The team all realized that they needed to break out of genjutsu, and fast! There was only one reliable way to do such a thing in the heat of the moment, and that was bodily harm. Each of them produced a kunai and made an easily reachable wound so it could be pressed in case of another genjutsu. The five of them broke out, but Raizo did not, as he was quickly swarmed by the illusory clones of Motoki.
As the genjutsu faded, Yahiko and Daichi completed their jutsu. Daichi augmented the crustacean as it suddenly bolstered in size and sprouted additional limbs. Yahiko held out a hand and the six began to be pulled closer in his direction. Shortly after this happened, they began their counterattack, hoping their offense would break through for them before they were pulled too close.
Chiyo commanded some of her puppets to behead Okuda in case he managed to escape the swamp somehow. Some other puppets moved toward Raizo in an attempt to free him from the genjutsu with pain. Darui unleashed a powerful blast of Black Lightning that lethally slammed into Motoki. He grinned with success-- now Pain wouldn't be able to bring back any bodies!
Jiraiya summoned a shadow clone that wasn't effect by the pulling force, letting it use Swamp of the Underworld against the rapidly approaching cobra, stopping it in its tracks. The clone then summoned a medium sized toad and substituted with the actual Jiraiya, giving him another vantage point of attack. Even with most of the paths disabled, he knew there was no underestimating Nagato... he summoned Fukasaku and Shima, quickly filling them in on what was happening as they sat upon his shoulders and began gathering natural energy.
Genji and Kitsuchi both launched powerful jutsu with different intents. Genji used his Sky Release to command powerful winds with the intent of separating Yahiko and Daichi, but mainly removing them from the crustacean. Kitsuchi's target was the crustacean itself, and he made large pillars of stone rip themselves from the ground, knocking the crustacean up to where it fell on its back, crushing Daichi in the process.
The six fell back to the ground as Yahiko's gravitational pull failed him, the powerful winds of Genji's Howling Typhoon removing him from position. Raizo yelled in pain, and the five saw that Toshikasu had impaled Raizo with a serrated tail blade.
"NO!" Jiraiya cried out as he spat out a quick oil-infused fireball, incinerating what was left of the damaged robotic body. Chiyo rushed over to try and heal Raizo, but turned away from him once she observed the injury.
"Pierced straight through the heart... there's no coming back from that..." she said grimly.
"But there is one path left! Pain will soon fall!" Genji declared, pointing his sword at Yahiko as he stood up from the ground, grimacing at how quickly the tides of battle turned against him.
"Your childish dreams of vengeance
and playing god are over, Nagato!" Jiraiya shouted.
"No... not yet..." Yahiko muttered. This couldn't be the end!
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"DAMN HIM!" Nagato screamed, shaking in fury from the device he was sitting on. He no longer felt any drain on his chakra from the metal rods protruding from his back. Jiraiya and his team had truly dismantled the Six Paths of Pain. All that was left was Yahiko's body, and he couldn't take on the five shinobi by himself.
"You have to get Yahiko out of there!" Konan urged him. The two were near the battlefield, but in a hidden location. Nagato was vulnerable when channeling the six paths, as he had to be seated within a machine that greatly enhanced his channeling powers at the cost of his vitality. Konan always protected him in these instances.
"No... I REFUSE to let them win!" Nagato growled through clenched teeth. He made strained noises of pain as he began to forcefully detach himself from the channeling device.
"What are you doing?" Konan asked with worry as she walked over to him and tried to push him back on his seat, but he had freed himself from the device and fell to the floor.
"They know too much about the six paths... there is only one way to defeat them now..." Nagato said lowly as Konan helped him up.
"No... you can't! You've used up quite a bit of chakra in this fight already, and you need to rest to fully recover your body!" Konan urged him.
"Yahiko will still hold the powers of the Deva Path... but they cannot deal with one man holding the other five..." Nagato said, lightly pushing Konan away as he began to walk towards the illusion covering the only entrance to their hiding spot.
"Nagato!" Konan exclaimed with concern.
"Come, Konan. The three of us will fight side by side. Just like old times," Nagato said with a smile.
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"Let's just end him already!" Chiyo shouted, swarming him with her grandfather's ten puppets. Yahiko held out his hands and knocked them all back with an aura of force. Darui quickly unsheathed his cleaver sword. He was the only one that knew that there was now a window of opportunity to take him down!
Darui rushed forward and swung his blade at Yahiko, but it met resistance as a sudden shield composed of several chakra-hardened paper sheets appeared. Yahiko held a hand out and knocked Darui back with the force again as Konan slowly descended down from the sky, long paper wings emerging from her back.
"Konan, this is your only chance to step down! We both know you're not enough to protect him!" Jiraiya urged her.
"I am an angel," Konan said, "a messenger of god. Swift judgment will be delivered upon you invaders."
Jiraiya was about to say something else, but his eyes widened as someone body flickered between Yahiko and Konan. He would recognize that blood red hair anywhere. Nagato looked him directly in the eyes with the Rinnegan.
"Die."*Critical Decision*
What will you do? Running
is an option!