Naruto: The Senju Patriarch

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It's just as I feared, Onoki thought, shocked, the boy's power cannot be stopped. While he looks fine, the Third Raikage seems absolutely defeated. The fight wasn't even close. Can we even beat him ourselves? It doesn't matter now's our best chance!

And he was right, the current Konoha was in a much weaker state. Those originally at the Kumo front had been fighting constantly for days on end, before holding on as much as they could today. They were drained mentally and physically with their chakra running low. Those originally at the Kumo front on the other hand had little rest while travelling and trying to outmanoeuvre Kumo, it had paid off, but now that Iwa was upon them with such a huge force things were looking dangerous.

Katsuro and the rest of the Konoha force were now fully aware of the new, astoundingly large Iwa army that had suddenly appeared. Katsuro had had a suspicion of Onoki's involvement but was too wrapped up in his fight with the Third Raikage to dwell on it further.

"Particle Style: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu!"

Katsuro felt the presence of a massive beam of transparent light and chakra fractions of a second before the Jutsu hit him, and managed to just about dodge.

As a fierce battle ensued between Katsuro and Onoki, both of whom had come with new and stronger Jutsus to overcome each other since their last clash in the Second Shinobi War. Katsuro in particular, noticing how annoying and complementary to Onoki's Particle Style the ability to 'fly' was, developed his counter. The Wind Chakra mode he had developed may not provide as much defence as the Raikage, or as much speed and direct raw power but through development it had given Katsuro the ability to take the skies like only one man had been doing.

Unfortunately, flying by essentially manipulating the wind around him meant that the effects of the Thunderclap impulse which worked by stimulating his muscles was heavily reduced unless swinging, but it still kept its effect of a great reaction time..

Regardless, seeing Katsuro rise to the skies made Onoki's expression look aghast. It removed the subconscious security he had while in the air, despite his proficiency being in earth style. But now he realised as he saw Katsuro with his green armour being able to move more quickly and more agile than him that his domain was never his to begin with. No, it had always belonged to someone else. It was only now that Onoki felt the true meaning of Emperor of Wind.

Onoki himself had improved too even as he was getting older, coming up with more and more close range Jutsus, not wanting to be humiliated again. Having acknowledged Katsuro as a future - or even current - Uchiha Madara level threat, he had a feeling that with his proficiency in Flying Raijin he would struggle against Katsuro. But seeing the man fly, he almost lost all hope - but his will was as tough as a rock. He still knew this was his best opportunity after Katsuro had fought the Raikage, and he was determined to make use of it.

Katsuro, still not familiar with fighting in the air, attacked first, keeping it simple with taijutsu and kenjutsu. Katsuro was faster, and more agile in the air while naturally stronger - but Onoki had much more experience and was able to hold him off. But the more they fought, the more Katsuro caught up to that experience, soon Onoki was forced to take blows even through his rock armour and gauntlets he had made while going all in on endurance and power. Cuts and bruises started appearing from kicks, punches and swords slashes as Katsuor zipped around the skies. Onoki couldn't even rely on waiting for Katsuro's chakra to run out. His jutsu undoubtedly took up more chakra than his Light-Weight Rock Technique but Katsuro had way more chakra than him. The situation was frankly infuriating.

As Katsuro and Onoki battled, Kumo Shinobi seized the opportunity to rescue their still unconscious Raikage, with their fastest ninja and medical ninja escorting him back to their camp, and their exit covered by the rest of the Kumo Shinobi. They made sure to take care avoiding the marked Kunai, or extracting them to ensure a sudden teleportation wouldn't jeopardise the safety of their leader. They treated him right away, during the fighting with Shinobi forming a protective circle of bodies to block any attacks from interfering.

All in all, Kumo was doing their best to retreat, and seeing that, Katsuro, who had gotten more comfortable, turned it up a notch. His previous happiness from flying and fighting while doing so was put on hold, as he got more serious. He stopped sticking to just the basics, and began using Jutsu. As expected, the battle that had seemed somewhat close if you squinted became incredibly one sided.

Using some well placed and quick Level 2 Flying Raijins and a Rasengan, he was able to send Onoki crashing down to the ground, but the Tsuchikage had managed to slightly defend himself with an Earth Style armour. Despite that, Onoki had still taken considerable damage - he did not rise to the skies again, realising that in that environment he would be picked apart and killed. His Particles Style was far too slow at that range and his Earth Style could barely be used - while Katsuro had proficiency in so many Jutsu it did not seem to matter. Fighting in the air favoured him so much and it would have been stupid to return to his territory.

But seeing Onoki not coming back, Katsuro rushed down to finish what he had started in the Second Shinobi War - but just as his blade was coming down, a jet stream of molten rock flew straight at him, causing him to use Flying Raijin to avoid it.

Molten rock? Oh - Lava, huh? So, it's him again.

"It's been a while, Four Tails."

The previously young man had grown into a red haired adult with face painting.

"My name is Roshi! How dare you forget me! I swear, this fight will not go down the same way as it did last time - I will see your head roll!!"

Interesting to this day Roshi is still the closest Jinchuuriki to being able to master his Bijuu's power. Most other Jinchuuriki are simply time bombs that just let the tailed beast take over when needed. I wonder what gives him so much more mastery… perhaps the Bijuu itself is aiding him?

Katsuro only smirked, even as Onoki managed to rise again.

"Bold words. But I don't think you can back it. Anyone who I've left behind cannot hope to reach me again."

The man roared in anger at the blatant disrespect again, he had been trying to wash away that humiliation since the last war and Katsuro's deliberately provoking attitude sent him into a rampage. Tsuchikage engaged Katsuro in a 2 versus 1 fight, occupying all parties involved - but no back on the ground. Roshi was in his lava chakra mode, now much more complete compared to before, while Onoki didn't even try to gain distance for his particle style knowing how easily Katsuro could dodge it now with flying Raijin. He too prepared himself for close combat with a rock armour he had clearly developed for this very purpose. Katusro was back in his Susanoo no Mikoto form in his relaxed posture and a slight smile on his face. He invited their challenge with amusement, but took them with the seriousness they deserved.

Konoha on the other hand, was in a much worse situation. The attack from Iwa had hit both armies of Konoha and Kumo from the side, but from surface area alone Konoha had suffered more. It didn't help that Kumo was clearly targeting Konoha who had been winning. Konoha, who had caught Kumo in a sandwich, now found themselves in a similar position with both armies forced to fight on 2 sides with Kumo in the middle and Iwa to their right and left respectively.

Kumo had bravely taken advantage of the battle above their heads and being somewhat ignored, to carefully extract the Raikage. Many things could be said about Kumo, but their unity and loyalty was undeniable.

As they retreated with the Raikage, with bodies throwing themselves to protect their comrades, Kumo managed to largely escape from the battlefield. They had suffered for it, but they lived. Whether that would be the case for the Raikage was left up to fate.

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