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Naru-Madara assessed the situation internally. I can't access the Nine-Tails' power in this struggle… In that case…
Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!
POOM! Smoke billowed. Eleven shadow clones landed. Ten charged forward while one sat cross-legged, beginning to gather energy for Sage Mode.
Naruto used his clones as cannon fodder. Naru-Madara's were different. As his ten clones charged, each formed a unique set of hand seals.
Naru-Madara's grin was feral. "Come on, let's dance!!!"
Wind Style: Sylph's Play!
Fire Style: Great Flame Blast!
Lightning Style: Surging Arrow!
Earth Style: Mud Dragon's Woe!
Water Style: Water Dragon's Song!
Wind Style: Wind Wave Blade!
Fire Style: Flame Dharma!
Lightning Style: Gratitude Wave!
Water Style: Prajna Strike!
Earth Style: Scorching Earth Flow!
Ten streams of elemental power, each carrying the full force of a Jonin's strike, converged into a single, devastating wave.
Ten Elements: The Perfect Ninjutsu Assault!
This… absolutely stunned the couple atop Kurama's head.
Minato: "My god, he's using our son's body to unleash this? I can barely tell if I should be proud or terrified!"
Kushina: "EMERGENCY!! If that hits, we're done for! Minato, do something NAAAAAA—!!!"
Minato's smile was gentlemanly. "Since it's Kushina's request, I can't refuse."
Space-Time Barrier Jutsu!
Zzzzt!
In front of Minato's sealing hands, chain-like patterns spread through the air, forming a barrier.
POP! The flood of the Perfect Ninjutsu Assault sank into the barrier as it made contact. Simultaneously, Minato raised a single hand, his eyes on the clones now only fifty meters away.
"Not too far, not too close. Perfect."
Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder!
BOOOOOOOOOOM…!!!
The redirected blast of light annihilated the ten charging shadow clones.
Kushina struck a victory pose. "WOOOOOHOOOO!! Serves you right!!!"
Minato's expression grew serious. "The chakra we left in the Eight Trigrams Seal is limited. We can only assist. Kurama, the main attack must come from you!"
"Hmph! This old man's been charging up since this started! Against Madara… ordinary attacks are useless!"
FWOOSH!
He raised his head. Dark power coalesced. It was a proper Tailed Beast Ball.
Naru-Madara's eyes narrowed. "A Tailed Beast Ball. Sage Mode isn't ready yet… I'll have to rely on my ocular power."
CRACK! The Susanoo rose to its full skeletal height.
Minato: "That technique… the Susanoo is here! Kushina!"
Kushina followed his lead perfectly. "Leave it to me…!!!"
CLINK! CLINK! CLINK!
Golden chains of chakra shot from the ground, binding the Susanoo's bones tightly.
"Hm?"
Naru-Madara's gaze turned grave. "The Susanoo can't move. Can't be dismissed. It completely suppresses chakra, just like Hashirama's Wood Dragon… The Adamantine Sealing Chains of the Uzumaki clan! That woman, Kushina… she has the same power as Mito!"
WHOOSH!
With Kushina's divine assist, the Tailed Beast Ball, carrying immense pressure, roared toward him.
"Your precious Susanoo is sealed! Let's see you block my Tailed Beast Ball now!!"
In that instant, Naru-Madara's mind raced. If I use the Body Flicker Technique to dodge now, the Sage Mode preparation is wasted. I underestimated Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. Especially the latter. As Mito's successor, the second Jinchūriki, she has the power to perfectly suppress a 'full Kurama'. Well… this just got more interesting.
A wave of battle-hungry passion surged within him. He actually stepped out of the Susanoo and charged toward the Tailed Beast Ball.
"That move Jiraiya used… what was it called?"
"Ah, I remember… Rasengan!!"
In Naru-Madara's palm, chakra was released, coalesced, spun, and compressed—all in an instant. The power of the Black Cursed Seal poured into the rotation, and in the blink of an eye, it swelled into a black sphere no smaller than the Tailed Beast Ball.
Minato's pupils shrank. "That technique is…!!!"
Black Spiral!!!
BOOOOOOM…!!!
The two massive orbs collided mid-air, releasing a shrieking, deafening sonic blast.
In terms of raw chakra density and explosive yield, the Tailed Beast Ball held an overwhelming advantage.
But.
Shock flashed across Kurama's face. "My Tailed Beast Ball… it won't explode!!!"
Minato's eyes darkened. "I see. That black Rasengan contains an extremely powerful Yin Release, originating from Uchiha Madara. It's disrupted the internal balance of Yin and Yang chakra within the Tailed Beast Ball… turning it into a dud."
Though it wouldn't explode, the Tailed Beast Ball was still a massive sphere of condensed chakra. Its physical impact was nothing to scoff at.
BOOM…!!
Naru-Madara knew he couldn't win a direct clash. He used a deft redirecting force, altering the ball's trajectory skyward. Slipping free from the glancing angle at the last moment, he landed safely. He looked up, his voice low.
"Kurama. If it were me, I'd have fired a second Tailed Beast Ball right then. Is your power just that lacking? Or… facing me, have you lost the nerve to go all out?"
Kurama's eyes burned red with humiliation. He hated to admit it. The sheer audacity of Madara using a Rasengan to clash with a Tailed Beast Ball had shaken him, stirring up old psychological shadows.
Naru-Madara scoffed. "Well, I gave you a chance. You didn't take it. Can't blame me now."
POOF!
The shadow clone absorbing natural energy dispersed. Sage markings appeared on his face.
"Here I come!!"
BOOM! Naru-Madara closed the distance to Kurama at terrifying speed. He saw the couple on the fox's head and swung his hand through the air.
Minato: "This feeling… could it be!!!"
SWISH…!! Minato had trained in Sage Mode. He was sensitive to natural energy. Sensing the attack just before it launched, his reflexes kicked in. He dodged what should have been a guaranteed hit—the Frog Kata!
"KYAAAA—!!!"
But Kushina wasn't so lucky. She was struck squarely and sent tumbling down.
FLASH! Minato blinked into existence mid-air, catching her securely.
CLATTER…!!
With Kushina's concentration broken, the distant Adamantine Sealing Chains binding the Susanoo loosened. The chakra suppression lifted, allowing Madara to dismiss it from afar.
CRASH!
WHOOSH! The Susanoo re-ignited around Naru-Madara. Its hands pulled out a string of Yasaka Magatama as Madara formed the hand seal for Fire Release.
Sage Art: Yasaka's Roaring Dragon Flame Song!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Eight flaming dragons, each with a Magatama at its core, pounced on Kurama, trailing a roaring soundscape.
"!!!" Kurama folded his tails together for protection but still staggered back under the relentless, rippling explosions.
CRUNCH!! The Susanoo's massive hand grabbed the chain of chakra linking them and yanked with all its might.
FWOOOOMP!!
Kurama stumbled. His chakra was violently pulled toward being extracted.
"Not good…!!!"
Minato moved to intervene, but Kushina gripped his wrist.
—"We won't let the bastard who stole our son's body and soul succeed, DATTEBANE!!!"
CLINK! CLINK! CLINK! CLINK!
Responding to Kushina's fury—fueled by love and absolute resolve—Adamantine Sealing Chains erupted from the ground everywhere.
Minato slowly closed his eyes. "In that case… I'll have to give it my all, too."
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