The Legend's Behind the Mask "Swordsman's Era"

Chapter 8: Red Thunder

Agatsuma Hit was about to fall to the ground when a massive wind blew up from behind him. He turns around to watch Kiroshuku fly a massive monster above the skies. That amazed and scared him as he saw Kiroshuku standing menacingly and his wound stopped bleeding. 

"Hmmm! Every master has a trump card, and they don't stop there... They can have no limits if they're fighting for someone," Agatsuma Hit reflected as he continued to fly up and toward the north wind village's gate. 

Suddenly, hundreds more Shurikens appeared in the distance, charging towards him at high speeds and twirling in the air. He raises his blade in front of him, and the air around him begins to vibrate. 

"Red thunder!" he yelled, and all of a sudden he vanished and transformed into thunder, striking hundreds of Shurikens down. He emerged out of nowhere on the ground, treading on the massive vines. He looks around and notices three unknowns standing on a big vine, each holding an 8-foot-long sword in their right hand. 

"Nice moves, thunder swordsman!" exclaimed the mysterious dark in the middle of the two. He said it calmly as Agatsuma Hit was sweating and a droplet was pouring from his hair. He was wearing his mask as he gazed at them three from a distance. 

"You seemed not friendly attacking in the blind spot," Agatsuma Hit remarked calmly, as a red-colored thunderbolt flashed around him. 

"Hmmm? Red thunder huh? Fancy? Is it used to flex?" he asks, disappearing and reappearing next to him. He grunted, and thunder struck again, and he was cut. His right hand was severed, and Agatsuma Hit appeared in front of him.  

"Nice moves!" he exclaimed as he regenerated his slashed hand. He was holding his right hand. It regenerated in an instant, which worried Agatsuma Hit. The other two appeared on his side and were going to tackle him when Agatsuma Hit grumbled and someone made a loud noise. They heard a huge boom and saw giant vines rise once more.

"Tsk! Such speed!" he said as he stood on a massive vine. He was going to utilize red thunder again when he noticed blood dripping from his right arm. He gazed at it, then returned his gaze to the Dark. 

"We're the Dark Ninjas! Don't ever underestimate us, human!" the man in the center of the two exclaimed. The other two on his side were talking to him and then vanished in the flash of an eye. 

"They can move faster than the blink of an eye, or possibly before that, they're more dangerous than I thought, and Burraku Ninjas?" Agatsuma Hit pondered as he stood menacingly on his ground.

They both vanished without a trace before anyone could blink. They found themselves abruptly in front of each other. He swings his blade down while the Dark Ninja swings its kunai. Their blades collided, creating a breeze. 

They were sent back a little, and then they both vanished. The dark ninja transforms into black lightning, and Agatsuma Hit transforms into red thunder. They collided, transformed into particles for a split second, and began traveling to the sky at full speed. The dark ninja suddenly draws his blade from his back. 

Suddenly, Agatsuma Hit thunder speed traveled in the air faster than the dark ninja. Suddenly, they become visible in the naked eyes and the blade of the dark ninja got destroyed and turns into dust. He was about to land and he was smiling when all of a sudden he got beheaded and heard Agatsuma Hit re-sheating his sword.

He kneels and gently turns around. The dark ninja's eyes widened as blood dripped from his mouth as he grunted and slowly vanished. 

"Slow... I can't believe how slow he is. No one can compete with my speed these days, now where did the other two go," he remarked as he delicately stepped on a large vine, which blew up his coat as soon as he touched it. He stands and looks to his right when a warp vortex appears to his left, surprising him, and he swiftly steps to his side and draws his sword. 

"Slow," an unknown figure says to his left as he turns to see a Violet Dark Shira swordsman emerge from the warp gate. Suddenly, he was kicked in the side arm and thrown away from him.  

The unknown Violet Dark Shira Swordsmen looks down and witnesses Agatsuma Hit grunt and slam into a large vine, which was destroyed and he pierced through. 

"Ohh! That hurt," he shouted, smiling and laughing as he jumped with both feet and Agatsuma Hit faded in the distance. He was startled when he heard thunder behind him. He turned around in mid-air, and Agatsuma Hit emerged, ready to swing up his blade and cut him. 

"Heh? That was some great speed for a human, let me guess when I take you down," the unknown replied as he turned around as if nothing had happened and drew his blade, colliding with his. Their swords detonated, causing them to both flew away.

In the centre of where their blades collided, there was an explosion and a puff of smoke. Agatsuma hit, and the unknown swung their blades in the air. The haze was suddenly cleared away, but they were only waving their blades in the air. 

"You are skilled! That's why you managed to kill that Dark huh? Well, we got an army outside of this village, and there on the move, and seems that this village army is also on the move... Good thing the other Shira's are getting hold by my soldiers, they're fighting each one of this village Shira's, meaningly they're not in position," he said menacingly as he smiled and shows his Dark violet glowing eyes and his violet-colored menacing blade in his right hand. 

Agatsuma Hit remained silent as he stepped on his left foot, then hovered for a second before flashing. He appeared unexpectedly behind the violet dark shira swordsmen. Violet Shira is holding his blade in front of him and glancing to his left, as though he senses Agatsuma Hit behind him. 

"He didn't even flinch? Who the hell is this dimensional being?!" Agatsuma Hit wondered as he kneeled and turned to his right, only to see the Violet Dark Shira vanish from where he was standing. Suddenly, the ground beneath him begins to rumble, and he got risen.

He leapt away as he stood there, sensing the violet dark shira behind him. The Violet Shira swings his blade with both hands towards his neck. It was going to reach his neck when he suddenly went through him and turned into red thunder, electrocuting him. Agatsuma Hit moves away from him fast. He has his left hand on his right neck. As he pointed his blade, blood began dripping down the right side of his neck. 

"Nice moves!" he exclaimed as he smiled again and revealed that both of his hands had been severed. Both of his hand swords drop to the ground and dissolve. Suddenly, both of his hands regrow swiftly. He stood up straight and stared at him menacingly as violet energy flowed from his arm to his palm. A sword handle was being constructed, and a blade was gradually being constructed.  

"I cut his hands when I turned to red thunder and the dark ninja's moves, I copied it... I can now use black lightning, but it's not an enhancement move only for those Darks," Agatsuma Hit pondered as he glanced at the Dark.  

"Hey! Hey! You're still silent? Fine! I'll play with you for a while! Since you can't compete with my speed... I've been watching you in a dimension since you fought that Dark Ninja, other more will soon arrive for now I'll make you suffer," he said as his presence changed, causing the giant vine he was standing on to tremble. Suddenly, he steps on his left foot, causing the gigantic vine he was standing on to fall a little. He flew towards Agatsuma Hit.

"Force?! Damn it! This man can have more than that?!" he thought again as he flew back and hovered in the air, a thunderbolt sparkling around his blade as he was about to step on his left foot when the ground beneath them sank and a massive crack appeared. 

They flew towards each other at the same instant, swinging their swords down. It collided, creating a wind around them both. They were both sent back, but this time their surroundings, the gigantic vines, were destroyed, and they both fell. They exchanged strikes with their blades as they fell, making loud noises and sword battle noises.  

As soon as they touched down, they sank and caused a tremendous fracture in the ground. Agatsuma hit swing down his sword again and was ready to reach his neck when he caught it with his left hand. 

The Violet Dark Shira Swordsmen use his right hand, which is clutching his violet glowing blade, to stab him in the chest. But then he was kicked in the chin, causing him to fly up and loose go of Agatsuma Hit sword. He goes for the stab this time. He stabbed him in the left arm and yanked it off. Violet fluid oozed from his left arm, slowly falling to the ground and melting. 

The Violet Dark ShIra Swordsmen moans as he flips and stands up. He was going to regenerate his left arm when he was stabbed in the chest, rendering him immobile and forcing him to kneel. 

"Huh!" the Violet Dark Shira Swordsmen said as the ground beneath them grumbled and they were suddenly lifted by the gigantic vine, and Agatsuma Hit became unstable, pulling his sword from the Violet Shira's chest. He notices him kneeling and smirking menacingly at him.

Agatsuma Hit rapidly balances himself, but he falls as soon as he does. He transformed into crimson thunder and flew skyward. He notices that the Violet Dark Shira Swordsmen are not kneeling. He just touched the huge vine where the Violet Dark Shira is a second ago.

"Tsk...! Where did he..." he exclaimed as he turned around and saw the Violet Dark Shira greeting him with a pleased smile as he punched Agatsuma Hit in the face. He punched him on the right side of his face, which sent him to his right. He stabbed the big vine with his sword, immediately rose to his feet, and spit out blood, transforming into black lightning.

"Black lightning?! He copied?!" thought the Violet Dark Shira as he cast magic with his left hand and a massive dark barrier appeared around him. Agatsuma Hit notices it and continues with the slash. When he performed the technique, instead of cutting him, he connected with the barrier with his sword. He swung his blade down to the barrier, which didn't even flinched.

"Barrier Energized Yechnique, Blow!" the violet dark shira swordsmen releases a technique as the barrier outside glows and lit up even more and explodes. Agatsuma Hit got sent back far away but is still standing and he took some damage. He got sent out on the giant smoke and is standing on a giant tree that doesn't have its giant branches or its leaves. Suddenly, he shows only wearing his kimono and he doesn't have his coat wearing it. He stands menacingly as he pointed down his blade and stands up straight.

He casts a glance as he watches the smoke dissipate and notices the massive black barrier that has developed around the Violet black Shira Swordsmen in the distance. Agatsuma Hit's forehead was covered in blood. With his left hand, he wipes it away. He calms down as he grips his blade hard in his right hand.

"Ohhh!! You're alive?! How exciting!" Violet Shira exclaims in amazement as the barrier around him vanishes. He cast a glance as he noticed the violet dark shira didn't even sweat or exhibit signs of weakening. Agatsuma sighs and stands menacingly, his red Aura visible behind him. 

"Speak! You're driving me insane by remaining silent for so long! We've been fighting for a couple of minutes and you're still not speaking but thinking! Who taught you that fighting style, your master? Oh! Yeah, I remembered that man Kiroshuku is amazing but he is not gonna stand for too long, he will soon die," he said menacingly as his smile faded but he giggled.

As he notices Agatsuma Hit remained standing, he starts walking toward him. Suddenly, a massive straight pillar rises from its ground to the top in the middle of the North Wind Village. Every Shira and special swordsman felt it and sensed it contained some kind of energy. Agatsuma Hit looks to his right and notices a five-hundred-foot-tall structure. Suddenly, the Violet Dark Shira swordsmen charge at him. 

He swung his blade forward, and their blades met with enormous force. They exchanged blows with their weapons as Agatsuma Hit's blade began to turn crimson. 

Their blades met once more, and Agatsuma Hit's blade pierced through Violet Shira's blade and snapped it in half. He falls back and touches the ground when Agatsuma appears beneath him and swings up his blade. He was ready to stab him in the middle of his neck when his violet sword's handle materialized and blocked his blade. Because of the force of Agatsuma's Hit blade, he flew up to the sky.

"Not bad! Punk!" said the Violet Dark Shira Swordsmen as he flew higher. He was ready to collapse when he heard thunder behind him. He turns around and twists his body in the air, seeing Agatsuma Hit about to strike his blade at him. His violet sword returns to normal and swings up, causing Agatsuma Hit and the Violet Shira blade to collide in the middle of the air. 

"He twists his body in the middle of the air?! His reflexes are inhuman! Even though he's not a human, he's still like a human, just a different being," Agatsuma Hit reflected as they were both sent back. As the Violet Dark Shira Swordsmen grunted, Agatsuma Hit was launched up and smacked against a gigantic vine, pierced through it, and fell to the ground. He falls a hundred feet and moans and attempts to get up. He slammed to the ground, causing a tremendous crack in the dirt, and was stabbed in the right arm with his violet blade. 

"Ah, Dang it! I should leave for now. I'll wait for the giant monsters to arrive before doing my next move," he murmured as Katrina appeared above him and went for the stab. But then her blade slashed through him, and a warp vortex erupted beneath him, sucking him in and vanishing. Katrina stabbed the ground instead of him, and the warp gate vanished in the blink of an eye. When he looked down, he noticed Violet Fluid dripping. 

"Tsk! He got away! But I wounded him and hit his chest, so that could be something," Katrina exclaimed as she swung her sword to her right and re-sheathed it. Meanwhile, the Violet Dark Shira Swordsmen who warp through the vortex grumble as he travels to an unknown dimension. 

"Ah! Good thing I made this dimension... If I didn't own any dimensions, I would've been warped into that realm, which is bad and embarrassing... But oh well!" he said as he stood up and pulled the blade from his right arm with his left hand. He is standing as though stepping on a blue fluid. He found himself inside a blue dome dimension. Outside the dome was a complete void. 

"I wonder who she is... I haven't seen anyone like her, and secondly, I didn't sense her... If I had fought her instead of the Red Thunder, I would've been in a lot of trouble, but that Red Thunder is also no joke," he said as he stood and looked in the distance to see a bright blue warp portal. There was a blue spiral stone path. He was treading on it as he looked around and started walking. He notices that something has occurred in his dimension. As he walked, he peered around and slowly reinserted his sword into his left sheath. 

He gazed down, sensing no one in his dimension but odd energy flowing. Suddenly, blue light began to flow towards his feet and around his body. As he sighs, he experiences a sudden relief, and then he gets lively again, and violet energy flows around him faster, and his eyes gleam even more menacingly. 

Agatsuma Hit was just falling as he sees Katrina down below in the distance. He sees her re-sheathing her sword and turn around. He landed on a giant vine that is still rising. 

He looked up and saw huge vines that had passed through the clouds and were still stable in the sky, as if they were building a platform on their own. He also returned his sword and exhaled as he heard dueling swords continue inside the village. He heard a loud explosion and the ground continued to shake. He leaped down and landed on the village's stone brick path 

He notices Katrina in the distance. He started walking towards her. As he walks, he notices gigantic vines that are still growing around him. He finally gets to her. They both turn to face each other and stand tall and menacingly. 

"Hanako is fighting someone... She said she would meet you, I saw her furiously fighting a Dark Swordsmen and cutting it into countless pieces, and... Kiroshuku is fighting Red that he fought recently, We've received quite the information lately, we all sense and feel it that it was the doing of Master Kiroshuku fighting a Red Dark Shira Swordsman," she said solemnly as the ground beneath her feet began to grumble and crumble. They both jumped high and landed on a massive leaf that could carry them both. When they peered down, a massive Gigantic creature appeared, which surprised them both and caused them to draw their swords.