Orange, Spirals and Everything Nice

Thirty-Eight: The Red Tower

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters or the setting of the story. They all exclusively belong to Mr. Masashi Kishimoto in all its rights.

Naruto and Sasuke raced towards the direction of the tower. 

The Ama no Hoko had started to rise from its depths because of the unmistakable earthquake around the area of the hole. The moment the whole team reached the battleground, they saw the last members of the Ikizoku clan chanting some sort of spell as they floated slightly on air, with enchanting blue lights surrounding their little circle. 

"How on earth did they gather such enormous chakra in a short amount of time?" Naruto hissed as he observed the Ikizokus in his sage mode. Their group had stopped a few meters from the clan. It was a short distance but good enough to strike down the Ama no Hoko once it has completely risen from the ground. 

"What a drag." Shikamaru cursed as he painstakingly scratched the back of his head, before quickly thinking of a few troublesome alternatives with their previous plan. Just in case.

The group watched the scene in silence, until the Ama no Hoko had completely risen from its slumber. It still looked quite intimidating as compared to the last time the team saw it years ago. The Ikizokus shifted from their circle and their chants evaporated as they fell regally on their feet. The clan turned to face the ninjas with confident smiles on their faces and satisfied glows in their golden eyes. 

"You're too late." the bulky man whom they fought earlier sneered as he raised his arms in the air and proudly performed their sacred clan's jutsu. "The Ama no Hoko has awakened!" his voice boomed. 

And as if on cue, those familiar red lights crawled up from the pits of the tower upwards to its tip. The crimson lights shot up like blood flowing through veins, further activating the tower and soon after, ominous dark clouds started to form above the tower, causing lighting and thunder to roar all over the earth.

"Let's go, Naruto." Sasuke muttered and swiftly activated his mangekyo sharingan, instantly covering himself with his purple Susan'o.

"Got it!" Naruto grinned as he activated his kyuubi mode, immediately wrapping himself with Kurama's enormous orange-yellowish chakra with the giant fox's head and tails soaring above and around him. 

The two strongest ninjas loudly charged forward towards the tower in perfect combination. Heck, teamwork as they call it or something like that. 

It was something that despite all the things that happened between them, they always had that unspeakable synergy that only ever worked for the two of them. 

Naruto created an enormous bijuu bomb as Sasuke readied his lightning infused giant arrow. It was a hit or miss attack but losing was never an option with them as they aimed directly for the tower.

The Ikizokus quickly prepared themselves for the attack. 

Using their combined techniques, they were able to create an equally large orb with a blinding golden color. It clashed directly with the bijuu bomb but as Sasuke's arrow pierced through both balls of chakra, it created a massive explosion, blasting all five of them in the air. 

The explosion created a massive crater as it lightly crashed at the base of the tower, sending red sparks all around the field. The attack had successfully destroyed a part of the red tower.

The ninjas and the Ikizokus came crashing down on opposite sides of the new crater but the fight wasn't over yet. The tower was still emitting crimson lights and the top was rapidly gaining power. The ninja pair quickly got up to their feet after catching their breaths and raced to the Ama no Hoko once more. The were met by the clan members in the middle and the battle resumed right then and there.