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Might be Eiseah: Glad I could do that haha. Also I'm going to assume that you were referencing the Censored Count video.
Ohnoki continued to wait for the blow that never came. He gradually opened his eyes and was shocked at the sight before him. A simple sword had stopped the rasengan using only the blade. His eyes followed the blade to look at the wielder.
"We samurai stood by the shinobi during the Fourth Great Ninja War. We will not turn our backs on them now." Ohnoki looked on in shock as General Mifune slide the blade and removed Minato's hand. Minato leapt back for space and to buy time for his hand to regenerate.
"You samurai are out of your league. Turn back or I'll be forced to kill you." Minato glared at the man who calmly retook his stance.
"Lord Tsuchikage, Ohnoki, you may lead the samurai and shinobi into battle. I will take care of the former Hokage." Ohnoki nodded and re-issued the order to charge.
"Well Lord Fourth this is a fight I have been waiting for my entire life. Even more so than my rematch with Hanzo of the Salamander." Mifune re-adjusted his blade and Minato charged.
The Reaper stabbed one of the Rykugas only to have him disappear into a puff of smoke.
"Wha- Shadow Clones?!" This was new. Rykuga NEVER used Shadow Clones. It was like that all throughout the battlefield. Rykugas were disappearing left and right in clouds of smoke. He needed to find the real one. Fast.
The Reaper began slicing his way through the clones, hoping to find the real one hiding among them. Instead he caught a glimpse of one of the Rykugas meditating at the very back.
'That has to be the real one!' The Reaper renewed his attack with new-found vigor, determined to reach Rykuga before he completed what ever he was trying to do. Several dozen more Shadow Clones stood between him and his goal when he caught movement in the back. All of the Shadow Clones stopped moving as Rykuga's limbs began to elongate and thicken. The sounds of breaking bones and ripping tendons was heard very clearly.
"No...He can't be!" The Reaper knew he had to stop him now. If this was what he thought it was then things were going to get really bad, really fast.
Rykuga had never felt such pain in his entire life. His bones were snapping and growing, ripping away from the tendons and muscles as they grew. He screamed in pain as the final tendons tore away. He blacked out momentarily as the final bones grew. His tendons began to grow and thicken as they grew to re-attach to his newly sized bones. Rykuga knew his skin was ripped to shreds because he could feel the air blowing on his torn muscles. Everything began to readjust and connect to the new bones before the final step: the muscles.
Rykuga felt an incredible surge of power as his muscles began to grow exponentially. At first it was a slow growth but as soon as everything was reconnected they began to grow more dense and thick. He barely noticed the looks of shock and terror on the enemies faces as he began to rise, muscles still growing. Finally, he felt the growth stop and the skin stretched over his exposed body to complete the transformation. Like the Super Expansion jutsu, he was SO glad that his clothes grew too. He didn't need to be ripping people apart naked.
As Rykuga rose he couldn't help but admire the new form. He now stood a little over 15 feet tall and was rippling with muscle. His muscles were dense enough to put his weight at around 3,000 pounds. His forearms were almost as wide as a grown man's chest. He stood to his full height to see the terrified looks on his enemies faces.
"This is the power of the Azu. We are the true masters of the Berserking ninjutsu and this is our power!" He felt fairly proud of himself. He finally mastered the perfect form of the Berserker ninjutsu. No one in the history of the Azu clan had been able to do this and yet he finally accomplished it. But overwhelming that sense of pride was the need to kill. He wanted, no, he NEEDED to shed blood. He wanted to test his new powers too.
A mercenary charged forward to attack and received a flick to the forehead...that tore his body in half and turned his skull into a spray of red.
"Oh THIS is going to be fun!"
Rykuga lowered his shoulders and got ready to charge. It was gonna get nice and bloody.
Naruto jumped back, cursing the Reaper the whole time. His foe had anticipated that he might attempt to step in so he sent every mercenary, and half of his total shinobi, to engage Naruto's forces. He knew they wouldn't stop him, they were just there to buy him time. Naruto also cursed Ohnoki for sending in spies that were obviously placed under a genjutsu to throw off their reports.
"Sir the left line suffered heavy casualties from the ambush. We've lost about 30,000 from the left but we have finished off the remaining enemy troops." The scout looked out of breath from running and giving his report so soon after fighting.
"The left flank was samurai correct?" Naruto's mind quickly thought about how bad another ambush could be. He vaguely noticed the man nod his head.
'We are a few hours away Ohnoki. Just hold on.'
The Reaper watched Rykuga take off in his direction, bating soldiers aside like a horse swatted flies. He continued to run down everyone in his path stepping on anyone he could. The Reaper couldn't help but notice he was shaking slightly...out of fear. Fear that was something he hadn't felt in a while. In all honesty, he never wanted to feel it again either. Rykuga was closing the distance way to quickly in the Reaper's eyes so he focused his remaining reserve troops on attacking the approaching berserker.
The Reaper watched in grim fascination as Rykuga grabbed a shinobi from mid-jump and hurled him into his comrades, a fountain of blood being thd only thing that showed each impact. Rykuga was brutally efficient at killing and his one goal was the Reaper's head being crushed by his own two hands. Rykuga would refuse to settle for any less then bathing in his blood.
"STOP HIM AT ALL COSTS!"
The almighty Reaper...was terrified.
Rykuga felt the rush of power as he crushed yet another foe beneath his foot. The spray of blood just urged him on for more. He needed that blood to keep flowing. He WANTED it to flow. Rykuga splattered yet another man's torso with a kick, the shower of blood just being another reward. But his eyes never wavered from his goal: the Reaper.
It was the thought of his blood running through his fingers, begging for mercy, that drove him forward. The man that orphaned him and left him for dead, the man that made him betray the village he loved in pursuit of the fleeting goal called revenge, he stood before him absolutely terrified and he couldn't wait to hear him beg for mercy like his parents did.
Rykuga leapt into the air as high as he could. He pulled his fist back and launched himself at the ground.
"YOU DIE TODAY!"
Naruto felt the ground shake before the shockwave knocked the advancing army down.
'What power...We need to hurry!'
Naruto was suddenly faced by 20 Rykugas causing him to slide to a stop. There was a quiet build up of tension as the two legendary warriors glared at each other before one of the Rykugas cautiously raised a hand.
"Naruto please just stop... I know you hate me for everything that I've done but that's what I needed. Your hatred prevented you from coming after me which allowed me to try to complete my goals. Now I have a request for you: stop. Just stop. The Reaper and myself are currently engaged, as you felt from that shockwave, and anyone in their paths will be decimated. We've been created to stop you with any means necessary to keep you away from this fight so you can live. Please just-" The Rykuga was suddenly consumed in black flames along with all of the rest of them.
"Damn it! Riku, Misaku why the FUCK did you do that!" Naruto turned to yell at them with fury in his eyes.
"Don't blame my kids you idiot. If your going to be mad, take it out on the right person." Naruto stopped cold.
"Th-that voice...it can't be..." Naruto turned in the direction of the voice to be greeted by a sifht he hadn't seen in almost a year. Blue eyes meet black ones as the two men locked gazes.
"D...dad?" Misaku and Riku both asked, voices cracking as their eyes began to water.
"Sasuke?" Naruto, Sakura, and Ino all voiced at the same time. He nodded his head.
"Th-there's no way! I saw you die!" Naruto was on the verge of tears. This was one sick genjutsu.
"No you idiot. You ever stop and think about the use of genjutsu? I know it was harsh but I had to fake my death. I wouldn't have been able to help Rykuga if I didn't."
"WHAT! You helped Rykuga?! Why!" Naruto was infuriated.
"He explained it all to me, starting with the murder of his family and his abandonment of the Leaf all the way to his goals. At first I was pissed at him but as his story continued, I thought about how hard life was for me and you and I realized that his past falls between mine and yours in severity. So I decided to help him. Now more explanations can come later. Now we need to help Rykuga otherwise the Reaper will make mincemeat out of him. Rykuga can't tell that the Reaper is just amplifying his own fear to make it seem like he's terrified. We need to hurry!" With that, Sasuke leapt off towards the battlefield. Naruto was the first to snap out of his daze.
"Ok everyone. You heard the man. Lets move!"
Rykuga was officially out of it. His rampage was fueled by the bloodlust to the point that he was killing everything, both friend and foe. He lifted one of Mifune's samurai above his head and tore him in half with each of his thumb and pointer fingers. He momentarily allowed the blood to wash over him before he felt his calf get tickled. He dropped the body and looked down to see several soldiers trying to stab him, their blades breaking and bending due to the density of the muscles. He casually swung his foot and was rewarded with the feeling of warm blood splatter on his foot.
"Is this all you've got? I guess I won't even have to enhance my blows with chakra." Rykuga punched the ground. A massive crack formed and magma began to spew out as it split open. People were being burnt to nothingness before several earth jutsus closed the ground. Rykuga crouched again before he charged, bowling through the ranks ahead of his like they weren't even there. He located the Reaper once again and turned to head after him. He faintly heard the cries of another army joining the battle before he noticed three Leaf shinobi cut the Reaper off. He refused to allow these strangely familiar ninja kill his goal so he pushed forward, ignoring the crunches and screams of pain beneath his feet.
Naruto noticed the 15 foot behemoth pick up speed when they appeared.
"That's Rykuga!?" Naruto and Sakura both turned to Sasuke and seen him nod.
"It's his family's Berserker Style. The were famous, or rather infamous, for using it to wipe out three smaller ninja villages using only two people. It seems that he isn't fully in control of the bloodlust that comes with it. Prepare yourselves."
Rykuga broke through the lines and smashed his hand into the ground, using it to launch himself into the air. He brought his two hands together above his head and smashed into the ground.
The battle had begun.
AN: Okay want to get this out of the way quickly. When you think of Rykuga's Berserker form, think of the Hulk mixed with the Gears of War Berserker combined. Now multiply said combination by 20 and condense that all down to 15 feet. Now you can roughly guess Rykuga's new look. Please leave a review of your favorite part and/or any suggestions. Enjoy!