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Chapter-29-Kami No Kawarimi

"Well, Kushina-sama did entered quite a while ago…..but be careful in there, I sense very powerful chakra signatures in the barrier," another one spoke making Naruto nod his head as his hands were covered in his white chakra which he put on the barrier.

'Alright concentrate…I just have to match the wavelength of this barrier with my chakra,' he thought as he now had his eyes closed. Some moments later, his chakra began to waver a bit before it completely stuck to the flat surface of the barrier like a film through which Naruto jumped in with ease before the chakra applied wore out and he Rasengan'ed through the large water wall.

"Okie dokie….so whose ass am I kic…..," he trailed as his body stood frozen in shock at what he saw in front of himself.

'What in the name of holy youthful flames happened here?,' he inwardly said to himself, his mouth open as he gazed at the scenery in front of him.

All he could see was a dense forest completely covering the inside of the barrier, large amount of water which was reaching upto his knees while the area was dimly lit due to the rays scattering through the canopy of the foliage. Some of the trees were destroyed, its chunks and pieces of wood floating on the surface of water while he could feel the overwhelming amount of chakra which was trapped inside the barrier, even the air seemed to be dense because of it.

His Rinnegan activated, he could see nine chakra signatures in there.

BOOM!

He snapped his head in the direction of where he heard a violent explosion take place.

"I hope everybody's alright….well except for that snake bastard and his henchmen of course," he said bitterly at the end as he used his chakra to stand on water now.

Several Minutes Earlier: Four Corner Sealing Barrier

"Let's do this," Kushina muttered besides whom were standing Hiruzen, Mei and A at some distance.

Bolting forward at blazing speeds, both of their forms a blur, Mito and Mikoto went for a kick at her mid-section and jaw simultaneously. Kushina dodged the attacks with relative ease, her sharingan active as they aimed their fists at her face and her rib region.

'Strange….they aren't that fast, or is it just my Sharingan?,' she thought in midair after flipping back to dodge their attacks at blinding speeds. Landing graciously, she saw their faces….their stony expressions. Turning her pupil sideways, she noticed Hiruzen and Orochimaru going at it while Mei and A were faring much better this time, who were only intent on dodging the shodaime's and nidaime's attacks.

"Suiton: Baku Suishouha (Water Release: Bursting Water Collision Shockwave)," Mito muttered while holding a half ram hand seal.

A huge amount of water formed in midair, before the tidal wave flew at Kushina at blundering speeds.

'Why am I not surprised?,' the fiery red head mused before clapping both of her hands tight.

"Suiton: Suijinheki (Water Release: Water Encampment Wall)," she spoke before a large water wall rose in front of her, reaching the ceiling of the barrier making Mei and A look in surprise in between their dodging.

The tidal wave crashed violently with the water wall as the two humongous techniques collided with each other, both clashing for domination as Mito and Kushina both maintained the techniques.

"Katon: Teikoku Hiryutama no Jutsu (Fire Release: Imperial Fire Dragon Sphere Technique)," Kushina heard someone behind her speak. Turning her head back a bit, she was oh so not surprised to see Mikoto release a HUGE amount of fire from her mouth.

The scorching fire took the shape of a large sphere with an extension of a dragon's neck, increasing its reach. Such was the heat being emanated from the technique that the water wall (the walls of barrier created by Nidaime) had started to boil immediately, lightening the whole area.

'I knew reviving those two was a good idea,' the snake sanin thought as he blocked his sensei's staff, a confident smirk on his face.

The fire dragon sphere though bolted towards Kushina, covering the distance between them at frightening speeds.

Releasing her jutsu, Kushina jumped just in time when the fire sphere passed beneath her and collided with Mikoto's technique…rocking the cores of the roof as it vibrated. Both the resurrected females stopped their techniques as drops of water started falling along with small hundreds of fire sparks.

"She must have used that technique to get behind me," Kushina mumbled to herself as she skidded to a halt, her hair flowing with her movements. Pulling out a kunai, she threw it at the duo with amazing strength….justifying just why she was Itachi's teacher.

"Kunai Kage Bunshin No Jutsu (Kunai Shadow Clone Technique)," she spoke without any hand seals, the lone weapon turning into possibly thousands of kunai as they sailed towards the revived duo.

Mito immediately started to move her hands in midair, as if she was drawing something while the tips of her fingers were glowing blue. Her hand motion revealed a blue glowing seal in midair on which she slammed her hands before muttering.

"Tenkai (Expand)," the seal expanded like a wall in front of them before she again spoke.

"Fuin," the seal turned black as the kunai collided….or rather were absorbed by the seal like they were they entering another dimension.

"Rasenrengan!(Dual Spiralling Spheres)," the fiery Uzumaki exclaimed as she slammed two Ransengans onto their backs, after appearing behind them out of nowhere.

The devastating attack twisting their skin of the affected area, Kushina's eyebrows shot up in surprise when both of them dissolved into water.

Her eyes widened when chains protruded out of the tiles to wrap around her tightly. She winced when they began to constrict around her. Turning her head slightly, she noticed the chains bursting forth the tiles to show them coming out of Mito's palms.

"Chēnsupaikuo tsukande (Gripped Chain Spike)," she spoke with Mikoto standing beside her.

SQUELCH!

Black spikes expanded from the chains to completely impale Kushina from every possible angle.

POOF!

She puffed into smoke immediately as a form (made of water) started to take shape in the water wall which was covering the barrier, before it completely formed to show Kushina.

This is getting serious. Even with the Sharingan, I couldn't tell if those were water clones….such is the mastery of Mito-sama over her techniques. And I almost forgot her skill in chakra chains...not to mention her skills in shape manipulation of raw chakra,' she thought with a grim expression before jumping out of the water wall.

Landing on the tiles, her eyes widened when a form flew just inches from her face at blazing speeds to crashed into the tiles. Turning her head, she saw it was the shodaime who was comfortably resting in a crater.

"What did I tell you about dodging?," Kushina asked while glaring at A who was standing in the opposite direction with his lightning armour on.

"Heh…can't resist kicking some hokage ass you know," he said with a smirk making her sigh as she muttered idiot under her breath.

"But please stick to the plan from now Raikage-dono," Mei said with that sick sweet smile making him sweat as he just nodded without any argument.

Turning her head to Mito and Mikoto, Kushina started walking towards them, her eyes cold as water started to materialize around her. It grew in volume…..still growing while some water from the water wall on the edges of the barrier started to float towards her.

'Let's see what happens when I physically obliterate them completely,' she thought as the huge amount of water collected started to form into two large spheres around her. Two shadow clones popped beside her while she put her hands in front of her.

Her palms facing each other, she started bringing her hands closer to each other, gritting her teeth as the water too followed the motion and started to condense in the spheres making them smaller.

Kushina's eyes widened in between her concentration when suddenly Mikoto appeared beside her.

'This technique…kawarimi!,' she thought when Mikoto kicked her while Kushina didn't let her hands go and took it with her shoulder making her fly towards Mito who had just released a concentrated beam of water towards her from her mouth.

She winced in pain midways due to brute strength of the kick while the laser-like water attack drew closer. Righting herself in midair, she planted her feet on the tile making her skid towards the incoming attack.

Applying chakra to her feet, she jumped just in time to dodge the attack…though it did graze her long red hair. Flipping over Mito, she continued to contract her hands; sweat pouring down her face as she gritted her teeth.

Landing on the roof, she kept her hands in position while her shoulders were shaking under the strain of the force she was applying to increase the density of the water, and hence contract its size. The large water spheres though were now no more than the size of a hand which were now dark blue in colour as if they were painted or something.

'I can't hold on for much longer…the pressure being exerted by water is too much even for me,' she thought before sealessly creating two more shadow clones who immediately put their hands on each of her hand, and started applying force towards each other to help her keep her hands in position.

Nodding towards her clones(which she had created before being kicked by Mikoto) who had engaged Mikoto in taijutsu, they jumped simultaneously before taking the now hand sized water spheres in their hands, coating it with their chakra to prevent any damage to themselves and getting dispelled in the process.

"Hurry u-up," Kushina muttered through gritted teeth as sweat continued to pour down her face. Even with the help of clones, she struggling to keep her hands in position.

Her clones, who were holding the water spheres, immediately vanished in a burst of speed before they appeared in front of Mito and Mikoto, their eyes fierce as they slammed the condensed balls into their guts.

"Bakusuigan! (Exploding Water Spheres," both clones yelled simultaneously.

"Finally!," Kushina exclaimed before releasing her hands which rebounded due to the force the condensed water was applying on the sphere….the result was- her clones(which were holding her hands) flying in opposite directions and promptly dispelling themselves.

SPLASH!

The effect on the water spheres was immediate though, they exploded VIOLENTLY with an audible pop….completely engulfing both of Mito & Mikoto's bodies as now water returned to its original volume and exploded outwards like a flood had hit the area.

"Mokutan: Jukai Koutan (Wood Release: Birth of Dense Woodland)," Kushina turned her head when the whole area which was now filled with water (covering them to the knees) began to shake as trees began to grow out of the surface of the roof.

Kushina began to jump from one branch to another to keep her footing, all the while wondering if her technique had worked.

'Damn whenever I use this technique it puts a huge strain on my muscles,' she thought while rubbing her shoulders to relieve her aching muscles, continuing to jump higher through the trees.

The shaking stopped as now the area resembled a forest which had been hit by a flood due to the knee-hieght water now flowing in the barrier.

'What a technique,', the fiery redhead thought with bated breath as she gazed upon the forest which was dimly lit(mostly dark) now, now standing upon the highest branch of a tree.

Her eyes widened though when she felt her Ushio curse seal pulsate with chakra.

'What's happening?,' she thought with a bit of fear for she knew that either it was Anko…or Naruto to whom something was happening. Her eyes yet again widened when she felt a HUGE chakra spike, the familiar feeling of peacefulness telling her just who it was.

'What's happening out there?,' Kushina thought with worry as she felt Naruto's chakra levels literally sky rocket just out of nowhere, specifically when the curse seal had started to act strangely. Her gut was twisting in a dreaded way….she didn't like this feeling, either something had happened or something was going to happen.

Immediately tapping her curse seal with chakra laced fingers, she spoke telepathically.

"Naruto-kun….Naruto-kun, are you there?"

….

….

No response as she again tried, but still nothing…either the seal was damaged or something had happened to him, but it was unlikely considering the chakra spike. Turning the link to Anko, she again tried…

"Hey, Anko-chan…you there?," she again spoke.

"K-Kushina-nee-chan?"

"Thank Kami! What's happening out there Anko-chan? I can't contact Naruto-kun anymore! And what was with his chakra spike? Are you alright?," she spoke with a serious expression, desperate to know what was happening to them, and if they were fairing any better.

"O-Oh…nothing's wrong! Really….everything's fine, you just concentrate up there, we're kicking the enemy's ass here! But I'm busy right now…with helping Naru-kun and all you know, so see you later nee-chan!", the link was abruptly cut while Kushina had a suspicious expression on her face.

"She's lying…something's really going out there, but why would she lie to me?," she muttered, for now suppressing her concern for them as she concentrated on finding the duo she was fighting. She would just have to take care of them first….if something did happen to Naruto, she knew he would survive, she had atleast confirmed that part after apparently training him to the ground during the month. Jumping down the branch, she followed where she got her clone's memories from and found nothing there.

"Damn…nothing's here, no bodies. It didn't work then I guess," she murmured to herself when she suddenly tapped her foot on the branch to summon a small water wall behind her to block another chakra chain.

'They aren't fighting the way they used to when they were alive….well atleast not to their full potential. They are just throwing techniques after me without any further planning…either this is a flaw in this technique or Orochimaru himself hasn't been able to complete it yet, meaning the seals he planted are just turning them into mindless beings,' she wondered after flipping over to another branch, in the process dodging several paper bomb tagged kunai and shuriken which had had completely obliterated the large branch she was standing on.

"Well, you two may not be able to hear me, but it's really good to see you again Mito-sama, Mikoto-chan," she said with a smile while Mito and Mikoto were standing on different branches with blank expressions.

Mikoto responded by creating four shadow clones while Mito just stood there.

'Oh no….not now,' the fiery red head thought with a nervous expression as she recognized what her best friend was doing. Mikoto's sharingan began to spin wildly when they suddenly just….vanished, and left five leaves falling in mid air.

Kushina's eyes widened as she herself concentrated her sharingan to the maximum.

BAM!

Splinters of wood flew in air due to Mikoto's punch barely missing Kushina's head when four more appeared out of nowhere from above her.

She barely had time to dodge a lightning fast kick when she was punched in the gut by a clone before receiving a kick to her back sending her falling downwards at blazing velocity

WHAM!

CRASH!

BOOM!

She crashed through several thin branches to finally embed into a large trunk of a huge tree, creating a large crater.

"Ow….that hurt for once, damn her punches and kicks are strong," Kushina spoke while holding her back, a thin line of blood seeping down her mouth before she wiped it.

'Damn this forest! With so many leaves and wood pieces….it's almost impossible to dodge that substitution of hers,' she thought before pushing herself off the crater to stand on the water using her chakra, her sharingan active.

"Well I am taking on the Kami no Kawarimi after all, not to mention an ex jinchuriki," she muttered to herself while pushing her hair behind her ear.

"I'll just have to stay on surface then, and….," she paused before jumping away from the tree she had crashed into, to land several meters away on the roof's surface.

"…away from those pieces of wood, who knows what she could substitute herself with."

The revived duo jumped in front of her with those same blank expressions while Kushina had a grim expression on her face as she stared them down. Turning to Mikoto, she gazed into her developed sharingan…eye to eye.

Suddenly, Mikoto bolted towards Kushina with a kunai while Kushina just closed her eyes. Spiking her chakra levels to near tailed beast levels, she easily dispelled the genjutsu.

CLANG!

Kunai grinding against kunai, she had just blocked Mito's straight attack when her eyes widened as she gazed at the kunai.

"No shit!," she exclaimed before Mikoto's kunai pierced a chunk of wood, what should have been her face in the place.

Several meters away, we could see Kushina hiding behind a tree's trunk with a frustrated expression on her face.

'Damn it! How can I be so careless? Even thirteen years ago, it had been several years since I had fought Mikoto-chan….I have to be careful here, they're going for the kill without any hesitation,' Kushina berated herself inwardly as she discarded all the kunai and shuriken she was carrying except one before jumping away from them.

"As far as I remember, the range for her technique to work is about 15-20 meters radius. She's one of those kunoichi who I don't really want to have on my bad side," she said to herself with a smirk before looking around her.

'Mito-sama was a sensor type kunoichi….they must be on their way here,' Kushina thought when she saw them coming from far with her sharingan.

Taking out a kunai she had kept, she went into a defensive stance while a shadow clone popped beside her. Kushina did a half ram seal before speaking…

"Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Dragon Projectile Technique)," a large dragon made of water flew towards the incoming kunoichi, piercing several branches in its way.

Her two tomoes spinning, Kushina sharply noticed the way Mikoto moulded her chakra just when the dragon was about to hit them.

'Now!', releasing the kunai, she flipped back while her clone jumped towards her before going for a chakra punch at the falling kunai.

Pushing chakra in her sharingan, she could clearly see….as if in slow motion. Just when her clone's punch was about to connect with the kunai….

WHAM!

And it did connect, but with flesh instead of cold metal.

'Heh…it worked,' Kushina thought with a smirk as she saw Mikoto fly back to crash through several trunks when Mito land in front of her on the water surface.

'I was right. Their attacks are too predictable, Mikoto-chan would never fall for such a lame trick. She was much more clever with even the simplest of her techniques….she would neveruse one of her main attacks so recklessly.'

Kushina though focused her gaze to see Mito releasing blue chakra which was slowly covering her form in a thin layer, making her form glow blue a bit along with her eyes.

'Ah…so she's pulling out her techniques too. If their attacks are as predictable and straight forward as I think, then it shouldn't be that difficult. Although it would have been a draw if I fought Mito-sama if she was fully conscious,' she mused while the shadow clone besides her dispersed herself.

Meanwhile, Mito's form continued to glow as now a thin layer of chakra covered her.

SWISH!

A large demonic hand (like the hand made of kyuubi's chakra in the current war in manga), made of blue chakra shot from her stomach towards Kushina as an extension at thundering speeds while the fiery Uzumaki just smirked.

'Yep, way too predictable!,' she thought when she started to create a seal in midair at lightning pace, her hands a blur….only visible as a trail of sky blue chakra. While she was creating the seal, a water clone had emerged from the water behind Mito who too had started to carve the same seal in midair.

"Uchu no Jikan Renzoku-tai Hen'i: Fuin! (Space-Time Continuum Displacement: Seal!)," she yelled while slamming her hands on the seal just before the large chakra hand hit the rectangular seal in front of her. She gritted her teeth as the seal started to absorb the blue chakra hand.

Just then, the same chakra hand suddenly shot out from the seal behind Mito before it hit her (who was standing still to maintain the chakra beam emanating from her stomach) and pierced her back creating a large 'see-through' hole. The chakra beam promptly died down while Mito just stood there, a large hole in the middle with a blank expression on her face making Kushina roll her eyes.

'I wish I could do that,' she thought while stroking her chin, probably devising another crazy seal when suddenly another thing came to her mind.

'But if their attacks are so predictable with no brains behind, then how come shodaime-sama and nidaime-sama are using such astounding teamwork against the Mizukage and Raikage?,' she questioned herself while Mito slowly began to heal as flesh began to materialize.

'They were summoned earlier, could it be that Orochimaru has better control over them than these two? It's unlikely considering that this technique mainly depends upon the seal talismans he planted in them…but whatever, he clearly is ways away from mastering this technique.'

Present Time: Naruto's Location

The blonde was now standing on water as started to scan his surroundings with the Rinnegan.

'Hmm….so those four are the ones who are holding the barrier. But the red head one….she does seem familiar, wait! Could she be Tayuya, Kin's best friend from Oto? Red hair, that no-bullshit expression on her face….I'm not sure, but I'll have to keep an eye on her,' he mused before he turned to the giant forest in front of him.

"Let's find Kaa-san first and see how she's doing. From the looks of it, she's taking on two opponents at once…but the chakra signature of one feels familiar," he muttered to himself as he started walking towards the forest. Just when he was about to shunshin, he stopped dead frozen in his tracks.

'Ayumi….I didn't hear her voice since…since I began feeling like a sick toddler. But, still she hasn't spoken anything,' he thought with wide eyes as his heart began to beat faster, worry for her flashing in his eyes.

Creating six shadow clones in front of him, he immediately sat on the water before closing his eyes as he began to medidate.

'Please let her be safe,' was the last thought on his mind before he felt that warping pull feeling.

Naruto's Mindscape:

Opening his eyes, he scanned his surroundings to see that the forest was completely alright.

'So my mindscape was not affected.'

Slowly walking forward, he activated the Rinnegan as he began to scan his surroundings.

"There she is!," he exclaimed with a smile as he saw her red chakra system, though her laying form quickly wiped it off.

Dashing forward with speeds which would've made A burn with jealousy, he quickly covered the distance in span of minutes.

"OI AYUMI-CHAN!," he yelled from far away as he approached her before skidding besides her laying form.

Roaming his eyes over her body, he made sure that she was not injured. Even though this was the strongest of bijuu, he couldn't stop worrying for her.

'Thank Kami...thank you very much. I'll sacrifice one bowl of ramen this week as my token of gratitude.'

His expression saddened though when he saw her tear stained face. Her whiskered cheeks puffy, her lips were curled downwards while her dark kimono had non uniform creases all over it. Its fold was slightly shifted showing more of her D-cups making him blush furiously as he just shook his heads.

Sitting cross legged besides her, he smiled sadly at her before brushing the bangs to the side of her heart shaped face.

"She must have cried herself to sleep….she was worried sick after all, and most probably blamed herself," he murmured to himself as he began to stroke her cheeks gently making her squirm a bit.

"Naruto-kun….don't…," her tone trailed to incoherent words as he adjusted her kimono to cover her partially revealed breast. Leaning down, he kissed her forehead gently before pecking her on the lips ever so lightly so as to not wake her up.

"Naruto-kun…gomei," she again muttered in sleep before slowly her eyes fluttered open, a cute yawn escaping her mouth while her foxy ears twitched a bit making him chuckle as he rubbed her head softly.

"Ayumi-chan?," he called softly when her eyes snapped open, devoid of all grogginess.

"N-Naruto-kun…," she trailed as moisture gathered in her eyes before she took him in a crushing hug at lightning speed.

"I was so worried! What happened? Are you alright?," she spoke with concern dripping from every syllable as she held him tightly to her while he just rubbed her back softly.

"It was not your fault Ayumi-chan...apparently the bijuu dama you used wasn't the main cause. It was the Rinnegan acting up, though it wasn't without a reason for I've already unlocked the second level completely," he spoke in one breath so as to clear any misunderstandings immediately while she just pulled back quickly, a shocked expression on her face. He could identify the relieved look in her eyes as she released a shuddering breath.

"Thank kami…I-I thought that you were seriously injured on the outside and that's why you came here," spoke Ayumi as she rubbed his cheeks tenderly while Naruto just smiled at her.

He could see it, her eyes held so much emotions: worry, love, hunger, need, desire and lust for him.

Leaning forward, she quickly took his lips in a passionate kiss, pouring all of her emotions while Naruto kissed her back just as enthusiastically. Both of their eyes closed, they found themselves drowned in pleasure as she circled her arms around his neck, pulling him more closer to her while he pulled her by her waist. Her tails wrapped around him in affection as they made out with each other. Each movement creating slick pleasurable friction which sent jolting pleasures throughout their bodies. Ayumi though held him tightly to her, afraid to let him go as she tasted his soft lips.

After several more minutes...seconds?, they slowly leaned back so as to regain their breath, both touching their foreheads as they reveled in each other's presence.

"I love you Ayumi-chan, so don't keep getting all softy over me," he said with a chuckle while she just smiled at him.

"Baka, you're the only one I live for and the reason I am still in this seal. I can't help but get concerned over you. And I love you too," she said with a sweet smile while he nodded as a comfortable silence formed between the two.

"You know Naruto-kun, to not be able to protect your loved ones…it's something which hurts and frustrates you the must," she said while he nodded with a sad expression. How could he not agree with it? How could he forget those emotions he felt when Anko took that sword for him….it was dreadful, unbearable, even the thought of that scene made his heart clench.

"The feeling of just watching them suffer when you have the power…but you can't do anything…it's t-terrible," she said while hugging him tighter as he nodded with her.

"Yeah…it must be terrible," he muttered as he rubbed her back to soothe her. After a few minutes, she again spoke after getting a hold of her emotions.

"So, how's the new upgrade coming up?," Ayumi questioned with curiousity, both of them still hugging each other; refusing to let go.

"Awesome…my earth element has been unlocked fully, just summoned the earth boss dragon ya know?," he said with a chuckle making her giggle as she nodded.

"Other things…my eyesight has been sharpened several times, can see chakra pathways more clearly, can cover more distance, should be impervious to genjutsu upto A-rank as stated in the scroll and other things which I might not have noticed," he spoke as she just hmm'ed in response.

"What's the status of the village?," she again questioned when he answered.

Outside of Naruto's Mindscape: Four Corner Sealing Barrier: Several Minutes Later

Leaving his mindscape, he came to outer world as he could feel the cold water beneath him with his eyes closed.

'Glad that Ayumi-chan's okay,' he sighed in relief with his eyes closed as he took a deep breath.

However, his eyes suddenly snapped open as now they were wide.

"What was that?," he questioned to himself.

"Naruto-kun, what's wrong?," Ayumi asked from his mindscape when he just closed his eyes again, his eyebrows scrunched up in concentration.

"I…I can see, I can see everything," he thought to himself in shock when he heard Ayumi's curious voice.

"What can you see?," she asked while his expression remained to that of shock.

"But how is this possible, I've never heard of any jutsu like this. And if it is related to Rinnegan…the scroll didn't say anything about it," he muttered to himself in shock as he again closed his eyes and channeled more chakra this time.

"I can see more now….AHH!," the blonde exclaimed in pain before he grabbed his head and immediately opened his eyes as he panted a bit.

"Uzumaki-kun, you are really testing my patience now," he heard Ayumi's sweet voice when he just jumped with an expression of joy on his face.

"THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME DATTEBAYO!," he exclaimed with a bright smile on his face while the clones looked at him like was crazy.

"What's so awesome for you to be dancing like a clown you dumb shit?," a clone asked with a frown making him shake his head while muttering 'Not another one of those personality disorders again'.

"Alright, just turn your heads in different directions," he said as they just turned their heads either upwards, right, left or downwards, all the while muttering about 'crazy boss' or something.

"NARUTO!", he heard Ayumi yell making him smirk as he just closed his eyes again.

"'ttebayo," he muttered with an expression of awe while keeping his eyes closed.

"I can see what they can see Ayumi-chan…I don't know how to explain it, but whenever I close my eyes and concentrate, I can see what my clones are seeing!," he told her with a bright smile when silence ensued between them.

"You serious?," her quiet voice broke the silence when he replied.

"Of course! Do you think I'll prank you when practically a war is raging on?," he asked with an incredulous expression when outside the barrier, Yugao, Kurenai and Hana sneezed.

"I don't know what to say, this is an astounding ability," she spoke while her tone indicated the shock she had received.

"But why did you feel pain just now?," she asked making his expression serious.

"It would seem that whenever I increase the amount of chakra in my eyes, I can see the field of vision of greater number of clones…but too many of them, and it puts a stress on my brain to process so many visuals at the same time. It's practically more than the three sixty degree angle of Byakugan you know."

"I see….then about how many clones visions can you safely see right now?"

"Hmm….approximately like six to seven should be safe right now."

"Let's put this ability to test then shall we," he said with a smirk as he along with his clones dashed towards where Kushina was fighting Mikoto and Mito.

Present Time: Kushina's Location

"Heh…no matter how many times I hit you both, you just keep coming for more ne?," she said with a smirk while inwardly her own thoughts were going on.

'That clone sure is taking some time. I guess that seal is somewhat difficult to break…I'll have to stall them longer,', she thought while a completely unharmed Mito and Mikoto could be seen standing in front of her. Kushina though had some bruises here and there while her black dress was torn a bit on the shoulder area.

Both of them again dashed towards Kushina who just sighed, she was getting tired of this. Why couldn't her clone create that damned seal faster?

Holding her hand in a half ram seal, two thin beams of water shot out from the water beneath her before they flew towards the revived duo who continued to bolt towards her.

SQUELCH!

It pierced their chests but they still continued to close the distance as if nothing happened making Kushina sweatdrop.

'Talk about regenerating zombies,' she thought before dodging Mito's fist when she grabbed Mikoto's leg and using her other hand performed a handstand kick which connected with Mito's gut sending her stumbling back before she aimed a punch at Mikoto's mid section.

WHAM!

'What the hell?,' thought Kushina as she found herself flying back before she flipped herself in midair to crouch on the surface of water, blood seeping down her chin as she held her ribs.

"Did I just…punched myself?," she muttered to herself while Mikoto was standing besides Mito, both looking like Kami and Yami to her at the moment.

'No…she substituted with me at the last second and immediately punched me, what a crazy mastery of such a simple academy level technique,' she thought before wiping the blood with the sleeve of her black dress.

'It's no use for me to attack them, and they aren't giving me any time so that I can't create any seals to seal their bodies completely…well atleast temporarily,' she thought to herself before standing up when she felt Mikoto releasing large amounts of chakra.

'What is she planning now? Kami Mikoto-chan, gimme a break here,' she thought while sighing, no longer interested in the fight. What was the use anyway? She just had to stall them and nothing else….what was the use of fighting back when nothing will affect them no matter how strong you are? She'd be rather using her chakra in helping the others in the village than waste it here.

Meanwhile, Mikoto began flashing through several handseals as her hair began to hover in midair a bit due to the chakra, ripples of water flowing outwards as she continued to move her hands in a blur to perform seals.

"Katon: Kamiryu no Amaterasu (Fire Release: Divine Dragons of Goddess of the Sun)," she spoke monotonically before releasing blazing hot fire from her mouth; large amount of it as it formed into three large dragons, almost yellow-white in color due to the scorching heat it was releasing while Kushina had to put her elbow in front of her.

"I can feel the heat it's radiating even at this distance," she spoke as she too began to do a long set of handseals, preparing for one of those jaw hanging techniques. The fire dragons though, almost reaching to the top of the trees which could be seen by Hiruzen, Mei and A began to hover towards Kushina at slower speeds due to their sizes and density.

"Suiton: Raijingushinwa Borutekkusu no Jutsu!(Water Release: Rising Mythical Vortex Technique)," she yelled while putting HUGE amounts of chakra in the technique as a deep vortex started to form on the water surface while it started to rotate around the centre. Kushina changed the handseal to rooster before the vortex suddenly rose up to marvelous heights, it's rotation violent as it sprayed showers of water around a large area when the fire dragons collided with it. Due it's rotational nature, they were pulled in its motion as they began to rotate around it...all the while the water was being evaporated at a fast rate due to the unimaginable heat the dragons were producing.

"Suiton: Senhari Supiazu (Water Release: Thousand Needle Spears)," Kushina snapped her head to the right to find Mito holding a dragon handseal when true to the technique's name, around thousands of water spears, as sharp as needles but longer in length began to hover in midair before they flew towards Kushina at lightning speeds.

She could only close her eyes, no time to do anything else as she waited for the stinging pain.

'This is gonna hurt like a bitch,' was her alarmed subconscious thought.

"Shoton: Bunshi Hansha No Tate! (Crystal Release: Shield of Molecular Reflection)," she heard the oh so familiar voice besides her making her eyes snap open.

'Naruto-kun!.'

Immediately, spikes of shining crystal pierced outwards from the surface of water to form a perfect dome around the duo.

Her heart fluttered with unexplainable happiness when she saw Naruto crouched besides her, both of his palms on the surface of water.

Lifting her head, she noticed the spears striking the defence which remained unaffected by those thousands of attacks. Naruto kept his palms on the water as the crystal dome vibrated a bit due to the assualt.

"Damn that's is one hell of a technique...it's affecting even my crystal dome," he muttered through gritted teeth as he maintained the technique while Kushina just kept looking at him.

His Rinnegan blazing with power, his expression cold while his purple eyes were fierce...it was a sight for her to take in, a light blush slowly crawling from under her collars.

Sensing that the vibration had stopped, he sighed before slowly standing up.

"Yo!," the blonde exclaimed with a silly grin on his face when Kushina suddenly hugged him tightly to her, a relieved expression on her face.

"Huh...what's wrong Kaa-san?," he asked while she just hugged him.

"Nothing...it's nothing. I just missed you...you're alright aren't you? And what about the others?," she asked while his expression grew serious.

'No point in worrying Kaa-san when we're at such a critical stage,' he thought before speaking with a smile.

"Yeah...everyone's alright. Don't you worry one little bit," he said assuringly when she released him, a smile on her beautiful face which had some bruises making him frown, when they heard an explosion take place outside.

'Mikoto's technique must have wore off,' she thought while Naruto released his technique. The crystals slowly fell on water, clearing their view for them to see large amount mist in front of them.

"Kaa-san...who are we dealing-", he was interrupted when Kushina suddenly pulled him down with her with amazing strength for Mito's kick to graze Naruto's blonde hair. Kushina then kicked Mito in the gut at lightning speeds, a cold serious expression on her face while Mito was sent skidding on the water to halt besides Mikoto, her form vanishing in the screen of water vapours.

Bending down a bit, she draped her arm over Naruto's chest at blurry speeds.

He only had time to look at her before she dashed in the opposite direction of where Mito & Mikoto were standing.

"Hey!," he exclaimed while she just ignored him and continued to sprint away from the two revived kunoichi.

"Kaa-san!," he again said.

"Calm down Naruto-kun, first I need to fill you in with what we're dealing with here," she spoke making him nod when she started jumping from one branch to another, before finally skidding to a halt just besides the water wall of the barrier.

"Alright," she sighed while brushing her hair behind her ear. Without giving him any chance to speak, she did three handseals before touching the glowing palm of her hand on his forehead gently.

His eyes widened as her previous memories flooded his mind.

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...

...

"You're wearing a black bra today?," he asked out of the blue, an innocent expression on his face.

BONK!

"Baka!," she yelled with a furious blush on her face, averting her gaze while he rubbed his head.

"Hey, it's not my fault you accidently gave away your memories from this morning. Or...," a sly grin formed on his face while she just hmph-ed, still not looking at him.

"...could it be that you did it on purpose? Hmm...Kushina-chan?," he spoke wiyh a suggestive grin.

"Wh-What are you talkibg about dattebane?," she spoke with a tomato red blush dusting her cheeks.

"If you want, I can wear a black one too, Na-ru-to-kun," Ayumi purred with her sultry voice making him blush heavily.

"I was just teasing Kaa-san Ayumi-chan! You just can't stop being a pervert can you?," he inwardly spoke with a sigh.

"Not when its you Naruto-kun," he again blushed at hearing her sultry voice, a groan escaping his lips.

"NARUTO!."

"Huh...what?," he muttered while he could feel the memories being adjusted into his brain.

"You were spacing...just concentrate on the memories for now," she said, a light cute blush still on her cheeks. Closing his eyes, he saw her memories since the morning, like a flashback when he snapped his eyes open.

"I...I didn't know such technique even existed," he spoke in awe as he slowly narrowed his eyes.

"And to think that bastard would resort to this!," he spoke with anger when he felt Kushina's hand on his shoulder, a sad expression on her face.

"I'm sorry that you have to fight Mikoto-chan though Naruto-kun. From what I saw in your memories, she was close to you wasn't she," she said while he nodded, a sad expression on his face. He clearly remembered the last time they had met six years ago, it was his birthday.

Flashback-Six Years Ago-October Tenth

Little Naruto was ecstatic today, it was his birthday! And he dreaded this day at the same time. Why? Well, when you have people trying to kill you and destroy your apartment, you tend to feel this way.

Though there were a few people who apparently didn't want to kill him and actually gave him gifts. It was an amazing feeling! There were people who cared for him!

He would get one from jiji, Teuchi-oji, Ayame-nee-chan, five gifts from unknown people and finally from the one who he was waiting for inside the hokage's monument.

"Where is Mikoto-chan?," little Naruto whispered childishly, who was sitting on the steps inside the monument. His hands were on his cheeks with his elbows on his knees as he gazed at the dirt, a small smile on his face.

"Naruto-kun!," he heard someone's voice echo through the monument, an angelic voice at that. Naruto grinned brightly as he stood up enthusiastically with a jump.

"Mikoto-chan!," he yelled while running towards the source of voice. Turning round the corner, he saw her walking towards him with a smile on her beautiful face. She was wearing civilian clothes, a bright smile on her face as she opened her arms.

"Naruto-kun!," she chirped with a bright smile, her long black hair flowing behind her while the sunrays coming through the monument was making her milk creamy face glow.

Running as fast as his little legs allowed him to, he jumped into her awaiting arms with his foxy grin.

"Happy birthday!," she exclaimed while rolling him around with her, clutching him tightly while his thin arms were wrapped around her neck.

"How old are you now?," she asked while giggling as she set him down.

His face adopted a cute concentrated expression, his eyebrows scrunched up as he began to count on his little fingers.

"Hmm...seven! No wait...six! Yep! Me, six years old'ttebayo!," he said with a proud grin when Mikoto hugged him again.

"Aww...you're a big boy now aren't you Naruto-kun?," she spoke sweetly while he nodded with a proud look on his face.

"Yep, and one day...me become big hokage," he again spoke enthusiastically making her giggle.

"And me will cheer you," she replied, mimicking him while he pouted at her.

"Where's my present?," he suddenly asked with a jump in his voice while she just smiled sheepishly.

"I don't have anything right now, but tomorrow I promise I'll give you something you'll definitely like," she spoke making him pout cutely as he folded his arms over his chest while muttering 'meanie'.

"Oh c'mon, meet me here tomorrow...I'm sure you'll like your present."

He couldn't maintain the frown, not when she was smiling at him like that.

"Promise?," he asked with a smile as she nodded back making him grin at her.

"Say, let's go to Ichiraku's Naruto-kun. I'm hungry," Mikoto spoke with a smile as she stood up while Naruto frowned.

"But me hungry too! Me want ramen too!," he whined making her blink, when she burst out giggling.

"Oh Naruto-kun...of course! You can eat as many ramen as you want. I wasn't only talking about myself you know," Mikoto spoke when suddenly she found herself being dragged by an ecstatic Naruto.

"Then let's go!," the hyperactive blonde exclaimed.

"Hey calm down!," she spoke with a giggle as their laughter echoed through the hokage monument.

After that day, Naruto had not met her ever since. The next day, he had waited for several hours but couldn't find her. He had waited for another day in hopes she might come...but she didn't. It almost broke his fragile little heart when he had asked jiji about her, who had just gazed at him sadly and said that she had gone somewhere. But somehow, he could tell that the old man was lying to him. So after finally prying his ears here and there in the village, he had come to know after two weeks that she along with her whole clan except her was dead. He didn't know the specifics of the massacre nor that who was responsible for it.

The news had completely shattered his heart, he found himself crying whenever he thought about her...her smile. He had cried himself to sleep so many nights. The glares and curses of the villagers didn't affect him for sometime for he was in a state of depression, not affected by anything happening around him.

Only when did he meet Kurenai, Hana and Yugao in disguises of Benihime, Tsume and Yugi some months later was he finally able to supress those painful memories and move on. Those incidents had matured his mind greatly...it had strengthened him. But still, it left him with one wish...I thing he repeatedly thought before sleeping every night.

'I wish I could get the present she was going to give me.'

Flashback End

"Mikoto-chan...," he whispered to himself as a lone tear escaped his eyes while Kushina put a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Kaa-chan, is it...is it really possible to bring her back?," he asked with hope in his eyes while Kushina kissed his cheek lightly, a smile on her face as she wiped the tear.

"Yes...it's definitely possible."

Closing his eyes, he concentrated his chakra before opening them.

"They're here," he spoke when Kushina heard two splashes.

His whole world froze as he gazed at her face, the face which was usually lighted by a sweet bright smile was devoid of any motion. The usually shiny eyes which radiated warmth, now filled with nothing but vacuum: devoid of anything. It was such an excruciating sight for him to behold.

So the regular drill, please do tell me how you liked this one...it had plenty of action, atleast in my opinion.

And as usual, I'm sure you guys will have many doubts because of my frustrating habit to keep my readers in the dark. But don't worry, everything will be explained...just be patient (and that you don't jump to conclusions so soon)! And I really hope that you enjoyed this chapter. And lastly, there were several questions asked which I couldn't respond during the gap...but I'll try my best to give answers to them since I'm relatively free now. If you some doubts in this chapter, don't hesitate to ask. ^_^

IMPORTANT A/N

So first of all, I just wanted to inform you guys that I've finally completed drawing pics of Naruto, Kushina and Ayumi (how they look in my fic and all), and before any of you ask...yes, I like drawing manga characters and other things, besides writing ofcourse.

The links I've already posted at the top of my profile, so check it out and tell me if you liked it. Personally, I think you would like Ayumi's pic the most...though Kushina's not bad too! ^_^

Another thing, for those who aren't aware...I published a NarutoxGuren one-shot a few days ago, so give that a try. I'm sure you'll like it!

Lastly, as requested, I'll be posting the NaruxBleach crossover first. Though I'll admit that I had the first idea prepared extremely well, but oh well...as an author, you'll have to adjust I guess.

So that's it for now, I hope you guys review this chapter...pleeaassee!

And let me scream this out please:

THANKS TO ALL YOU AWESOME GUYS AND GALS FOR YOUR AWESOME COMMENTS, FEEDBACKS, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS AND FLAMES! (yeah, writing flames is another talent people, respect those guys...lol :))

So until the next update, peace my friends and keep reading! Ciao! XD

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