The Road to Toad
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I feel like this fic is confusing a lot of people. Mostly because how far I'm taking this fic. Well, to explain to you guys, this fic is a big butterfly effect. Meaning anything that is happening here, is what I think would happen if they did happen during the show. Meaning the fighting and talking is there because that's what I think what they'll show if it happened that way. Either way, just review and tell me if you're confused, it will really help me.
Also, The Kyuubi referred to here is using Naruto's body. So don't confuse him with getting out of Naruto's body. And also, he is using Naruto's voice. But the eyes are entirely different; the slit eyes give that away.
And, a twist in the Kuchiyose! That is all. I've really wanted to write up to this part, most of the things in the previous chapter pales in comparison for what I have planned here. From Danzo, to Hiruzen to Jiraiya. The Kyuubi/Naruto fight against the Shukaku will shock and awe you guys. I guarantee it. (At least, I hope.)
Now for the continuation. Enjoy!
XxX
The Kyuubi was pissed. It was truly genuinely pissed.
First, his host was using natural chakra that made him uncomfortable in the stomach of his. Next, he had only managed to fight to a draw with the Hyuuga, despite the power boost he had. Next, he couldn't handle his chakra and went full on berserker mode. Next, the Shukaku Jinchuriki had attacked, and at first they were winning. But cheap shot that flung his container and propelled him towards a building made him growl. Not to mention having him use up even more chakra to save him from those explosive seals.
He was going to make that clown and harpy pay for what they did. But right now, he needed to show the Shukaku its place. They weren't done fighting when they were interrupted, and he would be damned if he couldn't finish it now.
He had tried to at least summon a small bijuu ball, but as it turns out, the kids body wasn't ready to handle that kind of pressure.
The ball he was trying to make had fizzled to dust in a second. The boy's body couldn't handle it, and he was trying his damnest to get it to work. He wanted nothing more than to put the Shukaku in its place. But with the boys weak body, he couldn't do anything other than attack with his claws and feet. Hardly fitting for a being of mass destruction.
The Kyuubi in Naruto's body dodged another volley of sand balls coming at him at high speeds. He ducked under the volley and slid along the side of the Shukaku's body. Over towards the demon's head. And it was there that he spotted something the weak spot he was told about. Namely the boy who was the Shukaku's Jinchuriki sticking out of the Shukaku's forehead.
He would have charged at the boy's body immediately, had it not been for the defense he was told about ahead of time. By the female ANBU the shukaku swatted away.
XxX
"Human, wake up." The Kyuubi-fied voice of Naruto Uzumaki shook the fallen form of Neku. Who was laid down on the ground on her back. Neku didn't respond to the slight shaking of The Kyuubi. Who growled in annoyance at the unresponsive form of Neku. So he quickly kicked her to get her to wake up.
He smirked as he heard her groan, he kneeled down to face the woman hidden behind the cracked mask. He knew she was awake now, her breathing was faster and her body was tense. The quirks of having heightened senses.
"I know you're awake. Don't even try to attack, lest I finish what Shukaku started." He warned her as she seemed to tense even more. The Kyuubi smirked as she relaxed, albeit quietly.
"Good, now tell me. When you were swatted away from the Shukaku, how strong was it?" He asked her, the woman didn't respond immediately, only looking on at the Kyuubi with Naruto's face. The Kyuubi seemed to understand what she was getting at and sighed.
"Don't worry about the Kit, he's still in here. Just unconscious and sitting pretty in that head of his. I can't take full control, the seal is too strong and I doubt they'll just let me roam free. After what the kid pulled at the exams, I took a chance when that Hyuuga pushed all his chakra out of his body." He told her, but she still didn't react. He sighed as he scratched the nape of his neck.
"…Okay, you got me. It was entirely by accident, I didn't intend to make him go berserk. I was only trying to overwrite that natural chakra he was using. Damn thing makes me uncomfortable." He told her, and she still didn't respond. He growled and looked down at her damaged form.
"Listen, right now I'm the only guy who has a chance in hell of beating the Shukaku, so if you don't want your pretty little village in rubble, I suggest you start talking." He warned her, growling as he finished the sentence. The ANBU member seemed to tense at the growling, before he heard her sigh.
"…Fine, what did you want to know?" She managed to speak despite her broken body. The Kyuubi smirked.
"I just want to know how big it was and how strong it is. I can't count nor can I measure. So having someone explain to me how big that raccoon is a big help to me. A bijuu, when taking over its host, doesn't have access to all his powers before he was sealed. There are certain exceptions to this, but most if not all its powers are still sealed, whatever is sealed depends on the strength of the seal they used. And by the looks of it, the Shukaku's was either half assed, or better than min. He can only amplify the host's natural powers. The Shukaku is a being made of sand, and the kid can control sand. Put two and two together, you get something extremely troublesome." He told her, and she weakly managed to nod her head.
"Good, you understand. Right now, I just want nothing more than to rip the Shukaku to shreds and that host of his. Not to mention the clown and the wind harpy. But the Shukaku comes first. So, I'll ask again, how strong is it?"
XxX
Needless to say, that little interrogation had given him insight on what was happening now. Namely the Shukaku rampaging and the weak spot on the head and its abnormally fast arm defense.
Physically, the Shukaku was tough and fast. But it was mentally unstable right now, what with the constant laughing and hysterical chuckling.
The Kyuubi growled as he had to dodge another tendril that shot towards him. It was getting annoying dodging each tendril, and it needed to stop. He swerved as he ran forward full speed, a tendril shooting past his body. As the tendril flew backwards past The Kyuubi, he jumped on the tendril and began running along its mass. And regardless of the speed of the tendril going in the opposite direction, The Kyuubi was running along it.
The Shukaku seemed to bristle at this and shot more all its tendrils towards the incoming Kyuubi.
The Kyuubi however, seemed to be expecting that and had now jumped high into the air and twisted his body. Several tendrils shot past him. In between his arms, his legs, and just under his chin.
The airborne Kyuubi smirked as he crossed his hands together and formed a familiar handseal.
"Kage bunshin no Jutsu! (Shadow clone jutsu!)" The Kyuubi shouted. But, instead of the regular Naruto way of summoning over one hundred clones. He had instead, summoned one singular clone over the original body surrounded with the tendrils of sand. The Kyuubi then twisted his hands into another handseal, this one, into hare.
Suddenly, a poof of smoke erupted from where the Kyuubi was stuck, and the clone. As the smoke cleared, it revealed nothing different; the clone was still above the tendrils and slowly falling towards them. And the original was still stuck.
He was proven wrong however, as the clone suddenly raised its arm, and the red chakra cloak surrounding the arm focused into the nails. The arm grew longer and seemed to become like jello as it rolled backwards. The clone then smirked and slashed it down. The arm extending and slashing through all the tendrils and into the original. The Shukaku was shocked however, as the original erupted into smoke and disappeared from existence as the arm cut through all the tendrils.
The clone, now freely falling through the air, promptly punched his arm forward. Extending the red chakra cloaked arm. The arm then gripped onto the Shukaku's body, and it seemed to reel in the clone's body closer to him.
It was at this point the Shukaku finally understood what happened. And he growled in annoyance.
"DamN. Still aS CraFTy as EveR aren'T YoU KyuUbI?" It spat as looked down towards the Kyuubi's body still holding on to its body. He saw the Kyuubi smirk, which infuriated it even more.
"Tricks of the trade Shukaku! If you can't beat down an opponent, you make yourself move well and attack smarter!" The Kyuubi shouted as it launched itself from its grip. It used its arm still held on as a crutch as it shot forward. A slight vapor trail trailing behind him. The Shukaku was shocked at seeing the speed of the incoming body, and raised its arms to defend itself. But they were too slow.
The Kyuubi shot past the arms coming at him from both sides, and past the Shukaku's shocked face. Which surprised the Shukaku even more, but it finally understood where he was going.
The Kyuubi had found his opening. With the tendrils steadily reforming themselves, the defense would be slower. And that was all he needed to know.
The Kyuubi inched closer to his target, still laying forward, no reaction and body still halfway buried in the Shukaku's forehead. The Kyuubi reared his hand backwards, preparing to punch the exposed body. Finally, after getting even closer, he shot his hand forward. The cloak extending and into a giant red fist.
He was surprised however as the body hid behind a wall of sand almost instantly appearing in front of it. The fist shook the wall of sand, but didn't dent it. The Kyuubi was so surprised that he didn't notice the giant hand that was approaching him.
The hand hit home and the Kyuubi was soaring through the air again, except this time. Towards the ground.
He landed with a resounding crash, and dust sprang forth from the ground where he landed. He heard the Shukaku laughing maniacally behind the dust cloud.
He pulled himself up, gripping his arm and panting heavily. As the dust cleared, he was met with another hand. This one sweeping across the ground, coming at him full speed. He was swept into the arm and he let out a groan of pain.
The arm continued to sweep, blowing through countless buildings in its way. With the Kyuubi riding shotgun. As each building toppled to the ground, the pain the Kyuubi was experiencing was at a whole new level.
Finally, after smashing through the last building and demolishing it. The arm abruptly stopped. The sudden stop sent all the force forward and into the Kyuubi's body. Sending him into the air at breakneck speeds. He crashed through even more buildings, before he finally landed on a deserted street. Battered and bloodied.
The Kyuubi groaned as it looked forward. To see a giant hole in the building he had went through, followed by other buildings behind that one with a similar hole in it. At the end of the tunnel of holes, the Kyuubi saw the Shukaku laughing as it eyed the battered form of the Kyuubi. And at that moment. The Kyuubi wanted nothing more than to see the Shukaku get pounded into the ground repeatedly.
The Kyuubi pushed his body as he tried to stand. He managed for a few seconds, before he collapsed on one knee, his fists on the ground as he groaned from the pain.
He tried to stand again, but again, he was forced to his knees. He growled in frustration.
This wasn't funny. The Kyuubi reduced to sitting on its knees as the Shukaku laughed at his pitying form. This was a big blow to his pride.
He tried one more time to stand up, but his injuries forced him to his knees once more. He let out a shout as he eyed the Shukaku's form. Standing strong and laughing at him.
He tried again, and it repeated. He was beaten, and he couldn't do anything about it. His injuries were too numerous, and even with his regenerative chakra, it would take awhile to heal everything.
And then, his vision started to get blurry. Black spots appearing, he let out another roar of frustration.
His chakra began to recede, dissipating and fading away. The tails evaporated into nothing, and before long. The Kyuubi's vision finally left him. His body fell forward as the last bits of red chakra disappeared.
The Kyuubi was defeated, and was out cold.
XxX
Silence as both beings stared into each other. They eyed each other with an even look. One behind a giant cage, hiding its giant form from the other, smaller being.
The smaller being had an apathetic look in his eyes as it stared down the giant demon. He was sitting in a pool of water, one knee bent into the other raised one. But surprisingly enough, he wasn't wet, even if half his body was in the water.
The bigger being eyed the smaller one with an even glare. It held no malice, only frustration in its eyes as it eyed the small being.
It was at this point, the smaller being sighed. Getting the bigger beings attention as it narrowed his eyes.
"We can't beat this thing by ourselves." Was what the smaller being stated. The bigger being didn't respond visibly, only eying the smaller being with curiosity.
"You know this as much as I do. And I hate it. That explanation you gave to that ANBU, about a bijuu only boosting the hosts powers? I hate that fact." The smaller being said. The giant being didn't respond, only looking down with a curious expression on its face.
"You were using at least twice as much power as the Shukaku. The fact that it was big is irrelevant. The fact that you still lost, even after using twice as much power as it gives me an idea of how strong I am. And how out of our league we are using my body." The smaller being stated. This time, the bigger being reacted, growling and narrowing its eyes at that fact. But the smaller being did not flinch. It continued on.
"I need to make up for it. The power boost I got from that match with Neji, it boosts my power alright. But I was still only on par with him." The being stopped, as if thinking of what else to say. Before it sighed. "And you gave me a really powerful boost, but we still can't beat that thing. I have no idea how I used that power boost I got from the match. But I know how to at least use your chakra."
The giant being now narrowed its eyes as it knew where this conversation was going. And it didn't like it at all.
"Hey Kyuubi, lend me your powers. I'll make sure to beat the hell out of the Shukaku." The being told the Kyuubi, who was looking at him with narrowed eyes. Silence ensued as the Kyuubi continued to stare at the small form of Naruto Uzumaki. The Kyuubi didn't respond in the least as Naruto just sat there with an empty expression on his face.
After awhile, the Kyuubi sighed. Small tendrils of chakra escaped the cage and went towards Naruto. Naruto didn't respond as the tendrils approached him, nor did he respond when the tendrils picked him up and drew him closer to the gate's seal paper.
Finally, after the slow buildup, Naruto was in front of the sealing paper. The Kyuubi didn't say anything, as he waited for Naruto to do anything.
Finally, after a few seconds of nothing. Naruto gripped the edge of the seal. But before he pulled it off, Naruto looked past the cage and grinned at the Kyuubi.
"I'm not ripping the whole thing off. Just so you know." Naruto told the Kyuubi with a smirk. The Kyuubi only huffed.
"I know you're not that stupid kid. Just promise me two things." The Kyuubi said as Naruto began pulling on the seal, tearing one fourth of it.
"And those are?" Naruto asked as he continued to tear the seal.
"First, is to beat the hell out of the Shukaku." The Kyuubi said, to which Naruto hummed in response.
"And the second, is to get stronger." The Kyuubi said with his voice dead serious.
Naruto stopped pulling the seal, stopping an inch at the edge. The Kyuubi was surprised at Naruto's abrupt stop, before he was met with Naruto's smirking face looking at him from outside the cage.
"The first is easy to promise you. The second however, I can't promise you." Naruto told the Kyuubi, who was visibly surprised at that. But before the Kyuubi could respond, Naruto continued. "Only because I promised myself the exact same thing you overgrown fuzz ball!" Naruto shouted as he pulled one fourth of the seal off the cage.
XxX
Jiraiya looked down glumly at the unconscious form of one Uzumaki Naruto. He saw the fight from the safety of distance. He saw how Naruto's Kyuubi possessed body failed to use the Bijuu bomb ball thing, and how the Kyuubi dodged tendril after tendril of sand.
He watched as the boy's body shot forward at high speeds towards the exposed body. Only to be stopped by a wall of sand moving faster than the fist. The fist connected with the sand wall, and didn't even leave a dent.
He remembered wincing as Naruto's body was swatted to the ground. He remembered closing his eyes as the Shukaku swept the body through multiple buildings, before stopping abruptly and sending Naruto's body through even more buildings.
It was at this point, after seeing the chakra cloak surrounding Naruto recede, that the Shukaku turned its back and resumed its previous rampage. Destroying even more buildings.
Jiraiya would have gone after the Shukaku, but he was held back by Shima. Who told him to 'Check on the youngin'. He ain't dead.'
He was apprehensive at first, but he receded to Shima's order. Shima nodded her head as she and Fukasaku went after the Shukaku. Hoping to draw the giant monster away one more time.
Jiraiya sighed as he looked down one more time at the fallen form of Naruto, he moved to pick him up, but was shocked to suddenly feel a wave of power erupt from him.
He jumped back, taking a defensive stance as he eyed the slowly rising form of Naruto. And before he knew it, Naruto's red cloak re-appeared, both tails and all.
Naruto slowly rose to the ground, rising by pushing his feet on the ground. He rose carefully and slowly, and the cloak reformed around him as he did.
Jiraiya couldn't see his eyes, and carefully moved to the front of the body. He raised his hands as the body seemed to react to his movement.
He was relieved however, as the body looked up and was met with the soft eyes of Naruto Uzumaki, and not the hardened and angry eyes of the Kyuubi. Though it was still blood red and slitted, it wasn't like before, filled with anger and hate.
"Welcome back to the world of the living kid. What made you wake up?" Jiraiya asked as he straightened himself.
Naruto just smirked as he flicked his tails forwards in front of his face. Carefully getting a feel of how they moved. He stretched and moved each limb, getting a feel for them as well. He smirked as he rolled his shoulders and heard it pop, removing the strain it had.
"Wasn't really asleep that long. I saw how the Kyuubi got his ass handed to him, and I decided to make a deal with 'im." He smirked, while Jiraiya nodded his head.
'Watch it Kit. I can hear you.' Naruto almost jumped as he heard the Kyuubi's voice sound in his mind. Jiraiya noticed his slight tensing and raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"Something wrong kid?" He had asked, Naruto didn't reply however as he just closed his eyes.
"Yeah, maybe. I don't know. Does the Kyuubi having the ability to talk to you count as something wrong?" Naruto asked, and Jiraiya was visibly shocked at that piece of information.
"W-what?! How is that possible?!" Jiraiya asked with an incredulous expression. Naruto however, just shrugged and signaled for Jiraiya to stay quiet.
'You know what happened don't you fuzzball?' Naruto asked, and he swore he heard the Kyuubi chuckle.
'You should know as well boy. You're the one that made it possible.' The Kyuubi stated, and Naruto thought about it for a second. Before he realized what happened.
'So I can talk to you now because I ripped a part of the seal off?' He asked. However, he seemed to have spoken that thought out loud as well. As Jiraiya visibly shouted and reacted.
"You what?!" Jiraiya shouted in a panic. "Do you have any idea how dangerous that is!? The Kyuubi could very well take over your body while you're asleep!" Jiraiya berated. This however, fell on deaf ears as Naruto just smirked at Jiraiya.
"He won't." Was his simple answer, and before Jiraiya could voice his question, Naruto had continued. "He won't because we had a deal. I beat the crap outta the Shukaku, and he gives me his power. A good deal if you ask me." Naruto said with a smirk, his tails swishing behind him, prompting Jiraiya to look at them.
Jiraiya sighed. This was just one big headache for him later. But first, he had another headache to take care of, and it was fifty feet tall and rampaging around the village.
"We'll deal with this later kid. Right now, we have another problem to deal with. And it's fifty feet tall and out for blood." Jiraiya told Naruto, who nodded his head as his face turned deadly serious.
"Right now, I have a seal to take care of the Shukaku." Jiraiya explained as he jumped into the air and onto the building, Naruto following closely behind, listening carefully.
"But, to use the seal, we need to get to a weak point. Which happens to be that Gaara kid's body hanging on the Shukaku's forehead." Jiraiya continued as he jumped over more buildings, so far, Naruto hadn't uttered a word, and he was thankful for that.
"Problem is, any time someone gets close, an automatic defense reacts almost immediately, stopping whatever kind of attack from hitting the kid. Now the defense can go either of two ways. The first, is the attack will get blocked by a wall of sand, and the Shukaku will use its arms to swat away the attacker. The other, the wall will rise, and as it catches the attack. It'll form another hand that will shoot out towards the attacker. Sending them straight to the ground." Jiraiya explained, and Naruto nodded his head in understanding, letting out an audible sound of understanding.
"It doesn't matter how fast you go, the defense is almost always faster. So that leaves us only one choice." Jiraiya paused as he looked behind at Naruto. Who was looking intently at Jiraiya with serious eyes.
"And that is to breakthrough."
XxX
"Pa!" Shima shouted as she watched her husband get hit with a tendril of sand. She was about to go check on him, but had to evade another tendril of sand coming at her.
So far, their tactics of hitting and running were working, but the constant need of dodging the shukaku's attacks was grating on their old bodies. They weren't as young as young, and they weren't as agile as before.
Shima nimbly dodged another tendril, before she landed on the tendril and ran along its side. The tendril spun around the perimeter of the shukaku, encircling it, before it rose straight up, surprising Shima at the sudden change of direction. She held onto the tendril, but her strength wasn't enough. She slipped and fell towards the ground. She looked behind her, and saw that multiple other tendrils approaching towards her back.
She didn't panic however, as she just twisted her body and nimbly avoided two tendrils, before grabbing onto a third one and spun around it while going down. Multiple tendrils shot past her body as she spun towards the ground. And at the last second, she let go of the tendril and launched herself side wards and over to a building. She landed on the buildings side, only to have to dodge even more tendrils. She ran across the wall of the building, multiple tendrils piercing the wall she was running on, making holes appear on the building.
At the edge of the building's wall however, she jumped across to another building. That was her mistake however, as the Shukaku's giant hand was waiting for her. She watched frozen in shock as the giant hand shot through the street between the buildings. Coming at her at blinding speeds.
She closed her eyes and waited for the impact. A loud boom erupted and wind swept past the buildings, blowing away portions of the closest buildings.
Shima reopened her eyes, to be met with the backs of Naruto Uzumaki, and Jiraiya. Both had their arms on the arm and stopping it dead in its tracks.
She landed on the ground, and looked in surprise as both shinobi roared and pushed the arm back with great strength.
The Shukaku's arm reeled back from their strength, and the shukaku itself looked down on towards the two shinobi. It had the eyes of someone looking for blood, and it wouldn't let anything get in its way.
Shima was about to call out to them, before Fukasaku appeared in front of her, his cloak slightly tattered, but in otherwise still usable condition.
"So, this is Naruto-chan Ma's been singing praises about?" Fukasaku asked as he eyed the form of the red chakra cloaked Naruto. Naruto turned around and gave a thumb up at the old toad.
"Nice to meet ya Gama-ojisan!" Naruto said with a smile. Fukasaku didn't react, and only turned to Shima with a slightly questioning look that seemed to scream, 'Really?'
Shima however just smirked and nodded her head. "Yes really."
Fukasaku sighed and shook his head, before he turned back towards both shinobi. He then jumped onto Jiraiya's shoulder, Shima followed closely as they all eyed the giant raccoon.
The shukaku let out a bellowing roar, which resounded across the village, a wave of wind flowing as it roared. This would have intimidated anyone facing this giant demon. But not these four, they only smirked as they readied themselves for the fight of a lifetime.
But before they could take off towards the giant raccoon however. Naruto had stopped them, eliciting confused looks from all three of his companions.
"We can't beat him like this." Naruto said. Jiraiya was surprised at his statement.
"I didn't expect that from you kid. But let's go with that train of thought for now. What do you suppose we do?" Jiraiya asked, carefully eyeing his temporary student with a critical eye. Shima and Fukasaku just looking on with confusion as to what the boy had planned.
"I suppose we do… Nothing!" Naruto said with a big smile. Eliciting a sigh from Jiraiya at how anti-climactic that was. Before he could voice out how that would beat the Shukaku however, Naruto had continued talking.
"We don't fight him, but we let someone else fight him!" Naruto shouted as he went on and did handseals. Jiraiya was confused initially, before he recognized what technique Naruto was doing. He smirked and he jumped behind Naruto. Shima and Fukasaku knew what the kid was doing, and they smirked as well.
After finishing the handseals, Naruto bit his thumb for the second time that day. Focusing all his chakra into the technique.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu! (Summoning Jutsu!)" Naruto shouted with vigor.
XxX
Meanwhile at Mount Myoboku…
The toad leaders were running around in a panic. The toad sages suddenly disappeared awhile ago, eliciting panic and surprise from the toad leaders. As most toad leaders were running around like a headless chicken however, one toad smoking his pipe and sitting leisurely on the ground had finally had enough.
"Enough!" The toad bellowed, garnering every other toad's attention. The toads stopped their panicking and looked at their leader with confused looks, and controlled panic. The boss toad took another whiff from his pipe, savoring the taste of the vegetation in it, before he let out a long sigh. Smoke coming out as he did.
"We'll accomplish nothing if we run around like headless chicken! Most likely, Jiraiya had needed their help for something and had summoned them for an impromptu trip to the human world. There's no need to panic for something as little as this. Those old toads can take care of themselves just fine. You lot however, can't even last a day without your elders looking over your useless bodies. This is pathetic!" The boss toad bellowed. The other toads that were previously in a panic had the decency to look abashed, before they all sat back down on the ground. Visibly calmer and relaxed.
It was at this point; the boss toad turned to his left and spoke to the closest toad next to him.
"Gamajin, tell me. How are your students doing? Is my son Gamakichi giving you any trouble whatsoever?" The boss toad asked.
The previously addressed toad – Gamajin – just sighed as he shook his head. His long red karate headband trailing behind his head.
"Thankfully no. He was a handful before, but after a fair bit of disciplining. He straightened up. In fact Gamabunta, your son had the most potential to learn my technique. It is amazing to see him go through the katas, yet disappointing at the same time to see him slack off." Gamajin told Gamabunta. Gamabunta only sighed as he took another whiff of his pipe.
He carefully eyed the martial arts toad master. He wasn't as big as him, but he was no small fry as well. He was about at least three thirds his height and width. But his muscles were visibly more defined than his own. The hand to hand master was wearing a typical martial arts robe. Except this one was pure black and he had a dark red belt wrapped around the waist. Complementing the toad's dark red skin.
Gamabunta breathed out, smoke coming out of his mouth as he let out another sigh. "I'm amazed he's still attending at all. Normally, this is the time he would have quit and continued looking to scam more toads for sweets. But I guess he holds the least bit of interest in learning how to fight." Gamabunta said, garnering a chuckle from the martial arts master.
"He takes that from his father." He chided, garnering an amused chuckle from Gamabunta.
Gamabunta took another whiff of his pipe and eyed the other toads surrounding them, he sighed as he took the head count. They were complete, so it's about time to get this meeting started.
"Welcome back everyone. Time for your bi-weekly reports about whatever the hell your jobs are." Gamabunta said dismissively. Truth be told, he didn't like these meetings. They were a chore to go through, with him having to listen to each and every one of their reports. But being the toad chief that he was, it was to be expected from him.
But before the first toad could speak up, they were hit with a sudden wave of malice filled chakra. They all turned to where the wave originated, from Gamajin's place, and found the martial arts master breathing heavily and releasing wave after wave of red chakra. This was enough to raise everyone's guard as they all jumped away from the toad.
Gamabunta however, stayed where he was, though he had his sword drawn and was ready to bounce at a moments notice.
"Gamajin, what's wrong?!" He all but spat at the toad. The toad however, just raised his hand in a stop manner.
"D-don't! I feel a sudden rise in my bloodlust, I have no idea what's happening. But don't get to close. I need to get this under control!" Gamajin shouted. Gamabunta was apprehensive, before he nodded his head and jumped back towards the other toads, who all had their individual weapons drawn as well.
They watched as Gamajin started to breath heavily. They watched as he out a bellowing roar, and they watched as he disappeared in a cloud of white smoke, confusing all of them as to what happened.
Gamabunta frowned as he watched what happened. That didn't normally happen, and they hadn't seen anything like that happen. This was the first case of a berserk summoning.
However, though he was frowning, he wasn't the least bit concerned about Gamajin. Out of all the toads, he had the most reigns on his emotions. He would never go berserk unless you pushed him too far. And even then, he would still hold back. It just showed how disciplined toad martial arts master are. And Gamabunta was confident about Gamajin pulling through.
He however, had a whole lot of toads panicking again. And he sure as hell didn't have time for them to be panicking.
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White smoke erupted from the ground, covering a large part of the Naruto's side. Jiraiya and the two toad sages only watched in anticipation as to who Naruto summoned.
They waited in bated breath as the cloud started to dissipate, showing the silhouette of a giant toad who seemed to be wearing a long head band on his forehead and was standing on its hind legs with its arms crossed. On top of the shadow, was Naruto's form, his cloak still surrounding him as he stood in a slightly leaning forward manner.
As the smoke finally disappeared. Jiraiya and the two toad sages eyes almost bugged out of their sockets. There, standing in front of the Shukaku was definitely a toad. But the slightly furred skin, the fox ears, and the red cloak surrounding it told them otherwise.
The toad was as tall as Gamabunta, but it seemed to grow taller because it stood tall on its hind legs. Towering over the Shukaku by a good ten feet. The toad's furred arms were crossed over its open martial arts obi, showing off its slightly furred chest.
Naruto was standing on top of its head, his red cloak of chakra almost invisible inside the giant toads own red cloak of chakra.
After a few seconds, the toad's closed eyes slowly opened. Revealing them to be red and slitted just like Naruto's. Jiraiya was gaping like a fish, while Shima and Fukasaku were trying hard to reign in their own individual surprise.
There, standing in all his transformed glory, was the one and only master of Mizukaki ken no sutairu (Webbed Fist style), Gamajin.
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Though he was initially surprised at seeing a whole new toad below him. Naruto managed to shake the feeling of surprise and replaced it with a confident smirk.
"Hey, big toad sensei!" Naruto shouted from atop the toad's head. The toad looked up and looked at Naruto's small form.
"So. You are my summoner. Were you the one also responsible for my transformation?" The toad asked. Naruto however, just looked at him confused.
"Transformation? You mean you didn't look like this before I summoned you?" He asked, genuine confusion in his voice. The toad nodded his head, before Naruto narrowed his eyes.
'Hey fuzzball! Does your chakra affect my summons too?' Naruto asked inwardly, he heard the Kyuubi snort in exasperation.
'Of course it does kit. When you summon, you use the chakra currently in your body. And depending on who's is more dominant, yours or mine. The jutsu will react accordingly. When you summoned that boss toad Gamabunta, you were using more of your chakra then mine. And when you summoned that small old toad, you were using another form of chakra using nature. And when you summoned this toad, you were using my chakra. Hence the supposed transformation.' The Kyuubi explained. Naruto only hummed in response as he turned back to the toad he was on.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that. Sorry if you don't like it." He apologized, garnering a small chuckle from the giant toad.
"Apologies are not needed Ritoru gakusei. As long as it is not permanent, then we have no problems." The toad said. Naruto grinned as he looked forward at the standing Shukaku, and he was slightly surprised to find that he had to look down to see it.
"Name's Naruto Uzumaki. Will you lend me your hand?" Naruto asked as he looked down at the Shukaku's aggressive form. He heard the toad chuckle.
"Of course, what kind of summon am I to deny my summoner? Get ready Ritoru gakusei Naruto, this will be a fight for the history books." The toad said as he readied himself into a wide stance.
The toad's knees were slightly bended outwards in opposite positions. Giving the toad an awkward looking leg stance. And while the legs were bended apart, his webbed right hand was raised just above the toad's right eye, while the left hand was sideways, and just below his jaw. All in all, he looked like a drunken man about to fight, but his stance seemed to radiate hidden power and finesse. Which slightly unnerved Naruto.
And before Naruto knew it, he and the toad were in front of the Shukaku. With the toad's left hand buried in the Shukaku's stomach. The Shukaku let out a howl of pain as the fist buried itself deeper in its stomach. And finally, at the apex of the punch, the force of the punch finally caught up, and launched the Shukaku into the air.
The Shukaku shot backwards, barreling and skidding across the ground and toppling buildings in its wake. Finally, after demolishing countless buildings, he was stopped by the village's wall.
With a resounding crash, the Shukaku crashed into the wall, giving it a rather large crater.
Naruto watched all this happen from the top of the toad's head, and he whistled at the sight.
"Wow! That was amazing Gama-sensei! You just blew him away! That was awesome Dattebayo!" Naruto shouted excitedly. The toad however, just closed his eyes and let a small smirk appear on his face.
"Yes it was. I am amazed myself at the force behind that punch. This transformation you gave me is quite useful. Though the increased bloodlust is irksome, I can manage to hold it down. But were it not for my training, I would have succumbed to the bloodlust sooner rather than later." The toad explained as he readied back into his stance.
"Oh, well, guess I'm just lucky huh? But please Gama-sensei. Can you keep the damage to a minimum? This village is my home, and I don't want it destroyed by me defending it." Naruto asked, to which the Toad only nodded.
Naruto smirked at the answer. He stood up straight on the toad's head. Ready to start the fight and get the seal onto Gaara's body. Before he seemed to remember something.
"Hey, I didn't catch your name Gama-sensei. Can I ask what it is?" Naruto asked as he looked down on the toad, who only allowed a small smile to appear on his face.
"My name is of no importance, however, if you so desire to know my name. I will gladly tell you, so long as you prove yourself in this fight. Prove to me that you are indeed worthy of being my summoner Naruto Uzumaki, and I will gladly answer." Were the toad's words.
Naruto smirked at that. He faced forward again, to the steadily recovering Shukaku. And his smirk grew wider.
"Then let's get wild!"
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For the Rise before Dusk readers. The next chapter is almost done, but may take awhile before I post it. Don't worry though it will be posted this month.
Next chapter is the conclusion of the Shukaku and Naruto fight. And maybe the Hiruzen, Danzo and Orochimaru one as well.
And by next chapter, I mean chapter 6. Not the review reply chapter in the next page.
More fighting. Ugh. I don't necessarily hate writing them, but I feel like they're not as good as they can be. If anyone can point out if they're good or not (Thanks by the way to MantaCat for the slight shout out to my fighting scenes being detailed. But I'm still not convinced.) That would be a big help.
The next page in this fic is a review reply chapter. So if you don't read those, you can just ignore it.
See you in the next page. But just in case I don't.
C.O.Y.L Out, Peace!