Legacy Reborn (Sasuke x RWBY Sequel)

21 - Pain

Katsuro swung his Gunbai with fierce intensity, striking down the Otsutsuki, who caught the weapon with his bare hands. 

The impact sent cracks spidering across the ground beneath them, reverberating with the raw power of the clash. The Otsutsuki smirked, pushing Katsuro away with a violent shove that hurled him backward through the air.

Katsuro's eyes narrowed as he twisted mid-air, forming a single-hand sign. "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" he called, unleashing a massive fireball from his mouth. The flames roared toward the Otsutsuki, casting a blazing light over the gym as the fiery sphere bore down upon him.

The Otsutsuki merely grinned, and with a nonchalant expression, he opened his mouth, inhaling the massive fireball like a vacuum. The flames seemed to vanish into the void of his mouth, leaving only faint embers glowing in the air before he exhaled with a satisfied sigh. "Mmm, delicious," he sneered, letting out a mock burp.

Before Katsuro could react, the Otsutsuki vanished, reappearing inches from him with terrifying speed. Katsuro barely registered the movement before Otsutsuki's knee drove into his face with brutal force. "Gah-!" Katsuro grunted, pain flaring as his vision blurred.

In one swift motion, the Otsutsuki grabbed him by the collar, his grip like iron as he yanked him forward. With a cruel smirk, he swung Katsuro down toward the ground with crushing strength. The impact echoed through the gym, sending dust and debris flying as Katsuro's body hit the floor with a deafening BOOM.

The Otsutsuki chuckled as the dust began to settle, he landed and his arms folded as he looked down, expecting to see Katsuro sprawled, broken, and defeated. 

But as the dust cleared, his smirk faded, replaced by a flash of irritation. Lying in the center of the impact was not Katsuro—but a simple log.

"What is this... trickery?" the Otsutsuki sneered, his gaze flicking around in confusion. "You resort to parlor tricks, child?"

Above him, Katsuro struck with deadly precision, descending like a shadow with his Gunbai raised high. The Otsutsuki barely registered the movement in time, eyes widening as the weapon connected with the back of his head. 

The force of the blow sent the Otsutsuki staggering forward, caught off-guard by Katsuro's unexpected maneuver. A pulse of energy rippled through the gym, and he stumbled, forced to one knee for the first time.

Katsuro wasted no time, swinging his Gunbai with relentless force. "Underestimate me if you want, but I won't be an easy meal for you," he growled, his Sharingan spinning, analyzing every slight movement the Otsutsuki made.

The alien's frustration boiled into a seething rage, his eyes locked onto Katsuro's fierce, determined expression. With a low snarl, he rose to his feet, the strange eye on his forehead pulsing with a chilling, blue light. "Impressive... for a mere child," he sneered, his Rinne Sharingan casting a baleful glow that shadowed his face, giving him an otherworldly menace.

Katsuro wasted no time, taking full advantage of his opponent's momentary lapse in focus. "Fūton: Gunbai Kyōkai!"

He swung his Gunbai with practiced precision, unleashing a powerful wind-based jutsu that cut through the air like a blade, its force sharp enough to slice through nearly anything in its path.

The Otsutsuki's alien eyes, honed to perceive all chakra flows, narrowed as he recognized the jutsu's nature.

With a smug grin, he inhaled deeply, drawing in the chakra-infused air with an almost gluttonous satisfaction as it swirled toward him, consumed effortlessly. 

"Is this all you have, child?" he mocked.

But Katsuro was ready for this reaction. While the Otsutsuki was distracted, Katsuro appeared beneath him, erupting from a concealed pit in the ground he'd created earlier.