BOOM…
The impact of both jutsu creates a powerful explosion at the point of impact. Dust and smoke shroud A while Gari jumps out of the explosion. Gari's left arm is blown by the blast.
"Huh! I got hurt." Gari stares at his rapidly regenerating arm.
Whoosh…
A also jumps out of the dust cloud with clenched fists.
"How are you still fine?" Gari is surprised to see a perfectly fine A.
"Lightning is the weakness of the earth release. The explosion release is also a combination of earth release and lightning release. My lightning jutsu counter the earth release."
BANG…
A punches Gari's face and sends him flying. Gari also slams his fist into A's chest.
'Explosion Release: Landmine fist,'
Boom…
The explosion hurls A in the air, but the latter blocks the damage using his lightning cloak. He swiftly closes the distance and rapidly punches Gari from all sides.
A overpowers Gari in all aspects. He picks up Gari using his brute strength and slams him around like a rag doll.
BZZT… CRACKLE…
A riles up his chakra. Lightning flickers across his eyes as he infuses lightning in his arms. His arms swell up slightly and his veins pop out on the surface of his skin.
"LlIIGGGOOORRR BOOOMMBBB!!"
A slams Gari's body into the ground and blows him to smithereens. Dust and ashes spread in the surrounding and a giant crater appear around his feet. Lightning crackles across the crater.
Crack… snap…
A crack his neck and turns his attention to Fuguki.
"Two down, one more to go!"
A leaves the sealing of Gari to the captain and vice-captains. Lightning flicker across his feet as he reappears in front of Fuguki.
A clenches his finger into a fist and aims for Fuguki's head.
BANG…
Fuguki anticipates A's movements and blocks his attack with the giant sword. Wind swirls around Fuguki's blade as he negates A's lightning.
Clang…
Both of them separate from each other and carefully read each other's movements.
Fuguki calmly stares at A and opens his mouth.
"Looks like the third Hokage taught you really well!"
"Words of praise are worth feces from the mouth of a traitor!" A mocks his as he recalls Kumo's previous deal with the former leader of the Seven Mist Swordsman Fuguki Suikazan.
Despite being the leader of the Seven Mist Swordsman, Fuguki betrayed Kiri in hopes of survival during the Kiri civil war. Fuguki's life-threatening battle against Night Duy left him with severe internal injuries that were too difficult to recover from. This led to a rapid decline in Fuguki's power and status in the village. So, despite being the leader of the Mist Swordsman, Fuguki was a disposable piece to the elders of the conservative faction. They wanted to drain all of his value before discarding him like trash.
Fuguki was also aware of his status quo and thus wanted to escape from the clutches of Kiri's elders. So, he sold the information to enemy nations around Kirigakure.
Kumogakure was one of the nations who bought the intel and A was precisely the leader of the party that handled the trade. So, he recognized Fuguki the instant their eyes met.
However, who could have expected that the conservative faction of Kirigakure became aware of Fuguki's action. So, they assigned a shinobi of their own named Kisame Hoshigaki to Fuguki's Cypher division.
Kisame caught Fuguki in the act of betrayal and managed to slaughter him in the end. After Fuguki's death, Kisame took his Mist sword Samehada for himself and joined the conservative faction as the new Seven Swordsman of the Mist.
However, who could have expected that Kisame would later betray the conservative faction and join Akatsuki. Kirigakure also hid the news about Fuguki's death from the rest of the world since it's a shameful matter for one of the Seven Mist swordsmen of mist to be a traitor to the village.
After being reminded of his dark history, Fuguki grits his teeth. His eyes turn red and his chakra becomes erratic. Fuguki's hairs float in the air and harden.
"That battle was a blemish on my reputation. Six of us fought in that battle against a genin from Konoha. And yet, only three of us survived to tell the tale. Everything went downhill from that point. If not for my injuries, how could I have died in the hands of a mere subordinate of mine."
Fuguki turns to A with a malevolent expression.
"Brat! I will teach you the lesson your father forgot to teach you."
RUMBLE…
Ground cracks underneath Fuguki as the latter riles up his chakra. He was the former wielder of Samehada and as such his chakra reserves were monstrous to handle that chakra-leeching sword.
SHOOM…
A pillar of chakra becomes visible to the naked eyes as Fuguki stares daggers at A.
Swish… swish… swish…
Fuguki makes a series of hand signs and opens his mouth.
"Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave,"
He spits out a large amount of water from his mouth. The water surges into gigantic waves each measuring up to tens of meters high. Fuguki rides on top of the waves as they blast into A with immense might.
Hmph…
A snort and riles up his chakra. His hair rises into hair from the surge of lighting chakra.
A lifts his hand in the air and swings it down into a vertical motion.
"Lightning Oppression Vertical Chop,"
BOOM…
A sharp bolt of lightning escapes from A's arm and slashes apart the approaching tidal wave.
Fuguki jumps down from the top of the wave. He compresses and infuses a large amount of water chakra into the giant chakra blade. The blade of the chakra blade turns pale blue at first. Fuguki infuses the chakra till the blade turns to a shade of deep blue.
"Water Release: Crushing Mountain Splitting Earth slash,"
The blade increases in length and slashes across the battlefield into an arc. The chakra giant sword releases a powerful crescent water blade that slashes through the ground and splits an area of fifty meters in half. A powerful pillar of water explodes from the ground and rains down as sharp water spears.
Haah…
A avoids the initial crescent water blade with his speed. He slowly removes his vambraces to reveal his black lightning tattoo.
"I have seen your strength, now it's my turn."
HAAAAHHH…
Black lightning flickers across A's eyes. His entire lightning chakra turns black and a red glow appears in A's eyes.
"Black Lightning: Doom hammer,"
A combines both his hands into a fist and raises them above his head. Black lightning gathers around his hands and strikes the area around him.
Whoosh…
A disappear from his place and reappear above Fuguki.
'His speed is much faster than before. My eyes can't keep up!' Fuguki murmurs as he launches an omnidirectional barrage of hair needles from his head.
Bang… bang… pew… pew…
The chakra infuses hairs pierces through surrounding rocks and trees and slices chunks of the ground in its vicinity. However, A ignores the rapidly approaching hair needles. His cloak of black lightning disintegrates the hairs into ashes before it could pierce his skin.
Haah…
Fuguki elongates his hair and covers his entire body with them. The steel-like hairs surround with me a defensive layer with multiple spiky protrusions.
As soon as A's hands reach Fuguki's body, he opens his palms and discharges a powerful bolt of lightning that shred apart Fuguki's hair defenses and pierces all the way through his body. The powerful bolt of black lightning splits his body in half and enters the ground while drilling a ginormous hole beneath them.
"Hmph… even if you were alive and in your peak condition, you would suffer the same fate under my hands." A snorts and turns around.
The remaining members of the sealing team and vice-captain quickly surround Fuguki's still-recovering body. They place various sealing tags on his body and immobilize him.
"RAIKAGE SAMA!" Shinobis from Kumogakure cheer for the victory of their leader.
"It's nothing much!" A nod at them and turns toward the captain of the unit.
"Vacate this sector and regroup with another unit from a different sector. I will move to the next sector to provide backup."
Whoosh…
A swiftly flickers away without waiting for any response from the captain.
"Yes, commander!" The Konoha captain bows his head in A's direction and turns his attention to his unit.
"Let's move towards the sector in the north. Earlier, during Raikage Sama's battle, I heard a loud explosion noise in that direction. Let's lend our strength to our comrades!"
"Yes, captain!"
The surviving members resolutely raise their hands and march forward in the particular direction mentioned by their leader.
This is just the first wave of attack in Kabuto's night raid. Similar attacks are occurring in almost every sector. The attacks were so intense that Minato and Shikaku had to slightly alter their plan and send A to the battlefield to prevent casualties. The night battle rages on.