章 67: Chapter 68
"Do I really have to fight him, Yuichi-sama?" Shiromari worryingly asked me as he was standing on my arm in his chibi form
"Come on, since when were you scared of raccoons?" I said as I casually walked past Suna's frontline camp and stood alone in the middle of the desert
No trees, no water, heck, not even rocks were around as only dunes of sand could be seen.
A perfect place to have a battle for the Kazekage and the One-Tails Jinchūriki... What a good opportunity for them to get rid of me, how scary.
"Raccoons? I'm not frightened by Raccoons! You're asking me to fight against a Tailed-Beast!" Shiromari exclaimed as he was alarmed by the favor I asked from him
"How many tails do you have?" I spontaneously asked Shiromari who was startled for a bit before replying "One..?"
"Shukaku also only have one tail, you two are even so don't need to worry and win." I said as I couldn't hide my smirk from him
Shiromari simply looked at me dumbfounded by my answer, and it seems that it took a few seconds for him to reboot his brain and blurt out "That means nothing!"
Rolling my eyes, I explained "You are as big as a Tailed Beast, if not bigger than some, your body is tough, your chakra capacity after staying glued with me for over twenty years is at least on par with Shukaku, and you learned a lot of powerful transformation over the years even if you don't want to admit it."
"The only difference would be that his body is entirely made of chakra giving him a sort of pseudo-immortality but still stays somewhat physical, and he can use the Tailed Beast Ball which is the only thing you need to worry about as it is extremely powerful." I continued, warning him about what could be dangerous for him
"As for his other abilities? Only Wind, Earth, and Magnet Release to be wary of... It's free real estate." I finally added as I knew that Shiromari could easily take care of that even if he didn't admit it himself
He lacked confidence in himself because he never had an opportunity to fight someone or something around his level, it was either some weak Jōnin or me who beat the shit out of him when we train.
He also had the pleasure to fight against Kushina who used Kurama's help, which was the reason why he was not thrilled by fighting Shukaku.
And as much as all Tailed-Beasts learned what would happen in the future if they didn't help me since the day I had a meeting with Matatabi and later Kurama, who allowed the others to know everything we talked about, Shukaku was like the rebellious little brother who would still wreak havoc once freed, which was why we needed to beat him up first.
"Bu-" he tried to complain but I interrupted him by saying "Was I ever wrong?" before pausing for a few seconds and finally added "You know what, don't answer that."
And as we were arguing for more than ten minutes in the middle of the desert, two shapes finally appeared on the horizon and once they got closer, I recognized one of them as Seno the Third Kazekage, while the other man looked kind of similar to him, but with huge bags under his eyes signifying an important lack of sleep.
"Well hello there, I didn't expect you to bring your secret lover for our battle... Or is it your Pokemon? If so then I'm ready for a Pokemon battle!" I said as I took Shiromari in my hand and was ready to throw him in front of me while he was struggling within my grasp
This only made him frown as he replied "And you're the Fourth Hokage? You don't look like much... Girly, even." which reminded me how women were still not seen as equals in this day and age
"Thanks for the compliment, I know many women from Konoha who can crush you like an ant after all." I replied with a smile which seemed to anger him even though his expression didn't change at all
"We'll see. Kiru, go and take care of their army, I will take care of that clown." Seno declared before the man on his side nodded and started to dash towards the frontline
"Shiromari, I'm counting on you." I said as I freed the poor chameleon from my grasp who replied "...Fine." before flying towards the Jinchūriki to engage in a fight some miles away
I knew that this man was Seno's brother and the Second Jinchūriki of Shukaku, and I deliberately formed an army near the frontline which was a perfect opportunity for Shukaku to be used considering their size and how grouped up they were... But that army would simply be teleported away the moment he appears, leaving only Shiromari in the vicinity to battle against.
A simple bait that proved to be effective as the army would be taking care of Suna with a surprise attack.
"You truly expect that little creature of yours to prevent our Tailed-Beast from destroying your army? You truly underestimate us to not bring your own Jinchūriki here and rather use them all against Iwa." He declared as he started to take out a large amount of Iron Sand from something he carried around
The black-colored sand then obscured the area as it was mostly floating above him, while some were keeping him half-hidden for protection.
"Time to use my reverse card." I said while smirking as Platinum Dust started to gush out from my wedding ring which was linked to Shiromari's storage body
His look of disbelief was a joy for me as he muttered "H-How?" while seemingly losing some of his concentration as some of his Iron Sand fell on the ground
"What? Magnet Release was so interesting, I couldn't stop myself from learning it you know." I said as the amount of Platinum Dust around me was at least two times more than his Iron Sand
"It doesn't matter, I've been using Iron Sand most of my life, your... White dust is worth nothing." Seno declared as he started to create sand armor around himself before sending multiple bullets of Iron Sand towards me
"Child play." I said as I intercepted each bullet by creating a multitude of small shields instead of creating a simple giant wall just for the sake of flexing
He then launched a powerful wave of Iron Sand but I once again countered it with my own, the difference of density between his Iron Sand and my Platinum Dust was so great that I trapped most of his sand inside my own, preventing him from using it.
Not getting discouraged, Seno then made two wings with his Iron Sand before creating enormous spear-shaped forms by compressing Iron Sand to increase their hardness and hurled them towards me.
As I was yawning, I created multiple giant hammers and struck the incoming spears with ease, destroying them before enveloping the Iron Sand as more Platinum Dust was coming out from my ring.
Seno, who saw that nothing worked and started to be nervous, decided to use another technique as a giant sphere of branching spikes appeared above me and continuously branched off without any apparent pattern, counting on speed rather than strength to get me.
But it was still extremely slow for my eyes as I generated my chakra wing before teleporting behind him and slamming him down with a giant fist made of Platinum Dust.
This dispelled his Iron Sand wings as he crashed on the ground that was made by my Platinum Dust while getting injured by his own previous technique on the way down.
"Truly pathetic." I exclaimed as I fully restrained his Iron Sand before grabbing him with a giant hand to bring him in front of me
He desperately tried to control his sand or even mine with his Magnet Release but my control was too great for him, making his struggle hopeless.
"H-How can you control so much sand..?" he asked as he was bleeding from his face while I slowly strengthened my grasp and heard some bones cracking
"I just have the chakra for it." I replied as Platinum Dust continued to pour out from my ring
'And I can indefinitely create Platinum Dust with Crystal Release, I just need Shiromari to store everything' I thought as Platinum Dust gathered behind me to form a shape
When the shape was finally done, Seno became terrified as he saw what I just created and even more when he saw it move and blink his eyes as if it was alive.
"I-Impossible!" he exclaimed as he stopped struggling and couldn't believe what appeared in front of him
"Nothing is impossible." the giant sand creature behind me said which surprised Seno even more as the voice was familiar
What I just made was a copy of Shukaku mostly made from Platinum Dust, my chakra, and a clone of mine as the core which was why Seno reacted as such.
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My clone didn't have the full capabilities of Shukaku since I didn't get his chakra yet, but I thought that it would be interesting to create a technique like this by using Platinum Dust and Magnet Release, even more since I intended to use this against Suna's shinobi later on.
But right now I just wanted to scare the poor man in front of me with it, and it worked.
"I will be honest, you were the weakest Kage I fought against... Maybe a bit unfair considering that I had the perfect counter for you, but still, worthless." I confessed before breaking his neck without leaving him time to answer me as I didn't care at all
I then looked at my Shukaku's clone and asked "Go and help Shiromari if he even needs it." which he did as his body broke down into Platinum Dust and flew towards the place where the battle was occurring
Talking about Shiromari, apart from not believing in himself, and being as lazy as I am, he's cautious and should have no problem against Shukaku since he's not capable of using his full strength right now.
Going back towards the ground, I gathered the rest of the Platinum Dust back into the ring before doing the same with the Iron Sand just for collection.
I laid Seno's body on the ground before looking towards a dune near me and declared "I know that you are hidden here, come out."
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*Shiromari's POV*
'I didn't expect a Tailed-Beast to be so... Childish' I thought as the man in front of me suddenly let place to the One-Tail who instantly started to annihilate the surroundings while exclaiming gibberish in between each blast
"It's been so long since my esteemed self could have fun like that!" Shukaku declared before madly cackling and started sending even more powerful wind blows around
'It's time for me to transform into one of the creatures Yuichi-sama taught me' I thought as I flew high enough to not be hindered when shapeshifting
Yuichi-sama greatly helped me with my shapeshifting ability, he even showed me illusions of creatures I never knew existed as well as what they could do until I was able to transform into them.
And against the One-Tail, I felt like a fire-wielding transformation was the best choice.
The creature I had in mind was far bigger than the One-Tail, which was more than 100m tall (~109 yards) and also larger than my full form.
Once I was high enough, I started to change my appearance and my skin shifted into black scales, my tail grew and ended with a spear-like shape, my wings enlarged more than anything else and shone red, my torso seemed to be opened and endlessly boiling with magma instead of blood while my face became lizard-like with a large lower maw adorned by deadly tooth.
According to Yuichi-sama, I shapeshifted into a dragon that goes by the name of 'Deathwing' who was especially powerful.
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When I reached my full size and spread my wings, I was almost 365m (~400 yards) long from one wing to the other, to the point that my size obstructed the sun from reaching the One-Tail which made him look up, wondering what was happening.
He completely stopped moving and was stunned by my arrival so I decided to take advantage of that and prepared a ball of molten fire inside of my maw while aiming down at him.
Snapping out of his stunned state, I saw him open his mouth as well but instead of doing what he previously did by using Wind Release, I saw some red and blue particles gather and form a purple orb.
Not willing to give him the time to charge it fully as I felt that it would be extremely dangerous for me, I launched my barely finished molten ball to interrupt him before flying away.
Understanding that my molten ball made of fire would indeed prevent him from charging any further, he decided to launch his own unfinished attack towards mine so it wouldn't blow on him.
*BOOM*
And it seems that I was right as the purple orb completely obliterated my attack before exploding, generating an extremely powerful blast that rose a lot of dust from the ground, broke many trees, and made it hard for me to not get pushed away.
'Don't worry he said, you can win he said' I thought as I struggled to not get blown away by the blast but decided to act again quickly so he wouldn't start doing another purple orb and get the time to finish it
Shrouding myself in fire, I rushed towards him headfirst as I could see him behind the dust thanks to my usual eyesight and knew that he currently didn't prepare another one of those scary purple balls.
My speed in this form was incredible considering my size as I abruptly tackled him before making magma burst out of my body to injure him as much as I could from close range.
"IT HURTS YOU STUPID LIZARD!" the One-Tail shouted with a high pitched voice that could break glass as he started to open his mouth again
Taking advantage of my size, I locked him on the ground by using my powerful limbs while keeping one on his head to prevent any counterattack attempt before opening my maw to incinerate his body with molten fire.
I deliberately spread molten fire around us by swinging my wings while covering my body with flame as well just in case he started to use sand so it could be burned by the scorching heat before becoming too dangerous for me.
I intended to keep him pinned down until his chakra was mostly depleted so he would transform back into his Jinchūriki but he unexpectedly did it far quicker than I estimated... I wonder if it has a relation to the tears I saw streaming down from his eyes.
As the One-Tail's body started to shrink, I quickly stopped burning everything around and also shapeshifted back into my original body to not accidentally kill him as I sensed Yuichi-sama's chakra coming my way.
'Now I can go back to sleep' I thought before getting slightly surprised by how master looked like right now
"Please tell me there is no round two, I'm exhausted and need to cool my body down." I said as one Tailed-Beast was already enough no matter how quick it was to take care of it
"Don't worry, I will take care of the rest." Yuichi-sama declared as he engulfed the Jinchūriki in front of me
"Also, I think I will not allow you to use this transformation outside of training because you altered the scenery into a desolated scorching ground." he added which made me look around and he was right as I no longer saw a trace of greenery in the vicinity
"Was Lava Release always so disastrous?" I asked Yuichi-sama since I wasn't used to seeing the damage done with it outside of the special training room we used for that kind of thing
"Let's say that it can be worse if you used a stronger technique... But that's also the reason why I invented the Sealed Training Area, after all I couldn't train Lava or Typhoon Release while hanging out somewhere now, could I?" he explained to which I agreed with, although it made me underestimate the effects of the techniques
"Now, wait until I revigorate the surroundings back to how it was and we will join the real Yuichi." he declared as he started to put the fire out
"The Kazekage was already beaten as well?" I asked to which Yuichi-sama's clone replied "Indeed, but something else came up and it's rather... Interesting."
I shrugged when I heard this since I knew that Yuichi-sama would be fine and that whatever happened, I would know it soon.
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Yasashiki
Yasashiki Alright, it's almost 4 a.m for me and I just finished the chapter so I apologize if there are some major mistakes, do point them though, I will fix them if they are too important tomorrow.
Thanks for reading and I hope that you enjoyed it!
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