Chapter 118: Fourth Tail: Vermillion Mode.

-A few minutes ago-

A great current of wind was hitting the leaves of the trees like strong waves. That wind current was caused by Toru, who was moving at extreme speeds jumping in the air.

Above him, there was Konan, who flew overhead observing everything in silence. In a way it was strange that Toru was so enthusiastic about this, because since this boy came to Akatsuki he always seemed depressed and with a screw loose.

'Faster!' Increasing the speed, Toru dove into the forest and decided to use his legs to be quieter, after all, when he jumped in the air it caused a lot of noise and being a ninja, stealth is always the best option.

On the other hand, while running at high speeds, Toru saw in the distance a group of ninjas running at a high speed.

Toru closed his eyes and sighed softly. He thought he would meet these girls in Amegakure, but it seems that they decided to take a path that they would possibly end up meeting him and so it was. They managed to meet their master.

That was why he stopped for a few seconds next to them.

"Toru-sama!" Fuyo and Suiren smiled a little, however, Ajisai looked a little nervous. She ducked her head and waited for Toru's words of congratulations.

She felt something touch her head, then she looked up and....

"Good job..." Toru stroked Ajisai's head while giving her a soft smile.

Fuyo and Suiren looked at this not knowing what to say. They too want to be pampered by Toru, but they couldn't ask him just like that. Although that problem was solved right away when Toru also stroked their heads while saying, "Thank you for the information, you did very well. Did you have a good time?

While this was going on, Konan looked down from the sky.

She had seen that boy since he entered Akatsuki. Four months have passed and apparently Pain and the person in the mask are getting what they wanted. Konan nodded in satisfaction, for this showed that Toru now felt affection towards Amegakure and Akatsuki. With Toru being a key player in Akatsuki's plans, this was quite satisfying.

'Asahi Toru... I should do more research on the...'

Konan closed her eyes and shook her head. After that, she watched as Toru continued to run, at the same time as the Ajisai team returned to Amegakure.

'Everything is going as I want it to. Now I just need to see how strong the Jinchūriki is' Toru adjusted his hat and smiled.

-In the present-

"Ahhhhhhh!"

The big wave of wind pushed Toru backwards. The latter covered himself with his hands because the wind was too strong.

Responsible for this was Fuu, who was holding her head tightly while trying to restrain those destructive impulses that usually Jinchūriki can control. There were tears on her cheeks, tears that were slowly starting to evaporate due to the evil chakra surrounding her body. Her skin was peeling off her body and her gaze changed to that of a strange monster.

She looked at Toru and three tails made from the red chakra mantle formed on her lower back. This reminded his of that time when Naruto and Sasuke fought. Naruto also showed something similar.

"Ahhhh!"

"Uh?"

Two insect wings came out of Fuu's back and in that same millisecond she appeared in front of Toru. She raised her hand high and launched a downward strike at him.

He was unable to defend against it, as Fuu far exceeded Toru's speed limit. With Vermillion Mode, all of Fuu's stats shot through the roof, as she was now using her Bijū's chakra while losing control of her body.

Toru put the daggers in front of him to cover himself, but the blow was so powerful that the ground beneath him cracked and a giant crater formed. He was buried in the middle of the crater with his eyes wide open not knowing how the hell this happened.

"Ahhhhh."

She kept screaming as she held her head in pain. Her tears were evaporating more and more as the tails thrashed and crashed violently to the ground.

'It hit me so hard that I stopped feeling my body for a second. I felt like I was going to die. Is this a Jinchūriki? Is this the true strength of a Bijū?' Looking at Fuu's appearance, Toru grinned. "Haha... Hahaha... Hahaha... Hahaha!" he stood up from the ground again and brandished the daggers.

"Shimikomaseru" A single word and the daggers were wrapped in the dangerous glow of Shakuton.

Toru was surprised that the daggers were not destroyed by the power of his Kekkei Genkai, so it seems that the person who forged both blades took it upon himself to make them heat resistant. 'It must have been a headache for the blacksmith' And exactly so it was, since, the one who forged those daggers was Asahi Kyoko herself, Toru's mother. Though he had no way of knowing this, as he simply took the daggers out of the chest he was able to salvage from his former home.

Without further hesitation, Toru went on the attack.

Quickly both shinobi were engaged in a battle of blows. Toru slammed his daggers into Fuu's hands, and Fuu blocked Toru's daggers as if her own hands were made of heat-resistant steel.

One after another, blow after blow. Trees were being destroyed in this battle of shinobi and the field was beginning to clear.

Fuu was suffering as she fought, for her sanity was fading as the fight progressed and the next tail would soon come up, causing Fuu to completely lose control of her body. But until this moment, all her mind is thinking about is fighting the uncontrollable bloodlust that is driving her to try to kill Toru.

She, still in the little sanity she had left, saw that Toru's hat had fallen off and that's how she was able to see his face.

She saw a young boy with a thin, girl-like face with masculine features. His hair was black and his eyes were silver. He had quite noticeable dark circles under his eyes, as if Toru had not slept for several nights. His graceful and aggressive movements when fighting made her recoil, which led to negative and depressing feelings dominating her heart even more.

Boom! Bam! One after another, the blows caused shock waves. Toru was beginning to back down, as Fuu's strength only increased the more the contest went on.

"Shimikomaseru: Shinkū nami [Imbue: Vacuum Wave."

Toru's daggers glowed brightly. He raised his arms high and let them fall hitting the ground. Two waves of cutting fire shot out against Fuu.

She looked at this and tried to retreat, but the waves reached her and hit her, cutting off an arm and part of her face.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!"

The pain, combined with the negative sensations that kept rising in her heart made Fuu scream in despair.

Taking advantage of this, Toru lunged at Fuu and plunged a dagger into his chest, avoiding any vital spots.

"I'm done...get some sleep, Nanabi-san" Toru took his victory for granted, but Fuu's eyes glowed blood red and the tails twitched like real limbs and threw him against a mountain at high speed.

The blow echoed throughout the forest and Toru let out a little blood due to his organs damaged by the blow.

He held his stomach and his hand glowed dull green. Medical ninjutsu was not Toru's strong point, however, he could relieve internal pain and prevent bleeding, so this was better than nothing.

'Damn. She's just as fast as me. I can even say she beats me' He shook his head and swung the daggers in his own hands. 'Let's see, what should I do with you? You're a Jinchūriki, so you're obviously strong. But since I'm not a one-trick dog, I'll try to apply more pressure on you and then..."

Boom!

Fuu jumped up and appeared in front of Toru charging a punch with mammoth force.

Toru's jaw cracked and he fell to the ground from the recoil of the blow. He quickly recovered and swung the daggers to swing another arm at Fuu, but his eyes widened as he saw how the arm he had cut off this girl was growing back.

The healing factor of the Jinchūriki exceeded Toru's expectations, and this aroused in him a curiosity that overwhelmed his heart.

"Kodō Shigan!"

The X spun three times inside Toru's eyes and they lit up with the light of death. Golden lines flashed into existence and Toru performed four slashes in the air. Almost immediately, Fuu fell to the ground without arms and legs.

And even when the enemy was incapacitated, he raised the daggers ready to end the life of this beast. Konan saw this from the sky and prepared to stop Toru, but then something else happened.

Fuu's skin completely peeled off her body, exposing the red-hot flesh. The regeneration accelerated so much that it was killing this girl. She looked like a rather hideous monster to the naked eye.

Fuu's severed arms and legs moved on their own and disintegrated as they approached her body. The three tails dug into the ground and helped her up.

'She... she's not going to give up...'

Toru doubted his to continue with this. It seemed that Fuu's strength and speed were increasing exaggeratedly. This led this boy to think of different strategies, but Fuu didn't leave him time to think, as her arms and legs grew back to quickly to dive in to kick Toru.

He didn't have that much time to react, so he had to receive the blow with his face. After this, Toru again found himself buried in the ground about to be crushed by that monster. His legs had given out and he was lying on the ground. Fuu was on top of him, looking at him with empty and lifeless eyes.

'This is already becoming troublesome. Ha~ Jinchūriki or not, I have to take you alive. I'll at least take you dying for the ritual.' Toru hooked his legs around Fuu's waist and raised his arms with the sharp daggers pointed at her neck. "I'll see to it that the life in your body doesn't leave you until I'm done with my mission!" Saying this, he stabbed the daggers into Fuu's back and then, using his legs, climbed on Fuu's back and began to move the daggers to count Fuu's head.

Fuu began to scream, the glowing daggers were hurting her, causing her great pain, more painful than the regeneration that was currently keeping her alive.

She tried to grab Toru, even using her tails, but he was clinging tightly to her back, resisting the pain of the tails stabbing his back. Needless to say, Toru's body is quite tough, quite resilient due to his Okamitsuki training.

"Let me show you the real pain, Nanabi-san" Whispering into Fuu's ear, a smile formed on his face and the X in his eyes started to slowly rotate. The lines of death appeared and showed a red dot on the back of this girl's neck. That was the weak spot, a spot that if careful enough, the victim should not die.

Toru took advantage of this and used it. Slowly moving the daggers to that point, Fuu's blood began to boil hurting Toru, but he ignored it and continued.

At this point, she felt quite a lot of pain, so much pain that she couldn't bear. She looked at the sky with all that pain and closed her eyes.

-A memory of Fuu-

Since a long time ago, Fuu is the best friend of Shibuki the new Kage of Takigakure.

Fuu was proud that her friend at such a young age had become a Kage. It was exciting. She felt something warm in her heart because of this, something that made her smile from ear to ear.

"Neee~ Shibuki. Now that you're the Kage, can you make there be free food?"

"Hahaha... I can't do something like that. He who wishes to eat must get it through his own efforts, though I can't deny someone a plate of food either."

"How boring you are, you know that?"

"I'm not as boring as I look, Fuu. Still, I must continue my work. Making Takigakure prosper is my duty and I must not fail. Fuu, you are someone important to our entire village, don't forget that" Shibuki smiles at Fuu. "I would be very sad if something were to happen to you, so you must not do such risky things as you usually do" Stroking Fuu's head, Shibuki thought of all that was to come. Fuu is the Jinchūriki of this village, she already knows that and that's why Shibuki tries to protect her. Though it's also due to more than just a duty as a Kage. "I trust you, Fuu..."

Hearing this, Fuu couldn't help but nod with a smile while looking into that boy's eyes. "Don't worry, it's okay. If I do something that makes my friends sad, then even I wouldn't be able to forgive myself."

"Friends, uh... Yeah, I guess that's right" Shibuki smiled a little sadly. There were more thoughts in his head than those of a mere friend. Still, then he went back to his workplace and got ready. "Fuu... don't forget. I trust you, and even if there are times when you disobey my commands, I won't hate you for the world. So, trust me, okay? I will give my life to protect you if possible."

"You're overreacting, Shibuki. Nothing will happen to me. And you won't feel sad, so we both win in this."

"I hope... so be it."

-End of Fuu's reminiscence-

The clouds in the sky somehow reminded her of Shibuki. He trusts her, he would give his life to protect her. However, right now she is about to die, she is going to break her promise to Shibuki.

An image flashed through this girl's head. Shibuki was holding her in his arms and, behind him, was Toru holding the bloody daggers. A whisper was heard inside her mind and the whole place went dark.

"Let me out..."

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!"

Fuu's scream soon turned into the scream of a monster. The fourth tail came out on its lower back and the entire ground caved in due to the weight of this beast's chakra. Toru was stabbed by one of the tails, receiving a large wound the size of a basketball.

Blood came out of his mouth and Fuu's body increased in temperature using chakra. Her body began to inflate strangely as all the chakra began to gather in her stomach.

No, I won't make it in time" Toru tried to move the daggers to pierce the area he wanted, but Fuu's flesh hardened like steel and this stopped the process.

He quickly tried to break away, but this was something Konan witnessed from above.

"I must intervene!"

However, it was too late. A great red explosion covered the entire forest and reduced it to death and destruction.

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