Hi guys. It's been a long time. Way too long. I'll confess I just sort of lost interest. I apologize to all the people who wanted to have the next chapter out. So please go ahead and read. I won't ask for reviews this time frankly because I know I don't deserve them.
The man fighting against Kimiko was strong. Much stronger than she had anticipated.
She swung in her deadly blows and his speed was so fast that sometimes all one could see was a blur. Also he had been equipped with an insta-heal jutsu thus whatever slight wound Kimiko managed to inflict on him was healed faster than she could bat an eyelash.
"Damn it, why can't I take this man out, he's only at jounin level" thought Kimiko gritting her teeth in frustration.
"It's strange; this man seems to be able to counter your every move, in spite of his chakra levels not being as high as yours" said Ophania.
The man smirked as he sensed Kimiko's frustration and used a shadow clone jutsu.
"Earth Release: Mud Wall Jutsu" cried Kimiko in an attempt to shield herself from the various different attacks swinging in from every direction.
Suddenly the man leaped over the wall and brought down his fist hard on Kimiko before she even had the time to look up.
Kimiko's vision began to swim for a few moments but then she got up again.
"Hmm, that didn't hurt as much as I thought it would, there's something going on here, can you sense anything Ophania?" asked Kimiko as her Tsukigan slipped to stage three.
"Yes, I think I'll know for sure his secret in a few minutes, but you've got to keep him occupied till then, just a few more minutes" said Ophania.
"Right" said Kimiko as the man charged towards her again but this time using the speed of her third stage and her experience of the man's tactics she was quicker to react and counter.
He swung his sword which met with a clang as Kimiko turned her arm to steel. She pushed the sword off and plunged her blade into the earth making huge steel spikes erupt out of them.
However the man was able to dodge them all.
"He's getting faster" noted Kimiko as the man appeared behind her.
She swung around quickly but an explosion behind her blew her towards the incoming attack.
As she man made a fist his fist connected with Kimiko's stomach and sent her flying but she was able to force her steel arm into the earth and skid to a halt.
Before she could react the man appeared before her and aimed for a kick at her face but she managed to slash wildly at the man's leg and managed to get in a deep gash.
The man howled with pain and fell down but got up quickly as the insta-heal jutsu worked on his legs.
"At least I can still hit him, wait what am I saying? I am a kage-level ninja, handling jounins of his level should be a piece of cake for me" thought Kimiko.
"Well aren't you being rather modest"
"Will you shut up and think? I'm getting tired here, if this keeps up I'll have to use Shinsei no Tsukigan" yelled Kimiko.
"Yes, yes, I realize that; just give me a few more minutes, I think I have this one almost completely figured out"
The man charged in again and this time he jumped high and sent a shower of shurikens down on Kimiko.
"Wind Release: Wind Cutter Jutsu" cried Kimiko raising her hand as the shurikens were broken into pieces.
The wind then turned into a dragon and charged in for the man who dodged it with ease.
"Hey, any hints you could give me beforehand?" asked Kimiko.
"Just be quiet for a few seconds," snapped Ophania.
"Okay I've had enough of you," cried Kimiko using chakra to enhance her hand and she struck the ground before the man hard as it cracked and the man fell into the huge crater it formed.
"Moon Release: Cage of the Moonlight Jutsu" said Kimiko as a rectangular shaped cage made of a silver glimmering material appeared around the man before he could get up.
The man tried to hammer against the cage; he then struck it with his arms, legs and head but to no avail. He then tried to enhance his chakra but even that didn't shatter the cage.
"Okay, he'll be in there for three minutes, quick have you figured it out yet?" asked Kimiko urgently.
" Yes, I'm pretty sure that this man has put in all his chakra into enhancing his speed so he can take out his opponents bit by bit, have you noticed how he's not using any jutsu but using more of Taijutsu and weapons? And have you noticed how his seemingly devastating attacks aren't leaving that much of a mark as they should?"
"Well yeah, I guess you're right, but what can I do to counter it, his speed just keeps increasing" said Kimiko.
" My guess is that you have to restrict his movement, harming him physically is not going to get the job done seeing that he has that insta-heal jutsu equipped, so you'll have to trap him in a small enclosure and get rid of him in one fatal blow, am I understood"
"You bet you are" said Kimiko as the shimmering shield broke and the man jumped out of the crater and into the sky.
He came down with his leg raised for a kick and Kimiko jumped aside not a moment too soon.
She summoned three demons and yelled at them to keep the man busy.
"Right, now to limit his fighting space" said Kimiko doing hand signs, "Wood Release: Four Pillars Prison Technique"
The demons vanished as a moderately small prison which was like a rectangular box with bars, made of wood rose out of the earth and enclosed the man completely. Due to the fact that they were coated with chakra it was becoming difficult for the man to destroy them.
"Right, and now for the grand finale, Fire Release: Roaring Flame Sphere Jutsu" said Kimiko performing hand signs and breathing out a huge sphere of fire which enveloped the wooden prison and floated away into the air before exploding with a huge blast.
Kimiko watched and wiped sweat off her forehead.
"Well that took a bit more effort than usual, I wonder if all his men are as powerful" said Kimiko.
"I think you're about to find out"
Kimiko turned to see ten more men with chakra similar to the one she had just defeated.
"Oh boy, I've got no choice, I have to use my sage mode" thought Kimiko as the dark blue circles appeared around her eyes.
"Katsu" yelled Deidara as his C2 bombs fell and exploded on the many men standing below him.
As the smoke cleared the blonde bomber grit his teeth is annoyance, "Damn these insects, they just refuse to die, it's all that fucking healing-jutsu that's doing this, I'll have to notch things up a bit, hm" said Deidara as his bird swooped down.
He took out two long katanas and held them horizontally.
The bird flew through the crowd of men who tried to throw katanas, kunai, swords, smoke bombs, paper bombs at him but were knocked away by his two katans.
Then the bird soared up and Deidara yelled "Katsu" as the area below him completely exploded.
"Yup, Operation Mine Bombing was a success, hm" he thought as his bird gave a sudden lurch.
He looked over to see two of the men clutching the legs of the birds trying to clamber on.
"Fat chance buddy, hm" said Deidara creating another bird on which he jumped and aid, "Katsu" as the first bird exploded.
The two men started falling to the earth, their injuries healed by the jutsu. As they fell they both bit their thumbs and slammed their fist in the air. Smoke filled the area and when it had cleared both men were riding on two vultures with long necks, bald heads and curved beaks.
"Fools, if you think you stand a chance against me in an aerial battle you're hopelessly mistaken" cried Deidara creating a C2 dragon and jumping on it.
The two men exchanged glances and nodded.
They both picked up their swords whose hilt had a large hole in it.
"Fire Release: Flaming Sword Disaster Jutsu" they both said simultaneously as the holes became red and shot two huge rays of fire.
Deidara's dragon though large did not have much speed. The two rays hit it square in the stomach creating two round holes.
The two men smirked and exchanged a high five.
" Don't celebrate too soon, it's going to take more than that to harm my dragon, don't even think that those measly fireballs would really do any serious damage to me, your inartistic attack sense and battle style makes me sick, so that is why I'm going to do you a great favor, consider it an honor, I'm going to teach you what is true art…before you die that is, hm" said Deidara as the holes made by the fire rays regenerated.
The dragon charged forward opened its mouth to reveal a huge canon.
"Katsu" yelled Deidara as the dragon spit out large sized C1 bombs on the two men riding the vultures.
The men retaliated by shooting their own rays. The attacks met mid air and exploded.
By now the dragon had neared the two men who were getting more uncomfortable by the minute.
"Time to upgrade to stage two" they both said together as both their swords became completely enveloped in fire.
They both swung and slashed the air with their blades creating two huge waves of fire in an 'X' shape.
Before Deidara could dodge the waves reached his dragon and sliced it up into tiny pieces.
Deidara found the clay beneath his feet disappearing and him falling from a height which would surely kill him if he met the ground.
The men leered at the falling blonde and called out, "Undefeatable in aerial battle are you? What a joke. You couldn't fight a butterfly in the air"
Deidara cursed," Damn you, no, it can't end like this for me, no, I won't allow it, noooo… Just kidding, hm"
Just as he would touch his ground a clay bird flew beneath him and flew up at great speed.
At the same time another bird appeared behind the vultures and exploded at Deidara's command throwing the two men off balance
"Didn't wonder what happened to the bird I was riding before I switched to the dragon? You were so busy taunting me that you didn't even notice that I created two bombs and made the first bird explode behind you, one bomb I'm riding now, while the other is for you, hm" said Deidara as the men fell past him screaming.
He unzipped his jacket and took out a portable C3 bomb.
"With best compliments from Deidara, hm" said Deidara dropping the bomb on the two men.
It unfolded it's folded hands as the men fell to earth and exploded loudly.
" They were strong but their strength was in their swords not on their rides, they didn't know a thing about aerial battles, the fact that they didn't even try to move about on their birds even once proved that, hm" thought Deidara as a large fire sphere appeared some way away and exploded.
"Looks like Kimiko's pretty busy, now that I've finally squashed these insects I should go and help her, hang on Kimiko, I'm coming, hm" said Deidara as his bird flew towards the direction of the blast.
After Konan's troops had entered the battle things were going slightly better for the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Half of Amegakure had arrived to help their leader. Sasuke's men whose strength seemed to have risen tenfold overnight did not seem to be worried at all at the increase in their opponents numbers. They went on battling ruthlessly and fearlessly and finally the Allied Forces had to retreat.
At the Camp near the edge of the forest which was heavily guarded and sealed by the different men of different villages, the three remaining kages and Konan had an emergency meeting.
"This is bad, very bad, we've lost Onoki-Sama, we have no idea where Naruto, Killer-Bee and Kimiko-San are and their forces are just too strong to counter" said A hitting thr table hard.
" I'm sure that Kimiko and the others are fine, they're strong, besides if either Naruto or Killer Bee had slipped into jinchuriki mode then we would have felt it by now" assured Mei.
"Yes but that does not guarantee their safety, what should we do now?" asked Konan looking worried.
" I think we should lay low for sometime and see how things turn out, if we catch a glimpse of anything that moves in our favor we take full advantage of that and charge," said Gaara quietly.
"That's not a bad idea" said Mei.
" It will also give our forces time to rest and for the healers to patch up the wounded, I'm still baffled at how those pests got so much stronger overnight, I didn't sense any special change in them excepting that" said A.
" It could be a hidden jutsu, one which is meant to be kept concealed, however performing a hidden jutsu so powerful and on such a large scale is a task to be amazed at, I doubt even Kimiko could perform such a feat" said Konan.
"Anyways, we'll do as you say now Kazekage" said Mei getting up to issue the orders.
Gaara looked down and noticed the soil around them had turned grey from the ash, dust and blood of the battle.
"Wars are dreadful times, I just hope this nightmare passes over soon" he thought, closing his eyes.
Well that's it. I'm sorry it's not very long but under the stress it's all I could manage. Thanks for reading and please continue to do so. See you next time.