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Coast Guard
Ryuu landed on the water as it began to settle. Darui, one of A's bodyguards from the Five Kage Summit, looked over at him and smiled in relief before looking back at the reason for the water flooding the shore briefly. Someone, it was impossible to tell who, was standing on the water a ways away from them, covered in a dark red chakra shroud with glowing white eyes, and the inside of their mouth glowing white with six tails, one of which was much, much longer and wider than the others. Ryuu recognized from a couple of both Sasuke's and Naruto's memories the Nine-tails cloak, version two.
"Darui, ditch the gourd and the sword," Ryuu instructed and Darui hurled both, the objects crashing down in the water. "Now, who in the hell are we fighting?"
"Kinkaku," Darui stated. "The Golden Brother of the Hidden Cloud. He's one of the Clouds worst criminals. I sealed his brother, now he's mad."
"I can tell," Ryuu nodded drawing his tanto and standing. "This is going to be a pain in the ass."
Kinkaku growled and his tail shot out at Ryuu and Darui in a blur. Ryuu shoved Darui aside, leaping out of the way as the tail shot past, expanding and blasting into the cliff behind them then dragging sideways, launching both Zetsu clones and shinobi alike into the water, killing them. After a second, Choza Akimichi, Choji's father, expanded and caught the tail, stopping it. Ryuu noticed that the chakra didn't burn him like Naruto's cloak did and looked back at Kinkaku.
Fast, Ryuu thought, activating his Level Three Sharingan. This will be difficult.
He sprinted forward leaping into the air and slashing downward at Kinkaku as Kinkaku's tail retracted. Kinkaku snarled, another tail swinging around, blocking the tanto before flinging Ryuu. Ryuu flipped, landing on his feet and free hand, narrowing his eyes at Kinkaku.
"This will be a problem," Darui stated.
"Yes," Ryuu agreed streaming his wind chakra along his tanto and sprinting forward again.
Just as he arrived, he slashed at Kinkaku from one side and Darui arrived on the other side, slashing at Kinkaku's other side with lightning chakra streaming along his blade. Kinkaku blocked both blades with his tails but both began to cut through almost instantly. Kinkaku roared, a concussive blast hitting Ryuu and Darui and hurling them away. Both landed on their feet as several Zetsu clones charged the two. Ryuu growled in annoyance setting his hands on the water's surface.
"Chidori Stream!" Ryuu growled, sending electricity out and frying all of the Zetsus. "Let's try a different tactic."
He sprinted forward, forming a Flame Sword and slashed at Kinkaku who batted the sword aside with a tail then shoved the tail underwater, putting the flames out.
"Didn't even flinch," Ryuu growled putting his tanto away and forming a Lightning Sword. "Try this!"
He held his hand out, the blade shooting at Kinkaku. It punched through three tails before stopping just short of Kinkaku, who was holding the blade in his right hand and grinning.
"Nice jutsu," Kinkaku growled. "But not good enough."
He grinned as Ryuu let the blade fade.
"Damn," Ryuu growled.
"My turn," Kinkaku snarled.
Then, tails erupted around Ryuu and Darui, swiping at them both rapidly. Both evaded the tails for several minutes as Kinkaku attacked them. Finally, Darui took cover behind a large boulder and Ryuu leapt over a tail, catching it and sending Wooden Spikes through it, the spikes erupting from the tail and heading toward Kinkaku. Kinkaku flicked the tail and hurled Ryuu off of it then smashed the tail into another and the wood all but exploded before what was inside fell out through the chakra shroud.
"Nice try," Kinkaku snarled. "But you're simply not fast enough."
"Is that right?" Ryuu grinned standing. "We'll see. My brother was fast enough that he could create after-image clones that could strike at nearly the same time and seem to have mass. However, my technique is slightly different. You see, I disappear altogether."
Ryuu began to flicker, moving to stand up tall and relaxed, three more appearing around Kinkaku. Kinkaku whipped his head around, searching for Ryuu, but Ryuu's after-images simply laughed.
"Try to find me all you want," Ryuu laughed. "You won't."
All of the after-images' right hands lit up with a Lightning Blade and a moment later Kinkaku's back exploded, paper and ash flying off and the chakra shroud separating before Kinkaku's left leg was separated at the hip. Kinkaku roared, tails whipping around him in a blurred disk and one connected, launching Ryuu but being removed in the process. Kinkaku regenerated instantly and a tail shot out, catching and absorbing the missing segment, which regrew.
"You're fast," Kinkaku snarled. "I'll give you that. But you can't kill me."
Ryuu nodded in agreement as Kinkaku looked toward shore, seeing Darui kneeling beside a large orange pot with a wooden lid.
"The Kohaku no Johei?" Kinkaku growled. "So they mean to seal me then. It won't work!"
His largest tail shot over blasting into the shore where Darui had been, but when the smoke cleared, there were suddenly five Daruis with five pots.
"Sorry," Darui said. "But I can't let you have this pot."
Just then, several shinobi appeared on three of Kinkaku's sides. One of the three groups unleashed a stream of fire at Kinkaku who roared in pain before smashing a burning tail into all of them. They all flew away, several dead, and the opposite side formed hand seals, streams of water flying at Kinkaku. Kinkaku avoided them, swiping a hand through them and killing most of them before stopping, the waves the jutsus had kicked up dying down, leaving three massive stone blocks in their place. Two began to close in on Kinkaku who held his hands out, holding the blocks back.
"This isn't enough to stop me," Kinkaku snarled.
Just then, two of the Daruis appeared on the block behind him holding out their hand.
"Double Black Panther!" they said, each unleashing a panther made out of pitch black lightning.
They blasted Kinkaku who shouted in pain, the blocks closing the rest of the way.
"Did we get him?" a shinobi asked.
"No," Ryuu growled. "Not even close."
Suddenly the stone blocks exploded, crashing into several of the shinobi around them before a tail killed one of the Daruis, who exploded into smoke, then began to kill more.
"I'll tear you apart!" Kinkaku seethed, tail flashing out and blasting a massive section of the shore in the blink of an eye.
Then, the other tails began to assault the shore, obliterating most of the section where the battle was raging, slaughtering Zetsu and shinobi alike. Then, Kinkaku turned on the remaining Daruis. Ryuu charged at Kinkaku but a tail exploded out of the water, batting him aside instantly before the other tails began to assault Darui. Ryuu flipped, landing on his feet and growling in frustration. Kinkaku was done playing around. After several minutes, the Daruis were all gone and Kinkaku began to look around as Ryuu formed a Lightning Blade.
"Kinkaku!" Ryuu shouted. "I'm your opponent now!"
He sprinted forward and dodged past several tails before thrusting his Lightning Blade at Kinkaku. At the last second, one of Kinkaku's tails crashed into the back of Ryuu's head, blasting him away and into the shore. Ryuu fell to the ground, groaning and trying to push himself up but collapsing as several medics sprinted over, beginning to heal him.
Damn, Ryuu thought. I was close. I should have used the Body Flicker Technique. I'm such a dumb ass.
From where he lay, Ryuu was able to watch as Kinkaku searched for Darui and, after a moment, found him, leaping at him. At the last second, a large Kumogakure Shinobi arrived, punching Kinkaku and hurling him away, saving Darui. A moment later, dozens of Shinobi arrived and began to attack Kinkaku with kunai and explosive tags, succeeding only in annoying him. After a moment, he began to attack the shore again, blasting shinobi into the water rapidly. What few Zetsu clones were left moved to attack the reinforcements as well but they were able to hold them back. Choza did what he could to try and hold Kinkaku's tails away from the shore but was targeted by Zetsu clones for it so he was unable to help much. Then, just as things were beginning to look bad again, more reinforcements arrived. Ryuu could see Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji instantly and grinned just as the medics finished and gave him a few soldiers pills, which he ate instantly.
"Thank you," Ryuu grinned, activating his Byakugan and leaping down to the water.
He sprinted at Kinkaku again and Kinkaku looked over at him, three tails shooting out o the water at Ryuu from behind. Ryuu grinned, flipping over the tails and forming a Lightning Sword, removing the tails, making Kinkaku roar in rage. The removed segments of tail all faded and Kinkaku roared again, hand shooting out toward Ryuu as Ryuu was looking away. Ryuu spun, letting his Lightning Sword shrink back into a Lightning Blade and holding it out, drilling through Kinkaku's arm for a second before cutting his way out through the bottom and rolling to a stop before setting his hand down, lightning racing out and blasting Kinkaku. Kinkaku roared just as the lightning vanished and Choji crashed into him. He began to fly backward before planting his feet, holding Choji back for a moment before hurling him. Ryuu sprinted to Choji, catching him and setting him on the water then looking over at Kinkaku just as Kinkaku broke free of Shikamaru's Shadow Possession Jutsu, a tail shooting at Shikamaru. At the last second, it stopped and Ino began to fall, Shikamaru catching her.
"Got you," Ryuu grinned. "It's over."
"Kinkaku!" Darui shouted.
"Yeah!" Ino shouted through Kinkaku's body, Kinkaku instantly being sucked through the air.
He grabbed onto a boulder, trying to resist while Ino fought to keep control. After a moment of Kinkaku resisting, Ryuu appeared next to the rock, punching it and blasting it into pieces, Kinkaku shooting away again. At the last second, Ino returned to her body, waking up just as Darui put the lid on the jar, trapping Kinkaku.
"We won," Ryuu grinned before looking around, smile fading. "So many dead."
"It's war," Darui stated. "It's to be expected."
Ryuu nodded as the Shinobi that had survived began to cheer. However, there was still a battle raging, so it was short-lived.
"Take a few minutes to gather your strength," Ryuu said. "Then go after the one that can possess people. I'll be taking the Akatsuki member. I enjoy killing Akatsuki."
Darui nodded and Ryuu sprinted off, following Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji who had left to find another opponent to stop.
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