Fusion of Forces | Chapter 23

To his further surprise not only was his red headed teammate able to take the brunt of the blow, but she quickly followed it up by stomping down on the head of Nora's hammer, keeping it and it's wielder pinned there. Continuing her assault, Pyrrha tossed her shield like a deadly frisbee with Ren as its intended target.

Deciding to ask his teammate just how in the hell she was keeping the no doubt physically stronger Nora and her hammer at bay after the battle, Naruto instead took advantage of the opening she had presented to him and with a twirl of his staff and a spin of his own to get some momentum, Naruto spun out from behind Pyrrha and slammed his shakujo into a still struggling Nora.

While strength wasn't exactly Naruto's forte, that didn't mean he was a slouch either. He was by no means anywhere near Tsunade or maybe even Nora's level of strength, but he could still pack a shallow when he needed to. Having near an ocean's worth of chakra to empower his strikes also helped.

Still Pyrrha and even Nora were a little surprised when the hammer wielding girl was not only hit with enough force to send her away from her weapon, but also send her flying through the air.

Ren had managed to dodge Pyrrha's thrown shield with relative ease, although to do so he had to sacrifice his ability to provide cover fire for Nora. Still he could resume doing so and possibly aid her when he landed on the floor in a few seconds. That plan was promptly thrown out the window when, with wide eyes, he saw Naruto smack Nora like a baseball and send her flying straight towards him.

Seeing as Naruto and Pyrrha had the better hand with Nora now without her weapon, Ren decided to toss his twin pistols to the side and catch his childhood friend in his arms.

Both Naruto and Pyrrha winced when Ren painfully collided with the ground with Nora in his arms. Thankfully he wouldn't suffer more than a bruise and some soreness thanks to his timely use of Aura and the fact that he had only been a few yards high by the time he had caught Nora.

A few minutes later a dazed Nora and a sore Ren were seated opposite to Naruto and Pyrrha in the stands of the training field, taking a much deserved break. While the two childhood friends looked a little worse for wear, they still looked ready for another round. Pyrrha meanwhile had only worked up a slight sweat while Naruto wasn't even winded.

Still he was enjoying the slight respite and decided it was a good time to question Pyrrha about how she had managed to keep Nora at bay with just her leg, "Hey Pyrrha. I know you're strong but how in the world were you able to keep Nora and her hammer down like that?"

Nora only turned to give her female teammate a curious look, just as curious as Naruto was, "Yeah! It was like Magnhild had grown like a thousand times heavier or something!" Seeing Naruto's questioning look, Nora answered, "Magnhild is the name of my hammer!"

Turning to Ren with the same look, the raven haired teen answered, "My weapons are named Storm Flower."

Satisfied Naruto and the rest of team NNPR turned their gazes back to Pyrrha. A little embarrassed at their intense looks the red head saw no harm in revealing her secret to her teammates, "I used my Semblance. It allows me to control anything metal so all I had to do was magnetize Nora's hammer and have it be pulled towards the ground."

Naruto whistled in appreciation of such a powerful Semblance. In a world where near everything used metal and where almost every opponents weapon was also made of the metallic material, such an ability could be devastating. Seeing as how, instead of relying heavily on it, Pyrrha used it only to help her when she needed it Naruto grew even more respect for his red headed teammate as a fighter.

Most Shinobi, hell most warriors in general, would far too often rely on a skill or ability that made them unique. Back in the Elemental Countries the most prominent people like this were those who had a Kekkai Genkai (Bloodline Limit). Sure having something like the Sharingan (Copy Wheel Eye), the Kekkai Genkai of the Uchiha clan, which allowed the user to predict an opponent's movements, entrance them with a single moment of eye contact, or even copy their own moves after only seeing it once was a great tool, but take it away and most Uchiha were practically useless.

Pyrrha on the other hand knew very well how to fight without her Semblance which made her all the more deadly when she did decide to use it.

Naruto was taken from his thoughts though when Pyrrha turned the tables on him and asked her question that had been bugging her and a lot of other people as well.

"By the way Naruto, how is it that you're able to pull your weapon out of plain scroll?"

Sheepishly chuckling Naruto knew he was even for a long chat. Then again all he had to do was pass off it off as a sort of byproduct of his Semblance...right?

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