The Third Raikage stood tall in the centre of the battlefield. His lightning cloak crackled with blue energy. His white hair and beard moved in the wind.
He looked up at the floating Tsuchikage and the thousands of Iwa shinobi pouring from the island.
His face hardened. He muttered, "Despicable as always, Ōnoki."
He thought for a second as he looked at the forces coming their way.
'He has brought at least ten thousand shinobi. But why? These many forces would weaken his own borders. How would he defend from other villages? He must have some good objective to deploy such a large army and come here himself.'
Then understanding hit him.
'I see. So his target is me. The Frost village betrayed us too. I will deal with the traitors later. I will have to prevent my men from getting slaughtered first.'
He grinned, wide and fierce.
'He brought just ten thousand shinobi just for me? Ōnoki is really getting senile in his old age. He needed a lot more.'
The Raikage turned and moved like a bolt of lightning. He blitzed back to his own army, crushing every Iwa shinobi in his path. Bodies flew. Earth jutsus shattered under his hands. No one could touch him.
He stopped in front of his men and raised one hand.
"Everyone retreat! I will hold them back. Their target is me so they won't bother if you escape!"
His subordinates looked at him in shock.
"But Raikage-sama! We have a duty to you and to Kumo! We cannot leave you!"
"We will fight with you!"
"We are not like those Kiri cowards who abandon their comrades!"
"And besides, Raikage-sama, you should escape. You are the one that could make Iwa pay for our lives ten times over!"
"I am not leaving you fight these Iwa scum alone, Raikage sama. My mom is going to kick my ass out of the village if I come to the village without you."
"We would fight for Kumo!"
"Yeah for Kumo!"
The voices rose together, strong and loyal.
The Raikage looked at them and felt pride swell in his chest. These were his people. Brave. True to themselves. Ready to die beside him.
He grinned even wider.
"Do you think these pathetic Iwa shinobi can kill me, even outnumbered ten thousand to one?"
Someone shouted back.
"No, Raikage-sama! But there are thousands of them! Your chakra will run out eventually!"
The Raikage laughed. The sound boomed across the field.
"Do you think some weak Iwa dogs could stop me from escaping before my chakra ends? Even that little twerp of a Tsuchikage cannot touch me, let alone hold me!"
No one argued after that.
Everyone knew the truth. The Third Raikage was the fastest shinobi alive. Faster than his own prodigal son. No one could catch him if he wanted to run.
He raised his fist.
"Go now! I will give these stone heads a lesson they will never forget!"
The Kumo army bowed their heads. Some had tears in their eyes. They turned and ran, moving fast toward safety.
The Iwa forces saw the retreat and charged forward to chase the Kumo shinobi
The Raikage was not having any of that as he moved.
He became a blue streak of lightning.
He ran circles around the Iwa lines. Anyone who tried to follow the retreating Kumo shinobi died instantly. A hand through the chest. A chop to the neck. A kick that broke bodies in half. And all of them covered with lightning and at super high speed.
Hundreds fell in minutes.
Blood painted the grass.
The Iwa shinobi stopped pursuing the retreating Kumo shinobi. Only death awaited them and besides, it made it easy to just focus on their primary target. The Raikage.
Ōnoki floated high above and watched with angry eyes as the Raikage murdered his men.
He formed a cube of light between his hands.
"Particle Release: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu"
The beam shot down like a falling star.
The Raikage smirked and changed direction at the last second. The beam destroyed empty ground. He kept running and kept killing Iwa shinobi
He never attacked Ōnoki. He did not look at him except to dodge Onoki's attacks.
à thought, 'You want to kill me to weaken Kumo? Fine. But every man I kill today is a hole in your army. Every body is money and time you will never get back. You would have to raise new shinobi, train them and feed them. Let's see how your Village would fair after the death of so many of your shinobi?'
He smashed through another group of Iwa chūnin.
'Besides, You have no good heir like mine. Your village will bleed for years. And when this war ends, Kumo will still stand tall.'
In the air, Ōnoki helplessly watched the Raikage dance through his men like death itself.
His old face grew dark.
'Why is that Suna ANBU brat not using his ability to negate the Raikage's chakra?'
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