Breaking and Penetrating...er, Entering

[Punslinger]

Shukaku had been having a wonderful time lately. He'd been sealed away in a dimension with the other bijuu with very little to do except annoy them and truthfully, even that was getting extremely old. He traipsed across Fire Country, maybe not so much looking for mischief as just enjoying the crunch of trees under his feet and the air on his face, and the lovely plume of dust he was kicking up behind him.

Mischief soon became the primary thought in his mind, however, as he noticed a large brown patch resting atop the green. A flash of nostalgia told him, this was the Village of Konoha.

"Hah! I wonder if it's still full of little ninja..."

Flocks of birds scattered and the wind blew a pack of clouds in front of the sun as the giant menace began making his way toward the tiny village.

[Toshi]

"That is one big... what the hell is that thing?" Tousha asked the man standing beside him. But by the look of shock and horror on his face the kage came to the conclusion that he wouldn't be getting an answer out of him any time soon. So he turned to the woman standing at his other side and asked the same question.

"I can't believe it..." she said in a hushed voice, her face as serious as death itself. "I've read through scrolls hidden deep within our archives... They state that nearly two centuries ago beasts like this roamed the land... but I never in my wildest dreams thought that they were true."

Tousha adverted his gaze from the woman to the massive raccoon that was tearing through Konoha's vast forest, it looked like it had spotted the village and was heading this way. In a flash Tousha's instincts took control over his body and he turned to address the large group of people standing behind him on one of the Hokage Tower's balcony.

"We need to evacuate the village immediately. Get everyone who isn't wearing a headband to the Hokage mountain bunkers." With this command and a wave of his hand a dozen shinobi disappeared from sight, already making their way towards the civilian districts scattered throughout Konoha.

"Inform Nara Shoushi and Senju Karijinashi that I will be needing the aid of any clan member that they can spare. Tell them to meet me outside of Konoha's gates in ten minutes." With that two other shinobi leaped from the balcony in search of the two clan leaders.

After relaying those two orders the Hokage simply stared out across his village towards the Bijuu that was steadily approaching with what looked like an amused expression on its face.

"Tell the elders that we need a plan, so get them off their asses and have them search for a way to handle this... thing."

Without hesitation the Hokage himself burst forward with incredible speed, vaulting himself off of the balcony and onto the nearest roof below. He made a beeline towards the gates of Konoha, his mind working just as quickly as his legs. As he ran the kage whipped out two pieces of paper from his belt and quickly inscribed them both with a small kanji.

"Go to Natsuki and Ekitai and tell them to meet me at the front gates immediately." Tousha screamed up at the two rapidly forming razor birds. The Hokage continued sprinting past his two, small messengers as they darted off in opposite directions in search of Natsuki and ekitai.

[Infinites]

With Karijin as a clan leader, it was fairly obvious that the Senju clan would be first to the scene. Hords of clan members, ranging from chuunin to jounin were stationed right in front of the tiny wall that currently separated the village from the bijuu outside. The wall around Konoha was nothing like the wall of Iwa, it was more like a tiny, tiny gate. One hit could cripple it easily. So the Senju instead mobilized outside the gate.

The Senju moved to the positions their clan leader ordered them to, but most did so reluctantly. Especially those positioned right where the bijuu was coming in. Around this time a large barrier of wood shot up around the area. Along with this, giant wooden pillars shot out all over the area, part of Karijins "plan", if you can call it that. If anyone wanted into or out of the battle field, they'd either be going through the senju, or they'd be going over the Senju. So now a giant wood barrier surrounded the front half of konoha, and a man made forest was all over the battle field. Should help, considering it would make it a lot easier for the Senju.

Karijin was pumped for the battle, even though he was told about this while he was eating lunch. Yeah, the bijuu is now a jackass who doesn't want you to eat food. After the shinobi informed him he had little choice but to whip the Senju into action.

Of course, even with his cocky in your face attitude, he was still in the middle of the clan ranks, which looked so small in comparison to the bijuu. Well you can't really blame him for being there, with his style he could hurt the bijuu from a distance, and of course he was going to try and rip the guy a new asshole. And in his case, you didn't want the bijuu to know where the hell you were.

Something just passed through Karijin's head, where the fuck were those Nara jackasses? I mean, come on, the village is about to be attacked by a giant sands motherfucker. You'd think they'd be here by now. Oh wait, Nara, right.

Anyway, Karijin quickly created his dome and moved underground. Soon after two giant arms of wood shot out of two of the pillars on the battle field, with hands soon forming on them as well. Even with their full length of 13ft, the were tiny compared to the bijuu. But still, compared to the bijuu, everything looked small. At this point Karijin realized a huge problem on his half. He could only attack the Bijuu to about his stomach, maybe lower, even with the boost in height from the pillars. Hard to tell from this distance.

Oh well, I'm sure a few cheap shots at his crotch should work just fine.

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Senju troops

~Moku Shouheki no Jutsu [Wood Barrier Technique]
B-rank
Mokuton • Moku Shouheki no Jutsu is a unique Ninjutsu technique used by the Senju clan. Using his ability to utilize Mokuton (wood release) techniques, the clan member will form handseals and cause beams of wood to emerge from the ground. The beams can converge to form a half spherical barrier to deflect an incoming blast.

Karijin

Mokuton: Hiding in Earth
B-ranked Ninjutsu
Karijin will use his Doton and Mokuton affinities to make a floor of wood under him, 5x5. The wood will sink into the ground, Karijin sinking with him. The wood will then grow around him, creating a sphere under the ground with the ground on top of it. Roots will grow from the sphere reaching just to the surface of the ground to allow air into the wooden sphere so he can breath. Karijin can stay in this sphere for 10 of his own posts before he must come out and restart the technique again. However, this sphere cannot move from his position, meaning if he is seen when he uses this technique the opponent will know where to attack.

Mokuton: Arms
C-ranked Ninjutsu
Karijin will normally have to be within the Mokuton: Hiding in Earth technique to use this jutsu. By punching the sides of the wood and sinking his fists into it, two large arms of wood will grow out the ground. The arms of wood have elbows but can move in any direction. They are just arms, the hands do not exist on them yet. After he’s punched the walls he can move his arms. His own arm movements control the wooden arm movements. They can be up to 10 feet long. At the cost of a little extra chakra, he can do this while about ground.

Radar
B-ranked Ninjutsu
By concentrating and releasing chakra from his sphere under ground, Karijin can use multiple sources of information (steps, sounds, heart beats, etc) to be able to get a radar-type image of the battle field above him. Allowing him to fight effectively.

Mokuton: Hands
C-ranked Ninjutsu
The continuation of the Mokuton: Arms, technique, this is used after the arms have been created. Karijin will once again punch into the walls, causing large hands to grow out of the ends of the arms. The palms are about 3 feet from pinky to thumb. They act just like Karijin’s hands act. At the cost of a little extra chakra, he can do this while about ground.

((OOC: just the Senju mobilizing, etc etc, not really much to post about until the bijuu gets here, so yeah. Go post Zangy.))

[Punslinger]

"Hm? Branches?" the giant monster looked curiously as the walls of Konoha seemed to sprout and raise, ever so slightly. His curiosity piqued, he moved closer to the wall as the columns rose and attacked.

"Well looky here!" he sneered, swatting away the offending hands with his tail. One stray hand made it to his crotch, and was immediately absorbed into the ichibi's sand body and broken off as he kept walking toward the barrier.

Upon reaching it, he sat down in front of it and laughed, this time a sickly, maniacal laugh that echoed across the city.

"What's this? A door? Hellooooo, little shinobi....anybody home?!" he began slapping his hands on the wood (which, now that he was sitting, reached about halfway to his stomach) and enjoying the sound that the echoing wood made as his sandy paws thunked hollowly against it. However, the cracking and creaking sounds did not bode well for making this little game last much longer.

[OoC: C'mon guys, Iwa had a bigass wall and we still put up more of an effort than this. Get it together.]

[Ace Trainer]

God, or whoever this universe believed in, had an odd way of working. As the crushing stomps of the Ichibi resonated through the area, and the troops mobilized, Hitoare was having a nice healthy little pregnancy drink. She heard all the shouts and screams, not that she cared. She was pregnant, like hell she was going to go fight a bijuu.

She walked long the street casually, walking into a market, hands resting on her enormous stomach, searching through the shelves for something. Finally, she found what she wanted because she let out a shout of excitement.

Or pain.

Her pants had a large wet spot and water was dripping down her legs.

Hitoare's water had broken.

Hitoare shrieked, "Ah fuck! My water broken! Fuck the bijuu, get me a fucking medic!", slammed her fist into stuff as she screamed. Shelves fell in her furious attacks until a medic finally rushed in. "Calm down! We're taking you to the hospital now!", the medic shouted grabbing onto Hitoare, closely dodging a swing.

The two disappeared from the store, leaving an angry store owner to clean up the mess.

In the hospital, Hitoare was moaning and screaming, breaking anything she could as she listened to the frustrated commands of the terrified medics. Just outside the chaotic room, 3 doctors stood with a man that seemed very official.

"Her baby for the Ichibi?"
"She's having twins."
"Can the Ichibi be split in half?"
"The Ichibi's chakra could be placed in one child, whilst his conscious and physical being would be placed in the other."
"How will this effect the children?"
"We're medics, we need to know any risks it holds for them."
"The Ichibi is a cynical psychoatic beast. The one with his conscious locked inside of him will have insomnia, if he sleeps the Ichibi will consume his sanity."
"What of the other?"
"You know how twins are. If one has Insomnia, the other will likely get it as well."
"Do we have any other options?"
"No other babies are being born."
"Very well. Seal it within the twins."
"What of the mothers opinion."
"Give her no choice."
"Very well.", the two medics said in unison before returning to the room.

[Toshi]

A few moments before Tousha reached Konoha's gates two ANBU shinobi appeared beside him.

"Sir, we believe we've discovered a way to defeat the Ichibi. the young ANBU on Tousha's right began explaining. "As we speak a set of twins are being delivered, we believe it is possible to seal the Bijuu into both children by splitting its chakra from its physical being."

The Hokage thought about the idea for only a moment or so, he found it hard to think of a better solution as he watched a massive raccoon monster toying with the Senju clan's barrier like it was made out of cardboard.

"I don't exactly like the idea of sealing that thing into two, innocent children but I don't have a better plan at the moment. Make sure to have the twins ready after we split the Ichibi's chakra from its body, we'll probably have to do the sealing right there on the battlefield." With that command the two shinobi turned and darted back towards Konoha's main hospital.

Tousha wouldn't stop running until he reached the still growing crowd of shinobi gathered outside of the village's boarders. He made a beeline for the leader of the Nara clan and said, "Have all of your men surround the Ichibi while it's distracted with that wall. Use the forest as cover and, once you're all in position, try to trap the beast with a combined shadow possession technique. With your combined strength you should be able to restrain the Bijuu for a short amount of time."

After saying this Tousha turned to the nearest Senju clan member he could spot and said, "After the Ichibi's been detained have your leader and the rest of your clan try to tie that bastard down with any technique you can throw at it. If you can manage to do that try to find a way to suppress its chakra before it can break out of our grip."

Tousha glared around the battlefield trying to spot Ekitai or Natsuki, but when he realized neither had shown up yet he cursed under his breath. He would have taken the time to complain about their absence if he had any, so instead he charged towards the massive wooden wall being demolished by an amused raccoon demon. Once the Bijuu couldn't move the Hokage would unleash all the power he possessed at it.

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Shoushi and his men darted off in different directions after the Hokage had finished speaking. He had his orders, the Nara clan leader would carry them out if it was the last thing he would ever do. He then realized it could very well be the last thing he ever did. But he pushed his fears aside and had his men set up positions around the Bijuu, sticking to the trees just as Tousha had instructed. This would hopefully allow the Nara clan members to surround their target without being seen.

On Shoushi's mark over three dozen Nara clan members began performing a short set of seals, ending with the seal needed to stretch their shadows across the ground and towards the bijuu's own massive shadow. In a matter of moments the shadows created by the Nara clan converged on the bijuu's. With a massive amount of willpower and chakra control Shoushi focused every fiber of his being into keeping the Ichibi pinned down, as did every other Nara clan member under his command.

They all knew the consequences if they failed. They also knew that failure wasn't an option.

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~Kage Mane no Jutsu (Shadow Imitation Technique)
C-rank Ninjutsu
Kage Mane no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique developed by the Nara clan. It's original purpose was as a skill to help delay any pursuers. After forming the needed hand seals, the clan member is able to manipulate their shadow along any surface. By using other nearby shadows they can further extend the reach of their shadow, however they are limited to the surface area of the original cast shadow. Once the clan members shadow reaches the target shadow, it will attach itself. While attached the target will be frozen, only able to replicate in mirror form the actions of the clan member. If the clan member is low on chakra, the Kage Mane will falter and the shadow will return to its normal form.

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"Like we'd let the Nara clan have all the fun..." Kisaki muttered under her breath. The Aburame clan leader stood atop Konoha's protective barrier along with the majority of her clan. Already the air was filling with the sound of tens of thousands of chakra eating beetles emerging from their hosts' bodies.

With the flick of her wrist Kisaki sent her own group of destruction bugs towards the Ichibi the moment after she watched the nara clans' shadows converge on the Bijuu. The rest of her clan followed suit by releasing their own hive of chakra beetles towards the Ichibi. Within a matter of moments the massive swarm of chakra consuming insects filled the air around the Ichibi, attempting to land on its body to begin feasting on its body or enter through its ears and mouth in order to attack its chakra network from inside its body.

The Ichibi wouldn't feel the effects of the chakra beetles' chakra consumption technique immediately, but with time (and due to the sheer amount of destruction bugs) the bijuu's chakra supply would begin to drain away.

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~Mushi chakra consumption.
C-ranked.
This is a jutsu that requires absolutely no hand seals nor does it ever have to be called out, it also doesn’t count towards your total jutsu count. Mushi chakra devour is simply the ability of eating chakra that the Kikaichuu have. Each rank of Kikaichuu has a different rate of chakra consumption. When used on a person, the bugs sap the person’s chakra and strength, proving to be fatal.
D-Ranked bugs - -1 stamina every 4 posts.
C-ranked bugs- -1 stamina every 3 posts
B-ranked bugs- -1 stamina every 2 posts.

[Infinites]

The giant barrier created by the Senju had become more of a distraction than a defense. The barrier cracked and shook under the strength of the bijuu. If it weren't for the bijuu suppressing chakra within it the barrier would already be a pile of splinters. Karijin had ended his jutsu and come above ground, seeing as his efforts alone would do little to nothing. He'd have to think up a plan to defeat this thing.

And that was when a young clan member camp screaming over to him, carrying a message from the hokage. They had to find a way to slow and tie this giant down when the Nara created an opening. Karijin took a look at the massive head clearly visible below the barrier. They had their work cut out for them alright.

Karijin tried to think hard as to how he could possibly hold down something of that power, but then it hit him. The same thing that was keeping the barrier from shattering would stop the bijuu. If the Senju could suppress it's chakra in one massive move while the Nara held it still they could create an opportunity for the bijuu to be sealed. How would they do this? That was the easy part.

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Just as the Nara had sneaked around the bijuu to set up the Senju had, only the Senju were in plain sight. They quickly ran around the bijuu in eight large groups. The four larger groups stopped in four points around the bijuu, forming a large square. The four smaller groups stopped at the midpoints between the other groups.

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Behind the barrier the remaining Senju were hard at work, constantly reinforcing the barrier and making it taller slowly. Karijin now stood at the top of the barrier, where he made a call out to the bijuu as he saw the shadows moving across the ground. "Hey! Ichibi! Over here you piece of shit!" This might as well have been Karijin committing suicide. He was going to use himself as a bigger distraction, giving all the others their chance to throw the plan into action. When he had the Ichibi's attention, he again yelled out to the bijuu, only much louder and in a prouder voice. "My name is Senju Karijin, and I'll be entertaining you tonight!" As he spoke a thin wooden armour began to cover his body, rising up from the barrier. "I'm sick of dealing with you, ya fucking piece of shit! But because I'm a nice guy, I'll let you give up and run away right now!"

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This was the signal the groups had been told to wait for. The four larger groups began speedily making hand seals to begin the jutsu. When the finished they slammed their hands on the ground in unison, and immediately in front of them gigantic pillars of wood began to rise from the earth, growing even taller than the Ichibi. The pillars would easily thicker than a large house, the proformers of this jutsu would be exhausted. But that was what the others were for. The middle groups too began to manipulate the wood, drawing it together in the form of smaller wooden pillars growing across to the next pillar in a pattern going right. Between the pillars the were smaller gaps, so the Ichibi could still be seen as well as so the Nara could continue their jutsu.

As the small cage was completed even more began to happen. Immediately Hundreds of gigantic wooden pillars with deadly sharp points went shooting toward the bijuu in and attempt to pierce it, each pillar running strong with the Senju's bijuu suppressing chakra. If the plan worked, the combination of the Bijuu's chakra being suppressed and the Nara's shadow possession should leave the bijuu immobile.

Let's hope this works out, and that we won't soon be attending the mass funeral of the Senju clan.

[Punslinger]

"...HAH." Shukaku laughed as he impulsively swatted the brave little Senju off of his perch atop the wooden barrier. However, the distraction (such as it was) had just about worked. No sooner did the bijuu notice the little man than the swarm of Aburame insects could be heard high and above anything else. Sensing that he had drawn sufficient attention from the little village, the giant raccoon grabbed the top of the wooden wall, hauling himself halfway up to a standing position before he realized that he couldn't move as easily. In fact, he was finding it hard to move at all. A problem to be evaluated later. For the moment, he could easily handle the task before him.

"Funny cloud." the monster smirked as he inhaled deeply before blowing the swarm of bugs as far away as possible. He had little time to gloat, however; a latticework of wood had begun to spring up around him, and given his slowed movements, looked very much like it was going to get around him. In a bit of a panic, the bijuu pulled even harder on the wooden wall in front of him, trying to lever himself into an upright position. However, the already weakened structure broke, sending massive splinters falling into the forest around him, where (unbeknownst to him) the Nara clan was trying to hold him down.

As the wall disappeared, Shukaku could see that the wooden pillars had indeed almost finished surrounding him and were now about to impale him. The impalement didn't really pose much of a threat, but as any big person will tell you, closed spaces are not happy places to be. Sensing that he was about to be trapped and feeling that he still couldn't do anything but pivot his head, the raccoon dog began shooting fuuton in all directions, carving up the spikes that got close enough and putting deep gouges in the massive wooden pillars.

Feeling that the killer vegetation had been dealt with for the moment, the raccoon decided to figure out why his movements were so restricted. Once again, he tried to stand completely up, using his colossal strength to great effect. Any Nara who weren't dodging falling wood would be hard pressed to keep their composure.

[Ace Trainer]

Hitoare's rage did not stop, entire tables came to her grasp and wqould be thrown across the room. Doctors would drop to the ground and cower if she came a hold of anything. There was no stopping this furious woman. Until finally she screamed, "STOP FUCKING AROUND. JUST CUT ME OPEN!".

She continued punched the wall and bed, doing her best to contain herself as a medic ran a scalpel across her stomach, opening her open. It was a grueling 20 minute process, but they managed to get both babies out, in which case Hitoare immediatly reached forward, and ran a finger across one side of the open wound. Stitches shot across her stomach as the cut began slowly pulling itself shut.

"Fucking incompetent! The lot of you!", she screamed as it finally shut closed. Finally, the head medic walked in, hands behind his back. "Hitoare-chan. Your children are going to be used as a tribute to the Ichibi. We are going to seal half of the Ichibi inside each child. I hope you don't mind.. he said solemnly.

She shrugged, "G'head. Clean them up first. Like hell my children are going to be disgusting and dirty when they're tributes..", she said with a snarl.

[Toshi]

Tousha's eyes widened as he watched the Ichibi shatter the massive wooden barrier towering over him simply by putting some of its weight on it. The Hokage dodged left and right in order to avoid the large, sharp splinters of wood falling from the sky above and crashing noisily to the ground.

"Is that wind?" Tousha thought to himself as the large pillars of wood created by the members of the senju clan were ripped to pieces by some unseen force. He could only assume that the Ichibi was capable of manipulating fuuton chakra, which was bad news considering he had been planning on using his raiton techniques to weaken the bijuu further.

Now he was going to have to trust his comrades and judgement.

After Tousha dodged the last piece of jagged, falling lumber he glanced towards the bijuu, trying to figure out what they should try next. That's when he noticed that Shoushi and his men had succeeded in capturing the Ichibi with their collective shadow possession technique. Although, by the way the ichibi was moving around Tousha came to the conclusion that they weren't able to control him completely.

The Hokage didn't know how much longer Shoushi and his men could hold out, but he hoped it was for at least a few more minutes. If the ichibi were to get loose now it would definitely not underestimate Konoha and its shinobi again, and that would mean it could very well start attacking the village itself instead of the ninja outside of its gates. They had to stop it now, that monster entering the village was not an option.

But what could he do? Without the use of his raiton techniques, what hope did he have against that monster? But then he realized something about the beast. It appeared to be made entirely out of sand, but how could that be helpful? Then an idea struck him.

While the Ichibi was distracted with the swarm of destruction beetles flying around it, Tousha ran towards the group of Konoha shinobi gathering around the walls and gate of the village and screamed, "If you're a decent katon user follow me! Everyone else gather any injured you can find and get them to a medical shinobi immediately." With that the Hokage sprinted towards the forest surrounding the pissed off bijuu at full speed.

In a matter of moments Tousha and two dozen katon specialists emerged from the forest canopy, each shinobi had been instructed to target a certain portion of the Ichibi with any katon technique they could throw at it. The Hokage ordered four nearby shinobi to target the ichibi's feet at any cost. With grim nods of acknowledgement the ninjas split up, ready to put their leader's plan into action.

When Tousha noticed the swarm of destruction bugs attempting to engulf the monster's body he knew that it would be the perfect distraction. "NOW!!" Tousha screamed at the top of his lungs, completing a set of hand seals at a rapid pace. He then inhaled deeply, gathering as much oxygen as he could into his lungs and infusing it with chakra simultaneously. A moment later the kage expelled the chakra imbued air through the fingers of his right had, creating a spark between them as the air passed through. A massive stream of fire erupted from Tousha's mouth and arced through the air towards the Ichibi, who was only about thirty feet away.

As his attack neared its target he watched as dozens of similar streams of fire shot forward, attempting to engulf the Ichibi's lower body and legs entirely in searing hot flames. If the sand that formed the monster's body was exposed to heat for long, it would become as brittle as glass.

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*Katon • Dai Endan [Fire Element • Great Fireball]
Rank: B
Dai Endan is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Fire Element. The user will first gather the fire into his mouth and then spew a giant breath of fire constantly at their opponent.

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Shoushi grunted in surprise as he watched jagged splinters of wood rain down upon the forest and, more importantly, on his fellow clan mates. Many of the skilled shinobi managed to dodge the downpour of deadly shrapnel without fail, but a few of the younger ninja were struck by the projectiles. Shoushi watched as the shinobi who had not been killed by their injuries immediately held their hand seals, their faces determined and gleaming with sweat from exertion.

This gave Shoushi the will to continue with the plan. Sure he was tired and the task of restraining a bijuu was daunting, but if his men could continue so would he.

[Infinites]

As the wooden had bent around Karijin, he had simply slid down a tube through the barrier and back to the Senju forces. Just in time as it would seem, as the Ichibi quickly sent the wooden Karijin flying. Judging that the bijuu seeing him again after his little show would most likely end in his death, Karijin decided to stick to the back of the clan. He was here to save Konoha, but saving his own ass was a top priority as well.

Anyway, as the Senju watched their brave leader, the Hokage, Tousha, and his katon using forces go into battle, Karijin brought his hand to his forehead. The were following the plans of an idiot. An idiot that was going to get them all killed if they weren't careful. However, it was really only Karijin who was going to be careful.

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The Senju began forming around the bijuu yet again, but this time each one had large suits over their body made of chakra reinforced wood. When the Hokage's plan failed they weren't getting hurt for it. To further keep themselves safe, they created roots going into the ground to lock them down.

At once, the Senju started bringing their arms up on after another, sending massive wooden spears out of the earth toward the bijuu, and as one volley ended they would quickly begin another, and another, and another. and so on.


It was amazing how the great village of Konohagakure was being treated like a set of toys at the hands of the Ichibi. I hope someone is recording this. They have jutsu to record images, right?

((OOC:Shit post))

[Ace Trainer]

As the two babies were handed to her, they announced that they would wait another 5 minutes to weaken the Ichibi before bringing the twins to the tribute, at which point Hitoare immediately climbed out of the bed. A little unsteady on her feet, she nearly fell several times holding the babies in her arms.

It was absolutely astounding, this woman. She had just given pregnancy, had just gotten sliced open, and was walking. WALKING.

She looked at the doctors, "See-ya, bitches.", and vanished, shunshining out of the building. She jumped across the building, holding each baby in her arms steady. She looked back and forth between the two, the one that was crying she showed an immediate distaste for, "You, you little bitch, shut the fuck up. Your name....your name will be Yasunari.", even her voice softened a little as she named him.

She looked at the other, smiling at his silent demeanor, "And you will be named Shouta.".

She skipped to a halt on top of the building, looking down at the large seal the fuuinjutsu users had started to make.

"Where do you want my kids?", she shouted.

[Zangy]

As the attack continued, the Ruisan clan had got together, ready to leave, with the leader leading the group. It was time to shoot some badger. With that, they rushed to the scene.

[Punslinger]

[OoC: That post sucks tanuki balls, Zangy.]

Things were looking bad for the Ichibi. He still couldn't move, and the little wooden men had begun surrounding him again, which was absolutely no fun at all. Sulkily, the giant monster let his hands fall a little, watching the sand slough off and fall to the ground. Suddenly a glint appeared in the bijuu's eye as he realized that he'd forgotten something. A maniacal laugh filled the air as the Shukaku decided to share his epiphany with the shinobi on the ground.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAA! COME LITTLE NINJA, LET'S PLAY!"

Soon the fireball, the bugs, the Senju and the Nara clans on the ground were enveloped in a cloud of swirling sand. From the spot where Shukaku stood, a full on dust storm had begun across the area, even going into a section of the village, where drifts of sand quickly covered the ground and began climbing up the sides of buildings.

Through the haze, the sound of the wooden pillars splintering could be heard as well as an agonized groan from the bijuu. Even though he had managed to weaken the fire attack, he hadn't seen it coming (and couldn't have moved even if he did); to anyone who could see him at the moment, there was a blackened, glassy spot that had appeared on his abdomen.

[OoC: WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW.]

[Toshi]

(OOC: You rang?)

Throwing his arms in front of himself in an attempt to block out the sand that was battering his body, Tousha watched his plan unfold. The bijuu's agonized wailing was like music to the kage's ears. And not only that, it appeared the searing hot flames that struck the ichibi's body It meant his katon users were succeeding in hurting the monster which not only gave Tousha confidence in himself, but a new idea to bring the Ichibi down. For good, he hoped.

Before the raging sandstorm around him could completely drown out his voice Tousha screamed out to his katon specialists, "Fall back towards me! Use the trees as cover from the storm!" With that the kage darted into the canopy and traveled as quickly as he could towards the bijuu's flank and hindquarter area. In a matter of moments the katon users and the Hokage himself converged, specific and clear orders were being delivered from the moment Tousha set foot on solid ground.

"I want every single one of you to concentrate your attacks where that thing's right leg attaches to its body. I would call it a hip, but I highly doubt that is the correct term, considering the circumstances." Tousha bellowed, raising his hand and pointing at the spot he was referring to as he did. "Hopefully your flames will have the same effect as before, and will cause the ichibi's leg to quite literally fall off. If we can immobilize this monster we will have a much better chance of subduing it."

Tousha let a short moment or two pass for his orders to sink in, and when the couple dozen shinobi standing around him nodded in agreement Tousha said, "You have your orders, move out." With the wave of an arm the katon users disappeared from sight, moving to the best possible location to begin their attack. Tousha turned to leave when he noticed something out of the corner of his eye, his gaze fell on a lone shinobi that, for some reason, chose to stay where he was.

"But... what are you going to do, Hokage-sama? Aren't you coming with us?" the young man asked, either scared of the thought of attacking the ichibi without his leader's presence or simply scared for Tousha's life.

Tousha's expression became hard and solemn as he turned his head towards the ichibi. "No." the kage said in a calm tone, although it was clear that the Hokage's body was beginning to shake with rage just at the sight of this monster. "I don't think I will. It's about time I cut loose." Then the Hokage turned to the young man and said, "If I don't return, tell the others to keep up their attack no matter what. That thing isn't going to set foot in my village, not under my watch." With that, Tousha disappeared in a burst of speed. where he was heading, only time would tell.

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"What in the hell is taking so freaking long?!" Shoushi thought to himself, frustrated with this entire ordeal. His stamina was being increasingly drained in his attempts to hold down the monster in front of him. He could only imagine how exhausted the others must feel, especially the younger shinobi with less skill and chakra supply than the rest of them. Because of the sandstorm he was unable to see his comrades, but he had faith in his fellow Nara clan members. They wouldn't give up without a fight.

"Shoushi, my old friend." came a voice from behind the Nara. The black haired shinobi looked over his shoulder to see the Hokage standing behind him, shielding his face from the sand whipping through the air around them. "You look like hell."

The Nara grinned and let out a mighty sigh. "Surely you have something more important to say." Shoushi retorted, not even bothering to address Tousha with any kind of respect. That was something the kage always appreciated, even though he outranked his friend it was the same old Shoushi through and through.

"Of course. I just wanted to know if you could get me up there." Tousha said, pointing at the bijuu's upper body. Shoushi's face remained expressionless, mostly because he didn't even know how to react to the Hokage's request.

"And how, exactly, am I going to help you with that?" Shoushi asked in a tone that didn't sound too thrilled at the idea. Despite the old Nara's negativity, Tousha wore a grin as lightning sparked to life at his fingertips and he began creating a kanji seal in mid air. "Just cast a shadow as far as you can up his body, if you would be so kind." Tousha replied as he finished the kanji made entirely of blue and white crackling raiton chakra.

Immediately after completing the seal a large cloud of static electricity engulfed the area around the kage, nearly shocking Shoushi just by standing near it. Tousha stretched his arm out and allowed the lightning seal to travel down the length of his arm. As it did, the Hokage's limb began transforming into what Shoushi would describe as "an incredibly reckless looking canon."

The old Nara clan member scoffed and completed a single hand seal, causing a tree's shadow to dark towards the bijuu. The sliver of darkness darted up the beasts's leg at a fast pace, and using the aid of the dozens of shadows cast on the ichibi's body by the surrounding trees it began to near its gut area. "I dunno what you have planned, Tousha. But if it gets me killed I'm going to be a very unhappy camper."

"Don't worry." Tousha assured his old friend. Already a ball of pure static electricity was beginning to form at the base of the canon that had become the kage's arm. "I'll make sure to say something touching at the funeral."

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Kanji Inpan: Seiteki [Static Cannon]
S-rank Fuuinjutsu
First Tousha will focus chakra either into his first two fingers or the tip of his Jitte, using the lightning he will draw a kanji through the air that is the combination of three kanji. The first he draws is the kanji for “static”, then the kanji for “amplify”, then lastly the kanji for “canon.” Once the kanji is completed it will crack and spark with electricity, harming anyone but Tousha in a ten foot area. Next the kanji will travel through Tousha's oustretched arm , forming it into what appears to be a canon made of living lightning. The kanji travels down his arm until it reaches just below his shoulder where the kanji itself turns into the back of the gun which forms two feet behind Tousha's shoulder. A blue and white orb of lightning will materialize in front of the canon as Tousha focuses on the static electricity emitted by the canon itself, as the orb grows larger a ring of lightning will form a foot in front of it. With one final effort Tousha will release the stored lightning through this ring, which amplifies the electricity into a large beam of concentrated static energy. This beam has enough force to tear through most defenses and is capable of even burning through metal and stone. This technique is considered by Tousha as a “last ditch effort” attack. This is because the focus and sheer amount of energy put into this attack will drain a large amount of his chakra. Using this attack more than twice a day will exhaust the user’s chakra to a dangerous level. (Takes two posts to use.)

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While Tousha and Shoushi chatted on the forest floor below, the katon users moved into position and began rapidly completing hand seals. They all stood just under the forest's canopy, their position was only about twenty yards from the bijuu's rear flank. Here they would hopefully be shrouded from the beast's view due to the combination of the sand storm and the tree cover.

As one the group of katon specialists completed the same set of hand seals and inhaled deeply, only to expel this air from their mouths a moment later. Several, large streams of fire erupted from the forest below the ichibi's right leg. The geyser of flames almost appeared to be a single beam of katon chakra due to how close the shinobi were standing to one another. In any case, this collective stream of fire attempted to engulf where the ichibi's right leg was attached to its body. With any luck, the sand forming the bijuu's leg would turn to glass just like the portion of its abdomen had.

If not, at least it would cause the beast some pain.

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*Katon • Dai Endan [Fire Element • Great Fireball]
Rank: B
Dai Endan is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Fire Element. The user will first gather the fire into his mouth and then spew a giant breath of fire constantly at their opponent.

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The fuuinjutsu specialists just inside of the village hidden in the leaves were nearly ready. The massive, intricate seal created for the ichibi required the combined effort of nearly a dozen skilled ninjutsu users. The only thing they needed now were the children that were to become the one tail's hosts.

Once Hitoare appeared with the twins in her arms, the fuuinjutsu specialists quickly relieved her of the children and placed them on opposite sides of the seals. Small shields were formed around the infants' bodies in case the ichibi attempted to attack them directly. Though the small, circular shields of chakra seemed minuscule compared to that of an ichibi's power, they would be able to withstand even the most powerful ninjutsu attacks.

Everything was in place, now they just needed to wait for the Hokage and the other konoha shinobi to take the monster down.

[Infinites]

Luckily for the Senju, their suits of wooden armor had managed to keep most of them in place and unscathed by the shards of wood floating around in that mini-sandstorm.

Unfortunately for those who were blown back, they probably died pretty fast. These armors had small internal weakness, which would smash them apart like paper mache. Oh well. There was going to be some losses in a fight like this. Actually, Karijin was kinda surprised that they were doing so well. I mean, something seemed off.

Before they were getting their attempts slapped away like they were nothing, but now it seemed like stuff much weaker than what they did before was working. A giant impaling cage and hundreds of Nara holding the the Ichibi down did nothing, but a little fireball was able to hurt it?

Anyhow, all skepticism aside, they seemed to be doing pretty well now. Karijin just sent orders to keep up the assault with them wooden beams. The kage seemed to be doing something resembling a plan, though plans didn't seem to be Tousha-sama's strong point. He seemed more of a little picture kinda guy. Whatever, the Senju continued to send pillar after pillar flying toward the Ichibi. Maybe they could distract him.

[Ein]

The small group of Ruisan, in comparison to the other clan, seemed to be organizing themselves through the mayhem, the 80 or so (and the totality of the clan) of them split into three different units; one to the Ichibi's left, another to the Ichibi's right, and the last behind the Ichibi.

All of this done as the Ichibi preoccupied itself with the other clans. Concentrating, they all concentrated their Chakra into the creation of a barrage of bullets meant to take down the Ichibi's defenses. Each member of the clan made the same bullet type, each sticking to the predetermined plan.

They were to attack the Ichibi's upper body; the squadron to the right aiming at his right shoulder, the squadron to the left aiming for his left shoulder, and the squadron to his back aiming for the Ichibi's neck. They all created the same sort of bullet they determined would be best for dealing with the Bijuu.

Quickly, all the clan members made a barrage of bullets individually; each squadron consisting of 27 or so members, they would unleash a storm of the same bullet on each individual part of the Bijuu, expending their Chakra and, hopefully, crippling the Bijuu to the point where it couldn't offer up much of a fight anymore.

Of course this maneuver was a desperate ploy implemented by the Ruisan clan to defend Konoha; their Chakra would most likely be expended, but it would -hopefully- assure Konoha's victory over the wretched beast.

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~Maruchitama [Multibullet]
An expansion of the "Tama" Kurie-shon ["Bullet" Creation] bloodline, the user is able to create multiple "bullets" at a time, the "bullets" have the same effects as all others. This is mainly a static ability.

~Ketatamashii "Tama" [Piercing "Bullet"]
Using the "Tama" Kurie-shon bloodline limit, the user concentrates on a point either in the palm of their hand or in their launcher weapon of choice. A small silver "bullet" is then formed in the launcher or in their palm, ready for use. The bullet is of no chakra affinity and can pierce through, crack, and break almost any defense. However, if it comes in contact with a human or a summon, it will dissapate. However, if the human/summon have a skin defense (like Gaara's Sandskin) it will crack the defense before it disappears. This is mainly used in order to destroy barriers and/or defenses.

~"Tama" Renda ["Bullet" Barrage]Prerequisites: Maruchitama [Multibullet]The user creates multiple "bullets" of many different kinds and shoots them into the air. Then, the bullets all come raining down, causing massive damage to everything around the user. Because of the sheer number of "bullets," this attack is almost impossible to dodge and takes massive amounts of chakra to perform, but it highly depends on the types of bullets used. For example, if the technique is using all A rank bullets, it would take up more chakra than all D rank bullets.

[Ace Trainer]

The Ichibi groaned in annoyance as the shadows began to climb up his body, slowly beginning to restrict his movements once again. Not to mention that thousands and thousands of bullets were flying into his body, causing even more annoyance to the giant tanuki. His tail began swaying in anger, "Stupid humans!", he roared. The Senju quickly went into action as they saw what the Nara were doing. Tendrils of wood began to spiral up the Ichibi's legs to reinforce the shadows.

The Ichibi struggled against the force, and attempted to move, doing an arm pump with both arms, the sand storm picked up even stronger. The wooden tendrils groaned and moaned in the high force winds, but they didn't stop from moving.

Tousha saw this as his moment to strike, as the Nara shadows struggle to reach the Ichibi's upper body. He jumped through the shadows, his Static Cannon causing a large crackle as he moved. He come out verticle along the ribcage. "Off of my puny curr!!" the Ichibi roared as he attempted to swipe at Tousha, just barely missing.

Tousha prepared and pulled back, launching the cannon at the Ichibi's left shoulder. The raiton crackled through the air, practically screaming as it etched through the Ichibi's arm, ripping it off. The Ichibi roared in anger, "CUR. PUNY HUMAN CUR. THAT WAS MY ARM!", he roared, slamming his only fist into his rib cage. Fortunately, Tousha had jumped back into the shadow at this point, reappearing in safety.

The Ichibi's tail did a quick sweep, and almost as if it was an accident, the enormous tail of sand swept along the Ruisan clan. Sending trees falling in its path, and Ruisan corpses flying through the air. It was almost as if the entire clan had been destroyed in that single sweep.

The Senju continued to send wood along the Ichibi's body, trying to restrain its free arm, not that it was working. And with the Aburame bugs eating at the place where the sand arm had once been, the Ichibi's body was slowly filling up with Kaikachuu.

"Time to seal him." The lead sealer said.

The massive seal glowed with an enormous light as it was activated. Suddenly, 4 enormous arms that seemed to be made of green vines reached out from the seal and flew up towards the ichibi. As the four began to grab at the Ichibi, a 5th arm flew from the center of the seal, going right towards the Ichibi's stomach.

"RESTRAIN IT!", several of the clan leaders shouted. The entire word seemed to go silent. Even with the Ichibi roaring and screaming swears, it was as if there was no sound as every Shinobi put forth their full concentration. The fifth arm punched into the center of the Ichibi, and the entire arm glowed as the Ichibi's chakra was pulled from his body, and channeled into young Yasunari's body.

The Ichibi's body went limp. It was nothing more than a giant sand body now, more than likely begin more held together by the restraints being put on it, rather than the Ichibi's will. Suddenly, the four arms that had come from the seal began to glow, and the Ichibi's body faded into nothing as the shield around Shouta's body glowed.

"The sealing is complete."