Chương 1320: 25
Itachi – Well, it has certainly been a while since…
Kisame – Argh! Goddamnit!
Lee – Yosh! Take that!
Itachi – You guys still playing that video game?
Kisame - Hey! Phoenixsun was hogging it for himself all this time, saying he was using it for motivation. This is the first time we really get to play it… Damn it!
Lee – And here comes my ultimate jutsu!
Kisame – Aargh!
Itachi – Ok, I believe this is the first time you play it… Because you pretty much suck at it.
Kisame – Shut up!
Itachi – Anyways… We're sorry for the delay. Here's PHD chapter 25.
Over the Moon
"Neji!" Kiba shouted. "Get your ass out here right now or I swear I will leave without you!" The Inuzuka added with a growl while next to him Akamaru barked, giving his support to his partner's words.
The young brown haired boy went back to pace back and forth in front of the Hyuuga Compound and every so often he would send a glare at the door as Akamaru barked again. Soon enough, however, the genin lost his patience again. "Neji! Hurry up!" He shouted.
"Kiba-kun…" The Inuzuka suddenly heard a soft voice called out to him, causing him to immediately tense up and a blush to spread all over his face. "What's the matter? Why are you shouting?" Hinata asked as she poked her head out of the Compound's door. "Do we have a mission?" She asked confused.
"Uh… I… Uhm…" The hooded boy tripped over his own words, all reasoning having abandoned him. "I… I'm waiting for Neji, Hinata-chan." He finally said. "We're supposed to go on a mission right now." Kiba explained.
Akamaru barked, confirming the genin's words.
The blue haired girl eyed her teammate curiously. "Oh?" She completely stepped outside of the compound and stood before the Inuzuka. "How come you are going with Neji-niisan?" She asked.
Kiba visibly tensed up at the question. "Oh… Nothing really, it's just that we have to leave as soon as possible, but the mission is nothing more than a fetch quest…" As he said that, the young man's eyes looked at everything except his teammate.
The look the young Hyuuga gave to the Inuzuka made it clear that she did no buy his explanation for one second. "Tell me the truth, Kiba-kun, what are you going to do?" The kunoichi insisted. "Is it dangerous?" She added as her voiced changed to a worried tone.
Berating himself for worrying the girl in from of him, the brunette tried to find a way to appease her worries. "No, no, it's nothing dangerous." He assured her. "Like I said, we just have to go out, track this thing down, and bring it back to the village." Kiba explained, putting a cheerful smile on while Akamaru barked in agreement. "It's just that the more time we take to set out, the longer it will take us to find it. I bet Shikamaru and Naruto are already waiting for us at the gate and we just have to…" Immediately, the young man knew he had screwed up.
"Naruto-kun and Shikamaru-kun are going as well?" Hinata repeated in surprise. "The four of you? Kiba-kun this cannot possibly be as trivial as you are making it out to be." Her lavender eyes gave her teammate a determined look. "Tell me, what is going on?" She asked again.
The Inuzuka took a couple of steps back, completely at a loss of words for what to say to the young Hyuuga. Shikamaru had told him to keep the matter as discreet as possible and he knew that Naruto would not be to please if he started divulging things about his team. Looking for help, the hooded boy looked down at his partner, Akamaru gave him a helpless look that he was sure matched his own.
Hinata was about to take a step forwards and ask again, but was interrupted as a new, strong voice joined in. "Kiba." Neji said as he stepped out of the Hyuuga Compound, all of his gear packed and ready. "My apologies… I had to inform Hiashi-sama that I will be leaving for a mission." The older genin explained.
Both Kiba and Akamaru let out a sigh of relief at the sight of their new, temporary, teammate as Hinata's attention was drawn away from them and toward the long haired boy. "Neji-niisan, what is going on? What are you doing with Naruto-kun and Shikamaru-kun?" She asked.
Unlike the Inuzuka, the older genin remained unfazed by the girl's questions. "I sorry, Hinata-sama, but that is something we are not to talk about at the moment." Neji calmly explained, his eyes moving from his cousin to the hooded boy. "In fact, Kiba was not even supposed to mention anything." He said as his lavender eyes narrowed slightly into a glare.
The brunette scratched his head and let out an uneasy laugh while Akamaru's ears dropped in embarrassment.
"Neji-niisan, please…" Hinata instead, looking at the older Hyuuga's eyes pleadingly.
Ever since the formation of Team Eight, Kiba had known about the tense relationship between Hinata and her relatives, so seeing Neji giving the girl a reassuring look and softly placing a hand on her shoulder shocked the Inuzuka. "Please, do not worry about it Hinata-sama. Everyone will be back before you know it." He said before stepping back, giving a slight bow and starting to walk off.
Akamaru's bark snapped Kiba out of his trance. "That's right, Hinata, you don't have to worry." The boy said, managing to produce a large and bright grin as he gave his teammate the thumbs up. "Because I will be there to protect everyone!" He stated before turning around and going after Neji with Akamaru in tow.
End Flashback
"Neji!" Naruto was barely able to reach in time to catch his teammate's body before he hit the ground. Looking down, the pair of sapphire eyes widened as they took notice of how much paler the older genin had already become.
"You bastad!" The blonde's eyes were tore away from Neji when he heard someone let out a furious roar next to him. Looking at his side, the spiky haired teen saw Kiba suddenly lunge himself at the Sound nin.
The Inuzuka felt his hand become clawed as he swiped forward with all of his strength at the tanned teen.
Kidomaru simply smirked before effortlessly jumping back and evading the strike intended for him. Instead, the Leaf genin's attack hit the branch that the Oto nin had be standing on, obliterating it into tiny splinters. "Ooh… You have some fangs, don't you?" Kidomaru teased as he landed safely away from his attacker.
Several branches away, Kiba was heaving as he glared at the six-armed teen. "Damn you…" The brunette growled as he flexed his clawed hands. "I'm going to make you pay for what you did to Neji!" He shouted before charging forward once more, swinging his claws at the Sound shinobi again and again.
Letting out an amused laugh, Kidomaru continued dodge the younger boy's attacks. "Well, it seems we have a new player!" He announced as he jumped back and drew an arrow on his bow. "Let's test does skills of yours…" The strange teen proposed as he let go of the arrow.
The Leaf genin saw the arrow coming towards him and immediately started to turn his body in mid air in an attempt to dodge it. Unfortunately, however, the projectile was coming too fast and the hooded boy could not get out of the way quickly enough. Kiba had no choice but to close his eyes and brace for the piercing impact.
Suddenly, the Inuzuka felt something soft hit him on one of his cheeks. Kiba's eye snapped open and he saw Akamaru tackling him out of the way. With impressive strength, the small dog was able to clear his partner out of the arrows path, letting the projectile simply fly through and hit a tree behind them, destroying its trunk on impact.
Landing on a branch, the Konoha genin tried to catch his breath. Looking at the side, he saw Akamaru land safely and giving him a worried look. "Thanks, partner…" Kiba said, earning a bark from the small dog. "Yeah, you're right. I have to calm down…" He commented as he strengthened back up.
"Kidomaru!" An irritated Sakon screamed. "Stop messing around! Get the Uchiha and let's go!" The blue haired boy called out. Sakon tightened his fist as he surveyed the situation. Both Jirobo and Tayuya were taken out, they're mark still had three Leaf nins around to protect him, and they were running out of time. The young man cursed himself under his breath for letting such a simply capture mission get out of control like this. His only consolation was the Kimimaro was nowhere in sight to punish him for it.
The tanned young man let out of scuff. "No way in hell!" Kidomaru exclaimed. "Both the fatso and the bitch got to have their fun. It's my turn now and I chose this guy and his dog to be by opponent!" He announced in glee as he pointed another arrow at the Inuzaka pair.
Kiba narrow his eyes and bore his fangs at the Oto nin, a few branch from him, Akamaru mimicked his actions. "Let's go partner…" The brunette said as he and his dog crouched down, ready to launch another attack.
"Kiba!" Naruto called out from his position on the ground with Neji, behind him Shikamaru and Sasuke were running towards him.
The hooded boy glanced down at his teammates for a second. "Stay out of this, guys…" The genin growled, his mind replaying the promise he had made before leaving the village again and again, the promise that now lay broken. "He's ours!" He stated before charging forwards with Akamaru.
The smile on Kidomaru's face widened. "That's the way!" He exclaimed before letting another arrow fly towards his opponents.
Without having to think about it twice, Kiba made a hand seal as Akamaru let out a bark and, with a puff of smoke, the small dog transformed into an exact copy of his partner. The two Kiba then used the sole of each other's shoe to push themselves out of the arrow's wait and started circling around the Sound nin.
Kidomaru followed one hooded boy and the switched to the other. Smiling, the six-armed teen jumped up just as both the genin and his dog came down with their claws on the branch he had been standing on. "You will have to craftier than that!" The Oto shinobi commented before taking in a deep breath. "Kumo Shibari!" He called out, spewing a large spider web on top of his opponents.
The two Kiba bore their fangs up at their enemy as the net descended towards them. "Gatsuga!" The real Kiba called out before him and Akamaru starting spinning and shot upwards, tearing through the spider web and tree branches on their way towards the tanned boy.
"Oh? A special attack?" Kidomaru asked excitedly as the two small tornados approaching him. "Kumo Nenkin!" He called out before spiting a golden liquid onto each of his six hands that immediately hardened into six clubs as strong as metal. The Sound nin brought his new weapons up in defense just as the spinning attacks were about to hit him, effectively blocking them. "Sorry, but not strong enough." The young man commented as he pushed back, stopping the spinning attacks and leaving Kiba and the de-transformed Akamaru hanging defenseless in mid air.
The Oto shinobi was about to launch his own attack, but he was stop on his tracks when he saw both of his opponents smirking.
Before Kidomaru could do anything, the Inuzuka quickly ate a small black pill and threw another one at his partner. Akamaru caught it with his mouth, his fur immediately turning red before he transformed into his partner once more. "Gatsuga!" Kiba shouted again before the two of them started spinning with restore vigor and pushed up.
Bringing his club forward again, the Sound nin tried to block the incoming attack once more, but when the spinning vortexes made contact with his weapons, he realized how much stronger the attack was this time. "Wha… What the hell? Is this a cheat?" He questioned just before all six clubs broke apart, allowing the two tornadoes to push on upwards, impaling him right in the chest. "Gyaaah!" Kidomaru screamed as he body was pushed by the pair from Konoha through tree after tree.
Kiba and Akamaru finally landed safely on a branch as the momentum of their attack continued to send Kidomaru forward until his back ultimately hit a tree.
The six-armed team used the tree trunk behind him as leverage to stand back up. "Ha… Ha…. Well, that was unexpected…" He said through pants. "I guess… I have no other choice up to up the ante…" He added, suddenly regaining his composure as a vine-like pattern spread throughout his body.
"This guy has one too?" The Inuzaka exclaimed as Akamaru whimpered and cowered slightly.
"Heheh…" Kidomaru laugh, all signs of exhaustion from the attack he had received having disappeared. "Since you have your little mutt helping you, why don't we make things fair?" He proposed before starting to make hand seals. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" He called out, slamming his palm on the branch. Immediately a cloud of smoke covered the tanned boy.
Akamaru let out a louder whimper as he took a hesitant step back, meanwhile, Kiba simply gulped.
As the smoke dissipated, a strange and terrifying sound, somewhere between a screech and a growl, was heard. "Let me present you to my partner…" Kidomaru said as the smoke finally clear, revealing the young man standing on top on a gigantic spider. "Say hi…" The six armed shinobi instructed, addressing the spider.
Immediately, the giant arachnid shot a stream of web at the astonished brunette.
Kiba and Akamaru barely had enough time to snap out of their trance and jump to the side to dodge the incoming attack. The giant spider continued shooting its web at the two, forcing them to continue jumping from branch to branch dodge the web streams.
Kidomaru watched in amusement as his opponents exhausted themselves trying to dodge the spider's attack. Seeing an opening too good to pass, the Oto nin spat out several golden clumps, sending them flying towards the hooded boy. As they flew through the air, the olden masses hardened into razor sharp blades that caught the preoccupied Inuzuka off guard. "Aargh!" The Leaf nin screamed as he fell onto a large branch.
The spider saw its opening and instantly shot a stream of web at its downed prey.
The Konoha genin was trying to get the blades out of his body when he looked up and saw the approaching attack. He tried to push his body back up, but the blade impaled on his legs prevented him from it.
"Woff!" Akamaru barked as he jumped in the way of the web, getting carried away by it and hitting a tree behind his partner. The web immediately started to hardened, sticking the small dug to the tree trunk as his fur returned to its normal color.
"Akamaru!" Kiba exclaimed, yanking the blade out of his leg and turning around to face his trapped partner. The genin was about to jump to his dog's aid when he's back was hit a new stream of web.
Kidomaru smiled wickedly. "Gotcha'!" The six-armed teen shouted in glee. "Guys… Dinner is ready…" He added.
Immediately, Kiba turned his head to look back, his eyes widened at what he saw. The web attached to his back led all the way to Kidomaru and the giant spider, and on it dozens of smaller spiders were crawling towards him.
Gritting his teeth, the brunette quickly reached for one of his pockets and took out another Solder Ration Pill. "Akamaru, you know what to do!" The young man called out, throwing the pill at his trapped partner.
The small dog caught and ate the pill again and immediately his fur turned red once more. Akamaru let out a surprisingly strong bark before his body was suddenly covered in flames that burned the webs binding him. Still covered in fire, the familiar jumped forward, biting the web off Kiba.
As the smaller spiders fell off the falling web and onto branches, Kidomaru was left genuinely surprised at the turn of events. "What the hell was that?" He asked.
Instead of answered, the Inuzaka simply smirked as his clawed hand suddenly started to emanate large amounts of chakra. "Akamaru, let's go! Shouroga!" He exclaimed. The red dog jumped one to the next branch as Kiba swiped his clawed hand forward, releasing a powerful gust of wind.
Akamaru let out another powerful bark as the wind coming from behind him seem to feed the fire on his body, causing it to grow and shoot forward. The flames suddenly took shape a large wolf speeding through the air and burning down branches, webs, and spiders alike on its path towards Kidomaru and the giant arachnid.
"What that…?" Hurridly, the tanned shinobi instructed the spider to jump out of the way right before the fiery wolf came crashing down where they had been standing.
From their location, Kiba let out a short laugh. "Impressive, isn't it?" He said as Akamaru barked in agreement. "After I got knock out of the Chunin Exam, my mom and my sister put the both of us through a very intense chakra manipulation training." The brunette revealed. "Unfortunately, I still haven't gotten a hang of shape manipulation, but Akamaru here is kind of a prodigy at it, even if his chakra reserves are not that large." The small dog barked in agreement again. "And that's where we lucked out, since my elemental chakra affinity ended up being wind."
Back on the ground, Shikamaru's eyes widened after hearing his teammate's revelation. "That's brilliant…" He whispered.
"What is it?" Naruto asked from even further below as he used the small medic equipment they have brought with them to at least stop Neji's blood lost.
"If what he said is true, then they can bypass Akamaru's limitation by using Kiba's wind chakra to feed Akamaru's fire one, who can then control its shape like in the jutsu we just saw." The Nara explained as a small smirk appeared on his face. "I thought that those two were a good match before… But now I know that they are perfect for each other." He commented. However, as his eyes traveled from the Inuzuka to the six-armed teen, the chunin's face became serious again. "But if this guy is like that girl… Then he must have one more transformation left…" The team leader reasoned.
Kiba continued to smirk as his claws started to emanate chakra again. "Let's go, partner!" He exclaimed before charging forward with Akamaru.
A scuff escaped Kidomaru. "Well, I admit it was a nice combo…" He commented. "But all I have to do to beat it is keep you two separate." The Oto nin pointed before spitting more golden blades at the small dog while the spider shot its web towards the Leaf genin.
With his wind chakra enhanced claws, the Inuzuka did not have to bother to dodge the streams of web coming at him as he could just rip them to shreds with his hands. Even after the monstrous spider sped up the rate of shots, the genin continue to have no trouble fending them off.
Unfortunately, that was not the case for Akamaru, as his fire chakra could not affect sticky gold fast enough and did had to dodge the incoming projectiles. Kidomaru soon became aware of this and shot a long stream of the gold substance, catching the red dog in mid air. "Gotcha' now!" The Sound shinobi exclaimed as he was about to reel his prey in.
"Akamaru!" Kiba yelled for his partner and, in that moment of distraction, one of the spider's shots caught the genin on his forearm. However, instead of worrying, the brunette smirked as he move to the side and swung his trapped arm around, causing the long strip of web to get tangled with the gold one that had his partner trapped. "Here we go! This is our own variation…!" Kiba called out as he started making hand seals.
Back with the rest of the Leaf shinobi, Sasuke recognized the seals.
"Ryuuka no Jutsu!" The young man said before sending a vast amount of chakra down the spider web.
The moment the chakra reached Akamaru, the small dog let out another powerful bark, shooting a giant, dragon head shaped stream of fire through the rest of the web.
Kidomaru was caught by surprise and had no other option but to let go of the sticky gold and jump out of the way. Looking down, the tanned teen saw how the dragon head seemingly consumed the giant spider. With a screeching wail, the monstrous creature fell to the ground with its body still cover in flames. By the time Kidomaru tried to undo the summoning, the spider was already dead. "Tch… Now I'm angry." The Oto nin said as he glared at the younger boy and his dog. "I'm getting sick and tired of this game… Let's skip to final level already!" He declared as the markings around his body started to glow and expand.
Just like his teammates before him, Kidomaru's body took a demonic shape with his hair turning white and increasing in volume, his skin turning to a dark, maroon color, a pair of horns emerging on his head, and a third eye opening on his forehead.
"Well… That's certainly an ugly look…" Kiba tried to joke, but he could not ignore the sensation of dread that his opponent's chakra was giving off. Looking down and seeing the worry look on Akamaru's face, the brunette fought off any hesitation from his voice. "Let's hit him with the big one, partner." He said.
Looking up, Akamaru followed his friends lead, shaking off his own hesitation and barking in agreement before transforming into Kiba once again.
"Shougaroga!" Kiba called out as both he and his doppelganger started spinning, and one of them ignited in flames. The two small tornados shot forwards and began to intertwined, forming one massive vortex of flames that destroyed anything on its way to the Sound shinobi.
For his part, the transformed Kidomaru simply planted his feet on the branch he was standing on and braced himself for the incoming attack.
The blazing fang hit the six-armed monster square in the chest and drove his body through trees and branches with immense force.
Finishing their attack, both the Inuzuka and his partner stopped spinning, landed on a branch, and watched as the momentum of the technique continued to push the Oto nin. However, they were boy surprised when the transformed teen simply landed on a branch and held his ground.
"Well, that was a little spicier than I predicted…" Kidomaru commented off handedly as he looked down at his chest. A hole had been burned on the young man's clothes, revealing a patch of seared skin. "But I think that the armor held up ok…" The Sound shinobi commented as the burn skin turned gold and broke off his chest, leaving behind unscathed maroon skin.
"Damn it…!" Kiba cursed at the realization that their attack had been useless.
A gleeful laugh escaped Kidomaru. "Now, don't beat yourself up over it…" He commented as he cracked three of his knuckles. "I was way out of your league from the very start." He stated before charging forwards for the first time.
Kiba and the still transformed Akamaru jumped out of way as the monstrous shinobi came crashing down where they had been standing. The two then circled around the six-armed teen, before closing in to strike. Unfortunately, despite of their impressive speed, Kidomaru dodge their attack with ease.
"It's my turn now…" The Sound nin commented. Before the Inuzuka could react, three fists connected with his body, sending him flying through branches. Out of the corner of his eye, the genin could see Akamaru being send flying as well.
Naruto and the others watched their teammate struggle against his opponent.
Kiba and Akamaru tried to offset Kidomaru sheer strength with their speed, but the transformed teen seemed to have no problems dodging all of their attacks, and even the few that managed to land appeared to have no effect on monstrous shinobi.
The Sora Sharingan appeared on the blonde's eyes, as he prepared to jump in at a moment's notice.
The Konoha genin watched in growing dread as his enemy seemingly fazed out of existence just as his claw was about to hit him. The next thing he knew, a powerful kick connected with the back of his head, sending him flying straight at Akamaru with enough force that both of them fell down to the ground.
"We can't keep going like this…" Kiba muttered as he pushed himself off the ground. Glancing at his side, he saw Akamaru also trying to get back up. "What do you say, partner, are you up for one more?" The young man asked.
The transformed dog looked up and weakly gave a nod.
Gathering chakra, the Leaf genin and his dog stared down at their smirking opponent. "Shougaroga!" Once again the two started spinning and converged into a giant vortex of flames as they charged towards their target.
"If you want to play it like that, then let's settle this!" Kidomaru shouted before spewing the golden substance onto one of his right arms, which hardened in the shape of a large spiked gauntlet. "Come on!" He called out as he reeled his fist back and pumped chakra into it.
As the fang approached, the six-armed teen punched forward. The attacks met on a stalemate that sent a powerful shockwave through the forest. Kidomaru glanced down and was somewhat surprised to find out that his golden gauntlet had started cracking. "Well… This has been fun…" He admitted before the friction of the attack caused an explosion that swallowed all three of them.
"Geeze… I already told you, Tenten, I can't go with you today!" An annoyed Ino exclaimed at the older girl from behind the counter of her family's flower shop.
For her part, Tenten simply crossed her arms. "Just tell your mother to let you leave early today and let's go!" The brunette insisted.
The blond sighed as she busied herself by rearranging things on the shop. "It's not only that… The true is that I just don't feel like going to train today." She finally admitted.
"How can you say that?" Tenten asked alarmed. "That behavior is the reason why most of the boys are out in some sort of secret mission while us kunoichi were left behind." The older genin exclaimed in indignation.
Ino let herself fall on her seat in exhaustion. "Is not like I'm saying that I'm not serious about my training…" The Yamanaka said. "In fact just yesterday I spent most of the day training with my dad, I had planned to take it easy today but I had to come here and help run the shop." She tried to explain. "And that's why I don't want to go training, I just want to relax today."
Tenten did not back off and instead moved closer to the counter. "That's not good enough!" She exclaimed. "The guys don't care about consecutive days of training and neither should we!" She pointed out.
The two kunoichi continued their argument back and forth inside the shop, despite having been at for almost two hours. Meanwhile, just outside, Hinata sat patiently and could not help but smile at her friends' antics.
"I'm sorry…" Sakura said weakly as she walked up to Hinata and sat next to her.
The Hyuuga gave her former classmate a confused look. "What do you mean, Sakura-chan?" She asked. "What do you have to apologize for?"
Sighing, the pink haired girl simply starred into space. "For dragging you out here, for Tenten suddenly channeling Lee, for the guys being sent out… Basically for this whole situation." She finally said.
The Byakugan user started at the girl for a couple of seconds. "Neji-niisan did not want to tell me what their mission was about." The kunoichi said. "Are you saying that…?"
Sakura nodded at the blue haired girl's question. "Yes, it has to do with Team Seven." The Haruno answered.
Immediately, an alarmed looked appeared on Hinata's face. "Is something wrong with Naruto-kun?" She asked worriedly. When her former classmate shook her head weakly, she relaxed a bit, but remained concerned. "So… It is about Sasuke-kun…" The Hyuuga realized.
The pink haired genin merely nodded dumbly.
Seeing tears threaten to fall off her friend's emerald eyes, the Byakugan user placed a comforting hand over hers. "Do not worry about it, Sakura-chan." The girl instructed. "Everything is going to turn out fine." She said. "Naruto-kun and Neji-niisan are very strong, and Shikamaru-kun was always the smartest one among us." Hinata offered a warm smile to her fellow kunoichi. "Also, Kiba-kun promised that everyone will be safe." She informed. "And he did it we such confidence that I have no other choice but to believe him."
"Back at home… I was always overshadowed by my sister… She was so good with our clan's techniques that mom could not help to compare all I did with her." The forest's ground was really uncomfortable to lie on. "Things didn't get better in school… Sasuke immediately took the title of best student while Shikamaru was the smartest… I even tried to be the class clown… But I couldn't compete with Naruto…" The burning smell around him was irritating his nose. "Even in my team… Shino had all the skills and Hinata-chan had the potential… I was left behind again…"
In the smoke covered forest, Kiba slowly opened his eyes. Seeing Akamaru, back to his usual, white-furred self, struggling to stand up on shaky legs, the Inuzuka tried to push his body off the ground as well.
Once up, the brunette looked at himself. He had several burns and bruises all over his body, even his trusty jacket was all tore up after the explosion. There were several trees on the ground around him while dust and smoke still lingered on the air, but Kidomaru was nowhere to be found. "Hinata-chan… I was unable to protect Neji…" The Leaf nin lamented. "But… But at the very least… I beat…" His train of thought was interrupted when he heard a strange sound.
Suddenly, the sight of a weird shape arrow appeared through the smoke spinning towards them. Kiba was too transfixed to move out of the projectile's way, but the felt something soft push him to the side.
Once again, Akamaru had leapt to the aid of his partner and push him out of harm's way. Unfortunately for the small dog, he was not so lucky this time and the drilling managed to graze him pretty badly.
"Akamaru!" The Inuzuka screamed as he caught the little dog on the air. A red patch was already growing on the animal's back.
"That's some pretty loyal partner you have there..." Kidomaru's voice reached the genin's ear, causing him to turn around.
To the brunette's horror, the monstrous teenager landed on a branch above him, virtually unharmed.
The Oto nin smirked down at his opponent as he threw away the bow he was holding. "I have to admit that last attack was stronger than the first one." He said, showing how the hand he had used to challenge the attack was now completely burned up to the forearm. "I think I might lose it… But I doubt I will miss it." The transformed nin joke as he showed off his five remaining hands.
Kiba held his gaze up at his enemy for a couple of seconds before lowering down back at his dog. "You were great today, pal…" He whispered. "I could not have asked for a better partner." A small smiled formed on his face. "Thanks for everything…" He said before suddenly throwing Akamaru in the direction of his teammates.
Shikamaru was taken aback by Kiba's actions but was able to compose himself in time to catch the small dog. "Kiba! What are you doing?"
Instead of answering the question, the Inuzuka smile. "Take care of him!" He called out before turning to face the Sound shinobi.
"Oh?" Kidomaru said amused. "Are you going to continue this fight all by yourself?" He asked mockingly.
Kiba sent a glare up. "I have one more trick." He revealed before reaching for his pocket. "Shino was always going on and on that one should always have a trump card hidden…" The genin took out three Soldier Ration Pills. "I think this is what he was talking about…" He commented before swallowing all three of them at once.
"What the hell are you doing?" Shikamaru repeated his question with more urgency this time. The Nara and the rest of his team could only look as the Inuzuka seemed to gag on the pills for one moment before composing himself. Their eyes widens as large amounts of chakra started to pour out their teammate's body.
Closing his eyes, the Inuzuka started to concentrate, changing his chakra into wind chakra as leaves stated to circle around him. "Let's go…" Kiba said, opening his eyes.
"Heh…" Kidomaru smirked as he prepare for an attack. The Oto nin was surprised at the speed of his opponent, one moment the younger boy was standing below him and the next he was right in front of him. The transformed teen sent a powerful punch forward, but all he hit was air as the Leaf nin disappeared. Suddenly, Kidomaru felt something grab him under his shoulders from behind. "What the hell?" He exclaimed.
Looking back, all that the Sound nin could see was Kiba glowing with chakra and smirking. "Zetsuga!" Kiba said as the wind around them suddenly picked up, violently spinning the two of shinobi and propelling them up into the air.
The Oto nin struggled to break freak. "What the hell are you doing, you bastard?" He asked. The transformed teen tried to mold his chakra to get himself out, but the massive concentration of his opponent own chakra was preventing him from doing so. "Why are you doing this, you miserable wreck?" Kidomaru asked as he felt the wind chakra cutting through his armored skin as it spun.
It was Kiba's turn to laugh. "What? You don't like my last combo?" He mocked as they continue to move high up in the air. The trees, the ground, and their teammates were already a long way down.
"What are you planning on doing…?" The Oto nin asked, dread starting to seep into his voice.
"You'll see." Was all that the genin said right before the tornado they had formed suddenly arced downward.
Kidomaru's eyes widened in realization as he found himself speeding towards the ground. "What are you doing?" He asked, not bothering to mask his fear anymore. "You're going to kill us both!"
The Leaf nin's only responds was tightening his hold. "I have never been able to stand out among my friends… I wasn't even able to keep my promise." He confessed. "But at least… I can do this much." Kiba stated right before his jutsu drove him and Kidomaru into the ground with a thunderous impact.
"Kiba!" Naruto shouted. The blond had been rendered perplex during his friend's technique, but finally snapping out his stupor he stood up and rushed towards the crash site.
Sakon cursed under his breath. The mission that Orochimaru had assigned to them with the outmost importance had completely gone off rails. Kidomaru had pretty much asked for this outcome, and now that he was taken out, Sakon had to deal with this mess himself. Seeing the blond separate from the group, the pale teen decided that it was now time to act.
Out of all the Konoha shinobi that had interfere, the spiky aired one was the one that Sakon had been the most worried about, and now this was his chance to take the younger boy out as he was distracted.
The remaining Sound nin jumped off his branch to the ground and dashed after his target, a kunai already in hand. However, Sakon only managed a couple of steps before his body came to a complete halt. "What the hell is going on?" He asked as he looked around.
"I'm not letting you attack him from behind…" A serious voice caused Sakon to turn look behind. There stood the only Leaf nin from the group wearing a chunin jacket, the Sound shinobi could see that their shadows were connected.
"You're a Nara…" The Oto nin commented offhandedly. Suddenly, the blue haired teen realized that one of his hands was shaking. "What the hell is this…?" He pondered. "I'm not afraid of this guy…" He thought as he glanced at the Konoha shinobi.
Shikamaru's fist was shaking out of sheer anger and the same action was being forced on Sakon through the chunin's Kagemane technique. "I will be your opponent." The Nara stated as his eyes narrowed menacingly.
Kumo Shibari – Spider Bind
Gatsuga – Dual Piercing Fang
Kumo Nenkin – Spider Sticky Gold
Shouroga – Burning Wolf Fang (Made up)
Ryuuka no Jutsu – Dragon Fire Jutsu
Shougaroga – Burning Dual Wolf Fang (Made up)
Zetsuga – Final Piercing Fang (Made up)
Kisame – Heheh… ~Another one bites the dust~
Lee – Lots of made up jutsus on this chapter…
Itachi – Yeah, that has to do with one of Phoenixsun's biggest issues while writing this, besides having been very busy.
Kisame – You're talking as if he had a life…
Itachi – *Ignores* He had trouble writing Kiba's fight, so when he finally thought of something, it was a bit… Overpowering… So he had to reel it back in so more.
Lee – Yosh! Now I can wait see what he has plan for Kiba in the future!
Kisame – Heh… If the mutts survives this chapter.
Itachi – Lee… Why don't you show Kisame the last cutscene in the game's story mode… I'm sure he'll love it…
Kisame – Huh?
Lee – Yosh!
Itachi – Anyways. We will like to thank all of your for reading through this 25 chapters, we know it hasn't been easy. We'll see you next time on PHD's chapter 26: As a Leader.
Lee – Here's the scene, Kisame-san.
Kisame – Wha… What the hell is this?
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