After rigorous training, they ate and went to bed in tents they setup. It was evening and they slept deeply.
" Arise Hatashi Hirakima " Nakimara commanded as he spoke from Hatashi's head.
" What do you want now Nakimara?" Hatashi said as he came out of his tent.
"The time has come for me to take my revenge on that old wizard Shinohamaru" Nakimara said.
"The legendary wizard Shinohamaru the chosen of the gods is the one you want to kill" Hatashi said mockingly.
"Wasn't he the one who sealed you" Hatashi continued as he laughed.
"Are you in or not?" Nakimara asked.
"Of course, not" Hatashi said, now done laughing. "We'll both be killed"
"No need to worry just give control of your body and I'll do take care of the rest" Nakimara said indifferently.
"If I refuse" Hatashi asked with a serious look.
"Do you even know why he sealed me?" Nakimara asked as Hatashi stayed quiet.
" He wanted my power for himself " Nakimara continued. "Think of it why didn't he let me die instead of sealing me given I am a demon"
"He does have a point" Hatashi thought. " OK I accept only this once"
In an instant, Nakimara took control of Hatashi's body and teleported to Shinohamaru's temple. When they appeared at the temple, Shinohamaru was bowing down to the Usuki idols. The temple was brightly lit up by several torches.
"Long time no see old man" Nakimara said. After Nakimara spoke, Shinohamaru stood up but didn't look at them immediately.
"I've been expecting Nakimara and I see you have corrupted the body of this poor Hirakima boy" Shinohamaru said then turned to see them. Shinohamaru had a long white beard and long white hair. He held a long cane as he walked with his back slightly hunched.
"You're not any better old man" Nakimara said with a grin then charged at him with his sword but he blocked Nakimara using a solar shield.
"Say what you want demon but I shall cleanse this boy of you" Shinohamaru said.
"Sealing technique" Shinohamaru announced then the he disappeared. What Nakimara attacked was an illusion all along! The real Shinohamaru stood behind him.
However, Nakimara just smiled released and himself using demon energy.
"Impossible!" Shinohamaru exclaimed then Nakimara sent him flying with one punch.
" As far as I'm in this body, I can't be sealed and do you want to know why?" Nakimara said with an evil grin.
"Their souls are already bound together" Shinohamaru said in shock.
"That's right old man" Nakimara said then charged at Shinohamaru but he teleported behind him and created three clones of himself all of which had golden wings and flew in the air.
"I know you'd be wishing you'd worshipped the gods more often now that you've seen my power" Shinohamaru announced.
"No matter you're power you are no match for this Hirakima boy's power" Nakimara said as he charged by jumping high to attack him.
"Let's see about that then Nakimara" Shinohamaru taunted then all 3 of his clones performed the solar technique, heat nirvana which released rays of heat him but Nakimara performed the jozan technique which created five clones of himself then all the clones performed the dragon technique, inferno attack which burnt the three clones.
"You're not done yet I presume" Nakimara said with a grin then charged at him
"I'm far from done demon" Shinohamaru said then they began fighting with their swords. They fought at very high speeds as they kept on trying to slash, punch and kick each other. Nakimara, who took much of the damage with much glee kept on healing himself as he continued delivering fast paced slashes. When they finally reached a climax, their swords collided as they tried push each other but Nakimara jumped far away from Shinohamaru immediately he saw his sword shine very brightly.
"You were right to jump back demon because foul step would have turned you to cinder and ash" Shinohamaru said as his sword then fully lit ablaze. " This is the sword of Amaterasu"
"Let's see if that sword of yours will touch me" Nakimara said then covered his sword demon energy then they began fighting at high speed again and his time Nakimara dealt more damage which obviously confused Shinohamaru. Although Shinohamaru had gotten stronger when he had increased his output of his Usuki energy.
"Those demonic eyes are able to read and adapt to my movements quickly" Shinohamaru thought. " Maybe I could somehow momentarily blind him"
In an instant, Shinohamaru tried to slice Nakimara's eye with his blade but Nakimara made a split-second dodge.
"Nice try old man" Nakimara said with a grin then stabbed through Shinohamaru's chest and then kicked him away to remove him from his sword.
"Impossible" Shinohamaru said while he healed himself self but Nakimara wasn't done yet. Nakimara charged at him then he performed the Jozan technique and created three clones which performed the dragon technique, inferno attack but Shinohamaru blocked the flames with the sword shine solar technique, solar shield which gave him more time to heal but his safety was short lived as a Nakimara came from behind him and then cut off Shinohamaru head.
"I can't fail" Shinohamaru said in disbelief as his body tried to put his head back on his body.
"I can't lose to a demon. No not like this" he continued as he tried to put his head back but Nakimara cut him to pieces with his sword and then burnt him to ash using demon energy.
After he did this, a dark orb full of demon energy floated in the air above Shinohamaru ashes. When Nakimara saw this, he absorbed the energy from the orb.
"Finally, I feel the power coursing through my veins but something feels wrong" Nakimara said to himself.
"The limiter's still their" Nakimara said. " That bastard Shinohamaru must have put a limiter on the Devil's Eye but no matter all I have to do is charge enough demon energy to break through the limiter the only problem that it may take several months because of the resistance crated from the body of this Hirakima boy's body"
"It's almost morning I need to return to the tent." Nakimara said as he watched the sun rise above the cloud then he teleported back to the tent using the dark technique after that he removed his control from Hatashi. By the time Hatashi had returned they were already preparing for the next mission.
"Where were you Hatashi" Tiatsuri and Kaitara asked in unison as they and Sensei Hashiro looked at him.
" We were looking for you" Tiatsuri said
" I couldn't sleep so I took a walk around the forest and slept their and so I had to teleport here using dark technique" Hatashi lied. Although he felt bad for lying to them, he didn't show it in his emotions. He couldn't let them find out about the Devil's Eye.
"OK dude don't worry about it" Tiatsuri said.
"Sensei Hashiro left some food for you in case you returned and he said we have a mission at the coast to defeat the river king" Tiatsuri said.
While hearing all the information, Hatashi prepared himself then they all set out together for coastal territory of the Usuki kingdom.