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Nightfall!

Chapter 28: Unrivaled Potential

Naruto saw the wave and with a smile formed the seal for Doton. Slamming his hand into the ground a large wall appeared that would direct the water straight at the Mizukage's two remaining generals.

Naruto was shocked however when Yagura simply raised his staff and the Suiton jutsu changed direction and rose up above the wall only to come crashing down on the blond who quickly activated the Preta Path to absorb the jutsu.

"Interesting chakra conductor he has there" Naruto said to Itachi as the dirt wall came down.

"Do you think you can handle him?" Itachi asked.

"Yeah, he's much stronger than most of the other people I have fought with but I can't afford to fail. So I know I can win" Naruto said confidently.

"Good then I will take care of these two then" Itachi said.

The wall finished coming down and the twins were shocked to see that not only were Naruto and Itachi unharmed by the Mizukage's jutsu, they were barely even wet.

Yagura on the other hand had no expression on his face at all. "I take it that you are the pair who are responsible for the deaths of my generals" he said flatly.

"Yeah that's right" Naruto said.

"Such skill for one so young. To think I would have to soil my hands to take out a child" Yagura said.

"Well what are you waiting for let's go... Raiton: Lightning Dragon" Naruto yelled and a dragon made from lightning shot forward at Yagura.

Yagura waved his staff sending a torrent of water into the dragon which charged the water causing it to spark and with another flick of Yagura's wrist sent the static water flying toward the blond who expertly jumped back and away from the jutsu just before it hit.

"Your reflexes are good, and that was a powerful jutsu. But it's my turn now" Yagura said and he banded his staff on the ground three times. The first time all around Naruto water rose up into the air. The second, separated the water into thin blades that surrounded Naruto on all angles. And the final hit sent the blades flying at Naruto.

"Shinra Tensei!" Naruto said and the jutsu struck the gravity jutsu and faded in the intense gravity.

"Now this is interesting, what do you say we take this up a notch huh?" Yagura said.

"I thought you would never ask" Naruto replied.

(With Itachi)

The stoic Uchiha stood face to face with Yagura's two remaining generals. Neither side moving an inch waiting for the other to act first.

'There is two of them, so an ocular genjutsu wont work as it will leave me open to the other, I will have to do this the old fashioned way' "Katon: Grand Fireball" Naruto yelled.

A huge flame shot towards the two ninja who both quickly ran through there hand seals. "Sibling Collaboration: Aqua Mudslide" the yelled together at the same time. A thick mud shot forward and right through the flames unable to compete with the Doton and Suiton jutsu in perfect combination.

"Raiton: Lightning Bullet" Itachi said pointing his finger forward like a gun and firing off a large bolt of electricity that moved at incredible speeds.

"Collaboration Jutsu: Fire Storm" Fuuton and Katon jutsu combined and once more overpowered Itachi's jutsu barely even slowing down on it's path towards the stoic Uchiha who skillfully avoided the blast.

"You can't beat us with jutsu. We are always perfectly in sync, and together we can use all five elemental transformation's and we can combine them all for our collaborated jutsu" Niang said.

"There is a weakness to every tactic, it is just a matter of finding it" Itachi said evenly.

"I don't think he believes us, brother" Taniyama scoffed.

"Then let's give him another demonstration then" Niang replied and they both ran through separate hand seals. "Collaboration Jutsu: Burning Meteors" Niang slammed his hands onto the ground sending a large group of stones up into the air which were then ignited by Taniyama's Katon jutsu and sent careening towards Itachi who with the aid of his sharingan avoided the flaming rocks that exploded with a massive force when they hit the ground.

"Still want more, huh okay then... … Collaboration Jutsu: Static Wave" Niang yelled but this time his sister was not performing her half of the jutsu and the water half of the jutsu fell to the floor harmlessly.

"Taniyama where was your half of the jutsu!" Niang exclaimed loudly as he turned to face his sister which proved to be a mistake as Itachi shot forward and wrapped Niang up in a bear hug before exploding leaving a massive crater in the ground. When the smoke cleared however there was only a burnt log.

"Substitution huh" Itachi said passively as he walked out from behind a tree.

"What the hell was that!" Niang asked.

"Great clone explosion. You have both been fighting my shadow clone I tested it by using a genjutsu on your sister. I needed to find out how your jutsu work after all. It is rather simple really, one of you provides the power and the other provides the direction and shape. You are not a unbeatable ninja team as you say. Rather you are only two half ninja. Separate one from the other and your jutsu are useless. Your sister lacks the power in her jutsu to be a threat to anyone. And you lack correct shape manipulation. Together you are rather formidable. But apart you are nothing special" Itachi said confidently.

"Still we outnumber you two to one" Niang said.

"Is that so?" Itachi replied and in a puff of smoke three more versions of Itachi appeared. "Now I out number you. And as you lack the proper shape manipulation to make clones and your sisters clones would not have enough power to sustain themselves. Now shall we continue?" Itachi said.

The twins began to sweat slightly but prepared for an attack none the less.

(Meanwhile)

Jiraiya and the other members of the Yoinokuchi were standing in the middle of a group of loyalist Kiri ninja.

On Jiraiya's shoulder Shima formed several hand seals. "Now. Everyone down" Jiraiya said when Shima finished her jutsu.

Jiraiya stood still while Fukusaku spat out a stream of toad oil that was ignited by Shima, using a powerful Katon jutsu.

The flames were so powerful the enemy ninja in the area were completely burned away, bones and all.

"Where to now?" Akaru asked.

"We need to go sure up the cities defenses. We are falling too far back from the front lines" Jiraiya said.

"But what about Naruto and Itachi?" Akimi asked.

"We are going to have to leave them for now and trust that they will come back alive. Protecting the village is more important right now" Jiraiya said.

"What!, you are going to abandon them!" both Fuu and Akimi yelled.

"Don't you dare say that, Naruto is like a son to me! I would never just abandon him. But what they are doing won't mean anything if that city falls and Mei dies, and that is the last thing that they want" Jiraiya said.

"I believe that is what Naruto would want" Gaara said.

"But I can't just leave them" Akimi said.

"They can handle themselves. We have to believe in there ability" Akaru said.

"I agree, saving the village is what is important here" Haku said.

Fuu and Akimi looked like they still wanted to argue but nodded sadly and followed the others as they quickly made there way back to the village where several large siege weapons were set up firing massive four point shuriken and rocks into the village over the walls. Mei and several other Yoton users were using their Lava jutsu to melt as many of the incoming projectiles as they could.

Jiraiya's toad summons had retreated as far back as they could. The smaller toads on the walls and Gamaken and Gamahiro were fighting the enemy at the gates.

"We need to each take one of these weapon's take one out then make your way to the village as quickly as possible" Jiraiya said.

The others nodded and they split up each running at full speed towards the weapon they had targeted.

Fuu arrived at the back of a crowd of Kiri ninja and channeling some of Nanabi's chakra sent a small cloud of poison gas over the area of her target. She then ran through some hand seals and sent a spike of water crashing into the catapult bringing it down. The huge hoard of loyalist ninja turned around when they heard the weapon collapse but Fuu was already gone.

The next to arrive at their target was Akimi who had picked the sight that was furthest from where they had stated. 'The sooner we fight these bastards off the sooner we can go and help Naruto' she thought as she removed several kunai from her pouch and disappeared in a blur. The loyalist ninja by Akimi's target started dropping like fly's, all that any of them could see was a blur as Akimi would reappear sparking with her swift release chakra at full power and then she would fade again after another kill. Once the area was clear she placed several explosive tags and left as quickly as she came seconds before the explosion.

Zabuza took out his target with expert use of the silent killing technique. Cleaving the heads of the operators off before slicing his target weapon clean in half.

Akaru had used a long range high powered Raiton Jutsu to fry everything in the area of his target including the weapon.

Haku created a large dome of ice and hailed her targets with ice spears and senbon. Several of the Kiri ninja survived but the giant shuriken launcher was completely totaled by Haku's ice spear.

Gaara was far more brutal, he covered the entire area in his hand before compressing it, crushing his target and every singe ninja in the area along with it.

'Look's like everyone else is done' Jiraiya thought as he arrived at his target.

"How do you want to do this Jiraiya-chan?" Fukusaku asked.

"I think we should get it done fast. A large scale collaboration jutsu. I will supply the oil, you just need to add the fire and wind" Jiraiya said.

"Sage Art: Goemon!" Jiraiya yelled and the three parts combined to form a huge wave of boiling oil that eradicated everything in it's path. The head from the oil was so intense that when it hit the large wooden weapon he was targeting it burst into flames.

"It's done Jiraiya-chan. Let's get back to the village and help defend the walls" Fukusaku said.

(With Naruto)

Naruto and Yagura were firing jutsu at each other rapidly but neither could get the upper hand, the agility of the others made it impossible to hit on the rare occasion that one would not have a counter to a move.

"We seem to be evenly matched" Yagura said.

"I don't think so... Bansho Tennin!" Naruto exclaimed and forming a rasengan in his other hand slammed it into Yagura's stomach only for him to explode in a burst of water which then clung onto the blonds arm before it began to boil. "Shinra Tensei" the blond yelled blowing the water off his body leaving small patches of skin exposed from where the water had burnt through.

Yagura slowly rose out of a nearby puddle his face still an expressionless mask. "You are good but this fight is pointless, you cannot defeat me" he said.

"Well we will just have to wait and see, I still have plenty up my sleeve" Naruto said.

"It is pointless for you to try. You have taken on one fight too many" Yagura said.

"Is that so?... then I guess if I am going to go out, I may as well go out with a bang" Naruto said as he started forming hand seal's even with his perfect chakra control this one was a long chain of seals. "Time for my strongest Lightning attack, Raiton: Raijin's Revenge!" he yelled.

Lightning shot from all angles from the sky and the entire area around Naruto became a large dome of Raiton chakra. Pools of water were evaporating, the grass and leaves on trees crumpled up.

'Such incredible chakra, it shouldn't be possible. How can he stand to use that much and survive?' Yagura thought as the sky lit up almost blindingly as the lightning continued to become more and more condensed around the blond until he was complete covered.

The jutsu could be seen from miles away as it shone brighter than the sun. "Raijin's Revenge... Fire!" Naruto's strained voice came from inside the lightning dome. The second he said it the energy faded in an instant. Shooting up into the air. Leaving Naruto behind panting heavily sweat pouring from his face. The milliseconds felt like an age for Yagura who didn't know what to expect but suddenly the ground beneath his feet crumpled and bolt after bolt of lightning shot from the sky Yagura managed to deflect the first strike which blew a hole in the side of the a hill the size of a large house.

Then the bolts came fast. Constantly striking one after another. Dust rose into the air as the sound of the jutsu could be heard all over the Land of Water. In the end the jutsu in full only last a few seconds, but it felt like an age.

Naruto now stood on the edge of a massive crater that went so deep it had begun to fill with water at the bottom.

Naruto stood not ready to relax when a massive claw of aqua green chakra shot out of the water and wrapped Naruto in its grasp.

Emerging from the water was Yagura, his clothes torn and bleeding heavily but somehow still alive. "You are a best that needs to be put down, but you deserve some credit, you were able to force me into using Sanbi's chakra" the Mizukage said.

"Damn, what do I have to do to kill this guy" Naruto thought out loud.

"You're out of chakra, I can see it in your face, your fight is over now" Yagura said.

"Well I guess I am just going to need a recharge then... Preta Path" Naruto said and Yagura's three tailed cloak was completely absorbed into Naruto.

"You are able to absorb chakra and make it your own?" Yagura said a mixture of annoyance and begrudging respect in his voice.

"Yeah, this fight isn't over yet... not by a long shot" Naruto said, before he prepared for Yagura to recharge his Bijuu cloak.

Yagura didn't disappoint and his three tailed state returned. 'I need to find a way to end this. There is always Chibaku Tensei, but I will need to get far enough away from him to use it. And I don't see that happening I'm going to have to try a soul removal' the blond thought.

Yagura concentrated Sanbi's chakra into his feet and pushed off at a great speed shooting forward in an attempt to slam a fist into Naruto's face.

The blond had to resist the urge to repel the charging jinchuuriki with a Shinra Tensei, and instead opened his hand. Yagura struck and Naruto deftly slid out of the way placing his hand on the Mizukage's chest. "Human Path Soul Removal" Naruto said and the thin outline of Yagura's soul began to appear outside of his body.

Yagura's eyes widened but he found himself somehow unable to move as more and more of he soul appeared before him. Suddenly something snapped and a large fist made of chakra shot out from his body and knocked him away forcing Naruto to break his hold on Yagura's soul.

'Damn I was so close!' Naruto thought as he stared down Yagura who was looking over his body as if trying to make sure that everything was still where it should be.

"You... what are you? The ability to grab the soul of a living creature and drag it from it's body is not the power of a mortal. Nothing you do is normal. But that doesn't matter anymore, this ends now. I will destroy you and everything in this area!" Yagura said.

The Mizukage's body began to contort and change and then there was a giant spike in chakra levels that could be felt back at the village where the tide of battle had begun to turn towards the resistance side as units from nearby villages began to arrive to back up the defenders.

(Meanwhile)

The masked man was watching the proceedings with great interest while he was sitting down watching his puppet fight for him. "Interesting, he has already discovered four of the six paths. Something Nagato didn't do until after Jiraiya finished with him. But some still seems to be off about that boy, something I can't put my finger on" he said to himself as Yagura began to transform. 'Well it looks like Yagura is going all out. Let's see just how good you really are boy' he thought.

Elsewhere Itachi and his clones were on the offensive against the twins who were struggling to deal with the Uchiha's clones.

"We seem to be at a stalemate Uchiha, you can't catch us both in your optical genjutsu's and our combination jutsu are too powerful, face it you can't win" Niang taunted.

"And can you feel that... Yagura is about to finish your little friend. His final transformation has begun" Taniyama added.

Itachi didn't reply, he like everyone else in the area had seen and heard Naruto's battle with Yagura. And he knew exactly what the massive chakra spike he was feeling meant.

Slowly the stoic Uchiha's eyes began to change morphing from there usual sharingan form into the three point pinwheel of his Mangekyo Sharingan. 'I can't afford to waste anymore time on these two. I need to finish them off'.

At the village, the fighting seemed to have almost come to a halt. First the sky was set alight by Naruto's Raiton jutsu, and now the form of Sanbi was growing in the distance towering high over the landscape.

On the walls the members of the Yoinokuchi were standing in separate area's but were all looking at the newly formed Bijuu in awe.

Mei saw this and immediately kicked into business mode. "Yagura! We need to bring him down! At what ever the cost. Charge!" she ordered and jumped from the wall using her boil release to burn away any attackers that were nearby who were shocked at seeing their leader in that form.

Fuu was standing still on the wall as a thick cloak of chakra the same amber color as her eyes usually were. Her eyes now had gone blue and dome like increasing Fuu's range of sight. The chakra cloak began to cover her whole body and took the shape of a large Rhinoceros beetle. 'It's been a long time since I have done this... I just hope it still work's' she thought as two large insect wings made of chakra shot from the jinchuuriki's back and Fuu took off into the air covering Mei's charge with her poisons.

'So that is the ability of the Nanabi, I heard that rather than tails it had large wings but I didn't know that the jinchuuriki was able to fly with them' Jiraiya thought as he too jumped from the wall to join Mei's charge, along with the other Yoinokuchi ninja.

(With Yagura)

Naruto stood completely dwarfed by the giant turtle. And he didn't have time to calm his nerved when one of the tails shot forward at Naruto's location.

The blond was able to flip out of the way in time to avoid the blade like tail but the others continued to thrash and chase the blond around.

"Hahahaha Look at him run, it's only a matter of time little pest before I do away with you for good" Yagura yelled his voice distorted by the demons chakra and body.

Naruto escaped another blade and performed the seal for a Doton jutsu "Doton: Swamp of the Underworld" he yelled and the ground beneath on of the legs of the Sanbi turned into a swamp causing the giant turtle to fall over.

Not wanting to give the Bijuu form of Yagura time to recover Naruto decided to go on the offensive. "Fuuton: Decapitating Winds" he yelled throwing his arm in a large arc in front of his body sending the winds towards the turtle.

Yagura acted quickly and rolled over so his shell would face the brunt of the attack before pushing off with his free leg and tails freeing himself from the large swamp Naruto had created.

"You think I would be defeated by that, I must say you amuse me boy" Yagura taunted.

"Well I kind of hoped that it would have finished you off" Naruto replied.

"It's my turn now... Suiton: Sanbi Water Blast" Yagura yelled and a huge jet of water the size of the Hokage monument shot toward the blond.

"Shit there is no escaping that one... Shinra Tensei!" Naruto said pumping a large amount of chakra into the jutsu.

The land all around Naruto ripped up and the water was repelled. Yagura could only watch as even the Sanbi was tossed away unable to get a proper anchor on the ground.

"You... I hate you! And I hate those damn eye's of yours" Sanbi roared it had seemed that Yagura had lost his complete control over the Bijuu, who had now taken over.

"Well if you hate me, I guess you should try harder to kill me then" Naruto said, although he was unsure as to what to expect from this new development.

"No I have a better idea... I will kill your friends!" Sanbi roared before throwing his head up into the air.

A large black sphere was appearing in the sky as Naruto seemed to be shell shocked. 'What immense power, I don't think I can repel that even with my gravity manipulation, it's just too much. What can I do, everyone will be killed... I have to stop it' Naruto thought as his eyes began to redden.

Mei and the others had just broken through the enemy lines when they saw it, the massive orb of condensed chakra in the form of a large black ball that floated ominously in the sky. In the mouth of the massive turtle that stared right at them.

Sanbi fired. The air around the blast seemed to explode and the members of the resistance could only stare as their death approached, annihilating everything in it's path.

A split second before it hit however the ball was intercepted by a huge chunk of earth the size of a small village that flew into its path. The explosion it caused sent even the toughest of ninja to their knees in awe.

The area for miles around was blanketed in debris and smoke from the Bijuudama striking the large projectile of earth.

"My Attack what did you do!" Sanbi yelled in anger.

"I wont let you hurt them... Ever!" Naruto roared loud enough for the approaching army to hear his own voice distorted by demonic chakra.

A massive wind picked up and blew the dust away revealing Naruto covered in a cloak of chakra in the shape of a fox, three tails swinging behind him.

"You're a Jinchuuriki as well! How could I not sense Kyuubi's presence?" Sanbi roared.

Naruto couldn't respond, he was not in enough control of his body to answer the question and simply shot forward at blistering speed and grabbing Sanbi's tail threw the giant turtle into the air.

Naruto lifted both hands high above his head before bringing them down. And as if controlled by chakra strings Sanbi's flight stopped and it plummeted to the ground crashing into what once was a large hill that turned into a crater.

Jiraiya and the others stopped a safe distance away and could only watch on as Naruto continued his barrage.

'Amazing, the Rinnegan's jutsu powered by Kyuubi's chakra, his manipulation has gone to a whole new level. But I don't know how much longer Naruto can hold out until he looses himself completely' Jiraiya thought.

Sanbi picked himself up off the ground with a roar, but before he could attack Naruto the blond had continued his assault. Rock spears shot up from underneath the creature piercing it's arms and under its shell. There was an anguished roar of anger and pain from the giant turtle as he was once again blown away by a gravity.

(With Itachi)

With his Mangekyo Sharingan activated Itachi countered the combination jutsu used by the twins with an Amaterasu.

"Black flames? What the hell is this?" Taniyama said shocked as Amaterasu overpowered their combined jutsu forcing them to jump away.

"It doesn't matter, even with that jutsu, he wont be able to his us, we will always be able to escape" Niang taunted.

"Then I guess I have no choice" Itachi said as a large spectral figure formed above Itachi. "You are right, your combination jutsu make it almost impossible to get in close enough to finish you off without help. Although I am sure Naruto-kun would have little problems dealing with you both. However if Naruto is using Kyuubi's chakra like I suspect then they might need my help to suppress it and I cant stay and play with you both any longer. I have to finish this now with the sword of Totsuka" Itachi said.

The large spectral figure surrounding Itachi had a blade in one hand and a shield in the other. The bladed arm shot forward causing the twins to use a jutsu to try and stop it but it was no use, the blade shot through and pierced Niang's chest sealing his soul within the blade.

Taniyama watched in horror as her brother died. Her fear only lasted a second however as Itachi cast his blade toward her ending her life in the same way.

The Susanoo faded and Itachi covered his eyes as his vision slightly faded. 'I don't have time for this I need to go help out Naruto-kun' he thought as he reactivated his normal sharingan and took off in the direction of Naruto's battlefield.

In the distance the masked man was both impressed and annoyed. "I didn't expect him to be a jinchuuriki. And to the Kyuubi no less, this must be the son of the Yondaime Hokage. That would explain why that fool Jiraiya is hanging around. And you have certainly grown Itachi. A Mangekyo sharingan with the ability to fully awaken Susanoo is a rare and valuable thing. Maybe your brother will be more willing to join me when the time comes" he said to himself. As he turned his attention back to the fight with the two jinchuuriki.

(With Naruto)

It was not much of a fight anymore, the blond was in complete control and Sanbi was fading fast.

'Can't sustain this form any longer' Sanbi thought as Naruto struck with a Fuuton Jutsu that with the added power of Kyuubi cracked off a small part of his shell.

The large turtle collapsed and the chakra reseeded leaving Yagura sprawled out on the floor just as Itachi arrived.

Naruto quickly created two chakra rods in each hand and charged to finish the job but was caught in a genjutsu by Itachi.

The pair stood together before a large gate. "So this is what you really look like Kyuubi" Itachi said facing the cage.

"An Uchiha! Although you lack the stink of arrogance and evil that Madara once possessed" Kyuubi said.

"Itachi sensei what are you doing here?" Naruto asked.

"You won the fight Naruto, if you don't stop now, you might hurt someone, I'm here to help you suppress Kyuubi" Itachi said

"Don't listen to him boy, I can make you powerful. With those eyes and my chakra you will never be harmed again" Kyuubi said.

"Thanks for the offer Kyuubi, but I think for now I will go with my friends instead" Naruto replied.

Naruto and Itachi both held there hands out and forced chakra back into the cage.

Back outside the chakra shroud around the blond faded and his eyes returned to their normal purple color. Yagura was struggling to his feet.

"Well what are you waiting for boy? Come and kill me" Yagura said.

"No I will... You have sent this country on the wrong path for far too long, today that changes" Mei said walking forward authoritatively.

"Either way I am finished" Yagura said.

"Mei you don't have to, he still has plenty of supporters, if I kill Yagura they will hate me rather than you" Naruto said.

"No, we should let her do it. Yagura's supporters mostly believe in power, if Mei kills Yagura it is a symbol that she is the new power head in the country. They will be forced to accept her as the next Mizukage then" Jiraiya said.

Naruto sighed and stood back clearing the way for Mei. "Your rule of terror ends now... we will no longer be known as the Bloody Mist. From today Kiri and the Land of Water will begin to reach out and connect with the other lands" she said before sending a stream of lava at Yagura who didn't even try to block it as it covered his body.

The fighting stopped as word spread that Yagura had been killed. The loyalist troops that remained all surrendered, instantly pledging their loyalty to Mei.

Naruto and Itachi stood on the far edge both exhausted from their efforts and ready to collapse as others started celebrating and sending news to all the different parts of Kiri that Yagura's rule was no more and that the Yondaime Mizukage was dead.

"So, you won. You defeated a Kage alone with no help" Itachi said.

"I guess I did huh. The masked man didn't show himself though" Naruto sighed.

"What masked man?" Itachi asked.

"It doesn't matter, just something that I heard from Cou when I removed his soul. It's not important anymore" Naruto said as the other members of the Yoinokuchi ran over.

Fuu and Akimi both gave Naruto a huge hug when they arrived before telling him just how amazing his fight was.

Jiraiya and Itachi moved off to the side so they could leave Naruto to talk to the others. "Channeling the Kyuubi's chakra, makes his Rinnegan powers increase exponentially. And that was just three tails. Should he ever gain complete control of Kyuubi he may well be as powerful and the Rikudou Sennin" Jiraiya said as they watched Naruto be praised by the others as the resistance army arrived and the celebrations started.

"I agree, and I think the Kyuubi knows this as well, when I was inside the seal the Kyuubi offered to give Naruto all the power he needed as long as Naruto would do what Kyuubi wanted" Itachi said.

"Strange, I would have thought that Kyuubi would want to get out and be trying to have Naruto remove the seal" Jiraiya said.

"That's what I would have thought too. But it seems that Kyuubi finds Naruto to be worthy to keep around for now, even if it is only to be his tool. Then again it could have all been a lie in an attempt to get free" Itachi said.

"Either way we have seen a small glimpse of Naruto's true potential here today" Jiraiya sighed taking a seat on a small patch of grass that had somehow survived the battle that had just transpired.

In the distance the masked man stood in a tree, still looking down upon the battlefield. 'Well, looks like my time as Mizukage has come to an end. And from the looks of that boy completing my Moons Eye plan will be far more difficult than I had anticipated. Still for now things can go on as planned. I will not let the son of the Yondaime Hokage get in my way!' he thought before he disappeared into a vortex of time and space that came from his left eye.

End Chapter!

Well Yagura is dead and the Land of Water arc is almost done, just another chapter or so to wrap it up. Now question is, do I put in the Sasuke Retrieval Arc. Or do I just move on and begin the process for the time skip. I would like to hear what people think either way.

Anyway hope you liked the chapter and that the fights were believable. Feel free to criticize as along as it's constructive. I don't mind flames so much but if you're going to hate on something at least give reasons.