Utakata continued to dodge while blowing bubbles, Kimimaro advanced with an expressionless face and bony spurs protruding from his body.
Behind him, Guren and Suigetsu stood by a tree, watching the battle. Suigetsu didn't seem at all pleased. - Tsk! That guy again! Taking over the whole fight!
Guren didn't comment, crouched on the tree trunk, she calmly observed the fight, waiting for an opportunity to intervene.
Suigetsu looked at her with his arms crossed and snorted coldly, even more irritated, but he remained silent and watched the fight.
Utakata's bubbles served all sorts of functions, which is why Kimimaro had difficulty getting close.
A bubble approached the ground where he was standing and transformed into a sticky substance that trapped Kimimaro's foot, another exploded with pepper, making his eyes burn.
Kimimaro grew increasingly angry, then the curse mark in the form of a chained goat's head on his chest opened, chain tattoos ran around Kimimaro's body and in the next moment he sped away completely.
Utakata's eyes widened as he hurriedly used his bubble blower to defend himself from the bone spur in Kimimaro's hand, but Kimimaro's foot was already rising, with a side kick, Utakata was sent flying away.
Utakata screamed in pain, but Kimimaro was already on top of him, his body covered in chain tattoos. - It's over. - he said as he plunged a bone spike into Utakata's stomach.
Utakata screamed in pain, unable to dodge. Kimimaro wasn't concerned with killing Utakata, he hadn't hit anything vital. But as he prepared to crouch down and grab the man, he was pushed away with tremendous force.
A roar rang out as Utakata entered directly into Six-Tails Mode, dark red chakra covering his body as his roar continued to sound. When he stopped and looked in Kimimaro's direction, the man slowly stood up.
On his stomach, where Utakata had attacked earlier, a thin layer of bone slowly crumbled away, while Kimimaro stood up, his face still expressionless.
He sighed as he finally frowned. -You're starting to annoy me.
The next moment, the currents flowed through Kimimaro's body again as he entered the second stage, but that wasn't all, thick fur began to grow on his body in the same shade as his transformed skin.
Kimimaro's irises turned red as a slight trace of anger appeared in his eyes, but Kimimaro could control this anger, so he didn't attack directly.
The pair faced off and before Kimimaro made his first move, before the transformed Utakata could stop himself, Kimimaro appeared beside him, already with a huge bone drill in his right hand, pointed directly at his body. The impact was tremendous, Utakata was sent flying while Kimimaro pursued with his body low.
A roar echoed from the broken trees, Utakata opened his mouth and a series of concentrated energy beams were hurled towards Kimimaro, who easily dodged them. Kimimaro advanced even faster and appeared above Utakata, his drill descended forcefully towards Utakata, hitting him squarely in the chest. Utakata's cry of pain was mixed with the roar of the tailed beast.
Kimimaro didn't stop, raising his free hand in a simple chakra concentration seal, the drill dissolved into a thick bone fluid, attaching itself to Utakata's body and attempting to trap him inside.
But at that moment, Utakata's chakra changed to a purple color, the foul smell of smoke spread as Kimimaro watched the bones slowly melt away, these were bones reinforced by the power of the werewolf and the curse!
With an explosion, Kimimaro was thrown far away as Utakata's body rapidly grew, soon the six-tailed beast fully emerged, its giant, viscous white body occupying a large area of the clearing. Its roar rang out as it glared at Kimimaro and spat a concentrated jet of acid, so strong that it cut through rocks before it even began to melt them.
-Hey, Guren, should we help?- Suigetsu asked in a surprisingly serious voice.
-Not yet.- Guren replied. -He can still continue.
Kimimaro screamed in pain as the acid hit him, even with a layer of bone growing to stop its direct advance, a large piece of his left chest was being corroded by the acid and his left arm was nearly torn off by the force of the jet.
But Kimimaro recovered quickly, his werewolf body healing at an accelerated rate. He grunted as he looked at the giant beast. The next moment, he crouched down on all fours as his chakra surged. His werewolf body began to grow even larger, but now it was turning completely white. A layer of bone with a fleshy texture grew until Kimimaro transformed into a giant white wolf.
Even though the wolf was still smaller than the six-tailed beast, Kimimaro no longer cared as he advanced. Saiken didn't stand still and continued to spit acid, this time at the larger target, but Kimimaro didn't dodge. As soon as the acid hit him, it left deep wounds in this form, but this was only an outer layer he created with his Kekkei Genkai, there was no pain and it healed very quickly.
Kimimaro reached Saiken extremely fast, opening his mouth full of deep teeth, he delivered a ferocious bite.
The six-tailed beast screamed in pain, but Kimimaro didn't stop, and the next moment, Kimimaro's deep voice rang out. - Sawari no mai!
From the ground, hundreds of gigantic bony spurs surged forward, piercing Saiken from all sides as the beast screamed in pain. Kimimaro didn't stop, the thorns grew, deepened and spread, piercing it further and further.
The six-tailed beast grew weaker and weaker as it slowly retreated back into Utakata's body, which was already pierced by a spur directly in the chest.
Kimimaro watched the unconscious figure, his anger slowly giving way to reason as the bones slowly became brittle. Kimimaro's giant form remained the same, his body then reverted from the giant form back to its normal human form.
He grabbed Utakata and began administering first aid, he didn't want his target to die there.
Guren and Suigetsu approached each other.
Suigetsu was quieter than usual, thinking about Kimimaro's last attack that had turned the battlefield into a sea of bony thorns. He felt a chill in his stomach, he didn't want to anger the man.
Suddenly, clapping broke the silence. The group assumed a fighting stance and looked at the man clapping and emerging from the trees. As soon as they saw him, the trio relaxed. - Jugo-sama - x3
-Well, you didn't disappoint me, Kimimaro.- Jugo approached, patting the man on the shoulder.
Kimimaro smiled slightly, so slightly that it was almost invisible.
Jugo asked Kimimaro to call him Jugo, after all they were friends before, but after becoming a werewolf, Kimimaro no longer saw him as a friend, but as a master.
Jugo gave up trying to change his mind and simply accepted the fact.
-You two couldn't act this time, but don't worry, there will be a chance in the future.- Jugo smiled slightly at Suigetsu and Guren.
Guren merely nodded slightly as Suigetsu looked away with his arms crossed, his lips smacking in irritation.
Jugo couldn't see his face, but he bet he looked like a Tsundere right now.
-Speaking of which, Suigetsu, Kiba has arrived in the village.- Jugo commented, remembering the incident.
Suigetsu turned his head back to him so quickly it felt like a bone had cracked. - Seriously?
-Yeah, so what? Are you going to trade it for Kubikiribocho?- Jugo asked curiously. Suigetsu only wanted to collect them, but he didn't care if others used swords he didn't need.
Suigetsu thought for a moment and shook his head. - I don't have lightning chakra, it's not worth it, I prefer Kubikiribocho.
-Oh? Which of the seven do you want to use?- Jugo asked lightly.
-Hmm... Hiramekarei, or if not, Samehada will do.- Suigetsu said after thinking for a moment.
Jugo understood, the first was the sword his older brother normally used, the second was the strongest of the seven, at least in Jugo's opinion, but the fact that the sword was alive could be a risk factor, as Samehada betrayed Kisame.
Jugo also preferred Hiramekarei, Samehada was too unpredictable, but he wondered if he could transform it into a werewolf. In that case, the sword would be very loyal and useful and it would also become stronger.
Shaking his head, Jugo lowered himself and looked thoughtfully at Utakata. He doubted that this guy wanted to submit, so he had a good chance of becoming a werewolf.
For the moment, he put that aside and began to heal him, there was a huge hole in his chest, if it weren't for Saiken inside him, he would have already died.