The ground around the battlefield shook, and many shinobi fell to their knees. In front of Katsuro, ginormous roots that instantly grew into massive trees with winding branches, thicker than boulders, erupted from the ground, grabbing at the enemy shinobi who had been previously pressing the retreating Konoha shinobi.
Katsuro smiled, seeing Onoki's terrified expression as a forest grew into existence before him. Behind him, his Leaf comrades stared at him in awe, including his own friends and students.
The famed Wood Style, which, until now, had only one user in known existence- Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi. It had only been accessible to one Shinobi, and even if it wasn't the complexity and sheer chakra it required was sure to mean very few could use it effectively. Now that number had become two. His genius and strength was already famed throughout the entire shinobi world, making him one of, if not, the strongest ninja alive and in existence, but now, he was approaching even untouchable legends.
He was truly the perfect Senju, with the chakra and Wood Style of Hashirama, and the genius of Tobirama. Just one of those attributes made the 2 Hokage world renowned figures that were spoken of with respect and fear to this day.
The Leaf shinobi, coming out of their amazed and shocked states, roared in approval and inspiration. That Jutsu was just like the one Hashirama would use, and those who were old enough to have seen it knew it. But still they remained somewhat skeptical, daring not to get their hopes up so much - surely it couldn't be as powerful as the God of Shinobi right?
The enemy shinobi became restrained and crushed by the huge branches that twisted and turned, darting towards the rest of the, now panicked, Iwa shinobi.
WHAT?! HOW CAN THIS BE?! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?! Onoki was devastated, unable to fathom the sight before him. HE'S NOT JUST ANOTHER MADARA- HE'S WORSE. HE'S HASHIRAMA!!! SH*T!
Katsuro's sudden release of Wood Style could not have been foreseen by anyone. There was no counter to his attack, and nothing to stop it. Still, Onoki remained firm, and attempted to use his Particle Style Jutsus to defend his shinobi from the Deep Forest Emergence branches, but was unable to stop the rapidly increasing number of branches and roots that sprouted from the trees. He managed to protect a portion of his shinobi, by erasing the thick wood, but countless more could not be protected.
The Wood was much more resilient than they would have expected, even after firing multiple Jutsu, especially fire styles, it remained unfazed as if they were too weak. The unexpectedness meant that the front lines had little to no time to react and defend.
So you've finally decided to use it. About time. Kaito smiled, unable to suppress his pride and joy. I thought that you would die before an opponent could force it out of you.
Kaito was the only person who knew of Katsuro's secret card, not even Tsunade was aware. Although that was more out of 'wanting to see her reaction' than a lack of trust.
Sensei, I'm honoured to be your student, Minato and Kakashi grinned, both being students of the Stormbreaker, still just as shocked as the rest of the rest of their comrades.
My, my, Katsuro, your power still grows. Seems like you're the next God of Shinobi, a title Sensei attempted to take but couldn't truly claim. Or maybe the Ghost of the Senju… Hehehe, how thrilling. Orochimaru watched Katsuro take full control over their enemies, who were being overwhelmingly crushed.
The consensus was an overwhelming joy that even sent shinobi in tears, like a certain spandex wearing, bowlcut having Ninja. But witnessing the sight seemed to mark the sign of Konoha's second golden age. History was being made in front of them.
Iwa shinobi on the battlefield could only watch, terrified. How could they defeat such a monstrous power, once reserved to only the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama? That lingering fear from a man from the past made them quake, but still, for the sake of their villages and pride as shinobi, they continued to fight. While many wished to retreat, they could not make that decision on their own. They would be seen as traitors or failures and outcasts if they chose to flee and leave their comrades at such a crucial moment.
The destruction continued. The number of Iwa shinobi began to drop, while Konoha's remained the same as they retreated more confident than ever. If an outsider saw the smiles on their faces as they left, it would not seem like they were retreating from a bad position at all.
As the left, the Deep Forest emergence was finally coming to an end, but it had removed all hope that Katsuro's wood style would be somehow weaker than they had seen in the past. But they could see now why it was hailed as the strongest Kekkei Genkai and Style. Even beyond Onoki's Kekkei Tota, the Particle Style.
Katsuro could almost read these thoughts in Onoki's increasingly twisted expression, Onoki, you should know yourself. A simple Kekkei Genkai can't have this level of power. No, Wood Style isn't a Kekkei Genkai at all, it's a Kekkei Tota. Just Water and Earth don't make Wood Style, no you also need Yang. Lord Hashirama's healing wasn't just for show.
Katsuro had access to the scroll containing Hashirama's Jutsu as the Senju Patriarch. The First Hokage had documented everything, leaving behind a legacy in case another would appear like him. And today it was paying off.
"Wood Style: Wood Clone Jutsu."
Several wooden look-alikes grew from behind Katsuro, before shooting out to his sides to cover more ground facing the army that had recovered from their shock and were warily starting to move toward him again.
These wood clones were just like shadow clones, but were much more durable. It meant that with just wood clones, Katsuro could create multiple Kage level Shinobi even if for a short moment.
Even as Katsuro used the Jutsu and he multiplied in number, under the orders of Onoki the Iwa Shinobi once again began to charge at him. Onoki spoke of avenging their comrades, the Will of Stone, ensuring the peace of their village and the fact Katsuro must be low on chakra after using so many Jutsu.
And truthfully, he was not wrong. Katsuro had used the Flying Raijin at the start, teleporting several people that required more chakra, and used it numerous times during battle especially against the Raikage. He thought to his nonchalant way of spamming it with Rasengans and even the Flame Rasengan with a groan. And if that wasn't enough, he was also using the Susanoo no Mikoto, a combination of 2 S Rank Jutsu that made it such a heavy chakra drainer. Then Onoki had shown up forcing him to use more of the same, even using chakra to manipulate his Wind Chakra Mode to enable flight, which too was strenuous. And that was not mentioning the several smaller Jutsu in between.
And now he was using the Wood Style, starting off with a massive deep forest emergence that could affect an entire army and had just used the Wood Clone Jutsu. Even with the huge amount of chakra he had, for the first time in a long time, he could feel it. He was running low. He had a few more Jutsu in him before he would be forced to retreat, but instead of being smart about it by conserving what little he had left, Katsuro used it up all at once.
"Wood Style: WOOD DRAGON JUTSU!" x10
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