In the Hidden Clouds
Chapter 10: The Eight Gates Released
A good ten minutes passed with no clear victor. Tamima was slowly being exhausted while Jun just whittled away at her. Those boulders surrounding his body, Tamima thought, he's not holding them there with a constant chakra flow; they're practically glued to his body. There wasn't much that could be done. Jun was becoming more and more quick with his attacks.
Tamima dodged another attack and winced as one of the muscles in her legs started to tear from the bone. Her body was at its limits. Unless she could produce more chakra, she would lose. Damn it, she muttered, I didn't want to have to resort to releasing the Gates, but I have no choice if I want to win. Another attack, Tamima dodged, but shifted her weight around to take it off of the damaged muscles. Now's my only chance. First Gate, Open Gate, Release.
Chakra exploded into Tamima's system, and she immediately diverted half of it to repair her damaged muscles. Relief flooded through Tamima as the pain in her muscles subsided. All right. Second Gate, Energy Gate, Release. More chakra flooded Tamima's body, which dispersed evenly through her body. She only had a few seconds to act.
"Take this," she called out, "Kumo Flashing Blade." Tamima let loose with a flurry of high powered attacks which bombarded Jun's Armor of Stone. Cracks slowly developed in the armor, but Tamima's body gave out before she could cause anything series.
"Is that," Jun said, "the best you can do?" Tamima couldn't believe it. She'd just hit him with at least fifty hits which would've broken a man in half. "If that's all, I'm going to end this."
"Damn it," Myourin said, "now we're all in trouble."
"Third Gate, Life Gate, Release," Tamima's chakra exploded as she released the Life Gate. She needed to break his armor, get through so she could take Jun out. Her body changed color as the chakra filled out her chakra circulatory system. "Just a bit more. Fourth Gate, Wound Gate, Release!" Now the environment around Tamima was affected, and chunks of cooled lava-rock slowly lifted into the air as Tamima's chakra.
"What in the," Jun said.
"Here I come," Tamima charged forward, so fast that no one could follow her. A swift blow, though it bore incredible force, sent Jun into the air. Tamima leapt into the air after him, getting above him, "swallow this, Fifth Gate, Forest Gate, Release!" Tamima channeled all of her chakra into a massively devastating combo, which sent Jun crashing down hard. Tamima came down and landed in front of him, continuing the combo with devastating fury. Jun's armor began to crack beneath the force of the blow.
"All right," Tamima said, "Sixth Gate, View gate, Release." Tamima pulled some chains from her satchel; she then smashed Jun with a massive punch, which sent him toward the wall. Before he got there, Tamima whipped the chain and wrapped it around his waist, this was it, if this didn't work, then she'd have to cross the line, "Ou Renge!" It was a high powered, furious blow that sent Jun flying. Jun slammed into the wall and slumped to the ground. His armor remained intact, although heavily damaged.
"Hell," Jun said as he got to his feet, "I can't repair this armor you know. If you had held out a bit longer, you might have…" Jun stopped as he felt something. He looked more closely at Tamima. Her skin had changed color again, this time it was a pale grey. "What?" He looked up at the waiting room and noticed Tamima's teammates. Fear contorted their expressions. It was then that Jun felt Tamima's chakra, and her murderous intentions. "My God," he said, "what is she?"
"Seventh Gate," Tamima said, "Insanity Gate, Release." Tamima looked up from her slouched stance. Jun took a step back when he saw her. Her hair, influenced by the chakra, now seemed to move away from her face. Her eyes had changed color as well. They were red, and the whites of her eyes had turned black.
"What are you," Jun said, fear beginning to overcome him. "Those eyes," he said, "I've never seen such bloodlust."
"What are those eyes," the Mizukage said, "they're not human."
"Those eyes," Souma said from behind the Raikages, "are truly human. By releasing the Insanity Gate, she has completely eliminated the normal emotional inhibitions that keep the human animal in check. This is what allows a human to wield that kind of incredible chakra. But, it also turns a human into a horrifying monster."
Jun stood frozen in fear of what he was seeing. Tamima formed several seals with her hands, and finished with a seal Jun had never seen before. She placed her hands flat together, as if praying, she then tilted her hands so that her finger tips were pointed at Jun. Chakra began to focus between her hands, spreading them apart. Jun stared in awe at the level of chakra that was gathering in her hands. It wasn't long before she reached the pinnacle, and couldn't put anymore chakra into the attack.
"And now," she said, "Eighth Gate, Death Gate, Release." Tamima's hands opened, and the white flash seemed to fill everyone's vision, "Kihoho!"