Explanations at the end of the chapter.
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Third-person POV
The situation on the battlefield seemed fairly normal, but that changed rapidly within seconds.
Minato was quickly repelled by several elite jōnin ninja from Kumogakure.
"Ha, I see that yellow lightning wasn't much," said one of them, wielding a sword with black lightning. He was the leader of the small squad tasked with dealing with Minato.
He simply cleaned the small cut he had received and looked at the twelve elite jōnin surrounding him.
"I didn't know there were other users of black lightning," Minato remarked, revealing his knowledge of the subject.
"You think I'm going to tell you something, huh? You take me for a fool?" said the black lightning user, supported by the other surrounding ninja.
Explosions grew larger and larger.
Minato used a Shunshin to close the distance to one of the enemy ninjas. He didn't realize it immediately, but just as he was about to kill him, a bolt of lightning crossed his path.
Immediately, using the Flying Thunder God Technique, he moved away from the attack, avoiding being electrocuted.
The enemies already had a method to prevent Minato from killing them without them noticing. It was a technique that linked two ninjas, creating a powerful lightning current that burned or electrocuted anyone who crossed the line between them.
The moment Minato was caught between two people, they could activate the technique and be able to stop him.
With a sigh, he watched as the ninjas launched themselves at him.
"That won't be easy, huh?"
Meanwhile, Jiraiya was being besieged by dozens of Kumo ninja, but these had a peculiarity.
A gust of wind blew Jiraiya away, forcing him to use a Substitution Jutsu to avoid a particularly troublesome weapon.
Now at a distance, Jiraiya rose to perform a powerful fire jutsu to create a smokescreen, but mid-attack, he had to throw it at a Kumo ninja who was about to slice him in half with a sword, killing him instantly.
The sword remained intact, only to be picked up by another Kumo ninja.
The weapon this ninja held was the Shichiseiken, one of the five weapons treasured by the Sage of Six Paths.
"That weapon," Jiraiya said, observing it from afar.
"Hmm, I see you recognize it. This is the Shichiseiken, a weapon on par with the Six Paths," the Kumo ninja gloated. "How is this possible? Those weapons were taken from him years ago," Jiraiya retorted, dodging another attack from the Kokinjo wielder.
"The Gold and Silver Brothers were a great nuisance to Kumo, but after days of surveillance and with the help of the strongest Raikage in history, we managed to defeat him, and we brought these weapons specifically to deal with the two sages of Konoha," declared the ninja wielding the Bashosen.
Jiraiya could only click his tongue at this fact, and especially at the way they were fighting him.
The sage's weapons used too much chakra, so they were all sharing them to avoid running out.
Not far away, lightning and fire clashed in a deadly dance.
"Fire Release: Multiple Fireballs," Kosuke said, only for his attack to be intercepted by several lightning blasts and explosive talismans.
Behind him, several Kumo ninja attacked his back.
"Fire Release: Concealment in the Hot Mist Technique," Kosuke exclaimed, gathering a large amount of chakra in his mouth and expelling it in a high-temperature mist capable of causing severe burns.
This broke up the ambush, injuring a few enemy ninja.
Kosuke, with incredible speed, arrived in front of one of them, taking advantage of the smoke screen.
"Fire Release: Blazing Palm." With that said, everything in front of Kosuke's palm was engulfed in a torrent of fire, consuming everything, including the enemy ninja.
In the midst of this, Kosuke turned to draw a kunai and intercept the enemy attack.
"Ha!" the enemy exclaimed, unleashing a torrent of lightning from his sword, electrocuting Kosuke, only for him to burst into flames and explode, consuming the enemy ninja.
"Was that a fire clone?" one of the enemies asked, only to turn and dodge Kosuke's attack.
"Slow," Kosuke scolded himself, gathering chakra in his mouth. "Fire Release: Flame Laser!" A small line of fire shot from his mouth, and upon contact, it sliced through everything like a laser due to its plasma-like temperature.
This small stream of plasma cut the enemy in half, including trees, rocks, and other unsuspecting enemies.
Without hesitation, Kosuke leaped from his position, engulfing the area in a tower of lightning—a jutsu combining lightning, wind, and water.
"Damn it," I muttered just as a nearby enemy slashed his chest, though only superficially. "Fire Release: Dragon's Attack," he declared, placing his hands wrist to wrist in front of the enemy, his fingers not fully spread.
A torrent of fire, as powerful as the Fire Release itself, erupted from his hands: a massive explosion that began consuming everything in its path.
This attack simulates how a real fire dragon would attack, or at least that's the idea.
"I've never been good at fighting multiple enemies at once," Kosuke grumbled, staring at his already half-burned palms and surveying the destruction he'd caused, only to find that the number of Kumo ninja he'd killed was double or triple the actual number.
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While all this chaos was unfolding, Miyu stood before the Third Raikage, staring at him motionless.
"Raikage-sama, we will assist you," said one of the Kumo ninjas surrounding Miyu.
"Don't be foolish; you'll only be a nuisance. you'd be better off going to the other battlefields to help," he said in an irritated tone.
Many stared, their eyes fixed on Miyu, who remained calm, though a seal was already forming on her hand.
"Steam Release: Steam Environment," she said, expelling a large amount of steam at a temperature nearly as hot as, or even hotter than, fire itself.
"Stand back; we don't have the skill to intervene in this fight," said one of the ninjas, watching as two Kumo ninjas were enveloped by the steam element. Their skin began to melt, then their flesh.
One ninja tried to rush in to save them, but another stopped him. The first one glared at him angrily, only to be met with a shake of the head, making it clear that there was no hope left.
Other ninjas quickly attacked their comrades within the steam to prevent further suffering and a swift death.
From the steam, Miyu emerged, narrowly dodging the spear formed by the Raikage's hand.
Miyu's arm was burned, but using her other arm, she painlessly burned away the burns, allowing it to regenerate rapidly. Meanwhile, the Raikage was completely unharmed by the steam, protected by his lightning armor.
"I expected nothing less from the strongest Raikage," Miyu declared, forming three hand seals. "Wind Release: Vacuum Spheres."
Several compressed vacuum spheres erupted from Miyu's mouth, capable of piercing almost anything.
The Raikage, at incredible speed, dodged all the spheres and arrived in front of Miyu.
"Earth Release: Mountain Crash Jutsu," Miyu said, trying to stop the Raikage, but he effortlessly destroyed everything.
Every jutsu Miyu launched was easily dodged or destroyed by the Raikage.
"Uff!" Miyu exclaimed, forming a hand seal that summoned several wooden branches from the ground, flying toward the Raikage. But he, using his spear with just two fingers, sliced through the trees and continued his relentless assault.
Miyu managed to dodge the attack, but each strike from her opponent came closer and closer to striking her.
Our protagonist grew increasingly worried because the Raikage was aiming for her neck or her heart, nothing else.
Suddenly, the Raikage stopped, catching Miyu's attention.
"Before we continue our fight, I'd like to ask you something," he said, looking directly at Miyu.
Miyu stood frozen, unsure of what to do.
"Hmm, it's been a while since I've felt a challenge like this. In honor of that, I'll answer your questions, but only those I can clearly," Miyu replied, smoothing her hair, looking like a diva.
The Raikage stared at Miyu, not quite understanding her.
"Why are you hunting my heir?" he asked.
"The idea was to kill either him or you, but if I kill you, I won't have to go after him," she replied, only to give a smile that, from an outsider's perspective, would be quite unpleasant. "I didn't think you'd care about your son. Does the Raikage have feelings?" he said mockingly.
"Don't talk nonsense; A is one of Kumo's strongest military forces and assets. His loss will greatly affect our ninja ranks," and that was true.
Jiraiya's group's idea was to lower the morale of his army by killing the Raikage or his heir—nothing more.
"He, like you or I, is simply a tool for mass killing, nothing more; that's why we're important. Being able to wipe out the enemy army with the fewest possible casualties on our side is what makes us so valuable, as well as revered," the Raikage concluded.
"I think we're right about that; the mindset of a rogue ninja will always be to follow the strong for protection but without truly having one hundred percent clear loyalty, because if that weren't the case, there wouldn't be any rogue ninja," Miyu concluded, forming several hand seals. "Combined Jutsu: Icy Wind Wasteland."
A vortex of wind and snow began to form from Miyu's feet, unleashing a massive blast of freezing wind that swept across the area.
The battlefield was engulfed in a freezing blizzard that lowered the temperature of the ground to below 0 degrees Celsius.
The Raikage's body began to cool, and his fingers started to go numb.
"You think this will stop me?" he growled, enveloping his entire body in a black lightning bolt.
"Not at all, I just want you to keep using up your chakra. You might have comparable reserves to a bijuu, but statistically speaking, I have more than you, so if you engage in a battle of endurance, I'll eventually win even if we fight for weeks." Miyu's voice was heard, but she couldn't tell where it was coming from.
"Ice Release: Moby Dick," I heard amidst the ice storm, and beside the Raikage appeared an ice whale that swept away everything in its path, like a berserker engulfing its opponent in its jaws.
Midway through its charge, the ice monster began to be enveloped by black lightning, being destroyed from within. The Raikage emerged with an icy sigh.
"Ice Release: Khopesh," came a voice from somewhere in the storm.
In the distance, several blades with curved swords flew at full speed toward the Raikage, who destroyed them all.
"Ice Release: Spear of the Gods, Gungnir!" Miyu exclaimed, and an ice spear hurtled toward the Raikage. It attempted to destroy him, but the moment it struck, everything—everything behind it, including the air—was encased in a layer of ice, momentarily immobilizing him.
The Raikage's Momentary Prison was enveloped in a black lightning bolt and shattered into thousands of pieces.
Fed up with it all, he sped toward the center of the storm to confront Miyu, but she had been expecting this.
Just as he was about to strike her, she activated her jutsu.
"Wood Release: Forest Fury!" she announced, and several spiky trees attacked the Raikage, sending him flying through the air and out of the icy storm.
Miyu made her way through the semi-frozen trees to reach the Raikage, soaked by the thorns.
Two of these blasts pierced his supposedly untouchable body, but the attack failed to penetrate, demonstrating his formidable defense.
"Oh, I thought your strongest Raikage was incapable of bleeding," Miyu mocked, only to send the Raikage into a frenzy.
A black lightning bolt surrounded the Raikage in a two-meter diameter, nearly striking Miyu, but he managed to escape the trees by leaping at unprecedented speed toward his opponent.
"Black Lightning: Cheetah," the Raikage announced, transforming his body into a black lightning cheetah.
Miyu saw the attack coming, but that didn't mean her body could react in time. Blocking the attack with her arms, she took the Raikage's punch, which obliterated everything in its path.
Our protagonist, vomiting blood, witnessed the Raikage's madness and bloodlust. In response, opening her hand as best she could, she summoned a weapon and attacked as best she could.
An explosion erupted from the trees; it erupted, destroying everything, leaving only two figures falling.
Once the smoke cleared, a Raikage was seen with a diagonal gash across his chest, blood pouring from his mouth.
On the other side was Miyu, her shoulder, neck, and half her forearm burned and nearly destroyed, while in her right hand she held Eto, broken beyond repair.
"I underestimated you," Miyu said, spitting blood and speaking as best she could. "This is my fault, but let's see how you handle this." With that, she dropped the broken sword, covered her palm with her large hand, and touched the ground. "Summoning Jutsu: Malevolent Sanctuary."
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Hey everyone, I hope you're all doing well and healthy.
I wanted to talk about two things: first, my computer fell and broke at university on Monday, which is why it took me so long to write this chapter. I was very careful using it while I was writing the next chapter of my other fic and other things.
In fact, on Tuesday, when I finished the chapter, I sent the computer to a repair shop the very next day, and they returned it to me today. That's why the chapter is coming out now, since I couldn't write it while the computer was in intensive care, so to speak.
The other thing I wanted to mention is that, because of the chapter's plot, I had to use a third-person POV. I didn't want to write this fic with different perspectives; everything was based on what the protagonist saw, felt, and believed, but for obvious reasons, I had to.
What were those obvious reasons? Where the hell were Jiraiya, Minato, and Kosuke while Miyu was facing the Third Raikage? If I were there, from Miyu's point of view, it would never be known that she was also in trouble; hence the use of third-person narration, including the fight, which is pleasant to read, so you can read "I did," "I saw that," or "I commented," at least from my perspective.
I don't think I'll do it again unless necessary, but anyway. I hope you enjoyed the chapter; see you.