Chapter 106: Chapter no.105
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"Natsuki! How much chakra do you have left?" Naruto yelled to the redhead that was kneeling on another tree branch several yards away.
Natsuki's attention suddenly drifted to the person she wanted to acknowledge her more than anything. Did he still care about her?
"I have about half of my regular reserves!...I could probably tap into some of the Kyuubi's chakra if needed, but even so I won't last too long in a prolonged fight."
Naruto expected this. Even as a jinchuriki, the girl didn't have the same chakra reserves or chakra regeneration that he did. That didn't mean she couldn't be of use here, he had already come up with a plan to restrain the insane jinchuriki below.
"Natsuki, look into my eyes!" Naruto commanded and the girl did just that.
'Sharingan: Genjutsu.' In a split second Naruto implanted all of the specifics of his plan into Natsuki's head so that she could play her own part. Naruto was a master of the sharingan. He couldn't pull forth things like the Susanoo, Ameterasu, or Tsukuyomi, but his sharingan was the strongest to exist since Madara Uchiha's. He could do things like casting powerful genjutsu or transferring the memories of a plan that they were about to execute with ease.
Just as Gaara was about to charge up a tree to reach his opponents' level, golden chakra chains erupted from the tree trunk all around his, successfully binding him to the tree and limiting his mobility. Not a moment later did four of Naruto's Kage Bunshins (Shadow Clones) drop down from the treetops above and cling onto Gaara's immobile form for dear life. 'Bunshin Daibakuha (Great Clone Explosion!' Each of the four clones detonated into a large explosion, destroying the majority of Gaara's sand armor.
This was the moment of truth, to see if their plan would end this...or if it would lead to something far worse.
Naruto placed his palms forward as the glowed green. "Hotarubi (Firefly Lights)." Small green balls of light floated down from his position in the treetops to Gaara's level, filling up the entire clearing. "Hidaruma (Fiery Doll)." Within the span of a single second, all of those lights converged onto Gaara's form and exploded on impact creating a large fire around the tree. This time it didn't just hit sand armor, but Gaara's actual body.
Loud cries of agony could be heard for a few moments before they subsided. Naruto hoped that was the end of that, but his Kunbunshoku Haki didn't lie. He swiftly grabbed Natsuki with one arm before jumping across the clearing into another tree. It was perfect timing too, because just as they did, a massive arm of sand shot up into the air with the intent to crush them.
Naruto looked back at the position that they were in moments ago and saw that Gaara was quickly turning the surrounding earth into sand and converging it onto his form. In mere seconds, Naruto was looking up at the actual bijuu-sized Shukaku.
"Tanuki Neiri no Jutsu (Feigning Sleep Jutsu)!"
'Oh now that doesn't sound good.' Naruto thought to himself as he watched Gaara collapse from where he was merged with Shukaku's forehead and an immense surge of chakra flooded the area.
"I'm back baby!" A booming voice yelled maniacally.
"Well this looks bad...It seems that Gaara has released the full power of the Shukaku." Naruto told Natsuki as he set her down.
"Shukaku?" Natsuki asked with a tilt of her head. "What is a Shukaku?"
Naruto could only sigh at how foolish and uninformed the shinobi and kunoichi of today were. Did everyone think that the Bijuu were just masses of chakra without minds of their own? How naïeve. And what is worse is that even kages think this way.
"It doesn't matter at the moment, I'll tell you about it later. No doubt you'll have a lot of questions." Naruto spoke with absolute seriousness in his voice. "For now you need to get out of the area, you'll only get in the way if you remain here."
Natsuki appeared to want to fight his orders.
"What! You can't take a Bijuu on by yourself! I can summon Gamabunta to fight him on even ground!"
Naruto looked at Natsuki with the flattest expression he had. "Natsuki, I completely roasted Gamabunta earlier...do you really think he's in any shape to fight right now? Not to mention he probably wouldn't even want to help me."
"But still..."
It appeared that she wasn't going to relent any time soon.
Naruto sighed, knowing that there was really only one way to get her out of here. He opened his right eye once again. "Sharingan: Genjutsu." With just a split second of eye contact, Natsuki felt drowsy and slowly drifted into unconsciousness. With that taken care of, Naruto went through a few hand seals and bit his thumb, drawing blood, and slammed his hand down of the tree branch.
There was a poof of smoke and a medium sized phoenix appeared.
"What can I do for you boss?" The newly summoned phoenix asked.
"I need you to take Natsuki" He pointed to the now unconscious girl, "And take her high into the sky above here. I can't have her interfering or at risk of getting hurt during the battle that is to come. Bring her down after Shukaku is dealt with." Naruto ordered.
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