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- Sasuke, can you hear that? - Naruto spoke, stopping before another swing, looking towards the Waterfall.
- No, I didn't hear anything, why? - A surprised Sasuke answered him, also looking in the direction where Menma usually trained.
- I think I hear someone crying.
- Someone's crying? How can you hear it from the direction where the Waterfall is located? - Shikamaru, who seemed to be dozing under the shade of a tree, joined the conversation.
- I couldn't be mistaken, I can definitely hear Karin!
- Karin? What could she be doing at Brother Menma's training ground? There's a dangerous Waterfall he's decided to build again.
- I like it. We don't have one in the Clan, and it looks beautiful.
- That's only when Brother Menma isn't training there.
- That's nothing, but if he used his Clones like he used to. - At Blondin's words, even Brunet's whole body shuddered and hurriedly put away all the memories that came to mind.
- Okay, okay. Naruto forget it already.
- What is it with you two? Always when it comes to this, it's like the ninth circle of hell comes to mind.
- Sasuke, Shikamaru, I can't be wrong. I can definitely hear Karin crying.
- Naruto, stop! Okay, Shikamaru, let's go get him.
- Heh, why did I stop sleeping in the first place? - Nara slowly got up and ran after the reborn duo, trying to keep up with them. After a while, the young Genius realised that he had lost his two younger brothers, the real Geniuses recognised in Konoha, and began to wander through the forest. - How many firing ranges were there? Did their Clan buy more of the area around their Quarter and increase the size of the firing ranges? - As he made his way through the forest and navigated by the sun and the sounds of the Waterfall, Nara made his way to Menma's range and saw his friends near the shore. - Hey Naruto, Sasuke, don't leave me alone so suddenly.
- Shikamaru? - suddenly, he noticed that his friends weren't alone and recognised the freaky red top next to Blondie.
- Karin? So Naruto was right?
- Yes, we found her here. - Sasuke answered Sasuke's questions while Naruto comforted the still crying Red-haired girl in his lap.
- Come on, sister. Tell me what happened. If someone hurt you, I'll tear them to pieces! - Naruto tried to cheer her up.
- Naruto, don't follow Brother Menma's lead. - Shikamaru squatted down close to Karin. - Karin-chan, what's wrong? Tell us so we can help you. - From the stranger's voice, the girl was a little surprised and raised her head.
- Sh-shikamaru-kun... SASUKE-KUN?!
- Of course. - Nara rolled his eyes, but continued. - So can you tell us what happened?
- I...I...I...I... - The girl's eyes started to fill with tears again and Blondin hurried to calm her down.
- Calm down sis. It's okay, you don't have to worry about anything.
- But m-mum... - the girl sobbed again, hugging Naruto.
- Mariko...san? - Naruto was as surprised at her words as the brunettes nearby.
- Where is Brother Menma? - Sasuke suddenly remembered, trying to look round.
- His last Clone had dispelled a few minutes ago, and suddenly so.
- Brother's gone to look for his mum! - The girl suddenly cried out, trying to hug her relative as tightly as she could.
- Mariko-san...is she missing? But where are all of Brother Menma's Clones? He wouldn't have left you alone.
- B-brother left me with a Clone and we went into the house, but suddenly brother disappeared and I was alone in the house! - Through sobs and crying, Karin somehow tried to tell everything.
- Calm down, sister. Everything will be all right, believe me. I'll protect everyone, and my brother will bring Mariko-san home any minute now! - Naruto tried to make the softest smile he could to make Karin calm down a little and stop crying.
- That's right, I'm sure Brother Menma can do anything. - Sasuke couldn't just ignore her condition and tried to cheer Karin up too, smiling at her almost as sincerely as he had in front of Menma and Itachi.
- P-really? - Karin stopped crying hard and rubbed her eyes and looked at Sasuke.
- Really. - Both guys answered her, holding the girl's hands.
- "But still, what could have happened that all of Brother Menma's Clones could scatter?" - A worried Nara thought to himself, glancing at the grey clouds accumulating in the sky.
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- Hey! Menma! Don't switch off! Can you hear me?
- K-kurama?
- Thank Rikudo, I thought you were going to die, kid. Don't tell me I don't care.
- I won't. Ha-ha-ha, damn it.
- Don't get up yet. I'm replenishing your reserves and treating your earlier wounds.
- K-koo.
- You'll thank me later. Right now, you should get some rest...
- I'm sorry. - Fox was taken aback by those words. - I shouldn't have said that. I know you were really worried about me.
- I'll worry about you! I'll worry about you! You're just a pathetic little man with whom I've made an agreement and who has a cosy brain, nothing more.
- Y-yes, that's true. But I still want to apologise. You were really thoughtful and I responded too rudely, I'm sorry.- Have you really lost your mind this time? What the hell are you talking about?
- Kuramushka!
- What?!
- K-kurama, if I really die now, then know...kha-kha...you were one of my dearest beings and you were my family and parent, after my real parents died...kha-ahhh...I don't know how long I have left, but remember...kha...p-just take care of my little brother.... - After saying that, there was silence, but it didn't last long.
- Pfft!
- Pgh!
- Pfah-ha...
- Pha-ha-ha...
- Pfa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! - resounded a wild laughter in my subconscious.
- Pha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! - I also laughed.
- You know, there's really something about your dramatic goodbyes, Pfa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha...
- Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha...Ouch!
- Of course, you're not in an enviable position right now. You were too wasteful with your chakra when you already had too little.
- Man, this is the first time I've felt this much! When was the last time I depleted my reserve?!
- Of course, you've always had my chakra in reserve before, right?
- Without it, I'm really going to have a hard time. - After a few seconds, I was able to stand up and move more or less normally. Kurama had actually injected his chakra into me, and tried to soften it as much as possible so I wouldn't feel the hateful burning part of it. For depleted chakro channels, Kyubey's hateful chakra could be bad for them, but right now I didn't care about that. Despite Kurama's efforts, I could feel that my eyes and nails had already transformed and I was also enveloped in red Fox chakra with a single fox tail. Yeah, it looks like I put too much into Rassensuriken, and something tells me that after his words, Rasa actually attacked me somehow, making me almost lose consciousness. Oh right, his words. "You can't save her anymore"? What did he mean by that? Well, we'll find out now. I slowly walked over to the still lying and still unconscious Rasa and took him by the scruff of the neck using my useful smile in this case.
- Explain yourself. What do you mean Mariko-san can't be saved? - The sandman looked at me with eyes red from burst veins and spat blood in my face. Of course it didn't go through the veil and somehow burned off even, but it was still unpleasant.
- So you're a goddamn demon, too. - He hissed and stared at me with a very familiar expression from my childhood. How long had it been since I'd seen that look? Maybe I just wasn't paying attention, though.
- By "bloody demon," you mean Gaara, your son? - My hands trembled, and my teeth bared their fangs.
- How do you know him?! It doesn't matter, that monster isn't my son anyway. My son is long dead. *I felt a bit of irritation on my fist and felt drops of blood on my skin. - Booh!" I felt some irritation again, but I still stared emotionlessly at the man in front of me, feeling my fangs cutting through the skin and filling my mouth with the distinct taste of iron. - What the hell are you doing, you bloody monster? *The man's face is increasingly distorted and covered in blood and swollen bruises. - *Booh* - the man's teeth are knocked out and his voice becomes as distorted as his face. The speech is almost incomprehensible to me, but from his expression fuck@π@, I can tell what he's trying to say. - Ghygadobzv ghuse! (Stop it already!) *Clap* - I clasp his throat in the palm of my hand and apply a little pressure punching through the small layer with my claws. - Gha!
- "Kurama, give me control." - I muttered in my subconscious.
- What are you talking about? You're not allowed to... - Kurama tried to stop me.
- Give me the damn control! - I forcefully injected Fox's hateful chakra into Rasa's chakra system, causing his entire body to be covered in scarlet chakra.
- Ghaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! - He wailed with all his might trying to get out of my grip, but I didn't let him and pressed him harder. - GYAAAAAAA!!!!! LET GO!!!! IT HURTS!!!!
- Ha and you couldn't even last a minute? - I smiled, bringing his face close to mine and looking straight into his eyes. - Now imagine
what it's like for your son to feel that way every day. - I poured more and more chakra so that his face was beginning to heal, but he was still writhing in pain. - You fucking scum sealed the demon into your own son and decided his fate for him, supposedly protecting the Village, but you were a coward. You condemned him to this suffering and made the whole world turn against him. You made him hate even his own mother who gave her life for him. You turned his own brother and sister against him, making him hate his family more and more. You made his uncle, the most loving man in spite of everything that happened to him and his sister, kill him and instil hatred in his uncle. You chose your son's suffering over yours and made him suffer and hate everything. And YOU, scum, are trying to yap something about him being a "monster"? Rasa, your son may be a monster because of the kind of father he got, but you are a real *"₽#*₽#*₽#¢%£^!!!! - I pressed him more and more each time, making him feel all the sensations of being covered in Fox's hateful chakra. Because of such manipulations and practically wearing out his SCCH, he couldn't move even a grain of sand and just squirmed in unbearable relentless pain in every cell of his body. I pressurised him with YAKI and forced him to look directly at me, while inflicting terrible agony not only on his body but also on his mind. - You have failed both as a Kazekage, as a Shinobi, as a Husband, as a Father, and even as a Man. Dog no Rasa, you frankly don't deserve to live, but I'll let you continue your miserable existence as a pathetic parasite. But I'll leave something for last, as a gift for a good fight. Genjutsu. - I used all of his chakra to apply this technique and amplified it several times so that he could fully feel everything that would happen to him.
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! - When I released him and turned away, he just stared soullessly in front of me without moving but still breathing. When I looked up, I saw Itachi standing warily and Sarikawa dumbfounded by the whole sight. I felt guilty for a moment, but quickly dismissed the feeling, turning away from the girl who had fallen to her knees. As I spoke, I heard a note of a creepy growl in my voice that I hadn't noticed until then.
- Itachi, Kazekage attacked me first, and before that he did something to Mariko-san, sending her into the enemy's lair. I have no beef with him, unless he also takes advantage of the incident in some way. You, as the captain of the ANBU, have to handle this situation, and I have to move on. - I cast a fleeting glance at Saki's wide-open eyes in the aftermath and immediately turned away. Just as I tried to jump, I heard a voice behind me.
- Menma! - Itachi shouted, but I didn't expect anything else. - You shouldn't be in this condition...
- Itachi, I can handle it. Don't worry, you better get on with it. - I said, and without waiting for my friend's reply, I headed off. I didn't notice how three Tails had already formed behind me, but it was for the best. Now I could go full speed ahead. - Third Gate: The Gate of Life. Open.
Skill acquired: Suppression Level 1.
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Snapped, yeah. Oh, and the situation last...hahhh. Why at this exact moment? Why did I have such bad luck? Could I have done anything differently? Maybe, but I couldn't just leave that fucking prick alone! I tried my best to beat it into his head, even though it took a lot more effort than I thought it would. But there's no time for that now. My goal is still the same, to save Mariko-san at all costs.
- Menma. - Fox approached me as I was speeding towards the castle.
- What? There's something wrong with Mariko-san?! - That was the only reason Kurama had decided to come to me, that had occurred to me at least.
- No, there's nothing wrong with her. I don't feel any changes in her chakra system yet.
- Then what's wrong?
- Undo the veil. - Nine-tailed's words made me stop abruptly even in the real world.
- What are you talking about? What the hell are you talking about? - After regaining my composure, I continued on my way, also continuing my conversation with him.
- Menma, at this moment, the veil is only negatively affecting you.
- What do you mean? I can easily handle three of your Tails and I'm not going to take more right now.
- It's in your normal state that you can release the Third Tail, but this is different.
- What could have happened that I lost control of your normal three tails?
- Your condition. It's dire, to say the least.
- Huh?
- In your normal state, you could fight back the concentration of the hated chakra that is mine, but now you've weakened too much and can't feel the pain of burning all over your body just because of the adrenaline in your blood. And I think after a while...
- *Bang* - my eyes started to darken and I just passed out on the run, crashing into the nearest rock. - Damn, why can't I move...
- I told you, kid! It's because of your stupid stubbornness. Cancel the veil, or I'll do it myself.
- What the hell is going on? Why can't I use it? I was--
- What the hell were you listening to me for?! The hateful chakra is burning you from the inside out every second you use it! You were strong enough to be unaffected by this effect when you were in your normal state, but that Fire Technique didn't go unnoticed, and after it, you didn't even recover enough to chase after me, ignoring my arguments and not even bothering to heal yourself! And now you've depleted your reserve! A little more and you'll get such injuries that will affect not only your health, but your whole life! Kid, don't be so stubborn! It's not worth it.
- ... - I was quite impressed by Kurama's words, so I just digested them for a while, and after a second of thinking about it, I closed contact with Nine-tails.
- You...!
- Okay Kurama, I'll listen to you and won't use your power, but I still can't abandon Mariko-san.- YOU *"₽#@*%%%©$£¢©©©$€©$%%""₽#**##"*#**#&*#'_%*₽"₽%€¢€..!!!!! - covered me in a long string of three-storey, full-blown attic and garden above, mate Fox. Wow, just from that incredibly huge phrase alone, my vocabulary increased by a third!
- K-curama...
- I'm not done, DAMN "*#@*"#$€#₽*##%€*₽@#*€€©$€₽₽₽*##₽*$.
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Five minutes later, already at the gates of the Dark Lord's stone failed castle.
- Okay, Koo. We're already here, so there's no turning back and can you please stop giving me your opinion on my intelligence already! - Surprisingly, Fox never once repeated himself during his entire monologue! Not at all. I even started to write it down in a special notebook, bought for the soul of one of the wolves of the eightieth level, so as not to miss anything! How many years has Kyubey had to increase his arsenal of profanity to say something like that?!
- How do you explain to such a suicidal moron that going into an enemy's lair with literally nothing but a couple of ironclads can end in disaster?!
- Shut up! Even if I don't have your chakra now.
- You've only got a little bit of your own!
- You've got plenty! I don't care what you think and I don't care that I can't use my chakra! Right now I just have to do what I have to do and I don't give a fuck! Am I a man or not?! Third Gate: The Gate of Life, Open!!!
- Dalb@**... - At Fox's doomed sigh, I burst into the main villain's room and watched as he turned into something...something...just something! Oh, that's right, it's slime!!!
- Rimuru, damn it!!! I'm here to kick your ****!!! - The half-human, half-waste was staring at me with fucking eyes, to say the least, and even stopped the devouring of innocents to see my adrenaline-pumped, obviously badly adrenalised visage.
- Disappear. - he issued and threw a few...tentacles in my direction...?
- Holy shit! Hurricane of Konoha!!! - While I was desperately struggling with the terror of my anal virginity, Weasel started spitting up everything he could.
- Kha! Haa...ha, what's that?! - Turning round to look at him, I noticed at the bottom of all that thick mass he was using, a red silhouette that began to glow intensely and by all canons was about to explode at any moment!
- Mariko-san!!! - I desperately rushed towards that area and literally rammed myself into the layer of vile blue slurry. Man, the colour is perfect, but the consistency!!!
- H-how can this be!!!??? It's impossible!!! I can't die here!!! - After a while, those shrieks were drowned out and I was already completely inside the disgusting clot.
- Mariko-san! - I searched everywhere I could and couldn't, but those parasite innards were too big!
- Menma! Underneath! Underneath you!
- Kurama? - I was a bit taken aback by the Fox's address, but I quickly realised what he was saying and wriggled my body into what was underneath me, but the unexpected happened....
- Something soft...*jamk-jamk-jamk-jamk*...and big.
- Dickhead, get her out of there!
- Oh yeah! - Luckily Mariko-san was unconscious and ignored all my shenanigans, so I'll pretend this situation never happened and bribe Kurama later. - Shit! How do I get out?! - I shouted as I held the unconscious body of the woman in my arms. I could barely move around in the viscous, opaque sludge. - Oh, shit! - I only noticed that Mariko-san was actually getting lighter and lighter, and it wasn't in a good way!!!! - Primary Lotus!!! - Not knowing what to do, I used one of the only Taijutsu techniques available to me at the moment and...I started to succeed!!!! I spun on the spot with Uzumaki picked up, but because of that I started to get knocked backwards. Realising this I increased my speed and already spreading my legs for more effect, like a boat under the engine I was already ramming my way out of this Ferret!
- Phaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! - I reflexively started gulping for air trying to come to my senses, as I certainly couldn't breathe properly in this sludge. - Gai-Sensei, when I come back, I'll thank you so much! - I remembered my fat-bearded Master, without whose lessons I could have lost my hooves. - Mariko-san! - Having already recovered a little, I immediately turned my attention to the woman lying next to me and tried to bring her to her senses!
- Behind me! - Fox's voice was loud and I turned around, but I saw only the same slime from which I had just climbed out. - Not behind yours! Look behind that Uzumaki's back!!!
- Ah, yes!" I immediately wrapped my arms around the unconscious woman and tore my kimono. - Sorry Mariko-san, I'll be sure to sew it back on my return! - After looking at the wet, torn, sticky and in some places simply dissolved kimono again, he added. - I'd better buy a new one. - I saw a thin layer of golden sand between Mariko-san's shoulder blades behind her back. I poured some of my remaining chakra into it and it dissolved, revealing a red seal with unknown characters on it, something like the writings of Fuinzuyutsu. - Shit! This thing's gonna blow! - I ripped it out in one motion and threw it at Ferret, who was also trying to bring himself to his senses, but didn't have time. - BANG!" There was a fucking huge explosion and the blast wave threw us outside. I was able to cover Mariko-san, but it didn't help much. - Uhhhhhh, that hurt ₽##"₽@!!!! - I guess Kurama's recent lessons didn't go to waste.
- Mhm...Menma...kun? - It seems that this explosion woke up the previously sleeping woman. Of course it did, it destroyed a giant building, even if it was made of stone, but it destroyed it to the ground! This explosion can even compare to my Rassensuriken. - What are you doing here?
- Mariko-san, are you all right?! - I quickly interrupted while checking her condition.
- Y-yes, I'm fine. M-menma-kun! Your back!!!
- It's nothing, it'll heal somehow, and I can barely feel any pain right now, so don't worry.
- W-what's wrong?!
- Mariko-san, you've been kidnapped!
- Oh, I see. - Stop! I didn't expect this kind of reaction at all. I thought she'd be surprised, she'd glare, she'd ask who and how, she'd widen her eyes! But no, this woman stared at me stupidly, as it seemed to me with suspicion and began to look around, and then asked. - Isn't Karin here?
- Erm, no.
- Ugh, okay. - Well, that was more or less the reaction I could have expected, but the stupor from her previous answer still lingered with me, though it was sharply lifted the next moment.
- Ha-ha-ha-ha...ha-ha-ha-ha..... HAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!! - I turned round and saw a white Ferret slowly rising from the piles of rubble. - I don't know who you are, you little clown, but I have you to thank for saving my life! Who knew this woman would have a surprise merger!?
- Hey! I'm sure Mariko-san is completely clean!!! - At my statement, everyone here seemed to have a nervous eyebrow twitch. - *Booh* - there was a bang and Ferret was kicked by my Clone and flew straight towards me. - Good job! - I rushed over to him and leapt in the air, trying to slam him into the ground, but something unexpected happened. - The sound of metal hitting metal. How could I have forgotten about his Steel genome?! My reinforcement, low on mana but still there, collided with his Kekkei Steel Genkai, which he used to strengthen his body almost as much as I did.
- You have an Enhanced Genome?! - Weasel jumped away in surprise, staring at my leg as it collided with his.
- Don't you have one?! - I was also squinting at his back, where my blow was aimed.
- I have four Enhanced Genomes, and soon, I'll get my fifth to complete the Perfect Shinobi.
- Yeah, I'll give it to you right now!
- You have no choice. - came a cold voice from behind me. I quickly turn around and give him a big smile.
- Says who? - As soon as he tried to punch me in the head, I switched on my Phantasm and went through his arm and punched him back. - Dzink! Damn, what's with the impenetrable skin?!
- Two Enhanced Genomes? That's commendable. At another time I'd love to study you, but you're not what I'm after. - As if he didn't even notice my punch, Ferret jumped back and moved towards Mariko-san.
- The Crimson Barrier of the Seven Rays! - She didn't stand still and put up a barrier around her, which Ferret almost slammed into. When he was about to touch it with his hand to absorb it, I moved straight towards him, I don't know if he can really absorb the Barrier, but now is not the time to try. With one punch I kicked him away from me and immediately followed to the reclining body.
- Fourth Gate: The Gate of Pain. Open! - I need speed and strength now more than ever, or he's going to keep using his Speed Techniques to try and nail me from behind, but man, it hurts! Even though I'm only depleted in chakra and my body is at least not in as bad a condition as the reserve, but tearing muscles still doesn't feel good! - Fifth Gate: The Limit Gate. Open!!! - this is really my limit! I can't even use the fourth gate without harming myself, and the fifth one really sucks for me! But right now, I can match him in speed and even surpass him in strength!
- Oh, you! Storm Element: Lightning Cloud Wave! - Before I could reach him, he folded the Technique and a thick cloud of glittering lightning began to form around him, which subsequently surrounded me. In the next second, the entire energy charge surged into me and my body was electrocuted from head to toe.
- Aaaaah!!! - It hurt and I couldn't stand it and screamed at the top of my lungs.
- Hah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! Take that, you bloody boy!!! I'll devour her first and then I'll come after you!
- N-no!!! - I tried to stand up, but the attack kept on damaging me, without stopping this painful torment!
- You can't do anything to me now. - he dashed towards Mariko and was at her side in a second. Touching the barrier, he began to absorb it. - Darkness Element: Absorbing Abyss.
- Reinforcement!!! - Mariko clenched her fists and poured as much chakra into them as possible and tried to attack Ferret, but he immediately moved behind her back.
- Don't fight back. - He whispered to her and grabbed her by the throat.
- Khaq! - I saw it, but I could barely move, pinned to the ground. Shit! If I don't do something now, I'll never make it!!! Think! What can I do?! Come on! - M-menma-k-kun... - I saw the look in Mariko-san's eyes, the beautiful grey eyes opened wide in surprise and tears of pain began to roll down the edges.
- DAMN IT!!!! SIXTH GATE: THE GATE OF INSIGHT!!! OPEN UP!!!! - My speed and strength increased even more and as the Gate opened, so much energy was released from my body that the entire storm around me dissipated and pushed away as if it were nothing. I rushed at Ferret with all the speed I could muster and threw him hundreds of metres away from me with a single blow. - Phaa-haa-haa-haa-haa-haa... - I was starting to run out of breath, but the energy I was feeling was pouring out of me!
- Menma-kun...?
- Mariko-san, get out of here. That guy's unstoppable! There should be Shikaku-sensei and the others a few hundred metres east of here, ask them for help!
- But..! You're all wounded! You won't last until we get back! And that man...you can't beat him!
- It's gonna be okay. - I gave a reassuring smile without activating anything and rushed over to Ferret.
- MENMA-kun...MENMA-KUUUN!!!!
- You bastard!!! I'm so sick of you!!! When are you going to die?!
- After a million tries! - I approached him and struck him from both sides at the same time, causing him to feel wild pain all over his body. Even his metal cover didn't help him, I was able to break through his defence and flung him into the sky.
- Punishment!!! - He released a blob of powerful concentrated chakra from one of his tattoos and I couldn't dodge the attack. It hit me directly and forced me back into the ground with double the force, pinning me to the ground and making it crack at the seams from the force of my body impact.
- Khaa! - I started to spit up blood and screamed in pain all over my body.
- You pissed me off to no end, now blame yourself! I wanted to study you first because of mixing so many genes, but now I'm just going to kill you!!!! TURBULENCE!!! - red chakra embraced him, and clouds began to gather around him, gathering at one point just above his hands. - I'll gather all the chakra with this Technique, absorbing every bit of it, and it'll all come right down on you!
- *Gulp* - I had to gulp, realising that I couldn't escape this attack. The radius of this Technique exceeds the distance I can cover especially with my condition, so this Technique will get me no matter what I try to do. I couldn't find any way out of this situation and just stared at the power that should fall before me and at that moment one suicidal thought appeared in my head. With the sound of the strongest wind and storm everywhere, I slowly muttered under my breath. - Well, if this works out, then I have a chance, to stay alive. But if not...I still have nothing to lose! Kurama! Let's light the last one!!! Shadow Cloning Technique! - When two more Clones appeared beside me, I felt Fox roll his eyes in doom and give himself a full-face facepalm.
- All right, guys, we'll do our best. - I made a channel with Kyubey and began to absorb his chakra, releasing it into my palm as transformed and prepared. The clones, on the other hand, began to create a mould for the Technique and pour Fire chakra into it, gradually concentrating the rotational force into a small point. When I began to exhaust my strength and felt the limit, I immediately threw the Technique straight upwards, where Ferret, who was still creating his Technique, was floating on his own wind. - That was it! Take that, Duttebashi Steam Hurricane!!!
A twisted, concentrated scarlet mini hurricane was hurled upwards, and it began to expand literally in front of his eyes. It absorbed both wind, fire, and even the storm around it, gradually taking on a huge form of swirling scarlet energy. It moved very fast and didn't tolerate any obstacle in front of it, reaching its goal alone. Hiruko, who had been anticipating the death of one Red-Haired Uzumaki all this time, suddenly flinched and lowered his arms and turned around to look at the source of his worries. He opened his eyes in shock and felt a burning sensation on his face, after which he could fully see the huge hurricane rushing towards him. He was surprised, but he smiled and put his palm in front of him and shouted.
- Darkness Element: Sucking Abyss. - Hiruko was anticipating the absorption of such a powerful Technique and was already imagining how he would use it against his most dumbfounded enemy and finally kill that damn Uzumaki, ending such a huge pain in the arse where the sun doesn't shine and then calmly absorb the last missing element for his perfection. But when he tried to suck the chakra out of this Technique, he suddenly felt the opposite effect. The technique was spinning madly and began to suck in Hiruko himself, and he barely resisted from a distance. - No! It can't be! I can't absorb it! This Technique...! - Hiruko felt the Shinigami breathing down his back and waved his hands in an attempt to finish his technique and direct it at that all-destroying Hurricane, but it didn't go as he had hoped. - N-impossible! Why is it absorbing my Turbulence!!!? How can that be!!!! No, I don't believe it!!!! Not this!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - I wanted to see everything that would happen afterwards, but unknowingly plopped down on the ground I just plain passed out....
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When I opened my eyes, I felt the familiar taste of iron in my mouth and the softness against my lips. When my eyes cleared, I saw Mariko's concerned face with a single tear drop running down her cheek.
- Menma! - I was immediately clasped in an embrace and pressed a little in the chest area, though the pressure was not uncomfortable at all and was even pleasant...gentle. I felt a sense of deja vu, though not when I was hugged, but when I took away the thin hand with the bite mark on it and a drop of blood.
- M-mariko-san? - I was of course surprised at that, but looking around I just realised it was gone.
- Just Mariko. - She said softly, smiling charmingly and mesmerisingly at me with a soft smile. I felt more or less able to move and immediately stood up, and for comfort and just to keep this nice embrace going, took Mariko's hands in mine, making her shriek a little.
- Menma, it's not nice to treat a married lady like that~ - she though she tried to show nonchalance and reduce everything to a joke, but the blush on her cheeks gave away her embarrassment.
- Ahh, yes. Sorry, it's just...
- *smack* - I felt soft lips on my cheek, which made my whole face freeze in surprise. - You did well, you did well, that's my thanks, Menma-kun. - Mariko returned her position and turned away, not noticing that I was still frozen in a daze. - We should probably get back now, right? Let's go, Menma-kun?
- Uh-huh...
I didn't notice that Mariko was also blushing and trying her best to hide her face and the clothes that had been torn off in her private parts.
Reputation with Mariko Uzumaki +3500