Naruto: Tales of Ashihara
The Shinden Saga – Arc 4: The Otsutsuki War
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Chapter 163 – Killing each other
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On the moon, The giant Susanoo of Yamitsuki Otsutsuki is still facing off against the 3-headed avatar of Naruto and the statue of Boruto. Despite the remarkable efforts of the Hokage and his son, the battle has so far clearly not been to their advantage. As their colossal avatars are almost completely dismembered, the silver Susanoo continues mimicking their every move.
While mirroring the attacks of Naruto's Kongosen Shakujo with his sword of Ohabari, The Dragon Sage overwhelms Boruto and Toneri's golem with his second weapon, the ethereal dragon blade. Still uninterested in the involvement of the Tenseigan user in this fight, Yamitsuki gets rid of him in one fatal strike.
The spectral dragon unbinds the statue only to fly through its body, impaling it with its length and causing it to shatter. This distraction has left an opening for Naruto who gets his staff past the black sword of the silver Susanoo and lands a strike in its chest. Yamitsuki, now fully focused on Naruto, senses an incoming attack from far above. An attack that he felt since its making.
To make an opening for it, he controls the thunder storm to cause massive lightning bolts to suddenly fall on his opponents. Naruto is left shaken and open by this strike, and what remains of his son's statue is completely annihilated. Boruto's Gudodama, in formation around the statue, get back to him as he uses Hiraishin to save himself from the collapsing debris with Toneri.
Yamitsuki then spreads his wings wide open around Naruto's Asura Biju Mode and closes them. Locked in this deadly hug, Naruto and Kurama can't move their 6 arms and the strength of their tails can't break the silver wings either. While they attempt to break free, they're suddenly struck from above.
It is the Bijudama of Hachibi, deflected by Yasona Otsutsuki nearly an hour ago that made its way all the way through the atmosphere and space to them on the moon. This chakra bomb, which was as large as Hachibi himself, is only as big as the head of Kurama's Asura form. Yet its explosion when it hits its face is still massive enough to engulf the entire yellow fox demon.
Of course, the Bijudama cannot reach Yamitsuki, still using Moshirikara. So the silver Susanoo just stands still, unaffected by the blast, as Naruto's Biju Mode is taking the full impact. Since this chakra bomb wasn't enough to fully destroy the yellow demon, the Dragon Sage finishes it off with a swift dash of Ohabari through its body.
Out of his giant embodiment, Naruto crashes on the ground, in a fall slowed by the light gravity of the moon. Just as he lands on his knees, he's joined by Boruto and Toneri and they all stare at the still intact Susanoo of the Ryu Shinsen that fades away, willingly dispelled by its user. After a few seconds they see Yamitsuki join them by foot, ready to continue this fight on a lower scale.
The Hokage takes a few seconds to catch his breath and count his Gudodama. Boruto, seeing Toneri being just as tired as his father, gets frustrated when he notices that the enemy shows no sign of exhaustion, even to the sight of his Tenseigan. Even though they managed to make him expel enough chakra to tire out even Kaguya, Yamitsuki doesn't seem even close to half tired.
Boruto also feels exhausted. He's now doubting the point of this fight. But as it's going, he might as well go all out until exhaustion and leave the rest to his dad. So he leaps forward alone, to attack the Dragon Sage with his Kinrin Tensei blade embedded in the handle of his broken sword. Yamitsuki stands still, only now unveiling an alternative defense that he acquired through his training in the Ryugu-jo.
Ryuton – Ryutai Reiki (Dragon Body Aura)
When Boruto's blade touches him, blue flames suddenly emerge from his body, where the sword landed. Of course, the Hokage immediately notices the similarity with the dragon he fought 20 years ago in Ryuka, which leads him to quickly take action. As the blue flames burst and ignite Boruto by surprise, Naruto throws a Gudodama that turns into a lake and overflows the land. It successfully saves the Hyuga, but is quickly taken advantage of by the Otsutsuki.
Ekika
Using Kuboshiki's liquefaction, Yamitsuki merges with the sea to hide and sneak in the Hokage's back where he materializes again, ready to rip off his nape.
"Behind you!" Toneri exclaims, being the only one who's seen the enemy. Alerted, Naruto quickly unveils a Gudodama into a shield that the Dragon Sage strikes with his palm and repels.
Naruto is pushed away with his protection, but fortunately safe. That he needed Toneri's help infuriates Yamitsuki who decides to swiftly get rid of this annoyance.
Chibaku Tensei
Using the same variant of this ultimate jutsu as Sasuke, he spawns a gravity orb that merges with Toneri and pulls the collapsing land into a meteor that rapidly takes shape to trap the moonling. Boruto, surfing on the waves of his father's lake, flies toward the rising aster with lightning in his hands.
Chidori Kuhekisho
With a gentle hit from both palms in the meteor's surface, he spreads his Chidori through it and makes it blow up, setting Toneri free before sending a Gudodama as a platform to catch him in his fall.
On the ground, the sea of water unleashed by Naruto sinks in the cracks left in the ground by Yamitsuki's Chibaku Tensei, down into the hollow moon. The Hokage is now standing alone in front of the enemy who seems to be waiting for his next move. Feeling unprotected, Naruto goes with his most instinctive jutsu.
Tajuu Kage Bunshin
Thousands of clones appear and gather in a crowd around the Dragon Sage who seemingly doesn't want to copy it, as he notices they are just regular clones. Instead, just as the clones rush to him, he controls the atmosphere again to create a rain of thunderbolts that blasts hundreds of clones away, but not quick enough to prevent them from reaching him. So as they throw the Gudodama to one another as weapons to attack, he tries using a method he previously used to force the dispelling of clones.
Tenjo Sharingan
By crossing the gaze of one clone, he casts an illusion that should eliminate the whole army, just like he did when he first arrived in Konoha. But to his sweet surprise, only that one clone disappears. Naruto's training must have also made him more resistant to Genjutsu. However, he certainly didn't become immune to all illusions, especially not one certain jutsu that Yamitsuki also has in his arsenal.
So, after locating the original thanks to his divine sight, he teleports before him and tries again with a terribly more powerful method.
Mugen Tsukuyomi
The red in his eyes goes white and shines bright enough to emit a light that spreads through the whole field. The original Naruto, being the first to be blinded by it, instantly recognizes a jutsu as dangerous as Sojobo's Kunino Tokotachi.
"Fellow Biju!" he and Kurama immediately call upon the others, telepathically. Since their last fight with the Daitengu, they have considered the risk of such illusions and prepared in consequence. This call is part of their only option.
Yet, whatever its purpose is, it doesn't stop the Hokage from falling victim of Yamitsuki's infinite dream. As the pattern of the Dragon Sage's Sharingan appears in his eyes, Naruto's strength leaves his body and lets him freeze in place. His Tajuu Kage Bunshin is totally dispelled as well.
Standing before the hypnotized Hokage, Yamitsuki lets an odd feeling of grief fill his heart before being interrupted as he swiftly catches a Gudodama flying to him on his left. Holding it in his palm, he applies pressure to crush it down when it suddenly evaporates into purple chakra. When he opens his hand, he sees the spiral symbol of the Uzumaki engraved in his skin.
Hiraishin
Using this mark, Boruto suddenly appears behind Yamitsuki with 5 other Gudodama in his back and 2 more he uses as a blade and a water spiral streaming around it. As he throws this weapon down, aiming for the neck, the Ryu Shinsen turns the situation around.
Ameno Tejikara
He could have switched with Boruto, but this would have put him in a bad position, between the Gudodama and their user. So he instead instantly swaps places with one of the floating orbs. Not giving up on this strike, Boruto uses Hiraishin once again to teleport on one of the black spheres next to Yamitsuki, who doesn't move out of the way again and just discreetly gets a hold of another Gudodama.
Suiren Tensei Baku (Water Forge Rebirth Explosion)
Boruto lands his sword on the Dragon Sage's neck and lets the water spiral blasts and submerge him, to immediately counter and extinguish the blue flames of his Dragon Body Aura protection. However, Yamitsuki simply stands still as the water flows away, and the Hyuga can't seem to feel his blade slicing through. The god of knowledge has just put to use another armoring skill.
Bansho Doka
When the water torrent stops and the mist dissipates, Boruto sees his sword cleanly stopped, stuck to the neck of Yamitsuki, whose skin turned black. As black as a Gudodama. With Bansho Doka, he absorbed the material property of the orb he's holding and armored his skin with its durability, making it virtually unbreakable when mixed with his superior chakra.
"God damn it! How many defensive skills do you have?" Boruto exclaims in frustration as he now finds himself paralyzed mid-air by his enemy's gaze.
"Very clever move, Boruto Hyuga." Yamitsuki says. "Unfortunately I am not interested in fighting you anymore." he adds before turning around and raising his hand to catch the ninja by the face.
There, he's suddenly held back by a red chakra limb that grabbed his wrist. He and Boruto both look aside along the chakra arm to see Naruto, in a red chakra mantle rather than yellow, 9 chakra tails emerging in his back, and thick black marks around his red eyes.
"Remarkable!" Yamitsuki comments as he analyzes the chakra and minds in the Hokage. "Naruto is indeed trapped in the Mugen Tsukuyomi, but you, fox, could stay awake by using your connection to the other Biju and your combined nature equivalent to the Juubi. So you have taken over his body."
Kurama leaps forward and shortens his arm to get close to the Dragon Sage who leans back to avoid the deadly claws of the fox aiming for his eyes. Seeing that he instead reaches for Boruto's hand, Yamitsuki throws the Hyuga away with a light Shinra Tensei. Alone in front of the enemy, Kurama turns around and uses his 9 tails, made into limbs, and the Gudodama to attack Yamitsuki. The Dragon Sage calmly dodges everything, but Kurama's focus isn't on aiming right. It is rather to keep the celestial busy while he can get in touch with Boruto.
"Listen, Boy, I need your help to free your dad!" the fox demon tells in the Hyuga's mind. "I can use Naruto's body and chakra, but normally I'd need Sasuke's Dojutsu to save him. Yet, Yamitsuki isn't the Juubi, so his Mugen Tsukuyomi isn't protected by the essence of the Shinju and breakable only by its reflection. So based on all it has in common with the Rinnegan, your Tenseigan might be enough as a replacement. If we perform the rat hand seal together, it should break the illusion."
Boruto gets the message and tries to stabilize himself mid-air using his own control of gravity. Kurama, right after finishing this message, received a karate chop in the neck, troubling his breathing while all his tails are held down by purple copies flowing from the Dragon Sage's robe. Yamitsuki, done avoiding hits, follows with a series of Juken strikes before sending his ethereal dragon Susanoo to catch the Hokage's body between its teeth and drag him away.
"How disappointing…" the god of dragons says to the Kyubi. "The chakra and mind of Naruto have by far surpassed the power of the Biju, to such an extent that he is more a gift to you than the opposite. So despite being smarter and more violent than him, you cannot catch up to his level even by using his body."
Pissed off by this comment and the dragon binding him, Kurama breaks out by unleashing the head of his avatar form, which shatters the Susanoo. He then immediately starts to gather energy into a chakra bomb in front of his muzzle but is stopped by Yamitsuki who blitzes toward him and slaps the growing bomb away.
"You do not have his wit." he adds before kicking the monster's chin to propel him towards the sky. "You do not have his soul."
Biju Modo
From the head, Kurama manifests his full physical form, appearing more vile, and entirely red. From there he tries to make another Bijudama but this time immediately bringing it to existence by transforming 2 Gudodama merged together. Yet just as he prepares to fire it, it deforms and shrinks.
Kandakoro
Yamitsuki absorbs it into a huge wormhole, sending it to explode in another dimension, and flies up to come face to face with the 500 meters tall fox who immediately tries to crush him between his hands. He counters and holds them back with his own chakra limbs, which also grow into colossal hands and overwhelm the fox's strength. To avoid falling over, Kurama leans on 4 tails and brings the 5 others up, aiming for the enemy, who rapidly takes care of all at once.
Yoton – Kaiseki Ryu
Yamitsuki expels 9 dragons made of volcanic ashes at once. Each dragon falls on one tail before going solid, nailing them all to the ground. Once he has the monster bound, Yamitsuki flies through him toward the body of Naruto and swiftly pushes him out of the Biju Mode with a headbutt in his chest, sending him to land on a prepared ground far away, where frost builds up on the surface.
Hyoton – Hyoro
Just as Kurama lands, ice emerges and traps his body in a crystal, letting only his head and arm free. As ice could easily be escaped, Yamitsuki completes it with the sapphire crystal of his Shoton crawling up inside. In the sky above, the Dragon Sage notices Boruto who flies at top speed to reach the trapped body of his father. When he sees them hold their hands out for each other, he understands that he better prevent it.
Hiraishin
When Boruto is just 2 meters away, Yamitsuki copies his space-time jutsu and uses the mark on his sword's handle to get immediately next to him. There, he abruptly grabs his forearm to hold him back and brutally twists it, breaking the Hyuga's arm. While Boruto screams in pain, Kurama hurries to take advantage of the confusion and elongates his free arm to grab his hand and perform the needed mudra.
Yamitsuki sees it happen and understands what it means. Boruto, trying to tough out the pain, attempts to punch the god of nature's face with his other hand, only for it to pass through, as he isn't using any Gudodama. Yamitsuki, intrigued by what will happen to Naruto's body now, pulls Boruto closer to violently hit his face with his elbow, and then tosses him away into the sky.
When he looks back down at the Hokage, he sees his prison shattering into pieces as Naruto's chakra mantle heats in orange.
Yoton Chakra Mode
He uses an ability of Son Goku to weaken the crystal and melt the ice, collapsing it and freeing him. Yamitsuki lands on the ground in front of him and immediately aims to turn off this chakra transformation by aiming for Naruto's tenketsu. Similarly to Yamitsuki's Ryutai Reiki, Naruto improved this chakra mode by making it expel the yellow and red flames of his mantle along with Matatabi's blue fire when touched.
To his astonishment, Yamitsuki sees the flames actually catch on him and burn, despite his constant use of Moshirikara. This can only mean one thing. They are made from Gudodama. As he analyzes it and thinks, he realizes that Naruto dissipated a Gudodama into gas and merged it into the fabric of his mantle, making it part of it as the fuel for this fire.
Jigokutai
Flattered by this clever move, he however quickly counters it by using the jutsu of one of his disciples. A jutsu that turns his whole body into flames, and makes him immune to fire, absorbing all forms of combustion, therefore reducing these flames to nothing.
"Thanks, Kurama! Thanks, guys!" Naruto, back to his senses, greets and compliments the Biju.
He tightens his fist and brings on his 2 last Gudodama as gauntlets that merge in his hands. Yamitsuki first expects him to attempt punches, which would trigger his dragon defense, but the Hokage instead spreads his arm and flies up before bringing his hands down, forcing Yamitsuki to hold them back, palm to palm.
In this hand lock position, the Dragon Sage rapidly takes off to prevent staying in this weak position. And so the two divine warriors levitate through the atmosphere while comparing their wit through the strength in their hands.
Up in the sky, Boruto is caught by Toneri who was recovering from the Chibaku Tensei on the black platform that he is still using to fly around. He uses the little medical Ninjutsu he knows to stop Boruto's bleeding nose and brow ridge, broken by Yamitsuki's elbow. The two of them, looking down at the battling gods, and Naruto going all out again, get a feeling of determination, realizing that they stand high above them in the sky and that the Dragon Sage is closely distracted.
"This is the best opening Naruto can provide." Toneri says. "We have to create an occasion for him to take down the enemy now."
Boruto gulps down his saliva, and slowly nods in agreement. He gives a Gudodama shaped into a small sword to Toneri, in prevention of what they will do now. Then, he makes a clone that joins his master to take off from the platform. Finally, he rebuilds and gathers the 7 other Gudodama around his sword handle, spinning in a golden wheel.
Yamitsuki, feeling an unprecedented thrill from his arm wrestling with Naruto, reads the thoughts of the Hokage from his facial expressions and emotions. Seeing that he weakens, he speaks him up.
"Naruto, you keep surprising me, and still you have yet to go all out and unleash your best weapons. I cannot believe that training alone made you so powerful in such little time. There has to be another source… Have you been in contact with Takeshi Minamoto since our first battle? It seems like the essence inside him, the same as in the Daitengu, makes your energy grow stronger in nature. Unknowingly, you must have reached the peak of your being."
Naruto doesn't answer and just frowns, confused that Yamitsuki is aware of the presence of Sojobo in Takeshi. Nobody on Earth could have noticed without Takeshi telling them. So rather than sensing it, which should be impossible, Yamitsuki must have figured it out. But also, what he said about the boosting effect of the Daitengu on his Rikudo Sage energy was unknown to them until now.
Though he's troubled, he can't let it distract him. Feeling that he's losing grip, he tries to escape this wrestle with a knee kick that Yamitsuki foresaw and blocks with his foot. The Ryu Shinsen then kicks Naruto's leg down, making him lose balance and strength in his right hand. Using this, Yamitsuki twists the Hokage's hand before letting it go to free his own hand and arm himself.
Ameno Ohabari
He summons once again his black double-edged sword and quickly slaps Naruto away with it, sending him to fall toward the moon's surface again. But the jinchuriki doesn't let it happen.
Kage Bunshin
He makes a clone by his side who hurries to grab his arms, swing him around and toss him back toward the Dragon Sage who was attentive enough to notice that the one tossed was the clone, which he rapidly destroys. The original comes falling in reverse behind him with a Rasengan made from his gauntlet, aiming for Yamitsuki's face. This doesn't land either, as Yamitsuki leans aside to simply dodge it.
Once in his back, Naruto turns around, hoping to try landing this Rasengan again but has to give up on it and hurry to take cover as he sees his opponent faster in offensive.
Ryu Enken
With his fist coated in revolving blue fire, Yamitsuki tries to strike the Hokage who protects himself with his last Gudodama. It becomes a shield that is shattered by the Dragon Sage's fist but could still keep Naruto unharmed. He's only repelled far away from the blow of the collision, up in the sky.
When the flames wash away, Yamitsuki notices a bright light in the corner of his eye that catches his attention. Above him, he sees the source, the flash of the blade of Boruto, the Kinrin Tensei no Ken, that he holds up toward infinite, ready to throw down on him. Naruto, feeling exhausted, and out of Gudodama, brings to him the chakra of half of the remaining clones he has in mount Myoboku and rebuilds 10 black orbs, getting ready for what Boruto plans.
To stop Boruto, Yamitsuki sends a series of black chakra rods through the air toward him, to put him down before he can throw his blade down, but the Hyuga escapes this strike with Hiraishin. He vanishes with the blade to appear further behind the Dragon Sage, where the platform that Toneri was using is standing, unoccupied. It turns back into a Gudodama that fuses with the elongated light blade just as Boruto throws it down on Yamitsuki who only now catches sight of where he appeared.
Kinrin Tensei Baku
Boruto swiftly throws down his ultimate jutsu on the Ryu Shinsen who is quick to react to block it. He lets the Ohabari fall from his hand only to catch it again with the arm of his Susanoo and turn it into its original giant form. With this sword, he intercepts and holds back the Kinrin flash in its swing.
With his greatly superior strength and even superior blade, holding back the Kinrin is no trouble. However, the unexpected added pressure he suddenly feels makes it tend in Boruto's favor. While he was starting to gently push back the golden infinite sword, he's forced back down by a smash.
Kongosen Shakujo
It is Naruto, who summoned the upper body of Kurama's avatar and united his Gudodama into his new mighty staff to throw it down on the colliding point of the two blades, bringing massive support to Boruto in this struggle. The unnatural strength that this staff holds makes it hard for Yamitsuki to hold back, but he still does. In this confrontation that feels unique amid what happened so far, Kurama has a rise of hope.
"Naruto, we can end this battle right now." he says, to his agreeing jinchuriki. "Finish him off now."
The Hokage swallows his saliva, takes a deep breath in, and slowly nods as he lets a clone appear by his side, to leave the current push to him. Calling upon another Biju's skill, he flies out of the fox avatar to get closer to the Dragon Sage under the clashing weapons.
There, Yamitsuki carefully analyzes both the golden blade of Boruto and the sage staff of Naruto, and deduces that there are only 8 Gudodama assembled in the Kinrin and only 7 in the Kongosen Shakujo. The remaining 1 orb for Boruto and 3 for Naruto must be kept for another purpose. As these thoughts cross his mind, he's suddenly engulfed by a blinding cloud.
Rinpun
It is a cloud filled with the fine powder of Chomei, which reflects the shine of the Kinrin Tensei Baku and makes it hard to see for Yamitsuki who tries to use the abilities of the Byakugan to stay alert, as this is obviously made to create an opening. Yet despite his focus, it is in his blind spot that Naruto strikes first.
Kage Bunshin
A clone appears behind him and slips his arms under those of the Dragon Sage right as two Gudodama fly in to stick on his forearms as gloves. Using them, he holds up and locks Yamitsuki's arms. The god of nature, startled, first tries to move away naively before simply using Ameno Tejikara to switch with the clone and get in its back where he catches its neck, ready to snap it. However, he suddenly feels pressured as his loss of focus on the falling weapons made it harder to hold them back.
In this moment of weakness he falls victim to another fatal surprise strike. He feels something promptly stabbing in his back and actually reaching his right heart. Behind him, it is Toneri, thrown over here by the Boruto clone accompanying him, who just dug the Gudodama blade given to him by his disciple into the god sovereign's chest before being blown away by the erupting flames of Yamitsuki's Dragon Body Aura.
Unsettled and angry about this mischievous back stab, Yamitsuki is given no time to rest as the Naruto clone in front of him vanishes into a mist cloud before he can kill him, to reveal the original standing right before him to land his final strike.
Rikudo – Uchuu Rasengan (Cosmic Rasengan)
In his hand, Naruto holds a fully prepared obscure spiral orb that seems to obstruct space, chakra and perception around it and that he lands right into Yamitsuki's left heart, to dig through. Looking at it, Yamitsuki widely opens his eyes, recognizing a new jutsu he came aware of earlier by using Oshio's Futsunushi. Naruto's ultimate Rasengan. A spiraling orb of pure truth and energy in matter that feels like it encloses all that exists in creation.
His one move to end his life. Which means that, at the moment, the Hokage is unveiling this move hoping that Yamitsuki won't live to copy it.
And the Dragon Sage just let it land and start to rip through his clothes and skin to nullify his existence. In front of this sudden final offensive attempt, Yamitsuki gives himself time to think.
Kala
By using the same time pause jutsu as Tsubai Minamoto and the Daitengu, he freezes all of the universe in an instant that he uses to analyze the situation. He stays immobile, looks at the two weapons falling on them, and at Naruto in front of him. Of course, even if this absolute Rasengan doesn't finish the job, the Kinrin Tensei Baku is expected to kill his heartless body… However, it feels off for Yamitsuki.
Omamori, the absolute defense. Izunome, Naobi's unequaled space-time jutsu. Sukuna Bikona, Isshiki's ability to shrink threats or himself past obstacles… There are so many ways he could escape this threat right now. It almost feels too easy. But unfortunately, as per the determination and sadness in Naruto's eyes, it really is the end of the battle from his opponents' perspectives.
Though he could easily survive this instant, he can't do it in a way that would also get Naruto out of range without explicitly saving his life, which he doesn't want. So if he escapes now, he will have to let Naruto die. As he looks around, he notices a clone of Boruto behind him, too far away to reach here in time. His Hiraishin was probably the escape plan of Naruto after landing this jutsu, but he failed his father.
Yet there seems to have been no communication before this attack. So if Boruto is Naruto's only way out, it means that the Hokage himself didn't plan an escape. So he is here, in front of him, with such an easily avoidable doom, at the cost of his own life. Naruto will die… Except if Yamitsuki doesn't do anything. If he just keeps holding up until this Rasengan succeeds, he will give enough time for Boruto and Naruto to get away alive…
But this feels disgusting. The one single battle he's been expecting all his life would end in his ultimate defeat only on purpose, out of pity? This is nothing but dishonor on the prophecy of the Dragon Emperor. He cannot accept that. He refuses. They cannot both survive without betraying their given purposes… However, as it occurs to the Ryu Shinsen now, they can both lose at this instant to continue their battle to a true end.
Yamitsuki uses the Byakugan to gaze through the battlefields of Earth. Tokubei to whom he gave a mission that he won't be able to fulfill with the universe in its current state. Yasona who is well on the way to submitting the Shinobi Union and conquering the ninja world. And finally, Naobi, his beloved, who only waits for his outcome. He remembers the deadly game of promise he made with her, he sighs, and accepts not his fate, but fate as for all.
This frustrates him, but it is the only honorable outcome for Naruto Uzumaki, and therefore for all of creation. So he embraces it. He lets go of all the strength he was putting in his Susanoo arm holding the Ohabari, and holds his arms out and forward above the shoulders of Naruto, before abruptly catching them to forcibly pull him closer, which shatters Kala and forces time to resume.
In real time, Naruto sees his ultimate strike twist the skin and inside of the Dragon Sage when he suddenly is forced into his own jutsu by the grasp of Yamitsuki who pulls him in to let them both be annihilated by this orb and by the Ameno Ohabari, the Kongosen Shakujo, and the Kinrin Tensei Baku that all smash and slice as one on them and through the moon.
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In Konoha, they see the setting moon, which had already turned dark red earlier, now shine bright before visibly splitting into 4 pieces. Izuna looks worriedly at Inoue. Sakura and Fureya interrupt their fight to look up as well. Rihetsuki and Kakashi, also confused, fear as they see the shocking look in Sakitsuki's golden eyes.
Naobi, alerted by the blast as well, looks up to the moon, focuses her senses, and then looks at Sakitsuki's frightened face. She stays inexpressive, as all her thoughts and emotions stay inside, and just lets a few words break the absolute silence to be heard by all celestials and ninjas present.
"And so they ended… Killing each other."
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End of Chapter 163 – Next Chapter: Rikudo's Apologies