Toph POV:
When I finally regained consciousness, I felt the wind blowing on my face with incredible speeds. It felt like I was falling. My feet weren't touching the ground, and I felt upside down. That's when
I realized, I was free falling, and I've been falling long enough for my landing to be deadly.
"Fuck, shit, cunt, balls! Why the fuck is this happening to me the second I got here. Ah, hell, gotta figure something out fast or I'm grounded meat, Toph version." An idea suddenly popped into my head. I used metal-bending and used the metal that was on my clothes to cover my body in a small metal protective layer in an attempt to protect myself from the fall. A few seconds later I could hear my impact with the ground. It hurts a lot but surprisingly nothing feels broken. It took me a minute or two to get over the pain and the concussion I probably got from that. Taking the metal layer off. I slowly stood up.
"Damn, my everything hurts after that. I still can't believe this is the first thing that happened when I agreed to fusing with that Kushina lady. Now I guess it's time to find WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!!!" My feet finally sensed a large amount of sand in the form of some huge animal along with a frog twice the size of the sand animal. I then focused on what seemed to be a large village being destroyed. I could sense hundreds of people fighting and three big snakes breaking down a section of the village.
"Is this what she meant by "when I'm desperately needed." This place is in a god damn war. And those monsters. Is this the power of chakra." I stood there mesmerized at everything I felt. Realizing what I was doing, I slapped myself in the face.
"Com'on Toph, snap out of it. I need to find Naruto in all this mayhem. Stopping this battle will probably make my job easier. Hopefully I'm not getting in over my head with this one. God knows how many times I've done that." I then focused on the nearest target, which was the two big animals fighting. I started running towards there as fast as possible. It didn't take long before I reached them. I hid behind a tree so I could listen to any talking. I first needed to figure out who the good and bad guys were. I was able to hear a few voices.
"Ok kid, why'd you summon me." Said a loud, grumpy voice. From the vibrations it seemed to be a huge frog like animal talking.
"Boss man, we have a problem, like a village destroying problem and it's right in front of us." After hearing what seemed to be a kid's voice. I noticed a person that seemed to be my age or younger was standing on top of the frog's head.
"What in the hell." I mumbled to myself. I then started paying more attention to the conversation.
"The hell kid! The first time you summon me for a battle, I'm up against Shukaku the One-Tailed Sand Tanuki. Well luckily for you this isn't the first time I fought a Bijuu."
'Ok so the other animal is whatever a "Tanuki" or "Bijuu" is, and it's really made completely out of sand.' I thought to myself surprised. They continued.
"Are you talking about when the Forth Hokage fought the Kyuubi." Said the boy.
"Yes, and that's how I got this scar. Damn fox mauled my face and decided to put his chakra in his claws when it did. Luckily everything except the big slash over my eye healed without scarring." The boy then started talking excitedly.
"That's so cool. Do you think you'll have a problem fight this Tailed Beast."
"Well, kid a Bijuu is a Bijuu. It doesn't matter how many tails they have. They are all difficult to fight. But if I had to" They were interrupted when another voice spoke.
"I will have your blood Uzumaki! And if I can't do it then I'll have the demon do it. NOW! MAKE ME FEEL ALIVE! ENTERTAIN ME UZUMAKI!Tanuki Neiri No Jutsu (Play Possum Jutsu)." I then sensed a swirl of sand erupting around the sand tanuki, increasing its size. It was finally the same size as the frog. I then heard screaming along with a beastly roar that came from a new voice. This voice sounded crazier and more psychotic.
"FREE! I'M FREE! FINALLY FREE FROM THAT DAMN SEAL!" The new voice is coming from the sand construct. It seemed to be happy when it said it was free.
"It's Shukaku, the Tailed Beast. It seems his consciousness is now fully aware. We must seal him
back into Garra before he can destroy the village." The frog said. The sand
tanuki then shifts its attention to the boy and frog.
"YOU WANT TO STOP ME! SEAL ME BACK! NO! NEVER! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU AND BURY YOUR WORTHLESS VILLAGE IN SAND BEFORE THAT HAPPENS!" The sand Tanuki screamed.
"No! I won't let you destroy my home! Let's do this Gamabunta!" said the boy.
"Alright kiddo, let's finish this quickly. I need to hurry home. I'm not gonna be late to my wife's cooking." Said the frog. They then started to fight.
'Ok, so it seems the sand Tanuki Shukaku, I think its name was, wants to destroy the village.' I hid away until I could find an opportunity to enter the fight. After about half an hour, I found it.
"Kid, you gatta think of something quick. I'm tired and about out of chakra." Said the frog. It was breathing heavily and moving slower than in the beginning of the fight.
"Sorry boss man. I've kinda ran out of ideas." Said the boy. I finally saw my chance and took it.
'Here's my chance.' I quickly acted without
hesitation.
3rd POV
Toph then took that as her chance to enter the fight. Quickly running out into the open. She moved in front of the toad and started earth-bending. Toph rose four tall walls encasing the sand tanuki in an earth version of a barrier. She started reinforcing the earth to ensure the Bijuu doesn't escape. Monstrous screaming was heard as Shukaku yelled.
"YOU WILL NOT CAGE ME! WIND RELEASE: DRILLING AIR BULLETS!" The barrier Toph created was destroyed by Shukaku's wind attack. She quickly bended a wall of earth to protect herself from the debris of broken earth falling. Shukaku then launched more air bullets at her. Unfortunately, due to how she sees the world by feeling the earth she's completely vulnerable to air attacks. The earth wall she was hiding behind took a direct hit, which sent her flying into a nearby tree. She let out a painful scream. Groaning, she tried to pick herself up.
"Ah. shit… fuck! Yea. Yea. Somethin broke. But damn, have to admit, that was a pretty good shot. Alright, so the beast shoots air bullets. I mean It was in the name, but I didn't think it'll hurt like a bitch." Shakingly getting up, she got back into her stance.
"Alright, you've had your fun. Now's mine." She then took a few deep breaths to steady her breathing and started to focus. Toph could feel that she could bend the sand the monster was completely made out of. Smirking at this realization, she focused on the Bijuu's left arm and sand-bended it away from its body. Shukaku's reaction was immediate.
"AAAAAA! MY ARM! HOW DID YOU! BLOOD! I WILL HAVE YOUR BLOOD!" Toph's smirk from earlier
grew wider.
"Well, would you look at that. Seems things just got a little more interesting"
The battle between toph and Shukaku raged on for about another thirty minutes before Shukaku's non-existing patience ran out.
"WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY WON'T YOU DIE! I'VE TRIED AGAIN AND AGAIN BUT YOU KEEP ESCAPING LIKE A DAMN SNAKE! THAT'S IT! I'M DONE! YOU WON'T SURVIVE THIS ONE! DESERT LAYERED IMPERIAL FUNERAL SEAL!" Shukaku used sand to create a pyramid around Toph to kill her by compressing her in the sand.
"BE CRUSHED AND DIE!" Toph hearing this realized what the beast was about to do.
'This bitch is trying to crush me in sand.' She then feels how fast the sand is compacting towards her.
'Shit, I'm not fast enough to escape this but if I layer my body with metal, I'll be fine.' She then realized the metal she had on her wasn't strong enough and could be crushed by the sand.
'Damn, the metal I'm wearing isn't strong enough. You know what, I can just.' Slamming her foot on the ground. She searched deep underground for metal stronger than what she had.
After a few moments of searching, she found what she was searching for. The mineral seemed to be at least ten times stronger and denser than the metal she has been using.
"Alright! Let's do this." Bending the metal, she found underground onto the surface, she covered herself in it like she did she fell from the sky. This metal made her shine with how silver it was. She managed to do this just in time because a second later the sand covered her and compressed itself. Shukaku then started laughing like a maniac.
"HAHAHAHA! YES! YES! YOUR DEATH! YOUR BLOOD! I HAVE IT! HAHAHAHA! I WIN! I WON! YOU." Shukaku was cut off when the sand pyramid exploded from the inside out. In the center was an unharmed Toph. Toph mumbled to herself.
"This fight has been going on far too long. I'd better end this now." Quickly moving the sand around her she sent it rushing towards Shukaku. Once it landed on the Bijuu, Toph and Shukaku started
to fight for sand's control.
"I SEE YOUR PLAN! YOU'RE TRYING TO CONTROL THE SAND IN MY BODY LIKE YOU DID BEFORE! THAT ONLY WORKED BECOUSE I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD THAT ABILITY! BUT MY CONTROL IS BETTER THAT YOU! IT'S MY ELEMENT!" Shukaku then put more effort into regaining control of its sand. Toph in return increased her effort in keeping control. She was slowly losing control of the sand. She then thought.
'God damn. This has to be the hardest tug of war I've ever played. It's better at sand-bending than me. I can't lose. I can't let it get control... ... I need it to lose focus.' Still focusing on keeping control, she inwardly yelled.
"Yo frog! Can you do something to distract this thing! I need you to make it lose focus! I have to win this battle for control over its sand but it's stronger than me." The response was immediate.
"Alright girly, I can do that. And get your eyes checked because I'm a toad not a frog." Gamabunta retorted. Toph ignored the side remark.
"Yea. Yea. Whatever. Can you hurry up." Gamabunta sighed.
"Brats now a days. No respect for their elders." Gamabunta rushed in, took its sword out, added chakra to it and slammed into Shukaku. This action had he attended effect. Shukaku's attention
turned to the boss toad.
"THE HELL! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING TOAD!" Shukaku yelled.
"Protecting my village that's what!" Gamabunta yelled back. Gamabunta then noticed a sleeping Garra on Shukaku's head. He could see the boy now since they weren't so far away from each other. An idea popped in his head. He turned his attention to Naruto.
"Naruto, I noticed Shukaku became fully in control when the Jinchuriki put himself to sleep. I bet waking him up will solve our sand problem. It might not work, but it's worth a shot. What do you
say."
"I say let's give it a shot." Naruto, taking the chance, jumped off of Gamabunta towards Shukaku and gave the asleep Garra a headbutt, instantly awakening him. Shukaku started to shrink and disappear into the seal. When the Bijuu realized what was happening to it, it started to panic and go into a frenzy.
"NO! NO! NOT YET! I WILL NOT BE SEALED! I WILL NOT DISAPPEAR! NOT AGAIN! NOT WITHOUT HAVING YOU! YOUR BLOOD! YOUR DEATH! HUMAN! YOU MUST DIE! BY ME! BY MY HAND! BY MY SAND! HYAAAA!"
Shukaku slowly retracting into Garra shot out a few sand spikes at a speed that would be hard to react to. Gamabunta was about to dodge but saw the sand fly past him ignoring him entirely. He was confused for a second, but then he noticed the direction sand was going. Upon realization, he screamed.
"Girly, get out of the way, now!" Gamabunta yelled. Toph turned around and tried to react, but she was too slow. The attack successfully hit Toph, and the effects were immediate. Due to the speeds of the spikes, when it hit Toph, they cleanly went through her left thigh, stomach area, right arm, and right hand. The most threatening thing was the spike that went through the right side of her shoulder/chest. She fell to the ground. Conscious but unmoving. She talked in a pained voice.
"Dammit for being blind. I could've seen that. And of course, my stubborn ass refuses to pass out. This pain is unbearable." Toph spit out a glob of blood. Naruto quickly ran towards her and yelled.
"Hey! Hey! Are you alright! Can you hear me!" Toph turned her head in his direction.
"Well squirt, you tell me, do I look alright… Fuck no! I have at least 5 god damn holes in my
body! And the biggest one is on the right side of my chest! Good thing it's not the left cause I'd be fucking dead!" Naruto flinched at her response.
"Well, we need to hurry and get you to the hospital." Naruto then summoned a small toad.
"Hey. Can you take her to the hospital for me." The only response he got was a toad sound. The toad then stood on top of Toph.
"Hey, get this nasty shit off of." Toph's eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fell unconscious. The frog then puffed away with her in toe.