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Difference In Power
The Ten-tails roared, kicking up a massive blast of dust, coating everything. Kurama swallowed Ryuu and the others, keeping them safe inside his chakra while he and B charged. However, after a moment, the Ten-tails appeared behind them. It smashed them both away and they flipped, landing a ways away and glaring at it.
"There was no time to read its movements," Kakashi stated.
"How'd it get back there?" Ryuu asked.
"It's fast," Naruto growled.
The Ten-tails roared again, its massive clawed arms dragging its bloated body along the ground. Its ten massive tails that looked like trees woven together flailed behind the spiked shell-like protrusion on its back.
"Here it comes!" Ryuu shouted.
Kurama charged, leaping into the air and moving to smash a fist into its eye, only to be swatted away. Instantly, he and B charged and swallowed a Tailed Beast Ball, spitting out multiple each. The Tailed Beast Balls streaked toward the Ten-tails but it charged one of its own that dwarfed theirs then fired, the blast instantly canceling theirs and shooting past them. Kurama landed and wrapped his tails around himself to shield Naruto and the others and B landed in front of him, curling his tentacles around himself. Then, the Tailed Beast Ball's beam swung around, hitting them and exploding. When the smoke cleared, all that remained of B was a single tentacle.
"Was he..." Ryuu trailed off and Naruto shook his head.
"Don't worry," Naruto grinned.
Ryuu looked around and realized they were missing two.
"Good job Naruto," Kurama grinned. "You got those two nice and close."
Ryuu spun around, switching ti Byakugan and zooming in, spotting Kakashi and Naruto's clone falling toward the Ten-tails. Kakashi used Kamui to eject B from the jutsu's dimension and B fired a Tailed Beast Ball at the Ten-tails' eye. At the last second, the Ten-tails hand flashed up, flicking the Tailed Beast Ball back into B's abdomen. Then, the Ten-tails swung one of its tails around, swiping it at Kakashi and the Naruto Clone. The clone shoved Kakashi out of the way, the tail destroying it, and Kurama sprinted forward, catching Kakashi then leaping away. Just as he landed, Kurama dissolved, Ryuu and the others all falling to the ground, Naruto no longer having a chakra shroud.
"Damn," Ryuu growled. "Why now?"
Ryuu looked back at the Ten-tails, Byakugan zooming in on Obito and Madara, who had a chord attached the the back of their heads and tethering them to the Ten-tails, probably allowing them to control it. Obito looked directly at him and grinned as the Ten-tails began to charge another Tailed Beast Ball.
"Damn," Ryuu growled, looking back to see B had reverted to his human form as well, the Eight-tails also needing to rest.
"We're finished," Guy breathed.
The Ten-tails fired but at the last second, it curved out of the way, shooting past them and exploding in the distance, obliterating nearly twenty miles. Ryuu blinked in surprise before looking back and grinning.
"Finally," Ryuu sighed.
Then, shinobi began to land behind them.
"I can't believe he shook off my Byakugan-enhanced Mind Transfer Jutsu in just two seconds," Ino complained.
"You still managed to shift the Ten-tails' aim that much," a Hyuga said. "Well done."
"Are you okay Naruto?" Hinata asked.
"I'm fine," Naruto said. "But why are you here?"
"You really think she'd stay there while you're fighting this?" Ryuu snorted.
"I suppose not," Naruto smiled.
"You look beat Naruto," Kiba grinned as he and Akamaru landed behind Naruto.
"Guy Sensei!" Lee gasped landing beside him. "Are you alright?"
"Fine," Guy said. "Or at least, I will be soon."
"I'll handle this," Sakura said, landing behind Kakashi, beginning to heal him and Guy.
"Well Shikamaru?" Ryuu said, looking to his left as Shikamaru landed beside him. "What's the word?"
"We have a plan," Shikamaru nodded.
Just then, the entirety of the Aburame clan held their arms out.
"Beetle Jamming Jutsu!" they all shouted, hundreds of thousands of their insects flying out of their sleeves, forming a massive cloud in front of them.
"Hidden Mist Jutsu!" the shinobi of the Hidden Mist shouted, spreading it over a large portion of the battlefield.
"Obscuring its vision?" Ryuu grinned. "Good. We can help with that, can't we, Sasuke?"
Sasuke landed beside him and nodded, both activating their Sharingan. Then, more and shinobi began to arrive, each of the Commanders reporting in.
"Hang on Ryuu," Shikamaru said. "Save your energy for the attack. Like I said, we have a plan."
The Ten-tails suddenly swung a tail in front of itself, bowing the Hidden Mist Jutsu away, revealing the army assembled in front of the Ten-tails.
"This is the Allied Shinobi Forces Jutsu," Naruto shouted. "The most powerful in the world. One that trumps even the Infinite Tsukuyomi!"
"Allied Shinobi Forces Jutsu?" Madara asked. "Don't you think that's a bit of a stretch? After this war ends, your Allied Forces would disintegrate, and the world would dissolve back into chaos."
"There is no escaping it no matter how much you struggle," Obito stated. "Get it through your head. There is no hope in this world!"
"You're wrong," Naruto said. "This is our hope. The Five Great Nations standing together to stop you. And once we win, we will strive to keep this peace going."
"There's no point in arguing whether there is or isn't during a war," Madara stated.
"When there's a difference of opinion, isn't the usual agreement majority rule?" Naruto asked.
"You're right," Obito said. "We'll call it after we've erased you all."
"That's what I thought you'd say," Naruto nodded. "Then I'll stop you."
And with that, the Allied Shinobi Forces charged. The Hidden Cloud took the lead, stopping and forming hand seals, split into two groups.
"Lightning Style, Flash Pillar!" half shouted.
"Lightning Style, Laser Circus!" the other half shouted.
Hundreds of beams of lightning shot out, along with lightning, brightening everything until it hurt to look anywhere, making Madara and Obito shield their eyes and the Ten-tails look away. Next came the Hidden Sand Village.
"Wind Style, Air Current Dance!" they shouted.
But the jutsu did little beyond stir up dust and spread their chakra all around the Ten-tails, keeping it from sensing them. The jutsu also made the Aburame's insects fly around rapidly, effectively blocking Obito's Sharingan. Next, was the Hidden Stone.
"Earth Style, Vast Mobil Core!" they shouted, slamming their hands into the ground, dropping the Ten-tails into a massive pit, taller than it was.
Then, about half of them landed around it.
"Lava Style, Quicklime Jutsu!" they shouted, spraying some form of whitish fluid into the pit, flooding it.
"Water Style, Water Bomb Jutsu!" the Hidden Mist shouted, adding water with it to fill the pit faster and to help mix the quicklime.
"Sarutobi Clan, Let's go!" Someone shouted as the Sarutobi clan surrounded the pit. "Fire Style, Majestic Flame Jutsu!"
They all launched a massive stream of flames into the pit, baking and solidifying the quicklime, trapping the Ten-tails, which was almost completely buried, only the top of its head, the shell, and a portion of its tails remaining. When the flame cleared, Ryuu grinned.
"It won't stay trapped for long," Ryuu said.
"We know," Naruto nodded as Shikaku's voice appeared in Ryuu's head, him recognizing it only because of having met Shikaku a couple of days prior when he had returned from defeating Helios.
"Only physical attacks work on Madara, so shinobi who are skilled in Taijutsu will attack him," Shikaku said. "Obito can pass through any attack or jutsu, but from our intel, it lasts only five minutes. Coordinate with Medical units and attack him for longer than that."
Ryuu grinned, remembering his brief fight with Obito when he had rescued Nagato and Konan.
"We'll defeat him this time," Konan said as she landed beside him with Nagato.
"W...why are you here?" Ryuu gaped as the other shinobi leapt in. "Get him out of here!"
"I'm going to help fight," Nagato stated. "Even at half power, I can be of use."
"Fine," Ryuu said. "But you're going to be of use as a long range fighter. With Konan to defend that eye of yours."
Nagato nodded and Ryuu turned back to the pit as the Ten-tails' tails began to spread open like flowers in bloom.
"Oh God, now what?" Ryuu growled activating his Susanoo, Sasuke doing the same beside him.
Then, the Ten-tails' tails all exploded upward, launching everyone back out but not killing anyone, miraculously. The tails all were now more arms than tails, each ending in a hand. Then, the hands all crashed down beside the pit, beginning to lift the Ten-tails out of the pit. Ryuu and Sasuke retreated from the pit, Ryuu carrying Fu with him, and Konan and Nagato followed. The Ten-tails rose out of the pit, falling to its feet and only hand. It was now almost as monstrous as before. Its body looked more humanoid but extremely emaciated, like leathery skin wrapped tightly around bones with the left arm being a stump above the elbow. It head was now shaped similar to that of a human except with its one massive red Rinnegan with six tomoe in the center of where its face should be, and a disproportionally large ear on the right side of its head, almost as tall as the head itself, and on the left side was a mouth with human-like teeth. Its head had a ring of spikes that curved upward around the base of its head and around the top, all of the spikes turning black at the end. On the Ten-tails' back was the same shell, looking a little smaller than before, though it might just look that way from the body having grown, it was hard to tell.
"Damn," Ryuu snarled. "It transformed. No. It evolved. It's even stronger now. What's the plan Shikaku?"
"I'm thinking," Shikaku replied.
Ryuu used his Byakugan to look at Obito and Madara again as they grew much larger chords from their bodies that looked like the same material as Obito and Ryuu had had grafted onto their bodies.
"Trying for more control," Ryuu muttered switching back to his Sharingan. "Be ready Sasuke. They might attack in a moment."
Sasuke nodded, both reforming their Susanoo, Sasuke's now dawning a cloaked-like appearance as it progressed further, its power growing far past Ryuu's own Susanoo's.
"I hate you," Ryuu grumbled.
"You'll get there," Sasuke grinned. "I can go further than this, if I want to."
Ryuu rolled his eyes and turned back to the Ten-tails. The Ten-tails began to charge a Tailed Beast Ball and after a moment, it grew into the shape of a tear-drop or a flower bud. Then, a Iwagakure ninja used an Earth Style Mobile Core to lift one foot, throwing the Ten-tails off balance, making it fire it Tailed Beast Ball over the army. After a moment, the blast exploded on the horizon.
"So far away," Ryuu breathed. "This thing...it could hit...oh shit. Shikaku, I think you might be a target."
The Ten-tails, which was still off balance, apparently not being used to using its emaciated legs, charged and fired another, the force of it throwing the Ten-tails onto its back. But the jutsu flashed over the Allied Shinobi Forces, vanishing from sight in an instant. The Tailed Beast Ball was followed by another. This one hit a city beyond the horizon, blasting it into oblivion instantly.
"Such a far off city destroyed in an instant," Hiashi Hyuga breathed.
"Pay attention!" Ryuu snapped as the Ten-tails' flipped over, nearly crushing several shinobi as it got on its hand and knees, preparing another.
"It's not aiming at us," Ryuu realized. "Not at all. Shikaku, run!"
Then, the Ten-tails fired, and a moment later, the explosion lit up the sky.
"I don't...believe it," Ryuu breathed. "Damn."
Just then, one of the Ten-tails' tails began to drag along the ground at Naruto. Ryuu landed in front of it, forming his Susanoo and then a chakra sword in his Susanoo's hand, slashing the tail into the air. It passed over them and returned to the Ten-tails as Sasuke landed on Naruto's other side, Susanoo reforming again.
"Now what?" Sasuke asked.
"Naruto," Hiashi said as he and Neji ran over. "Stop standing there staring off into space. This is still a battlefield and we're still at war. People die. But if we are defeated, everyone will die."
"I know," Naruto nodded.
"You power is critical to the plan," Neji stated. "So until we can complete it..."
"We will defend you," Hinata said, landing in front of Naruto beside Hiashi and Neji.
"Hinata," Naruto breathed.
"Know this," Hiashi said. "The Hyuga are the mightiest in the Leaf Village."
"I know two Uchiha who would argue that point," Ryuu smirked. "But I think we'll let it slide this time, oh Great and Wise Hyuga."
Hiashi looked back at him and smirked.
"You remind me of your mother," Hiashi smiled before turning back to the Ten-tails. "And besides, the Hyuga are strongest because we include you."
Ryuu stared at him in shock before grinning and turning back to the front.
"Idiot," Ryuu grinned before looking at the Ten-tails. "They're having trouble controlling it. if it transforms again, it'll likely be beyond their control. So Madara probably plans to have a Jinchuriki. He'd have to be alive though."
"In which case Obito would have to sacrifice himself to revive Madara," Naruto stated.
"Leaving Madara at Obito's mercy," Sasuke finished. "For that reason, we're currently safe from Tailed Beast Balls."
"Because at this range the blast would also kill Obito," Ryuu nodded.
"Unless he passed through it," Neji stated.
"Which would leave Madara alone to try and control the Ten-tails," Naruto said.
"Which he can't do," Sasuke said. "We should end this before they figure something out."
"Agreed," Ryuu nodded. "Shikamaru's probably working on something. I might be able to keep it busy with my Susanoo, with Sasuke's help."
"Agreed," Sasuke nodded.
"You'll die," Fu stated.
"Maybe," Ryuu nodded. "But we have to try."
"No," Naruto said. "Give Shikamaru time. He'll figure something out. We just have to survive until then."
"Pretty tall order all things considered," Ryuu stated. "But fine. For now, we'll wait."
Just then, the Ten-tails' tails reached into the air, wooden spikes beginning to protrude from its palms.
"No way," Ryuu breathed.
"What is that?" Naruto breathed.
"Wood Style, Cutting Sprigs Jutsu!" Obito shouted, the wooden spikes spraying out of the Ten-tails' palms and raining down on the Shinobi Alliance, each direct hit sprouting more spike from inside a shinobi, massacring them.
"Fuck!" Ryuu shouted, his Susanoo using its drill and fire style chakra to block a barrage aimed at them. "Wind Style, Pressure Damage!"
He fired the blast up into the cloud of descending spikes and it exploded, dispersing the cloud just for more to fire. They were too fast to block, and began to rain down again almost instantly.
"Mother fucker," Ryuu growled making hand signs. "Wood Style, Wood Golem Jutsu!"
Wood Golems grey out of the enormous sea of wood spikes around them, ten in total, shielding the Shinobi Alliance who took shelter under them. However, the wood spikes began to blast through the giants rapidly, giant cracks spreading across their bodies.
"Damnit!" Ryuu growled.
Just as the golems all exploded and the spikes began to rain down again, Neji and Hiashi began to block them with their Eight Trigrams Rotations. However, a spike got through, knocking Neji's head band off just as Naruto entered Sage Mode. Naruto sprinted forward with two clones, hurling a Rasenshuriken into the cloud, blasting it as people began to try and block the spears however they could. Ryuu used his Susanoo as armor to shield Hinata, Fu, Konan, and Nagato, whole Sasuke used his Susanoo to shield Kakashi and a Iwagakure Shinobi who was gathering chakra to try and stop the Ten-tails momentarily.
"Fuck this," Ryuu growled flying up to the top of his Susanoo, which opened its mouth for him. "Fire Style, Majestic Destroyer Flame!"
His jutsu blasted into the air, beginning to incinerate the spikes, igniting a Rasenshuriken as it passed through, which exploded even more violently, knocking the hands back with the concussion and stopping the jutsu. Just as Ryuu's jutsu ended, Obito hurled a wooden spike at Ryuu himself, the spike hurtling through the air at the gap created by the Susanoo's open mouth. Before Ryuu could act, Fu leapt up in front of him, the wooden stake impaling her and more spikes shooting out of her body. Ryuu stared in shock as her body crumbled before he grit his teeth, clenching his fists as his Susanoo grew, gaining a green cloak like Sasuke's had. Ryuu looked back at Fu as she began to regenerate a safe distance from the wood, which Konan Kindly hurled out of the Susanoo.
"Fu, thank you," Ryuu sighed. "But don't do that again."
His Susanoo held its hand out, forming a three glowing green tomoe out of chakra, the three connected by a thin chakra thread before Ryuu hurled it into the sky, blasting the spikes above them.
"Sasuke," Ryuu said. "I have to ask something."
"Now?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes," Ryuu nodded. "You know about what Orochimaru was studying in Uzushiogakure right?"
"Yes," Sasuke nodded. "What about it?"
"It's time for you to get going," Ryuu stated. "And hurry."
Sasuke stared at him for a moment then nodded. Ryuu moved over in front of him, taking over while Sasuke turned and began to leave, Susanoo fading. Just as he left, a spike bounced off of Ryuu's Susanoo and the entire front half shattered, leaving only the ribs.
"Damn," Ryuu growled. "That's not good. Looks like I can't sustain this version well."
He reverted it to his usual form and used the drill to send fire into the air, incinerating the spikes over them again.
Just as he did, Naruto hurled all of his Rasenshuriken, clearing the sky momentarily but exiting Sage Mode, dropping to his knees. Hinata sprinted forward, blasting a spike heading for Naruto with an Eight Trigrams Air Palm. Just as she did, a hand began to swipe at Naruto. Hiashi appeared in front of Naruto and blasted it with an Eight Trigrams Air Palm Wall, throwing it away. As it moved away, a tight stream shot out of one finger, aimed directly at Naruto.
A pinpoint strike! Ryuu thought, Susanoo forming more chakra tomoe and hurling them. "Yasaka Magatama!"
Even as he released the jutsu, he knew it was too slow. Hinata sprinted around Naruto, standing in the path of the spike. Naruto turned to look just as blood flew off of the spikes.
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