Fierce Battle III

"Truly, as expected of Jiraiya-sensei." Pain's Rinnegan stared intently at Jiraiya, his hands rapidly Hand Seals. "Summoning Technique!" Bang bang, two identically dressed figures appeared around Pain.

Jiraiya stared in astonishment at the three Pain, muttering, "How is this possible? There are three of them with the Rinnegan?"

At this moment, Fukasaku and Shima started arguing over a single word.

"Hurry up and finish cleaning, I still need to go home and cook."

"Honey, forget about dinner for now. Look into his eyes; it's the legendary Rinnegan. We need to be extra careful."

I don't care.

"What? I was worried about you!"

Suddenly, Pain's Human Path rushed towards Jiraiya at lightning speed. He moved so fast that he became a series of afterimages, and in the blink of an eye, he was in front of Jiraiya. He clenched his right fist and punched Jiraiya all his might.

No sooner said than done, Jiraiya's fist arrived first, striking Human Path hard in the face. Human Path froze, and in the next instant, he was sent flying like a rag doll, tumbling several times on the ground before crashing heavily into the rubble with a loud bang, sending up a cloud of dust.

Jiraiya blasted the Human Path, looked at the two Pain in front of him, and said, "Watch this." He quickly Hand Seals, "Sage Art Sage Art: Goemon!" A large amount of Toad Oil mixed with pillars of fire rushed towards the two in front of him.

Seeing Jiraiya's attack, the two Pain' expressions didn't change at all. Pain's Preta Path took a few steps forward, raised his hands to block the pillar of fire. The pillar of fire rushed in front of the Preta Path and then mysteriously disappeared.

"What? Gone?" Jiraiya exclaimed in surprise, then looked at the Preta Path, "Could it be... I guess I'll have to test it out." Thinking this, Jiraiya Hand Seals, "Fire Style: Great Flame Bullet," and opened his mouth to spew out a huge pillar of fire, much more powerful than an ordinary pillar of fire, surging towards the three Pain.

Pain, the Preta Path, remained standing in the same spot, simply raising his hands to block the pillar of fire and slowly absorbing it.

"Next, how about we try close combat?" Jiraiya's expression turned serious as he looked at the Preta Path.

********************************

Above the battlefield between Jiraiya and Pain, on the top of a building, Uzumaki Hane is fighting against two giant dogs and Konan.

Moo! Suddenly, the giant bull roared and charged at Uzumaki Hane from behind.

With a moo, the giant bull instantly charged behind Uzumaki Hane, its sharp horns aimed at Uzumaki Hane's back.

"Hah..." Uzumaki Hane clearly knew of the giant bull's arrival. He turned around instantly, and at the same time, his hands rapidly expanded to ten times their original size. He grabbed the two huge bull horns, let out a loud shout, and leaped onto the top of the giant bull's head.

The giant bull was furious to find Uzumaki Hane on its head and struggled desperately to shake Uzumaki Hane off. But Uzumaki Hane clung tightly to the bull's two horns, sitting firmly on its head and refusing to be shaken off.

In mid-air, Konan looked at the Uzumaki Hane above the giant bull's head. With a flap of its wings, it shot out countless sharp pieces of paper, densely packed, flying towards the Uzumaki Hane.

Uzumaki Hane frowned, opened his mouth and spat out a large amount of lava, covering all the pieces of paper in front of him. In the end, the paper pieces were burned to ashes.

Immediately afterward, Uzumaki Hane shouted, "Hell Hound!" and his right hand pierced through the giant bull's head in an instant. The next moment, the giant bull vanished into smoke with a bang.

As Uzumaki Hane on the ground, two giant dogs rushed to her side, flanking Uzumaki Hane from the left and right.

With a roar, the two giant dogs opened their bloody maws and simultaneously lunged at Uzumaki Hane.

Uzumaki Hane's lips curled up, and he leaped forward, dodging the giant dog's attack. Bang! The two giant dogs failed to bite Uzumaki Hane and instead collided together, letting out several mournful howls.

"Drink!" Uzumaki Hane forcibly twisted his body in mid-air, put his hands Great Eruption, and unleashed a massive Rock Fist that slammed down on the two giant dogs below.

Boom! The giant dog was instantly destroyed, but the Rock Fist, still powerful, slammed heavily into the building.

With a deafening roar, the building collapsed and melted, and Uzumaki Hane fell down with it.

*********************************************

Below, Jiraiya was fighting Pain and the Pain. Jiraiya clung to the wall, his four feet on the ground, transforming into Toad feet. With a bang, he leaped out, his speed so fast it was as if he had teleported above the Preta Path. "Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan!" He raised a giant Rasengan in his right hand and crushed it down on the Preta Path below.

The Preta Path remained expressionless, stretching out his hands to embrace the enormous Rasengan. Gradually, the Rasengan vanished from his grasp.

"Watch out!" Fukasaku suddenly warned. Jiraiya realized that Human Path Pain had somehow appeared behind him and was preparing to attack.

Jiraiya twisted his body in mid-air and then kicked at the Human Path. Bang! The Human Path raised his right hand in front of his chest and steadily blocked Jiraiya's kick. The two of them were knocked back and landed on the ground.

With a whoosh, the other two Pain arrived in front of the Human Path. The three stood together, looking at Jiraiya. Neither side made any move easily, but the atmosphere grew increasingly tense, and a battle was about to break out.

Suddenly, a huge sound came from above.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Jiraiya looked up and saw that it looked like a volcanic eruption, with a huge amount of lava falling from the sky, as if a lava rain was falling.

The group was startled and retreated simultaneously. With a rumble, lava fell to the ground, instantly melting it.

Then a figure descended from the sky, Jiraiya immediately recognized it as Uzumaki Hane. He flashed and landed beside Uzumaki Hane.

"Yu, are you alright?" Jiraiya concern.

"It's nothing," Uzumaki Hane replied, looking curiously at the two Toad on Jiraiya's shoulders.

"Is this Jiraiya's Sage Mode?" Uzumaki Hane thought to himself.

With a whoosh, three figures landed in front of Jiraiya and Uzumaki Hane.

"You must be Uzumaki Hane, right? Come to think of it, this is our first meeting. I haven't even had a chance to say hello yet. I've been wanting to get to know you for a long time," the Animal Path said to Uzumaki Hane voice.

"Oh, you must be Pain, the leader of Akatsuki." Uzumaki Hane, not to be outdone, looked at Pain and his two companions and said with a smile.

"Jiraiya-sensei, Uzumaki Hane, since you two are here today, you might as well not leave. This is the best place for you to die," Animal Path continued.

"Hmph," Uzumaki Hane sneered, "Who lives and who dies is still uncertain. Jiraiya-sensei, it seems we'll have to fight side by side today."

Jiraiya said in a deep voice, "Yes, be careful."