Just Die Already

Fully drawing Ryujin Jakka from its sheath Kabuto and in the other sound ninja could only watch in their stupefied states. Quickly the flames began to spread across Ryujin Jakka's surface like a self-contained inferno. And as if wanting to burn away everything around Rei, the fire started to spread.

Erupting around intense orange flames engulfed the entire roof. "Ah! It Burns!" Without any warning, the sound ninja immediately affected by this extreme heat, and without being able to offer up any resistance, they were directly burned away, leaving no traces. Witnessing all of this from a farther distance away Kabuto didn't know what to think.

'What is this? A child at his age shouldn't be able to produce fire this intense…' The embers created from Ryujin Jakka spread for hundreds of meters in every direction causing the cloud's in the sky along with the air to become dry. Even from within the barrier, Orochimaru's attention couldn't help but switch focus due to the sudden change in atmosphere.

Looking over at the roof Kabuto was standing on he could make out a figure standing in the center of an inferno but couldn't tell who it was. Although the Third Hokage was also interested, he first took advantage of Orochimaru's weaving over ten different hand signs before speaking.

"Didn't I teach you never to get distracted during a battle Orochimaru?"

Focusing his attention back on Hirizuen, Orochimaru laughed. "I simply wanted to admire the fireworks. But very well then." Meanwhile, Kabuto, who was facing Rei, was at a loss. 'I can't get close to him with those flames. What kind of Jutsu is it? Could it be a Kekkai Genkai?'

Looking down at Kabuto, Rei remained silent as he slowly raised Ryujin Jakka above his head holding it with a single hand. Watching this Kabuto finally snapped out of the stupor and began backing away from Rei as quickly as he could and prepared to defend himself. 'In any case, his flames seem to be localized around his sword and body. As long as I stay at a long-range he can't do anything to me.'

However, despite him retreating Rei continued to show indifference as he slashed the air in the direction Kabuto was retreating. Reacting to Rei's intent, the flames around Ryujin Jakka's blade began to move. As the flame's released themselves from Ryujin Jakka despite Rei's target only being Kabuto, the flame engulfed everything in their path.

Burning the tiles and structure of the roof itself the flames caught up with Kabuto despite how far he had retreated. "Imposs-" Watching how quickly the flames caught up to him, Kabuto didn't have time to express his disbelief before the flames wrapped around him, forming a blazing inferno. Watching as Kabuto was engulfed by Ryujin Jakka's flames, the fire continued to burn away at him for five seconds straight before finally vanishing.

After Rei's attack, all that was left was Kabuto's burnt body which quickly limped over falling onto the sloped roof before promptly rolling off it. Down in the arena, both Kakashi, Guy, and Baki witnessed Kabuto's body fall. Second, 's after Rei could hear the sound of Kabuto's body hitting the ground in which he took a deep breath calming to the raging flames surrounding him.

Turning his head, he looked behind him to look at Ino, who was huddled behind his back with her eyes closed. "Are you alright?" Hearing Rei's voice Ino slowly opened her eyes only to see the flames were gone along with the surrounding ninja. "I'm… I'm alive? You managed to beat them all?" As Ino began checking her body for burn's Rei had a moment of peace seeing he didn't accidentally burn her.

'It took all my concentration to control Ryujin Jakka when it was released.' Even now if he dropped his guard for just a second, he felt as if Ryujin Jakka would burn everything away himself included. 'I can already feel my Reiryoku dropping insanely fast. I got to wrap this up quick.'

"Ino stay here and don't move, I'll be right back." Hearing Rei, Ino stopped checking herself and saw directly where he was looking. "Are you sure you're gonna be ok?" Hearing Ino Rei thought to himself for a moment before speaking with a slight grin. "Well, worst case scenario I almost die. Again."

After saying that Rei took off with Ryujin Jakka leaving a trail of fire as he dashed through the air. Looking at Rei with a worried expression, Ino decided to do what he said and wait. On the other hand, Rei quickly made it to the roof where the Hokage and Orochimaru were fighting. Spotting Rei on the roof, the Anbu Black Ops who were waiting outside of the barrier prepared to approach him.

"Hey Kid this area isn't safe mo-" Before the Anbu could finish speaking three sound ninjas quickly appeared trying to get the jump on Rei before he could approach the barrier. However, in an instant Ryujin Jakka's flames shot out in all directions once more, burning both the sound ninja to ashes along with scorching the surface of the barrier.

Seeing this, the Anbu halted their advance. Rei began to walk around the barrier until he spotted someone he was disgustingly familiar with as all of the Sound Four opened their eyes due to the sudden disturbance to the barrier.

Out of all four of them, only one of them managed to see anything, and that was Kidomaru. Standing in front of his corner of the barrier was someone he felt he recognized. 'Who the hell is this kid.' Looking down at the sword in Rei's hand, Kidomaru began to get an uneasy feeling before he spoke.

"I don't know who you are but I advise you not t-" Kidomaru was cut off when Rei suddenly spoke in a cold voice. "You're the reason they burned them right." Freezing for a moment, Kidomaru revealed a look of confusion. The ember's and fire raging from Ryujin Jakka began to grow more intense by the second. "What are you talking about…"

Pointing Ryujin Jakka's tip directly at Kidomaru's head Rei repeats himself. "You had my clan members burned right?" Trying to understand what Rei was on about Kidomaru's anxiety increased as the heat from Ryujin Jakka could be felt through the barrier. "What clan? What are you talking about…"

Suddenly a moment of realization dawned on Kidomaru as he looked closer at Rei's face which caused his eyes to widen. "Wait… you're that kid but how… I killed you, I was sure of it." Looking at Rei's face of disinterest, he responded to Kidomaru. "It's only fair that I repay the favor right?" Thrusting Ryujin Jakka forward towards the barrier a sudden burst of purple flames erupted.

The flames from Ryujin Jakka clashed with the purple flames as the blade ground against the barrier; however, as the force, Rei was using in his arm increased, the victor was becoming apparent. Devouring the purple flames in their entirety the flames of Ryujin Jakka began burning away at the barrier protecting Kidomaru.

And finally, with one last push, Ryujin Jakka pierced through the corner of the barrier entering the space the sound four had unknowingly locked themselves in keeping them protected from the fight against Orochimaru and the Third Hokage and the Anbu outside. "Wait wait don't!" Seeing Ryujin Jakka pierce through the barrier Kidomaru screamed, causing the remaining sound four to look in his direction.

"Burn." With a single phrase from Rei, flames erupted from Ryujin Jakka and began burning both the inside and outside of the barrier. "AAAAGH!" From screams of fear Kidomaru's voice yelps turned into ones of pure pain. Due to the barrier blocking most of Ryujin, Jakka Kidomaru was trapped in a makeshift oven burning himself alive.

After a couple of seconds, later, the screams finally stopped, and the barrier was disrupted. With the barrier deactivated, the Sound Four reacted quickly reaching Orochimaru as quickly as they could. Inside a thick forest of trees due to the First Hokage's resurrection, Orochimaru's arms were turning a rusted stone-like color. "Lord Orochimaru we must retreat!"

Orochimaru was still gritting his teeth as the pain from his arm's being sealed caused immense amounts of pain. "Very well… We're leaving!" All of these events caused a lot of conclusions to be made especially for the sand ninja. Baki was the one leading the other sand ninja while following Orochimaru's plan and couldn't believe things had gone so wrong so quickly.

"Dammit, I can't believe this. Even Kabuto was…" Looking over to where Kabuto had fallen he was suddenly left in shock. 'What did he do?' Kabuto's body was nowhere to be seen and before he could even move both Guy and Kakashi appeared surrounding him instantly. "Don't move. It's over." Realizing that Kabuto had fled, Baki couldn't help but grit his teeth.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru and the Sound Four prepared to retreat they suddenly felt an intense amount of heat dawn on them. The forest created by the First Hokage began to burn as ember's danced through the air. "I'm afraid you're not going anywhere." Swinging their heads around as two of them supported Orochimaru, they spotted Rei.

"He's the one who destroyed the barrier by killing Kidomaru." Raising his head to look and Rei, Orochimaru was greeted by the surprise of seeing precisely who had dismantled his operations. "You…" Recognizing Rei from one of Kabuto's report's he started to put the pieces together in his head.

"His body. I want his body. Bring him to me..." Understanding it was because of Rei that his plan ended so quickly he also understood how valuable his body was. Reacting to Orochimaru's sudden order, one of the bigger members of the sound four stepped forward named Jirobo.

Not wasting time Jirobo activated his curse mark which quickly spread across his body in the same fashion that. "Since you like to play with fire then try burning me!" Slowly Jirobo's skin turned a bright red while his hair began to grow. When the transformation was finished, he resembled an ogre as he charged toward Rei.

However, despite his charge, Rei seemed to ignore Jirobo even when he was right in front of him. As he reached both of his arms out to grab Rei, Jirobo's line of sight suddenly got blurry as Rei expertly dodged out of the way. "Huh?" Surprised by Rei's fast reaction he was stunned as Rei slowly placed his finger onto Jirobo's chest exactly where his heart would be.

"Byakurai." Without being able to react to Rei's movements, a bolt of electricity shot straight through Jirobo's body piercing both his heart and chest, killing him almost instantly. "I'm not here to waste Ryujin Jakka on you." Moving out of the way, Rei allowed Jiriobo's body to fall onto the roof as his weight cracked the tiles.

"He killed Jirobo… In an instant." With the sound four being reduced to two members in a matter of minutes, the remaining two immediately looked at Rei in fear. "Lord Orochimaru we can't stall any longer!" Preparing to leave only Orochimaru could understand how much he was interested in Rei and more specifically his body had grown from his displays.

"I thought I made it clear you're not going anywhere." Using his finger to write in the air in front of him, the marks left behind formed a symbol as Rei spoke. "Bakudo #9: Geki" Before Orochimaru and the remaining Sound Four could even take a step red energy quickly enveloped their bodies keeping them from moving.

Seeing them frozen their Rei raised Ryujin Jakka before flipping it so that its point aimed downwards. Realizing Rei was planning to finish him off, Orochimaru suddenly spoke. "Wait! I can offer you a deal. I can bring back anyone you've lost. I can even make you stronger. As long as you're willing to serve me."

Hearing Orochimaru, the two remaining Sound Four members listened in confusion. "But Lord Orochimaru he-" Before they could finish speaking Rei raised his voice for the first time. "Shut up! I'm tired of hearing you all yap on and on." Looking at Orochimaru with a cold stare, he spoke his final words to him as he shook his head. "Just die already you bastard."

As things around the village began to settle the sound and sand ninja alike were finally being driven out. Looking towards the roof where Rei had gone, Ino had been waiting to see any signs of him but instead all she could see was a sea of fire as it burned the trees created by the First Hokage. It was actually for that reason that no one was able to enter and check if the Third Hokage was alive or not.

That was until something did happen. Rising into the sky in a pillar of flame an explosion rang out that shook the entire arena. "What the hell is going on!" The Anbu Black Ops who were just outside of the fire suddenly jumped back off of the building as it was completely engulfed in fire. It was after that explosion that Rei blacked out.