Naruto wasn't angry, he wasn't pissed, no, he was absolutely livid.

In his fury, he managed to gain access to his volatile Chakra Cloak and was promptly kicking Yagura's ass with three of his bijuu's tails.

'Grrr, impossible!' the Sanbi Jinchuuriki yelled in is mind, he could not say it vocally as Naruto never even gave him time to open his mouth.

To be more specific, Naruto was whacking Yagura away at high speeds while somehow managing to hit him as he flies through the air. (Think of Lee's fight in the Chuunin exams against Gaara) Mei was watching with awe at Naruto's sudden burst of power but the mixture of blood lust and rage that came off from him seemed to fuse with Yagura's creating heavy tension around them; and it was so incredibly thick that Mei had difficulty breathing and she had to retreat back to land.

She had brought along Chojuro's body and placed him gently on the cool grass and kneeled down to see the extent of Yagura's attack.

Chojuro's sword Hiramekarei had sunk into the lake unfortunately and Mei could not get it because of the fight.

His lung was punctured, and there was a hole in his chest, he wasn't breathing anymore either. He as still as the ground he was lying on.

Mei again became overcome with sadness and put a hand on Chojuro's face, only to find that it was still warm.

Could it be?

She quickly put her head onto his chest, and sure enough his heart was still pumping, slow and weak, but still pumping, and that's all that mattered. Mei quickly surveyed the damage once again and did what she could to help her colleage.

Mei was by no means a medic-nin, but she had more knowledge on the subject than anyone else, aside from Haku, and right now, she was the only one who could save Chojuro.

'Naruto, I can't help you in this battle, please win, and be safe...'

He was up against the Mizukage, she knew that was dangerous, but right now, the only one who could match Yagura's power, was Naruto.

Mei rolled up her sleeves and began to work on Chojuro's wound.

She then rolled up her sleeves and began to work.

Back to the fight with Yagura, Naruto kicked the side of his face in with a powered round house kick, and proceeded to engage him with his sword.

Yagura took out his staff and began to block all of Naruto's strike, however with each block he was being pushed back further and further.

'This, this cannot be! How is this boy more than 10 years my junior able to force me back!?'

Naruto then raised Kubikiribocho over his head and smashed Yagura's staff repeatedly in downward smashes, Yagura could do nothing but attempt to stop Naruto from his barrage.

'NO! I can't lose here! Not to this boy!' The Mizukage frantically thought and inwardly forced more of his Bijuu's Chakra into his system.

"RAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH"

Dense blue chakra was expelled from Yagura's body in the form of a sphere and knocked Naruto away.

When he recovered, he realized that the chakra Yagura was still releasing was so thick, it covered every inch of his body, not showing anything to the naked eye.

Naruto knew, even in his enraged state that something was wrong; he rushed back to Yagura, sword in hand and struck at the chakra-dense covered kage.

To his surprise, the sword struck true, what was unsettling was that Yagura not only had his Bijuu armor back, but now it had a chakra cloak, much like his own but instead of being clear like his was, it was thicker, saturated with chakra, so much in fact it looked as if it was solidified. (Think of Naruto's 4 tails mode, but blue, and in the shape of armor)

Our hero's sword was being caught, and held between the fingers of Yagura's hand who didn't show any signs of letting go.

The Yondaime Mizukage launched a fist at Naruto's unprepared face, the hit catapulted him away where he immediately backflipped into a feral position with all four of his limbs touching the water.

Yagura did some handseals and shouted "Suiton: Uramiame!" (Water Release: Grudge Rain)

Dark clouds appeared over the water, and it rained, HARD.

Even though they were little droplets of water it felt like little water bullets made of ice. Naruto could not even evade because of the widespread area of the attack.

Thankfully the technique could not reach Mei and Chojuro, apparently the cost of chakra for this particular jutsu was massive, so much that Yagura was actually breathing heavily. And that meant trouble for Naruto.

He couldn't escape the rain, that much was certain, but the little projectiles were only a minor annoyance so he began to once again engage Yagura in close quarter combat.

Naruto launched himself from his crouching position, his speed making waves of water appear as he sped over to Yagura. Using both Kubikiribocho and a clawed hand, he attacked the weary Mizukage, while Yagura again blocked with the best of his ability.

This went on for about five minutes, when Naruto realized something strange, he was tiring out! Somehow the roles had been reversed, as they parted from their blows, Yagura stood tall and proud while Naruto was wheezing and panting, his chakra cloak barely being kept intact.

"Whats... Happening...? Why am I so tired all of a sudden?" Naruto said, much desperation and confusion in his voice.

The smile Yagura had grew wider, and with arrogance he answered the teen, "You see this rain?" He said pointing to the continuous downpour of his technique.

"Yeah, what about it?" Naruto voiced, the rain was hurting even more than before! Wait! It couldn't be! Naruto eyes widened in surprise and Yagura's ever growing smirk grew so wide, one could say he was happy.

"Oh figured it out didya? Suiton: Uramiame (Water Release: Grudge Rain) is a technique used to sap away enemy chakra! Normally this would be used by multiple shinobi in a group due to sheer chakra size alone! I had to scale it down to conserve my chakra supply, but by now it seems you're running empty now no?" Yagura watched the black haired teen prepare to strike again, only to fall face flat on the water his chakra cloak gone.

"What!? My... My cloak!" Naruto exclaimed in surprise and dread,

"HAHAHAHAHA! Seems i was right! You have no power left! The left over chakra you have remaining is all you can do to keep yourself atop the water!"

Yagura then calmly walked over to Naruto's prone body and raised a hand, which glowed a dark blue.

"When you see your friend in the afterlife, I want you to explain how you failed"

The Sanbi Jinchuuriki swiped his hand down with full intention of it being used to smash Naruto's brain, only to be met with nothing but water.

The resulting force pushing the water down then back up again in a great geyser.

"What!? How could he move in his condition!?" Yagura frantically looked around when his eyes found a crystallized mirror with both Naruto, Haku and Ao in front of it.

The cavalry had arrived.

AN

HOLY CRAP I am sorry for the long wait for only 1000 words, I PROMISE the next one will be at least 7,000

There was just so much crap going on during my summer that its crazy, but I won't bother you with the details.

So how'd you like/dislike this chapter? Aside from length please tell me what was good and/or bad with it!

-Aergaia