Chapter 228: Darkest Night Hidden in The Leaf (13)

Chapter 228: Darkest Night Hidden in The Leaf (13)

"WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Jiraiya can hear two roars at once, unable to make heads or tails of the situation since Hachibi's and B's transformation is as sudden and swift as Orochimaru's supposed gender-reveal party since the woman can't stick to a single lane.

Not everything goes according to the clan, and that is where the need for extreme ace under the sleeves shines.

B is no longer the same.

Eight brown octopus limbs grow out of his tailbones. Instead of being as big as the actual Hachibi's tails, the eight suction tails spiral into themselves, forming eight springs behind B as he is no longer covered in the defiling mass of dark crimson chakra. A pair of oxen horns jut out of B's slick ashen-blonde hair as the youth's shades fall off, revealing crimson eyes that retain their intelligence. The right horn is cut near its tip as B flexes his arms, his tails unsheathing eight of his needle-like swords for him.

"Eight swords?" Jiraiya's throat vibrates a curious noise while keeping a firm control over the Nature Energy around him.

"Eight swords?" B's thick lips pull back into a toothy smirk as he retrieves another set of shades from under his white flak jacket before rapping, "Ya fool! Open yer Sage eyes! This is no eight swords style!"

The tails behind him coil and tighten further, the tension in their mass increasing to the brim as B juggles his eight swords until catching them between his hands, mouth, and the clench of his knee and elbows.

'This is the art of sixteen swords! Ya, Fool!' He parrots internally, unable to speak with his mouth full, as the eight, spring-like octopus limbs let go of their tensionsjumping on a tree before his body disappears, leaving a shattered tree in his wake as his body starts jumping around and shattering nearby trees.

But it isn't enough.

B isn't fast enough to escape Jiraiya's senses in his Sage Mode as the Sensei narrows his eyes before movingpredicting B's pattern rather admirably to send him flying with another one of his 'invisible strikes.' Jiraiya simply did not wish to risk getting into physical contact with the Jinchuriki's new form.

Strangely, however, B removes this new form as quickly as it appears.

'What?' Jiraiya locks his brows.

"That did not work as I intended; training sessions are a must! Sixteen is the way to transcend, but mastering the eight is what I should do first! Yeah!"

B starts bobbing his head, his skin transitioning into rust brown as his body enlarges in the blink of an eye before the massive Hachibi stares down at Jiraiya, "Gotta stick to the basics, partner! Let's show this fool we don't need new unpracticed techniques to bring them down! WHEEEEEEEEE!"

Jiraiya deadpans.

Not all Jinchuriki should be eccentric, but his luck seems to drag him to the strangest of the bunch!

First Su, and now this Ox!

'Whatever, I should try and end this. His sudden transformation's unknown nature did present a threat, but a large size' Jiraiya's moving body comes to a halt before he jumps on Hachibi's hand and runs up his arm only to find a part of the skin, releasing pitch-black ink from its pores that seal Jiraiya's sandals!

The sage's body jumps on an invisible platform yet again as he scowls.

'Ink that seals?' He gazes at the receding ink, understanding the trick.

'No, he must have mastered some Fuin seals to cover with a large patch of ink to keep his intentions hidden. Damn, I could save a fortune on ink if I ever became Hachibi's Jinchuriki.'

Ever the writer in heart!

*Splash*

B ejects a large wave of ink from its mouth that molds itself into a dozen of B's human clones as they let loose their signatureWheeeeeecall before storming Jiraiya with attacks as B opens his mouth wide to collect red-blue chakra into a purple mass aimed directly at Konoha!

'No, this calls for a similar jutsu!'

Jiraiya doesn't weave any seal as he faces the horde of enemy head-on, all the while collecting senjutsu chakra in a familiar spiral motion over his hand as it soon appears in a ball of chakra no less than the size of the forming Bijudama!

[Sage Art: Giant Rasengan]!

The mass of chakra turns the clones into splashes of ink as Jiraiya's attack lands on top of B's head, causing his maws to sink into the unstable mass of incomplete Bijudama!

'The invasion must have a time limit. For him to lead me to Konoha despite Kushina and others minutes away means he wants to warn others. And anyone with a speedy Reverse Summoning Jutsu will be out of here. No, better yet, maybe only one of them has the Reverse Summoning set back to KumoB. The rest may be summoned back by the Jinchuriki of Two-Tails. I hope Kai sealed Dodai for now, or he'll disappear with the rest!'

And then it strikes Jiraiya.

'He can return now, and the two-tails can summon others back. He is still risking this. There must be someone who cannot be summoned back.'

Only one fits the bill in Jiraiya's descriptionThe Third Raikage, who is blitzing near the Uchiha Police Grounds!

'How the hell did A get here if he cannot be summoned back?' Jiraiya frowns, his scowl turning harsher as he attacks B more aggressively while creating a shadow clone, who surprises B by jumping back and closing his eyes as if to sense something.

The clone disperses the next second as Sage's gaze hardens.

The simplest of the answer turned out to be the truth.

A traitor amongst the Barrier Squad's sensing team. The Head shinobi is nowhere to be found, while the rest of the shinobi are dead under Hokage's Residence.

"B!" Hachibi snaps at the youth, who snarls in frustration as he, too, senses the nearing Kushina.

He won't make it in time.

'I hope C senses my disappearance and informs the rest.'

Helpless despite all his chakra reserves, B forms a seal and disappears with a poof of smoke.

The battle concludes in the most expected manner in Jiraiya's experience.

After all, those who live get to fight another day.

'But, when will the fighting end?' Jiraiya sighs gently, not undoing his Sage Mode just yet. He has three more minutes remaining.

'I can deal with the troublesome jonins,' he affirms internally, unwilling for the strong enemy to return right away. So, he doesn't wait for Shikaku and the rest and rushes away.

To Shikaku's credit, his plan of retrieving Kushina to support Jiraiya worked a little too well!

If it wasn't for the looming threat of Kushina, B wouldn't have felt helpless to unknowingly expose a few of these weaknesses!

But Jiraiya cannot stop to congratulate the youth on his strategy.

Not now, anyway!

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Alternate Title: Another Curtain Closes; You Win Some, And You Lose Some; The Magnificent Sixteen Sword Style!; Incomplete Form; Naruto's Bellamy!; Jiraiya: Can I Throw a Punch, You Ask?; Possible Friends of Another Life; When Life Gives You Lemons, Squeeze It On Your Enemy's EyesShinobi Code; Shikaku: My Genius Is Almost Frightening; Jaw Shattering Blast; Insane Jinchuriki; Uncovering Enemy's Plan With the Slightest Hints!; Kushina Got Exposed?!; Kai's Innocence Reigns Supreme!; Shikaku Ending Battles Using 8D Shogi!; Unwilling Heart to Kill, Bound By Duty.

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