Resurrection: The Last Z Warrior
Chapter Two: Might
His appearance drew the attention of all in the clearing, none of them quite comprehending just what happened.
Minato was in shock, but at the same time so very thankful that someone answered his plea to save his family.
Kushina had collapsed, her body racked with stress. She took one look behind her, managing to twist her neck far enough to get a glimpse of the person who saved both her and her son, feeling the aura surrounding him put her at ease. The redhead mother smiled her eyes closing as she passed out with one last thought on her mind.
"Thank you."
On the other side of the clearing, Madara stood with narrowed eyes behind his mask; some unknown stopping the Kyuubi like it was nothing. Only the Rikudou and Hashirama were able to do that. He was truly wary of what was to come and considered retreating, but was drawn to finish witnessing these strange turn of events.
"This rage and malice that festers within you," The figure began, "The destruction and pain you cause others," The power surrounding him exploded as the Kyuubi began to get pushed back, his hind legs digging into the earth beneath as his eyes widened.
"Do you enjoy it?" With a single flex of his arm, the Nine Tailed Demon Fox was sent flying into the foliage on the other end of the clearing, trees and other greenery crushed under the weight of the fox.
"Answer me, you giant fox." The man spoke, his tone cool and collected, all the while Minato looked as if he could not comprehend what was going on in front of him.
"Such strength, I've never heard of anyone able to send a bijuu flying like that. He barely moved his arm and he sent him to the other end of the clearing. I just don't understand. Could he be a Senju? No, he has no physical markings of a Senju. Matter of fact, he looks more like an Uchiha, but he's definitely not one either."
"Who are you human?" Kurama's booming voice broke Minato out of his thoughts. He watched as the gigantic fox got out of the crash site, his eyes, still filled with rage and bloodlust staring down at the interloper.
"I asked first, fox." He replied, once again using that same tone of voice, completely cool and collected, and somewhat condescending.
The chakra demon snarled, "You know nothing of the humiliation I've endured because of the very people in this clearing fool!"
"So this is about pride?" The stranger asked, "Just because of the actions of few, you condemn the innocents that live in the village near us? And what of the child and her son behind me, what of them?" He questioned eyeing the beast as its gaze rolled over to the parent and child behind him.
"Them…" The Nine Tails hissed, "The woman was my container since her adolescence, and the child was to be my new container. That is, had things gone their way. But I refuse to be sealed again!" He howled, getting into position to charge up his attack.
Positioning each tail near his mouth, Kyuubi began to charge up the Bijuu Dama.
With widening eyes, Minato quickly ran over to his wife. Putting Naruto on the floor, he lifted Kushina and put her on his shoulder before grabbing Naruto and cradling him.
"Hey! We hav-" the Yondaime was cut off there as the man turned around to him, his gaze colder than any arctic tundra. The very power hidden poorly behind those eyes was enough to stop anything that the blond Hokage was about to say.
"If you wish for you and your family to live, just stay behind me, and let me handle everything."
With nothing more said between them, the enigma standing in front of Konoha's leader turned back to the monstrous fox, who had his jaw open, gaping maw ready to seemingly devour the tiny black orb in front of it.
And devour it is exactly what Kyuubi no Kurama did.
"Prepare yourself! I will annihilate all of you with this attack! None shall survive my wrath! I will no longer be a puppet! I will no longer be a SLAVE!" Kyuubi cackled, saliva dripping as the madness within his eyes was clearly seen to all present as his body bloated thanks to the dense chakra ball within him.
"The stress of Madara controlling him, as well as him almost being sealed again seems to have broken Kurama's psyche. Kami knows what it would take to fix the damage within his mind." The Namikaze patriarch thought as he prepared to use the same technique as last time to stop the Bijuu Dama should the figure standing between him, his family, his village, and the Kyuubi fail.
"All my shinobi instincts are telling me that I should act upon my plan to counter the Kyuubi right now. Yet for some reason, I'm still putting my faith in this man and his words."
Sweat trickled down the side of the blond's face, his grip on his son tightening ever so slightly as he prepared himself for anything to happen.
"Whatever hardships you may have faced fox, does not give you the right to slaughter innocents. The sin of few do not justify the death of many! But I know your kind, words will never reach you, nor did I plan to stop you with such a thing."
The energy swirling around the one confronting the Bijuu doubled in size, the loose rocks and pebbles on the ground shaking briefly before lifting up in the air.
"Throw at me whatever you have, fox! But understand that nothing you have will get past me." Without even taking a stance, the spiky haired individual challenged the Tailed Beast to throw his attack.
Growls were his only response as kitsune stared down the one foolish enough to challenge him. While he had been originally shocked at the strength this person had, Kurama had been quick to realize that such strength in such a tiny body could not be a constant strength. Whoever this mortal might be, he would be forced to use up all his super strength to attempt to stop his Dama.
And once his strength runs out…
Grinning, Kyuubi no Kurama opened his maw, letting those stand before him see the great power he was about to unleash.
Lurching his head forward, the giant fox's eyes widened as he released his attack.
'Bijuu Dama!'
The greatest singular Bijuu attack moved towards them as if in slow motion, the pure chakra saturating the air was enough that men lesser than Madara and Minato would have already passed out or worse.
The youngest Hokage's eyes widened as he watched the individual before him stick his left hand forward, his palm open and facing the massive concentration of dark chakra.
The great Tailed Beast Ball was finally upon them, all those on the sidelines wondering what would happen once the attack collides with the one attempting to stop the strongest of the Bijuu.
"Is that all you've got?"
The question came from none other than the figure surrounded by power, his left palm holding back the colossal force behind Kurama's attack like it was nothing.
The minds of all those able to comprehend what just happened were filled with different emotions; shock, disbelief, denial, relief, and thankfulness.
"To be quite honest, I was expecting more." The spiky haired male admitted, his fingers digging into the ball of power before he swung his arm upward, launching the Bijuu's attack into the sky where it could do no harm.
The beam of power raced up wards climbing higher and higher before finally reaching critical levels.
All of fire country saw the explosion high in the air, and even if they didn't, they felt the massive shockwave of chakra that soon followed.
"My turn now." All eyes turned to the enigma that caused the Bijuu Dama to become nothing more than a light show, thoughts racing a mile a minute in the minds of the two shinobi.
"He just blocked and redirected a Tailed Beast Ball like it was nothing at all. No one could have done such a thing and do it so effortlessly. Who the hell is this?" Madara's mind replayed the scene over and over in his mind, still unable to comprehend just how far this would set back his plans.
"He stopped it. Like it was nothing at all. The Bijuu Dama of the greatest of the Nine, and he made it look so simple. Just who is this guy, and how did he become so powerful?" Minato Namikaze had never been for a loss for answers as he had been now, and while he was glad the person in front of him was able to stop the attack, so many questions were piling up within his mind about this strange figure.
Kyuubi no Kurama had never been so shocked and angered in his life. First Madara extracting him out of Kushina, then almost getting sealed into her brat, and now this! Why did Kami hate him so much?
He was the strongest, him! Kyuubi no Kitsune! Yet why was there a human that could control him, why were there a few humans that could suppress him, and now why was there a goddamn human that could best him in power?
"WHY!" The monstrous fox roared in rage, thrashing and stomping on the ground as if throwing a tantrum.
"Why is it you that you have such strength? How can such a puny body like yours contain all that power? ANSWER ME HUMAN!"
The so called human watched impassively as the massive kitsune finished his rant, a smirk worming its way onto his face at the fox's final demand.
Taking the legendary turtle stance, he dug his boots into the ground, preparing himself to go on the offensive.
Shaking his head, he looked up to the fox's massive eyes and opened his mouth,
"Who ever said I was human?"
And that's the end for the first part of the battle between Gohan and the Kyuubi.
Next chapter will be the conclusion and finally some answers will be shed as Minato gets a chance to talk to the last living Saiyan.
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