Chapter 35 : Well this was unexpected (1)

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"Listen buddy you don't want to do this," Naruto brought his hands up to show he meant no harm. His blue eyes looked downwards at the blade and saw that it was ebony black with a blood red vein going through the middle of it.

"I'm just some guy who got lost on his way home. I don't care that you killed these asshole Marines, just leave me be and no one gets hurt."

"Lies, all lies." The strange teen muttered tiredly. "You're nothing more than a mercenary hired by the government. They want you to kill me, but I won't let you…I can't let you."

'This guy is fucking loopy.' Naruto thought to himself. It was obvious this guy had several screws loose, and with the bags under his eyes and the rumbling of his stomach, he guess that what whoever he was had been on the run for days, if not weeks.

"Listen, I don't know what your damage is but-" A powerful jet of water exploded from his mouth. At point blank range the teenager should have been obliterated, but instead he disappeared and Naruto had to roll to the side to avoid a slash from the katana in his right hand.

"Damn it, you asked for this!" Gripping the handle of Saibannin Kayiouumi he gave a powerful swing of his arm, the swordsman blocked it with his katana, but he underestimated the sheer power of the swing.

He was easily lifted off the ground and slammed through one of the ships.

"Take that you bastard! No one threatens Uzumaki Naruto and gets away with it!"

The blond was rewarded with his advisory reappearing behind him; it took all his honed reflexes to jump out of the way to avoid getting bifurcated at the waist.

Damn it all to hell, how was he doing that? There was no way a normal human could be that fast…wait a damn second, no normal human. Son of a bitch! Swinging his axe to block against the sword, Naruto growled at the sandy-haired teen. "You're a damn Devil Fruit-user aren't you?"

"That is correct. I ate the Quick-Quick fruit, and I won't bore you with the details, but-" He disappeared and soon reappeared behind the blonde. "all you have to know is that I'm faster than you." And proceeded to slash at his back.

Twisting his hips, Naruto barely managed to avoid getting cut and bounded away to get some breathing room.

This was not good, he was facing an opponent who was as fast as sound, and he was still recovering from his injuries with Arlong and his crew to boot. However, he noticed the sandy-haired bastard sweating and barely holding himself steady.

He was on his last two legs, all he had to do was keep dodging and give him one good clean hit, and it would be over. His blue eyes locking onto his pale gray-eyed opponent, he waited for any subtle movement, and when he disappeared Naruto went on the defensive.

Instead of his opponent disappearing again, the swordsman suddenly lapsed into what looked like a peaceful trance.

"Mirage Sword Style: Trial of the Three Paths."

He whispered, moving both his right arm Naruto saw the increase in his arm movements to the point where he could have sworn that he saw three arms instead of two. Then without a moment's hesitation he sped towards the fishman.

"Son of a bitch!" Swinging Saibannin Kayiouumi to try and cleave him in half, Naruto's eyes nearly sparkled when he saw the blade hit him, only for his hopes to become dashed when it simply passed through him.

An after image? Shit! Pivoting on his right heel the blonde lashed out with a wild kick to intercept the middle arm, only to his horror that his leg passed through his 'arm', and was rewarded with a deep cut to his right bicep from the real one.

The hit was painful, but he was well accustomed to it. Plus his opponent was in close, with a fierce grin he dropped his axe, swiftly grabbed his sword arm, and delivered a devastating haymaker to his face.

Naruto reveled in satisfaction when he heard cartilage break and blood flew from his nose as his opponent flew ten feet from him, harshly hitting the ground.

"Take that you fruity bastard!" Naruto bellowed in triumph.

"No! What have you done!?" The stranger bellowed in anger.

He stared at his shaking left hand that was completely covered in blood. His tongue tasted the coppery taste of the blood streaming down his nose and he futilely tried to hold it in.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it! Run! Get the hell out of here!" He choked on his last words before his body began to violently shake.

"The hell?" Picking up his giant axe, Naruto felt the killing intent flowing from the swordsman. His opponent began to laugh hysterically, and then disappeared once again.

Naruto barely blocked the sword strike with the head of his axe, but the Marine-issued sabre suddenly flew into his opponent's hand and the blade bit into his left side.

The blond gritted his teeth and punched the swordsman in the face once again, and he did it again, and again, and one more time for good measure.

"Oh those were some good hits!" The swordsman gave the tiger shark a wide, twisted, insane smile. His eyes wide, and showing not a hint of sanity. "Come on fishman, I've made you bleed, and you've made me bleed, let's see who will bleed out faster!"

"I knew something was wrong about you. Other than being a damn fruit-user, you're a lunatic." Naruto swept his axe out to try and cut him in half, only for the insane teen to disappear, and reappear on the head of his axe.

"No, I am the lunatic. He on the other hand is weak, while I…" He kicked him in the head with terrifying speed, sending him through the forest. "Am the strongest."

On the other side of the island, Naruto crawled out of one of the ships and spat out a mouthful of teeth. Damn it, whoever this guy was he was stronger than he looked.

He was given no time to rest when he saw his insane opponent appear in front of him dual swords flashing. Naruto rolled away as his opponent's dual blades sliced into the ship.

Gritting his broken teeth, Naruto fell deep into himself, blocking out the pain and focusing on his training in water manipulation.

Soon enough water from the sea flowed around his forearms. "Water Sickles!" He unleashed his powerful water blades at the swordsman, even though the insane teen dodged the first two, Naruto would not let up.

He continued to send barrages of water sickles at his opponent, unfortunately it was all for naught, instead of wounding his opponent he wound up damaging the ship beyond repair.

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