Chapter 82 - Raikage's Interest
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(A/N: Ahhhhhhhhhh! I wanna see Naruto!! Show us Naruto! Author-sama!!!!)
Tsunade as she led the team ordered seriously, "I won't say much… Don't die!"
Konoha ninjas smiled as they looked at each other and nodded at Tsunade's order.
Tsunade led the army of 100 ninjas in the direction where the Raikage was last sighted. She had to show that Konoha ninjas aren't pushovers so this war could reach a temporary truce.
Winning the war was not the decision to make but to make the opponent give up in trying to fight against Konoha. If winning the war was the way after a year or two, Tsunade can do nothing but declare an all out war.
Winner takes all. Tsunade is willing to give an inch but if the other party wants to take a mile, they could only respond to their rudeness.
Not long after entering the battlefield, Yamanaka Inoichi sensed a lot of ninjas approaching with a monstrous chakra. His face turned serious as he said "Tsunade-sama. They're fast approaching from the north in our current position."
Tsunade nodded and said with battle intent "Prepare for battle! Show no mercy!"
"Yes!" The army of ninjas replied in respect as they also turned serious.
Sasuke, who was accompanying them, directly activated [Sharingan]. He couldn't let his guard down like in the previous times, he had learned his lesson when he fought killer B.
Heading in the direction of the opponent, as soon as Tsunade sighted Cloud Ninjas, she jumped up high and instantly above them.
Boom!
"Heavenly Foot of Pain!" Tsunade crashed to the ground taking along a bunch of ninjas along with the technique with its wide range.
"B! Support the others, I'll take care of the Hokage!" A, the Raikage ordered, as he shrouded his body with lightning obviously entering [Lightning Chakra Mode.]
B replied and joked "I got it! Brother! Don't die! Bakayaro!"
A, obviously annoyed, yelled out "Hurry up and go or I'll kill you along with the Konoha ninjas!"
Sasuke appeared beside the Raikage, although he had learned his lesson in not letting his guard down, he was still as reckless as ever and excited at the thought of fighting a strong opponent.
Sasuke tried to kick A in the head in response, A caught his foot as he said in interest "Hm… This is the kid, B was talking about?"
Sasuke with his other foot, kicked again with his foot activated with [Chidori].
Chicihcihci! Boom!
A simply caught it again, his body was coated by thick lightning chakra nature he obviously wouldn't be affected by such a weak lightning jutsu that wasn't yet comparable to his armor.
A who caught Sasuke's feet, smashed him into the ground in annoyance "Don't be arrogant! Brat! I'm the Raikage!"
Boom! Crash!
"Kahgh!" Sasuke spurted out blood but bore the pain and stared at the Raikage's jutsu closely so he could copy it.
Upon looking closely, he could see the Raikage's body was covered by a thin chakra outside like a chakra pathway whereas he lets the chakra flow in it, causing it to not consume as much as chakra as he does when he uses it. It also doesn't damage his inner organs.
Making Sasuke smirk as he already got the concept so he used [Shape Manipulation] + [Lightning Chakra Nature] in his feet. Although he wasn't as fast as Naruto in doing it he could still do it. With Chakra Surrounding his feet, it was as sharp as a sword.
"Hm?!" A said in interest as he let go, if he held still much longer than it would penetrate his chakra armor.
Sasuke undid the chakra in his feet to replace it with another [Body Flicker] to retreat to a distance.
A raised his hands in front of Sasuke and said "Brat! Why don't you come to Kumo? I'll especially allow you to live in Kumo and also be my disciple."
Sasuke with a mocking smile on his face said as he pointed to A's left "Ask her, if she's gonna agree."
Tsunade appeared to the side with a serious face already preparing to punch A "How dare you try to poach a ninja of Konoha in front of me, the 5th Hokage."
Boom!
As she punched in A's direction a wind shockwave was also produced however, A saw Tsunade, in his eyes, Tsunade was quite slow. So he dodged without any difficulty.
While he was distracted, he was astonished to see Sasuke with his glowing red eyes immediately appear to the side with his copied [Lightning Chakra Mode] he got from A as he said "And, I'm not interested in being your disciple, I'm quite talented, you see?"
[Lightning Blade!] His hand covered with [Shape Manipulation] and [Lightning Chakra Nature] Slashed in A's direction.
Although he was surprised doesn't mean he couldn't react. So he dodged again but he didn't let this opportunity go, and went for Tsunade.
Tsunade with her rich combat experience, also knew how to deal with fast opponents, she covered her fist in [Chakra] and punched the ground.
Boom!
As she smashed her fist to the ground, the ground collapsed causing rubbles to appear everywhere and it also caused A to retreat.
"Tsk. How troublesome." Tsunade clicked her tongue, she was a bad match up against a fast opponent.
Sasuke appeared to her side covered in [Lightning Chakra Nature] and said his request as he also noticed Tsunade was a bad match up against a fast opponent. "Godaime, it looks like you're a bit disadvantaged, do you mind if I join your battle?"
Tsunade looked at him in surprise, his current state was similar to A. She also remembered from her great uncle, Tobirama, he said that Sasuke was a talented Uchiha so she nodded as she asked "Can you handle it? That much chakra discharge?"
Sasuke nodded and explained as he went out of [Lightning Chakra Mode] "I stole the Raikage's jutsu when I was close by. I probably wouldn't be able to do it if my chakra control was bad but now, it's as easy as drinking water. Although, it still consumes a shit ton of chakra, I can go in and out of the [Lightning Chakra Mode] as my [Sharingan] complements the jutsu."
"Is that so?" Tsunade smiled in reply as she thought 'Talented indeed. In that swift moment he stole the Raikage's jutsu? He even adjusted it to suit him.'
"Let's go!" Tsunade yelled out as Sasuke followed playing a support role in the battle against the Raikage.
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"Bakayaro!" Killer B said as he spotted a bunch of ninjas in his direction, without holding back he immediately used 8 tailed beast link mode as he generated [Tailed Beast Bomb] in his mouth in the direction of the Konoha ninjas.
Shikamaru and the other ninjas in the opposition solemnly looked at the [Tailed Beast Bomb] as he said "Sakura! Do you have a chakra barrier?!"
"I won't be able to make a barrier strong enough to defend against that!" Sakura panicked
Shikamaru thought up hundreds of solutions at that moment and thought "Make a one sided barrier in a slanted position! We'll redirect the [Tailed Beast Bomb]. How much chakra?!"
Sakura replied as she started drawing on the ground with her blood "I don't know! Maybe 5 Jounins!"
Shikamaru looked at Inoichi but he already understood so he called the necessary ninjas.
The jounin arrived instantly as Shikamaru asked "Is it done yet?! The [Tailed Beast Bomb] is about to come!"
Sakura with her hand shaking was doing her best and replied "5 seconds!"
"Haaaaaaaaaaaa!"
B who was linked with Gyuki sent the Tailed Beast Bomb in their direction.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Trees fell one after another as it approached their location extremely fast.
"Done! Apply chakra!"
10 jounin immediately dropped to the ground and applied chakra.
Shikamaru stared at the [Tailed Beast Bomb] that was impending their doom, even if they run away they would be caught up with the explosion so this has a higher chance of succeeding.
Sakura closed her eyes to sense the seal's chakra output and prayed that it'd be on time or they'd all die here!
Shikamaru shouted "It's here!"
Sakura, although panicking, activated the seal "Release!"
A red wall appeared in front of them that was in the way that Shikamaru requested.
Since it was coming in close fast, if the barrier was strong enough it would bounce above!
'Please hold!' They all hoped for the best.
Bang!
The [Tailed Beast Bomb] bumped the red barrier that was slanted on purpose to try and make it bounce and it… worked!
The [Tailed Beast Bomb] was deflected to the sky!
Boom!
Shikamaru breathed a sigh of relief and said to Inoichi's direction "I don't know how many of those we can take but we can only retreat if he does another one. Have another 5-10 Jounin ninjas accompany Sakura as we fight in the battlefield in case we have a similar case in which the Jinchuuriki uses it again."
Inoichi nodded as he relayed the order with his [Mind Body Transmission Jutsu]. Towards all the ninjas in the battlefield.
B released his jutsu and rapped "Yo! You guys are good! How cool!"
Samui appeared beside him and delivered a bump to his head,
B replied in annoyance "That's not cool! It hurts!"
Samui sighed and replied "A-sama will be quite angry you know? If the Konoha ninjas didn't deflect that away, some of our ninjas would have been caught up by the explosion."
B sweated upon thinking of the consequences of his actions without planning and replied in a downcast mood "Hm… Do you think I should escape now?"
Samui sighed again and replied "I suggest not."
"You're right… It's a bad idea… I guess I'll just make up for it by killing a bunch of enemy ninjas."
A, Tsunade and Sasuke saw it from faraway and felt the shockwave as the [Tailed Beast Bomb] exploded in the sky.
A snorted and rudely said "Looks like you have some good ninjas!"
Tsunade looked at the explosion that just happened and thought of how they deflected that attack and he thought of her great uncle's words, 'Haruno Sakura. Incredibly talented in Fuinjutsu and is able to make a Fuinjutsu on the spot by rearranging seals. I suggest a promotion to Jounin.'
Tsunade looked at Sasuke who was also a part of Naruto's team and thought 'Team 7. A team full of monsters.'
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(A/N: Yeah...)