The Fight Against Matatabi

(This will be my longest chapter thus far, as it contains a giant boss fight)

The 3 land on the edge of the attacking army. One of the Samurai turn to them before screaming in absolute fear, "NINJA!!" This draws the attention of the others. One screams, "GET THEM!" They all start their onslaught, and Namaru and Chino both prepare to defend using the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu to help match their numbers, and the defense begins. During the attack, Matatabi sees this as an opportunity to unleash a counter attack of her own. Among, the faces of the defending Shinobi, she recognizes the faces of Chino and Namaru. 'Wait. Could it really be them? I thought they were dead,' she thinks to herself, 'No matter. This ends now.' She begins to charge up a Tailed Beast Ball.

Namaru, Chino and Misako, all 3, notice the Tailed Beast Ball and use a substitution jutsu to get out of the blast radius of the attack. The Samurai Army all turn back to Matatabi, to see the Tailed Beast Ball themselves, and scream in terror as she releases it. As it makes contact with the ground, every Samurai and fighting Shadow Clone get annihilated. When the smoke and debris clear, Chino is the first to show himself, followed by Namaru and Misako. They slide down into the crater Matatabi's Beast Ball.

"Namaru? Chino? Is it really you? It's been centuries. You two should be dead by now." Chino walks slowly toward Matatabi. "It's really us. Namaru was sealed in ice for that time frame, and when he was released, he reanimated me. We tracked you down because-" "I know why you're here. You want to reseal me back into Chino. The answer is no. As much as I love Chino, I've never felt more free." Namaru jumps in, "Please Matatabi. The ninja world is in danger. We need your help." "You still have Saiken, Namaru. You can't try to tell me otherwise, either, as I feel his presence. He is all you should need." "While yes, I still have Saiken, Chino feels he needs you. We need you to help save the world. If all of the nations fall, the entire world will fall into chaos. It's up to the world's protectors to be our last defense. The Tailed Beasts are our only hope."

Matatabi thinks to herself for a moment before saying, "Okay. I'll help you. But I won't make it easy. You have to prove yourself," she says with a devious grin, and prepares to attack. Namaru turns to Misako, "Get back! Your Wind Release would only fan her flames!" Misako nods and runs up a nearby mountain away from the destruction. "Let's get this started," Matatabi says mischievously as she crouches, ready to pounce.

She springs at Namaru and Chino, who both jump to the side, causing her to miss. She marks Chino as her primary target, and swipes at his direction, hitting him, just to find that it was a Shadow Clone that survived her Tailed Beast Ball. The real Chino jumps down from a nearby tree flying at Matatabi, dual wielding Tsurara Ice Release Great Swords. He takes an x-shaped scissor swing at Matatabi's extended paw she used to swat the Shadow Clone. She notices the attack in time to coat her body in flames, melting the swords on impact. She follows with her counter attack, swatting him into a nearby tree, knocking him through it and the one behind it.

He stands up, dusting himself off as he regenerates, ready to go in for another strike, but Namaru stops him. "I can handle her for right now. Stay back. This is about to get crazy. Namaru slowly walks out of the clearing Matatabi made with Chino's body. He shuffles his Kirokugan into his other Eternal Mangekyou, and takes off his coat. Matatabi, then, decides to take this fight just a little more seriously. She spews blue flames at Namaru, which he counters with his now awakened jutsu. "Acid Style: Acid Wall!" Green acid erupts out of the ground forming a wall that extinguishes the flames immediately on contact and creating a huge cloud of steam. When the steam clears Namaru is wearing a smirk. This angers Matatabi, and she spews more flames at Namaru. Instead of countering with Acid, he weaves a series of hand seals, and instead, counters with blue flames of his own! Although it is tough, his flames are able to outlast Matatabi's.

"How...How did you get blue flames," she asks in fear. Namaru just chuckles. "It's my other Mangekyou ability. It turns my Water Release into Acid, my Fire Release into Blue Flames, my Earth Release into Cement, my Wind Release into a mixture of Wind and Lightning that I call Gale Style, and my Lightning Style into Purple Lightning similar to the likes of Kakashi Hatake. I don't use this ability very often as I can only use it once every six months, but it seemed that I didn't have a choice. Fight Blue Flames with Blue Flames." "You dare mimic my Flames?!" "Heh. I would rather not, so I'm going to stop, and instead fight hand to hand." It is with these words that Namaru activates his Perfect Susanoo, and is now standing eye to eye with Matatabi. She pounces at Namaru, and they lock for a few seconds before Matatabi is picked up and thrown by Namaru. Being a typical cat, she lands on her feet, and darts back toward Namaru, who is drawing his swords to combat her.

She leaps at Namaru, to get slashed with one of the swords, which sends her reeling for a second. Chino sees this as an opportunity and screams to Namaru. "Keep her busy! I have a plan!" Matatabi and Namaru clash a few more times, each time Namaru winning. The last time they strike, Matatabi decides she has had enough and charges another Tailed Beast Ball. She releases it, sending it flying at Namaru. Namaru catches it in time to coat his Susanoo in Sage chakra, which protected him completely from the explosion from the Tailed Beast Ball as it made contact with him.

She goes to run at him again, but finds that she can't move. She looks down to see golden chains wrapping themselves around her legs, and making their way up her body, slowly wrapping around her, rendering her completely immobile. "What have you done to me?!" Suddenly, Chino walks out of the clearing, with chains erupting out of his torso and driven into the ground. "It isn't Namaru. It's me. Namaru, I'll explain later, let's just do this." Namaru nods, deactivates his Susanoo, and runs over to Chino. Upon arrival, he summons a Sealing Altar that Chino lays down on. Namaru focuses before using the Eight Sign Seal. It is at this point, Matatabi begins to be sealed away into Chino once more. Once the process is complete, Namaru unsummons the Altar, and Chino blacks out for a moment.

A few minutes later, he wakes back up with Namaru and Misako standing over him. He then asks, "Is it done?" Directly after asking the question, he hears Matatabi speak within him, "It is. We are once more together, Chino." "Never mind. My question was just answered." He stands up and as a tester, he activates his 2-Tails Cloak. Power surges all around him, and he triumphantly screams, "WE'RE BACK, BABY!" Both Namaru and Misako laugh, and Chino deactivated his cloak. Namaru places a hand on Chino's shoulder and turns to Misako. "Let's go you two. We have to get back to the Fire Temple, and you have some explaining to do, young man." "Young man?" "Did you forget, while you were dead, I was trapped in ice. I'm over 300 years old. Either way, let's go." Chino and Misako nod, and they all depart, headed back towards the Fire Temple.