Chapter 506: 471. Battle of Wits Part-3
"ATSUI!"
Samui yells Atsui's name in horror as the latter disappears within the sealing gourd Benihisago.
"There's an old saying- Silence is Golden! The mouth is the source of calamity. Right, Ginkaku?"
"Yes, of course, Kinkaku!" Ginkaku smirks as his body fades away.
"What? An illusion!" The group's eyes narrow as they try to figure out Ginkaku's location.
Splash… Whoosh… Swish… swish…
Suddenly, a figure leaps out of the water and grabs Samui's hands.
"This is what happens when you can't keep your mouth shut. Words are used to lies. They're merely tools for deceiving people." Ginkaku binds Samui's body in an armlock and stares at the Ino-Shiko-Cho trio.
Kinkaku calmly stares at the trio as his schemes succeed.
'Out of these five, that brash man and this blonde girl are the most dangerous. These three little kids are good but they aren't a concern combat prowess-wise.'
"Now, don't move a muscle or this girl will get it!" Kinkaku leaps towards them with Shichiseiken.
Suddenly,
Shoom…
A powerful suction force acts upon Samui's body and pulls her within the sealing gourd Benihisago.
"SAMUI-SAAANN! How could this be?" Ino's eyes widen in shock.
"She didn't utter any word in the past few minutes. So, how could she…" Ino's lips tremble.
"I see. I understand it, a bit now." Shikamaru stares at the sealing gourd within Ginkaku's arm.
"The spirit soul word has two conditions to activate. It activates when you utter your most spoken word within your lifetime. But there is also another hidden condition. If the person who is cursed didn't speak any word within a certain time limit, the curse will activate on its own and seal the victim." Shikamaru concludes.
"You are pretty smart for a Konoha shinobi! You figured something that none of the shinobi we encountered before could, not even the Second Hokage from your village."
A vicious smile appears on Kinkaku's body as she slashes Shichiseiken toward Shikamaru's head.
"I am sorry, Samui-san!"
Shikamaru raises his head and pulls his finger.
Fwish… Fwish…
A network of shadows appears on the surface of the sea and binds Kinkaku and Ginkaku in a place. Kinkaku's blade stops a foot away from Shikamaru's neck.
A bead of sweat trickles down Shikamaru's head.
"That was a bit close!"
<Shadow Sewing Jutsu>
Multiple sharp needles pierce through Kinkaku's and Ginkaku's bodies.
"Izumi-san, now!"
Shoom….
A figure leaps out of the water behind Ginkaku.
"Kenjutsu: Decapitating Moon Slash
Slash… slash…
Izumi wields her katana and chops off both of Ginkaku's arms.
Fwoosh… Fwoosh…
She snatches the Benihisago and Bashōsen from his severed arm.
"GIINNKAKKUUU!!"
Kinkaku's eye turn red. He riles up his chakra and the shadow shackles around him begin to crack.
"CHOJI, INO! QUICK!"
Shikamaru's face turn red as he barely holds himself.
Crack… crack… crack…
The various kunais and shuriken, he laid down on the ground in preparation for his technique, slowly begins to shatter from the sheer pressure of Kinkaku's chakra.
During the battle against the Gold and silver brothers, Shikamaru threw random shurikens and kunais toward them as a distraction. Everyone thought those attacks were there for distraction. However, Shikamaru's real aim was to lay down the formation from the very start.
"On it!"
Slash… slash…
Both Ino and Choji wield a blade and severs each of Kinkaku's arms. Ino grabs the Shichiseiken blade while Choji kicks away the Kōkinjō rope toward Ginkaku.
Ginkaku, who has just regenerated his arm and is broken free from Shikamaru's binding, is hit by the Kinkaku's arm.
"Shimata!! I touched the Kōkinjō."
"Izumi-san, here!"
Swoosh…
Ino tosses the Shichiseiken blade toward Izumi.
"No, you!"
Ginkaku riles up his chakra and dashes towards the Shichiseiken blade to secure it.
SHIING…
"GENJUTSU: SHARINGAN,"
Izumi activates her Mangekyo Sharingan and casts a powerful genjutsu on Ginkaku. The genjutsu led to a brief pause in Ginkaku's movement. The latter immediately dispels it with his potent chakra. However, this slight window of time is enough for Izumi to close the gap.
She grabs Shichiseiken's blade in one hand and Benihisago in another hand. Izumi has already stored away the Bashōsen fan.
FSHOOM…
Both Treasured tools drain a large amount of Izumi's chakra.
"I can't use them on my own. Since that's the case…"
Clang… clang…
Izumi shatters the bracelet around her wrist. The bracelet releases a large amount of nature energy upon shattering. Izumi directs this nature energy towards the two treasured tools to act as their energy source.
"I will apologize to Izuna Nee-san later for breaking the gift he gave me."
She turns around and dashes toward Ginkaku.
"If I recall it currently, it was something like this." She holds the Shichiseiken blade and chants.
"Bind and Draw out!"
ARGH… BLEURGH…
Ginkaku holds his stomach in pain. His chest expands outward and a transparent shade escapes from his mouth.
"SEVER! Curse him, Shichiseiken!"
Izumi slashes Shichiseiken and severs the transparent shade in half.
"Record him, Benihisago!"
A powerful suction force acts upon the severed spirit word soul and pulls it into the sealing gourd.
"Everything went according to my calculation!"
Whoosh…
Shikamaru jumps back and retreats as Kinkaku breaks free from his binding and lunges toward him.
Izumi holds Shichiseiken in her hand and glances at Ginkaku.
"It's time to say goodbye!"
A trace of horror appears on Ginkaku's face.
"Help me, Kinkaku!" He screams Kinkaku's name.
"Checkmate!"
Izumi turns the flat side of Shichiseiken's blade towards Ginkaku to reveal his most spoken word which happens to be the name of his elder brother, Kinkaku.
SHOOM…
A powerful suction force acts upon Ginkaku's Edo body and drags out his soul. The husk of the shinobi used to revive Ginkaku withers and disperses into dust.
"GIIINNKKAKKUUU!!"
Kinkaku screams with red eyes.
<SUPER MULTI EXPANSION JUTSU: Spiked Human Bullet Tanks>
BOOM…
A giant shadow falls from the sky and drowns Kinkaku with it.
"Let's quickly seal him up before he creates more trouble!" Shikamaru quickly signals the members of the sealing team.
Burble… Burble…
Suddenly, the seawater below them begins to boil.
BANG…
Choji is sent flying out of the ocean. He shrinks back to his normal size and crash lands on the ground. Choji passes out from the concussion. There is a fist mark on his chest.
"Choji!"
Ino hurriedly supports him.
*BOOMM*
A pillar of water rises from the seabed. Intense waves ripple out from the pillar and push away the surrounding water. The pillar of water evaporates quickly to reveal a dense red pillar of chakra.
"WHY YOUUU… HOW DARE YOUUU!!!"
Kinkaku is standing within the dense pillar of red chakra. His eyes glow with a yellow light and the entire pillar of chakra converges on his body.
"SHIMATA!"
Shikamaru immediately recognizes the transformation.
"EVERYONE, RUN!" He warns everyone and grabs Choji's body with Ino's help and runs away from the battlefield.
"What a drag! Who would have expected him to transform into the Version Two form of a tailed beast, Jinchuriki? His transformation looks exactly like Naruto's."
He turns around and notices version two Kinkaku lift his palm.
Shoom…
Kinkaku's palm magnifies in size from the exertion of the chakra. He slams down a giant palm on the surface of the sea.
"HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO GINKAKU…?!"
ROOOAARR…
The powerful impact from the slam generates huge tidal waves measuring up to twenty meters in height.
"I will help!"
Haku, who just arrived at the battlefield, stares at the giant tidal wave. He makes a series of hand signs.
"Ice Release: Great Ice Wall,"
He freezes the rapidly approaching wave with his ice release. However,
BANG!!
A giant tail of chakra shatters the ice wall and strikes Haku.
"Ice Release: Ice Dome of Absolute Protection,"
Haku encases his body into a dense ice crystal. Kinkaku's tail strikes his body and sends him flying.
BANG…
Haku slams into a nearby boulder. Numerous cracks appear on the crystal around his body.
Crack… crack… bang…
The ice crystal shatters into several fragments and Haku falls to the ground.
"HAKU!"
Zabuza swiftly flickers beside him and supports him.
"Nothing will happen to him. He's fine!" Izumi also flickers beside him and glances at the rampaging Kinkaku.
"I am fine, Zabuza!"
Haku brushes up his clothes and stands up.
"I was a bit careless! I didn't expect him to strike so hard."
Phew…
Zabuza heaves a sigh of relief and glances at the rampaging monster.
"That's a jinchuruki!" He remarks.
"You know about them?!" Haku asks him in surprise as the latter reminds him of Naruto.
"Of course, I had even fought against a real-tailed beast." Zabuza nods as he recalls his experience with the three-tails.
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Suddenly, within the allied Shinobi headquarters,
Shoom…
A giant bubble appears on top of the water-sensing sphere.
"What's this time?" Shikaku closely stares at the giant bubble.
"It's the Nine-tails chakra!"
The sensor shinobi gulps his saliva and reports.
"WHAT?!"
Chapter 507: 472. Battle for Friends
A few hours earlier in a temple at Genbu Island,
"Yo-Yo Naruto! Just focus your chakra with a mix of blue and some red hue."
"Ugh… but that doesn't explain anything!"
Naruto scratches his head as he collects dense red and blue orbs of tailed-beast chakra in his Kurama Chakra cloak.
"Kurama, I already have you to fire a tailed-beast bomb whenever I need it. So, why must I learn to make one while in the chakra mode?"
The balance of blue and red dense chakra orbs in Naruto's hand disrupts and the unstable orb glows with a bright hue.
"AH! It's about to explode!"
Naruto hurriedly tosses it out towards the sky.
BOOM…
A powerful explosion goes off in the sky and the entire island shudders from the shockwaves.
ROAR…
A loud roar echoes in their ears. Naruto blocks his hands with his ear while Bee takes our earplugs and inserts them in his ear.
"What was that noise?" Naruto enquires.
"It's the turtle of this giant island. The explosions woke it up from its sleep." Bee informs him.
"Huh! You mean this entire island is on the back of a turtle?" Naruto enquires with wide eyes.
"That's exactly what I mean!" Bee nods his head.
"Look, you can even hear his heartbeat if you pull your ear closer to the ground." Bee lies down on the ground.
"Woah! Amazing!" Naruto copies Bee's movement and places his ears against the ground.
Lubdub…
A faint sound of a heartbeat reverberates throughout the entire island.
"I can hear it!" Naruto nods his head in fascination.
Ahem!
Kurama and Gyuki clear their throat to pull their attention.
"Naruto, any way you must learn this technique since that's what your Izuna-nii san expects from you. Before he left, he specifically instructed me to oversee your training. If you give up now, then your Nii-san will be disappointed in you." Kurama sighs and feigns helplessness.
"What? Really?! Naruto's eyes widen slightly.
"Yes, of course! I have no reason to lie to you." Kurama nods his head.
"Kurama, transfer some of your chakra, and let's continue to practice." Naruto pumps his fist.
"Yay! That's the way, Naruto." Bee fists bump with Naruto.
Naruto continues to experiment with the dense blue and red chakra.
He practices for another hour with three more explosions that annoy the Genbu turtle even further.
"Hehe… I will apologize to him later." Naruto scratches his head.
He extends his hand out and creates a Rasengan.
"Hmm… Kurama, Dad created Rasengan based on the tailed-beast bomb, right?"
"That's true! But his earlier iteration was quite unstable, similar to your attempts. I saw the entire process with my eyes." Kurama nods at him.
"However, it was your Izuna Nii-san who recommended Minato to add rotation to the chakra to stabilize it," Kurama adds.
"Hmm… Then what if I also add rotation to these positive black chakra and negative red chakra? I have got the right proportion down to Eight portions of Black chakra and two portions of red chakra. However, the jutsu is unstable. What if I decrease the proportion of black chakra by a little and increase the proportion of red chakra at the same time while adding rotation to the chakra?" Naruto inquires.
"That's worth a try!" Kurama ponders for a second and nods his head.
"Alright!"
Naruto takes a deep breath and extends both his hands. He gathers the black chakra in one hand and the red chakra in the other hand.
"Rotation!"
Naruto slowly gathers the black and red chakra and adds rotation to it. The black and red chakra slowly coalesces into a sphere.
"It's working!" Naruto yelps in surprise.
Soon, a stable orb of Black and Red chakra appears in Naruto's palm.
"It's heavy!" Naruto almost drops the orb, much to Bee and Gyuki's horror.
Naruto lifts it up in his palm and stares at the revolving chakra within the orb.
"What should I call it? It's a Rasengan but also a tailed-beast Bomb." Naruto ponders.
"Then what about 'Super Mini-Tailed beast Rasengan'?" Bee suggests a name.
Gyuki stares at him and sighs. He turns towards Kurama but is confused to see the latter with a similar expression. Soon enough,
"Wow! That's a super cool name, Octo Pops." Naruto gives a thumbs-up to Bee.
"What's with this idiotic Duo?" Gyuki sighs helplessly.
"Alright, Naruto! Let's test the power of this new jutsu?" An octopus tentacle pops out of Bee's back and pulls a lever on the walls of the temple.
The liver activates a contraption that reveals a hidden chamber.
"Alright, you can throw your jutsu inside that room!" Bee signals to Naruto.
"Umm… will it be alright if throw this in there? I mean… won't be…"
Naruto makes the gesture of an explosion.
"It's fine! There are several powerful barrier formations inside that room. Bee also used to train his tailed beast transformation within that room." Gyuki assures him.
"Alright!" Naruto tosses the Super mini-tailed beast Rasengan into the room.
A few seconds later,
BOOM…
A flash of bright light and the sound of a dull explosion echoes within the walls of the temple. A few seconds later, smoke escapes from the confinement of the room.
A fuinjutsu formation appears on the outer walls of the room.
"Huh! This fuinjutsu formation…"
"Hmm… that's a pretty nifty technique!" Bee nods his head and pens down something in his small notebook.
"I even got the inspiration for my song from this."
"Bee, you idiot! Naruto's attack broke the isolation formation of this temple."
Suddenly, an influx of chakra from various senses overwhelms Naruto's heightened sense of perception.
"This chakra…"
Naruto closes his eyes as he senses several chakra signatures engaged in a battle.
"What… what's going on?" Naruto's expression changes as he closes his eyes and analyses the sudden influx of information.
"Sigh… it's too late. The cat is out of the bag!" Kurama shakes his head as he also sensed what Naruto sensed earlier.
Naruto sits down with his legs crossed and soon enters into Senjutsu mode.
A few minutes later, he opens his eyes and a bright glow flashes past his eyes.
"My friends… my families…. They are fighting for their lives out there, while here I am…" Naruto clenches his fist.
He walks towards the exit of the temple.
"Yo, Naruto! Where are you going?" Bee questions him.
"Of course, it's obvious. I am going to help them with the war." Naruto speaks with a resolute expression.
"I can't let you go to battle or else I will get the Iron Maiden Grip of my brother!" B crosses his arm.
"Then try to stop me if you can!"
Shoom…
Swoosh…
Naruto's figure flashes with a bright yellow, orange glow. At the same time, Bee also shapes his fist into a hammer and smashes it at Naruto's position.
Fwoosh…
In the next second, Naruto reappears at the entrance of the temple.
"This speed!"
Bee's eyes widen in surprise as a memory flash past his mind.
"Fool Ya Fool! That was really cool!"
Bee shakes his head and chases after Naruto.
Sigh…
Gyuki sighs and shakes his head.
"You are going to get scolded by A again."
"Everything will be Daijoubu! I will somehow convince him." Bee gives a thumbs up.
Outside the Temple,
"Naruto, Stop!"
A group of shinobis from Konoha attempts to stop Naruto outside the temple.
"So, those peeping eyes… it was you guys!" Naruto glares at the group.
"Huh! Iruka-sensei! What are you doing here?" Naruto recognizes Iruka within the group.
"Naruto, please return inside! I can't allow you to walk out of this room." Iruka shakes his head.
"Sensei, but my friends…"
Sigh…
Iruka sighs and speaks.
"Naruto, Akatsuki wants to capture you and Lord Bee. It's for this reason they have waged a war on the shinobi world. The rest of the villagers and shinobi are fighting to protect you both. So, please don't let their sacrifice go to waste." Iruka attempts to convince Naruto.
"Iruka, why did you?"
"It's fine! He has already sensed the situation in the war." Iruka shakes his head.
"Iruka-sensei! What if I tell you, you can't stop me?"
"Then I will at least give it a try?"
Iruka takes a step forward and activates the restrictive fuinjutsu formation on the floor of the temple. The sealing jutsu binds Naruto in a place.
Naruto glances at the sealing formation and shakes his head.
"It's not enough to stop me."
"At least we can try!" Iruka smiles dryly as the very next moment Naruto shatters the seal with his overwhelming chakra.
Shoom…
His figure disappears from their vision.
"Damn it! I have to inform the rest." One of the shinobi takes out a communicator and informs the barrier division outside the temple.
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