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Triforce Legend
Chapter21: Siege of the Ruined City
Fire Country: Border / Ruins
"Wow," Kiba said in awe at the power to jutsu had just displayed.
"That jutsu's level has to be on par with Naruto's chakra shuriken and Yugito's lightning monster jutsu," Sakura said as she leaned against their makeshift cover.
"Actually it is," Yamato spoke up getting her attention. "Konohamaru-san has been experimenting with infusing fire elemental manipulation directly into the Rasengan…but I had no' idea he had progressed to stage five so quickly especially considering how difficult it is to control chakra and elemental manipulation at the same time".
"That jutsu must have been using the fire element instead of Naruto's wind element…You said that was stage five; how many stages are there?" Neji asked sending the Anbu Captain a suspicious look.
"There are six stages and what you just saw was an unrefined version of stage five," Yamato answered nodding towards where Kakuzu once stood.
"Are you telling us that; that jutsu just now was flawed?!" Kiba asked barely contained his shout.
"That's exactly what I'm saying," Yamato answered.
"I'm going to go and get the brat," Anko said standing up.
Yamato nodded and said, "Be careful not to get in their way".
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"Did I do good Nisan?" Konohamaru asked weakly as Naruto set him down on the ground.
"You did great Konohamaru; I'm proud of you," the Konoha Jonin smiled as the boy seemed to fall unconscious.
Yugito set her hands over him and channeled some chakra, "his chakra is depleted. It's nothing serious but he'll be out for awhile…"
"Is something wrong?" Naruto asked her while looking over to where Akatsuki stood.
She looked reluctant for a second before she answered, "Both of his arms suffered serious burn damage. The outer layer of the skin on his hands had melted; I've repaired the damage but…if he keeps using that jutsu then eventually the damage will exceed my ability to heal it".
"…I should have known something like this would happen," Naruto shook his head remembering when he first used stage five of the Rasengan and how it damaged his arm.
Just then Anko jumped down beside them, "hey guys".
"Anko…can you take Konohamaru-kun to the others for us?" Yugito asked as she moved her glowing green hands away from the Genin.
"That's what I came over here for," the Snake Jonin responded as she picked the young Sarutobi up.
"Take good care of him," Naruto told her.
Anko nodded, "good look you two," she was gone a moment later in a burst of speed towards where the others were.
Yugito looked over at the Akatsuki members and saw that there were only three of them now, "hey where's the other guy? You know that puppet guy; I know he was here a moment ago".
Naruto nodded, "he must have slipped away when Konohamaru landed his jutsu…how about we get rid of another one before tackling the remaining two?"
"…Alright," Yugito replied.
"Let's go wild," Naruto ginned as he made a hand-seal. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," two clones popped into existence beside the Konoha Jonin.
"Now what?" Hidan muttered as he glared at the two blonds.
Itachi narrowed his eyes seeing Naruto and his clones do something similar to what the Sarutobi boy did earlier, 'are you planning on using the same move that child did? Why would you? I just saw it once and I already know its weakness; something so condensed and quick spinning can only be used if the user holds it like a weapon'.
Suddenly a bell-like screech filled the air that seemed to echo and deafen everyone nearby. Almost everyone had to cover their ears as Naruto held out his hand while the clones worked on pouring the chakra and elemental power into one sustained ball of energy and wind. Four small blades spun around the ball and when he held out the sphere away from his body the wind blades expanded into the shape of a shuriken.
"Futon: Rasenshuriken," he said its name.
'That is truly a monstrous jutsu,' Itachi thought as even he couldn't help but shiver at the power it radiated just like the one the boy from before wielded.
Yugito held up her hand to the sky and suddenly the temperature in the area had increased drastically forming dark clouds of thunder above them. Her hand was suddenly engulfed in fire once more but this one was a lot bigger and gave off a lot more heat than the previous stage of her jutsu.
"Katon: Oodama Kaizuki," she said its name just like Naruto had done moments before.
"Don't let them touch you," Itachi said as an order. 'What are you two planning? Those jutsu must require enormous amounts of chakra even for Jinchuuriki so why would you use them so recklessly…unless,' the Uchiha's eyes widened in surprise as he knew what they were about to do.
Yugito shot her flame covered hand out like she would a punch and the blade of fire shot out like a lance in a compressed beam of superheated magma towards Hidan. The undying member of Akatsuki's eyes widened in surprise and amusement at seeing it come at him. He dodged to the side as the blade sliced passed him and seemed to follow him until he jumped high off of the ground.
At that moment Naruto twisted his body and threw his jutsu like he would a regular shuriken towards the now airborne Hidan. He saw it coming however and threw out his scythe connected to his chain to the side. It hit a nearby post and he pulled himself out of the way of the jutsu. Hidan watched in amusement as the Rasenshuriken flew right over his head but his face quickly became frightened when the jutsu expanded into a large spinning ball of wind which caught him at its edge.
He couldn't even say a word as his body was ripped apart from the constant friction of the jutsu and everything in the neighboring area was being sucked into it. Suddenly the hurricane of wind exploded outwards blowing the remaining two Akatsuki members off of their feet and forcing the Konoha teams to take cover.
"How was that?" Yugito asked with a grin.
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"That…was pretty cool," was all Kiba could say to that.
"They coordinated their strike; Yugito-san forced the Akatsuki member into a corner and Naruto finished him off in one coordinated attack," Yamato said as statement.
"That's stage five?" Tenten asked seeing the damage Naruto's jutsu had done.
Yamato nodded in reply, "that's the refined version of stage five using the wind element. How they both could throw something with so much compressed power like that however I have no idea".
"Remind me never to spar with those two…ever," Kiba said shaking his head knowing the outcome of any future spars.
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"Kisame," Itachi spoke getting his partner's attention. "Do not underestimate these two; they are not normal Jinchuuriki," the Uchiha told him.
Kisame just grinned, "Should I cut off their legs? They won't need them and it will make them easier to carry".
Itachi didn't reply to that and instead turned his attention towards the two Jonin with his Sharingan spinning, "I'll ask again; will you come quietly?"
"No," Naruto said simply without looking at the man's eyes. He shot a glance at the blond beside him and said, "Don't look at his eyes; he might catch you in a Genjutsu if you do".
"I'm afraid it's too late for that Naruto-kun," Itachi said in monotone as he seemed to burst into a cluster of crows. "Utakata," the blond heard and looked around finding no trace of anyone or anything but the crows.
"I know I never looked at your eyes so how did you…this jutsu allows you to cast Genjutsu without eye contact doesn't it?" Naruto asked looking around. He shook his head when he didn't receive an answer and decided to continue, "This won't help you though."
His hand glowed a golden light as the shape of three triangles appeared on it and shattered the Genjutsu revealing the world around him once more. Yugito shot him a worried glance as Itachi narrowed his eyes; Naruto shot her a reassuring smile and glared at the two remaining Akatsuki members.
"I'll tell you the same thing I told Kakashi; I have two Sharingan users as enemies. Do you really think I haven't found a countermeasure to Genjutsu by now?" the Fox Flash almost sneered at the two.
"Kisame…get that boy now," Itachi ordered and the swordsman shot forward not needing anymore incentive.
"Naruto," Yugito whispered but still got his attention all the same. "Can you keep him off of me while I try and heat up the place?" she asked as she saw the mist swordsman move.
Naruto nodded knowing what she meant by 'heat up the place', "alright but be careful". He disappeared in a flash of yellow, 'Shunpo no Jutsu'.
Almost immediately Naruto appeared behind Kisame in a flash of yellow, 'what the hell?' Kisame back flipped over the blonde's strike and skidded away, 'what's with this guys speed? That's not normal.'
'Shunpo no Jutsu,' Naruto shot towards him in a flash of yellow and was in front of him before he could blink.
'Dammit,' the mist swordsman thought as he parried the various blows the blond delivered. Kisame gritted his teeth as he shifted his weight and pushed forward and clashed with the Konoha Jonin, "I see you've gotten better brat".
"And I see you still like sushi," the blond shot back as they split apart. Naruto skidded to a stop and held out his sword and channeled some chakra creating a thin line of wind on the blade's edges, "ready for round two?" He didn't wait for a reply opting to instead attack in hopes of catching the mist swordsman off guard, 'Shunpo no Jutsu'.
Meanwhile Yugito was channeling large amounts of chakra into the air itself causing the entire battlefield to get hotter with each passing second. Itachi saw this all through his Sharingan and dashed towards her at incredible speed. Yugito saw him at the last second and narrowly evaded the sword strikes from his Anbu-styled blade. Itachi slid away from her while going through hand-seals and inhaled a deep breath.
"Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu!" the Uchiha exclaimed as he exhaled a giant ball of pure fire at her.
Seeing no way to dodge it Yugito made brought her arms up in a cross in front of her and shouted, "Farore Kaze!" She disappeared a moment later in a green light and reappeared on top of the rubble of a nearby building, 'dammit. My jutsu doesn't work as well without a set destination to jump to; I'm just lucky I didn't materialize inside solid rock'.
"Let's continue; shall we?" Itachi's eyes bore down at her.
Naruto dropped to the ground as Kisame sent a wide horizontal slash at him followed by the mist swordsman bring his foot down on the blond. Naruto rolled to the side and stood up just in time to deflect another strike with his shield. Kisame brought his arm up for a downward slash when Naruto rolled to the side cut him across the shoulder forcing the nukenin to yelp and back away.
"Not bad kid; your good with that sword of yours. I'll admit that but…" he suddenly shot forward and slashed downwards catching Naruto's arm as he dodged. "…You're still just a kid," he finished seeing the blond slide to a stop clutching his wound which was already healing.
'He didn't cut me…it shaved,' Naruto thought upon seeing the wound heal itself.
"If you liked that then how about this," Kisame spoke with a grin and threw his weapon high into the air before quickly running through some hand seals. "Suiton: Suikōdan no Jutsu!" he shouted and suddenly a shark made out of water shot out of the nearby drain and flew directly at the blond.
'So that's his game…alright I'll play; I've been wanting to test out my new jutsu anyway,' Naruto thought as he quickly made some hand seals and started channelling chakra into the air. "Futon: Kazeryudan no Jutsu!" he exclaimed as he sent a large dragon of wind to intercept the water dragon. The two attacks connected and seemed to cancel each other while scattering a cloud of mist across the street block all view of the area. Naruto used this cover get in close with a ball of chakra in hand, "Rasengan!"
Kisame barely registered the danger in time to bring his sword up to deflect the blow. Naruto's eyes widened as the chakra was absorbed by the sword and he was forced to back off. The mist soon cleared and Kisame sent the blond hero an amused smirk.
"Samehada here absorbs chakra kid; that chakra ball of yours won't help you here," the swordsman said with that shark-like smirk still on his face.
'Well that's bad,' Naruto narrowed his eyes in frustration.
"Do you see how useless it is now kid?" the shark-man asked with a grin. "Your interesting kid but…you're not in my league," he stuck Samehada to his back and began forming hand-seals.
'Oh shit; what's with the huge amount of chakra?' Naruto thought nervously when he saw the mist nukenin finish.
"Suiton: Bakusui Shōha!" Kisame called out as he spewed a massive amount of water from his mouth which then began to spread out all across the locale are.
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"Mokuton: Shichūka no Jutsu!" Yamato called out as he slammed his hand into the ground. A moment later a large structure made of wood in the shape of a house erupted from the ground carrying the Konoha teams above the oncoming wave, "that should be enough". The wave of water splashed down on the streets covering the entire area and battered against the wooden house but the structure remained standing, "that was close".
"They're not holding anything back; are they?" Hanabi asked as she watched the fight.
"No; and I don't think they care for collateral damage either," Tenten was the one who answered.
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Naruto landed on top of one of the posts breath heavily, 'dammit. My sage chakra is almost depleted; I can't let this drag on much longer'.
"Come here boy!" the shark-man shouted as he shot out of the water on top of a massive wave of water barrelling at him.
'I have to stop him before he catches me with that jutsu of his,' Naruto thought as he channelled what little sage chakra he had left and jumped high into the air. "Cho Oodama Rasengan!" the blond exclaimed as he came back down and slammed a giant ball of chakra larger than his own body into the oncoming wave.
The entire city seemed to shake under the force of the jutsu as entire buildings were blown away as a massive explosion of water covered the area drenching everything (and everyone) in sight. Yugito and Itachi paid it no heed however as they were still trading blows not too far away.
Sage Mode Deactivated
'Dammit that last jutsu used up the last of my sage chakra,' Naruto thought grimly as he landed on one of the still standing rooftops.
He watched as Kisame emerged from the water and stepped onto the rooftop still grinning, "done tell me your done already kid?"
The blond remained silent as he unstrapped the large scroll of his back and dropped it to the floor beside him. Kisame narrowed his eyes wondering what the kid was doing when he created a shadow clone which then grabbed the scroll and laid it out on the floor.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu".
"Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu," Kisame whispered while making a hand-seal creating several clones from the vast amount of water in the area. "What are you up too kid?" the mist swordsman asked as Naruto destroyed the clones that charged with several well placed strikes.
Naruto didn't answer but instead slashed another water clone reducing it to normal water. Kisame charged forward now determined to stop whatever the blond had planned only for the original Naruto get in the way. The blond parried the first strike but Kisame managed to outmanoeuvre him and land a hit catching him in the chest.
Then the strangest thing happened…some chakra flared over where he had delivered the blow.
Naruto slid away while trying to catch his breath and Kisame narrowed his eyes, "I know I hit you so what gives?"
"Its…something…I call the…Rasenken," Naruto answered in-between breaths. "It…deflects…most…attacks," he stood up straight and finished, "though it isn't finished yet".
"Gyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" the Naruto clone behind the original shouted as he slammed his hand into the kanji on the scroll. There was a poof of smoke as another Naruto clone appeared sitting in the lotus position, "alright it's done!"
Sage Mode Reactivated
Both clones were dispelled and before Kisame knew it Naruto was already in front of him again with his sage mode activated once more. The mist swordsman barely parried the first strike before he was suddenly being pushed back under the barrage of attacks Naruto sent his way. They clashed swords again but this time Naruto shifted his weight to the side and forced both blades down towards the floor.
He followed this up with a sage-enhanced kick to the side of the nukenin's head sending him crashing into the water. Kisame emerged a few seconds later and glared at the blond as he hefted Samehada onto his shoulder.
'This brat is becoming a real pain; what's with his chakra? I know he was finished a moment ago but then he did something with that scroll and now he's back to full strength again. What's going on here?' Kisame thought as he glared over at the Konoha Jonin.
Author's Notes:
Here's chapter 20; I hoped you liked it
Translation
Raiton: Kirin = Lightning Release: Qilin (at least that's what it says on Wikipedia)
Rasengan = Spiralling Sphere
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu = Shadow Clone Technique
Futon: Rasenshuriken = Wind Release: Spiralling Shuriken
Katon: Oodama Kaizuki = Fire Release: Great Ball Fire Blade
Utakata = Ephemeral
Shunpo no Jutsu = Flash Step Technique
Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu = Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
Farore Kaze = Farore Wind
Suiton: Suikōdan no Jutsu = Water Release: Water Shark Missile Technique
Suiton: Bakusui Shōha = Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave
Mokuton: Shichūka no Jutsu = Wood Release: Four Pillars House Technique
Cho Oodama Rasengan = Super Great Ball Spiralling Sphere
Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu = Water Clone Technique
Gyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu = Reverse Summoning Technique
Futon: Kazeryudan no Jutsu = Wind Release: Wind Dragon Bullet Technique (I'm going to use this translation instead of Futon: Furyudan no Jutsu; this one sounds better to me. For the record I didn't translate this jutsu; I don't know who started it but I think I first saw it being used by Geor-sama. Please don't spam me because of this jutsu).
Anyways I'm back at work next week so don't expect any more fast updates like I've been doing the last few weeks. I'll try and keep doing what I'm doing but I'm not making any promises (unlike some people).
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