Huh, this move is...
The piercing sound, like a thousand birds chirping, seemed to bring an image back to Naruto's mind. Ever since meeting Kakashi, he had felt something familiar about him, yet could never remember where he had seen him before. It was an image from the first time his life had ever been in danger—
There had been the same chirping Lightning Release and Scarlet Eyes closing in within an instant, only his opponent's killing intent back then had been nowhere near as powerful as it was now!
But for some reason, even with killing intent filling the air, Naruto still couldn't sense any malice from him.
He didn't seem to intend to hurt Naruto. An instinctive reaction made Naruto feed a little less senjutsu chakra into his Spiral Rasengan, and the sphere shrank slightly.
Boom!
The instantaneous blast plunged everything around them into an unnatural, deathly silence. A moment later, a tremendous roar resounded above the entire Training Ground!
The sound carried farther and farther. The two enormous masses of chakra had collided with such force that even the Third Hokage, currently reading documents in the Hokage Office, froze at the sight of his rattling windowpanes. He set down the papers and turned his gaze toward the Training Ground outside.
At the Training Ground, Sasuke and Hinata instinctively raised their arms to shield themselves from the shock wave sweeping straight toward them.
Even the shock wave alone nearly knocked them off their feet. Once they steadied themselves, they hurriedly looked toward the center of the battle to see the outcome.
Drip.
Naruto stared at Kakashi, just inches away, his foxlike slit pupils wavering.
He had clearly seen how, after their attacks collided for an instant, Kakashi hadn't pressed on. Instead, he had dispelled the Thunderclap and twisted