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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 21, 2023 0:56:46 GMT -5
In a clearing, Sasuke senses Tobi's presence and notices Deidara flying above him, the latter dropping two C1 bombs on him. Believing they have killed him, they realise that Sasuke summoned a snake to shield him from the damage. With his Sharingan activated, Sasuke glares at Deidara, who stares back.
Deidara is irritated at the fact that Sasuke killed Orochimaru, claiming that he was only able to do so because he was born into the Uchiha clan. Using his sword, Sasuke rushes at Deidara and Tobi; Deidara leaps on a tree branch to evade the attack while Tobi is sliced through, although he is unharmed by the attack. Using his explosive clay to create C1 clay spiders, he attacks Sasuke, who uses his Chidori Senbon to take out the spiders. Deidara then ups the ante by using Explosive Clay Dolls. Sasuke attempts to impale them with his sword, only for the sword to get stuck. Relying on taijutsu for a while, Sasuke applies his Lightning Release to his sword to slice through both clay dolls. However, the bisected dolls begin to reemerge as smaller versions, all of them chasing Sasuke through the forest. As they envelop Sasuke, Deidara detonates them, but when the smoke settles, Sasuke is seemingly unharmed as the explosions were sliced in half, courtesy of the Green Ranger.
"Who are you?" Sasuke looked visibly annoyed with someone saving him that wasn't on his team Hebi. Knowing that he was at least a Ranger, he prepared to attack. "Did Tsunade send you?"
"No. I am not aligned with the Leaf. I am Shun Kurosaki of the village hidden in sound."
"Ah, so you're the little fucker that solo'd Haido!" Deidara explained. "I know you're no fan of Orochimaru, so I'll extend the offer. Join the Akat.."
"No." Shun quickly cut Deidara off.
"What!? You didn't even let me.."
"No."
"Fine!" Deidara scoffed. "Have it your way. I'll send you straight to hell right alongside little Uchiha!"
Deidara, Shun, and Sasuke all looked at each other. In an instant, the three men went into battle, engaging in a triple threat for the ages.
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"Let's hope not. Even with this intel, Kabuto still delayed us, so we need to pick up the pace." Kakashi said to the group of travelers.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 21, 2023 0:37:18 GMT -5
"Remember that conversation we had about you and your moral high horse?" Derek quickly reminded Colt before turning his attention to the battle at hand. Yes, right now Crow was the best chance they had at survival and they all knew it, but the last thing any of them needed is one of their own taking an opportunity to come off like a tool instead of being more encouraging, especially after they just had a conversation about the very same man standing against Kagemaru's forces. They all needed to process this in their own way.
As for Derek, he grit his teeth and said nothing else after not so subtly hinting to Colt to not go down that road again after they all recently came to an understanding.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 20, 2023 22:50:16 GMT -5
Flynn landed a massive shot on Suduri, sending her flying forward, prompting Amy to blast her right in between the eyes with accuracy that her boyfriend would be proud of. Suduri landed on her back and after wiping the blood from her eyes, she saw the Pink Ranger mounting her. The feminazi flashed a bloody smile before laughing maniacally. Her laughter was halted by the barrel of Amy's Enforcer being lodged in her mouth.
With an almost primal yell, Amy pulled the trigger, opening fire with a barrage of blasts and literally blowing her brains out, causing her blood and flesh to splatter all over the face, signaling an end to Suduri, but even after her end, she continued to shoot, letting her blind fury over take her, blowing up a dead body.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 20, 2023 21:23:53 GMT -5
"It may not be the winning hand but it's not a losing one either." Kakashi looked at the intel before looking at Takashi. "Yes, if we act on this intel, we're playing right into Kabuto's hands but at least in part, our interests align." Kakashi explained. "Our intel on the Akatsuki is minimal so this could help us tremendously in battling their organization. Letting it slip that we were going to capture Sasuke isn't ideal but we can work around it."
After going through the options in his head, Kakashi put the intel in his pouch. "We proceed with the mission as planned. Once we're back in the village with your team, we'll present this to the Hokage so a proper decision can be made."
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 20, 2023 21:07:06 GMT -5
The Rangers reluctantly started to leave, making their way to Patricia. Bishop shared a fist bump with Mateo as the former saw the latter off to battle.
"Good luck. Be careful, Teo."
"Always am." Mateo smiled as he took his leave.
Once the Rangers were gone, Bishop nodded in approval. "You too. Take care of em for me." Bishop knew that Sensei was lurking in his Chrono Com, even though she was no longer his AI.
"I always do."
"That's my girl."
The Rangers were back on the ship. It was clear that none of them were happy about what they had to do but they knew they had to do it. Mateo sat down in the captain's chair.
"Sensei!" Mateo called out.
"Yeah...setting course." She waited for Mateo to launch the ship into the time stream and once he did, she set it on the path to 2017, giving the Rangers a little time before they arrived at their desired destination.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 20, 2023 17:05:41 GMT -5
"That's a whole new level of fucked up." Harrison looked on at these...creatures, saddened to find out that no matter what they do, there was no solution to end their suffering without their death. "If only my magic was back at full strength..." He said through gritted teeth, feeling that maybe he could have done more if his magic wasn't as depleted as it is.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 20, 2023 16:59:56 GMT -5
"Challenge accepted!" In his Mythic form, Harrison opted for a power approach, using his hands to stop Eezrith on impact. "Now we get to really cut loose!" He grabbed his opponent tossed him with an overhead throw suplex.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 20, 2023 1:58:20 GMT -5
"Hold on a second. We're here to bring Sasuke back to Konoha, but you want to avenge Orochimaru by eliminating Sasuke. My question is what will you gain from this?" The Jounin asked, his eyebrows furrowed.
"The true question is why give us this information?" Kakashi stepped up to ask Kabuto, presenting the question in a clearer manner even though Kakashi already had an idea. "If I had to guess, Kabuto wants to kill two birds with one stone. Orochimaru was once a member of the Akatsuki but defected, ending up with Shinsei Toukai years after. He wanted to destroy the Akatsuki, but lacked the power to do it, even with Proto's forces. With our recent victories, Kabuto is wagering that we will do his dirty work for him while Sasuke is eliminated. Am I getting warm?"
Kabuto smirked. "Perceptive as always, Kakashi." He said, acknowledging that the sharingan user was correct. "With the added bonus that Sasuke is your target for capture, I'll be on my way. I can't risk him getting captured before I avenge my master." Kabuto threw a smoke bomb. When the smoke settled, the shinobi was gone. While his intentions were just what Kakashi said, he got an added bonus with Uryuu accidentally spilling part of their plan to him, now giving him a leg up in his goals.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 20, 2023 0:10:26 GMT -5
Suduri's rage was still evident but her wounds were starting to slow her down as she wasn't moving as quickly as she used to. She caught Dorian's attack with her hand, allowing her to get close to the Omega Ranger, trapping him in place. She didn't care about the blood dripping from her hand or the pain it caused as long as these Rangers were wiped from the face of the Earth.
"Your turn, you can join your leader in the depths of hell!" Before she could stab Dorian, she was blasted several times in the chest by the Blue Ranger who decided to get in the game.
"I will not lose another friend and loyal knight on this day!" Ken shouted, repaying the aid he received from the Omega Ranger.
"Keep up the pressure!" Amy blasted Suduri relentlessly all while looking at Flynn, motioning for him to circle around the mystic feminist.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 19, 2023 23:51:47 GMT -5
"What!?" Derek looked on in shock seeing Crow here and saving Hayley no less. Even though death did not come for their genius ally in that moment, it still did not increase his trust level in Crow. It actually motivated him even more to get out of this trap.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 19, 2023 18:10:42 GMT -5
"Fix your face, Takashi." Kabuto tells Naruto that he is grateful towards him and tells everyone ever since he was a child, he was used as a spy and thus moved from village to village until he became Orochimaru's subordinate then moving under the umbrella of Shinsei Toukai with Proto at the helm. After Orochimaru had died, he felt as though he had lost his purpose and identity until he realised that Naruto had forged his own identity when the villagers thought he was no more than a human variant of the Nine-Tailed Fox. Kabuto reveals the left side of his body to the group, which resembles Orochimaru, and explains that he had grafted portions of Orochimaru's corpse onto himself as a way of clinging to his dead master and that he plans to avenge Orochimaru by eliminating Sasuke.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 19, 2023 17:23:31 GMT -5
"J..... what's the play, bro?" The Green Ranger asked the team's leader, waiting to see how they would attack their opponents.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 19, 2023 17:21:19 GMT -5
"So it's settled. We head back to the ship and set off for 2017." Mateo said to the group. "You coming Big Bro?" He asked Bishop who shook his head.
"Afraid not. This is y'all show. I have work here. I have faith that you all will execute and preserve the timeline." The senior agent addressed the group.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 19, 2023 17:15:10 GMT -5
"As usual, you misspeak, Ishida." Kabuto shot back in a snarky manner. Kabuto reached in his cloak with everyone on guard, believing that he was about to unleash a weapon and they were right, just not like they thought. In his hand were several scrolls that contained valuable intel on the Akatsuki. He handed the scrolls to Kakashi who quietly examined them for safety.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Nov 19, 2023 17:08:00 GMT -5
Xylia chuckled. "DOesn't your friend have a portal device, Harrison?" she asked. "One he made on the Dino Steel earth?" As the Red Ranger waited, a noise outside caught her ear. She looked over as the doors opened, a man running in and nearly tripping, watching him hit the floor in front of hte massive table.
"Yeah, he made one but the one he gave to Mr. Chill got damaged helping some other Rangers in his world. It threw off the target point by a few months but that's a story for another time." Harrison responded just before the disturbance caught everyone's attention.
When Xylia made the call, Harrison stood up, shaking his head. "Xy, you know better. When you hope for a simple smash, it usually ends up being a pain in the ass." He said with a half smile.
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