âShukaku, heâs all yours. [Feigning Sleep Jutsu]!â
As Bunpuku closed his eyes, the desertâs sand began to gather around him. Soon after, a gigantic creature thatâs even more massive than Gamahiro was on the battlefield.
Shukakuâs body was just like sand in color. It looked like a giant Tanuki with dark violet markings on its body, and a huge tail that throws off massive amount of yellow sand.
âHey Ryo! Shukaku is out, this wonât be fun!â In terms of stature, Gamahiro wasnât too fat off Shukaku. But the gap in strength between the two was immense.
âOh yeah! After all, this is a Tailed Beast. If weâre not careful enough, weâll probably end up dying.â Said Ryo wish a heavy face.
âHugo! Youâre using a tailed beast against a kid?!â Seeing Shukaku, Uchiha Chuâs face changed greatly. Ryo was really strong, especially when he had Gamahiro on his side. But he was by no means an opponent to the Ichibi.
âHaha, thatâs the 4th Kazekageâs plan. This can only end in one way. That kid must die! His death is worth any sacrifice!â
Looking at Hugoâs madness on one hand and at Ryo on the other, Chu was only able to pray for Ryoâs survival.
âHa Ha Ha! Iâm finally able to immerge!â With its arrogant laughter, Shukaku woke up.
Feeling the beastâs frightening Chakra, Ryoâs face was getting paler and paler. Before facing it, he didnât think that the Ichibi would be too strong for him to deal with. After all, Naruto and Gamabunta were able to dispel [Feigning Sleep Jutsu] while holding off Shukakuâs attacks.
However, what Ryo missed is that Gaara, who was the Jinchuriki in the manga, wasnât at all in good terms with his Bijuu. They were more like fire and ice. Even though Gaara used the [Feigning Sleep Jutsu] back then to unleash Shukakuâs full power, he was still suppressing its full potential.
However, Bunpuku and Shukaku have been together for decades. With time, they learned to get along, and Punbaku was trustingShukakuâs absolute defense far more than Gaara. This makes it possible to get his Bijuuâs full power by using the [Feigning Sleep Jutsu]. This is absolutely far more powerful than what Naruto had to face.
âHa ha ha ha, âI shall celebrate my emergence, and that will start by killing you kid! [Futon: Air Bullets]!â
âRyo, get off my back! [Water Release: Gunshot]!â Gamahiro told Ryo to run and attempted to counter Shukakuâs attack.
In the Manga, Gamabuntaâs Gunshots were able to hold off some of Shukakuâs Air Bullets. But here, Gamahiroâs Gunshots werenât able to deflect them.
He saw that his Water Gunshots were being scattered so he quickly jumped. Ryo also moved quickly to save himself.
âRyo! What should I do? It is too strong!â
âI donât know, in front of the absolute power of Shukaku, I donât think that anything that we would do could have much of an effect.â Ryo answered with a grim face.
âRyo, how about your ice?â
âThat wonât work, here in the desert; I donât have enough water to do something big enough.â
âYou have all these men! Canât you Yamanaka Ninjas transfer messages into the minds of your troops? Get them to use Water Release to help you out!â
Gamahiroâs proposal gave Ryo a way to get huge amounts of water. This is a great idea! With enough water, Ryo can go for what he has always imagined.
âHiro, I need you to buy me some time!â
âThis one is too strong; I donât know how long Iâm going to last.â
After reaching a consensus, Gamahiro pulled out his swords and jumped in to fight Shukaku. On all levels, he was absolutely incomparable to it.
Ryo left his state of Ice elementization and went for Sage mode to intensify his perception abilities. He used his clanâs technique to connect himself to all the ninjas on the battlefield. He was in too much of a pinch to try to distinguish between those of Konoha and those of the Sand.
âAll Konoha Shinobis!â He sound rang across the minds of everybody on the battlefield making them pause for a moment.
âI am Ryo Yamanaka, and I am now fighting against the sand beast, the Ichibi Shukaku! Right now, Iâm in desperate need for your help. Please, in 10 seconds, everyone near the center of the battle field use water release!â
Right as he finished his words, Ryo cut the connection. Even when in Sage Mode, it was still very taxing for him to send a message to so many people at one time.
He went back into Ice mode and fully released his Yin Seal. Ten seconds should be enough time for Konohaâs Ninjas to prepare themselves and for Gamahiro to retreat.
âI donât know what he wants to do, but heâs just asking for Water Jutsus. I donât think that would be a threat to Shukaku, and it should cost our enemies Chakra!â Thatâs what most Sand Ninjas were thinking. They didnât try to interfere with Ryoâs plan.
On the other side, Konohaâs Ninjas were seeing the great battle against the monstrous Shukaku in the middle of the field, and felt sorry for Ryo. Now that they know that they could help him, they all prepared themselves. In ten seconds, Water was released in overwhelming amounts towards Shukaku.
Gamahiro Jumped away before the attack and Shukaku looked at them Ninjas on the battlefield disdainfully.
âFreeze!â With the help of the Natural energy coming from the [Yin Seal], Ryo was able to successfully freeze all the water, and huge amounts of Ice fell on Shukakuâs body getting it all riddled with holes.
The beast was wounded, and Konohaâs Ninjas rejoiced. The sand ninja were in disbelief. After all, theyâve thought that Shukakuâs defense was absolute!
Sure enough, it was still in the desert. Sand gathered around it, and holes in its body were repaired.
âYou brat! That actually hurt! How dare you?! [Futon: Air Bullets]!â
Shukaku was angered by Ryoâs attack, and it started spitting out immensely powerful air bullets his way. Ryo hurriedly controlled the ice making a powerful Ice wall protecting him. The ice in his wall was fortified with natural energy, so the Air Bullets didnât have much effect on it.
âRyo, this will not stop it! Itâs a Biju. It wonât run out of Chakra any time soon, and your ice wall will be destroyed sooner or later.â Gamahiro was worried as he said that.
âIâm preparing for a new technique, one that Iâve never used before. Itâs just an idea, and it takes some time to be prepared. All I can do now is relying on this Ice wall.â
âWhat technique could ever deal with Shukaku? Are you sure you can pull it off?â
âI am facing a Biju, so I can never be sure that Iâll be winning. But if pull this technique, even if I donât beat it, I shouldnât lose to it.â
Gamahiro knew Ryo well enough to understand that his words are never hollow. Since he was so confident, Hiro chose to believe in him.
As the ice wall continued to be bombarded by Shikaku, it started to crack. However, Ryo still had his eyes closed and Gamahiro was getting worried.
âHey hey!â The moment that the wall was shattered, Ryo opened his eyes. Ice around him began to gather.
Gamahiro felt that natural energy around him was pouring with an insane rate into the ice, and felt something that was about to erupt from within it.
â[Ice Colossus]!â