"That is a big purse waiting to happen," said Naruto, being the first up to his feet.
Oversized Alligator Lvl 17
HP: 4500/4500 CP: 100/100
Big, deadly, and hungry, not a very healthy combination for any fool wandering the swamp to come across, once this beast has taken a bite it will never let go.
"Purse?" asked Ino, popping up first only to faint upon seeing the leathery lizard lingering before them.
"Right, she's useless," groused Naruto. "Shika, can you pull her out of the way. This guy is going to be tough to put down and we're going to need some space to do it."
"It doesn't have much chakra but that is a lot of HP," Sakura commented, climbing back to her feet.
Naruto spat a few mud balls at it to see how tough it was. Seeing the mud hit and the alligator's skin depress but not break or bruise was disheartening. Seeing so little of its HP fall was even more so.
"Could this be the boss already?" asked Chouji.
"No way," said Shikamaru. "Think Mama Boar."
"I sure as hell don't want to see this things version of a Papa Boar," said Chouji, shuddering slightly.
"I do," said Naruto with a grin. He'd successfully pissed off the alligator as it was now attacking him with reckless abandon. It didn't seem to have a lot of skills or abilities, it just chased whoever made it mad trying to eat them. Naruto happened to be pretty good and making beasts mad and he wasn't too bad at avoiding being eaten either.
So it was a very slow kill or it would have been if the alligator didn't turn and run away down the path as soon as its HP dropped under four thousand.
"It ran away?" asked Naruto, clearly confused. "I've never seen a mutation just turn and run like that."
"This could be a problem," said Shikamaru.
"Guys," said Chouji, a shaky finger pointing down the path toward where the alligator ran.
Naruto and Shikamaru both looked to see at least a dozen snakes rushing down the path toward them.
"It sent minions?" asked Chouji?"
"Chouji, you've been playing too many games lately," said Shikamaru.
"Sakura, wake up Ino, we can't protect her and fight this many at the same time," ordered Naruto, already forming a dozen clone and sending them ahead to both slow the snakes down and maybe kill one or two while he was at it.
Naruto's clones succeeded in slowing them but only killed one snake. Chouji stopped them all in their slithery tracks, stomping a giant foot upturning the swampy terrain. It didn't last long but it gave Naruto and Shikamaru time to bombard the snake pile with fireballs and mud balls, killing a few and damaging others. Naruto followed it up with a hail of kunai with explosive tags wrapped around the handles.
By the time the snakes got to them there were only three of them left and they were all fairly injured. It didn't take long after that to finish them off with Ino and Sakura peppering them from a distance while Naruto and Chouji kept their attention on them.
"Sakura, heal up Chouji and replenish your chakra then heal yourself," ordered Naruto. "I think we have a small breather."
Sakura nodded her agreement and went to work. Chouji had some abrasions from his efforts in stopping the snakes initially, it was nothing life threatening but it was precautionary measure.
The group followed the path trampled by the snakes and alligator. When they came to the next clearing the alligator was waiting for them, now with some kind of shiny metal plate covered in jagged, sharpened spikes on its head.
Naruto would have groaned at the alligator if he'd had time to do so. The alligator charged wildly at the group, its head digging a trench through the soft ground.
The group scattered from its path dodging the potential damage they might suffer.
The Alligator's charge didn't stop until hit rammed into a mangrove tree stopping it in its tracks. It took a few wobbly steps back from the tree then shook its head once then turned, glaring at Ino.
Naruto noticed the alligator's HP had dropped about fifty points after hitting the tree. "Ino, dodge. Everyone, find a tree, when it charges you dodge. It does more damage to itself than our weapons."
Everyone found a mangrove to stand in front of and it was just a matter of dodging the moronic alligator. When it's health dropped another thousand it roared loudly then turn and ran again, trampling another path in the swamp for them to follow.
Naruto was instantly on guard in front of the path the alligator trampled. He was right to do so, another dozen snakes were headed right for them. Though this time they were better prepared. The snakes never stood a chance.
"Anyone else getting the feeling this gator is going to keep doing this until we kill it?" asked Sakura.
"Anyone else wondering where it's getting armor from?" asked Ino.
"Is anyone really surprised that Konoha training fields are completely fucked up?" asked Naruto. It was a fair question, how any of them could expect anything other than weird was . . . well . . . weird.
"Troublesome."
"Shikamaru, say it again. I dare you," challenged Ino, glaring at the not-so-lazy genius.
Shikamaru sighed but refrained from saying anything.
"Let's move on," said Naruto, walking first toward the path. Chouji quickly over took him, taking his spot in the front of the line.
Another clearing and the gator was waiting for them. This time it was wearing more armor, all the way down its spine, covering its tail, the tip of which was now a morning star-like ball of spikes.
"Chouji, Naruto, it's not very smart, hit and run from one end of the field to the other but don't let it get close to or it will tear you apart."
"How do we kill it?" asked Chouji.
"Its belly is still unprotect," said Sakura.
"So explosive tags along the path it's running?" asked Ino.
"Yeah, but you'll have to time it well or me and Chouji are screwed," said Naruto.
"We have a plan, let's execute," said Shikamaru, starting to prep his kunai with an explosive tag.
Ino and Sakura followed Shikamaru's example while Chouji and Naruto both charged in first, prepared to piss off the giant black alligator.
Naruto started it out, blasting it in the fast with a few mud bullets, doing almost no damage thanks to the bastard's armor.
After the initial pull it was relatively easy to kite the ugly gator around the field. Damaging it was less easy. The timing of the explosive tags was not good early on in the fight but as they got into more of a pattern the damage became more frequent and just more of it.
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