Chapter 24.5-One Thousand Hands

XXXXXXX- TSUNADE

A tailed beast. A force of nature. Beyond er lessons in the academy, and theoretical lessons with Sarutobi-sensei where they discussed strategies for countering Jinchuriki in case the war ever did break out and they were forced to confront them, she knew virtually nothing about them. Food thing was she was not the one taking lead in this case. As they dashed towards the rampaging six-tails, Sarutobi-Sensei weaved seals at a rapid pace. Sh recognised them without trouble, and so did not react when Enma appeared in their midst in a barely detectable puff of smoke. Once again, she marvelled at her Sensei’s chakra control, but was forced to abandon that line of thinking when Enma began to speak. “Doing this now, Saru?” The Monkey King asked, and her Sensei nodded with a grim look on his face.

A tiger seal later, and Enma took on his second form, the adamantium staff. “Remember, the Six tails seal functions just like that of the other Jinchuriki. We don’t need to bother beating the tailed beast at full power. We just need to either tire it out enough, or deal enough damage so that the beast is no longer able to sustain its presence out of the seal. Either of those outcomes would be preferable, but the latter has a higher chance of us lleaving here without being atomised by a tailed beast bomb.

“Extend:Enma” He commanded, while pointing his star at the massive lumbering form of the white Six0tailed slug in the distance. Unlike in their training sessions, this time she wasn’t even able to track Enma’s movements as the staff extended multiple times faster than it ever had to crash into the centre-mass of the beast. It hit it, and then against all odds, pushed it backwards. In one attack, Sensei had managed to push the Six-tails towards the edge of the island.

“Jiraiya, what do you know of the Six-tails?”

“The Six tailed slug. Property of Kirigakure no Sato. It has an affinity for water release, and is able to release corrosive substances capable of melting entire islands. It also has better healing than the other tailed beasts, except maybe the Ichibi no shukaku.”

“Well done, Tsunade tell me what he missed” Her sensei turned to her next while they still remained perched some distance away and watched the few Kiri jounin that had been fighting alongside the tailed beast being cut down by their Uzu counterparts now that they did not have to worry about th giant mass of malice in their midst.

“The Six tailed slug is also capable of spewing other acidic substances, and its healing uses its body body mass to take effect, so the more it heals, the more body mass and thus energy is loses”

“Precisely. Leave the Kiri Jounin to the Uzu shinobi. We will focus on the six tails. Follow my lead. For now, Formation 4” Sense spotkle in. Whisper before body appearing at the other end of the staff with his and Enma’s special replacement jutsu with a gigantic rasengan building in his grasp. For a second, she wondered what he had to give p tp get that particular jutsu, but was forced to abandon that line of thinking as her teammates blurred into movement.

Formation 4 was heavy in ninjutsu. Sensei took the lead and acted as the first spear in the thrust, but he was more or less a distraction. A veritable tsunami of acid washed over his position as Orochimaru body flickered to the left and began weaving seals. Jiriaya did the same to the right. Jiraiya’s jutsu, by design, finished first. The earth quaked and trembled as its very core moved in accordance with her teammate’s will. Shaking ground destabilised the Six tails and left it unable to react as the ground beneath its feet turned into mud from the Swamp of the Underworld technique.

Not to be left behind, she pushed down with all her strength and sailed into the air while weaving seals. When she struck, it was with all the wrath of Kami. She took a shallow breath, felt her heartbeat. One beat, two beats. She felt for the signals that moved all across her body. The natural electricity that allowed her to move. Her chakra came next. She felt it. The seemingly bottomless pool that rested in her core. As always, it was quick to heed her wishes She brought it forth to her fist and then shifted it. In a blink, it turned from chakra into that electricity that her body was used to using to move.

“Lightning release: Thurnderstrike” She punched at the air and the lightning moved in the direction her fist had, before continuing onwards and striking the stationary tailed beast in a flash.

A/N; More and more