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The title appeared on screen, and the room erupted in excitement. Several people actually stood up from their seats.
"SUPER SAIYAN?!" Naruto yelled at the top of his lungs. "Finally! We're gonna see it!"
"The legendary transformation," Lee said with burning enthusiasm, his eyes sparkling with anticipation.
"This is what we've been building toward," Sasuke said, his Sharingan unconsciously activating in anticipation.
Ryo's hands were trembling now, while Yuri had gone completely pale. The mention of Asura in the previous chapter had clearly shaken them both, and now they seemed to be bracing for something even worse.
"Are you two sure you're alright?" Kurenai asked with growing concern, noticing their distress.
"We... we have to see this," Yuri whispered, her voice barely audible.
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Asura put his palm on Kyo's chest. "Let's see how strong you have become, Tomarot-To." He fires Ki's blast straight to Kyo's chest, which explodes right in front of Kyo, making the Saiyan boy fly to the sky and explode for a second time.
"DOUBLE EXPLOSION!" Multiple voices screamed in horror.
"Point-blank range and then aerial detonation," A analyzed grimly. "Brutal combination."
"That's overkill!" Tsunade yelled with a medical alarm. "No human body can survive that!"
"GAHHH!" Kyo screams in pain.
The agonized scream sent chills through everyone in the room. Several of the more sensitive viewers winced visibly.
"That scream," Hinata said with tears forming in her eyes. "He's in so much pain."
A smoke cloud from an explosion in the sky suddenly gave way to a figure plummeting to the ground.
It was Kyo who was beaten with a cloth that had been torn apart, and he was shaking to stand up.
"He's still alive!" Kushina said with relief and amazement.
"Saiyan durability," Orochimaru noted with scientific fascination. "Remarkable resilience."
"Look at his condition, though," Sakura said with worry. "He's barely holding together."
Asura scoffed. "Still trying to stand, I see."
"The casualness," Madara noted with dark approval. "He's toying with him."
"Complete power disparity," Neji observed analytically. "Asura isn't even trying."
Kyo spits some blood out of his mouth, "T-That... kinda attack can't keep me down!"
"THAT'S THE SPIRIT!" Guy shouted with passionate approval. "Never give up! Youth incarnate!"
"Saiyan pride," Gaara noted with respect. "He won't stay down."
"But he can barely speak," Kurenai observed with concern.
Asura smirked as he wanted to test the younger Saiyan more. "Then let me see your move, Tomarot-to!"
"He's testing him," Itachi noted analytically. "This isn't a real fight yet."
"Playing with his food," Anko said grimly.
Kyo dashes with high speed toward Asura, trying to kick Asura, but Asura dodges with ease. Kyo uses his Sharingan to increase his six senses and speed, but still, he can't touch Asura.
"Even with Sharingan enhancement, he can't land a hit," Fugaku observed with growing alarm.
"The speed difference is enormous," Minato noted professionally. "Asura's in a completely different league."
"Blue Sharingan activated, but it's not enough," Sasuke said with frustration.
Asura dodges the attack and smirks, "To slow Tomarot-to!"
"The taunting," Temari noted with anger. "He's humiliating him."
The Saiyan disappears right in front of Kyo and appears behind Kyo with a blade ready to slash Kyo's Head off.
"DECAPITATION ATTEMPT!" Multiple voices screamed in horror.
"He's going for the kill!" Tsunade yelled with alarm.
"Lethal intent from the start," Tobirama observed grimly.
Thanks to Kyo's Sharingan, he senses Asura behind him. He quickly pulls out his kunai and blocks the slash that means to cut his head.
"Sharingan saved his life!" Kakashi said with relief.
"Split-second reaction time," Neji noted with admiration. "Incredible reflexes."
"One moment later and he'd be dead," Shikamaru observed seriously.
Kyo pulls another kunai and parries another strike.
"Dual-wielding defense," Tenten noted professionally. "Good technique under pressure."
Asura smirks at Kyo's fast reaction, the sword and kunai clashing together. Kyo's face is angry, while Asura still smirks.
"Weapon lock," A observed. "Testing strength now."
"Asura's enjoying this," Mei noted with disgust. "He's sadistic."
Kyo breaks the clash that sends Asura and his weapon soaring into the sky.
"He broke through!" Lee exclaimed with excitement. "Incredible strength!"
"Power surge," Guy noted approvingly. "Emotion-driven enhancement!"
The male Uchiha wants to deliver a stomach Kick, but it stops when Asura dodges and delivers a hard knee strike under Kyo's chin, which makes Kyo fly into the sky.
"COUNTER ATTACK!" Several voices called out.
"Brutal knee strike," A noted with professional assessment. "Perfect timing."
"Kyo walked right into that," Kakashi observed grimly.
Asura smirked as he launched himself into the sky toward where Kyo was.
"Aerial pursuit," Gaara noted analytically. "No escape route."
"He's continuing the assault," Madara observed with interest.
Kyo didn't have time to parry or dodge this time, so he braced the punch he received in the face. That punch makes him spin in the sky, but Kyo counters with a spinning kick that sends Asura back to the ground.
"SPINNING COUNTER!" Naruto yelled with excitement. "He adapted mid-air!"
"Incredible spatial awareness," Neji noted with admiration. "Using the momentum against him."
"Saiyan combat instinct," Orochimaru observed with fascination.
Kyo, in perfect timing, grabs Asura's swords that descend back to the ground.
"Weapon acquisition!" Tenten said with professional approval. "Smart tactical thinking!"
"Now he's armed," Sasuke noted with approval.
Kyo throws one sword toward Asura with super speed. Asura saw it and kicked the sword away; Kyo made a Ki blast ball while in the sky, and he slashed the Ki ball into hundred pieces.
"PROJECTILE FRAGMENTATION!" Lee yelled in amazement.
"He split a Ki blast with a sword?!" Tsunade asked in disbelief.
"Incredible technique," Minato noted with professional admiration. "Energy manipulation combined with swordsmanship."
"Take this! Blinding Strike!" The Saiyan boy makes other spins kick, and kicks all the tiny pieces of the Ki ball.
"Named technique!" Guy exclaimed with burning enthusiasm. "BEAUTIFUL!"
"Coordinated energy attack," Madara noted with interest. "Impressive innovation."
"Hundred projectile assault," A observed analytically.
The attack wasn't to harm Asura.
But the point was for distraction---Asura smirked and was ready to parry all the attacks.
"Feint strategy," Shikamaru noted approvingly. "He's thinking tactically."
"Distraction technique," Kakashi recognized. "Setting up for the real attack."
The power hit the Saiyan man countlessly, but Asura parried the attack with ease. In the second, Kyo touches the ground. He dashes toward Asura, ready to swing the blade.
"Multi-stage attack plan," Itachi noted with approval. "Well-coordinated strategy."
"This is his real assault," Fugaku observed.
"ORAAA!!!" Kyo gives a war cry, and soon, his eyes are wide open in shock when Asura catches the sword with his fingers.
"HE CAUGHT THE BLADE WITH HIS FINGERS?!" The room exploded in shock.
"Two-finger sword catch," A said in disbelief. "Impossible!"
"The strength difference," Tsunade said with horror. "It's not even close."
"All that planning and he just... catches it," Ino said with despair.
Asura smirked as he said, "Hehehe... Tomarot... You think that trick can distract me?"
"Complete read," Shikamaru noted with frustration. "Asura saw through everything."
"He's been toying with him this entire time," Kurenai said with anger.
Kyo growls in anger, "What do you want with me?"
"Finally asking the real question," Hiruzen noted.
Asura holds his chin with another hand, "That's a good question, but you are weak. A weakling like you didn't deserve an answer."
"The arrogance," Temari said with fury. "Absolute contempt."
"He's treating Kyo like an insect," Gaara noted grimly.
The Saiyan broke the sword with his finger, then disappeared, and reappeared behind Kyo as he fired a Ki blast at Kyo's back, which exploded and flew him forward and crashed into the hills.
"BROKE THE SWORD WITH ONE FINGER!" Multiple voices screamed.
"Then immediate teleportation and Ki blast," Neji analyzed grimly. "Seamless combination."
"Kyo's getting destroyed," Kiba said with worry.
Asura reappears in front of Kyo, ready to grab the boy's head, as he sees the Uchiha boy on the verge of losing consciousness.
"Head grab," Tsunade noted with medical alarm. "Potential skull fracture incoming."
"He's going for the finisher," Sasuke observed grimly.
"You should be dead long ago, Tomarot-to, and yet you live... If this is what you can do, then you are of no use to me... Sayonara(Goodbye) Tomarot-to!" Asura wants to kill Kyo now because, for him, Kyo is just a disappointment to the Saiyan Race. He is about to fire a Ki blast toward the half-conscious Uchiha.
The room fell into tense silence as the execution was about to commence.
"He's really going to kill him," Hinata whispered in horror.
"No mercy," Madara noted grimly. "True Saiyan brutality."
Yuri was now openly crying, while Ryo's entire body shook with barely contained emotion.
But it stopped when the Saiyan man sensed something behind him.
"Intervention!" Several voices called out hopefully.
"Chidori!"
"KAKANE!" Kushina yelled with relief.
"Sensei to the rescue!" Naruto exclaimed.
The attack didn't hit Asura because Asura dodged it.
"He dodged Chidori," Kakashi noted with concern. "That takes incredible speed."
Kyo saw a blurred vision of Kakane standing right in front of him.
"K-Kakane... Sensei?" Kyo weekly asks for confirmation.
"Relief in his voice," Kurenai noted with sympathy.
Kakane turned her head and saw Kyo in a beaten condition; his clothes had torn apart, and injuries were everywhere.
"Assessment of damage," Tsunade observed clinically. "He's in critical condition."
Asura smirked as he said, "Ha, finally, we meet Kakane Hatake, or may I say Kakane the Sharingan."
"He knows her reputation," Fugaku noted.
"'Kakane the Sharingan,'" Itachi repeated. "She's famous."
The white hair turns her head toward Asura with anger. "What did you do to him?!" Kakane asks in anger.
"Protective fury," Kurenai noted approvingly. "Good sensei instincts."
Asura scoffed, "Hmph, not your business, Woman."
"The dismissiveness," Mei said with anger. "Absolute disrespect."
Kakane gets her guard up as she yells, "It is my business! Kyo is my student!"
"Claiming responsibility," Hiruzen noted approvingly. "True teacher spirit."
Asura rubbed his temple and sighed, "Can't you see the reason already?"
In the second, the white hair teacher realizes as Kakane's eyes widen in shock, "You want to kill him..."
"The realization hits," Shikamaru noted grimly.
Asura smirked, "Yeah, I don't need Weakling in my race. Now move, Woman, or you next."
"Racial supremacist," Tobirama noted with disgust. "Genetic elitism."
"He sees Kyo as defective," Orochimaru observed analytically.
"No way I will protect my comrade!" Kakane went back to her battle stance.
"THAT'S THE SPIRIT!" Guy shouted with approval. "Never abandon a comrade!"
"Willing to die for her student," Mito noted with admiration.
"Then die with him." The Saiyan didn't care about other life because Saiyan was born to destroy life on the planet they were sent to.
"Planet destroyers," the room whispered in horror.
"That's their true nature," Gaara noted grimly. "Conquest and destruction."
"Kyo's different though," Hinata said hopefully. "He's not like that."
Kakane lifted her eye patch and opened her left eye, and used her Sharingan as she gave a glance toward her student as she thought, 'If Kyo gets this badly injured, then this guy is no joke. I have to go all out!'
"Sharingan activation," Sasuke noted. "She's getting serious."
"Full power mode," Kakashi observed. "Smart tactical decision."
"Kakkate Koi! (Bring it on!)" The Saiyan manpower is down a bit more to enjoy the fight.
"He's still holding back," Madara noted with dark interest. "Even against a jonin."
Kakane makes two clones, and three of them make the same hand sign. "Fire style: Fireball jutsu!" Three of Kakane fire a Fireball toward Asura.
"Triple fireball assault," Guy noted approvingly. "Coordinated attack!"
"Standard jonin tactics," Minato observed.
Asura doesn't dodge or parry; he stands there with a smirk. Fireball hits him and explodes after a few seconds. Kakane saw Asura still standing.
"HE TANKED THREE FIREBALLS?!" Multiple voices screamed in disbelief.
"No damage," Tsunade observed with shock. "Complete immunity."
"The durability difference," A noted grimly. "He's not even human-level."
Kakane clone pops into smoke, and the white hair ninja makes other hands sign. "It is not over yet! Lightning Style: Lightning Blade!"
"Lightning Blade!" Kakashi exclaimed with recognition. "My technique!"
"Her signature move," Kurenai noted.
Kakane rushes with electricity in her hands: she dashes toward Asura and puts her hand on Asura's stomach, which lifts him to the sky; Kakane uses her lightning as her rocket to make her fly toward the sky even faster. When she passes Asura, she slams her Lightning hand toward Asura and slams Asura to the ground.
"AERIAL LIGHTNING COMBO!" Lee yelled in amazement. "Incredible technique!"
"Using lightning for propulsion," Tenten noted with professional admiration. "Brilliant innovation!"
"Multi-stage lightning attack," Neji analyzed approvingly.
Kakane felt lightheaded. She didn't use this much chakra in a long time. Then she heard laughter.
"Chakra exhaustion," Tsunade noted with concern. "She overextended herself."
Asura laughs like a madman, while Kakane's eyes widen in terror as the attack leaves him with a minor injury.
"MINOR INJURY?!" The room erupted in shock.
"Lightning Blade only gave him a scratch?" Kakashi asked in disbelief.
"Her strongest technique barely affected him," Kurenai said with despair.
"The power gap is insurmountable," Itachi noted grimly.
"Subarashii!(Excellent!!) Now my turn..." Asura disappears and reappears at high speed.
"Counter-attack incoming," Gaara warned.
Kakane's eyes were wide open again 'He's fast!'
"Faster than she can track," Minato observed with concern.
The Saiyan man one-inch punches Kakane right on her chest, which makes her breathless for a second.
"One-inch punch," A noted with professional recognition. "Devastating technique."
"Direct chest hit," Tsunade said with medical alarm. "Possible rib fractures."
Asura forwards and kicks Kanake's stomach, which sends her toward Kyo.
"Combination assault," Madara noted approvingly. "Efficient brutality."
Kyo, who barely stands, catches Kakane, who flies toward him.
"He caught her," Hinata said with relief. "Even injured, he's protecting others."
"Protective instincts," Kushina noted with maternal pride.
"K-Kakane-sensei!" Kyo let Kakane drop to the ground.
"H-His attacks are strong..." Then she notices Asura make another Ki attack; Kakane makes a hand sign and slams her hand to the ground. "Earth style: Mud wall!"
"Defensive jutsu," Hiruzen noted. "Smart tactical choice."
Earth Wall starts to cover the front of them.
"That Jutsu can't cover you all. Take this! Full Power Energy Blast Volley!" Asura fires countless energy blasts toward Kyo and Kakane.
"FULL POWER VOLLEY!" Multiple voices screamed in terror.
"Overwhelming firepower," Ay noted grimly. "Carpet bombing technique."
"That wall won't hold," Kakashi predicted with dread.
The wall Kakane makes is destroyed when it gets hit for the first time. Kakane didn't have any choice. She covers Kyo with her body. After a few seconds, Kakane's body drops to the side, breathing heavily.
The room fell silent, the sacrifice hitting everyone hard.
"She used her body as a shield," Kurenai whispered with emotion.
"Ultimate teacher sacrifice," Guy said with tears in his eyes. "BEAUTIFUL!"
"Protecting her student with her life," Mito noted with deep respect.
Kyo saw his Sensei protect him. Then his mind flashes back to when his father, Ryo Uchiha, protects him from the deadly blast.
"Flashback trigger," Itachi noted. "Traumatic memory activation."
"History repeating," Gaara observed grimly.
Ryo and Yuri's reactions became even more intense, both of them visibly struggling with the parallel.
"K-Kakane-sensei... are you okay?" His eyes wide open, Kakane's condition was clear, and he saw Naruko, Satsuki, Sakura, and Old Tazuna enter the battlefield.
"The cavalry arrives," Naruto said hopefully.
"But they're just genin," Sakura noted with worry. "What can they do?"
Asura smirked when he saw their condition.
The other is shocked when they look at Kyo and Kakane's conditions.
"Reality check," Shikamaru noted grimly. "They're seeing the power difference."
They know Kakane said they don't interfere the second they arrive at the location, but they can't bear to watch Kyo and Kakane injured.
"Emotional override," Kurenai noted. "They can't just watch."
So they step onto the battlefield with the motive to help.
"Brave but foolish," Tobirama observed.
"Kyo! Kakane-sensei!" Naruko yells in concern.
"Sister's worry," Kushina said with empathy.
"Kyo-kun! Sensei!" Sakura yelled as she and Naruko wanted to rush toward Kyo, but only stopped when Satsuki stopped her and Naruko.
"Satsuki showing tactical awareness," Fugaku noted approvingly.
"Everyone, Run!" Kyo yelled in fear. He didn't want anything to happen to them, but he had no idea who to protect them with, given that someone was far stronger than him.
"Protective instinct even when dying," Hinata noted with admiration.
"He's thinking of others first," Mito observed warmly.
Asura smirked as he saw the newcomer, and he said to the Saiyan boy, "Ho... so this is you, comrade Tomarot-to?"
"He's targeting them," Temari noted with alarm.
Kyo growls as he yells while standing, "Leave them alone! Your fight is with me!"
"Standing up despite everything," Guy noted with passionate approval. "YOUTH!"
Asura: "That's true..." He disappears and reappears right in front of Kyo and smashes his head hard to the ground, making the Saiyan boy cough blood with pupilless eyes in pain.
"SKULL SLAM!" Multiple voices screamed in horror.
"Brutal head trauma," Tsunade said with medical alarm. "Severe concussion at minimum."
"Pupilless eyes," Neji noted with concern. "He's barely conscious."
The team was shocked when they witnessed Kyo fall.
"They're watching him get destroyed," Ino said with horror.
Naruko doesn't care anymore as she rushes toward Asura and ignores Satsuki's warning.
"Emotional override," Kushina noted with understanding. "She can't watch anymore."
"Big sister instincts," Minato observed.
Naruko makes three clones ready to attack.
"Shadow clones," Hiruzen noted. "She's using her techniques."
Asura smirked as he released his grip from Kyo's face, and he rushed right in front of Naruko.
"He's targeting her now," Gaara noted with alarm.
Asura's aura wave destroys the Naruko clone.
"Aura-based attack," Madara noted with interest. "Passive destruction."
"Her clones are useless," Sasuke observed grimly.
The blond girl got scared and shook when Asura was right in front of her.
"Pure terror," Anko noted.
Everyone is shocked by Asura's speed, except for Kyo and Kakane, who are also unable to move due to their injuries.
"Paralyzed by fear and speed," Shikamaru noted.
Kyo gained his sense as he said, "D-Don't touch her..." Kyo is still not unconscious after all that.
"Still fighting," Lee noted with admiration. "Incredible willpower!"
Asura's evil grin, his forward hand, grabs Naruko on the head.
"HOSTAGE SITUATION!" Multiple voices called out in alarm.
"NARUKO!" Kushina screamed, her voice cracking with pure maternal terror as she shot to her feet.
Minato's entire body went rigid, his fists clenched so tightly his knuckles turned white. "GET YOUR HANDS OFF HER!" he roared with more fury than anyone had ever heard from the usually calm Hokage.
The blonde tries to release herself, but she can't.
Satsuki and Sakura want to help, but Asura raises his arm toward them.
"Ah, don't move, or the blonde here will die in a second." He grabs hard Naruko's head, making the blonde girl scream in pain.
The room erupted in absolute chaos.
"NO NO NO!" Kushina was sobbing now, her maternal instincts in complete overdrive. "DON'T HURT HER! SHE'S JUST A BABY!"
Minato looked like he was about to try to enter the screen physically, his protective father rage consuming him. "I'LL KILL HIM! I'LL KILL HIM FOR TOUCHING HER!"
"HE'S THREATENING A CHILD!" Tsunade roared with maternal rage, but even she was shaken by the parents' reactions.
"That's someone's daughter!" Mikoto said with motherly horror, understanding exactly what Kushina and Minato were feeling.
"Hostage tactics," Tobirama noted with disgust, though his voice carried unusual emotion, seeing the parents' anguish. "Cowardly beyond measure."
"Monster," Yuri whispered, her own maternal instincts flaring despite her emotional state.
Naruko yells in pain when Asura lifts Naruko by grabbing her head.
"Ahhhh!" Naruko was in tears and yelled in pain, making the team miserable that they couldn't help her.
Kushina collapsed back into her seat, her hands covering her face as broken sobs wracked her body. "She's crying," she whispered brokenly. "She's in so much pain and she's crying..."
Minato was shaking with barely contained rage, tears streaming down his face. "That's our little girl," he said with a voice full of anguish. "In another world, that's our daughter, and we can't do anything to help her."
"The parents' worst nightmare," Hiashi said quietly, his own protective instincts flaring as he thought of his daughters. "Watching your child suffer and being powerless to stop it."
"I can't watch this," Mikoto said with tears in her eyes, understanding the parental horror completely.
Gaara's sand was unconsciously starting to move, his own protective instincts triggered by the child's suffering. "This is unforgivable."
"He's hurting her," Hinata said with tears streaming down her face, but her voice carried an edge that was rare for her gentle nature.
"Making them watch," Gaara noted grimly. "Psychological torture."
"Yamero!!" Kyo yells as he stands up once again. Then Asura fires Ki blasts at him, causing him to explode.
"He keeps getting back up," Guy noted with burning admiration.
"Kyo/Kun!" Satsuki and Sakura yelled as they saw Kyo still standing.
Asura notices power rising from Kyo. Asura tightened his grip even more, which made Naruko scream louder and pass out a second later.
"HE KNOCKED HER UNCONSCIOUS!" Kushina screamed, her voice breaking completely. "FROM PAIN! SHE'S UNCONSCIOUS FROM PAIN!"
Minato looked like his soul was being torn apart. "She passed out," he whispered with devastated horror. "A child... a little girl passed out from torture..."
"That's it," Tsunade said with cold fury, her medical instincts and protective nature creating a terrifying combination. "When I get my hands on him..."
"The pain tolerance of a thirteen-year-old," Sakura said with medical horror. "For her to pass out like that..."
"Excessive force on a child," Kurenai said with rage that matched every parent in the room.
"I've seen war," Ay rumbled with barely contained violence. "But torturing children... that's where lines are drawn."
"He knocked her unconscious from the pain," Tsunade said with medical horror, her healer's mind cataloguing the damage. "Severe cranial pressure, possible fractures..."
"Someone stop this," Mito pleaded, her usual composure cracking at the sight of child abuse.
The Saiyan man laughed like a maniac as he said, "Show me the power you used to kill Taros 7 years ago, Tomarot-to! Or she has the same fate as Ryo Uchiha!" He is about to crush Naruko's head, but he stops when he feels the aura from Kyo.
"HE'S GOING TO CRUSH HER SKULL!" Kushina shrieked in absolute maternal terror, her voice reaching a pitch of pure horror.
"NO!" Minato roared, his usually controlled demeanor completely shattered. "NOT OUR DAUGHTER! NOT OUR LITTLE GIRL!"
The mention of Ryo Uchiha hit the room like a thunderbolt. But for Ryo and Yuri, it was devastating. Yuri let out a strangled sob, while Ryo's face went through a complex series of emotions - rage, anguish, and recognition.
"He's going to kill her," Hinata whispered in horror, unable to process what she was seeing.
"Threatening to execute a child," Tobirama said with barely controlled fury, his usual analytical demeanor replaced by protective rage.
"STOP HIM!" Guy screamed with uncharacteristic desperation. "SOMEONE STOP HIM!"
"He mentioned Ryo specifically," Minato noted with sharp attention, even through his parental anguish.
"The same fate as Ryo Uchiha," Kakashi repeated ominously. "He was involved in Ryo's death."
"That confirms it," Itachi observed quietly, though his voice carried unusual emotion from the parents' reactions.
Several people were now looking at Ryo and Yuri with growing understanding, but the couple was too overwhelmed to notice.
The Saiyan boy glares with rage, hate, and fury. "Yamero... I SAID YAMEROO!!!"
"RAGE AWAKENING!" Multiple voices screamed.
"Emotional breaking point," Madara noted with dark anticipation.
"This is it," Orochimaru observed with scientific fascination. "The transformation trigger."
Kyo powered up his hair, raising it to a vibrant green, then turning it blonde, and finally back to a deep black. Kyo disappears and reappears behind Asura with Naruko, his carry bridal style, in the blink of an eye.
"HAIR COLOR CHANGES!" Lee yelled in amazement.
"Green to blonde to black," Tenten noted with wonder. "Transformation fluctuation!"
"HE RESCUED HER!" Kushina screamed with desperate relief, her voice raw from emotional exhaustion. "HE GOT HER! HE SAVED HER!"
"Thank Kami," Minato breathed with overwhelming gratitude, his entire body sagging with relief. "Thank Kami, he got to her in time."
"HE RESCUED HER IN ONE MOVE!" Multiple voices cheered.
"Instantaneous movement," Minato noted with professional amazement, though his voice still shook with parental emotion. "Faster than anything I've seen."
"She's safe," Mikoto said with maternal relief, understanding exactly what Kushina and Minato had just endured. "She's in Kyo's arms, she's safe."
Asura smirks while Kyo gives him a cold glare.
"Asura's pleased," Anko noted. "He wanted this reaction."
Kyo disappears again to Satsuki and the others. Kyo let down Naruko gently; Satsuki, Sakura, and Tazuna are still speechless.
"Gentle placement despite his rage," Mito noted approvingly.
When they saw Kyo's appearance, his eyes changed to green eyes, but his hair was still black and spikey.
"GREEN EYES!" Sasuke exclaimed. "Physical transformation!"
"Spiky hair," Guy noted. "The legendary form is starting!"
"Kyo..." Satsuki wants to hold his hand, but she stops when Kyo speaks to them.
"She senses something different," Mikoto noted with concern.
"Satsuki, take Kakane and Naruko to safety with everyone," Kyo said in a deep voice and completely serious.
"Voice change," Kurenai noted. "Deeper, more commanding."
"Personality shift," Itachi observed analytically.
Satsuki saw Kyo's eyes were not the same as the Kyo she knew. Satsuki didn't want to leave him alone and fight that monster, but Kyo spoke again.
"She recognizes he's different," Fugaku noted.
"Go now!"
"Command authority," A noted approvingly. "Natural leadership."
Sakura never saw her crush so angry before as she followed Satsuki to safety; she also didn't want to leave Kyo alone, but what she could do with her strength right now was nothing.
"Acknowledging her limitations," Tsunade noted approvingly.
Naruko gains consciousness, and she realizes she is on Satsuki's back and on the way to Kakane's fallen location.
"She's awake," Kushina said with overwhelming relief, tears still streaming down her face. "She's conscious and talking."
Naruko saw Kyo and Asura facing each other, Asura with a smirk and Kyo with anger.
"K-Kyo... be safe..." Naruko said weakly.
"She's blessing him," Minato said with paternal pride, his voice thick with emotion. "Even after what she went through, she's worried about him."
"Sister's blessing," Kushina said with motherly warmth, her heart swelling despite the circumstances. "That's our brave girl."
"Such a strong spirit," Mito noted with admiration. "After that trauma, she's still thinking of others."
Asura extended his hand toward the group as he said, "You think you can escape?" He fires Ki Blast toward them.
"He's targeting them again!" Temari yelled with alarm.
Kyo quickly reacts and blocks it with his body.
"HUMAN SHIELD!" Multiple voices screamed.
"Protecting them with his body," Hinata noted with admiration.
"Kyo-Kun!" Sakura yelled in worry.
"GO!" Kyo yelled back as the team continued their goal.
"Absolute priority on their safety," Guy noted approvingly.
The team arrives at Kakane. She is still not unconscious, but her body can't move; Tazuna picks her, and they run far from Kyo and Asura.
"Strategic retreat," Shikamaru noted approvingly.
"G-Go to the hills." Kakane manages to speak, and Tazuna nods in understanding.
"Tactical positioning," Kakashi noted.
Kakane knows they can watch Kyo fight from there and be safer there. After 500 meters away from Kyo, they felt intense power come from Kyo.
"Power surge at distance," Neji noted with amazement. "They can feel it from 500 meters away."
They stopped and watched Kyo power up, saying with concern, "Kyo/Kun."
Back to Kyo, He felt anger and hate in his heart as he said, "How dare you... treated my Nakama(Friends)." His power-ups again. His hair turns green, blond, and back to black.
"Friends," Gaara repeated with understanding. "That's his trigger."
"Hair fluctuation intensifying," Orochimaru noted with fascination.
Asura smirked as he said, "Yes! Use your emotion to unlock our Legendary Form Tomarot-to!"
"LEGENDARY FORM!" The room exploded with excitement.
"He's encouraging the transformation," Madara noted with interest.
"This is what he wanted all along," Itachi realized.
Kyo either ignores him or can't hear Asura due to his anger. "You hurt Naruko and Kakane. I will not... Forgive you... ASURA!!!!!"
The name carried weight and finality that made everyone in the viewing room hold their breath.
Lighting starts to crash to the ground around him, and his hair stands up and is blonde. A small stone starts to rise, and a yellow aura comes out from his body with a slight muscle buff.
"LIGHTNING STRIKES!" Multiple voices screamed in awe.
"BLONDE HAIR!" Naruto yelled. "IT'S HAPPENING!"
"YELLOW AURA!" Lee screamed with burning enthusiasm. "THE LEGENDARY TRANSFORMATION!"
"Stones are floating," Tsunade observed with amazement. "Reality-warping power levels."
"Environmental effects," Ay noted with professional respect. "This is beyond normal chakra."
"Muscle enhancement," Guy noted approvingly. "Physical evolution!"
The entire room was on their feet now, everyone straining to see every detail of the legendary transformation.
"This is it," Sasuke said with breathless anticipation. "Super Saiyan."
"The golden power," Madara noted with dark fascination.
"He's transcending human limitations," Orochimaru observed with scientific ecstasy.
"You Finnish! ASURA!" Kyo roars in a deep voice.
"SUPER SAIYAN VOICE!" Guy shouted with passionate tears streaming down his face. "THE ULTIMATE FORM OF YOUTH!"
"The transformation is complete," Minato noted with amazement.
"That roar," Gaara observed with respect. "Pure power and fury."
"He's evolved beyond anything we've seen," Hiruzen noted with wonder.
The viewing room erupted in celebration, with people cheering, applauding, and shouting with excitement. Several people were actually crying from the emotional intensity of witnessing the legendary transformation.
"THAT'S OUR BOY!" Yuri screamed through her tears, her anguish momentarily replaced by overwhelming pride.
"SUPER SAIYAN KYO!" Kushina yelled with motherly pride.
"The hair, the eyes, the aura," Kakashi catalogued with amazement. "Complete physical transformation."
"Power levels beyond measurement," Tsunade noted with clinical fascination.
"This changes everything," Tobirama observed analytically. "The strategic implications are enormous."
But through all the celebration, Asura's smirk on screen reminded everyone that this was exactly what he had wanted all along.
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•To Be Continue•
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The screen faded to black, leaving the room in a state of emotional chaos. People were laughing, crying, cheering, and trying to process what they had just witnessed.
"SUPER SAIYAN!" Naruto kept shouting. "HE DID IT! HE ACTUALLY DID IT!"
"The legendary transformation," Lee said with tears streaming down his face. "More beautiful than I ever imagined!"
"The power increase must be exponential," Neji observed with analytical amazement.
"But Asura wanted this to happen," Sasuke noted with concern. "Why would he encourage Kyo to get stronger?"
"Because he knew he could handle it," Madara said grimly. "Even Super Saiyan Kyo might not be enough."
"The environmental effects alone," Mei said with wonder. "Lightning striking, stones floating, reality bending to his will."
"And that roar," A noted with professional respect. "That's the sound of a true warrior."
"But the emotional cost," Kurenai observed sadly. "He only achieved it through pure rage and hatred."
"Sometimes that's what it takes," Gaara said quietly, understanding the price of power born from pain.
Yuri was still crying, but now they were tears of complex emotion. "He's so powerful," she whispered. "But he's in so much pain."
"The Asura connection," Minato noted seriously. "He mentioned Ryo specifically. There's more to this story."
Ryo's expression had become unreadable, his emotions too complex to parse. The mention of his alternate self's fate had clearly affected him deeply.
"Guardian-sama," Hiruzen requested, though his voice carried unusual urgency. "We must see what happens next. The transformation is complete, but the real battle is just beginning."
"AND ASURA STILL LOOKS CONFIDENT!" Kiba pointed out with worry. "Even after seeing Super Saiyan!"
"That's what scares me," Shikamaru said with unusual emotion. "If Super Saiyan isn't enough to worry him..."
"Then how strong IS Asura?" Ino finished with dread.
The Guardian's light pulsed with what seemed like anticipation. "The transformation is indeed complete. But as you've observed, this may only be the beginning. Are you prepared to see what a fully trained Saiyan warrior can do against legendary power born from emotion?"
Everyone settled back into their seats, but the energy in the room remained electric. They had just witnessed something legendary, but the threat was far from over.
"Come on, Kyo," Naruto whispered. "Show that bastard what Earth-raised Saiyans can do."
The promise of the upcoming Super Saiyan battle had everyone on the edge of their seats, hearts racing with anticipation for what would surely be an epic confrontation.
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