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Suigetsu and Jugo flanked Kisame.
Kisame's voice was low. "Suigetsu, to me, you're still just a kid. But since the boss sent you as my backup, I'll shelve my opinions. I take point. You two back me up, follow my lead. Got it?"
"Your sword's bigger. You're in charge."
With their lives on the line, Suigetsu dropped the usual grin. He shrugged off the scroll on his back and summoned Explosion Blade: Spitfire. Next, he summoned Blunt Sword: Helmet Splitter and tossed it to Jugo.
Jugo caught the heavy blade. "I'm not much for swords."
Suigetsu summoned Longsword: Needle, tucking it at his waist, then threw the bulky scroll away.
Flicker.
The three tomoe spun in Suigetsu's right eye. He straightened up. "Don't sweat it. The Helmet Splitter doesn't need fancy technique. Smash the target with brute force, hammer the blade home, and watch it turn to dust."
"Alright… I'll try."
Jugo gripped the massive blade and hammer. Flicker. A matching three tomoe lit up his left eye, mirroring Suigetsu's.
From behind his shades, Killer B watched the duo of Sharingan and swords flank his old foe. His hands waved, and that weird rhythm spilled out. "Happy-go-lucky kid~ Gloomy-faced dude~ Sha, sha, sha, Sharingan! Left and right, blades ain't the same~ Wacky pair, wacky rhyme~ Killer B's wacky time?~"
A stark contrast to B's upbeat rap, inside his mind, the Eight-Tails Gyūki wore a deep frown. "Hey, Bee! This ain't the time for your lousy rhymes! That shark guy's tough. Last time, only full transformation barely won. Now he's got two Sharingan helpers! Bad. Worse is that barrier! I doubt even a Tailed Beast Bomb cracks it. Escaping's gonna be a real pain~!"
Killer B: "Ah, that barrier…"
Gyūki: "Yeah, big trouble!"
Killer B: "OH~ Barrier, hehe~! For Eight-Tails Killer B-sama, special octopus can, you seeindeed…!"
Bonk!
Gyūki smacked B with a mental knuckle.
"Focus#!! Think of something~~!"
B crossed his pinkies and index fingers over his chest.
"Plan~ Fry~, Sauté~ Octopus can makes shark cuisine~ Tops~! BINGO~! First, clip sharky's two~ 'little fins'~! Killer B, Version 2!"
Gurgle gurgle gurgle…!
Red chakra bubbles fizzed from B's dark skin, swirling into an eight-tailed chakra cloak. With a BOOM, the cloak condensed, forming a crimson coat! Crack! A crude line of vertebrae ripped open across his shoulders and back!
"YEEEEEEAH~~~~~~~~~!!!"
The ground cratered under B's feet. A blast of hot wind preceded him as he shot towards the trio!
Kisame sneered, "Forgot how I skinned your octopus hide last time? Short memory!"
Swish! Samehada swung in a wide, hungry arc.
— Samehada: Devour Slash!
Swish…!!
B dropped low in mid-charge…!!!
Samehada's edge whistled past his back…!!
Kisame thought, No Sharingan, but he dodged a full-power swing at top speed?!
"My sword's the secret art~! See ya squat, know ya plot, fool~ ya jerk~! [Meaning: I know your moves before you make 'em]~~"
Having avoided Samehada, B rammed Kisame with a shoulder tackle, barely slowing. A thick arm shot out, aiming to clamp around Suigetsu's neck!!!
"One little fin first, YEAH~~~~~!!!"
— Thunder God's Spear Thrust…
The whole sequence, slow to describe, happened in a flash!!!
So fast the Sharingan couldn't even track it! The Eight-Tails is a monster!
But…
Picking me as the first target? Big mistake~!
— Hydrification Technique!!!
Gloop gloop gloop…!!
B's arm… sank into the liquid of Suigetsu's neck.
The feeling was soft, squishy. Not like bone.
"Huh…!?"
B's momentary surprise was all it took. His arm passed clean through…!!!
Splash…!!!
The water splashing from Suigetsu's form lashed out like whips, twisting around B's limbs to bind him!!!
Suigetsu yelled, "NOW, JUGO!!! HAMMER HIM!!!"
"RAAAAAARGH…!!!"
From their desperate days at the Northern Hideout, Suigetsu and Jugo had forged a deadly synergy.
Before Suigetsu's shout finished echoing, Jugo's arms—already partially transformed into Cursed Seal Stage Two—hefted the Helmet Splitter. He brought it down with crushing force on B's spine!!!
CLANG…!!
The half-beast's hardened vertebrae held against the initial chop. CLANG!!! But as Jugo's left hand drove the hammer down onto the blade's back, the Helmet Splitter's true power manifested!
CRACK…!!!
The exoskeleton shattered. The blade's momentum, undiminished, bit into the base of B's neck!
THUD…!!
The tailed beast cloak held, but the blunt force shockwave rattled B's skull, pain lancing down his neck!!!
"You fool~, you tool~, cracking spines~, you'll pay the fines?~~!!"
Whirr!!
B twisted his torso. Dark energy coalesced in his mouth—a point-blank Tailed Beast Bomb for Jugo!!!
"!!!" Jugo's eyes widened. He scrambled back, forcing a full Cursed Seal transformation, hardening his body with chitinous plates. But against a Tailed Beast Bomb? Useless.
At the last possible second, Suigetsu—ignoring his own safety—slammed into B's face with a hardened Water Arm fist!
THWUMP…!!
B was thrown back. The half-formed Tailed Beast Bomb shot skyward from his mouth.
BOOOOOOM…!
As the explosion lit up the sky, Kisame struck from behind. Samehada swung in another ravenous Devour Slash!!
SCRAPE…!!
The blade's scales gouged a huge chunk of chakra straight from B's Version Two cloak. Samehada drank deep, its body swelling grotesquely.
Gurgle gulp gulp…!
B was forced from Version Two back to Version One. The playful grin was gone, replaced by serious strain. But the rap lived on.
As B's body danced, eight massive tentacles erupted from his back. His form swelled rapidly, transitioning towards the full monster.
—"Jumpin' around like angry hornets in the sky?~ Might as well take a dump before I die?~! You pissed-off punks missed fried octopus balls last New Year high~?!Now the mad chef's here to make ya cry~! Hot ink stew, you'll be the filling in my pie? YEEEEEEEEAH~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!"
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