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'Back off!' Mitsuki jumps to Sarada's and Sumire's side; then wraps his arms and serpent chakra avatars around them to protect them.
Sage Art: Raging Sky God!
Numerous lightning bolts pierce the mutated claw grime that was charging towards the kunoichi duo; causing a massive explosion that envelopes Mitsuki the friends he holds in shelter of his arm.
Earth Style: Mud Prison!
Before the impact could damage konoha shinobis; the sixth hokage creates a building that prevents the explosion from reaching his comrades.
"Eh..." Kakashi sees that the mutated claw grime's disintegrated upper half is regrowing, and he nods for being disgusted at the sight.
Strength of a Hundred Seal: Adamantine Punch!
The greatest female medical ninjutsu of all time lands a devastating blow to top of mutated claw grime's head. The claw grime shatters to tiny shreds of flesh, a wave of destruction touchss outskirts of konoha after that punch to leave a large and deep crater on the ground.
Barrier Art: Dimensional Annihilation!
Before the torn pieces of the mindless beast's existence scatter around a large area, Sakura casts a seal on the remains of it's body and leaps backwards. A barrier is created around a four cubic meter space, then emerald green flash of light form inside of that prison of chakra that shines in scarlet color. The fabric of space-time itself bends inside of that barrier in order to crush the monster over and over again. It takes six times to utterly wipe the mutated claw grime from existence.
"You kids..." Sakura utters. She looks visibly frustrated with the heavy steps that she takes and the frowned look on her face. "How many times should i tell you to have a level head?" Sakura yells and sits beside her daughter.
'Mitsuki-kun' Ada wants to land before her companion and make sure that he is not badly hurt, but she stays in her place knowing that claw grimes will try to attack and transport her to one of Code's dimensions. Code doesn't wish for his claw grimes to devour the beloved, majestic, dreamlike lady that conquered his heart; and that is why he programmed his puppets into viewing everyone as puppets except for Ada and Ada alone.
"Go ahead..." Mitsuki'a breaths are weak and slow. Mitsuki's trenchcoat is burnt so he takes it off to show that there is no wound on his body. "Sarada is in need emergency treatment. I can regain my strength on my own "
"Hold on..." Sakura uses one handed tiger seal in order to summon Lady Katsuyu. The slug summon is one fifth of her true size at the moment. Lady Katsuyu crawls to heal the teenagers. She attaches herself to Sarada and Sumire. Sarada almost falls on side but Mitsuki catches her and gently puts her head on his left lap. Sumire recovers her lost chakra in matter of seconds but Sarada has to absorb a large margin of Katsuyu's own tremendous energy pool that surpasses that of gyuki's himself.
"Sakura-chan... I am afraid i am unable to recover more than one tenth of Mitsuki-san's chakra reserves even if i receive aid from you and Shizune-chan." Lady Katsuyu admits. Katsuyu's voice is shaking and she turns to the young sage for she is concerned about his ill health.
"I am merely fifteen years old. You don-" Mitsuki doesn't get to finish his words as he spits blood. He tries to cover his mouth but drops of crimson liquid touch Sarada's face and make her open her eyes, fearing for Mitsuki.
"Mitsuki-kun!"
"Mitsuki!"
Sumire and Sarada shout at the same time. Sumire puts her on Mitsuki's bare back and Sarada sits up to reach for Mitsuki's head, the wipes the blood off of his face.
The light that Mitsuki emits in his sage mode state glows dimmer and dimmer and after brief moments he reverts to first stage of transformation. He looks at his hand that is coated with blood. 'I am... unbearably fragile...' Mitsuki thinks as he is reminded of the fact that he is still a human that can't control his power.
"Don't." Sarada's command earns her Mitsuki's attention. She leans into Mitsuki's side, presses her forhead against his; because Sarada wants Mitsuki to remember she knows him better than anyone, and she can read his thoughts from the look in his eyes. Sarada holds Mitsuki's bloody hand in hers and presses it tightly. 'We all have our moments of vulnerablity. Don't let that burn a hole in your heart that can't be filled with anything but eternal pursuit of impossible.' Sarada tells Mitsuki after gazing into his golden orbs to form a telepathic link using the sharingan in her left eye.
Mitsuki stays still to relax. Sumire carrsses Mitsuki's back as she raises to her feet and looks around to see if there are any threats.
Delta flies through Earth's atmosphere and one of the mutated claw grimes spots her immediately and since she is severely weakened, that beast aims to charge towards her.
'No way in hell...' Delta tries loading a chunk of energy in her eyes to deal with her adversary but she loses balances and starts falling due to running low on chakra.
'Leave her alone!' Houki sees Delta the exact moment that monster does and leaps towards his partner.
Wind Style: Air Walking!
As the name of technique itself suggests, Houki creates a staircase made of wind chakra and runs towards Delta as fast as he possibly can. Meanwhile the mutated claw grime casts universal pull to attract Houki and Delta both.
Flying Thunder God: Eternal Banishment!
Sumire finds one of Houki's triple-blades kunai and shoots at mutated claw grime to pierce it in the back, creating an opening for Houki to warp space and send his enemy into a timeless dimension to seal it till the end of eternity.
Houki holds Delta in his arms tightly. Sumire summons Nue in her giant form, and the benevolent beast leaps upward to catch Delta and Houki using it's mouth and then lands on the ground, then runs to Sumire's side to drop the enfeebled figures.
"You know what?" Delta murmurs in Houki's ear, barely capable of moving her body.
"Huh?" Houki asks as his body shakes.
"My ass was about to get screwed..." Delta admits, tweaking.
"At least you don't act all tough..." Houki responds, coughing up after giggling a little bit.
Delta pushes herself to lean back and unmasks Houki.
"You are a mess..." Delta says as she sees Houki's face clearly.
The space-time manipulator has nosebleed. It is caused by constant and extreme use of flying thunder god and the advanced techniques that were created after Tobirama's signature technique. Houki's heartbeat rate has decreased from eighty four to thirty three, and Delta is able to see the way her friend's body is functioning.
"Get this boy some help you stupid people!" Delta shouts which startles the shinobis around them.
"So..loud..." Houki says, groaning while keeping a smile on his face.
"Shut it." Delta responds as she puts a hand on Houki's chest and squeezes the front of his shirt, knitting her brows. "Never do that for me again...never..." Delta repeatedly pokes on Houki's chest with her clenched fist in a sluggish and soft manner.
"Please accept my sincerest apology, Delta-chan." A gentle voice touches the fierce cyborg's eardrums.
"You newbies are always too full of yourselves. Gifted yet green." Another person comes, this one's voice deeper and rougher. It belongs to a woman.
"Tsunade-hime..." Houki mutters as he turns to the woman that stands a few meters behind Delta.
"Kabuto-san." Mitsuki whispers seeing the man right next to the fifth hokage.
"Is that the kid you were so proud of, Kakashi?" Tsunade tells her successor with a hand on her hip.
"He's just a bit out of shape now. Don't judge him in this state. He is pretty good." Kakashi responds.
Tsunade approaches and sits next to Houki, laying the palm of her left hand on the teenage boy's forehead. Tsunade's hand gets surrounded with a circle of green chakra and the healing process begins.
"Your idol loves talking about you." Tsunade says.
"My bad if i am your occasional headache." Houki replies, smirking.
"Is he always toady like this?" Tsunade utters these words and puts her right hand on back of Delta's hand.
"You have no idea..." Delta feels dizzy and slowly falls on Houki's chest.
"Don't fight it." Tsunade reassures Delta to relax and gain strength.
"Let me know if my assistance was required, Tsunade-san." Kabuto says.
"Go pay your boy a visit." Tsunade responds with a sarcastic comeback.
Kabuto jumps to Mitsuki's side. Air blowing his long white hair and he lands beside Mitsuki and Sarada. Kabuto presses his hand on Mitsuki's chest and starts healing him.
"It's been a few months, right?" Kabuto asks Mitsuki, who deactivates his sage mode in order to not waste chakra and recover quicker.
"Yeah..." Mitsuki replies and turns his gaze away from Sarada's perturbed eyes.
"It appears you two have a long way to go till you master your greatest powers. You have to avoid using them till then." Kabuto warns Mitsuki and Sarada.
"In times of crisis, you must not be afraid of risking your life for what you believe in. Holding back will only make failure more likely to happen." Mitsuki responds.
"Our decision to go all out is not a sign of naivety, Kabuto-san." Sarada asserts.
"Perhaps you are right. But you must not cease to see value in your lives. Not when you have been taught teamwork is essential for us shinobis." Kabuto replies. Mitsuki and Sarada look at him with the tired expression on their faces. "It is true that we are fighting in a world war but the reason some shinobis from your generation were allowed to take part in our army was not to have them get themselves killed. We are shinobi alliance and that is why we must depend on each other. If we do that, then we may be able to achieve triumph." Kabuto continues.
"YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, KABUTOOOOO!" Might Guy screams after delivering hurricane leaf kick to a claw grime's chest and teleports behind Kakashi using body flicker technique. "Did you miss seeing me grasping the heavenly grace of youth like this, Kakashi?"
"Kind of." Kakashi admits.
"Hohoho, Hahahaha." Guy reacts and shows his thumb up to Kabuto. "I like this version of you, Kabuto. That is how a veteran is supposed to act like. Inspiring, insightful and embody the concept of hope."
"You are flattering me, Guy-san." Kabuto responds.
Seventh Gate: Daytime Tiger!
Rock Lee unleashes a chaotic force and charges at a mutated claw grime, the tiger avatar bites the mindless beast and as the fabric of space-time bends, Lee takes both his enemy and himself to sky and producing so much kinetic energy that he burns down his adversary on atomic level, then kicks air to land on the surface of planet. The shockwave of that technique scatters across the land of fire.
"Not over! not yet!" Tenten shouts and she shoots thousands of explosive projectiles at a mutated claw grime, she appears behind it and puts a sealing tag on the eyes to prevent usage of rinnegan and then jumps backwards before being caught in the explosion which is an immitation of explosive clay release kekkei genkai that hidden stone village ninjas inherits and helps her to eradicate his current enemy in a way that it fails to return back to life.
But yet another mutated claw grime arrives, levitating at top speed with sole intent to smash Kabuto, Mitsuki and Sarada to pieces.
But then it is stopped.
A shockwave generates from the mutated claw grime's torso that isn't it's creation.
It is an attack from someone else.
"Here we go!" Might guy screams, ecstatic sensation takes over his body.
"It took us a while but it eventually occured." Rock Lee utters, smiling.
"Just like old times..." The man responsible for incapacitation of mutated claw grime speaks.
The trends of his extra long, dark brown hair dance in air as the breeze gently passes through them. The man stands at one hundred eighty three centimeters tall, with a muscular build and elegant gesture yet retaining an stance that shows he is prepared to defend himself from any and all attacks. He is wearing a white dress with jade linings on it.
"I missed this feeling. What about you..." Tenten asks the man. "...Neji-kun?"
"Mhm." Neji admits, looking back at his wife.
"Your reflexes are sharper than ever, Neji." Kakashi states.
"That is expected from the best member of hyuga clan." Kabuto says.
Sakura looks at Neji and she is happy for him. He has broken the curse seal on his forehead and found joy in his life. He was almost killed in the fourth shinobi world war and if it wasn't for Toneri Otsutsuki's intervention, Neji's death would've been inevitable. But Neji was able to see the war end and even got to train his nephew and niece, helping them to hone their skills and turn into two of the best in their respective generations.
Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!
Neji sends a focuses wave of air that tears through the mutated claw grime's flesh and slowly shatters it's existence. Neji has perfected and strenghtened the traditional technique of his clan and invented an attack that resembles Sarada's grim void technique that can normally be used only by those who wear the divine weapon that is amano murakumo sword. Neji utterly destroys the claw grime and turns back to his team.
"Why are you all stunned?" Neji asks the shinobis that are staring at him.
"I don't know, maybe it's because we need more time to process the way you turned out to be alive." Sumire answers.
"Is breaking the fourth wall allowed? Doesn't it make the story childish?" Sarada wonders.
"If it was forbidden then we wouldn't be able to discuss this matter now." Mitsuki responds to Sarada who nods to show she understand his point.
"Come on man, go show the readers another village." Kakashi yells at the author.
"Those goofy amateurs..." Karin says, sensing what was happening on other side of the planet.
"Look at that big-ass dumb fuck right there." Suigetsu points at a gigantic mutated claw grime that is around twenty meters.
Suigetsu and Karing turn to each other and burst to laughter.
"Sometimes it's hard to believe i am the kid in this family. Don't you think, mister tree?" Yoruza asks the titanic figure before her that can't understand her language. "Nevermind." Yoruza is frustrated at this situation.
"Okay. Fine. Enough. Time to get serious for real." Suigetsu says as he straightens his back and wiping his mouth.
"You have already lost and you don't know it." Karin asserts and begins glaring at her adversary.
Adamantine Chains: Tight Binding Golden Chains!
Karin manifests ten adamantine chains that piece the mutated claw grime's body. A being that possesses immense power must be fairly capable of deflecting the attack but for that they must be also adequate at what they do.
"Bye." Suigetsu says and snaps his finger, then the mutated claw grime blows up. That was an attack inspired by Mangetsu Hozuki's Godspeed technique which was a space-time ninjutsu created with purpose of rivalling flying thunder god. Suigetsu himself can't use this technique to transport himself to other places since he is nowhere near as good as Mangetsu was when it comes to chakra control nor having extremely potent yin and yang energy, but he can dissolve water molecoles and form them inside someone's body for various reasons. In this case, exploding a claw grime.