose as if it were a free flowing river.
He lifts his less injured arm and holds that same chop stance...
"Are you sure that is the stance you wish to take? Flustered Freak?"
He is a demon. Not a man. Not a monster. A creature designed to torment others.
I switch my stance this time- full defence, ready to perform the revolving heaven at a moments notice.
"Good. Finally the freak see's me as he should"
He narrates to me- as if he were not terrifying enough.
...
"What are you doing Ken? One push and he will fall over" My clan head tells me over the crowd.
I can see it. what lurks beneath this sleeping beast.
"Ken?" My Clan head asks once more as I take a step back.
*Twitch!- WOOOOOSH!*
Takumi takes one step forward- upon seeing his leg twitch in my direction I use the Heavenly rotation and expand it's radius to meet him, expending quite the amount of Chakra in doing so.
I keep it going for a few seconds... so it is strange... when I can see his hand peeking through the immense bubble of rotating chakra, it is stranger... when he pushes his head through.
Thanks for reading! :)
I hope you enjoyed these two chapters- showing off Takumi's... cruelty for the first time and the effects it can have on someone! :)