Chapter 82.5- One Thousand Hands

I went for his head. Seeking to scramble’s brains and end the fight there. He twisted his head to the side, leg racing to catch me in the chest. I backpedalled, giving space to allow myself come at him again. When his foot hit the ground, however, the ground beneath him exploded, two creatures made of black lightning shooting at me. Staring at the chakra that made them up, I knew I would not be able to react in time to get a jutsu of my own off. I crossed my arms in front of myself and felt my body be inundated with that had to be enough electricity to power a small town.

But even as I roasted from within, I healed thanks to Kurama’s yang chakra. I fell to one knee, struggling to get air through my lungs. “Interesting” I heard the Raikage’s voice, and then I felt an impact on my head and my body be sent flying. My nerves were still healing spot it didn’t hurt as much as it should have— the kick. I rolled along the floor, feeling more and more sensation return to e as I did so until I pushed up from the floor and to my feet.

He stretched out his hands, and in each gathered a massive amount of black lightning. At least there was some warning now. I brought my fingers together. It had been so long since I had had to use seals for a jutsu this basic that I worried I had forgotten the hand seals themselves. Thankfully, the body never forgets. Not after thousands of reps and years of practice. I formed the tiger seal first, and it was almost automatic, my fingers forming the ox seal. My chakra was sluggish to obey, but that was what the seals were for. They dragged it along for the ride. Dog next, and then rabbit.

“Raiton: Kuro Panther” The Raikage growled, the mass of black lightning in each of his hands taking on the shape of a snarling feline, soaring through the air at me. The last seal, snake formed between my fingers. My chakra clicked. First I inhaled, and that on its own was like a jutsu being triggered. Loose bits of rubble were sent in the air, coming towards me as I sucked un enough air to fill my much expanded lungs and then some. The lightning release jutsu was still coming, but it mattered not. The inhale wasn’t the danger.

“Sage Art: Wind release Great breakthrough” I screamed mentally as I exhaled. There was nothing I could compare it with— the storm I unleashed. It ripped apart the powerful lightning release jutsu as it passed and then continued on. The Raikage, dug his feet into the earth. The wind ripped the ground he stood upon apart and carried it with him. For as far as my byakugan could see, there was nothing but devastation. A massive trench carved into and through the heart of Iwa.