Strongest Shinobi

Shisui POV.

As I was falling down, I hoped with all my heart that Itachi would continue to thwart the Uchiha. I continued to fall down as I prepared to smash into the water and everything would end, but what happened was against all what I had imagined.

Instead of the cold water, I seem to have landed in something warm and damp. I could hear something breathing right beside me, though it was so audible it couldn't be real. The only thing I could think of, was that I had been swallowed by something.

I smiled at my fate. I would still die anyway, if it was by drowning or by being eaten, it didn't matter. I would still die. Even if I survived this whole ordeal and the beast wouldn't eat me, I would still die from the poison flowing in my body.

Resigned to whatever may happen, I waited for the beast to swallow me and be done with it. I waited, waited, still waited.

Nothing happened.

I'm sure a lot of time should've passed. Why didn't it swallow me. Did it notice I was poisoned? Then why didn't it spit me out?

Too weak to even lift my body, all I could do was wait, which really streched my nerves thin. If I had to die, I would rather be done with it and slice my throat.

Before I could muster the strength to move my body, a tremor went through my body and my surroundings. Suddenly the humid air changed to the fresh air of the forest and I felt the grainy earth below me.

I felt a huge amount of chakra behind me, slowly becoming small. Footsteps were heard. My body tensed as I waited for what would happen.

What I heard next shocked me so bad that a small chuckle escaped my mouth, as I couldn't contain tears from happiness yet sorrow as I recognised the voice of the person who spoke.

"Shisui, what happened to you?"

The one who spoke was a boy I hadn't seen for three years, though his voice changed, becoming more m.a.t.u.r.e and tinted with sorrow and anguish, I still recognised it.

Izana grabbed my arms and put me on his back as he brought me to somewhere.

"I'm sorry you had to see me in such a state, Izana." Was all I could say.

Izana only responded with, "Don't talk. Conserve your strength to get better."

As if I could get better. I kept my mouth shut as I didn't want to let Izana suffer more than now. All I could do was smile helplessly at Izana's actions, as I still waited to die.

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Arriving at the hideout, Ryuujin placed Shisui gently on the ground. Shisui hadn't moved one bit when they traveled and it was extremely worrisome.

Ryuujin changed back into Izana walked towards Shisui.

"Shisui, what happened to you." Izana said as he pulled Shisui on his back.

Izana fasted his hold on Shisui's arms that hung down beside his neck, making sure Shisui would fall on the ground when he moved.

"I'm sorry you had....to see me in such a state." Shisui responded weakly, his lips already becoming slightly purple. He was obviously poisoned. Don't even mention the wounds on his body and the eyes that weren't in its sockets.

Izana responded with, "Don't talk. Conserve your strength to get better." If he could use Ryuujin's technique well enough, he might be able to safe Shisui.

Shisui smiled helplessly as he didn't seem to belief Izana. Izana dragged him into the small cabin and placed him on the bed. Izana quickly lighted the place up and filled a bowl with water. He found some clean rags and quickly did a surface wipe of Shisui's body.

Luckily there weren't any weapon pieces stuck in his body, nor were there any major wounds that were life threatening. Izana sighed in relief, though it became a lot more severe as he focussed on what he had to do next.

"Ryuujin, correct me if I do something wrong." Izana said, as this would be the first time Izana used the special Yang technique on a human.

[Sure.] Ryuujin said as a faint presence could be felt in the room.

Shisui stirred as he too seemed to feel it, but Izana stopped him the he put his hands on Shisui's c.h.e.s.t and his forehead.

[You can start now.] Ryuujin said.

Izana nodded. He poured a small trickle of Yang chakra in Shisui's head, slowly increasing in amount, while the hand placed atop Shisui's heart guided the chakra through Shisui's body.

Feeling the poison with his chakra, Izana drove it all towards one spot. The process was taxing as he needed to control his chakra into tiny strands and let in pass through all of Shisui's cells.

Wherever his chakra passed, all the poison would be driven away. The damage the poison had caused would be imediately repaired by Izana's chakra, leaving only healthy body tissue behind.

Once all the poison was flushed into one spot, Izana moved his hand that rested on Shisui's head to that spot. Izana's hand morfed into Ryuujin's. The draconic hand swiftly flashed down as the sharp claws sunk into the poisoned spot. Shisui's trembled in pain, not surprising as it hurt f*cking much.

The claws seemed to absorb the poison, as the claws changed colour from a slightly transparant black to a purplish black.

Having extracted all the poison, Izana retracted his claws, while the remaining chakra healed the puncture would of his claws.

When the chakra was completely gone, there wasn't any wound remaining.

Izana stared at his black claws and questioned Ryuujin what to do next.

[Well, isn't it obvious? You absorb it of course. That way your body will become immune to the poison. Not that you would easily be poisoned, but it still helps to be safe rather than sorry. It's a win-win situation.] Ryuujin said light heartedly as he wasn't that worried.

Shisui was healed and the poison was gone. This technique wasn't even originally meant for poisoned people, but hey, Izana figured out a new way to used it. He should be very proud of Izana. Originally it was used to help Tailed-beasts to reform their bodies if they had died. Ryuujin happily hummed in pride and a sense of accomplishment for having taught Izana that well.

Izana didn't follow what Ryuujin was thinking and just did what he said. His claws quickly regained their original color, while Izana could feel a slight burning sensation in his body which quickly faded.

Izana looked at Shisui and was happy to see he was healthy again. The steady breathing calmed Izana a whole bunch, as Shisui had at some point had fallen asleep.

Izana breathed a sigh of relief, followed by the slight burning of his eyes that he hadn't noticed before.

"Ryuujin, my eyes hurt." Izana said as he pressed his hands firmly against his sockets.

[Ah, don't worry about it. It's your Sharingan. Apparently seeing Shisui try to commit suicide triggered something, along with the absorbing of the poison. It will take a while to calm down, so try to get some sleep if you can. We can see what they look like tomorrow.] Ryuujin said unconcerned.

While Izana tried to sleep through the pain, his eyes continued to swirl in black and red colours, not calming down in the slightest.