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[....] -> This means what killer Bee is actually saying.
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The Raikage's armor of black lightning had faded, leaving his skin raw and smoking in places. He stood motionless, his breath harsh and uneven. Bee was crouched beside him, his breathing steadier even after being kicked Tobirama.
Bee wiped his mouth, then said in a low voice, "Raikage-sama, bad news knockin' at the door." [Raikage-sama, we've got a problem.]
The Raikage turned slightly, one eye narrowing.
Bee continued, "Yo, Second Hokage sharp, fought Kinkaku-Ginkaku, seen those tools spark, Rikudō tricks? Bet he clocked the rules, picked 'em apart, real smart. So plan for the worst, no slack, no doubt... assume he knows, hit hard." [The Second Hokage... Tobirama Senju. He's already fought Kinaku and Ginaku before, back in their old ambush mission. That means he should have seen the Rikudo tools in action. With that kind of intellect, he must've figured out how they worked before he died. We can't be sure but it is safe to assume the worst.]
The Raikage's eyes darkened. "You're saying he might already know how to counter them."
Bee nodded. "Yah, didn't flash the tools in our exchange, that'll tip him off quick, See the rope or the gourd, he'll yap nonstop, slick-talkin' tricks. So we blitz, hit hard, seal fast, no time to react... end of the track. Weee" [Exactly. That's why I didn't use them during our exchange. The moment he sees the rope or the gourd, he'll start talking and buying time. He's that kind of man. If we're going to seal him, we have to hit him hard and fast before he realizes what's happening.]
The Raikage's jaw flexed. He looked toward the distant figure of Hashirama, who stood calm among the trees, like a guardian deity rooted in the earth itself. Even at this distance, his chakra presence felt oppressive.
Bee's voice dropped lower. "Yo, you gotta lock the Second down, seal him tight, no delay, Before he spills the tech talk to the First, okay? Hashi don't get these relics yet, but once the picture's clear, He'll play it smart, slow the game, that's danger right here." [That's why you've got to seal the Second Hokage yourself. Before he can share information on the tools with the First. Hashirama might not understand these relics yet, but once he does. You know it. He will be cautious of our tools.]
The Raikage frowned. "And if I go after the Second, who stops the First? You can't take him head-on. Be careful he can absorb chakra on contact with the wood."
"I know my limits," Bee said with a faint grin. "Yo, I can stall the dude, no doubt, no bluff, Chakra topped off, thanks to you grinding 'em rough for past week. I'll go full beast mode transformation if it comes to that scene, Bijuu Bombs buy us twenty seconds clean, ya mean." [But I can stall him. My chakra is nearly full again, thanks to the you fighting all the opponents for the past few days. I'll go into full transformation if I have to. Bijuu bombs should keep him busy maybe for 20 seconds.]
The Raikage didn't answer right away. His instincts told him to fight alongside his bee, not leave him alone against a monster like Hashirama. But reason outweighed instinct. The Edo Tensei couldn't be defeated by strength... they had to be sealed.
He finally gave a sharp nod. "Fine. I'll take the Rikudo tools. You stall the First Hokage. Don't waste time trying to kill him... it won't work. Keep him occupied. I will finish it off in a minute."
Bee grinned faintly. "Got it, Raikage-sama. Weee"
The Raikage retrieved the scroll from his waist pouch. When he unfurled it, a faint red light shimmered over the parchment, releasing three legendary weapons: the Benihisago, the Kōkinjō, and the Shichiseiken.
The Raikage carefully took the Shichiseiken... the seven-starred sword.. and the Canopy Rope. He tied the rope to his wrist, testing its pull. Then he sealed the scroll again, hanging the Benihisago at his side.
This time, he didn't cloak himself in black lightning. It was too unstable, too punishing on his body and was not need against the second hokage he planned save it for the first hokage. Instead, a deep blue aura enveloped him... calmer, steadier. His muscles tightened, his wounds still open but ignored.
Across the field, Hashirama was already moving. He wasn't willing to wait for them to regroup. The forest moved with him... a living tide of branches and roots surging forward, swallowing the ground.
"Go!" The Raikage barked.
Bee slammed his hands together. Red chakra erupted around him in waves, his body growing taller and broader. The second stage of transformation... his Version Two form... coated his skin in molten red markings, his eyes glowing like embers.
He jumped onto the advancing forest and began running along the twisting branches, leaving craters of scorched wood beneath his feet. His movements were fluid despite the monstrous form. He suddenly felt his chakra being absorbed from the contact with the wood below. So, he started taking long strides and jumping high and being in contact for no longer than a millisecond.
"Yo, Hashirama! You wanted a warm-up? Here it comes!"
The First Hokage lifted his gaze. "A Jinchūriki… of the Eight-Tails."
Bee's palms glowed crimson. "Bijuu Bomb Barrage!"
The first sphere formed almost instantly, dense and vibrating with power. He hurled it forward.
Hashirama's reaction was immediate. "Wood Release: Deep forest emergence!"
A massive wooden forest ascended from the ground, slamming down to intercept the attack. The explosion tore through the ground, sending shockwaves through miles of forest, but Hashirama's forest was blasted away.
Just a 3 seconds later, the forest emerged back as it was.
Bee didn't stop. He launched another. Then another. Each one forced Hashirama to raise new defenses, layers of wooden walls reinforced with living vines. The battlefield trembled, the air thick with smoke and dust.
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Meanwhile, The Raikage had already vanished.
He moved like a streak of lightning through the shattered terrain. Every step left a flash in his wake. Tobirama barely had time to register the chakra spike before the Raikage appeared behind him.
Tobirama spun, water chakra already condensing in his palms... but it was too late.
The Canopy Rope had already brushed his back.
There was a flicker of distortion, and a faint, ghostly echo began pulling free from Tobirama's body... a fragment of his soul. His sharp eyes widened for a split second.
Before he could react, The Raikage drew the Shichiseiken and slashed upward, carving across Tobirama's face in a brutal, clean arc.
The Edo's body staggered, the top half sliding slightly before regenerating again. But the Raikage didn't hesitate. He opened the Benihisago, and a sudden vacuum of energy tore at the air.
The soul fragment was sucked in instantly. A glowing word appeared on the surface of the sword: Uchiha.
Tobirama froze. His mind processed quickly at weird event. Those tools… Kinkaku and Ginkaku used them before. The Second Raikage and I were caught by the same trick. The Second Raikage was sealed for staying silent for too long after his soul was cut.
He muttered under his breath, "If I remember correctly, the sealing activates if the target stays silent for too long. That means—"
He forced himself to speak again. "I can't stay silent. As long as I keep talking, I'll stay free and warn my brother."
The Raikage's eyes narrowed. So he doesn't know the full trick. Good.
Tobirama straightened, already moving back into stance. "You've made a tactical mistake. I know how these relics work. They only seal the silence."
The Raikage clicked his tongue in frustration carrying the bluff. "You are not called The Second Hokage for nothing. Then I'll just shut you up myself."
He resealed the Canopy Rope and the Shichiseiken freeing his hands and put the scroll in his pouch, hanging the Benihisago at his hip.
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A/N: With proper information even geniuses like tobirama can fall prey. Darui needed to absorb two times and experience it himself and made an asspull by repeating the second most spoken word to replace the first one.
A reminder that just before this battle the raikage fought - Fugaku, travelled from Land of frost to hot water, fought 1000 Iwa who were trying to distract for Han to escape, fought Han and Roshi for 18 hours all in span of a week.