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Legacy of the Messiah

Chapter9: Battle in the Snow

Fire Country: Tanzaku Town

"Are you sure this is the place?" Naruto asked as the team arrived with Sandayu right behind them.

Yugito nodded, "she's definitely inside".

"Alright I'll go in first, try and talk to her. If that doesn't work well...I'll just let you handle it Yugito," he said to her and she nodded in understanding.

"Good luck," Yugito said as he entered the establishment.

He found Yukie sitting at the darkened counter and approached her carefully. "Excuse me," he said as he narrowly passed a man wearing a hat which covered his eyes putting himself between the actress and the man. The man just kept walking as Naruto turned to the actress sitting at the bar, "Fujikaze Yukie I presume?"

"Who wants to know?" she asked sending him a sideways glance.

"Uzumaki Naruto," the Chunin answered simply.

"...You're a little too young for me kid," she told him trying to get a rise out of him.

It didn't work, "old enough to kill, old enough to screw around". He turned his attention downwards to her neck and something caught his attention, "..."

"Quit staring pervert," she shot at him.

Naruto just ignored it however, "that necklace you have..." She froze at the mention of it, 'what is this feeling? It's like the feeling I got from the Shodaime's necklace but...it's different'.

"It's nothing," Yukie said turning away.

Naruto shook it off, "who are you really?"

She looked at him for a moment before she answered, "I'm nothing but a lie. Nothing but words on paper that are expected to be alive...what about you? Who are you really?"

"I...I don't know anymore...or perhaps I never did," he answered truthfully.

Yukie chuckled darkly, "then you should just go home".

"...Your right," Naruto said and turned back towards the door. "You're broken; nothing but a shell for a lie," he said as he passed her towards the exit.

She shuddered slightly as he passed her, 'that boy...he's just like him,' she thought remembering the man who had saved her ten years ago.

"Well how did it go?" Sakura asked once he was outside.

"Not as well as I'd hoped...Yugito get too it," he said and the Kumo nin nodded. She entered the bar a moment later with the others close behind, "we should make this fast".

"Raikyu," Yugito whispered and sent a small ball of lightning at the actress causing her to instantly freeze up and fall into unconsciousness. "I only used enough chakra to disable her; there's no permanent damage of any kind".

"Good; Sasuke help me with her," Naruto said as he threw her arm over his shoulder and the Uchiha reluctantly got the other arm. Naruto turned to the manager and asked, "Where to now?"

Snow Country: Unknown Location

"She has the Hex Crystal; there is question that she is Kazahana Koyuki, your niece," the leader of the Yuki-nins stated as he bowed on one knee.

The Snow Daimyo merely chuckled, "interesting".

"She's not alone however; my spy says she is being guarded by Team Kakashi," the leader finished.

"Kakashi? As in the Hatake Kakashi?" the female of the group asked with a small smirk.

"It would appear he has personally trained her escort though he does not appear to be a member of the team," the leader replied with a nod.

"I heard he became the Hokage," the last man mused.

"Even without Kakashi the team is extremely dangerous on their own," the leader continued. "The leader of the group is Uzumaki Naruto, the holder of Rinnegan".

"Uzumaki...that's a name I haven't heard in awhile," the Daimyo said. "I thought they all perished at the fall of the Whirlpool Country...he's probably that woman's brat," he mused.

"So the Prince of Whirlpool huh? Sounds like fun," the female said as a grin spread across her face.

"His team-mates are nothing to joke about either; the heir to the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Sasuke is on the team as well. Then there's the Raikage's granddaughter who appears to be acting as an ambassador to Konoha now," the leader stated clearly.

The Snow Daimyo chuckled at that, "in the end it will be a clash of fate".

Snow Country: Film Ship / Ocean

"I know this is a mission and Hokage-sama picked us for the job but I really can't stand that woman," Yugito said annoyed. "She may be a good actress but her people skills could use some work".

"It's not so bad Yugito; it could always be worse," Naruto shrugged and leaned back on the railing of the ship. "Our mission is to protect her; we have to do it even if we don't like it".

"I don't think guarding a pampered actress will be that difficult," Sasuke said looking over the railing at the sea bored.

Naruto just shook his head at that, "we thought the same about that old drunk Tazuna on our mission to Wave Country. If you remember we had to fight Momochi Zabuza, the Demon of the Mist and his apprentice".

"That was different," Sasuke grunted.

"...Maybe but...I don't think that Sandayu guy is telling us everything," Naruto said as he looked over at the way everyone was about to start filming. "Everyone be on your guard just in case; something is definitely wrong here," he said as he remember the feeling he got from the actress's necklace.

Snow Country: Iceberg

"...What the hell is this?" Yugito asked upon seeing the massive cluster of ice and snow which had created a floating island in the middle of the sea.

"That is an iceberg," Naruto said simply.

"Everyone! We're shooting the next scene here! Get ready!" the assistant director shouted to the film crew. "Okay scene 36! Cut 22!" they started shooting a moment later.

It was cut short however when the mountain behind where the villain character, exploded blowing ice down the side and leaving a large hole in the side of it.

"Err...is that a part of the movie?" Sakura asked nervously.

"I don't think so," Naruto said as he jumped in front of the film crew or more specifically Yukie. 'Rinnegan,' his eyes shifted slightly as his doujutsu activated as Yugito and Sasuke came up at his side flanking Yukie while Sakura hung back.

"Hey what are you all doing?!" the assistant director shouted at them.

"Everyone get back to the ship!" Naruto shouted over his shoulder.

On top of the cliff a single figure rose from the ground, "it appears you're as good as they say Uzumaki Naruto," he spoke.

"Who the hell are you?" Naruto asked him with narrowed eyes.

"Roga Nadare, it's a pleasure to meet you Prince of Whirlpool," the Yuki nin said with a smirk.

"Prince?" Sakura asked not understanding.

"I'll explain later," Naruto said over his shoulder though he didn't take his eyes off of the man.

"Naruto on the left!" Yugito called out and Naruto turned to spot another Yuki nin standing on the nearby pillar of ice though it was a girl this time.

"Greetings Princess Koyuki, I do hope you're still carrying around the Hex Crystal," the girl said with a smirk.

The entire group were surprised by the declaration and cast a look at the unmoving form of Fujikaze Yukie.

"W-what does that mean?" Yugito asked uncertain.

"It doesn't matter right now; remember the mission," Naruto said getting everyone back to attention.

"One more on the right," Sasuke said upon seeing another Yuki nin emerge from the ground further down side of the mountain though this one was male.

"Impressive Uchiha but it's still not good enough," the newcomer said clearly.

"Yugito you take the guy on the right, Sasuke take the girl and Sakura you cover Yukie or whoever she is," Naruto ordered.

"Fubuki, Mizore, you take care of the princess while I deal with him," Nadare said and jumped down with Fubuki following a moment later.

"Raikyu!" Yugito called out as she jumped clear of the group and threw the lightning ball at the approach Mizore who appeared to be riding a snowboard.

"Out of my way little girl!" the Yuki nin shouted as the ball of lightning seemed to hit an invisible wall just before impact and was nullified.

'That's...' Yugito thought as she dodged to the side to avoid the incoming attack. Mizore slid right passed her and turned to face her once more, 'that's definitely Chakra Armour but I've never heard of it being this advanced before'.

"Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu!" Sasuke called out as he expelled seven small blazing fireballs at the pink-haired Yuki-nin. Fubuki dodged most of them but the ones that hit just seemed to splash along some kind of invisible barrier, 'what is that?'

"Is that the best you've got?" Fubuki chuckled and back-flipped away from him while she quickly made several hand-seals. "Hyoro no Jutsu," she whispered as she touched back down. The ground in front of her expanded in the form of ice towards where Sasuke stood, "I'm going to freeze your balls off kid".

Sasuke grimaced and jumped away only to be caught by the ice. His body suddenly changed into a fire lamp with an explosive tag connected to it. The tag exploded sending ice shards scattering across the battlefield. Sasuke suddenly emerged from the ground below Fubuki and she turned to face him only for her eyes to wide upon seeing his attack.

"Chidori!" the Uchiha called out as he struck with the technique only for that damn barrier she had to hold it back. She knocked him away and took to the skies on a pair of robotic wings, 'I fractured her armour but nothing short of another Chidori is going to be enough to break through it'.

"Shinra Tensei," the top of the mountain exploded as a result of the sudden of a massive blast of concentrated gravity. Nadare landed on the edge of the main slope and smirked. Naruto stood atop one of the neighbouring snow pillars, 'this guy is as strong as Kabuto, maybe stronger'.

"If you keep that up your going to bring the whole mountain down on us you know?" the Yuki leader smiled knowingly.

"Guys! They're using chakra armour! Ninjutsu and Genjutsu are useless against them as long as they're wearing those things!" Yugito shouted out the rest of the team.

"We know!" Naruto shouted back as Nadare made a hand-seal.

"Hyoton: Haryu Moko!" the Yuki leader said with a smirk and suddenly the mountainside came alive as a half-dragon half-tiger formed from the gathered ice.

"Shinra Tensei," Naruto whispered and the barrelling ice beasts shattered. He looked up at the where the Yuki leader stood grinning, 'damn this guy, there's no openings at all'.

"Give up kid; you can't beat me," Nadare spoke confidently.

In response Naruto raised his hand towards him and whispered two simple words. "Bansho Tenin," Nadare was surprised when he felt his body being pulled towards Naruto who had already cocked his other fist back. "You're an ass! You know that!" he yelled as he landed the monstrous punch to the Yuki leaders face.

"That hurt," Nadare growled out as he stood up from the snow again. "You're going to pay for that, your majesty".

The old Naruto would have most likely kept fighting until one of them fell but things had changed. Despite feeling the same way as before Naruto knew that his team were at a serious disadvantage here and it was only a matter of time before they all fell. He made a quick decision without taking his eyes off of the Yuki leader...

"Sakura! Use every explosive tag you have! Blanket the entire iceberg! Sink it!" Naruto shouted over his shoulder surprising everyone including the assembled Yuki nins.

Sakura nodded nervously at that, "alright!"

"Are you insane?! You'll die too!" Nadare sneered.

Naruto just grinned, "We'll see about that bastard".

"Mizore! Stop the girl!" Nadare shouted to his team-mate.

Mizore nodded at the order and slid passed Yugito. "Oh no you don't," the Kumo Chunin growled as she took off after him.

'Oh no,' Sakura's eyes widened as he approached.

Just before he reached her however, Yugito jumped down between the two with her arm now covered in what looked like flames. "Kaizuki!" she called out as she made to slash the Yuki nin and appeared to clash against some kind of barrier. "Damn it I can't hold him forever! Hurry it up pinkie!" Yugito called out over her shoulder.

Sakura nodded and opened her cloak revealing dozens of kunai with bags attached to them. She started throwing them up towards the mountain one after the other in quick succession until they were all gone. She then drew a kunai with an explosive tag and threw it at the wide array of bags.

"Sakura Fubuki no Jutsu, enjoy," the tag detonated in a magnificent light followed by the booming sound of an explosion. This was soon followed by the contents of the bags exploding as well, increasing the blast tenfold. The entire iceberg shook as the ice splintered and cracked under the pressure and heat from the blast.

"Every get back to the ship!" Naruto shouted as he jumped away from Nadare.

The rest of Team Kakashi disengaged from their own fights and hurried towards the ship they had come on where the film crew had already fled. The Team Snow couldn't catch them in time since they had to worry about escaping the shattering iceberg themselves. Back on the ship Team Kakashi and the film crew watched as the entire iceberg shattered and its remains floated on the ocean surface. The ship had already started moving away from the area as Team Snow watched them leave.

"I think this mission just got a lot harder..." Naruto sighed.

Author's Notes:

I'm only going to say this once so listen up; Naruto doesn't have the mentality yet to find out about Minato and not blow up. As you have seen Naruto's personality has slowly been changing over the course of the story so far, he is growing so as to adapt to the situation but like I said before he cannot handle the knowledge that Minato is his father yet.

As for the Kushina part last chapter well how else do I explain this; Naruto has never known her because she's long since dead. He may have wanted to know who she was but Jiraiya never knew for sure in this story (and in the Manga since he forgot her name when he was talking to Tsunade), the Sandaime only knew her clan name so he couldn't really tell Naruto anything significant because he didn't know. Tsunade was out of the village all over the time so naturally she couldn't have told him anything and as for Kakashi...from what I've seen in the manga he only knew about Minato not Kushina.

I know the ending is a bit rushed but I need to save the next seen for the next chapter. That's actually the reason this chapter took so long to get out; I couldn't decide on an ending to it.

Translation

Rikudō-Sennin = Sage of Six Paths

Raikyu = Lightning Ball

Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu = Fire Release: Phoenix Immortal Fire Technique

Hyoro no Jutsu = Ice Prison Technique

Chidori = Thousand Birds

Shinra Tensei = Divine Judgement

Hyoton: Haryu Moko = Ice Release: Piercing Dragon Fierce Tiger

Bansho Tenin = All Creation Attraction

Kaizuki = Fire Blade

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