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[....] -> This means what killer Bee is actually saying.
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The Raikage's body was trembling... not from fear, but from the sheer strain of his own power. The black lightning that wrapped him was like a raging storm, alive and vicious. Each spark tore tiny cuts into his flesh, and his muscles twitched violently. His regular version of the Lightning Release Armor had gone beyond blue... his was pitch black.
He exhaled, slow and heavy. "Black Lightning Release Chakra Mode," he muttered, his voice almost swallowed by the static around him. "Still unstable… but it'll do. If only I could control it... huh... No point in lamenting."
Across from him, Hashirama Senju watched quietly, hands loosely together. His wooden armor was cracked in places but regenerated just as quickly. The calm in his eyes didn't fade... not even against a man who could pierce mountains with his fists.
"Well," Hashirama said, his voice steady but low, "I will entertain you this once but if you agree to retreat. I shall not press forward."
"Hmm... I cannot do that. This might be my toughest fight," he said finally. "But I ain't going down first without taking you."
He dropped into his Muay Thai stance. His breathing slowed. The ground cracked beneath his feet.
Hashirama nodded. "Then I won't hold back."
He clapped his hands together. The earth roared.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
The ground split apart and erupted into an explosion of colossal branches, twisting and coiling upward like serpents. Trees grew faster than a blink of an eye. Roots tore through the mud, reaching for the Raikage like living arms.
But the black lightning struck first. The Raikage vanished in a flash. The branches that tried to trap him were burned through instantly, the air splitting from the force of his strikes. He found a rhythm between the growing vines... small gaps, brief openings in Hashirama's technique. Each time he saw one, his body flickered through.
Hashirama's eyes narrowed. The man was actually reading the forest's rhythm. Interesting.
Still, it wasn't enough. The moment the Raikage got close, the trees adapted. The gaps closed. The forest bent and twisted toward his momentum, forcing him to slash his way through only to find more layers forming ahead.
For every root he shattered, three more grew.
The Raikage skidded to a halt, breathing heavy. Steam rose off his body. His skin had begun to tear open along his arms and shoulders. The black lightning cloak flickered for a split second.
"Your chakra control is monstrous," Hashirama called out. "But you're tearing yourself apart."
"I don't need long," The Raikage growled. He lowered his stance, fists sparking. "Just one clean hit."
Before he could charge again, the sound of a loud clash echoed to their left.
Killer Bee, cloaked in his Gÿuki Chakra Mode, had drawn all eight swords. His movements were erratic and fast, each swing cutting through the air in unpredictable arcs.
Tobirama met him head-on, his expression sharp and analyzing. Water burst from the ground in massive arcs... walls, serpents, waves. He moved through them seamlessly, his body flickering between positions.
"Water Release: Water Wall!"
The water crashed against Bee's swords, Bee jumped high and landed on the water as he ran towards tobirama.
"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"
A blade of compressed water shot out. Bee turned just in time... his sword met the wave, but he somersaulted and escaped the compressed water path.
Bee grunted, sliding back a few feet. His cloak shimmered. "You're fast, white-hair grandpa… but not fast enough!"
He twisted his swords in a wild rhythm, his body bending unnaturally, every angle unpredictable. Tobirama parried one strike, ducked another... but a blade nicked his arm, slicing it off at the elbow. Bee grinned.
"That's one arm!"
But before the words were done, Tobirama's arm regenerated instantly.
Bee's eyes widened. "What the hell—"
A kick landed square in his gut, sending him flying through three thick branches created by Hashirama. The impact cracked his ribs.
The Raikage's head snapped toward him immediately. He stopped mid-charge toward Hashirama and flickered away in a burst of black lightning, catching Bee before the forest could crushed him completely.
Hashirama stopped attacking, watching the two figures retreat together.
Bee coughed blood.
The Raikage looked back at the battlefield. The Second Hokage was reforming again... his body already back to normal.
He let Bee stay back. He blurred forward... straight toward Tobirama.
Black lightning collided with water. Tobirama countered with explosive water release techniques, but the Raikage tore through them. His movement was raw and desperate, but he was fast enough to bend the air around him.
He appeared right in front of Tobirama and thrust his arm forward.
"Black Lightning: Hell Series... Hell Slash!"
The strike hit dead center. Tobirama's body split clean in half, bisected from chest to hip. The ground shattered beneath them, forming a crater from the force alone.
For a moment, the Raikage stood still, panting. His right arm was burned from the discharge.
But then, from the edge of his vision...movement.
Branches. Thick, twisting, and fast.
His instincts screamed. He spun and slashed them apart with his left hand. The wood splintered... but reformed instantly. They kept coming, endless, like a living tide.
He leapt back, dragging Bee with him. The two landed hundreds of meters away, there was an entire forest between them and the Hokage brothers.
Bee dropped to one knee, clutching his stomach. "That… was close."
Bee exhaled slowly. "Dead men walkin', slash 'em in two, they snap back tight, no stall, White-hair old man laughin', wounds stick like glue, weird jutsu got him on recall."
"There is only one way," The Raikage said. "Sealing."
"Raikage-sama... hear the buzz plan." Bee took a deep breath. "Clip the brain, White-hair goes down, or the plan gets reversed. Give him time, he'll decode tool tricks we about deploy, So we strike smart, strike fast, leave no room to pass on to wood-boy.... baby."
[We put down the Second first. He's the brain. If we give him time, he'll figure out how the tools work... and warn the First about them.]
The Raikage nodded. "Then we strike now."
Before either could move, Hashirama's voice echoed again. "You should stop. Your bodies are reaching their limit."
Tobirama stood beside him now, calm as ever. "They won't stop. The Kumo-nin are proud. They'll die on their feet."
The Raikage's lightning flared once more. "You're damn right."
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A/N: The Raikage has no sealing kit... he could fight all day. Even though he could blitz tobirama and snap him in half. He can never put him down let alone hashirama. Since, Tobirama died against kinkaku and ginkaku... he should have figured something about the rikudo sennin tools before his death. That information if passed on to hashirama will put kumo in a dangerous position. So, Take the brain first.
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