Jiraiya's Second Brush With Death
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--Begin--
Kyuubi looked around for something to kill… and eat. He found Jiraiya immediately. The Toad-Sennin had been shocked out of his wits. Kyuubi pounced, claws poised to rip the sennin's belly open and jaws ready to rip out his throat. Jiraiya managed to dodge in time to save his life, but he lost most of his clothes, leaving only his fishnet shirt and his pants and sandals.
The demon rid itself of Jiraiya's clothing and turned. He pounced again, and this time Jiraiya tried his Hari Jizo. Kyuubi recoiled with a yowl of pain when his blood-body collided with Jiraiya's spike shield. That had stung a bit, though it wouldn't have hurt him if he'd been at full power. He lashed out with a tail, grabbing Jiraiya. He slammed the Sennin into the ground until Jiraiya was jarred out of his concentration and lost his shield. Kyuubi hurled Jiraiya a good thirty meters, where he smashed into the cliff face above them.
As Kyuubi prowled forward, Jiraiya rose slowly, holding his left arm. He forced his shoulder back into alignment. Kyuubi paused, cocked his head to one side and yipped. Jiraiya looked up and into the demon's eyes. He began flashing through hand-seals.
Kyuubi sped forward, intent on stopping the human from finishing what he was doing. He had seen humans doing that during his last rampage and the things that had happened when they finished had been irritating when he'd been at full power.
Jiraiya finished his seals and slapped his palms on the ground. A dragon of stone rose from the ground and tried to slam Kyuubi. Kyuubi leaped aside at the last moment, but it put him off course enough for Jiraiya to move in and slam a ball of spiraling energy into his side.
:::Kyuubi's POV:::
That… HURT! This time I was the one flung away, rolling a good fifty feet before skidding to a halt. I rose unsteadily and shook myself to clear debris off me. My blood-hide was already repairing itself, but I'd be damned even more than I already was if I wasn't going to kill that human….
:::End Kyuubi's POV:::
Kyuubi staggered a bit before turning back to Jiraiya, but Jiraiya was digging through one of his pouches for something. As Kyuubi slowly moved in, Jiraiya pulled something he couldn't see out of the pouch. Kyuubi pounced again, but what he hit this time was a log. Jiraiya had used Kawarimi no Jutsu just in time. He was now on Kyuubi's left. Kyuubi didn't really care. A single human couldn't kill him even if he was in a borrowed body with four tails of power.
:::Kyuubi's POV:::
I turned up the bloodlust and killing intent to maximum levels, then pounced again. This time I would kill that human.
:::End Kyuubi's POV:::
Jiraiya readied the seales in his hands. He needed them to work… Naruto needed them to work, because nothing else short of the Shiki Fuujin stood a chance. Kyuubi pounced, and this time Jiraiya counter-attacked, moving in to slap the seals on. This had… to… work.
Kyuubi mentally grinned like a madman. He'd caught Jiraiya's arm in his jaws. His claws raked across his chest and abdomen, leaving huge, deep gashes. He could taste the blood, could imagine what the rest would taste like….
:::Jiraiya's POV:::
I screamed from the pain. The demon had shattered my bones when it bit me. Somehow I managed to hang on to consciousness. If this worked, I'd need a long time to heal. If it didn't, well, at least Tsunade wouldn't be able to hurt me anymore. I slapped the seals onto the fox and sent a prayer to whatever gods were watching….
:::End Jiraiya's POV:::
Kyuubi felt something slap his neck, but thought nothing of it. Then he felt the spiritual bonds close on him again. No… it couldn't be. He was free! Then he was back in his cage and bound again.
Jiraiya watched, thankful, as the kitsune's form disintegrated. He watched as a blood-soaked Naruto fell unconscious at his feet. Then he too collapsed.
--End--
W00t. This is why I rated it T. Maybe it needs to be M? It's a short fight, but Jiraiya's injuries tally up as follows:
Almost all of his ribs cracked or broken. Left radius and ulna (lower arm bones) shattered. Multiple concussions (how he woke up after this is beyond me). Inch-deep gashes across his chest and belly (again, how he survived… beyond me.) Most of his vertebrae cracked. Several slipped discs (the pain…) Bruises across all of his body, and remember, his shoulder was dislocated from being thrown into the cliff. Like I said, how he survived is beyond me.
Naruto got off with a lightly bruised left side (which healed almost immediately) and his overall lifespan being shortened due to the Kyuubi's forced regeneration.