FOURTEEN
Ame: Part IV
"We don't have a lot of time to watch this guy and see how he fights," Jiraiya said to the toad, "We've got to hit him full force from the start!" Jiraiya pulled up his sleeves, then bit both wrists to drawn on the markings around his eyes. Then he spread the rest of the blood on his hands and clapped them together, "I'm going into Sennin mode."
"You don't mean…" the toad started.
"Oh, you better believe it! I'm calling on the two great Sennin!" Jiraiya smirked, "You are going to have to buy me some time until I finish!"
"Alright, I know I am clumsy but I will give it my best shot," the toad explained.
Suddenly the orange haired man jumped into the mouth of the chameleon. The large creature closed his mouth, making the man disappear, then the large creature himself disappear.
"He disappeared?" Jiraiya furrowed his eyebrows, "Damn, that throws a wrench into things. Where'd he find a thing like that anyways?"
"If he's invisible, we'll need a barrier," the toad said.
"Yep, it will be tough to fight him without one," Jiraiya agreed as he jumped up and clapped his feet together, then landed again. A barrier appeared and started to expand covering Jiraiya, then the toad and then the area where they were fighting. If the barrier were to reach the chameleon, Jiraiya would know Pein's position immediately. Apparently Pein knew that as well and switched to an attack type summon.
A three-headed dog appeared and headed straight for Jiraiya and Gamaken. The dog was normal except for the fact his eyes were Rinnegan and each head a spike in the nose. The dog tried to attack the toad several times but was blocked each time. Trying to get an advantage, the toad moved to a move open area and now hung on a pipe.
"They multiply every time I hit one," Jiraiya thought out loud, "I have no idea what to expect now…"
Now standing before the white haired man was a ten headed dog perched on another building. The dog continued to roar. Suddenly the dog pushed off he building he was standing on and launched at Jiraiya. To everyone's surprise the dog split into ten different dogs. The toad fought them off as much as he could, but when one dog tried to strike from above the toad pushed off the building.
While he was in mid air a large bird came soaring down aimed right at him. The toad managed to block him by holding up his plate-like shield. The bird's beak slapped right in the center of the shield knocking the toad back down. The toad and Jiraiya laid on the bottom of the large towers.
"When I try to attack their master he vanishes," Jiraiya thought out loud again, "He keeps using summoned animals to hide himself… doesn't that seem a little strange, Gamaken?"
"I'm a little slow, so I wouldn't know," the toad replied.
As a kid the eyes of the Sage of the Six Paths enabled him to master any technique I taught him. But on top of that it allowed him to do something totally unprecedented in the shinobi world, he was able to master the use all six chakra manipulations completely by himself. He's processed the ability to use any type of ninjutsu since he was 10 years old, so why…why is he only using summoning!
Jiraiya turned and noticed a large Ox standing to his left. The ox was normal except for the fact that he also had Rinnegan eyes and large black spikes.
Is he trying to say that he doesn't need to fight directly?
"Gamaken, leave me! I can handle things from here," Jiraiya ordered as the Ox started to charge at him.
"I'm sorry," Gamaken said as he disappeared in a puff of smoke.
The Ox slammed into the wall of pipes as the toad disappeared. The Ox stood for a moment, then there was a large explosion sending the Ox flying. In the whole that was left, three sets of eyes could be seen.
"Damn it boy! Why do you have to call on us when you're in some wild ramage? No wonder, Bunta is always so mad atcha!" a starchy female voice hollered from inside the hole.
"Aw don't say that, ma! I'm sure Jiraiya-boy had a good reason!"
"Shuddap, Pa!"
"I'm sorry to call so suddenly when its been so long," Jiraiya's voice came from the hole.
"By the way boy, didn't you say you hate this form? Cuz' the girls won't like it?"
"Don't have a choice right now. I am up against the Rinnegan after all," Jiraiya explained.
"Oh the Rikudou's eyes? I always thought there never were such a thing!"
"There is, so please lend me your powers," Jiraiya asked, "Here we go."
Jiraiya stepped through the large hole revealing the two toads that now set on his shoulder.
"You really need to learn how to use Sennin mode on your own, boy."
"I know but I am still a tadpole compared to you two," Jiraiya explained.
Jiraiya's look had changed. His eyes were now completely ringed red with the large red stripe now thicker. There was a second red stripe that went from the corner of his eyes then across his cheekbones. He also had a beard as well. His nose was the most dramatic facial feature change. It was large and covered with warts almost like toad.
"So, where's this guy with the Rikudou's eyes? I don't see nobody!" the male frog said.
"Our eyes are failing us in old age, Pa!" the female exclaimed.
"Its not your fault. He is hiding in a summoned animal that can blend in with its surroundings, essentially turning himself invisible," Jiraiya explained.
"Something like a chameleon ya mean?" the female asked.
"Yea, I've already put up a barrier but…" Jiraiya started before he was interrupted.
"This ain't gonna get us nowhere! If yer looking for a livin creature, we'll find it in no time!" the female explained as she placed her fingers in a ram sign.
"Don't strain yourself, Ma. You'll only give yourself more wrinkles," the male said.
"Shaddap, Pa!"
"By the way, Jiraiya-boy, I realize you need our help fighting him, because he is so tough, but why are you fighting him in the first place?" the male frog asked.
"Well for starters, he's a former student of mine," Jiraiya started catching both frogs attention.
"Its not Naruto-boy, is it?" the female asked.
"No, its not," Jiraiya shook his head, "I'll explain him later."
"Good, I always like that boy," the male nodded.
"Then who is it? Does this mean he's the destined child?" the female asked.
"Then why are you fighting him?" the male asked.
"Unfortunately, this man didn't grow to be the man I hoped he would, plus I heard rumors that he died and convince myself that it couldn't be my student," Jiraiya explained.
"What ever the case, if he didn't turn out right, we need to kill em!" the male stated.
"Oh, that prophecy was just that old toad ramblin on and on, like always!" the female said, "Anyways lets get em!"
The female toad opened her mouth and a snake like creature came out. The snake sniffed around for a moment, "Found'em" then the snake was sucked back into the female toads mouth, but before it went all the way in, it shot back out again. It wrapped around an invisible object. The bumps on the snake started spurting out liquid. The invisible object suddenly became visible. The chameleon started struggling and then it was thrown on to the ground.
The male frog suddenly shot out his tongue and cut through the pipes behind the chameleon and then the chameleon himself. With a large puff of smoke the creature disappeared, leaving only an orange haired man standing there.
"So, that's the Rinnegan eh? Just like the legend tells," the female noticed.
"What a wrenched sight. So he's the destined child," the male agreed.
The man suddenly brought his hands together and summoned two other people. Both men were wearing Akatsuki cloaks. One had long orange hair falling down his back. The other had short orange hair that was pulled back into a small ponytail. Both were wearing slashed threw Rain Hitais and had several piercings just like the first.
Human Summons?
"Your the one who is going to cause the destruction of the world," Jiraiya stated, "And it's my duty as your teacher to stop you!"
"Three? Three people with the Rinnegan?" Ma yelled.
"There must be come trick behind his jutsu…" Pa thought out loud.
"This had ta happen round dinner… now were gonna be here all night…" Ma complained.
"Forget dinner, Ma! We gotta focus on the enemy here!" Pa said.
"Excuse me!" Ma replied.
"Time for me to make my move!" Jiraiya interrupted, "Prepare for the full "Sennin-mode" pre-fight ritual!"
"Prepare for the force of my ninjutsu back with the ultimate senjutsu! Behold the brilliant glow of my angelic halo! The Gallant Jiraiya…"
Suddenly the two frogs sitting on his shoulder punched both sides of his face to shut him up.
"Quit shoutin in my ear, damn it!" the female and male yelled in harmony.
Why does someone always have to ruin my poses?
"Lets hurry up and finish this kid! I gotta put dinner on!" Ma exclaimed.
"Would ya forget dinner, ma? We gotta worry about this guy's eyes! Stay focused! He can use the most powerful eye techniques in the world!" Pa requested.
"Shut yer trap! I'm the one making dinner every day! Its been tough bein' a housewife! Ya know! Ya old senile fart!" Ma yelled.
"The hell's your problem woman! Here I'm worrying about ya and yer still mouthing off!" Pa yelled back.
I wish they'd quit yelling in my ears…
Jiraiya suddenly took off towards one of the three men standing in front of them. When he reached him, he threw a kick towards the man's head and made him slid backwards into the concrete destruction.
"Very nice," the original orange haired man commented.
"Enough with the marital strife. Its time to take him down," Pa yelled.
"Fine, I'll just fry something up! Kid you bring your oil. Pa you fan the flames!" Ma yelled.
"Sounds good," Jiraiya agreed.
"Yeah," Pa agreed.
Both frogs and Jiraiya sucked in and gathered their chakra in their mouths to prepare for their jutsu. The sudden modification to their appearance caught the main man's attention. All three blew out the chakra they had gathered. Pa's was wind while Jiraiya's was oil and Ma's was fire. The larger man stepped in front of the group and put his hands up to the oil/ fire/ wind combination. The mixture of chakra disappeared leaving the three orange haired men untouched.
"He got rid of the oil?" Jiriaya asked to no one in particular.
"More like he ate it," Ma tried to answer.
"Looks like he's got some tricks up his sleeve," Pa commented.
Jiraya kicked off both of his red sandals as his feet and hands started changing. They became more frogs like. His teeth became sharper and the red on his face became more blatant. He got down on all fours with a determined look on his face.
"Then we'll figure it out close combat," Jiraiya explained as he pushed off the wall behind him and took off.
The white hair Sennin created the fourth's signature move with a twist.
"Chou- Oodama- Rasengan!" Jiraiya exclaimed as the very large blue sphere supposedly landed on the largest of the three men.
The large man held both of his hands up to the large sphere as white circles surrounded both of his hands, then encased his entire body. The large Rasengan started to disappear slowly into the man it seemed.
Damn it! He absorbed the entire attack! That how the oil…!
"6 o'clock!" Ma suddenly yelled.
Jiraiya turned to his left to see the other orange haired man about to attack. Pa pulled out a couple of smoke bombs and threw them, giving them a cover to attack instead. Using Sennin mode, Jiraiya found the man and tried to punch him from behind, but he was stopped.
What? He can't even see my Sennin mode attacks and he's still…
Using the smoke as a cover Jiraiya moved so that he was standing behind the main man of the three. He also summoned another toad to keep the man distracted as he tried to attack.
Senpou- Kebari senbon!" Jiraiya yelled as his long white hair turned into needles and shot towards the main man.
Just as the senbon needles were about to reach him, he summed a large panda like creature to take all the needles. With a puff of smoke, the panda disappeared, leaving the man unscathed.
He doesn't make a single wasted movement. The attack came directly from behind… he should've tired to dodged it but instead he summoned a shield to protect his back. But how is he doing it? Not once, but twice…without speaking or making contact. Even if all three are chakra-sensing types, without actually seeing the attack they shouldn't be able to defend themselves to efficiently. And the Kebari senbon is my fasted attack that covers such a wide range. His only possible defense would've been to use a shield and he did just that? But he made the decision without even seeing the attack…
"Them guys ain't just regular clones, huh?" Jiraiya said out loud.
"Guess that's whatcha meant when ya said there was some trick to 'em eh, Jiraiya-chan?" Ma asked.
"Ya notice it yet?" Pa asked.
"Notice what?" Jiraiya replied.
"When we got that guy from behind earlier, we were in his blind side spot and you came in swingin'. The whole time the other guys were watchin' very carefully," Pa explained.
"Yes, I noticed that too," Jiraiya agreed.
"And yet they don't make a sound at each other, didn't look like they gave and signal at all," Pa continued, "Then… it must be their eyes! They all got the same eyes! "If all three of them are watching; the same target…"
"Then they all see the target from three points of view simultaneously… so that's it" Jiraiya finished for him.
"Yep, probably…" Pa nodded.
"…But what are they?" Jiraiya asked to no one in particular.