Erza snarled as she heard his words, the Kyuubi's power burning through her veins as she felt the bruises and internal damage his attacks had caused rapidly healing up.
Turning her burning gaze onto Orochimaru, she once again drew on her chakra, this time shaping it to create a full set of Samurai-like armour around her.
Her solid chakra expanding from her body and turning into plates of violet coloured armour that covered her arms, legs, chest and head.
...
In her hands two more swords formed, both of them made of her chakra and capable of cutting through solid steel.
"Hmm impressive." Orochimaru said audibly, a contemplative look across his face as he inspected Erza.
"Clearly you are using a variation of the Uzumaki Chakra Chains. Instead of chain like chakra constructs though, you have learnt how to create weapons and armour out of your chakra… how fascinating, I never realized the ability was so… versatile."
Erza scowled as she heard that, irritated that the man was diagnosing her techniques instead of paying attention to the fight.
Leaping forwards Erza brought both her blades to bare as she began lashing out at Orochimaru forcing him on the defensive for a few minutes as he weaved in and out of her attacks.
Spinning around Erza unleashed a mid-air spin kick, attempting to kick the Sannin in the side of the head. The sudden change from sword strikes to spin kick was swift enough to force the Sannin to raise his left arm up to block the kick.
Erza's eyes narrowed as she saw this, a smirk spreading across her face as she watched Orochimaru raise his arm up to block her strike.
Seeing this Ezra's forced a blade of chakra to protrude from her leg, the wickedly sharp blade protruding from between her foot and knee, extending nearly four inches.
Orochimaru's eyes widened in pain and surprise as he felt the blade of chakra shear through the flesh of his arm, cutting through muscle and bone. His surprise soon turned to anger though as he wrenched his arm away and delivered a rapid and brutal kick straight at Erza's armoured chest.
The blow catching her in the gut and sending flying backwards to land roughly on the ground a couple of metres away.
"Kukukukuku… well done little girl, it's been a while since anyone managed to injure me." Orochimaru said softly his left hand glowing with a green light as he healed up his right arm, his gaze fixed on the genin as she pushed herself to her feet.
The attack had surprised him, which annoyed him more than the wound ever could have. Even so it was a nasty wound, the blade had nearly managed to cut through his full arm, if such a thing had happened he would have had to retreat and shed this body.
Erza spat in response, pushing herself to her feet and once again taking a fighting stance.
"So I am interested little girl, what other tricks do you have hidden up your sleeve?" Orochimaru asked with a smirk as he finished healing his arm, twisting and flexing it a bit as he prepared to engage Erza once more.
His sharp yellow eyes examined the armour she had crafted for herself and the chakra cloak as he did so, noting that unlike traditional armour, Erza's had no visible chinks in it.
So far he could say he was impressed, she had used the Kyuubi's chakra and her own abilities to forge powerful offensive and defensive capabilities.
He would say she was at least on a par with a reasonably strong Jounin, not quite at elite Jounin or an S-rank Shinobi level, but certainly a cut above the rest of the Shinobi fodder.
The same could be said of her sister Mito, in contrast young Sasuke was only at Chunin level, which for his next potential body was a bit disappointing, still though there was time to work on that.
In response to his question Erza charged forward again, her blades held tightly in hand as she rushed Orochimaru, trusting in her skill with her blades, the enhancements the Kyuubi's chakra gave and the defense provided by her armour.
She was still under no illusion that she would defeat the Sannin, but she at least hoped to hurt him enough that whoever came to investigate the Kyuubi's chakra could drive him off or kill him.
For the next few minutes Orochimaru spent his time avoiding Erza's slashes and kicks, a simple smirk on his face as he dodged and weaved around her, never letting her get a strike on him. He didn't strike back though, instead he seemed more interested in analyzing her abilities then he did in fighting her seriously.
To Orochimaru it was very interesting to see how different the two sister's style of fighting was. Mito, she focused on Fuuninjutsu, using its almost boundless potential and her skill with the art to fight.
Erza however focused on Kenjutsu, using it alongside her unique Uzumaki chakra and the Kyuubi's power to devastating effect.
With the way young Erza was fighting now, Orochimaru knew that she would be easily able to defeat the average Jounin, against a S-Class Shinobi like him though she was just not good enough.
It was enough to tell him that he may need to alert his plans for the Invasion to take the two Kyuubi Jinchruuki into account.
After several minutes of Orochimaru avoiding Erza's attacks, what was left of the clearing that they were fighting in was even more destroyed than before, with even more small craters dotting the landscape and more trees smashed to pieces.
Finally seeming to get bored, Orochimaru dodged one final swing of the sword from Erza before he stepped in close, getting within arm's reach of Erza as he struck out with his own counterattack.
Lashing out with his fist, Orochimaru struck Erza straight in the face, knocking her backwards a few steps. Not pausing Orochimaru kicked her feet out from under her knocking her onto her back, before after going through a few rapid Hand Seals he manipulated the earth below her making it exploded upwards as a stone spike erupted from it, striking Erza in the back.
Lashing out with his hand again Orochimaru struck the girl in the gut, his fingertips glowing blue as he put a 'Five Elements Seal' on her.
Erza's eyes widened as she saw this, before her Kyuubi cloak vanished, swiftly followed by her chakra armour as she suddenly felt a cloak of weariness settle over her. This always happened whenever she stopped using the Kyuubi's chakra, after having used it for a while, exhaustion.
Stumbling backwards Erza tried created a single blade from her chakra, somehow though she couldn't, it was as if whatever Orochimaru had done had disrupted the flow of her chakra. Not that that would stop her she thought as she raised her fists, and instead prepared to fight with Taijutsu if necessary.
Seeing that she was still trying to fight him, a mocking sneer spread across Orochimaru's face. "Still not had enough girl?"
Erza glared in response, her eyes flickering from the mocking face of Orochimaru, to the now conscious but injured body of Mito who had begun to push herself to her feet, to the unconscious body of Sasuke.
She had been hoping to have done a lot more damage than she had done. She didn't know what Orochimaru had done, but somehow after his last strike she had found that she could no longer draw on the Kyuubi's chakra, and she struggled to even use her own chakra.
A smirk spread across Orochimaru's face as he saw how helpless the girl now was.
He had just used the 'Five Elements Seal', a powerful technique that could be used to block or disturb a person's chakra flow, it was a handy little technique he had learnt which could have a devastating effect on Shinobi.
It was a wonder the girl was still conscious, let alone still willing to oppose him.
"Tell me girl, how would you like a gift to match the one I gave Sasuke?" Orochimaru said, the tone of his voice friendly and kind, completely at odds with the cruel look on his face.
Erza didn't give him the satisfaction of an answer, as she instead tightened her fists, once again trying to call upon her disrupted chakra. The very thought of the Snake Sannin putting his Cursed Seal on her disgusted her, she would not allow him to do so.
Orochimaru's smile grew at this petty act of defiance, opening his mouth Orochimaru prepared to mock the girl again, before he could though his eyes widened as he felt something coming from behind him.
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