[table][row][cell]Team Botan Nakano[/cell][cell]Kamui Kaiyou | Makaira Kumonga[/cell][/row][row][cell][sup][color=#2E2C2C]_______________________________________________[/color][/sup]
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[cell] [color=gold]"We need to leave. NOW![/color]

It all happened so quickly. Not a moment had Ichika returned that the waves almost parted beneath, the sea boiled and foamed, and from out of the depths, a monstrous dull yellow hand burst forth and caught the remains of the falling cliff and was followed shortly by the rising grinning maw of something truly gigantic. Botan nearly fell backwards at the sight of it. He'd... seen the eight tails rampage, but never up close. And here was the one tail, tremendous and grinning and yelling, easily crushing the falling cliff face that had threatened to end them a second ago into sand; and that sand whirled like a storm becoming part of the creatures rising body. The whole sea trembled with its every movement.

Atop that behemoth's head was the water-logged, purple form of Tomoyuki. Was he alive? He must be if he was still connected to the beast... There were rumbles from deep beneath the waves, tossing the water-bound slug all around, along with all those upon her. That was... probably the caves down below. Botan's heart sank. He could only hope that Arisu was still alive... who knew? Maybe she stood a better chance than he did... He clung to Katsuyu as best he could and rushed to intercept his genin. 

Maka was on her feet and well balanced, as expected, but Kamui hadn't moved a muscle and was in the exact same cross-legged position, but sideways and about to fall off the slug! Botan grabbed him by the collar of his kimono and pulled him back up.

[b][color=#FFB7C5]"S-some weather we're having... heh... heh..."[/color][/b], he heard one of the Leaf genin say. He looked over to see the pink-haired fae boy with a decided worried smile backing up against Mizuraki-sama for balance. Remi was his name, Botan recalled, as he held Kamui's collar tightly. Sea water whipped his face as he pressed back towards his brother and the others.

[b]"I can... reseal the beast but... it would be more certain with your help... The Mokuten Technique is well regarded in-"[/b], but Botan was interrupted when Kamui's eyes burst opened and glowed white. The boy stood up, his muscles tensed, his face straining and baring teeth, and, as he arched his back, the unmistakable visage of a tail of that same horrible red chakra sprouted behind him: he'd awakened his own demon. Botan let go of his genin's collar and put a hand on his shoulder and Kamui dropped his head and panted a little. He was in control.

He jetted towards the hulking grinning one tail, ignoring the laughter and landing a punch in it center mass and giant plumes of coral burst from it like enormous petals of blue lily. Kamui let out a roar as the one tailed demon of sand tried to close around the tiny turtle jinchuuriki and swallow him up in his stomach. Botan didn't see the boy blast through the beast's sand stomach, leaving a hole, which would quickly be filled in. The slug was moving quickly away from the area with great speed, taking advantage of the One-Tail's distraction to make a quick surge... That meant that he'd have to pray that Kamui would not succumb and that he could maintain control. There wasn't even the pretense of the element of surprise now; they would just have to make their assault.

As soon as they were within range, a huge dragon made of water rose from the waves and chased towards them and Hiro, who had hitherto been silent, jumped for the dragon before anyone could stop him and whipped a huge blade of wind through the center of it, horizontally bisecting it. The lower jaw fell back into the water, but the top shakily continued forward ramming into Hiro and dragging him into the sea with it. There was no time to stop. More attacks were coming. Botan pushed to the head of the slug, sat cross-legged, concentrated, and made a collection of hand seals, one after the other. The ocean beneath them began to bubble. A large field of small bubbles rose out of the water and Botan reached out with his hands, opened his eyes wide and lightning leapt from his hands into the bubbles. With a wave of his arms, the little balls of electrical water began to bombard the beach and all those on it. It was costly, but it would hopefully provide enough cover fire that they would lose no one else.

Meanwhile, the caves below had begun to collapse and whole sections flooded with water. The children had been separated by falling debris, but so had their opponents. Now, Natsuo and Bakuto were locked in a cave with the sword girl while the earth user boy was unconscious under rocks and bleeding out. The third was no where to be seen and wherever Ari and Yue were, neither genin could know either.

[b]"Give up your mission"[/b], said the masked sword girl, her sword drawn and beginning to glow, [b]"Or you will die here."[/b]

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