You are a shadow clone of Uzumaki Shiki, and at the moment things look distinctly less than good. A few days ago you were approached by a rogue faction from Iwagakure, made up of what turned out to be sentient weapons created through the use of a kinjutsu. They had wanted to study you in hopes of finding a way to extend their own lives, and had gone so far as to capture the Fourth Tsuchikage and hold her as leverage to get you to comply. Which you did, at first. However since then you’ve freed yourself as well as Lady Kurotsuchi, killed the scientist who was apparently going to be the one to cut you open and study your insides, and presumably helped kill at least two of the five ‘fabrications’ responsible for this mess.

But now Kū, first and leader among the fabrications, is fighting against Kurotsuchi-san - the former uses a ninjutsu that creates three-dimensional shapes that erase anything within their area, while the latter is mostly using lava-based ninjutsu like black obsidian blades and flowing blasts of acidic stone. Both shinobi are capable of flight, seemingly just levitating and darting about freely.

Also watching this battle unfold is an old man, Ōnoki-dono, formerly the Third Tsuchikage. He also happens to be both Kurotsuchi-san’s grandfather as well as the genetic template used to create Kū, who Ōnoki-dono hoped would be the first step in creating a world where shinobi would never have to risk their lives again.

Unfortunately that just meant creating living weapons with self-awareness, feelings, independent thoughts, and as Kū has demonstrated, ambition.

“Damn,” you grumble as another opportunity to reach Ōnoki is gone almost as quickly as it presents itself. “This isn’t working…”

Instead of trying to get through the rubble, some of which is still coming down as errant attacks blast away parts of buildings, without being hit by anything, you change your approach.

[Ōnoki-dono, your granddaughter found her resolve - what happened to yours?]

You can see from here that you’ve caught his attention, since he looks around for you.

[You have to come down from that fence sooner or later.]

Eventually he spots you, hiding behind what’s left of the ground floor of an abandoned home, and his eyes widen. Having done what you came here to do you go on the offensive, creating a shadow clone who transforms into a folding fūma shuriken which you hurl at Kū. Midflight you split them into three copies using the shuriken shadow clone technique, then when he casually dodges them you drop the deception.

Your clone of a clone weaves through his hand seals and attacks Kū as he turns. “Katon: Onidōrō!”
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