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All Characters Appearing In This Work Are Fictitious. Any Resemblance To Real Persons, Living Or Dead Is Purely Coincidental.
Attention: This Chapter Contains References To Other Cultural Weapons and Martial Arts.
Wolf vs. Tiger
Kiba and Kazuya had retreated to a hilly terrain surrounded by thick jungles just south of the main battlefield, once they reached the spot Kiba indicated to Kazuya for him to stop. Kazuya stopped and looked at the terrain surrounding him and then at Kiba and Akamaru and said "I must say you chose a very beautiful place to die wolf man." Kiba smiled as he heard Akamaru growling low in his throat. Kiba looked at his enemy and said "you going to talk trash all day or you actually going to fight."
"Akamaru here is ready to get this party started." the young Inuzuka said. Kazuya looked at his opponents and said "how right you are friend, but like I said before, what I'm looking for is a fair fight, and two vs. one aint no fair fight by any standards, so allow me a moment to even up the odds." Kiba simply nodded his head highly alert as he watched his opponent draw blood from his finger with a kunai and spread them on his fingers before making the seals for: Boar → Dog → Bird → Monkey → Ram and slamming the ground before saying: "Kuchiyose no Jutsu" ("Ninja Art: Summoning Jutsu").
A huge poof of smoke surrounded the Iwa ninja, when the smoke cleared standing next to Kazuya was a beast who was easily as big as Akamaru however where as Akamaru's coat was snow white the beast that stood next to Kazuya growling had a coat of yellow to light orange, with stripes ranging from dark brown to black; the belly and the interior parts of the limbs were white, and the tail was orange with black rings.
Kiba smiled as he saw the creature growling before him and Akamaru. Kiba looked at Kazuya and said "Heh, I now understand why you wear the Kanji for Tiger on the back of your coat; it's for the same reason I wear the kanji of Wolf on the back of my jacket. I see now that this is going to be a fun battle." Kiba said to his opponent as he absolutely grinned in glee and anticipation.
Kazuya answered with an equally animalistic grin on his face said "I am happy to see you so happy at the prospect of battle but allow me to first introduce my personal summon he is my partner and friend, this is the king and the last surviving member of the mighty Tiger clan: Toraneko."
Toraneko looked at Kazuya and said "Why have you summoned me here old friend?" Kazuya looked at his friend and said "the answer lies in front of you old friend" when Toraneko looked in front of him his eyes went wide with surprise and his tail twitched violently.
Kazuya noted the reaction and said "behold old friend this is the reason I have brought you here. For today in front of us stands none other than Kiba Inuzuka and his wolf brother Akamaru." The large cat simply let out a loud roar before looking at Akamaru and started speaking in a series of growls and roars while Kiba and Kazuya listened in interest, once the tiger had finished Akamaru was silent for a moment before looking at Kiba and letting out a short bark, Kiba simply nodded his head, Akamaru then looked at the big cat in front of him and then lifted his eyes towards the trees, opened his mouth and let out a loud howl that seemed to pierce the silence of the jungle. Akamaru then looked at Toraneko expectedly who simply smiled and answered with his own ferocious roar.
Kazuya looked at Kiba and said "well it seems our dancing partners have been decided." Kiba simply smiled and said "it seems so" as he saw the two animals walking off towards a small corner to start their own battle.
Kazuya then took a kunai out of his holster and flipped it in the air before catching it in his hand, Kiba looked at his enemy and says "if it's a knife fight you want I won't disappoint you "friend" let no wish of yours go unfulfilled." as he said that Kiba put on a burst of speed to try and cut Kazuya on the cheek only to be met by Kazuya's equally sharp and deadly kunai, the two men continued their fierce battle as sparks flew around them from the friction caused by steel scraping against steel.
Elsewhere
Akamaru and Toraneko were fighting a battle as well however their battle was not one of jutsu or weapons it was a battle of two apex predators, each fighting for dominance. Their fight was nothing short of bestial because they used the weapons available towards them and so by using their fangs and claws they battled and so the battle continued for what seemed an endless amount of time as each animal sported cuts and bleeding wounds.
Kiba and Kazuya were panting heavily as they were facing each other "damn you got quite good aim friend, Kiba told his opponent as he wiped the blood of his cheek "Gee thanks wolf boy." Kazuya said as he looked at the broken weapons covering the field around them, and thought back to how the field got covered in weapons.
Flashback:
In a flash both ninja ran towards each other with their Kunai drawn kicking up a cloud of dust both ninja met in the middle with a loud clang of steel against steel. The two ninja continued their onslaught at each other not stopping for anything or anyone but simply fought like the beasts they resembled. As they fought it seemed like seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years seemed to merge into one. It was almost as if time itself had stood still to watch the Valour displayed by these two shinobi.
While the shinobi fought, their respective companions did not stand still either much like the battle between The Snake and the Toad. The Wolf and Tiger fought with such ferocity that wherever they went a trail of broken trees and torn bushes followed in their wake.
The two shinobi animals fought Tooth and claw for dominance. Neither animal spoke a word as they continued their battle in silence, the only sound coming from them was the sound of wounds received from the other. However what drove them to battle was not hatred but a mutual respect for each other, for both Wolf And Tigers were skilled predators and masters of stealth, this battle was a fight to finally put to rest the many battles that countless wolves and tigers fought for many a generation, it was a battle. A battle for: King of the Jungle.
As the two shinobi fought the field around them started to become covered in weapons, blood and torn clothing. As they were fighting Kazuya had a thought and was the first to break the silence and said "tell me wolf boy, I'm curious to know why you are fighting me one on one and that too in the traditional fighting style of shinobi and not in the Traditional Inuzuka style."
Kiba smiled and said "the answer lies within the question friend; "the very fact that you are aware of my clan's fighting style, which also leads to the conclusion that you are aware of how to possibly defeat it." Besides when I first laid eyes on you I realised right away that my normal style would be ineffective because you have trained your body to be very agile and quick, not to mention that you saw my earlier battle with the now deceased rock nin you sent towards me.
Kazuya grinned and said "your quite a smart cookie aren't you wolf boy" "right back at you friend" said the Heir to the Inuzuka Throne. Kiba this time continued the conversation by saying "you seem to know much about me friend, but I know nothing about you so how about introductions first."
"My name is Kiba Inuzuka I am a Jonin of Konohagakure, who are you?" Kiba asked as he threw his broken kunai on the ground and threw a punch at Kazuya, who was unable to block the blow and flew backwards before falling, capitalizing on the moment Kiba withdrew a handful of shuriken and threw it towards his opponent, the shuriken sailed through the air heading straight for Kazuya when a small tree fell right in the path of the oncoming shurikens Kiba looked and saw that Toraneko had thrown the small tree trunk with its powerful tail.
Kazuya then got up from the ground and said "My name is Kazuya Kazuma and I am a Tokubetsu Jonin: Combat Specialist of Iwagakure." He then threw a large Fuma shuriken that he unsealed from a scroll and threw it with his full strength towards Kiba. The Inuzuka Heir not to be out done threw an exploding Kunai at the oncoming weapon of death, as it reached its mark the Kunai exploded in a flash of light and smoke as it destroyed itself and the oncoming shuriken.
Once the smoke cleared neither ninja was surprised to see the other standing unscathed. Kiba was the first to speak and said "well done Kazuya, you are indeed a master at your art."
Kazuya simply raised his eyebrow at hearing his name from Kiba from the first time before laughing and said "Thank you, for the compliment Kiba, to tell you the truth it's really refreshing to fight an opponent as skilled if not more skilled than me. I may be a ninja but I always enjoy a good fight, it's a habit that got carried over from my previous job."
Kiba raised his eyebrows and said "your previous job" Kazuya nodded and said "ah, yes, I forgot you know nothing about me, well then I guess it's time for a small history lesson." so saying the Tokubetsu Jonin started his tale.
Flashback
"I was an orphan who had grown up on the streets of Iwa, and lived on the mercy of the people who lived there and what I could steal, as a kid. I was short for my age and a short homeless kid living on the streets of Iwa is an easy mark for bullies."
"So to defend myself I taught myself to fight, by reading books about martial arts in The Iwa Public library." "I was a quick learner and soon found out about the existence of an Underground Street Fighting Syndicate in a town near Iwa so I found myself a sponsor and became an accomplished street fighter, I also had a growth spurt in the years to follow."
"After a few years my fame spread so far, that it reached the ears of Old man Yagiro, and so after witnessing my fight the old man offered me a job as a shinobi of Iwa and his personal bodyguard. I at first refused because I didn't like to answer to anyone, however the old man was very persuasive and said "you have a spirit of a wild horse, but you know nothing about the world that lies in front of me, only of the small pastures that you wander, I am not asking you to become a slave I am saying is: if you want to run wild then do so for a purpose learn Discipline and Master your emotions and you shall truly be unstoppable."
"If you still wish to run wild after that, then run wild under the flag of Iwagakure and become my son and in return I shall grant you whatever it is your heart desires: women, power, wealth whatever you want you shall have, all I ask for in return is your loyalty to me and Iwagakure. If you agree then take my hand and follow me, if not then go back to your fight and I shall never disturb you again."
"I stood there listening to the man whom I would soon call father, I thought for all of 5 minutes and then without a word I took his outstretched hand I followed him and after lots of hard work and sweat and blood I evolved from being a mere street fighter to a shinobi who excels in the use of Bukijutsu and Taijutsu, however despite being a ninja I dislike using Ninjutsu unless I have to. I prefer to fight with either a weapon or my bare hands."
End Flashback
Kiba who had been silent so far finally spoke and said "nice history listen Kazuya but I found something quite interesting here you say you prefer weapons and taijutsu over ninjutsu correct?" Kazuya simply nodded and said "that's correct why, what do you have in mind?" the Iwa Nin asked with curiosity.
Kiba simply smiled and said "oh it quite simple really I indulged you earlier by fighting with a weapon of your choice, now I want you to return the favour." Kazuya had a confused look on his face and said "I'm afraid I don't understand Kiba, care to elaborate?" Kiba nodded and said "the more we battle the more I realise that our fighting styles are quite similar in addition to our preferred fighting methods so what I'm proposing is this: a straight out taijutsu match, to test our skills, let's see who is the better martial artist."
Kazuya grinned and said "finding the time to joke around even in the midst of battle, heh I like the way you think if we weren't enemies I would treat you to a drink, and declare you a comrade, unfortunately I can't do either, but I can and will accept your request." He then got into an unfamiliar stance by facing his opponent with a nearly frontal stance, only slightly turned sideways.
Kiba grinned and said "let's dance bitch" so saying he also settled into an unfamiliar stance by bending his knees and spreading them apart he brought his hands in front of him and settled into a defensive stance. Kazuya struck first: he ran toward Kiba at full speed and then doing a roll he comes out of the roll and bringing his foot up towards Kiba intending to kick him in the chest, and said "Gouzen-Tora!" ("Roaring Tiger!") Kiba was astonished at the speed at which his enemy had executed his attack and was not even able to dodge, as he felt Kazuya's kick connect with his chest he felt his ribcage strain under the force of the attack as his body was sent flying across the field and crashed into a large tree almost splintering its trunk.
He was down for a full minute before finally getting back up on his feet, as he got up Kiba rubbed the spot on his chest where He had gotten hit and while getting up he said "damn, that was a dangerous move, now it's my turn." He then used his speed and seemingly disappeared from sight only to reappear behind Kazuya and with one hand around the rear of Kazuya's neck and then brought up his other hand and locked it around Kazuya's left elbow and then using his body as leverage threw Kazuya over his shoulder before throwing him forcefully to the ground and said "Houkou Ookami!"(Howling Wolf!") The force of the attack was so great that when Kazuya fell to the ground a small crater formed beneath him. Kiba then jumped back and waited for Kazuya to get up again, Kazuya was slow to get up and when he did Kiba could see that Kazuya had suffered major damage and so the two continued using only martial arts as their weapon for what seemed like hours.
Neither shinobi spoke a word Until Kazuya who had just gotten slammed hard into a nearby tree by the force of Kiba's attack, so hard was the force used to knock him back that the tree itself which had stood tall for many years cracked and splintered under the force of the attack.
Kiba was panting heavily a few metres away his body covered in bruises inflicted upon him by the Iwa Nin. Kazuya was no different, af6er the last attack he was slow to get up, but arise he did and as he got up and after catching his breath and examining his bruised body he finally spoke and said: "Damn that hurt like a Motherfucker."
"That aint no taijutsu style that I know about." Kiba simply grinned and said "same can be said for you Kazuma, tell you what I'll tell you about my style if you tell me about yours." Kazuma simply nodded and said "deal but you go first since you got in the better hit."Kiba simply grinned and said "ok but before I tell you about my Taijutsu style allow me to tell you what I have done these last two years after hearing your story I think it's only fair you hear mine.
Flashback
"After the war had just ended 3 years ago, we had all been promoted to Jonin status, but this didn't sit well with many of the tenured and older ninja who thought that we didn't have the mental ability to become Jonin." "After all our advancement to Jonin was a political decision not a military decision, but the main reason people had problems was because Naruto had been promoted to the rank of Chunin in the war and then the rank of Jonin after that by the Daimyo and as such people thought it was unfair to the others who had to take the Jonin and Chunin exams to advance in rank."
"So to quell the objections, the Hokage had all 12 of us go through Anbu Black Ops training, and Naruto had a special seal put on him to prevent him from accessing Kyuubi's chakra at all as well as sealing away 65% of his normal chakra as well so that he could not use sage mode either." "It took us 8 months but we finally passed the training with flying colours, needless to say the older ninja had nothing more to complain about."
"After taking the Anbu training I realised that me and Akamaru relied too much on each other and our clan's jutsu to defeat our enemies, so we decided to train separately for two years, Akamaru trained with Kakashi sensei and his ninken. While I trained with Maito Gai the taijutsu specialist to increase my speed and Taijutsu skills, needless to say after our training both I and Akamaru were able to fight individually without having to rely on each other, interestingly it took us only a year to learn all we could from those two Jonin."
"After that we spent one full year perfecting our teamwork by trying to defeat Kakashi and Gai's teamwork, needless to say it was one big pain in the ass, especially when got our asses handed to us every time for one year until we finally defeated them." But in the end both Akamaru and I learned new skills while training and this Taijutsu style I learned was taught to me by Maito Gai himself, it's an old and almost forgotten taijutsu style called: Muay Thai."
"It's a Martial Art that Gai himself learned only a few years ago while on a deep undercover mission in a land far from the Fire Nation." "Muay Thai is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This physical and mental discipline which includes combat on foot is known as "The Art of Eight Weapons" because it is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, shins and feet, being associated with a good physical preparation that makes a full-contact fight very efficient." Seeing as me and Akamaru are close quarters combat type specialists this was the perfect Taijutsu for us to learn and master."
End Flashback
Kazuya who had been silent so far finally spoke and said "damn, I got to say your one tough son of a bitch if you can withstand the rigorous training regimen of the turtle summoner Maito Gai uses, not to mention having to fight a tag team with Sharingan Kakashi and Turtle summoner Maito Gai." Kiba laughed and said "enough flattery bitch, now tell me how you got the tiger summoning contract and what style of Martial arts did you use just now?"
Kazuya simply nodded and said "don't get your panties up in a bunch bitch I'm getting to that, anyway on with my story." "As you already know Old man Yagiro is a war hero and has many resources at his disposal, in many ways he is very similar to Danzo of the Leaf village, in fact he stated that if not for Danzo leading the leaf in the third ninja war Iwagakure would have won the war."
"Anyway when I decided to join old man Yagiro he personally trained me after I formally joined the shinobi ranks, and I got to say for an old man that man was a slave driver." "He quickly learned I had a natural affinity for close combat weapons and taijutsu style fighting while I initially sucked at traditional genjutsu and Ninjutsu, so he taught me a Taijutsu style that went pretty well with my street fighting style."
"The name of the Taijutsu style he taught me was not from this land but from a land far away. Heh, he always was a sly old fox. He always said one must learn from history even if it's not ours. He always said that first he was a student of history then a ninja and as such he studied about the three great civilisations that ruled the world before the age of Shinobi and Samurai. A time when the Earth was ruled By Kings, and Warriors of the highest orders, it was a time when men considered Honour the highest commodity, a time when even the gods stood still to watch the valour displayed by warriors of the highest order. "The time I speak about of course is the time when the civilisations of Greece, Rome and Egypt ruled this earth."
I don't care about it one way or the other but the reason I told you all this is because the fighting style taught to me is of Greek Origin it is a blend of boxing and wrestling but unlike other Martial arts it has scarcely any rules. The main aim of this martial art is to use your body to inflict as much damage as possible it mainly utilises the arms and legs of the user to attack by using chokeholds and arm locking and kicking and striking to subdue an opponent in fact in many ways it's very similar to your own fighting style. The name of this deadly fighting style is called: Pankration. Literally meaning: "All Powers Fighting."
"As for my Tiger summoning contract well old man yagiro said I had the strength and ferocity of a tiger and one day after successfully completing a mission, the old man was really impressed with the way I handled the mission so as a reward he gave me the Tiger summoning contract. Unfortunately by the time I had received and signed the contract Toraneko was the only surviving Member of his clan, which had driven itself extinct due to infighting." Kazuya said finishing his story.
Kiba was about to say something when... suddenly he felt a huge surge of Chakra that suddenly spiked up from nowhere and then suddenly as quickly as it appeared the chakra signature disappeared, the chakra spike was so high and concentrated that even his opponents Kazuya and Toraneko stopped their attack momentarily to look towards the North for that is where the chakra signature originated.
Kiba channelled chakra to his nose and sniffed the air cautiously, and was worried at what he smelt; he looked at Akamaru as if to confirm his suspicions and was answered with a loud bark by his canine companion. Although the activity took only 07 seconds it did not go unnoticed, Kazuya was looking at Kiba with a curious face, when suddenly Kiba looked at Akamaru and nodded his head, he then looked at Kazuya and said "hey Kazuya how about we skip the warm up exercise and get straight to the main event." Kazuya grinned and said "what getting bored already, or is it that you fear a one on one battle."
Kiba simply scoffed and said "I don't fear anything dick face although I must admit you had a good idea, by utilizing my strength against me to play for time." Kazuya smiled and said "I see you have figured it out wolf boy." Kiba simply sneered and said "yes, I did, you purposely engaged me and Akamaru separately in battle to prevent us from actively communicating with each other and as a result you preyed on the very thing that makes an Inuzuka effective in battle: our love and penchant for fighting until the enemy is no longer able to battle, however this also means that sometimes we become so engrossed in battle we lose sight of our surroundings."
"In such circumstances we rely on our canines to help keep us aware of the battlefield but by splitting up our team you were able to prey on my natural battle instinct and for that I commend you. However I am afraid if I don't get serious and end this soon then we are going to be here for a long time and I unfortunately don't have time to waste!"
Kiba said to his opponent. "Especially not now after what I just felt: Naruto and Kabuto's chakra levels suddenly spiked before suddenly falling at an alarming rate, and even the Barrier that was created of chakra can no longer be felt, that would not normally be a problem but along with Kabuto's chakra Naruto's chakra and scent signature has also disappeared." Kiba thought to himself. Kazuya grinned and said "Bravo wolf boy you actually saw through my plan, ok, fine lets finish this battle."
He signalled to his summon who quickly disengaged from fighting Akamaru and came to stand besides Kazuya, when both animals stood beside their partners, the two warriors looked at each other with a variety of expression on their faces. Respect and admirations for the other's abilities and skills as well as determination and regret for they both knew that this would be a gruesome battle and only one of them would leave this battlefield alive, and while neither of them feared death. No, what they feared was the horrors of war that would be inflicted upon all those that participated in this war.
Kiba looked at Kazuya and said "you have proven to be my match in Taijutsu and Bukijutsu but let's see how you do against my greatest ninjutsu Technique." He then had Akamaru stand by his side and after creating a single Shadow clone he proceeded to make a series of hand signs and after fusing with Akamaru said "Jinjū Kongō Henge: Shinkou Santōrō" ("Human Beast Combination Transformation: Three-Headed Crimson Wolf!")
The battle field was unexpectedly covered in smoke as the Konoha ninja activated their jutsu, when the smoke cleared the two Konoha ninja were nowhere to be seen and in their stead stood a giant three headed wolf with crimson coloured fur covering its body and with sharp fangs gleaming in the sunlight. Kazuya simply looked up at Kiba's new transformation unfazed and said "damn, you're really pulling out all the stops aren't you." "If it's a battle of beasts that you want than that is what you shall have." He then turned towards Toraneko and nodded his head, and after making a Stone Clone with a single jump landed on Toraneko's back and started to make a series of hand signs himself and said "Jinjū Santōrō Henge: Kaihakushoku Sāberu Ha Tora!" ("Human Beast Combination Transformation: Three-Headed Silver Sabre Toothed Tiger!")
Kiba was shocked to say the least, not only was his enemy unfazed by his ultimate technique but had somehow also copied his technique as he looked at the sight in front of him and saw that his enemy had transformed himself into a Giant three-headed sabre tooth tiger with two long canines extending over each closed mouth, with black stripes and ashen fur.
For a Long moment the two warriors stood silently observing each other until finally Kazuya spoke: "you seem surprised wolf boy, didn't we tell you when we first met that we know all of your attacks and fighting styles very well and know how to specifically counter your attacks." "Now as for this form, this is the result that we both hold is simply an advanced form of the Transformation Technique."
"The Combination Transformation: which transforms two users into one being, although it is quite a difficult technique that can be done properly only by a few select ninja because of the timing needed however members of the Inuzuka clan are able to perform this technique without much trouble due to the relationship you share with your canine companions, so all I did was apply the same principle to Toraneko and myself."
Once it was clear that Kazuya was finished Kiba spoke in a booming voice and said "are you finished with your lecture, three things you should know. One: I thought we were here to fight not attend a lecture, if I wanted to know the dynamics of Jutsu I would have stayed back at the Academy and Listen to Iruka Sensei discuss the fundamentals of combination ninjutsu." "Two: I already figured all that out on my own, but frankly don't give a shit that you figured it out." "Three: If you're done talking how about we do what we came here for and fight.
Back In Konoha
Iruka was sitting next to Anko as they were listening to Kakashi discuss his plans and strategy for keeping the village safe until the Godaime was back when he suddenly sneezed very loudly and in the process interrupted Kakashi mid sentence. Kakashi looked at Iruka with concern for a moment and said "You ok Iruka?" Iruka looked slightly embarrassed and said "I'm fine Hokage-sama, please continue." Kakashi simply shrugged his shoulders and continued his speech.
Back on the battlefield.
Kazuya and Kiba had finally gotten serious and were both fighting in their ultimate forms, and what a battle it was. It was quite a fierce battle the two ninja seemed to be lost to the world as they battled each other. Kiba attacked first by first running at top speed towards his opponent and then jumping high into the air he called out his attack and said "Garōga!" ("Wolf Fang over Fang!") He began by spinning his body in a violent assault against his enemy. The ultra-violent rotation created a vacuum vortex and destroyed everything in its path as it sped towards Kazuya, even though he had anticipated the attack Kazuya was still surprised at the speed at which Kiba's attack was coming towards him, although he was surprised didn't mean he was caught off guard, quite the opposite as soon as he saw Kiba jump into the air Kazuya realized Kiba's plan and so he started making the hand signs for: Tiger → Hare → Boar → Dog and slammed his hands down on the ground and said "Doton: Tajū Doryūheki" ("Earth Release: Multiple Earth-Style Wall!") suddenly multiple walls made of mud and earth started to rise from the ground one behind each other. When Kiba's deadly attack finally hit it met with a brick wall literally,
Although Kiba was able to quickly and effectively demolish the walls in a matter of seconds he lost momentum and power as a result of it. When he had finished breaking through all the earth walls that his enemy had put up, he no longer had the momentum left to keep spinning and finally landed on the ground, and started searching for his opponent who had disappeared.
Kiba was highly alert for anything, because despite his best efforts he was unable to find the scent of his enemy, but even he could not predict what happened next he had barely walked two steps when he noticed something amiss with the terrain and realised that he gotten caught in a Genjutsu and no sooner had he broken out of the Genjutsu, he then heard the sound of trip wires being triggered and looked up into the air to see the sky darken as a hundred shuriken and kunai fell from the sky towards him.
Before he could even dodge or do anything else he saw a three-headed silver tiger come out from under the ground and jump high in the air and landed on a tall branch. While in the air he made the hand signs for the Tiger → Horse → Ox → Dragon and said: "Raiton: Hyakurai (Lightning Style: One Hundred Thunderclaps.)
His hands and wrists started to gather and become covered in lightning; once his jutsu was complete he held both his hands up the high, as if in surrender, the lightning in his palms were obviously attracted to the steel weapons and started to cover the weapons, and guided by Kazuya's chakra fell towards the ground around Kiba in a perfect circle around him and before Kiba could react Kazuya made the sign for the Ram and suddenly all the steel weapons discharged their electricity at the same time and the sound they made as the attack hit Kiba head on was like a hundred thunderclaps.
Kiba was bombarded with lightning strikes one after the other from every direction, and this continued for 25 seconds. When it was over Kazuya didn't even give Kiba a chance to recover, he pounced upon Kiba with his jaws wide open aiming for his throat, in order to finish this in one go...but at the last minute Kiba dodged the oncoming attack by using his tail as a spring to catapult into the air. Kazuya was shocked to see that Kiba was still able to move after his attack.
Kiba launched himself in to the air to dodge the attack but when he tried to spin his body to use his signature jutsu he lost his balance and fell headfirst into a nearby lake half a mile away. Kazuya saw where he fell and began running towards the place where Kiba had fallen. When he reached there he saw the three headed wolf standing on all fours looking wet from the dip in the lake but looking no worse for wear.
Kiba looked at his bewildered opponent with a grin and said "you seem shocked Kazuya; you're probably wondering how I am able to stand after that ferocious attack. I thought I told you I trained with Kakashi and Gai for 3 years I am very aware of the damage a Raiton attack can cause to my body either in beast or human form and as a result I also know how to block and nullify such attacks."
"You see when you launched your attack I realised I could not dodge your attack so I prepared myself to take your attack head on but on my terms so I crouched low and buried my claws deep in the ground and then I also buried my tail deep in the ground to guide the flow of electricity into the ground away from my body of course I still took some damage but 85% of your attack was redirected into the ground away from my body." "However I got to say you are quite skilled to perform such a high level technique, but it seems to take a lot out of you doesn't it?"
Kiba said looking at the three-headed sabre tooth tiger in front of him. As he said that to Kazuya he cringed and thought to himself "Damn that was a hell of an attack; it packed a punch to think that it would cause so much damage to me that I would not be able to use my Garōga technique, it seems I will have to fight without it for a while, heh not that it matters since its only until THE REMEDY takes effect.
Kazuya was panting very hard as he felt the backlash of the jutsu he had just cast, however he didn't have much time to contemplate his next move because at that very moment Kiba had closed in from behind and using his great strength grabbed his tail in his jaws and started spinning him around violently before finally releasing him.
The momentum caused Kazuya to fly for 3 miles before finally crashing into a large oak tree. The force of the crash was so great that it broke the great oak tree that had stood there for many years was uprooted from the roots and fall into the forest with a loud crash. Despite the force of the attack Kazuya was up in a few seconds and although he was bleeding and his body was covered in wounds he simply grinned and got back on his feet and started running towards Kiba who was also running towards him, as they neared each other Kazuya growled and said "didn't your mother ever teach you to never pull a tiger's tail, because if you do you have to face its TEETH!" Kazuya growled once more before opening his jaws wide and managed to intercept Kiba's oncoming attack and sank his jaws deep into Kiba's body however before he could do anything else Kiba brought his two heads near Kazuya's ears and opened his mouth wide and then drew a deep breath and released it in one go as he let out a chakra enhanced wolf howl.
The chakra enhanced howl that Kiba let out caused Kazuya to let go of Kiba and try to regain his balance as he felt blood flow out of his ears. Kiba similarly also had a very bad gash on his abdomen caused by Kazuya but he ignored it and said to Kazuya "didn't your mother ever teach you to never anger a pack of wolves, because if you do you might not live long enough to regret it."
With that said the battle once again started as both warriors traded blows and insults, they were both apex predators and fighting in their Natural habitat: THE JUNGLE. As the seconds turned into minutes and minutes into hours the wolf and tiger continued their battle. After battling for what seemed like hours but was only a few minutes the two warriors were still at a stalemate however they were both running low on chakra and they both knew that this would be their final attack.
Kiba was the first to attack. With the effects of Kazuya's earlier electrical attack finally worn off, Kiba was able to once again use his full strength; however he the battle he had only last attack left in him so decided to make it count using all his remaining chakra he jumped high in the air and said: "Chō Ooiga Gatenga!" ("Super Tail-Chasing Rotating Fang!") He then started ferociously spinning in a buzz-saw like shape against the enemy, however the speed and ferocity was more violent and faster than his earlier attack but that wasn't all. As he spun he made the hand signs for Tiger → Snake → Ram, and said "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu) and expelled from all his mouths a continuous stream of flames. Because of Kiba and Akamaru's violent spin, the flames that they expelled from their mouths were not directed at the enemy but at themselves, because as they spun, the flames covered their spinning body and with the vacuum of air fuelling the flames even more, these two separate but devastating jutsu combined into one deadly Jutsu: Chō Ooiga Gatenga!"! (Blazing Super Tail-Chasing Rotating Fang!")
Kazuya was momentarily shocked as he saw the attack coming towards him but quickly recovered "damn it, how the hell is he able to perform that jutsu I thought the effects of my lightning attack earlier prevented him from using that technique, if that attack hits me I'm dead, and at the speed its coming at I got no chance of dodging it, the only chance I got is to block it" Kazuya thought to himself as he made the hand signs for Tiger → Hare → Boar → Dog → Dragon → Snake and slammed his hands on the ground and said "Doton: Kurokongouseki Yawatashirazu" ("Earth style: Black Diamond Maze") suddenly columns and walls of glittering thick black stones erupted from the ground and connected with one another to form a maze.
However he wasn't finished there, he then stood in the centre of the maze while still maintain his three-headed bestial form and made the hand signs for Tiger → Horse → Rat → Snake and said: "Raiton: Ichiransei Rakurai!" ("Lightning Style: Twin Lightning Bolts!") Without warning two separate but identical lightning bolts appeared from the mouths of Kazuya and Toraneko and flew straight into the air and then with a furious force struck the Black diamond maze and instead of crumbling the maze it combined with the maze and just like Kiba's attack Kazuya combined an ultimate defense and an ultimate attack into one and created a new jutsu called: Kurokongouseki Denki Shigarami (Black Diamond Electric Fence.)
Both Kazuya and Kiba smiled because they knew that it had been a great fight and they had both used their ultimate attacks and that only one of them would walk away from this fight alive. Kiba and Kazuya's Jutsu met with a rumble and crash as the two opposing forces tried to stop the other in their tracks. At first it seemed like the electric diamond maze would stop Kiba's attack in its tracks, however after a few seconds the maze walls slowly shattered and crumbled as Kiba's ferocious attack collided with them and just like that, one by one Kiba and Akamaru broke through the multiple and many maze walls one by one until they reached the center and crashing head on into Kazuya And Toraneko.
However they didn't stop there. They picked up speed and locked the Giant sabre toothed Tiger's limbs with their own and continued their deadly and blazing spin as they broke through the rest of the maze walls causing massive damage to Kazuya and Toraneko.
Not only were the blazing flames covering Kiba's body burning him badly, the vacuum of air prevented him from breathing, it also was causing multiple cuts on his body big and small as the air transformed itself into small and countless blades which was made even more deadly by the fire fueling it, and not to mention that multiple bones in his body were breaking as his body collided with the thick and diamond hard maze walls at high speeds with great force, as if that wasn't enough the latent lightning that covered the walls was constantly electrocuting him rendering his limbs useless and over loading his nerve signals causing him great pain in the process.
With a loud crash Kiba and Akamaru finally broke through the last wall, once they had broken through the last wall they spun one last time and then let go of Kazuya and Toraneko's broken and bleeding body.
When Kiba let them go, they fell hard on the ground after sailing through the air until a large tree broke their fall a couple of feet away. As they hit the floor the summoner, and summons finally separated into their original forms of man, clone and tiger, a few seconds later the heavily wounded Kazuya and Toraneko faintly saw Kiba and Akamaru separate as well and walk towards them. It seemed that both earth and shadow clones had taken too much damage and had disappeared,
Kiba and Akamaru came limping towards them, once within earshot Kazuya finally having gathered enough strength to speak said "You win, wolf boy, I can't even stand any more , I have many broken bones and heavy internal bleeding, I am man enough to know when I am defeated so don't worry I aint going to do any funny tricks." *cough* as he spoke he started coughing up blood.
Kiba simply stood there silent for he was a warrior and he knew that these were his enemy's last words. "Tell me something wolf boy, how were you able to perform the Gatenga (Fang Rotating Fang) technique after my lightning attack earlier?"
"Even if I failed to kill you with that attack I had caused severe damage to you, because of which you were unable to perform that technique again for at least 36 hours so how did you recover so quickly."
Kiba smiled and said "it was all thanks to my sister Hana and her apprentice Izumi who also happens to be my girlfriend." "You see in the ninja war 3 years ago many of the members of the Inuzuka clan were injured when the enemy attacked them with Nature based attacks; it seems that we of the Inuzuka clan are particularly weak against nature based attacks."
" In order to help fight against that Hana, Izumi and the other medics of the Inuzuka clan developed a serum that would strengthen us against most Nature based attacks and although they failed many times they finally managed to develop the serum into a special soldier pill that can be consumed only once every 6 hours."
"When taken it counters the effects of the attack by creating special chakra eating antibodies that are strong against that particular element, such as when you hit me with a lightning based attack and you threw into the lake, I took that opening while in the lake to consume that special soldier pill, which produced wind based chakra eating antibodies that nullified the effects of your lightning, It also temporarily gives our ninja canines the ability to use Nature based attacks that the antibodies produced i.e. in this case: Wind natured chakra. But like all medicine it takes time to take effect and that's why it took me so long to use my signature attack again."
Kazuya looked at Kiba and Akamaru and laughed hard and said "to think that we were defeated by medicine aint that funny as hell." He then became serious and looked at his dying companion with a question on his face. Toraneko simply purred and growled in response, Kazuya looked at Kiba and said "you beat me fair and square, and I can no longer fight, so I will give you a reward for defeating me."
He looked at Toraneko who simply nodded his head, Kazuya then placed his hand over Toraneko's heart and channelled his remaining chakra into Toraneko's heart, and the tiger's body burst into flames and kept burning until only his Skeleton remained. Kazuya then began to channel all his remaining chakra and life force into the now dead tiger's skeleton. This began to change shape into a weapon.
He then gave it to Kiba who examined the unfamiliar weapon; it looked like a brawling weapon similar to a pair of knuckle-duster but included the addition of four large spikes one at each knuckle. Kazuya finally spoke and said "what you hold in your hands is a pair of Tekagi-shuko ("Tiger hook hands") it is a weapon that originated from India and used by the warriors to pierce through the armour and shields of their enemies."
It's a brawling weapon suitable for use with unarmed combat attacks. It is a weapon that is light weight and made for speed. Plus it is one of the best brawling weapon choices against unarmed opponents.
The chakra knives we use today are a variation of these.*cough* *cough* but this is no ordinary weapon lightweight thought it might be, it's made from a tiger's body and thus it's as hard as a diamond and as lethal as a tiger." "This is my gift to you Kiba, do with it what you will but if you are a true shinobi respect the wishes of a dying man and teach your student how to use this weapon, and in doing so you will honour your enemy and opponent. Glory Be To Iwagakure."
With those last words Kazuya drew his last breath. Kiba stood there for a moment then turned towards Akamaru and said "this is what it means to be a true shinobi Akamaru." Akamaru simply barked in reply. Kiba then took a deep breath and began stripping the now dead body of weapons, scrolls and other items found on a shinobi.
30 Minutes later.
Kiba had finally finished his duty and then sniffed the air and said "it seems the battle by the barrier is over, it seems Lee is finished with his battle but Chouji is still at it with his opponent." Suddenly the earth trembled and sky rumbled as the thundering sound of two weapons met each other in fierce battle. "Damn it Chouji is going all out and from the sounds of things he is just getting started, well it would be rude to interrupt him when he is having so much fun." Kiba said as he barely saw Chouji's gigantic figure battling his opponent towards the North. Let's go pick up Lee and look for clues." Akamaru simply barked in reply and walked slowly with his master towards Lee."
A/N: just a little clarification here: in order to make hand signs Both Kazuya and Kiba were able to transform their paws into human hands.
A/N: The battle Between the Wolf and The Tiger is finally over, now only one battle is left: The Battle between Goro and Chouji who will win, and how will the battle unfold. Find out next time on By Executive Orders.