Naruto Karyuden

Chapter 18: Hidden Rain Dispute II

HIDDEN RAIN DISPUTE II

"Gentle Fist: Vacuum Palm"

A large pressure of chakra, boosted by Naruto and Kurama sharing their chakra, is sent at the Ooze summon in an attempt to clear a way to its summoner, Numeri, in the center of it. She's actually able to somehow be surrounded by this gunk and not suffocate. Is it the mouthpiece? Those things sure are handy.

The giant slime is blown back a bit but its wiggly texture endures from being completely separated. It manages to keep its general form.

Hinata clicks her tongue. Even that wasn't powerful enough to splatter it?

Numeri gathers the slime back together. She lifts her hands and the slime changes its shape, becoming leaner and taller. She then lowers her hands to the side and its expands like a tidal wave.

Hinata jumps to avoid it, climbing on the side of the buildings. Numeri leads the slime to follow Hinata wherever she goes.

"Gentle Fist: Body Blow"

As it draws near her, she releases chakra from every part of her body to at least temporarily stall the appendage following her.

What follows is a game of cat and mouse, with Hinata gracefully dodging and Numeri getting increasingly frustrated and increasing how much of the slime's mass is dedicated to attack and how much to defend. Neither of them can get the upper hand, until at the height of Numeri's anger, Hinata Flickers right above her.

She reels back both elbows and prepares for a strike. She crosses her hands, sending down even larger pressures of chakra.

"Gentle Fist: Vacuum Wall Palm"

The little slime around Numeri that remained for protection is blown away, and Hinata lands right next to her, preparing to strike.

Crouching, one hand extended frontward to the ground and another - backward to the air, palms upward.

"Eight Trigrams: Two Palms" Two strikes to the shoulder and stomach. When she pulls her arms back, they're covered in slime. "Four Palms" Another two strikes to the arms. More slime surrounds Numeri. "Four Palms" Three strikes land but the fourth time, her hand becomes enveloped in slime. The summon has regained some of its mass and is protecting its summoner.

She releases chakra from her hand to blow it away, and dodges back. A failed 64 Palms, the ooze is too thick to let her penetrate to her chakra network. She prepares for another Vacuum Palm, so far it seems like her best bet to clear away the mucus, even temporarily. She can try to work on the chakra points in intervals.

Before she can release it, she's forced to jump upward as the Slime is recovering its all around and tries to strike her from behind. Numeri cries out in pain, not having full control of her chakra. Thankfully, her Slime isn't fully dependent on chakra, so she can still control. This time it's all offence, no defence.

The entirety of the Slime's body which was scattered everywhere goes upward, surrounding Hinata from every direction. She uses her Body Blow to send it back, but the slime that was too far to be affected continues its march. It grabs onto her arms, her legs, her chest. She's completely covered in the ooze as it begins crushing and suffocating her.

"Nowhere to run now. Die, and regret ever getting involved."

Numeri turns to leave Hinata to her fate.

Inside the ball of ooze, Hinata tries to blow it away but it's now far too thick to be affected. She has one option left that she can think of. A technique that she's never used in actual combat before.