War (3)

The Two Wind Tornadoes created by Araki caught fire… Both of them were burning intensely… The flames were so intense that it burnt their entire bodies.

They felt unbearable pain, and some weak-willed Shinobis couldn't help but squeal out in pain, "Ahh...Stop! Please stop…!"

Their begging was extremely pleasant. And Araki said with a massive grin on his face, "Scream louder! I can't hear you!"

As the Fire Tornadoes burnt the Shinobi at the rate of hundreds every 10 seconds, many Shinobi from the land of the Water stepped forward, each one using their Jutsu as if their life depended on it, "Water Style: Water Wall Jutsu!"

Hundreds of the Water Jutsus hit the Twin Fire Tornadoes and managed to extinguish the fire by a small amount.

At that moment, the Third Tsuchikage and the Third Mizukage, both stepped forward towards these twin Fire Tornadoes. The Third Tsuchikage was in the air while the Third Mizukage on the ground.

"Dust Style: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu."

One large Cube covered one of the Fire Tornado and destroyed it completely. Araki faintly smiled upon seeing this… It seemed that the battle won't be as boring as he initially believed.

Meanwhile, the Third Mizukage stepped forward with some selected Kiri Shinobi; all of them were the elite shinobi of his village.

They all used the same water jutsu. Naturally, the Mizukage's jutsu was the strongest among them.

"Water Style: Giant Vortex Jutsu!"

Twenty or so huge projectiles were launched at the Fire Tornado at his side, and slowly but surely, the Fire Tornado started losing the power.

Araki mildly thought 'Heh… The Mizukage is surely weaker than the Third Tsuchikage and the Third Raikage… but the quality of Shinobis under him isn't bad. At least, they seem to be at a higher tier than the Third Raikage and the Third Tsuchikage's forces.'

Well, this was mostly because of the schemes and policies of the Second Mizukage, who had raised the quality of the Kirigakure Shinobi to a level somewhat above the Kumogakure and Iwagakure. One of the main reasons was the 7 Swordsmen of Kiri…

Currently, all 7 of them had stepped forward and used the Giant Vortex Jutsu, which had extinguished the Fire Tornado.

Meanwhile, Araki hadn't been given a break right as the Fire Tornado vanished.

He was fighting against a few other Shinobis. As he was fighting against the Shinobi, he saw someone with green eyes and a mask covering half of his face.

Not hesitating at all, Araki punched him away and started fighting against other Shinobi. However, he could still sense life force from that green-eyed person he had punched away a few seconds ago.

That was a little strange… Araki didn't think that someone had this sort of ability as well.

A little interested in knowing of this technique, he decided to end the other Shinobi around him quickly.

"Sage Art: Giant Rasengan!"

A Gigantic Rasengan appeared on top of his palm, and he jumped a little high before using it on the ground.

The explosion and the shockwave were enough to send most of the Shinobi flying away.

Araki turned towards that green-eyed man and raised his brow as he saw that man's body stitched with strings. This man was Kakuzu, the bounty hunter hired by Kiri, Iwa, and Kumo.

Araki's punch from before seemed to have split off Kakuzu's upper body from his lower body. The strings were extending from his upper body and connecting with the strings of his lower body.

"And here I thought only Orochimaru was the one with ugly Jutsus. I guess you aren't far off…" Araki let out a sigh while staring at the sorry excuse of his body.

"You are truly just as strong as I expected, Senju Araki. This won't be enough to kill me, though… I survived a battle against Senju Hashirama, you should do better than that to kill me. If you can, that is…" Kakuzu seemed to be taunting Araki while his body returned to normal.

"You merely survived a battle against my grandfather, and you think you pose a challenge to me? Fufuhahahahaha…" Araki's loud laugh started to resound on the entire battlefield.

It was seemingly like that of a maniac right now.

"Hahahaha… Damn… That was good. You nearly killed me with those jokes. Perhaps I might leave a text in the Uzumaki Records about how, I, Senju Araki nearly died of laughter. Hahahaha…" Araki once again started to laugh.

Kakuzu frowned a little before speaking up, "Earth Style: Iron Skin!"

Both his hands darkened as he rushed towards Araki with his enhanced skin. The Wind Mask behind his back released some Wind Chakra, which propelled him towards Araki.

"Take this!" Kakuzu let out a shout as he punched Araki's face as hard as he could.

Kakuzu's punch enhanced by the Iron Skin Jutsu was naturally strong. As his hand struck Araki's face, the shock of that punch could be felt from some distance.

Yet… There was no joy in Kakuzu's eyes even though his blow had landed on target. There was only a deep fear…

Araki glared at him fiercely for a moment. That moment was enough for Kakuzu to experience such great pressure over his body that he nearly kneeled down in submission!

"Was that all you had?" Araki asked him, still maintain the cold and hard stare.

Kakuzu gulped down in response and backed away before Araki could hit him.

"Earth Style: Earth Grudge Fear!"

4 of his masks separated from his back and were congealed with black threats.

Each jumped at Araki, seemingly intent on fighting against him. Araki didn't move from his position… As if he waiting for them all to attack him.

"Wind Style: Open Destruction!"

"Fire Style: Cranium Craver!"

The first Jutsu that Kakuzu used against Araki was the Wind Style. Araki made no attempt to dodge it. The highly compressed wind jutsu was combined with the Fire Jutsu, and it's power increased substantially.

The Jutsu struck Araki's body and created a loud explosion.

Dust clouds blinded people and prevented them from knowing just what had occurred. What was Senju Araki's current status?!

"Lightning Style: False Darkness!"

Kakuzu was still not done, though. He used another Jutsu and targeted Araki while the dust cloud was up.

The lightning shot towards the dust cloud and tore it apart.

Soon enough, the dust cloud dispersed, and everyone who neared Araki saw him standing there, completely unharmed as the lightning dispersed before it hit Araki.

"I asked you… Was that all you had?" Araki once again spoke with that cold look in his eyes. And then… He finally moved.

Kakuzu recalled the masks to his body and was about to think of another tactic that Araki was suddenly in front of him.

"Let me show you the true difference between us," Araki spoke, his pressure forcing Kakuzu to remain immobile…

Before he even realised it, his face was grabbed by Araki, "You didn't survive the battle against my grandfather… You were given another chance of living. The chance which you have wasted by choosing to fight against me…"

"Wind Style: Thousand Blades… Compressed State!" At that moment, Kakuzu felt thousands of blades cutting apart his skin, his threads, and his hearts, all at the same time.

His threads were naturally moving, trying to connect again, but they were cut apart into smaller pieces even quicker.

For the next 5 or so seconds, Kakuzu literally felt thousands of blades cutting him apart into tinier pieces. His body was cut apart into so many tiny pieces that Araki couldn't even hold his face any longer as it had fallen apart.

"Now… To burn the trash!"

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"

Araki let out a huge flame that burnt up Kakuzu's whole body…

After having destroyed Kakuzu's whole body, Araki remembered something, "Hmm? I forgot to get his name. Well, I guess it doesn't matter…"

With that, Araki started fighting against the other Shinobi, nearing him and those who had finally finished with the hand seals and could use their jutsu.