Naruto Karyuden

Chapter 10: Hidden Cloud Training V

CLOUD TRAINING V

"Let's go!" Kurama immediately leaps in the air and Gyuki charges at the Nue, horns first. Acting simultaneously in a practiced combination.

Kurama opens his jaw and quickly gathers chakra in small black orbs. He fires a barrage of it behind the Nue.

"Continuous Tailed Beast Bombs"

The Nue hops forward to dodge them, their strength lessened but still dangerous and enough to create explosions that leave an indent in the ground.

Gyuki's charge has already brought him close and personal with the chimera, his left horn aimed for the creature's chest. "Bull Rush" Nue lifts a paw and digs its claws into the Ox' head. The horn doesn't penetrate but the Nue skids back a fair distance before stopping, the rush halted.

Kurama lands behind and swings 3 of his tails to hit the Nue in the back. The snake-tail lashes out and opens its maw wide, wide enough to encompass the 3 tails. It chomps down on all the tails and springs back a bit, stopping the impact.

With the snake tail holding onto Kurama's tails, it grabs onto Gyuki's horn and spins, the Nue spins, sending the two flying in opposite directions, crashing into the landscape.

"Ow, that's a lotta power this thing's got. We better get serious or this'll hurt a lot."

"What does it look like we're trying to do, Bee?" Gyuki uses the thrashed remains of a mountaintop to get back up.

"Hey, if this thing's like that Kappa thing, can't we just shove it back into a gate?"

"In theory we could, except I don't see a Rashomon gate around, do you?"

Naruto looks around "Uhh, no?"

Gyuki grunts, the light scratch marks on his forehead healing with rapid regeneration. "Are you saying the Nue's completely free of its seal?"

"No, it's still weakened. Not as much as the Kappa, but that one was still barely out of the gate. This one's still bound by the seals even if the gate isn't around, I can feel it. I'm familiar enough with the accursed Uzumaki seals to be sick of them."

"Look at you, with your expertise."

"Oh, shut it."

"Is talking to it not an option?"

"These things can't talk, they're not like us. Look out, it's preparing something."

Their conversation is cut short by a tingling sensation in the air. Naruto's hair stands on edge, somehow becoming even more spiky. Sparks fly off at random places, increasing in frequency. The Nue roars and becomes enveloped in electricity, sending large bolts of lightning hurling at both Tailed Beasts. The area is filled with blinding light, almost turning the gloomy sky into a bright, sunny day.

When the light subsides, Kurama and Gyuki are singed but still up. Naruto emerges with changed eyes- a horizontal toad-like slit crossing with Kurama's vertical slit. He gathers chakra in Kurama's hand; a large sphere of pure light blue chakra, surrounded by the piercing whirl of a miniature tornado. He hurls it at the Nue, the shriek somehow increasing as it travels through the air.

"Sage Art Wind Style: Super Giant Rasenshuriken"

The Nue jumps and the Rasenshuriken flies under it.