Tales of a Ninja Magician: Of What Defines Us

The Great Equalizer

Seeing Spyder-Wolf just pop back on his feet after attacks that no genin, maybe even few higher-ranking ninja could take with nothing else but a few cases of missing teeth and a nosebleed was more intimidating than any amount of trash talk the six-armed genin did.

Without offering any more words, the giant leaped forward to take out his opponents. Sugemi quickly maxed out his First Gate usage before leaping in to intercept his opponent. Knowing that Meiko's arsenal was limited and that she was at least five times slower than the First Gate user it was a smart, and a rather altruistic, decision.

A push kick of considerable stopping power blasted Sugemi back on his back. With all of his efforts and boosted physical power, the Nara managed just to contain and somewhat muffle the impact. The force of the kick tossed Sugemi rolling wildly backwards as Spyder-Wolf kicked off once more to prolong his forward rush, swinging his arms wildly and widely to hammer at his knocked down opponent repeatedly.

After taking way too much damage for his comfort, Sugemi's legs wrapped around the bottom pair of Wolf's arms before his own hands locked around the upper pair. Despite taking a couple of nasty rib shots from the still unbroken middle arm, Sugemi pushed off his legs before ramming them at Spyder's chest and flipping the large genin over himself, straight at Meiko.

With a mad battle cry, Meiko slammed her extended arm straight at Wolf's face, bodying him and driving him back first to the ground – something that proved itself troublesome to do before. The blacksmith rolled backwards and grabbed Spyder's feet, leaning back to lift the brute off the ground and throw him in the air. A powerful and lightning fast barrage of elbow strikes from the flurry of five of Wolf's functional arms cracked Meiko's head open but the blacksmith persevered and sent the brute flying with a strong roundhouse kick aimed diagonally upwards and straight at Wolf's chest.

Utilizing the moment when all air was driven out of her opponent's ribs and while the pain of shock to his ribs was very much alive, Meiko leaped up in the air, aiming to finish the job with a newly improvised taijutsu drop. The redhead locked her arms and legs around her opponent's shins and feet, dropping him from as high as the Forest of Death scenery allowed her to piledrive her opponent from.

"Anvilstone"! Meiko yelled out triumphantly as Wolf's impact to the ground sent rumbling quakes and caused small fissures to open up well beyond the point where any bystanders were observing the battle.

Carefully so that she did not get caught unprepared in a quick recovery counterattack, Meiko jumped up and dashed back to Sugemi who had turned his First Gate off and was waiting around for his ally to finish off the combination of attacks that he set the opponent up for.

A pair of Spyder-Wolf's arms erupted from the ground, grabbing hold to the edges of the sinkhole he got sent crashing through and pulling himself out. The genin was covered in bioluminescent goop and wore a strange insectoid shell on his head, replacing the ruined fur he usually wore. Must have been a local denizen of Forest of Death that found Spyder-Wolf crashing into his hunting ground but whom Spyder-Wolf quickly dispatched of.

"We did some damage", Sugemi huffed out.

"I hoped that whatever's down there would occupy him for longer, we may be slowly chipping at him but we're wearing ourselves out faster than we're kicking his ass and every time he lands a strike we have to sacrifice options or get taken out", Meiko grunted overcome with frustration. "I don't have any jutsu or weapons left that'd keep him down for good".

"This isn't working as well as I've thought, but your attack gave me an idea, we need to take him to the air. Keep him from building up momentum or using the ground support for stronger strikes", Sugemi suggested.