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CHAPTER 7
Jirobo's Will
1 Year Ago...
"What is this?" Asked Jirobo with a suspicious glare, staring at the giant scroll that his blonde haired, whisker faced companion had just rolled over to him from across the table.
'He's acting weird, he could have handled this mission on his own easily but he specifically demanded that I alone accompany him. Then he treated me to an all you can eat barbeque dinner and offered to pay for all of my expenses for the mission. And now...now this, what's going on here?' Thought Jirobo, unnerved by the strange behaviour of his friend for a just over a year now.
"This is a scroll containing all the secret body expansion techniques of the Akimichi clan, including their taijutsu style and their secret soldier pill recipes. I want you to have it." Said the blonde bluntly.
"W-what, b-but how did you get this? And why give something like this to me when you could have used it yourself? What's going on here Naruto?" Asked Jirobo, unable to comprehend the thoughts and actions of his comrade, speaking in harsh whispers so as not to alert or startle any of the other customers of the Hidden Black Dragon Restaurant.
"Because...I think my mother would have wanted you to have it." Said Naruto with a straight face.
"W-what?" Sputtered Jirobo comically.
"Earlier, you asked me how I came into possession of this scroll, the answer to that is that it was a gift from my mother." Explained Naruto.
"I...I don't get it Naruto, you told us that your mother was an Uzumaki and I know that your father is the Fourth Hokage. I also know that she left you all your father's jutsu and your clan's jutsu, but you never told us about this...wait a minute, is this connected to Yakumo's ability to use mind walking techniques?" Asked Jirobo in slight frustration, it seemed the more that was explained the more confused he became and the more questions he had, he justy didn't get any of this.
"Yes, I was the one that gave Yakumo-chan access to the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques, and I'm now giving you access to the Akimichi clan's secret jutsu. I've studied the scroll carefully and have come to the conclusion that out of everyone in Oto, you would be the best suited to learn and utilise these techniques, off course, I would not have given them to you if you hadn't earned my trust and respect." Replied Naruto, still not baring any emotions on his features.
"I see, not that I'm not thankful or anything, but you still have yet to explain how your mother got her hands on these secrets, and why you aren't using them for yourself, I mean with so much power, why just give it away?" Asked Jirobo with a confused expression.
"Because I don't think that my mother neccessary wanted me to learn these techniques. Think about it, imagine I hadn't left Konoha and became a Konoha shinobi, what do you think would have happened to me when I started using all these clan techniques?" Asked Naruto rhetorically, causing Jirobo's eyes to widen slightly in realization.
"You get it right, the clans would have been furious and the Hokage would have been suspicious of me. I would be uprehanded by A.N.B.U and taken in for interogation with Morino Ibiki and Yamanaka Inoichi. If they walked through my mind, they would have found out everything that my mother did, my mother and my clan's reputation would have been destroyed and I would be either locked up forever, brainwashed, or...executed." Said the blonde.
"So...you're saying that your mother was trying to get you killed?" Asked Jirobo, causing Naruto to sweat drop at the big guy's stupidity.
"Um...no Jirobo, that's not what I'm saying at all." Replied Naruto.
"I don't get it then, what was she trying to do?" Asked Jirobo in sincere confusion, making the blond sigh in exasperation.
"What I'm saying is that I don't think she wanted me to stay in konoha...and no she didn't just want me to be a rogue shinobi!" Said Naruto hastily, cutting off Jirobo before he could say something stupid.
"One of the things she left behind for me was a scroll containing all the information and history of the Uzumaki clan and Ushiogakure no saito. Did you know, that the people of my clan believed that as long as even one Uzumaki lived, so did the clan and so did Ushigakure no saito itself. That no matter where the last heir may go, and no matter where he lived, they would always be with him in spirit and would always support his dreams and ambitions, even from the after life. You see, this is the oath that an academy student made to the village when they became genin, this was Ushio's will of unity. Namely, I, as the last known heir of the Uzumaki clan, have inherited my peoples will, I am Ushiogakure itself and the place I am loved and supported, the place where I have precious people that I wish to protect is Ushiogakure." Explained the blonde cryptically, taking a short breathe, pausing dramatically in order to give his companion a chance to digest the information.
"To answer your question, I think that my mother wanted me to rebuild Ushiogakure no sato. I don't believe she actually thought that I would learn all these techniques, what I think she wanted was for me to use them to start a new hidden village, one that would rival and even surpass Konoha, after all, the majority of Konoha's strength comes from their shinobi clans and their teamwork." Said Naruto.
"So, you're saying that because you have accepted Oto as your home, that Oto has in a sense become the new Ushiogakure. Also, because the old Whirlpool was destroyed, that your mother stole the main source of Konoha's strength in order to make the new Uzu strong enough not to suffer the same fate as the old one. So this is why you're giving me this scroll, you want me to recreate the Akimichi clan in Oto, or should I say, to create a new clan that will rival or even surpass the Akimichi clan of Konoha." Said Jirobo thoughtfully.
"Yes, that is precisely what I want you to do, my mother had only a few minutes with me but she did so much more for me then even most mothers who have had all their lives with their children. I want to live up to her expectations of me and I want to fulfill the dreams she had for me and our people, and to do that, I need you, Jirobo. So what do you say, will you help me, will you accept this gift from me, this power?" Asked Naruto.
"Hai, I accept, and...arigatou, maybe...maybe with this...I can make my parents proud too." Replied the fellow orphan with a sombre but grateful expression, thinking about the day he lost his parents to a Master Iwagakure Hunting Squad. His parents had tried their best to give him the love, care, food, shelter and shinobi training that he had wanted and needed as a child, but being A rank rogue shinobi didn't make things easy neither for them or Jirobo and eventually their life style caught up to them, he would have died too if it wasn't for Orochimaru sama saving his life, Orochimaru sama had even allowed him the pleasure of killing the man that had delivered the killing blow on his mother before he asked him to join his forces. Jirobo had accepted Orochimaru's offer of power and security without hesitation, vowing to become even stronger then his dad so that he would never lose a loved one again. It looked like that dream was becoming more and more possible by the day, he'd already mastered everything his dad had taught him as a child and he was set to receive a power boost from Orochimaru sama in the form of a cursed seal in the next year or two. Add what his friend Naruto was offering and his dream would be fullpfilled sooner then he could ever have imagined.
"I have no doubt that you will, Jirobo." Replied Naruto with a friendly smile.
"Yeah..." Said Jirobo with a small smirk.
"Remember though, that a jutsu is only as strong as the wielder, do not neglect to maintain and develop your mind, heart, and body. Konoha have their will of fire, but we, as the new Uzu in Oto, have our will of unity'!" Said Naruto.
"We do?" Asked Jirobo.
"Yeh we do alright! The will of unity is also known as the will of the ocean. The water is connected all around the world, we, as humans give different seas and beaches different names, but no matter how many different names we give them or how different they may seem to be, they are still part of one ocean, the water is connected together, one flow all around the world. That is the symbol of the will of unity, we, in Oto have different bloodlines and different abilities, but we are one under the banner of Oto, and we are interconnected. Even our abilities are interconnected." Explained Naruto.
"Even our abilities?" Asked Jirobo with a quirked eyebrow.
"Yes, think about it, would Aniki have been able to become as strong as he is now without Yakumo chan's mind blocking barriers to stop him from going crazy. Would Tayuya have been able to telepathically control her doki without Yakumo chan's mind linking techniques and my shadow clone technique, would I have been able to wield the power of the great shark skin sword without Orochimaru sama and Kabuto sama's science and medical techniques? In about a year or two, the sound four will receive cursed seals that will boost their power, would that be possible without Aniki, Orochimaru sama, Kabuto sama, and Karin-chan? Do you understand now Jugo, the will of unity is already in motion within Oto, we all have different talents, bloodlines, and jutsu, but if we use them to help each other, we can become so much more stronger, this is why Whirlpool was so strong. My clan used their sealing talents not only for themselves but also to boost and amplify the ninjutsu and weapons of the shinobi families that were our allies as well. With this will of unity, we will extinguish the flames of Konoha's will of fire!" Said Naruto passionately, causing Jirobo's eyes to widen in surprise before settling for a confident smirk.
"Yeah! Those tree huggers won't know what hit them! Hahaha!" Said Jirobo in a manner typical of someone with Iwa origines.
"Yeah! Hehehe!" Said Naruto, the two boys laughing maniacly as if someone just shared some big joke with them.
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"Our target is down there, she's 2 miles south west of our location." Said Naruto, his voice and demeanor oozing an air of professionalism.
"Come to think about it, I don't even know the name of our target or her abilities, all I know is that she is a girl." Said Jirobo.
"Her name is Kamizuru Suzumebachi, the sole surviving member of the Kamizuru clan and the First Tsuchikage's grand daughter. You don't have to worry about her abilities, I only made you come along with me so that I can give you that scroll on your back. I plan to go in alone, you just wait for me right here." Replied the blonde.
"I see, but what is she doing all the way out here on her own?" Asked Jirobo.
"She's apparently gone crazy and spends all her time in this jungle searching for something known as the bikochu beettle. She believes that its tracking abilities will lead her to the Forbidden scroll containing all the secrets of the First Tsuchikage and plans to use that to revive her clan to its former greatness." Explained Naruto.
"But how are you going to convince someone like that to join us, not only is she crazy, but she is a descendant of the First Tsuchikage, her ambitions to regain noble status for her clan in Iwagakure don't make things any easier." Said Jirobo, doubt and disbelief laced in his voice.
"So what? I'm the Yondaime Hokage's son but look where I am now. Besides, things aren't always as black and white as they appear. What you don't know about is her frustration and supressed feelings of resent for Iwagakure no sato, the current Tsuchikage and his own grand daughter. The village, despite all her pleadings, has not so much as lifted a hand to assist her in her goals, furthermore, she feels that the reason for that is because the current Tsuchikage and his Grand Daughter want to replace her Grand Father and herself as the symbols of strength and hope for Iwa. Something else to take note of is that she is now officially a missing ninja in Iwa's Bingo books because of her refusal to return from her mission to find her grand father's secret scroll. Her two brothers, who were the last living members of her clan were killed a couple of months ago in a clash with an Iwa Hunting Nin Squad, driving her over the edge and losing her mind. Since then, she's been living in this forest and obsessing over the bikochu beetle." Explained Naruto, pausing slightly to give Jirobo a chance to digest the information.
"I understand now, this should be easy enough then, although, aren't you still concerned by her mental instability, and what about this Forbidden Scroll of hers that she wants, how are you going to help her find it without this bikuku beetle?" Asked Jirobo.
"Bikochu, its a Bikochu beetle, not Bikuku." Said Naruto.
"Oh yeah thanks, so what about this Bichaku beetle?" Asked Jirobo with a serious expression.
'Sigh...is he really that dense or is he making fun of me?' Thought Naruto with a sweat drop.
"Ahem...anyway... Her clan's fall was marked by their defeat to the Aburame Clan of Konoha, I am confident that the Aburame clan's Forbidden Jutsu Scroll that I have in my possession will peak her interest even more so then her grand father's scroll. In any case it is only autumn season now, the Bikochu is only available in spring time after a rainstorm, that's when their eggs hatch. She can always come back for it later." Said Naruto.
"Are you sure you can trust her with those jutsu, I mean we barely even know her?" Asked Jirobo.
"She has no reason to betray us, we're giving her the power of the Aburame clan on top of the Kamizuru's power that she already wields, and we plan to destroy Konoha, the home of the clan responsible for her own clan's demise and we will give her all the support and respect that Iwa failed to provide for her and her clan. If that wasn't enough we're still going to help her get her hands on her grand father's scroll. Trust me on this one Jirobo, she will be our loyal ally, she can be trusted." Said Naruto
"Alright, if any one can do it, then it will you." Said Jirobo, acknowledging the blond's charismatic personality.
"Alright! I'll be back in no time at all!" Shouted Naruto, jumping over the cliff and falling down into the wild jungle.
'She's lived a very hard and painful life and all she wants is acknowledgement for herself and her family, and maybe love. She's just like me and Yakumo-chan used to be, all alone in this cruel and harsh world with no one willing to help her and no one to lean on for support. I have to help her, I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't nor would I be able to face Kaa chan when we meet in the after life.' Thought Naruto, sympathising with the girl he'd been following and who's background he'd been researching for just over two months now.
Currently...
"Ido! When I find you I'm gonna make you pay for disobeying my orders you childish fool! What kind of mother figure acts like such a child!" Shouted a voice that Jugo and Naruto both recognised as Yakumo's from the surrounding forest.
'Kuso! Its only a matter of time before the mistress catches up! Oh well... Hehehe! I'll just have as much fun as I can before she arrives!' Thought the Ido demon from inside the body of the boy now known to be Kimmimaro.
Ido felt that she had to give it to the guy, the boy had an overwhelming level of will power to be able to resist their shitenshin no jutsu, that kind of mental strength was unheard of even among elite shinobi. It was generally accepted that any battle would be over once a mind transfer technique took effect, not in this case it seemed, Ido had been forced to use a mind paralyse genjutsu on the boy just to so that she could maintain full control of his body, otherwise the boy would have given her trouble or possibly even broken the mind transfer jutsu.
"Kuso! We're never going to catch up to them in time at this rate! Jirobo, do something about it!" Shouted Guren over her shoulder. Damn that Jirobo pissed her off, it had taken so long for her crystal clone to find him that she and Yakumo had ended up having to do all the work on their own, the battle had practically been over by the time the big boned member of the sound 5 had arrived.
"Why must I do something about it?" Asked Jirobo defiantly.
"Because you haven't done shit to help out in this mission, because I gave you an order, because we have to stop Ido before she kills Raiga, and because I'll kill you if you carry on to undermine my authority!" Said Guren in anger, blasting Jirobo with an almost unbearable amount of killing intent.
That fool, how dare he disrespect her of all people like that, she ought to show him just who he thought he was dealing with when this was all over. The inconsiderate bastard, here she was, with two of her crystal clones carrying the demon brother's unconscious bodies, and with that doujutsu kid on her back and yet he, who was doing practically nothing dared to ask why he should be the one to do something, the nerve of him.
"Um...gomen pretty nee san...um...?" Stuttered the boy on Guren's back fearfully with a soft and almost feminine voice.
"What! You better not try anything funny you little brat! You won't live to regret it..." Threatened Guren, showing her ruthless nature that she had developed through her harsh upbringing. She was intentionally baiting the little kid off course, she wasn't one to take chances, having an enemy in such close proximity to you with your back turned the other side to them was a recipe for suicide to most shinobi. But off course, she wasn't most shinobi, she was Guren, the sole crystal release practitioner in the elemental nations, that's why she could do what she was doing, because her whole body was covered in her near indestructable crystal release armour. If the boy tried anything funny, not only wouldn't it work against her armour, but she'd snap his neck immediately afterwards.
'Although, he probably already knows about my armour, if the visual prowess of his doujutsu are as potent as we think they are...' Thought Guren.
"Aaahm...no I'm not going to try anything, I promise!" Shouted the kid in fear, he is a 5 year old boy with a round face, red eyes and purplish hair with two medium length bangs framing his face and another two shorter bangs covering his forehead except through the middle.
"I...its just...I wanted to ask you to please kill me too...I don't want to continue to live in a world without Raiga sama, I...I failed him, I was supposed to be his eyes and help him become the strongest, but I...I...sniff" cried the little boy in emotional pain. The thought of such a young person being in so much pain that he practically begged for his life to be taken touched something in Guren's hardened and cold heart, he reminded her so much of how she used to be before she met Orochimaru sama, not having a anyone precious in life and feeling useless and hopeless. Her fierce eyes softened into ones of sadness and sympathy, her facial features taking on a softer tone and her lips quirking into a kind smirk.
"Hey, I'm sorry...I didn't know you felt like that." Apologised Guren, shocking her two conscious companions, Jirobo even more so then the kid, since he knew just how heartless the crystal princess could be.
"W-what...?" Asked the kid with wide eyes.
"Heh...don't worry squirt, we're not here to kill any of you, we just want you guys to join our ninja village that's all. So you can relax okay." Said Guren, projecting her voice enough for the kid to hear through the wind friction from travelling at such high speeds through the tree tops.
"R-really, you're not going to kill Raiga sama, onee san?" Asked the kid.
'Tche! He's more worried about that homicidal fool then even himself.' Thought Guren with a slight roll of the eyes.
"No we won't, I promise!" Replied Guren.
"Thanks a lot onee san!" Shouted the kid happily.
"Tche, whatever! Hey what's your name anyway brat?" Asked Guren, trying to hide the smile on her face.
"My name is Kurosaki Ranmaru demo... Onee san, even if you won't kill Raiga sama, I'm still worried, there's something evil inside of Kimmimaro, and its making him attack Raiga sensei with the intent to kill. Could you please um...could you please help me stop him?" Asked Ranmaro.
'Amazing, that he was able to sense and possibly even see Yakumo's mind transfer technique. Just what is this brat anyway.' Thought Jirobo.
"Sure we'll stop em, don't worry about a damn thing okay, but we're going to need your help to do that, we need you to use your eyes to help us find them." Said Guren, wanting to test the limits of the boy's abilities, not that they didn't really need his abilities, because they did, still, it wouldnt hurt to find out just how much potential the kid had with those eyes and to determine the limits of his abilitiies
"Okay, I'll try!" Said Ranmaro, the only visible sign that he was now using his doujutsu being the red glow that his pupils were exhibiting.
"There...!" Said Ranmaro.
"Where?" Asked Guren.
"Straight ahead, 2 miles straight ahead!" Shouted Ranmaru.
"Alright! I'm going to leave you behind for a while, I'll have one of my crystal clones carry you while I go on ahead to save your friend." Said Guren with a reassuring smile.
"No!" Said Jirobo a little too loudly.
"Huh? What the hell is wrong with you you lazy bastard?" Asked Guren, her short temper getting the best of her a little.
"Stay with Ranmaru, I'll handle this, I'll prove to you and everyone that I'm more then just a fat and lazy guy." Said Jirobo with a serious expression, causing Guren to stare at him with a mixture of skepticism and contemplation.
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"Alright...let's see what you can do." Said Guren after a long and uncomfortable silence.
"Thank you, Guren sama!" Said Jirobo.
"Yeah whatever, just get going already." Replied Guren irritably.
"Alright!" Saluted Jirobo, jumping forward into the air and speeding through hand seals for a jutsu.
'What's he up to?' Thought Guren.
"Ninja Art: Multi-Size Technique!" Shouted Jirobo, expanding his body into a giant but even fatter version of himself. Not wasting anytime, the orange haired giant went straight into his next jutsu, initiating another transformation
"Ninja Art: Human Bullet Technique!" Shouted Jirobo. His body expanded horizontally before his head and limbs got sucked into his body, turning him into a giant human ball. But it didn't end there, his body started spinning rapidly in a vertical direction, crashing against the ground and then rolling at incredible speeds on the one spot where it landed.
'What the hell is that fool doing? He's supposed to run ahead and stop Raiga, not attack the innocent ground!" Thought Guren furiously.
"Secret Earth Style: Universal Assimilation!" Shouted Jirobo, activating his third technique in succession.
Guren and Ranmaru watched in stunned silence as chunks of earth and debris got ripped out of the ground, attaching themselves to the deadly human bullet. With the manipulation of earth chakra, Jirobo was able to not only attach huge chunks of rock to his body, but even fuse the earth into his skin, making his skin much harder then normal.
'This is incredible! He's combining his secret universal assimilation with the Akimichi secret jutsu in order to increase the body resistance and destructive power of the Akimichi clan's human bullet technique. Not only that, but the extra weight will increase the spin of his jutsu and the extra spin can potentially increase the speed of his jutsu. This is unbelievable, who would have thought that Jirobo could have grown so much.' Thought Guren.
'Still, what is he planning to do? I can't bring myself to believe that even he is dense enough to just show off for no particular reason, he must have plan of some sort, doesn't he?' Thought Guren, unable to comprehend the reasons behind her comrade's actions.
"Assimilated Rock Tank!" Jirobo propelled himself out of the creator that had formed on the ground, landing harshly on the ground and then rolling towards their destination at incredible speeds, leaving a trail of destruction in his path.
'Okay, I think I understand now. That jutsu is not yet ready to be used in battle, it takes too long to set up, giving the enemy more then enough time to think up a counter strategy. Activating the jutsu before initiating contact with the enemy is a good idea though, not only that, but he can cover great distances with that jutsu in a short span of time. Impressive, fatso is a lot smarter than I give him credit for.' Thought Guren.
"Onee san, why is Jirobo san using earth style jutsu?" Asked Ranmaru.
"Huh...what the heck are you talking about squirt, what's wrong with earth techniques?" Asked Guren with a confused expression.
"Well, I thought that Doton was supposed to be weak against Raiton, Raiga sama is the best Raton user in the world you know." Said Ranmaru softly, a look of concern etched on his facial features. Guren's eyes widened suddenly in surprise at the boy's words, how could she have been so...no, how could Jirobo have been so stupid!
"Hold on, I'm gonna try and catch up with him!" Said Guren, increasing her tree jumping speed by almost two times.
'Almost there, gonna teach that Ido whose boss!' Thought Yakumo fursiously. She had changed her outfit since she moved to Oto, now wearing greenish camourflouge bagy pants with black, personalised combat boots, a brown short sleeved and tight fitting t-shirt with a black customized Oto flak jacket on top with three scroll pouches on each side. Tied around her left thigh is a brown comourflaged weapons pouch.
Loud Rumble!
'What on earth is that? It feels almost like...like an earthquake...' Thought Yakumo, halting her chase on her mother on a thick tree branch to take stock of the situation.
'Something big is coming this way...wait...that chakra, isn't that...Jirobo!' Thought Yakumo, her head snapping backwards followed by her body only to gasp in shock and fear at the giant ball of rubble rolling her way with more then impressive speed, destroying everything in site, snapping big strong trees as if they were nothing but twigs.
"Aaaaah! What the hell Jirobo you bastard!" Screamed Yakumo in terror, but was able to quickly recover and use an instant substitution with the speed and skill worthy of her special jounin status, which was earned because of her S class level in torture and interogation, stealth and infiltration, and assassination - skills that she had been able to attain thanks to her Genjutsu Kekkei Genkei and her mastery of Mind Walking Techniques, it also helped that she was also a sensor type, although not as good as Karin or her Naruto kun but good nontheless. She had yet to make the full Jounin rank because she had yet to master two elemental affinities, which was the basic requirement for someone to become an Oto jounin. There was however an unspoken or unwritten rule that every Jounin had to master sound and vibration manipulation and one elemental affinity to make jounin instead of just using two mainstream elements. She had already mastered sound manipulation, which made her one step closer to attaining her jounin status, she now just needed to find out what her natural element was and then master it to become a full fledged Jounin, the youngest ever in Oto's short history.
'Damn that Jirobo, he's going to pay for that, I'll have Ido visit his dreams tonight, that will teach him!' Thought Yakumo, panting slightly not from over exertion but from the unwanted excitement and adrenaline that Jirobo's attack had provoked.
"Ahahahaha! I hope you've planned your funeral just like you've been doing for all your victims, because I'm tired of playing with you now!" Said the demented voice from the white haired Kaguya's lips.
"Damn you Kimmimaro, there's still time you know, if you apologise, I meight just postpone your funeral for a few years." Replied Raiga from his position five metres away from the 9 year old Kaguya.
'This guy, he still hasn't figured out that he isn't fighting that little boy, hehe...baka!' Thought Ido in amusement.
"Hehehehe! Sorry, but no deal! Dance Of the Clemetis: Flower!" Screeched the demoness, transforming her hosts left arm into a large bone drill before propelling herself at the mentally unstable swordsman with impressive speed.
"Sugoi...I can't believe her mind walking techniques have improved enough that she can even fight at such a high level with the victim's own jutsu." Said Juugo thoughtfully.
"Yeah, Yakumo chan's really amazing, she's so strong and creative and...and beautiful and sexy and deadly and..."
"Okay okay I get it otouto, haha, damn you're so whipped." Said Juugo, laughing at the blonde's expensive.
"S-shut up!" Sputtered Naruto with a small blush adorning his whiskered cheeks.
"Haha! Alright, whatever you say bro, but what are we going to do about Ido, are we just gonna let her kill Raiga?" Asked Juugo casually.
"Nah don't worry about them, Yakumo-chan is close by and I can sense Jirobo's chakra even closer. We'll let them deal with it, it is their mission after all." Replied the shark toothed blond.
"Fine by me...huh, isn't that...Jirobo?" Asked Juugo, staring at the giant ball of rock and rubble in the air.
"Damn you brat! When did you get so strong!" Screamed Raiga furiously. He couldn't believe the little brat was pushing him so hard, granted he wasn't going all out, but he shouldn't need to go all out to defeat a 9 year old brat. Not only that, but the kid's drilling bone almost broke straight through his swords and would have drilled right through if he hadn't activated the lightning current through the swords to increase the power and penetration. Still, it was taking both his arms just to keep the boy at bay, holding the dual swords in both hands across each other to maintain balance.
'So his bones have a natural resistance to lightning huh? But, can the same be said about his actual flesh? I don't think so.' Thought Raiga.
"I'm not going to play around with you anymore bouzo! This is where it ends!" Shouted Raiga with a snarl on his face, pushing back against the white haired Kaguya with enough force to make the bone user skid a distance of 3 metres backwards. Raiga, not giving the boy a chance to retaliate quickly stuck his swords into the ground and activated his next technique.
"Lightning Burial: Banquet Of Lightning!" Said Raiga with a nasty smirk on his face, creating several thunderbolts from his swords that cut through the ground at rapid speeds, too fast for Ido, who was not yet fully used to her temporal body, to react before the attack hit her, sending a powerful electrical current through her body. The electrical current was so powerful that her host's insides would have been completely fried beyond recognision if she hadn't covered the entire body with the lightning resistant bone just beneath the surface of the skin. The shock was not enough to kill her, but more then enough to completely paralyse her.
"I see, you created a bone armour underneath your skin to protect yourself from my raiton, demo..." Said Raiga, staring at the patches of bone that were showing under the torn skin of his opponent in awe, though trying his best to hide it.
"You don't have any armour around your eyes do you...I can reach your brain with my sword through your eye socket and kill you...ahahahahaha!" Laughed Raiga, an insane gleem forming in his eyes.
'Well, it was good while it lasted, time to return to the mistress!' Thought Ido, cancelling the mind transfer jutsu just as Raiga prepaired himself to thrust both his kiba into the boy's eye sockets.
"Assimilated Rock Tank!" Raiga was forced to abandon his fatal attack on the young Kaguya or risk getting crushed into a pancake, jumping away from the immediate vicinity of the attack to avoid instant death. Kimmimaro, who had just regained control of his mind however did not have a chance, the giant rock hard ball crashing into him with enough speed and force to make earthquake like ripples all across the ground, creating a massive creator below the two combatants. Jirobo, having fused his body with the earth with his universal assimilation was able sense Raiga's position through the earth, propeeling himself out of the creator and into the air in preparation for his next assualt on the unstable swordsman.
"Hey isn't that Jirobo?" Asked Juugo softly.
"Yeah, but what is that jutsu, I've never seen it before?" Asked Naruto.
"I don't know, but it looks like the Human Bullet Technique of the Akimichi clan." Said Juugo, causing his otouto's eyes to widen suddenly in realization.
"What is it, something wrong?" Asked Juugo.
"No, nothing wrong, but I think I get it now, damn that Jirobo is full of surprises, he's managed to combine the human bullet technique with the universal assimilation technique, I can feel the doton chakra from his jutsu, incredible!" Exclaimed Naruto in awe.
"Really! Wow, I never thought Jirobo was such a ninjutsu genius, you made the right choice when you chose him after all." Said Juugo casually, silently impressed by the development of one of his direct subordinates.
"Kuso! Not another one of those maggots! You people just keep crawling out of nowhere don't you? I'd like to thank you for taking care of the brat for me but I'm sick of your interfering, I will make a wonderful funeral for you too if you want one!" Said Raiga in anger.
'If can interogate him and make him tell me where they took Ranmaru before I burry him though!' Thought Raiga.
"Spiked Assimilated Rock Tank!" Shouted Jirobo from inside the massive ball of destruction, protruding large rock spikes all over the circumference of the rock ball before launching himself at the swordsman once again.
'Just as I suspected, he's using some kind of doton ninjutsu to attack, perfect!' Thought Raiga with a sinister smirk. Raiga pointed his swords upwards before gathering a giant ball of electrical energy between the two swords.
"Don't underestimate the power of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen Of The Mist! Lightning Ball!" Shouted Raiga before throwing the ball of energy at the giant earth sphere with great force, the two jutsu clashing mid-air in a violent, loud but beautiful display of power, creating a stalemate between the two jutsu, neither seemingly losing or winning the battle.
"He's using the super speed of his spin to create an air resistance to deflect and redirect the lightning from my attack, he's not as stupid as I thought...demo...he's still underestimating me! Lightning Ball Explosion!" Shouted Raiga, detonating the high level raiton jutsu, the result being a massive explosion that completely destroyed the rock armour. Jirobo was blown away with a massive force, crashing into the ground with a massive impact, his body digging a long and deep trench into the sandy ground.
"Jirobo! Hold on!" Shouted Juugo, gently laying down the unconscious body of Haku on the ground before running at the other orange haired boy's direction, only to be stopped by a firm grip on his shoulder.
"Naruto..what are you doing?" Asked Juugo.
"Relax aniki, leave Jirobo be." Said Naruto with a serious expression on his features.
"But..."
"Juugo, leave him be, this is a bridge that Jirobo needs to cross on his own. He needs to prove something to his opponent, his comrades, and most importantly, himself. Remember, Jirobo's dream is to have enough strength so that he can never lose a loved one again like he did his parents, to him, every battle is a test to see how much closer he has come to attaining that goal, helping him would make him feel like he is cheating the test. We must only interfere when it becomes absolutely neccessary, not now, he's still got a lot of fight in him, just sit back and watch...no...actually, you should go and get the Kaguya out of the way, he's still alive, his bone armour must have protected him." Said Naruto.
"Alright, if you say so, but I won't lose anyone on my watch, ultimately, the responsibility falls on me as the commannder of this mission, I'll interfere when I think it is neccessary." Replied Juugo.
"That's fine by me aniki, wouldn't have it any other way." Replied Naruto with a small smirk.
"Kuso...cough...cough...that was a terrible thing to do to someone who only wanted to pulverise you...cough...cough..." Said Jirobo, walking out of the trench his body dug into the ground with numerous lacerations all over his body, the clothes on his upper body having been ripped to shreds.
"Tche, you're just another kid after all, how pathetic, and you expect us to join a ninja village whose elite shinobi are fat little weaklings like you?" Asked Raiga insultingly.
"You...did you...did you just call me fat?"Asked Jirobo with a sinister undertone, his eyes veiled by a dark shadow.
"Huh...yeah so what are you going to do about it you obesse asshole!" Replied Raiga, trying to provoke a reaction from the orange haired 9 year old.
"Its rude to call people fat, I'm...cough...going to teach you how to act like a gentleman!" Said Jirobo, taking out a small transparent container from weapons pouch with three different coloured pills inside it. One white with a green stripe, the second also white with a yellow stripe, and the third with a red stripe.
'Huh! So he's managed to recreate the secret three coloured pills technique. Jirobo, I only gave you that scroll 12 months ago, for you to have come so far in such a short amount of time is more then impressive, I'm sure your parents are proud of you wherever they are." Thought Naruto, watching the battle calmly from the sidelines.
"Ninpo: Super Multi-Size Technique!" Shouted Jirobo, having swallowed the green pill, Jirobo found his body filling up with a ridiculous amount of energy, his body converting the calories in his body into chakra for him to use. Using the new source of energy, Jirobo, without molding any hand seals activated his next jutsu, turning himself into a three story giant.
'Just as I thought, he's managed to complete the full body expansion no jutsu, so...what are you planning to do now Jirobo, show us just how much you've grown.' Thought Naruto.
"What the fuck! What the fuck are you?" Asked Raiga out loud, fear creeping into his soul, squeezing his heart in a tight grip like a snake on its prey. The was just something frightening about the way his opponent's appearance had changed, clearly humans were not meant to be that big, it was just so...unnatural.
"I'm the symbol of your defeat, and your lecturer of the gentlemen arts! Earth Style Barrier: Earth Prison Of Magnificent Nothingness!" Shouted Jirobo with his hands held out in front of him, creating a giant dome of earth, trapping the clinically insane swordsman inside the chakra draining dome.
'That jutsu absorbs chakra doesn't it, I see, he must have realized that the regualr dome wouldn't be strong enough tor fast enough to trap Raiga, that's why he took the green pill and expanded his size, so that he can create a barrier so wide and strong that Raiga wouldn't be able to avoid getting trapped. The coloured pills are dangerous because of their ability to convert the body's calories into chakra, but he plans to slow down the negeative effects by absorbing extra energy from his opponent, and then use that energy to replenish himself when his opponent has been defeated. What a usefull method to use the coloured pills, he's using his own unique techniques to make provision for all his weaknesses. This is what they mean when they talk about ninjutsu geniuses.' Thought Naruto...
End Chapter
Next chapter will be part two of this one.
The next chapter will be the longest one yet, minimum 16 thousand words and maximum 22 thousand!
Why, because I think that there is a possibility that I might not be able to update this story again for like three to four months.
Why?
Because the next chapter will be chapter 8, I don't want to focus too much on one story and neglect the others. So until all the others catch up, meaning until they all get to chapter 8, I won't be updating this one.
Akatsuki Heir is on chapter 5
Broken Fox, Caring Cat is on Ch 5
New World Order is on chapter 6.
That means that I will be typing a total of 8 chapters in order to get them all to be level with this one, that's why I said this one would be on hiatus for like three months or more, 8 chapters is a lot, especially for Akatsuki Heir, which has super long chapters.
Chapter Eight of Hope Of Oto will be up by next week sunday I think, I will make it long though because it will cover a lot of things and after next sunday though I 'm not sure when the next update will be, but for those that read any of the other stories there will be updates.
Not many people commented on Suzemebachi being part of the harem, but I've decided to add her, she deserves the happiness, and it will be good for her mental and emotional health.
The reviews, I will be answering all the reviews to this story over the next week and half via pm messages and I will try and answer the anonymous reviews (ones without fanfiction accounts) via an AN at the start of the next chapter and I thank all of those that have reviewed.
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Hope yaw enjoyed it, it wasn't my best chapter I have to admit, but I'll try my best to improve.
Spelling and Grammer for this chapter will be fixed by the end of tommorrow.
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