49 Esumis Awesome Mission is Almost Over! (1/2)

Esumi was riding with Anko on her clone that transformed into a snake that was currently slithering across the water. They reached some rocks that Anko said they had to go up. But while she said this she held her neck again. Esumi glanced at Anko with concern. She was starting to think this was where she got marked by Orochimaru and it was bringing up bad memories for her. She didn't ask her about it now, but after this mission she will talk with her about it.

Following Anko's instructions led them up some rocks and outside a cave entrance. Esumi glanced at Anko who gave a strained nod in return. Esumi had her clone sneak in first to gather information. The clone used the transformation jutsu once more before transforming into a small ordinary fly and flew inside the cave. The clone flew down a path of stairs inside the strangely lit cave. After reaching the final step, the cave started to form more into an actual cave.

There were torches lit up every few feet and stalactites on the ceiling and some on the side of the pathway of the cave. As the clone silently flew through the cave, it noticed a slightly ajar door at the end of the hallway of the cave. The door had a strange green light that was coming from inside the room. Esumi's clone flew inside the room and found many glowing test tubes with strange creatures inside.

The creatures resembled fish-like people. Some had webbed hands. Others had webbed feet. Most of them had a different color of skin such as blue, green, or grey. The clone was pissed off at witnessing this disgusting sight. Innocent people being treated as cattle and products of experimentation. The clone quickly controlled it's emotions before it's transformation became messed up and looked up and noticed a strange woman above. She was partly wrapped in bandages and looked pretty young.

The clone flew behind this young girl as a fly and landed on top of her purple hair. The young girl didn't even notice as she continued to hold the rope as if waiting for someone to come inside the room. The clone zapped the girl and she soon fell unconscious. As if noticing the girl going unconscious, the room started to shake and quake and open a large door.

Esumi's clone heard roaring before three monstrous tiger creatures came from the door. They looked around for any signs of prey. They stared towards the young girl's body before looking elsewhere in search of a target. The clone thought that this girl must be someone who works for the associate of Orochimaru since the creatures didn't try to eat her. The clone put together its two fly hands before creating another fly clone and dispelling. Sending back its memories to Esumi and the other fly clone.

*OUTSIDE*

After receiving the memories from the clone, Esumi told Anko what happened and how it was set up.

”This is so cool! I feel like an actual ninja doing this sneaky stuff! Gathering information, being sneaky, destroying hideouts, learning things about the enemy without fighting, it's awesome!” Esumi said in an excited hushed manner.

”Okay gaki. (Brat) Follow behind me. Let's finally finish this mission.” Anko replied in a slightly tired voice.

Anko walked inside the cave with Esumi behind her. It seemed as if Anko knew her way around because once we got into the cave and down the stairs she seemed like she had a certain destination she was headed. Esumi kept silent about it because she already decided to talk with her later and they're being sneaky kunoichi right now! They arrived in front of a wooden door with strange markings on it. Anko signaled to Esumi that this was it and to prepare herself. Esumi unsheathed her flowery hilt rapier.

Esumi colored her rapier's blade pink with tiny flowers etched around the entire sword body. She decided to call her rapier Stabby-chan due to how she's going to be used. Anko slightly wedged the door open and took a peek inside. Esumi simply prepared herself to either charge in and stab whatever is in sight or walk into an empty room. But luckily for her, there was someone inside!

Anko walked inside the room with a kunai in her hand. Esumi followed right behind her until she noticed a black figure sitting on a throne-like chair. She was silently cursing at Anko for not taking the figure out immediately. She then heard Anko ask the figure who are they. Esumi groaned deeply on the inside. This is base destruction mission not an interrogation one! What are you doing Big Sis?!

The dark figure revealed themselves and it turned out to be a green haired man in a white lab coat.

”Welcome, or should I say haven't seen you in a while?” He says with a sharp tone.

”It's you, Amachi!” Anko shouted in realization.

”I'm surprised little Anko-chan. I can't believe you came back here after something like that has happened to you.”

”What.. What do you mean..” Anko said while clutching her neck slightly.

”So you don't remember.. I see.”

”Well it doesn't matter! My business here isn't with you. Where is Orochimaru?!”

”Orochimaru?”

”Don't act stupid! He has to be here!” Anko yells while her curse mark started to act up once again. Causing her to grab her neck even more tightly and look strained.

”Oho.. so the curse mark responds even when the creator isn't even around. Truly interesting.. But yeah Orochimaru was here. Half a month ago..”

”Impossible… So the reason why the curse mark was responding was due to his presence here for half a month? But wait..”

”QUIT TALKING!! Just kill him already! It doesn't matter if Orochimaru is here or was here, this base is going to be destroyed!” Esumi yelled, alerting Amachi of her prescence which seemed to go unnoticed by the man previously.

”So you brought a little genin along with you. I'm curious where you were hiding earlier, but I guess you were the one to set off my little pretties.”

”Nope. That was a fly not me. Now get ready to be beat down.”

”Hold on Esumi! Amachi is a medical ninja that was under Orochimaru and was running various experiments here along with him. But since Orochimaru isn't here that must mean he was doing all this on his own..” Anko said.

”So he's responsible for the fish people in that other room.. Well guy it seems you just earned yourself a couple of kisses from Stabby-chan.” Esumi says while holding out her rapier towards the scientist.

”While I would love to stay and socialize, my little friend here has something to address with you.” Amachi says before turning around and walking away.

Esumi was about to rush towards him before the room started to rattle and vibrate. Rocks began to fall from the ceiling. Esumi coated her blade in lightning chakra before stabbing each rock that fell near her and breaking them apart into smaller harmless pieces. She lost sight of Anko but considering she's a special jonin, she has nothing to worry about hopefully..

A figure appeared behind a destroyed wall along with three other beast-like figures. Esumi saw the coward from earlier than managed to escape from her with a new look and 3 tigers nearly the size of an elephant next to him. Dosu appeared with a second device on his other arm that was identical to his other one and a strange monocle on. The monocle had a spiral design on it making it look as if he was trying to hypnotize someone. The three tigers next to him each stared at Esumi with hunger in their eyes.

Seeing the sound coward made Esumi glare at him with unrestrained killing intent. She noticed him flinch, but not give up on his plan to attack. The three tigers dashed towards Esumi as if they couldn't wait any longer to rip into her flesh. Esumi kept her eye on the changed Dosu with a look of anger in his eyes, as if trying to match hers. As the tigers neared closer and closer to Esumi, it was as if her entire character changed. The atmosphere also seemed to follow along with this change.

The first tiger creature slashed downward at Esumi with it's huge claws. Esumi stood in a graceful looking stance and deflected the creature's massive paw with her tiny twig-sized rapier. The creature's attack landed on the ground and created a small crater in the shape of its paw. The creature pulled back its paw and attempted to attack again until it felt a strange feeling in its throat. An electrical ball flew out from Esumi's rapier before shaping into a flower that floated behind her.

The big tiger soon fell down, without knowing why it couldn't control its body and tear this tiny human apart. Within two seconds, the first creature fell and the second creature was immediately upon Esumi with a leaping pounce with its terrifying claws forward. A second electrical flower formed from Esumi's sword and floated behind her as she daintily hopped above the towering tiger and pierced right through it's skull. The third creature halted in its dash and stared at the small human warily before taking a look back at Dosu.

This proved to be a life-costing mistake though, as Esumi had a third flower floating behind her as she appeared under the distracted beast with a dazzling entrance of lightning flowers at her feet. The beast instinctively hopped away. Unfortunately for the beast, it turns out that Esumi's rapier had increased in length due to her adding lightning chakra in the form of her sword at the end of her blade tip. Effectively creating some sort of lightning rapier! The lightning rapier pierced through the heart of the oversized tiger and ended its life.

It was at this moment that Dosu decided to move. He appeared in front of Esumi who was still in the midst of killing the last beast and punched with both of his fists towards her midsection. Esumi couldn't react in time due to not coating her body in lightning. She only coated her sword to get through the hard ass bones of the tiger creatures. She stretched her midsection back, using the soft physique modification jutsu that allowed her to elongate her body.

”I will avenge my teammates! I won't let them die a pointless death!” Dosu yelled as the monocle on his eye started to spin.

But it wasn't enough to simple stretch her body away as she was suddenly blasted away by the sound devices on Dosu's arm. She was blasted away to the other side of the room. Esumi quickly tried to align herself as she was flying through the air. She rolled through the air before landing on the opposite wall with her feet. She immediately launched herself back towards Dosu while spinning in a drill-like fashion with her rapier leading. The drill had electrical flowers spinning along with Esumi and a trail of yellow lightning behind her.

Dosu surprisingly smiled at this turn of events, which Esumi couldn't see due to spinning rapidly. Dosu allowed himself to get pierced through the chest before grabbing Esumi's shoulders and activating both of his sound devices. As he coughed and spewed blood, he surged all of his chakra into his Resonating Echo Speakers. Esumi's ears started to leak blood as she screamed in pain. The sound devices were currently wreaking havoc inside her head. Destroying and damaging her internally, before eventually she smiled at Dosu who had a victorious smile on his face.

Dosu was confused until he noticed those electric flowers were still floating behind his opponent. He didn't know what they did until they suddenly started to glow brighter and

*BOOOOOOOOOM* *CRACKLE*

Explode. After the rumbling, electricity, and screaming stopped a certain person appeared from the hole where Dosu came from.

”I hope those sound things on his arm are more durable than he was..” Esumi said as she walked through all the rubble and rocks littered everywhere. She searched for the sound devices before eventually finding some parts of Dosu and the items.

”Clones are so awesome.” Esumi said before laughing.

'Jabie is definitely gonna have to owe me for finding him this.' Esumi thinks before stashing away the items and the strange monocle Dosu was wearing.

'Shame he couldn't even use this little item. But it'll be used just nicely once I find out what it does.' Esumi says before eventually searching for Anko.