Bab 115: War (1)

And just as Araki had wanted… The Three Great Villages and Takigakure's allied armies assembled in the Land of Lightning.

From there, they started to make their way towards Konoha. They were planning on making it a strong and swift invasion. To crush Konoha in one go!

All the Jinchuurikis present within the Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Takigakure, and Kirigakure were present in this army. Even some mercenaries had joined them.

Killer Bee was pretty much chilling while rapping and annoying the heck out of his elder brother. His elder brother Ay was resisting the urge to beat the heck out of his little brother.

If only he could be serious at this moment…

Well, he wasn't the only one being annoyed though, the 8-Tailed Bijuu inside of Bee was even more annoyed.

Now… Although the 8 Tailed Bijuu was annoyed, he did like this Jinchuuriki a lot better than others. But he would never admit that to Bee though…

Anyhow… It was the first time many of the Jinchuuriki had met each other. They interacted among themselves…

Iwa had brought the Jinchuurikis of the Four Tailed and the Five Tailed Bijuus.

Kumo had brought the Jinchuurikis of the Two Tailed and Eight Tailed Bijuus.

Kiri had brought the JInchuurikis of the Three Tailed and Six Tailed Bijuus.

And Taki had brought its Seven Tailed Bijuus.

None of these four villages planned to underestimate Konoha. When they had attacked Uzushio, they had seen that a village on the verge of destruction is capable of giving a fierce blow to their enemies.

It would be best to bring out their entire firepower and kill them before Konoha could counter.

It was a simple but effective strategy. Indeed, if all the Jinchuurikis could use Tailed Beast Bombs… Just what could the Konoha do?

The Three Kages of the great villages had decided to fight against Araki. The Jinchuuriki's could fight against the other shinobi of Konoha, including the acting Hokage.

Yet… They had no idea that from the side of Konoha, only a single man was coming.

He was walking with a serene look on his face, his speed wasn't fast or low… Just rather normal.

Not a single ally could be seen near him.

After half a day, these two sides did meet each other.

Were the four Kages shocked upon seeing only Senju Araki? If so… the shock could barely be seen. A fierce wave of intense anger could be seen on their faces… Anger so great that their faces had turned red like a tomato.

He wondered if he should have brought a few tomatoes to compare.

It was the Third Raikage who couldn't hold back his anger and shouted at Araki, "Senju Araki! What is the meaning of this?! Konoha was the one who wanted to have a final frontal battle. Where is the Konoha's army?!"

"Hmm? You think I will allow anyone from Konoha to interfere with my revenge? Besides, it's not like anyone else's presence is required. Initially, I was thinking of sending a Wood Clone to destroy you all… It should have been strong enough to destroy you all. But I thought that revenge is best when taken personally."

He had a ruthless expression on his face as he finally revealed his aura. The overbearing aura was so strong that many of the Shinobi backed away just as this aura crushed their own and nearly brought them to their knees!

Araki's steps were the same as before, calm… not at all slow or in a rush. Yet… As he stepped forward… The Three Village's Allied army felt the pressure on their bodies increasing.

This wasn't a jutsu. This was the pressure from Pure Chakra.

This was the first time they had experienced such a feeling.

The Kages of the Three Great Villages had a grim look as they understood that Araki was not to be underestimated.

At that moment, Araki added, "Just me personally coming here is already giving you quite a lot of face."

This was the last straw…

The Third Raikage disappeared in a flash of Black Lightning.

Not a single shinobi in this Battlefield could have seen him move.

Yet… The second all of them blinked, they saw the Third Raikage was standing near Senju Araki with his fists clenched.

Araki's face had some reddish-brown markings as he held the Third Raikage's punches with that same calm expression as before.

"Are you that eager for death? Well, I guess it can't be helped. I will let go of you this time… Perform better next time, Third Raikage. I have a lot of hope from you." Araki said before giving a kick in the Third Raikage's gut and throwing him back to the Three Village Shinobi Alliance.

The Third Raikage crashed into many Shinobi behind him. These shinobi were quashed once the Third Raikage's body landed on them. They felt many of their bones cracking… Perhaps some of them had become cripples.

Yet… This wasn't the most shocking thing. The one thing which shocked them all was that there was a red mark on the Third Raikage's gut. The markings of the Araki's kick…

This meant that Araki's kick had not only pierced the Lightning Armour but also damaged his otherwise known as 'invincible' flesh!

The Third Raikage slowly got up, he coughed out a little a drops of blood were leaked from his mouth.

The Kumo Shinobi who knew of the freakish body of the Third Raikage were alarmed as they thought collectively 'Heavens! Just a casual kick from Senju Araki has damaged the invincible body of the Third Raikage?! This… This is inconceivable!'

Not just the Kumo Shinobi, even the two Kages of the other two great villages were shocked.

They were somewhat thankful that the Third Raikage was foolish enough to go attack Araki first. If they didn't know of it before… They could have just been seeking death while fighting Araki in close combat.

The Third Tsuchikage and the Third Mizukage gave each other a subtle nod.

"Charge!"

They gave a swift order to all their armies.

The Third Tsuchikage, Ohnoki took off to the skies while the Third Mizukage rushed towards Araki's location.

All the armies followed them and rushed towards Araki.

"All those who have stepped up here… Don't think that even one of you will survive. I will destroy each and every single one of you!"

Meanwhile, Araki slowly started to increase his speed of walking. Soon enough, he was running towards the Three Great Villages Shinobi Alliance. Taki's presence was simply insignificant if the 7 Tails was to be excluded.

"Everyone, kill him! Don't even think of underestimating him!" The Third Tsuchikage let out a shout for everyone.

He didn't want someone to become overly arrogant and fight against Senju Araki carelessly.

The Kumo Shinobis had already seen what had happened to their own Kage. The Third Raikage disdained to ask someone to heal him, it was because of his incomparable confidence in his body. Still, at this moment, he didn't stop the healing shinobi who had appeared and started healing him.

Although their healing techniques couldn't be compared to Tsunade's or Araki's… They were still good enough to heal the small wound on the Third Raikage's body and suppress any internal injuries that occurred.