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Bad Situation
Ryuu stared up at the massive root. There were four of the red flowers the Ten-tails' last form had used to fire a Tailed Beast Ball on it, and each flower was currently charging said attack.
"Oh this is so not going to end well," Ryuu breathed standing, having finally finished absorbing chakra from Fu, who was regenerating.
Naruto's group had been fighting Obito, ending with Naruto successfully landing an effective hit using Nature Energy in his Sage Mode, but Obito had recovered almost instantly and then had formed the root that was about to blast them all into oblivion.
"What do we do?" Konan asked as Ryuu set Katsuyu's clone on the ground.
"I'm going to go cut it down," Ryuu said.
Just then, Obito spun, firing six of his black spheres as rods into the ground around them all, forming a massive red hexagonal barrier around them, trapping them with the Tailed Beast Balls.
"Oh shit," Ryuu growled. "Guess we're not deflecting them."
He looked up at Obito as he surrounded himself with his remaining spheres, the spheres opening to form a single one around him, shielding him. Ryuu left, appearing beside Naruto and Minato with the Body Flicker Technique. Naruto and Minato had their fists pressed together and Naruto was in his open-cloak shroud again.
"I take it you have a plan?" Ryuu asked.
"Yeah," Naruto nodded.
"I was going to cut it down," Ryuu said. "But I think your plan is probably a bit better."
"What kept you?" Sasuke asked.
"I had to get some chakra first," Ryuu stated.
Just then, chakra shrouds began to reappear on all of the Allied Shinobi, even stronger than before.
"Sasuke still doesn't have a cloak, remember," Ryuu said.
Naruto extended a chakra hand, resting it on Sasuke's shoulder and giving him a chakra shroud as well. Then, the Tailed Beast Balls fired and Ryuu glanced at Minato, understanding. The Tailed Beast Balls hit the barrier, exploding and sending the explosion blasting out the top of the barrier, dust and smoke filling the barrier and being kicked up outside the barrier as well from the sheer power of the blast. As the smoke began to settle, Ryuu formed his Susanoo, swiping his lance through the air, clearing the dust and revealing they were all outside the barrier.
"It worked," Ryuu grinned. "Impressive. And here I was just going to chop down a tree."
"How did you get us all to teleport?" Sasuke asked.
"His chakra is linked to Minato's, and everyone else has a shroud of Naruto's chakra," Ryuu explained. "So it allowed Minato to teleport them all."
"I see," Sasuke nodded as Kurama formed around Naruto who leapt forward then skidded to a stop, remembering that only Nature Energy worked.
"All that chakra, and no brains," Ryuu sighed.
After a moment, Naruto began to gather Nature Energy as Minato formed his own Kurama, his being a few shades darker than Naruto's, and leapt over next to Naruto. Minato's Kurama held its leg up, forming a massive Rasengan bigger than their Kuramas were. Then, Naruto raised his own Kurama's leg, adding Nature Energy to the Rasengan.
"This aught to be good," Ryuu grinned as the Second Hokage stepped forward, resting a hand on the two shrouds.
Then, the three of them were gone, and a light began to shine from inside the barrier.
"Jugo," Ryuu spoke up. "You're able to absorb Nature Energy right?"
"Yes," Jugo nodded. "Why?"
"Combine it with Sasuke's Susanoo when the barrier falls," Ryuu said. "That way Sasuke can help Naruto."
"What about you?" Sasuke asked.
"I'll figure something out," Ryuu said looking around. "Just give me some time."
Sasuke nodded and Jugo stepped in front of him, readying himself. The Rasengan exploded but the barrier held.
"He blocked it," Ryuu growled as the two Kurama's began to charge a Tailed Beast Ball with Naruto's Nature Energy. Then, just as it was almost ready, Obito flew into the air, and suddenly the Ten-tails appeared, collapsing in the middle of the barrier.
"Did he just, spit out the Ten-tails?" Sasuke asked.
"I think he more summoned it," Ryuu said. "Kind of like a lesser Jinchuriki transforming into their Tailed Beasts."
Just then, the Ten-tails began to change. Its stomach opened like a flower and a massive red ball grew out of it. Then, the barrier began to disappear.
"What is...going on?" Ryuu breathed.
Just as it finished, the Ten-tails erupted into a swarm of roots, all shooting upward with the ball on top. Roots began to stretch outward, driving themselves into the ground throughout the Allied Forces.
"What is this?" Jugo asked.
"Not a clue," Ryuu said. "One's coming this way."
They scattered, the root blasting down where they had been. They looked around just as roots began to grab people, absorbing their chakra and leaving them as emaciated corpses in seconds.
"Don't let it touch you!" Ryuu shouted, leaping over several and escaping with the Body Flicker Technique.
As he landed a ways away, he formed his Susanoo, launching Yasaka Magatama at the roots moving toward him. They were all absorbed instantly. He began making hand seals.
"Please work," Ryuu growled. "Wood Style, Deep Forest Emergence!"
Massive roots of his own blasted out of the ground, tangling with the ones attacking the Allied Forces, slowing them enough for their would-be victims to escape, but then the chakra in the roots was absorbed and the Ten-tails' roots broke free, continuing.
"Damn," Ryuu growled. "We can't stop them."
He looked over, seeing B running away from a large number of roots, more than anyone else present, and used the Body Flicker Technique, to get him out of the way, stopping beside Sasuke and Jugo. As they landed, the roots finally stopped, the scattered survivors retreating behind the two Uchiha and the Jinchuriki.
"This is awful," Ryuu breathed surveying the sea of corpses. "So many."
Just then, the Second Hokage appeared beside them with Minato and the Third Hokage who had finally regenerated, along with Naruto who was over his shoulder, his cloak gone.
"Naruto?" Ryuu blinked. "Did you get caught?"
"Yeah," Naruto nodded. "But Gramps saved me."
Ryuu nodded, looking up at the Ten-tails, now a massive pillar of roots stretching up toward the sky and the blood red moon above them.
"So this is the Ten-tails' final form?" Ryuu mused. "No wonder they were so desperate to create a Jinchuriki before it turned into this. Otherwise this war might be over by now."
"And we'd be fighting an uncontrollable tree that absorbs the chakra of anything that touches it," Minato stated.
"You call that a tree?" Ryuu snorted.
"I don't know what else to call it," Minato said.
"What do we do now?" Ryuu asked.
Everyone was silent.
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