Welcome to the next chapter!
Morregen; Thanks! Glad you liked the fights! Thanks very much!
joharasbel; Thanks! Yeah, that's pretty funny~
ShadowUzumaki55; Thanks! He did yeah, he's been able to copy the Jutsu of Ameyuri. He did yeah, he managed to get the drop on the three of them. Naruko did her best yeah~ It is going to be cool when he and Orochimaru finally clash.
TheGreatGodzilla; Yeah, Orochimaru when he was normal wished for that, now in his decaying mind, he's yelling lots of things that he is simply yelling. That's how they are after all. Kidomaru didn't die last chapter. Thanks for the suggestions. Yeah, I know what I am going to do with Sai. I'm sure they know some stuff about the Otsutsuki. I would only do filler arcs if they could either tie back into the main story I am telling or it could be a good chance to develop some characters. The Tenseigan will be how it was in canon. They seemed to be pretty alright with it in canon.
Silver crow; Thanks. Yeah, he took them down pretty quickly. He's got things to do before doing that, he shall take him down when he has the chance. Naruko did yeah. Shizune did her best, and repelled them for a good while. Jiraiya and Orochimaru did their best yeah. Yeah, Ryouta and Ameyuri might have been enemies, but he also understood her a good deal, and how she felt when she knew she was dying. Yeah, Ryouta managed to break through that Genjutsu. Ryouta is conserving chakra, and the Sound Four have some unknown abilities, so Ryouta is being careful to not be trapped or something with an ability. We shall see what happens with the summoning's. Yeah, Tsunade and Naruko did their best. He was studying his opponents powers and if there was any kind of threat. Naruko did her best against Kabuto, and managed to damage him a good deal. Kidomaru's golden armour protects him from Ninjutsu to a certain extent, that's how he survived the attack, otherwise he would have died from it. Yeah, they'd be cool for those crews. Yeah he saves the Mangekyou for when he really needs it, like when he fights Itachi or Orochimaru. Ryouta hasn't mastered any version of the Edo Tensei, maybe in the future he could do. He hasn't named it yet, he will when it is complete. He could have a sword. Oden could do yeah. Mei could do yeah, as could the will have some special roles going forward.
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Anonymous; Thanks, yeah they aren't for everyone, so thanks for giving it a chance. Yeah, the dream world is important to Ryouta. Yeah, they pointed that out. Haku didn't know fully about Kankuro, but when she did figure it out, she finished him off pretty quickly. Satsuki was the first to kiss him. He has been on dates with most of the girls, some on screen, some off.
Hinata fan; Yeah, he will be doing so soon enough. Yeah, he surely will be angry. Maybe Ryouta could do. No, the chapter after this one as some important stuff for the future is going to be set up this and next chapter.
Guest 1; Yeah, I have thought about doing an idea like that before. Sona could do. Yeah, Koneko and he could be quite like that. I have an idea on how he would be, and what his motivations would be and yeah, he could have some fire moves based on different people. Thanks for the peerage suggestions. Yeah, he could do something like that for her, thanks for the suggestions.
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With those reviews out of the way, it is time to start the chapter.
Clash of the summons!
When seeing Naruko down like she was, Ryouta's first thought was to get to her, and make sure that she was safe. He also saw that Tsunade was over her, hunched down, and laid a hand on her face, seeing that she was having difficulty breathing.
"Naruko-chan..."
He glanced at Kabuto, seeing that Naruko had managed to disable him a good deal. With his body being blown away with the Rasengan, and how he had trouble healing it. He could see that Kabuto had sent chakra towards the area to heal it, but it didn't work, or he didn't have enough chakra to heal it.
Whatever it was, it seemed that Kabuto hadn't anticipated Naruko's attack.
He didn't waste time, and went to Tsunade's side.
As he did, the others looked on to see what was happening.
Kidomaru, who was stood close to the deceased Sakon and Ukon, looked absolutely stunned. Because Ryouta managed to handle both of them, even seeing the fact that his attacks didn't manage to catch him off guard, he was beginning to worry. He knew that he would have to go all out if he wanted to win the fight.
He glanced over towards Shizune and Jirobo, seeing that the latter was having difficulty. Shizune was able to keep him pressed back, and had inflicted some wounds on him, while he hadn't managed to wound Shizune as much, she did have a few wounds on her but for the most part seemed to be winning this fight.
Tayuya was still down for the count due to the Genjutsu that Ryouta had used right upon her, it seemed that the Orochimaru side weren't doing as great than they had thought that they would do.
"Damn...Orochimaru-sama, it seems that we haven't been able to...and now they're together, even Kabuto got taken down by that punk girl...shit..."
Kidomaru realized the situation they were in, and knew that if something didn't happen soon, then they were in real trouble.
As that was going on, Ryouta rushed quickly to Naruko's side.
Getting to Naruko, he saw that she was reaching up towards Tsunade, cupping the necklace around her neck. It seemed that she was struggling to catch her breath, the pain in her chest caused by Kabuto had done a good deal of damage to her.
"...I did it...I managed...to do it...so this is...mine..."
Naruko had managed to do it.
But he soon saw that she had passed out, with Tsunade becoming increasingly concerned.
"Naruko…! Naruko!"
Tsunade began doing some checks over her, and found that Kabuto had managed to damage the muscles inside of her heart.
Ryouta looked at her, seeing that she had snapped out of what was going on before. The fear of blood didn't even seem to enter her mind, as she began healing Naruko.
She ran her finger across the area of her heart, and began doing her best to fix the damage.
"Naruko-chan...come on, you're not going to die yet...come on…."
Ryouta watched Tsunade at work.
Using techniques that were highly advanced, showing her true prowess as a Medical Ninja.
"Come on Naruko...you said you were going to become Hokage...you can't die because of this…!"
Allowing her chakra to flow through Naruko, she began healing the damage as best as possible.
He witnessed the determination on Tsunade's face.
It seemed that seeing everyone do their best, and now having the possibility of being able to save someone, and not wishing for anyone to die again, Tsunade wasn't allowing anything to get in her way.
And from what Ryouta could see, her expertise in healing was beginning to work.
Tsunade was able to fix the damage that Kabuto caused, to Kabuto's own astonishment.
Even Orochimaru who squared off against Jiraiya, was stunned to see Tsunade's transformation.
"Tsunade...even though there's blood there...damn it!"
Orochimaru's frustrations grew, while Yukine's happiness did as well.
"It seems that you can't use that against her anymore."
Orochimaru's wild eyes shot for Yukine.
"If I wanted your opinion, then I'd ask for it! Until then, zip your mouth closed!"
Yukine laughed, and placed a hand to her face.
"Ooh my, your temper really is growing out of control. You shouldn't do such things as get super angry."
"Damn you! Leave me alone! Seriously! Get out of my life! Go away, and do something helpful for once!"
"I am doing something helpful."
"Not for me!"
"I never said it was for you."
Orochimaru felt rage within him building all the more.
Jiraiya watched on, seeing only half of a conversation, and while he got some of what was going on, it seemed to him that Orochimaru was truly losing grip on his sanity, that he wasn't able to think clearly at all.
Tsunade on the other hand continued the healing for a good few seconds, each second felt like an eternity.
Moving her hands across the area of Naruko's heart, and using the green chakra to stimulate her heart, and repair the damage at the same time.
But then she pauses, and looks towards Ryouta.
"Don't worry... I've managed to fix the damage, she's going to be fine with rest."
Because Tsunade had saved Naruko, he released a breath that he didn't know that he had been holding.
"Thank you Tsunade-san."
Tsunade shook her head.
"No, thanks to you, and this girl...I remembered why I became a Medical Ninja in the first place, and what I can do with my skills. I might not have saved Dan...and Nawaki also perished...but, I got to save this girl. And I'll do my best now, to make sure Orochimaru is stopped."
Ryouta was glad for her.
Seeing Tsunade having regained what she thought she had lost, that spark within her. Her strength of heart, and her willingness to fight. This time, being able to save Naruko, from a devastating fate, restored more and more of her faith in herself, and in others as well.
Orochimaru looked on, his eyes going to the deceased Sakon and Ukon, then towards the beaten down Kidomaru, the unconscious Tayuya, the damaged Jirobo, and finally the injured Kabuto who was shaking on the ground.
"Shit…!" Gaining the others attention, Orochimaru's wild voice released. "Ryou-kun! Why?! Why did you kill Sakon and Ukon?!"
"Because they tried to kill me you idiot!"
Orochimaru shook with anger.
But then he sighed.
"I told Sakon to not be foolish, what a stupid shit. Same for Ukon. And now Tayuya is down, Kidomaru is...damn it..."
"Orochimaru-sama...I am still alive."
Orochimaru stared at him while Kidomaru looked awkwardly towards him, while Ryouta glared.
"You're next on the chopping block, Orochimaru."
Ryouta gleamed with his eyes on Orochimaru.
"Leave me alone..."
"You started this, I shall finish it."
With that, Orochimaru shuddered at the thoughts of Ryouta unleashing his Mangekyou upon him.
Desperation filled his mind.
His hate turned onto the unconscious Naruko.
"You, a lowly Genin managed to beat Kabuto!? It couldn't have happened! It's a trick! You little fox brat, it seems that you're a bit better than I thought! I can't have you wondering around anymore! This is it, the final death for you fox girl!"
Orochimaru's neck increased in length.
Stretching abnormally long, and from his mouth, a blade came out.
"Oh no you don't, this time you're dead!"
Ryouta grabbed his sword, intending to go and attack him.
But Tsunade placed her hand out.
"Don't worry...this time, it's fine."
"Tsunade-san..."
"Trust me, I'll be fine."
Ryouta nods, and watches as Tsunade gets in the way.
Before the blade can penetrate her, she reaches out her hand, and grabs the blade between her fingers.
Some blood begins to leak from her hand.
For a few moments, she stared at it, as she held Orochimaru in place.
"Let go of me Tsunade, I'll kill you!"
Orochimaru struggled to move, but Tsunade wrapped her fingers firmly around the blade.
Digging into her flesh more and more, Ryouta watched to see what Tsunade was going to do.
"Orochimaru, I wont let you have this girl!"
"Don't you dare get in my way! I'll end your existence! You betrayed my offer for these fools, and you took my offer, throwing it away, and decided to go against me! So much for Dan and Nawaki now huh?! Because of you, they remain dead!"
Orochimaru in his way was trying to attack Tsunade mentally.
But this time, she wouldn't allow it.
She never would allow Orochimaru to get under her skin, ever again.
"No, that's where you're wrong. I wont allow you to get the upper hand on me this time Orochimaru. Not again. You can say what you want to me, because it doesn't effect me anymore. You are going to be deceased today!"
Orochimaru shook violently.
His eyes became dangerously wild.
Piercing and ready to kill.
"Are you actually trying to anger me!?"
"I'll fight you with my life on the line!"
Orochimaru threw his face forward to try and appear intimidating.
"Don't give me that crap, will you?! Why are you protecting that lowly Genin anyway?! Because you hate me?!"
Ryouta could see that Orochimaru was becoming more unstable as time went on.
With each passing moment, Ryouta could see his eyes were becoming more unfocused, unclear, and unable to fully comprehend what was going on around him.
"I hate you."
Orochimaru glared at the grinning Yukine.
"Get lost!"
Tsunade thought that was directed at her, so she showed her strength through her eyes.
"I wont get lost, and I do hate you with a burning passion. But it isn't only because of my hate for you. It is because of something else."
"Great, what is it then?!"
"It's because that's what Hokage's do..." Her eyes briefly went to Ryouta, who nods, so Tsunade does the same thing. "They put their lives on the line for the sake of everyone in the village! And as its new Hokage, I'll do the same! You wont lay another finger on anyone here, because I'm going to end you myself!"
Ryouta, and Jiraiya were happy to hear her say that.
Finally deciding to take up the mantel of Hokage.
Tsunade then throws Orochimaru's sword to the side, and swings out her fist.
The impact of Orochimaru's face with her face, caused him to spit out blood, as he was flung away at a high speed, embedding into the ground.
"Good one Tsunade-san."
Ryouta lightly cheered out, seeing Orochimaru being punched in such a way felt really cathartic.
Tsunade adopts a small smirk, before seeing her injured hand and the other kind of injuries on her, deciding that she didn't have a choice in the matter, she was going to put her life on the line at this time, and that's what she intended to do.
So she placed her hands together, and allowed her chakra to flow from her forehead.
Shizune recognized it, and became concerned.
"Tsunade-sama, you aren't going to unleash that Jutsu, are you?! You can't! It's too risky!"
"Shizune, don't worry about me. I have decided my path. Just stay back."
Ryouta wondered what Jutsu Tsunade was going to do.
But then it became apparent that the seal on her forehead released. Having black marks appear from the seal and ran across her face. Ryouta could see the chakra that she was releasing had increased a good deal.
Also more than that, the injuries that she had healed immediately. She didn't even weave any hand signs, he thought that was very impressive to see.
Orochimaru even looked on and was surprised to see that she had healed so quickly.
"What is this nonsense?! The Jutsu that you have healed you so quickly?! That seal on your forehead has given you this much power?!"
Ryouta looked on, as Tsunade took aim towards Orochimaru.
"Creation Rebirth."
Ryouta heard her say the name of the technique, which made him all the more intrigued.
She then launched herself forward, with Orochimaru slashing towards her.
Her right hand side got caught, but it healed immediately, as she grabbed his face, smashing it deep into the ground, then began running, with his face buried underground. Cry after cry could be heard coming from Orochimaru before she launches him high into the air.
"I'm staking it all on their future, and my own! Orochimaru, your evil acts, end now!"
Tsunade sees Orochimaru come down, shooting a blade out to stab her.
Rather than dodge and give him a chance to escape, she takes the blade as her fist goes up, smashing into Orochimaru's torso while the sword also shattered into many tiny pieces from Tsunade's wild strength, with his body bending around her fist, his eyes widening to the point that he looked as if he was going to die right there and then.
"Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Tsunade's strength was enough to send him flying back up, at an angle, before she took off running, leaping up, and slammed her foot into his face, embedding him deep within the earth, where blood erupted from his mouth.
Ryouta looks on with his Sharingan, and his eyes catch each movement of her body and how she was able to manhandle Orochimaru so well.
Orochimaru couldn't fight back, and Ryouta wagered that even with Orochimaru at his peak when he fought him, that this version of Tsunade would do very well against him, and could cause him to become worried.
"That Jutsu that she's using, the immense chakra that she's released is simply outstanding. The chakra that she has there in that seal on her forehead...it must be something that she's built up over time. But to do that, requires you to consciously flow chakra to that part, and leave enough to go about day to day activities, and even fight, she's still fought despite funneling chakra to her forehead and by the amount, its something incredible. Simply outstanding Tsunade-san..."
Ryouta looked on, as Orochimaru pulled himself out of the ground.
He panted again and again, his eyes becoming more drenched in worry as time went on.
"That Jutsu of yours...it heals almost instantly. My attacks are cutting you down, but you're going through them. What kind of power have you achieved? Have you been looking for your own type of immortality?!"
Orochimaru accused, while Tsunade tightened her fist and got ready to fight.
Ryouta looked on and thought about how the Jutsu worked.
"It's very strong and heals very well, but it isn't immortality...her body...I remember from Izumi-chan once that the body can only create new cells a number of times before they reach their natural limit. I think this is stimulating the growth of new cells through cell division...when her wounds heal...that's why Shizune-san was worried, is Tsunade-san shortening her life by doing this?"
That was the only conclusion that Ryouta could come to based on his own knowledge.
Why Shizune seemed so worried that Tsunade was using it.
The way he thought of about her cells dividing, then he knew that would be very dangerous, and something for Shizune to worry about.
"Tsunade-san! You've got to end the fight as quickly as possible!"
Ryouta yelled out, not wanting Tsunade to throw her life away here and now, Shizune agreeing with the same worry clearly on her face.
"Yes, he's right Tsunade-sama, please end the fight now!"
Tsunade looked over towards the pair of them, before giving a single nod.
"You're right, Orochimaru's lived long enough."
She draws a small amount of blood, and weaves through some hand signs.
Recognizing the technique, Jiraiya grits his teeth and mutters "I hope I've got enough control for this..." and begins going through the hand signs for the technique.
"Kabuto! Come to my side!"
Kabuto also recognizes it, and despite being greatly injured, rushes towards Orochimaru, and drew blood, wiping it across a snake tattoo on Orochimaru's arm, before weaving through some hand signs.
"Fine, if everyone's doing this, then I'll also…!"
Ryouta also recognized it, so at the same time, bit his own thumb, and weaved through some hand signs.
[Summoning Jutsu!]
Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kabuto and Ryouta yelled at the same time, and slammed their hands down onto the ground.
Huge clouds of smoke arise from the areas they were in.
Standing in the places that the summoner's were, was a giant slug for Tsunade named Katsuyu.
A giant Toad for Jiraiya, the one known as Gamabunta that Ryouta saw before back with Gaara.
A giant snake for Orochimaru and Kabuto named Manda.
Finally the red snake Garaga was where Ryouta was, and also, a new snake as well, a bluish snake, with Ryouta's feet placed on both of their heads, one on Garaga, and the other on the new snake, Aoda.
When they were all summoned, Tsunade looked over to see the two giant snakes Ryouta had summoned.
"So you can even summon large snakes huh. And two at once, very impressive."
Because it did take a good deal of chakra, seeing him summon two large snakes was very impressive to most around. Though Ryouta did feel the hit to his chakra, he thought it was acceptable for what fights were about to come, remembering to save his chakra for his Mangekyou for Orochimaru.
Orochimaru looked over, and saw the two snakes.
"You made another contract Uchiha boy!?"
Orochimaru snapped at Ryouta.
"I did yes, after the invasion, I asked Garaga-san about anymore snakes. He begrudgingly set me up with Aoda-san here. We talked...and lets say, like me, he really doesn't like how you treat snakes."
"I follow Ryouta-sama now. Orochimaru, Ryouta-sama respects snakes, and treats us equally."
Aoda said, while Garaga huffed.
"I'm still the best snake."
"Garaga-san, please don't say that."
Aoda murmured, Garaga gave a smirk.
"I was his Mother's snake first."
"And I was his first snake that didn't have a connection to his Mother. Hence, the true first summon partner that Ryouta-sama has."
Garaga grit his teeth as Ryouta bent down, petting both of their heads.
"Now, now, get along."
Garaga huffed, while Aoda obediently said "Yes, Ryouta-sama." and inclined his head ever so slightly.
Orochimaru growled angrily.
Seeing him achieving another snake contract, it really did anger him quite a bit.
Manda's eyes went towards the three summons around.
"Orochimaru, summoning me here of all places, and without a sacrifice in sight. I expect a hundred souls next time!"
Manda yells, while Garaga laughs.
"What a shock, you're here, well not for long!"
Manda's snake eyes shot for Garaga.
"Oh, look who it is, the inferior snake!"
Garaga's eyes twitch, feeling insulted by that.
"Inferior?!"
"Yeah, you're inferior Garaga! Haha, I'm glad Orochimaru summoned me now, I'll have the chance to show once more that I'm the superior snake!"
"You can try, I'm going to end you myself!"
"Lets see, shall we?"
Garaga looked pissed off, while Ryouta looked down.
"Garaga-san, calm down, don't let him get under your scales."
"I'm as cool as a cucumber boy! And Orochimaru, you evil shit!" Orochimaru grimaced. "Yeah, that's right! You! I remember what you did with previous Master! I'll kill you this time!"
Orochimaru shook while Aoda's eyes turn up towards Ryouta.
"Ryouta-sama, it seems Garaga-san is once more losing control."
"Don't worry Aoda-san, he'll be fine. But, are you guys ready? This is a battle with the Sannin involved, we can't be careless."
As he said it, Orochimaru looked towards Kidomaru. His eyes met with one another, and then he gave a dark scowl.
Kidomaru allowed his chakra to form more and more, and then he produced a webbing. The webbing itself grew, and grew, until he formed a giant web, where he bit into his finger, muttering "Summoning Jutsu!" and slammed his hand down, releasing a giant spider into the world.
Ryouta glanced at it, before turning to his two snakes.
"Garaga-san, Aoda-san and I shall deal with the spider guy, then we'll come back here. Do your best, and work with the others."
"Yeah, best not be long boy."
"Yeah, this wont take me long."
The large red snake nods, so Ryouta fully gets onto Aoda, and turns towards Kidomaru and his giant spider.
With the fights set, each began immediately.
The fight with the giant summons went underway, Manda looked towards Orochimaru and Kabuto on top of his head.
"Seriously, summoning me into a battle like this, where everyone is here! Orochimaru!"
"Sorry, Manda-sama."
Kabuto apologized, but Manda wasn't having any of it.
"Don't speak to me! I wasn't even speaking to you brat!"
Kabuto winces immediately.
"If Manda-sama finds out about Orochimaru-sama's current condition..." Kabuto glances at Orochimaru who was arguing with Yukine. "...with how Orochimaru-sama is now, Manda-sama might just find out, and turn on Orochimaru-sama."
Tsunade looks on as Kabuto's thoughts turn to worry.
"Katsuyu, lets go!"
"Yes."
Katsuyu immediately spewing out some acid towards Manda, who slithered across the ground and avoided the attack.
Then he gets towards Katsuyu, wrapping around her dangerously to the point that her entire slug body was restricted.
"Ugh..."
Katsuyu lets out some pained noises as Tsunade tightens her hands, seeing the giant snakes head coming right for her.
Gamabunta rushed closer, and his blade went to piece Manda's body.
But Manda avoids by moving backwards, and clenching the within its mouth, continuing to squeeze the body of Katsuyu more and more.
"Alright Manda, time to turn to stone!"
Garaga didn't waste time either, and got in close, releasing his petrifying venom towards Manda, who in turn pushes Gamabunta's sword back, and launches it towards Garaga himself.
The giant red snake catches the blade within his own mouth, as Katsuyu's form began splitting up into many, many smaller versions of herself.
Escaping from the crushing, Katsuyu reformed somewhere else.
"Manda, you wont be the King of the snakes after today!"
Flipping the sword so the handle was in his mouth, he rushed towards Manda, and came at the giant snake with the sword, Manda responded by whipping his tail towards Garaga, smacking him hard enough in the face that the blade was diverted.
But the blade still managed to cut into Manda, as Garaga threw the blade towards Manda at close range.
"Dodge it!"
Orochimaru yelled out, Manda growls and moves his body backwards, but the blade cleaves into the scales on its long belly, drawing out some blood, which made Manda become even more angry than before.
"You little bastard."
"Heh, I told you, I wont quit until I'm the King of the snakes!"
"Garaga, don't get in my way again!"
Manda redoubled his efforts, and swung its tail again and again for Garaga, which parried each attack before they could get close with his own tail, the force of the attacks created shockwaves strong enough to cause even Gamabunta from being able to get in close.
"Heh? Worried you're going to be dethroned today, are you?!"
Garaga snaps his tail back, and then swings it from the ground, catching the rubble and tossed it towards Manda's body, who had to block with his own tail, giving Garaga enough time to slide up and around, wrapping around Manda's form to try and crush him, while also preparing the venom.
"You've gotten stronger, Garaga. But, you aren't a match for me yet!"
Manda moves his body and pushes against Garaga, who in turn spits out venom to try and stop this snake once and for all.
Manda opens his mouth, and from it, releases a number of snakes, similar to Orochimaru, in that regard, and they take the place of himself from being caught by the venom, jabbing his tail into the upper body of Garaga so hard that it felt like a blade had stabbed him.
That gave Manda enough time to escape, and attempted to attack Garaga who reeled from the pain.
"Bunta!"
Jiraiya ordered, so Gamabunta got in close, and kicked Manda hard in the face.
"Back off you ugly snake!"
"You stay out of this as well Gamabunta. I've always despised you too, I'll finish you today."
"Lets see if you can you overgrown lizard!"
Manda reeled from the attack, only to see that Katsuyu spat out a good deal of acid towards him, trying to pin him down, while Garaga circles around, coming in from the right hand side, and showed his own venom.
"Have this!"
Releasing a concentrated venom shot for his face to cause it to become like stone, Manda's eyes could see the closeness of the snakes venom, so he once more releases snakes to try and block the attacks, only for oil to suddenly be released.
"Get him!"
Gamabunta yells out, with Garaga nodding and firing off a myriad of venom right for Manda, who didn't have a chance to dodge out of the way.
Orochimaru panicked, and turned to Kabuto who was panting hard.
"Do something!"
Kabuto panted harder and harder, his eyes uneven, but did as his Master had asked.
Weaving through hand signs, using his chakra the best that he could, despite having only enough for a few Jutsu at this point, he was able to take every bit of surrounding water, and create a wall for the venom to land on, causing it to turn fully to stone, missing Manda, and saving him from certain defeat.
Manda was surprised, seeing how close he came to being turned to stop.
"These three together, damn it. It feels like I'm fighting a trio of powerful summons...but, you aren't my level yet. And I'll show you right now why you'll never be the King of snakes Garaga, that spot is rightly for me!"
Manda buried underground, as Garaga spat out his venom towards him, avoiding it by mere inches.
Garaga expected the giant snake to come for him from underneath, so he prepared to move.
But then he saw out of the corner of his eye that he came out from behind Gamabunta.
"Watch out you perverted idiot!"
Garaga yelled, Jiraiya looked back to see Manda so close.
He went to fire off his Jutsu, when Tsunade leapt up, punching upwards, with enough force that Manda's body went flying backwards, hitting into the earth, and causing most of it to break from the impact.
Manda spat out some bile from the impact, as Katsuyu releases a few spits of acid, which Manda avoids by using its unique body structure of a snake to bend into impossible ways for a human to, the acid sliding through gaps that Manda made.
Panting, the giant Manda looked on as the trio of summons surrounded him once more.
He knew that if he didn't do something soon, he'd be finished off.
As that was going on, Ryouta and Aoda stood together, Ryouta on top of the giant snake, with Aoda readying himself for the fight at the same time.
The duo went to move when Kidomaru raises his hands. Ryouta notices that he was in his Level Two of the Curse Mark, he wasn't pulling punches.
"So, you're going to fight me next? You know, I'm not as intellectually challenged as Sakon and Ukon are, you know?"
"That's a nice thing to say about your comrade."
Ryouta expressed, Kidomaru shrugged his shoulders.
"They were idiots, Sakon more than Ukon, but still, they let their anger get the better of them. I've been studying you, and your Sharingan. It is impressive, and it is an ability that can be dangerous. Though all I have to do is not look into your eyes. I wont be making that mistake."
"You think all my eyes are good for is to allow me to use Genjutsu?"
Kidomaru shook his head.
"No, I also know it allows you to copy abilities, but my abilities, you wont be able to copy."
"With or without my Sharingan's copying abilities, it doesn't make a difference to me. Working for Orochimaru..."
"Yes, Orochimaru-sama is the reason I have power now, and I have the capability to fight even someone like you. You might be tough, and you might be the next vessel of Orochimaru-sama's, but it doesn't mean I can't rough you up a bit before that eventuality. Besides, my spider shall kill your snake."
Ryouta watches as he takes off his forehead protector. From underneath there, and in his Second Release state, Ryouta sees another eye.
"A battle of eyes, it seems I'm doing that a lot lately. And your spider, wont win against my snake, Kidomaru."
Commenting on it while looking serious, Ryouta got into a battle stance.
"This eye of mine, will make it sure that I don't miss. So get ready to die!"
Kidomaru felt worried, but wouldn't allow it to show.
Using his spit, he creates golden weapons, and a large bow and arrow.
Taking aim, he fires them off towards Ryouta in a flurry of attacks as Aoda moves across the battlefield.
Moving quickly, avoiding the arrows as best as he could, one got close to stabbing the giant snake, but Ryouta used his Kusanagi to elongate, and slash it out of the sky, deflecting it right back towards Kidomaru who wastes an arrow firing it again and clashing in the air.
"Fire Release, Great Fireball Jutsu!"
As Kidomaru was distracted, Ryouta used this chance to release a giant fireball towards Kidomaru in an attempt to burn him down.
But at the moment the chakra flames would hit him, he releases his sticky golden substance from across his body, and creates a thick armour around him.
Because the golden sticky substance is something that are resistant against chakra, making his fireball not damage him as much as Ryouta would have liked.
"Ryouta-sama, it seems that your flames aren't going to reach him to the best of their burning ability."
"Yes, you're right. However, even if it seems to stop Ninjutsu attacks to a degree, it doesn't mean that I have nothing in my abilities to break through it."
As he said it, Kidomaru's eyes focused in on him, and aimed for the heart.
Using a thread in his mouth to help guide him, he shot off an arrow towards Ryouta's body.
The boy had Aoda move them out of the way, only to see the large golden arrow turn towards them, being guided by Kidomaru himself.
"So that's it, he's guiding it with that thread. It seems to be made of some tough stuff. I don't want to waste the chakra of using my Mangekyou, and also going more blind on this henchmen, I'm saving that for Orochimaru. No, I believe I know how to defeat Kidomaru now. Even with that chakra defying armour. Yes, it is strong...but it isn't indestructible."
Ryouta's eyes perceived what Kidomaru was doing, being able to see the thread that he was using to guide it, so Ryouta extended Kusanagi towards the thread before it came into contact with him, and sliced it apart.
Kidomaru was surprised as Ryouta continued extending Kusanagi for Kidomaru to try and pierce his body.
But Kidomaru threw up many webbings in his way.
As strong as steel, and uneasily being able to be sliced through by normal means, the webbing was strong enough to stop a good deal of people in their tracks, but something happened that worried Kidomaru.
"Damn it, if I keep going like this, then we'll not get anywhere...damn it all, there's nothing I can do about that sword...I have to land a hit on him, at least his arms to disable him once and for all."
Kidomaru jumps to the right hand side as the blade comes for him, Ryouta swings his arm out, and allows the blade to follow Kidomaru. Tracking him down with the Sharingan, the blade comes in fast and heavy for the young man.
The armour Kidomaru wears around his body slows down the blade for a single moment, the blade however cuts through the armour, and sliced into Kidomaru's right arm. Blood drew from his body, and his eyes swirled from the damage.
Bleeding profusely, Kidomaru's eyes become enraged, and his eyes shoot right for Ryouta who keeps coming with his large snake.
"Tch, don't think you can beat me, can you?!"
Kidomaru places his hand towards his giant spider that then shoots into the air. Going above Ryouta and Aoda, the giant spider shoots wet for them to try and wrap around the giant snake, only for Ryouta to swing Kusanagi to slice through all of them.
As he did, Kidomaru fired off another arrow, that went for Ryouta.
"Ryouta-sama, leave this part to me."
However, Aoda moved his lower body, and coils it around, snatching the arrow out of the air, and fires it towards the large spider in the air.
"Shit!"
Kidomaru tries to fire off another arrow with incredible accuracy, but what he wasn't counting on was his vision being blocked by Ryouta tossing some smoke bombs into the air, shocking Kidomaru a good deal.
"I bet you can't see through them, can you? You might be able to see great distances, but I noticed when my flames hit you, you had to take a moment to adjust to my next location after your vision had been blocked."
Kidomaru became worried as he heard a cry from his giant spider.
He looked up to see that the giant spider had been pierced through the upper body, cutting off two of its legs with the way that Aoda had thrown the arrow.
"My Kyodaigumo! You little bastard!"
Ryouta didn't give Kidomaru any time to rest, and had shot off Kusanagi like an arrow for him.
Using his Sharingan eyes to lock him down, the sword came hot and heavy for Kidomaru who avoids it by mere inches...no, he thought that he did, but at the last moment, he saw the blade cut into his abdomen area.
"...Damn you..."
Kidomaru held a hand to his bleeding wound.
Looking at the young Sharingan wielder, Kidomaru was beginning to understand something's now.
The way that Ryouta was fighting and countering him.
"You are a Jonin, for a reason...haha...so, this is what it was that drew Orochimaru-sama to you. It wasn't only your eyes, but your observational skills. It isn't the powers you have, it is how you use them. Surviving battle after battle, I understand it now. Even during the fight with Sakon and Ukon, using your quick thinking by applying Genjutsu to them to make them believe that you were willing to kill yourself to get free from an otherwise pretty dangerous move. Using your Genjutsu to stop Kabuto in your initial meeting."
"How did you know about Kabuto?"
It was strange to Ryouta, since he knew Kidomaru wasn't around for that, and he couldn't have heard about it later on, Kabuto wouldn't have had the opportunity for that to occur.
"Wouldn't you like to know?"
"I would actually."
Kidomaru let out a small laugh.
"Don't worry about that, you're about to die anyway!"
"Confident, for someone that doesn't have the advantage. One more attack, and you will be finished."
Kidomaru shuddered as he looked up to his giant spider.
Seeing how it was still bleeding, and that he himself was also bleeding, he had to make this move count, or he'd be finished off, he knew that for certain, and he could see, that Ryouta was still breathing normally despite clashing with Ameyuri, a strong swordswoman and beating her, killing both Sakon and Ukon and now fighting him, showing that Ryouta was fine, unlike Kidomaru right now who was panting, bleeding and his vision was blurring.
Back with Manda and the others, with the three giant summons surrounding his body, Manda grit his teeth, before Orochimaru opened his mouth, and sent a blade right for Gamabunta as a snake appeared from said mouth.
Gamabunta caught the sword before it could get to him, but it gave Manda the time to swing for Katsuyu, slamming her against Garaga enough that when Garaga recovered, Manda was already a good distance away.
"You little sneaky bastard!"
Garaga yells, becoming increasingly angry.
Jiraiya however saw an opportunity as the snake retreated, and called out.
"Bunta, the oil!"
"Got it!"
Gamabunta opened his mouth, and released a huge shot of oil, as Jiraiya weaves through hand signs, and breathes in deeply.
"Fire Release, Toad Flame Bomb!"
Igniting the oil with the fires of Jiraiya, it became a strong wave towards Manda, encompassing all around the giant snake, setting the area ablaze, and the flames seemingly wrapped all around the giant snake.
But Garaga knew it wouldn't be enough, and was proven to be right when the flames died down, what was left was the snakes shed skin, and Manda had disappeared all together, Jiraiya clicking his tongue.
"Damn, he went underground."
As Jiraiya said it, something violently came out of the earth, and went for Gamabunta's face.
So he moved his hands, grabbing it before it could hit him.
He saw that it was Manda's tail, Jiraiya clicks his tongue as the earth opened up behind the large toad, and saw the snakes mouth going to bite them both.
"Not today!"
Garaga got in the middle of the path, and bit down on Manda's neck, drawing some blood.
"Damn it..."
Manda violently thrashed around, while Orochimaru scowled deeply.
"You little…! You keep getting in my way!"
Orochimaru opened his mouth, and released a sharp blade for Garaga's body to stab him fully, but Garaga escaped as Manda slammed his head against the red snake, bringing its tail out of the ground and turned its sharp tail towards Garaga's body.
Garaga however managed to spit out some venom before Manda's tail pierced his scales, drawing some blood from Garaga as the venom reached Manda's face, beginning to turn his scales into stone, with it spreading more and more.
"Aaaaah! Damn it!"
Manda yelled as he thrashed around, while Garaga looked on with his body bleeding from the impact he received.
Orochimaru looked on, before he slashes through the stoned part of Manda's face, stopping the spread of the venom, but left the snakes face bleeding heavily.
Garaga also bled a good deal, but was happy he wounded Manda.
However, Tsunade as Manda was distracted, and came down with Gamabunta's blade, piercing through the roof of the mount, pinning Manda down to the ground, as Orochimaru let out a sudden shocked call.
"Manda, get up!"
"I'm pinned down, you idiot!"
Orochimaru scowled as Manda said that through the smallest gasps that the blade would allow for him to speak.
"Orochimaru, enough of your games! Now it's time to put a stop to you!"
Tsunade then looks towards Orochimaru who panics, seeing that his options were rather limited.
Back with Ryouta and Kidomaru, the spider user felt panic grow within him, as Ryouta prepared to strike together with Aoda once more.
But then Kidomaru turned his eyes towards the giant spider.
"Don't worry, we're going to win this. I wont lose to a boy like this."
Kidomaru prepared an arrow. What was different about this is that it had a spiraling point, rather than a normal one like it had before.
Ryouta felt that it either increased the damage or the accuracy, possibly both.
"It's time to finish this, Kidomaru!"
Ryouta called out, brandishing his blades.
Kidomaru cringed, his eyes seeing that Ryouta was truly prepared to fight this time. He was going kill him.
Kidomaru looked at his giant spider, and then towards Ryouta himself.
Knowing he had to make one last move, he turned towards the giant spider, as Ryouta looked at Aoda.
"Aoda-san, we're going to finish this in one move, okay? I can't waste much more chakra, I have to save some for Orochimaru in case."
"Yes, Ryouta-sama, I'll assist you in taking down this enemy."
"Thank you. Now, lets do this."
Ryouta had Aoda move, and launches towards Kidomaru.
Kidomaru let out a laugh, and as the giant spider shows its sack, for Kidomaru to cut open, revealing many, many spiders that began raining down towards them.
Each of them produced a good deal of webbing, Ryouta saw it rain down and land on the ground, making sure that he wouldn't be able to move around so well, otherwise be caught in the webbing.
Adding onto that trap, Kidomaru already was preparing many arrows for him to fire. Though he couldn't fire off more than one at a time, he was able to fire them off in relatively quick succession as he'd load them, get his aim with the help of his third eye, then he'd fire them off as quickly as possible, all so Ryouta wouldn't be able to break through his techniques normally.
"My Rain of Spiders technique will finish you off. There's so many, that even you wouldn't be able to cut through them all. Over a wide area, they'll bind you, then I'll finish you off with one more arrow, say goodbye Uchiha."
Ryouta looked on, seeing the many baby spiders.
Though Ryouta did believe he could get them all with the Body Flicker, fighting off the arrows as well would have been a little more tricky.
"I see, so that's your plan. Alright then Kidomaru, it is time for this to end."
Looking at the giant snake Aoda, then towards Kidomaru as the arrows and spider came down, Ryouta exhaled.
He had formed a plan within seconds, and now had to convey that to Aoda.
"Okay Aoda-san, this is the plan. You're going to wrap those spiders up into one place, while I deal with those golden arrows."
"Yes Ryouta-sama, leave it to me!"
Aoda whirled his body around, coiling it as he went higher and higher. When the web threatened to bind him, Ryouta tossed Kusanagi into the snakes mouth, extending it far so Aoda could swing it as he span around the baby spiders, cutting through the webs instantly and making sure that no little spider escaped.
As he did, Ryouta used his Sharingan, and took the two swords of Ameyuri's that she bequeathed to him, because of his Sharingan he could pinpoint where each and every one of the golden arrows would go, so he began moving with incredible speed thanks to the Body Flicker, and diverted the arrows away from them both, surprising Kidomaru a good deal.
"N-No way...you can't do both at the same time...there's simply no way..."
Kidomaru tried as he might, creating the strongest arrows that he possibly could do, but each time they got close, Ryouta used the twin swords, catching them between the blades, and throwing them at the next incoming one.
The speed Ryouta moved was beyond what Kidomaru had predicted.
When Aoda finished wrapping up the spiders, he called towards Ryouta.
"Ryouta-sama, I have finished!"
Ryouta smiled, and placed his hands together.
"Fire Release, Dragon Flame Bomb!"
Using a Jutsu taught to him by Hiruzen, Ryouta releases a stream of fire that splits into three. One coming in from below, and one from the right and left respectably.
Aoda pulls away before the flames could hit him, and used the chance to snatch one of the arrows out of the air by Kidomaru, and used it by coiling his tail around it, batting away the others while Ryouta finished off the spiders.
"No...it can't be..."
Kidomaru watches all of his spiders being reduced to ash, and then his own giant spider being caught up in the flames, falling down to the ground as the flames engulf the spider, causing it to disappear in a puff of smoke.
Ryouta exhales, then turns towards to Kidomaru.
"It is."
Using the Body Flicker, Ryouta dashes for Kidomaru.
With the incredible speed boost, he vanishes across the battlefield each time he moves.
Even Kidomaru couldn't track him down, and could only fire off arrows towards his general direction along with create countless webbing around him to try and slow Ryouta down.
But it did little to do that, as he was able to avoid them all, and when he got to the webbing, he used the twin lightning sword to cut through them since they weren't as durable as the golden webbing, and watched on in despair as Ryouta appeared before him.
"My armour, it will be enough for you! Those blades use chakra to increase the cutting power, this armour of mine, will stop that chakra!"
"You're forgetting something, I have another sword."
Ryouta moves to the side as he sheaths the twin lightning swords on his back.
When he did, Kidomaru saw Kusanagi being flung towards him.
Ryouta snatches it out of the air, as Kidomaru creates knives of gold in each hand, swinging them for Ryouta again and again.
"No, get back!"
Kidomaru yells, as Ryouta parries the attacks, slashes his hands so he couldn't hold the blades.
Ryouta then dashes beside him.
"Long range is more your style, isn't it? I prefer fighting up close."
Ryouta uses nimble movements, and slices across Kidomaru's armoured up body, and cuts through the substance, reaching his body and spins around Kidomaru as he does do, landing slice after slice against the spider like humans body.
From his head, to his toes, many slashes appear.
Blood gushes out of Kidomaru in buckets who then gets face to face with Ryouta who appears before him.
Life began leaving his eyes.
Every second that passed, Kidomaru could feel his body becoming heavier, and his eyes wishing to close.
"No...you...won….why…Orochimaru-sama...we couldn't...win this fight...I didn't even...no..."
Kidomaru falls to the floor, as Ryouta looks down over him.
He could see that his chest had stopped moving, he wasn't breathing.
Ryouta had finished off Kidomaru as well, he was now dead.
Aoda slithers over as the fight ends, and looks down towards his Master.
"Ryouta-sama, the fights finished with now."
"Yes, and I have saved a good deal of chakra, for Orochimaru."
"Yes, that is the best way."
"Thank you Aoda-san, together we finished them off quickly."
Aoda nods, giving a kind stare towards his Master.
"Please, you do not have to thank me, I shall always be beside you, Ryouta-sama. But, what is there next to do-"
Before he could finish, they heard the sound of two voices crying out in pain.
Ryouta looks to see Garaga on the ground, bleeding, and Manda had been pinned down while having a good deal of blood leaking from the area that Garaga had attacked.
Ryouta could see the grievous wound on Garaga, and became worried for his summon.
"Garaga-san..."
Standing up, Ryouta began moving towards his summon while Aoda moved along side him to reach the giant red snake.
As that was happening, Shizune had been fighting against Jirobo.
Though his Earth Release was deadly in its own way, she was able to gain the upper hand with her knowledge of combat, and her ability to use poisons to hinder him.
To the point that when she was able to land poisoned needles against his flesh, he was rendered quite difficult to continue battling on.
He had used Level Two of the Curse Mark, but even then Shizune handled him pretty well, and got damage on him.
He laid on the ground, the poison running through his veins, Shizune riddled his arms with senbons, causing a good deal of damage to appear all over him. Even Jirobo was stunned with the fact that Shizune had won.
Though she did have some wounds on her, and she felt tired from fighting all four of them, then Jirobo, they weren't debilitating enough that she would have to stop fighting now, and could stop him once and for all.
"Good…now, it's time that I finished him off..."
Shizune pulled out a kunai, and ran forward.
Jirobo wanted to move, but because of the poison she had inflicted on him, it proved to be very difficult if not impossible for him to begin moving.
She thought that she had this in the bag…
That was until she felt something off.
She couldn't explain it.
But she saw crystals beginning to form in the air.
Almost like it was raining tiny crystal shards, that were coming together by the moment all around her.
"What's this...a Genjutsu…?"
She wondered, and did the usual to release Genjutsu.
However, they didn't go.
She didn't know what to make of this.
That was until she felt something press against her back.
It felt sharp, and like a blade.
She then felt a hand on her shoulder, as a figure stepped out of the shadows.
"...Looks like Orochimaru-sama is in need of my assistance."
Shizune's eyes widened, as the figure came into the light.
It appeared to be a young woman with light blue hair.
A bluish crystal blade formed around her arm, and firmly placed against Shizune's back.
Shizune didn't know what to do, as she saw crystals form around her legs, effectively...binding her.
One move, and she would be dead.
End chapter!
So this chapter had the fights with the giant summons, and Ryouta with Aoda, who he revealed to have made a contract with have come together, and finished off Kidomaru once getting up close with the spider like man without much worry, saving his chakra for a certain snake using Sannin.
While that happened, Tsunade came forward, using her Jutsu to heal herself, defend Naruko, after saving her from death, then she and Jiraiya teamed up with their summons and Garaga as well to fight off the strong enemies together. Managing to inflict serious wounds on Manda, though Garaga also got a serious wound from Manda as well, something Ryouta is concerned for.
Shizune also fought off Jirobo, even in his Level Two, and managed to use her skills, and poison to take him down a good deal.
But now, a surprise has happened, a certain crystal maiden has appeared! Now we'll see how this goes next time with the conclusion of the battle!
Well, until next time, thanks for reading!
Ryouta; Satsuki, Sakura, Naruko, Hinata, Gaara (fem), Ino, Haku (fem), Kurotsuchi, Karin, Konan, Mei, Anko, Samui, Hanabi, Mabui, Temari, Pakura,