Rabbit Princess [Gaara] [2]

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From atop the Gedo Statue, Tobi looked down upon Tsukiko and Naruto, who shared a grin with each other and reached their hands out to give each other a fist bump, which seemed to please Killer Bee and Gyuki further more. Tobi narrowed his eyes.

"Difficult names...?" Tobi repeated, his voice incredulous and Tsukiko and Naruto turned to look up at him. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"You don't know, do you?" Naruto asked, rather smug and self-satisfied as he poked his tongue out at Tobi. "Tsukiko-Chan and I aren't going to tell you!"

"Naruto gaining such experience and strength makes me feel old and feeble," Guy commented. "Tsukiko stood out amongst your rookies but even her..."

"What's the matter?" Kakashi asked. "You're not being yourself! It may sound funny coming from me... the springtime of our youth is still far from over! We still have a lot of our..."

"Quiet!" Guy exclaimed. "Do you want to make me feel even worse?"

"That's the Guy I know!" Kakashi responded.

While Naruto, Kakashi and Guy messed around, Tsukiko felt something fall right on top of her forehead and she looked up to see that it had started to rain. She closed her eyes, feeling the cold-water soak through her. She knew it was a momentary rain, most likely caused by the Tailed Beast Bombs but she wouldn't mind having to use all this water for her Jutsu.

"Wait, let me heal you a little," Tsukiko said as she stepped forward to help healing both Naruto and Killer Bee and Gyuki. "You need to be careful from here onwards,"

Tsukiko made a Wood Clone and got it to working on them both with her. Tsukiko glanced over when she saw the rain let up, just as expected, but then a light caught her eye.

The Reanimated bodies of the former Jinchuriki were glowing and a beam of light was leading out to the sky. It seemed like their souls were finally returning home.

"You two, looks like the Jinchuriki are going to quit it!" Killer Bee said. "Looks like Itachi did it! But this battle ain't going anywhere,"

"No time to waste," Naruto said. "Let's go, Tsukiko-Chan,"

"It's time for us to say good bye to them," Tsukiko said, watching the souls slowly ascend, unblemished and unhurt by life. "Fuu... Yugito... Yagura..."

"Han... Utakata... Old Man...!" Naruto said. "Just leave it to us!"

"They're gone," Gyuki acknowledged.

Tsukiko and Naruto looked at each other, sharing a smile before jumping down to where Kakashi and Guy were. They all looked toward Tobi, who had glanced elsewhere.

"Hey, what are you looking at?!" Naruto shouted. "You're fighting Tsukiko-Chan and I!"

"As well as the Green Beast!" Guy added.

"Looks like the Reanimation has been released," Kakashi commented.

"And..." Tobi responded. "What of it?"

Together, Tsukiko, Naruto, Kakashi and Guy made their move against the Gedo Statue together, attempting to take it down. Tsukiko was the first, using her Wood Style to restrain the gigantic statue down, giving way to Kakashi to use his Lightning Cable to cut its hands.

"Lightning Cable!" Kakashi shouted. "Guy!"

"Right!" Guy replied. "Take this! Pinkie Attack!" He slammed his foot on the Gedo Statue's little pinkie, making it halt its movements.

"Naruto!" Tsukiko called out, holding the statue down. "Do it!"

Upon her call, Naruto went ahead and took the vital moment to punch the Gedo Statue underneath its jaw, making it topple over, vibrating the ground beneath them.