Chapter 203: The Rasenshuriken's Roar
The tension on the Konoha battlefield was a taut wire, ready to snap. Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, advanced step by step toward the figure standing atop the Nine-Tails, her personal ANBU guard a silent, grim shadow behind her. The other Konoha shinobi, shaken from their stupor by the Tailed Beast Bomb's devastation, rallied behind her. Their faces were masks of pure hatred, their eyes fixed on the architect of their village's ruin. They gritted their teeth, their collective will to tear him apart a palpable force in the air.
"I am the Fifth Hokage of Konoha," Tsunade's voice boomed, laced with a fury that had been building for decades. "You, who have trampled on the treasures and dreams of our ancestors, are absolutely unforgivable, Uchiha Ren!" She came to a stop, her glare promising violence. "I will settle this with you here, in the name of Hokage!"
Ren's answering smirk was a study in contempt. "Settle this? That's exactly what I want. Konoha was founded by the Uchiha and the Senju. Now I've split it in two. Fitting, don't you think? But it's not nearly enough. I will erase this rotten village that betrayed my clan. You want to settle this? Then come!"
The two sides were past words. As Ren's challenge hung in the air, the Konoha forces tensed to attack. The Nine-Tails beneath him reared up, a massive paw lifting to crush the ants before it.
But at that moment, a voice cut through the tension from a nearby ruined building.
"*Wood Style: Wood Locking Wall!*"
The ground beneath the Nine-Tails erupted. Thick, serpentine vines of wood shot up with incredible speed, coiling around the beast's legs, then its torso, its raised paws, and finally, its neck. In the span of a few heartbeats, the colossal fox was entangled in a living cage of wood, its movements severely restricted. It thrashed and roared in fury, but the bindings held—for now.
Ren was momentarily taken aback, then his expression cleared into one of mocking recognition. "Wood Style? It must be that guy, Yamato. But... you think Wood Style of this level can hold the Nine-Tails? How naive."
His gaze found the source: Yamato, standing resolutely with his hands sealed, his face strained from the immense effort of containing the demon fox. And beside him stood Konoha's own Jinchuriki, Uzumaki Naruto.
The sudden intervention shocked both sides. Even the Konoha shinobi stared in disbelief.
"It's Yamato! And... Naruto's with him?" Kakashi's mind raced, his single visible eye widening. "He's improved, but this is too dangerous..."
Yamato, however, was under no illusions. The Nine-Tails' raw power was staggering; he could feel the wooden bonds straining to their breaking point. "Naruto, now!" he grunted through clenched teeth, sweat beading on his forehead.
"I'm on it, Captain Yamato!"
Confused by the sight of the Nine-Tails running rampant but trusting his comrades, Naruto acted. Two shadow clones poofed into existence beside him. One began forming a Rasengan in its palm, while Naruto himself and the other clone channeled Wind Nature chakra into it. The Rasengan swelled, its form distorting, its chirping sound sharpening into a high-pitched whine until it transformed into a massive, white shuriken of raging wind chakra.
"Alright! Try out my new jutsu!" Naruto yelled, his voice filled with determination. "*Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!*"
He and the second clone grabbed the clone holding the unstable shuriken and, with a coordinated heave, hurled it like a discus toward the trapped fox. The new technique was still imperfect; he couldn't yet throw it directly. The clone sailed through the air, but its trajectory fell short of the beast's head. The Rasenshuriken struck the Nine-Tails squarely in the stomach.
*BOOM!*
A deafening explosion, followed by a light that forced everyone to shield their eyes. The Rasenshuriken didn't just impact; it unraveled. A sphere of countless microscopic wind blades erupted, shredding everything within its radius. The Nine-Tails let out a roar of pure, unadulterated agony, a sound of such profound pain it shook the very air.
The Konoha forces stared, stunned. The tide had turned in an instant. The invincible demon that had been crushing them was now trapped and howling in pain.
Kakashi watched, a mix of shock and pride swelling in his chest. This... this is Naruto's new jutsu? The number of attacks is uncountable... even the Sharingan can't fully track it. He did it...
Tsunade seized the moment. "Don't let up!" she roared, her voice cutting through the din. "Attack with everything you have! Now!"
Her command was a spark to tinder. A wave of renewed hope and fury swept through the Konoha ranks.
"*YES!*"
A torrent of ninjutsu—fireballs, water dragons, lightning strikes, earthen spikes—erupted from the assembled shinobi, slamming into the immobilized Nine-Tails from all sides. The beast became the epicenter of a continuous, violent explosion of elemental energy, its enraged roars swallowed by the cacophony of Konoha's collective retaliation.
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