Ryouta Senju- Makings of A Legend

Chapter 16 - The Finals

Ryouta was sleeping comfortably, a peaceful smile on his face. The sun peeked over the horizon slowly, and as soon as the first rays of the sun touched his face, his eyes fluttered open.

He blinked his eyes several times to clear the sleep out of them. He then put his hands behind his head and just stared at the ceiling, 'Today's the day.'

The leaf was in a very bad situation.

He knew that the Hokage must have organized his forces accordingly upon learning of Orochimaru's infiltration two days ago, so he only needed to worry about himself. It was finally time to cut loose. He was ready to show the world his true power.

He completed his morning rituals and was waiting for his clone to finish making breakfast. Today he would be resting entirely, so he could fight in peak condition tomorrow. Which means he had ample amount of time to come up with a plan on how to deal with Gaara.

The clone was grumbling about slave-drivers when he served breakfast to Ryouta. Ryouta proceeded to dispel the clone while he ate the pancakes. He began thinking of ways to beat Gaara as he slowly ate his breakfast.

Taijutsu was out of the question, if what Gaara did to Lee was anything to go by. Genjutsu was a useless option to use against a jinchūriki, for the beast inside them would release the illusion for them. That left ninjutsu and fuinjutsu.

Gaara primarily used sand, which was a glaring weakness for Ryouta to exploit. Ryouta knew how well Gaara could control his sand, but he doubted he could control it well enough when it got soaked in water. Wet sand was heavy. Fire was only good to use if it was hot enough to turn the sand to glass. He could use Mōkuton, but he preferred if it didn't come to that. He would douse Gaara in so much water he would be hard pressed to find enough sand that he could control.

Fuinjutsu was something he could use to a great effect. A chakra absorption barrier would effectively trap and drain Gaara of his chakra until he dropped unconscious. But that presented another problem The moment Gaara falls asleep, Shukaku would seize control and get free. So he would have to deal with a bijuu. 'By then, I'll have to use Mōkuton to tame the beast,' he thought as he washed his plates. He dried them and went back to his room.

He grabbed two blank scrolls and his sealing supplies. He felt for the marker he had left on the training spot where he and his father had trained for the last three weeks. He was gone in a flash.

Ryouta appeared in the clearing, spreading out his senses and confirming if he was truly alone or not. When he had confirmed, he sat down and opened one of the scrolls. Taking out his brush and ink, he started writing seals for a prisoner containment scroll, with a slight alteration. In just under a minute, he had completed writing down the sealing sequence. He inspected it for any mistakes, then nodded upon finding none. Standing up, he made a half ram.

Around two hundred Moku Bunshin popped into existence. "Alright, I want you divide into two groups of hundred."

"HAI!"

For a second, Ryouta feared that the sound of two hundred people simultaneously shouting would draw someone's attention. He sensed for any foreign chakra signatures, but found none. Nonetheless, he had to do this quickly.

It took him just under ten minutes, but he managed to seal one group of clones into the scroll. Normally, a prisoner scroll is made for dead people who have no chakra. Also, it is made only for one person. So Ryouta had to tweak the seals a bit so that the amount of chakra that was shaped into his hundred Moku Bunshin did not get disturbed in anyway. Also, he also tweaked the seals to allow solid, hundred constructs to safely get sealed.

He exhaled a breath and did the same with the other hundred. In twenty minutes, he had prepared a backup for himself and the Hokage. Each back up worth a hundred Moku Bunshin.