Naruto (Reaper): And thus, the end of this arc has started and I am ready.

Sasuke: As am I because my arc is next.

Naruto (Hellfire): Funny how Sasuke is approaching an arc in my story as well.

Naruto (United): Sasuke is moving up in the world so let's start the show!

Sasuke: Hmm *grin*

Reaper's Blood: Final Mix
Chapter Twenty-Nine

Yuki no Kuni – Train
Uzumaki Naruto

"You know I'm not letting you go anywhere," Jiraiya said with an amused tone in his voice.

Naruto looked up at the Sennin with a calculating gaze. He had to figure out how to get out of here. He knew that he was wounded and he knew that Miyuki herself was weakened from extensive use but he had to do something.

Koyuki was trapped in the place that she longed to never go and with every second that passed, the weight of his failure to protect her was growing heavier.

What could he do?

It was then he noticed that Jiraiya had his notebook open and it read "Icha-Icha Ideas" on it.

"Oi! What's that you're writing?" Naruto asked.

"Hm?" Jiraiya replied before he looked at his book. "Oh nothing much. Just the latest edition of my book."

"Oh? You write?" Naruto asked, feigning his curiosity.

"Of course I do," Jiraiya boasted. "The book I write is for romance lovers everywhere!" Jiraiya then pulled out a book and Naruto's thoughts were confirmed.

"Icha-Icha Paradise!" Jiraiya yelled with sparkles around his infamous orange covered book. "The greatest novel of the Shinobi nations!"

"Ah! You write those perverted things?!" Naruto exclaimed, his eyes wide and pupil-less. "Y-You no good pervert!"

"Pervert?" Jiraiya repeated with an offended tone, his eyes wide with and pupil less. "I'm a super pervert thank you very much!"

Naruto's eyes returned as a smirk played on his face. "Gotcha Ero-sennin. Hāremu no Jutsu!" With an explosion of smoke, twenty naked twin-tailed blonde girls with three whiskers marks on each cheek appeared with smoke around them.

"Ero-Sennin!" The girls cooed in unison as they clung onto his arms, legs and hips, with two of them clinging to his long hair.

Jiraiya's eyes bugged out from his eyes at the sight before an explosion of blood flew from his nose, propelling him into the air where he crashed against the ceiling before he fell back to the ground, unconscious.

The girls giggled as the blonde girl with medical wrap around her shoulder, torso and thigh leaned down and kissed the swirly eyed Sennin on the cheek. "Sweet dreams," she cooed before another explosion of smoke appeared and the room was empty.

Naruto ran outside, his jacket wide open to reveal his bandaged up torso and looked to the west and saw the faint silhouette of the fortress through the falling snow. Naruto took a small breath and said "I know you're exhausted Miyuki but I have to do this…Kioigan: Miyuki."

With a burst of chakra, his Kioigan activated and Naruto slammed his palm against the ground, causing an ice pillar to expand beneath his feet and take him into the air. 'Hang on Koyuki…I'm on my way,' Naruto thought.

Yuki no Kuni – Fortress
Kazahana Koyuki

Koyuki sat in her cell with her knees pressed against her chest and her arms wrapped around them, an empty look in her eyes.

It was all her fault.

She had thought that she did the right thing. By trying to run away to stay far away from her uncle and hoped that Naruto would come with her. Instead, she played right into her Uncle's hands and now she was held captured by her murderous uncle while Naruto...

"I will create a happy ending for you and everyone in Yuki no Kuni, believe it." Suddenly, she found herself staring at the glowing blue eyes of her Shinobi Boy, his mouth formed with a confident grin. "Believe in me and I will succeed…I promise…"

She had believed in him…For a little while, the words he had told her filled her heart and gave her hope but now he was gone… 'Uncle took him away from me…Just like father…' Koyuki thought tearfully. 'And now he's going to kill me…As I always knew he would…'

She could feel herself slip further and further into despair until she heard the sounds of combat coming down the hall, which caused Koyuki's head to lift up.

The sounds of footsteps echoed down the hall until a familiar face caused her to gasp.

"Hey Actress-chan," Naruto said with a smile on his face.

"N-Naruto!" Koyuki gasped in happiness.

"Oi! I'm not the boss," Naruto said. "I'm a clone of the boss."

"A clone?" Koyuki asked.

"Yeah. He made me after you were taken to track you down. I didn't expect to find you so soon truthfully," The clone said.

"So…he's alive?" Koyuki said, trying to keep the hope from her voice.

"Yeah…If he wasn't then I wouldn't be here," the clone said with a smile.

Koyuki let out a sound of happiness. He hadn't died because of her after all! He was still alive and well.

"He'll be here soon but for now…" the clone pulled out a ring of keys and said "Time to get you out of here."

He slipped the key into the keyhole and after a few misses, he finally unlocked the cell door and without warning, Koyuki ran over and hugged him tight.

"Thank you for saving me Clone boy…" Koyuki said.

"Hey…We promised that you would get a happy ending…We never go back on our word. That's our shinobi way," the clone responded as he hugged her back. "Now come on, let's get out of here!"

Koyuki nodded and the two ran down the halls, with the clone taking down any shinobi that came his way until he reached a bridge. Just then, three shinobi leapt onto the bridge. "Shit, stay behind me," The clone said to Koyuki.

"Relax, it's us," a happy sounding shinobi said before all three of them whipped off their clothes to reveal the other shinobi that were supposed to guard her.

"Oh, hey guys," The clone said with a relieved smile.

"Oi, Naruto-chibi. You're supposed to be resting," the bun-haired girl said with a threatening tone.

"I'm his clone," the clone replied.

"Ah, his Kage Bushin," the pale eyed boy said with a nod. "Good…We should get out of here before the place blows up."

"Blows up?" both Koyuki and the clone repeated in unison.

"Yeah!" the spandex wearing boy exclaimed. "Gai-sensei had us plant them to bring this place down. It was pretty fun."

"This whole mission has been fun," the pale eyed boy said.

Just then, the sounds of two guards fell behind the group and the spandex wearing man stepped out and said "We must move. There are far too many guards and….Hey Naruto-kun!"

"Clone," Both the clone and Koyuki said in unison.

"Okay," the man said with a grin. "But we must hurry to the exit. This place will blow up any minute."

"I know where the exit is," the man said before he motioned for the group to follow. The group nodded and ran after the spandex wearing man until they reached a large chamber.

"What the…" Koyuki said. "This isn't the exit?"

A spotlight was then shined on top of the ground as another spotlight shined on the landing above them to reveal Dōto sitting on a large throne. "Ah, who knew you would be set free," the leader of Yuki no Kuni said as he chuckled, his low voice echoing around the large chamber.

"Dōto," Koyuki gasped as fear flew up her spine.

"Thank you for bringing her to me," Dōto said as he snapped his fingers.

Yuki no Kuni – Fortress
Uzumaki Naruto's Clone

Seconds later, the large spandex man exploded into smoke and Rōga stood in his place while the three Genin exploded into smoke as well to reveal Fubuki and two other shinobi.

"Let her go!" the clone screamed as he leapt up and attempted a kick to Rōga's face but Rōga caught his leg and blinked in surprise.

"I see…a Kage Bushin…Interesting," Rōga said before he twisted his body and launched the clone backwards towards a wall.

"Naruto!" Koyuki yelled as Rōga pulled her along towards Dōto.

The clone managed to recovered and skidded to a stop as he heard Rōga growl out "Please do not struggle. You're only making it harder for yourself!"

The clone then watched as Rōga smacked so hard, Koyuki to the ground with a hard landing.

"Damn you," The clone growled out as he pushed himself to his feet only to have a large group of shinobi appeared in front of him.

He had to watch had Rōga handed the struggling Koyuki to Dōto, who nodded and said "Come now blond one. I know you are a mere Kage Bushin but let's see how strong you are…"

"He's not fighting alone!" A voice called out and with an explosion before him, both Gai and Rock Lee flew through the wall and landed a solid roundhouse kick with a dual shout of "Konoha Senpū!" This sent two shinobi sailing into the air before crashing on the wall behind the confident looking Dōto.

Tenten landed to the right of the clone while Neji walked up to the left side of the clone. "Even as a Kage Bushin, you get into a lot of trouble," Neji noted as he rubbed his right wrist.

"You hate me anyway," The clone said with a wink, which caused Neji to snort.

Tenten pulled out two katana and twirled them in her hands and said "Man, these guys are no damn joke. Sorry it took us so long Chibi-Clone."

The clone's right eye twitched as Rock Lee and Gai landed in front of them. "My marvelous students! It is time for us to finish this mission!" Gai shouted.

"Ossu!" Neji, Tenten and Lee said in unison.

"Let's kick ass!" The clone shouted before the five dashed forward through the group of shinobi but then the clone heard a voice shout 'Yo Clone! You hear me?!'

'Boss! About time!' The clone thought happily. 'You slacker, where the hell have you been?!'

'There was traffic,' the real Naruto replied darkly. 'Anyways, I have an idea…Get close to him and I will do the rest. Just let me know when you do. I'll be there soon,' the real Naruto replied.

With a leap in the air, the clone and Neji delivered a flying kick to two shinobi in front of them before the clone landed a solid right hook to the shinobi to his left before ducking a roundhouse kick from a third shinobi and retaliating with an uppercut.

The clone then looked to Dōto, who was pulling a knife from his chest with a smirk and smacked Koyuki to the ground hard, enraging the clone further.

"Go get your woman idiot!" Neji shouted as he landed two palm strikes to a shinobi before he twisted around and delivered two back to back roundhouse kicks to a pair of kunoichi. "We can take care of things here!" He added before using his palm to block a right hook and placed a well-placed palm strike against the shinobi's side, sending him to the ground.

"You sure?" the clone asked.

Neji nodded before the familiar pink hair of Fubuki caught his eyes. "Besides, I have my own battle to finish."

The clone snorted and said "Jeez, with how many times you two fought, you might as well marry her."

"I should say the same about you and that Hōton user," Neji retorted before he said "Now get going and good luck."

The clone nodded and ran forward before he leapt up and delivered a flying knee to a shinobi trying to sneak up on Tenten, who had stabbed a shinobi and kunoichi in the chest with a pair of katana.

"Thanks for having my back," Tenten said as she unsealed a bo-staff and thrust it forward to land a strike to a shinobi's chest, sending him to the ground before she tossed a kunai his way.

The clone caught the kunai as he delivered a roundhouse kick to a shinobi's face and then stabbed them in the neck before he launched a kunai over Tenten's shoulder while she launched one behind his hip, each kunai meeting their mark.

The clone then looked up at Dōto, who removed his cloak and shot a grappling hook into the ceiling and narrowed his eyes as he asked Tenten "Mind mowing the lawn for me?"

"Mowing the…" Tenten drifted off before she let a wicked smirk appear on her face. "You are certainly crazy Chibi-clone. I'll clear a path for you. You can repay me with an autograph from her!" Tenten exclaimed before she slammed two scrolls against the ground and performed a few hand seals then shouted "Sōshōryū (Twin Rising Dragons)!"

Smoke exploded from the scrolls and rose into the air as the smoke took the shape of dragon. Once the smoke faded away, Tenten leapt in between the spiraling scrolls and began to unseal and throw various weapons at her opponent in quick succession, making a clear path for the clone.

The clone grinned and dashed through the path, picking up two kunai from a pair of deceased kunoichi before he launched two of them at two oncoming shinobi, nailing one in the eye and the second one in the chest, sending both to the ground.

The clone then jumped into the air a delivered a drop kick to a shinobi's chest and landed on his back before he flipped to his feet and leaned back to avoid two quick jabs from a kunoichi and responded with two jabs of his own, each one hitting her face, before he hopped up and landed a solid superman punch to her right jaw, sending her to the ground.

"Dynamic Entry!" Lee shouted and nailed a shinobi in the jaw with a flying kick, prompting the clone to turn around in surprise.

Lee skidded to a stop before he gave a brief salute and asked "Naruto-kun, Are you in need of my help?"

The clone grinned and replied "Fastball special."

Rock Lee looked confused for a second before he laughed boisterously and replied "You are a hoot Naruto-kun but I like that about you! Let's do it!" Rock Lee grabbed the back of the clone's jacket and began to spin around rapidly.

Through the twirling, the clone noticed shinobi coming their way and stuck out arms to keep them from swarming Lee before he felt Lee let go of him at the right moment, sending the clone skyrocketing towards Dōto, who was now in the air with the struggling Koyuki tucked under his right arm.

"Hey asshole!" The clone shouted before he collided with Dōto with his right shoulder, causing the three of them to crash through the wall behind them and out into the open air.

"You damn clone!" Dōto yelled.

'It's done boss,' the clone thought with a smirk.

'Good work and hey, I'm proud of you,' the real Naruto replied as the clone felt the chakra in its body begin to rise and heat up to a dangerous level, his body beginning to expand quickly. He could see both fear and grudging respect in his opponent's eyes at what was about to occur.

'Anytime! Just take this asshole out for me!' The clone thought before he closed his eyes.

Yuki no Kuni – Fortress
Uzumaki Naruto Vs Kazahana Dōto

At the sound of the large explosion shaking the area, Naruto stomped his right off against the ground, causing a large pillar of ice to shoot him up into the air at top speed. Despite the amount of smoking coming from the burning fortress, He could see a black smoke flowing from the side of the fortress.

He could see Dōto still holding Koyuki flying from the smoke and he smirked before pushing the pillar farther into the air and making it arch above Dōto and leapt off the pillar and slammed into him, causing Dōto to release Koyuki while the two of them twirled in the air.

"I'm back you bitch!" Naruto shouted as he landed three solid punch to Dōto's face before Dōto kicked Naruto away from him. Naruto soared backwards and summoned a ramp of ice beneath his feet and slide down the ramp then caught Koyuki in his arms.

"About time," Koyuki said with a grateful smile.

"What can I say? Traffic," Naruto replied before he heard a familiar shout from the older man.

"Hyōton: Kokuryū Bōfūsetsu (Ice Style: Black Dragon Blizzard)!"

A dragon made of black ice roared as it charged towards Naruto. "Shit, hang on!" Naruto exclaimed before he kicked himself off of the ice-made ramp and down towards the forest below.

Without warning, Dōto flew towards him and landed a brutal flying punch to Naruto's face, sending him whipping down to the left while also grabbing Koyuki back into his grasp. "Naruto!" Koyuki shouted as Naruto crashed through several tree branches before hitting the ground.

Naruto groaned punched the ground angrily and rose to his feet only grasp the left side of his body in pain. "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" Naruto swore repeatedly as he looked at his side. There was tree branch sticking through his body.

Naruto growled and pulled the stick from his body as slowly as he could, causing him to clench his eyes shut at the pain and when the crimson colored stick was removed, he tossed it to the side and attempted to stand up again.

"Damn it you idiot, you need to be more careful!" Miyuki shouted angrily.

This was the first time he had heard her so enraged but it didn't matter. Once again, he had failed in saving her from this guy. Naruto punched the ground again and rose to his feet slowly and said "I need to save her. I don't care what the cost."

"That's it," Miyuki growled out before Naruto felt himself being forcibly pulled from the real world into his mindscape where she stood. Before he could ask why, Miyuki delivered a slap to the left side of his face, sending Naruto to the ground.

"Enough. I've entertained this foolish thought for too long," Miyuki said as Naruto rose to his feet slowly, his face looking shocked.

"I understand. You lost Iruka. I understand that it has re-shaped your life and outlook on things but enough is enough," Miyuki said as Naruto held his face. "You can't let his death define you this way. Do you think he would like this? Do you think this is the impact that he wanted to leave behind?"

"Miy-" Naruto began.

"No," Miyuki replied. "I will not watch another member of my clan foolishly rush to his own death!"

Naruto flinched.

"Iruka would be devastated if you perished. As would Hinata, Anko, Ino and Koyuki! You need to think! You are wounded and to the point where you can hardly stand, despite your wounds healing at a slow rate. My own power is dwindling because of the constant strain that you had me under. Especially in closing the distance and getting to this point. You need to be smarter than this."

"You're right…" Naruto admittedly gently. "I just don't want to let another person down…I don't want another person's death on my hands. Especially after we…"

"I understand," Miyuki replied softly. "Believe me, I do…It's hard to not have tunnel vision when it's someone you care about but do not destroy yourself for something you were forgiven for."

Naruto remained silent but he nodded.

"Now, let's go finish this," Miyuki said before Naruto found himself back in the real world.

"Hey! Shinobi Boy!" a voice shouted form behind him. Naruto turned around to see the director and the producer riding a small cart with a camera attached to it. "Need a ride to the princess?" The director asked.

Naruto grinned and walked towards the cart stepped onto it and said "Onward please!"

"To the princess!" The two shouted in unison before they drove down the snowy hill.

"Because my energy is nearly depleted, we will have five minutes to take him down," Miyuki began. "So the minute we see him, you go into Hyōga no Ken because you will need it for some the jutsu that I have planned. I hate that we will need to rush this but at least it will be our domain."

'Heh…So it'll make it easier to learn because we're here….I love that about you Miyuki-Baa-chan,' Naruto replied before Miyuki made a flustered noise and suddenly, a brief but intense headache made him wince. 'Sorry, not sorry,' Naruto replied with a grin.

"A heat generator?! That is the secret treasure of the Kazahana clan?!" an angered Dōto shouted, which prompted Naruto to look ahead with a scowl.

'He sounds really mad. That's exactly how I want him,' Naruto thought with a smirk. 'Most idiots can't focus when super pissed.'

"He may be one of the rare few that become focused when angered," Miyuki countered which made Naruto snort.

'I haven't met one yet that's like that,' Naruto replied.

"That guy sounds hella pissed!" The young producer exclaimed.

"He's about to go nuclear in a moment," Naruto said darkly as the cart skidded from left to right to avoid the various trees before Naruto could see a large area where he saw one figure walking towards another, who was on the ground.

"And that's my cue, thanks guys!" Naruto said.

"Go save her Shinobi boy!" The director shouted before Naruto leapt off the cart and skidded beside the cart before he shouted "Kioigan: Miyuki!"

With that shout, a pillar of ice shot out from beneath Naruto's feet and he shot out from the forest and just as Dōto reached Koyuki, Naruto's fist slammed into his face, sending the man tumbling a few feet against the ground before he flipped up and skidded onto his feet.

Naruto landed on the ground and panted heavily, the Kioigan flickering before retaining its form. "Heh….Bastard…." Naruto whispered as he leaned up off the ground.

"Naruto!" Koyuki's voice shouted, prompting Naruto turn his head slightly to see Koyuki running towards him before she skidded to her knees and collided into him with tight hug, sending them both to the ground.

"You stupid blond idiot!" Koyuki yelled with relief as Naruto looked up at her. "Look at you! You're a mess!"

Naruto let out a small chuckle and said "Sorry…Had to take that risk…"

"Risk my ass…" Koyuki whispered as tears began to fall from her eyes. "Y-You scared me…I thought you had died not once, but twice!"

Naruto's eyes widened slightly at the sight and tenderly, he placed a bloody hand on her cheek. "I'm sorry," Naruto whispered with a sincere tone as a faint smile appeared on his face. "No more crying...Not for me…"

"Idiot," Koyuki replied before she lifted him up and hugged him tightly. "I never want to see a risk like that again…" she whispered.

"I can't promise that…considering who I'm about to fight," Naruto whispered back.

Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard behind them. "Oh fuck off," the two said in unison before Naruto turned around to see Dōto marching towards them with a noticeable scowl on his face.

"Koyuki…" Naruto began.

"No…" Koyuki instantly replied. "I will not leave you here alone."

"I can't let him kill you," Naruto replied as Dōto marched closer.

"You can hardly stand," Koyuki argued. "I refuse to watch him kill you Naruto!"

"I need you to go!" Naruto shouted.

"I won't leave the person I care for to die again!" Koyuki screamed.

Naruto froze.

Koyuki froze as well.

Naruto pulled himself away from Koyuki and stood upright beside her and gave a confident grin. "Now I have to walk out of this alive after hearing you say that," Naruto said. "Go…I'll be okay," Naruto whispered. "Believe in me and I won't let you down…"

Koyuki stared up at him with a mixture of emotions before she finally answered with "If you die, I'll never forgive you…"

"I won't," Naruto responded. "Now go…"

Koyuki nodded and ran off just as Dōto stood across from him, his eyes radiating hatred. "Every time I look, there you are…You blond peasant!" Dōto shouted.

"You thought I was done just because I needed a little break?" Naruto asked with a grin. "Because guess what? We aren't done yet! Hyōga no Ken: Phase One!" A Pale blue chakra began to form around his body before a large amount of ice began to build up around his body and lower half of his face before it broke away to reveal an armor made of smooth ice.

"Now It's time for Phase two…" Miyuki told him.

With a burst of chakra, two ice rows of ice medium sized cylinders popped out from his back while three ice cylinders exploded out from the sides of the armor's calves and the forearms.

"Remember, we only have five minutes before my power runs out," Miyuki told him.

Naruto let a faint smirk appear on his hidden face and replied 'It won't take that long.'

A serene looking Naruto turned his head to look at Dōto, who sneered at him. "I'm going to crush you like the cockroach you are!" Dōto exclaimed.

Naruto narrowed his glowing eyes and replied calmly "Forgive me for not insulting you but I do not speak ill of the dead," Naruto then slammed his right foot against the ground, causing a burst of icy wind to flowing from the cylinders, causing a wave of sparkling ice to explode from the ground as he dashed towards Dōto.

Dōto smirked and shouted "Hyōton: Kokuryū Bōfūsetsu!" From his open hands that familiar black ice dragon came to life and headed straight towards Naruto but kicked himself off the ground and rolled forward to deliver a front flip kick, shattering the dragon where the remains then began to gather into his left hand.

Naruto slammed back on the ground and continued his pace towards Dōto and with a mighty yell, he grinded his left hand against the ground to gather more ice before he whipped it off the ground, causing a large wave of ice spikes to head towards the ruler.

Dōto scowled and dashed backwards to avoid the spikes before jumping into the air but Naruto kicked himself off the ground and rocketed towards the air born Dōto and aimed right hook to Dōto's face but Dōto blocked it with his right arm and it was then Naruto felt the right arm of his arm begin to thin out.

"What?" Naruto said as he looked at the arm in alarm.

Dōto smirked and said "This armor isn't just for show boy, it drains chakra and amplifies my o-," a crack was then heard and Dōto sneered as he glanced down at his right gauntlet, which was now cracked.

Naruto gave a serene smile before he delivered a brutal head butt to Dōto, who was sent sailing to the ground while Naruto followed him with a burst of icy wind.

Dōto landed on the ground as blood fell from the middle of his forehead down to this right eye and leapt backwards to avoid the falling knee that was aimed at him. Naruto rose up and wiped his right arm with his left hand, thickening the ice around it as he let another serene smile appear. "Unlike you Dōto-san, I can replenish the ice on my armor. Can you say the same about yours?" Naruto questioned.

Dōto smirked and said "I've had many try to kill me boy. You think I'm going to let an upstart succeed when they failed?"

Naruto cocked his head to the left, his glowing eyes seemingly piercing through the ruler's bravado. "That's an interesting question…" Naruto then clapped his hands together then pulled them apart to reveal an ice trident. "Come and I will answer it," Naruto finished as he spun it around before he summoned four clones.

"Three minutes," Miyuki warned.

'Acknowledge,' Naruto replied before he motioned for the clones to charge. The four clones let out a shout of acknowledgement before they dashed towards Dōto, who smacked his armor and smirked before he charged towards the group of blonds.

The first two clones lunged their tridents at Dōto but the ruler allowed the tridents to collide against his armor, causing the ice to thin and shatter against his chest. Without slowing down his speed, he clotheslined the two clones hard enough to thin the armor around their necks before taking off the heads, causing them to explode into a shimmering smoke.

Dōto then twisted his body and delivered an uppercut to the third clone to send him into the air then leapt up and grabbed the head and leg of the clone and slammed the clone across his shoulders, causing the clone to explode into shimmer smoke.

Through the smoke, the fourth clone's trident pierced through it and managed to slice his left cheek, which caused Dōto to jump back and on the second lunge of the trident, Dōto stepped to the side and chopped the fourth clone's trident and then delivered a solid right jab through the ice armor and through the clone's torso.

But despite the hole in the clone's body, the clone grabbed Dōto's arm with both hands and smirked before exploding into spikes of ice, piercing through the armor and torso of Dōto while freezing his extended arm solid.

Blood dripped through the armor as Dōto chopped through the ice spikes that had impaled his left side, his left shoulder and right hip before he punched through icy remains of the clone's torso to free his froze arm and just as he did, Naruto had thrown his ice trident and it was coming straight towards Dōto.

Dōto barely managed to duck from the trident before Naruto rocketed forward and performed a 180 spin before his front leg exploded through the remains of his frozen clone and collided against Dōto's face, sending Dōto skidding backwards against the ground before skidding to a stop.

Naruto skidded to a stop as well as Miyuki said "One minute before my power wears out!"

"Damn it!" Naruto swore. "I need to end this quickly!" he said before leapt into the air and stomped down on the ground with his right foot, causing a strand of ice spikes to exploded from the ground and headed towards Dōto, who gritted his teeth and jumped to the left to avoid the spikes.

But while he was in the air, Naruto rocketed forward as a ice began to form around his body, giving him the shape of an ice made bullet where it slammed against Dōto's chest, cracking the armor further while sending Dōto soaring backwards before crashing into the ground and uprooting the icy snow around his body.

Dōto rose up to his feet and lifted his left hand and with a shout, the ice exploded from his arm, revealing the bar but useable limp and said "I've had enough!" Dōto then formed six hand seals before he shouted "Now die you upstart! Hyōton: Sōryū Bōfūsetsu (Ice Style: Twin Dragon Blizzard)!"

Dōto extended both arms as a black snow dragon exploded from both of his palms and flew straight towards Naruto where they then combined into a swirling tornado filled with ice and snow.

Seeing the tornado coming towards him, Naruto's eyes widened in terror at the sight and quickly slammed both fists against the ground, causing an wall of ice to appear before him where the dragon tornado collided, sending shards of black ice against the sides of the shield.

"N-Naruto," Miyuki stammered out before the armor on Naruto's body suddenly crumbled into snow, leaving his wounded body out in the open. Naruto's eyes widened as the ice mask crumbled away to reveal his stunned face.

Time was up.

"N-No…" Naruto breathed out as his eyes flickered into the dull gray of an inactivated Kioigan.

Just then, the shield began to crack against the unyielding pressure of the jutsu it shielded Naruto from before it exploding, causing Naruto to feel the full brunt of the jutsu. Naruto let out a scream as he felt the sharp edges of the black ice slice and pierce his body as he was taken high into the air

Higher and higher, Naruto felt his body being taken, the pain he felt growing with each strike from the ice until he began to grow numb to the numbing cold and piercing ice. The sounds of the rushing wind began to grow distance and his vision began to darken.

And then, it all went dark with the last thing he heard was Koyuki's faint cry of "Naruto!"

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Uzumaki Naruto

'Where…Where am I?'

Those were the first words Naruto thought as he opened his eyes. The last thing he remembered was fighting against Dōto before that attack enveloped him.

But now, Naruto found himself sitting in an endless plain of green grass filled with flowers and white petals floating around him from a tree that towered above him and seemed to touch the orange-pink colored sky itself.

Instead of the tattered remains of his orange jumpsuit, he was wearing a white shirt as well as white pants and white fingerless gloves that had a gold spiral etched into it.

"That's bizarre," Naruto breathed out.

He knew he wasn't in Tamashii Nohara as he was sure Seishin would have met him here so where was he?

Naruto felt the wind blow gently around him as he heard female voice singing through the gentle breeze.

"Listen to it.. Listen to it.."

Naruto's head whipped up to glance at to the north, where he was sure the singing was coming from. "That song…" Naruto whispered softly.

'The melody that gently shakes you awake…"

Somewhere in the deep recesses of Naruto's mind, he had heard this song before but from where?

"Listen to me.. Listen to me.."

Naruto looked around to determine where the song was coming from until he saw it. In the distance, there was a woman with flowing red hair as bright as the sun that was beating down on his head and she was wearing a white sun dress but she had her back towards him.

'I'll sing it for you…"

Naruto didn't know why but he felt began to walk towards this woman in the distance before he began to jog and then finally, he was running as fast as possible towards her, her song getting louder the closer he got.

"Even if my words are to lose meaning…even if my heart is to lose its place to belong…"

Naruto continued to advance towards the north where the woman stood but without warning, Naruto was forced to skid to a stop due to the large chasm that separated him from the woman.

"Even if I am to lose my voice…you know, I will always be here singing…"

Slowly, the woman turned around to face him but just as she did, the light above them began to shine enough to cover the upper half of her face as wisps of red hair flowed against her face.

"Our song will echo on from here…to the far and beyond…"

"Wait!" Naruto shouted as he reached out to the figure, which caused a gentle smile appeared on her face as the light grew brighter.

"For "you" and the "you" that you really want to be…"

Yuki no Kuni
Kazahana Koyuki

Koyuki fell to her knees as she watched the tornado made of black snow and ice swirling around in the air.

Dōto had done it again.

He had taken someone she loved from her…

Her father, the country her father loved and now…Naruto…The one that brought the light of hope into her dark, cold world was now gone…

She punched the ground as bitter tears began to spill from her eyes.

"Damn you Dōto!" She wailed against the rushing wind and as if to mock her further, from the tornado, Naruto's tattered orange jacket floated down before her. She grabbed the jacket and dragged it to her chest and despite the wind, she could hear the lumbering steps of Dōto coming her way.

She knew what was coming.

She knew that this was her end but she didn't care.

She would soon see the father she had left behind and the shinobi she had grown to love once more.

She was suddenly taken off the ground by her neck and found her eyes locked on her murderous uncle's. "Looks like the boy failed again," Dōto told her. "But don't cry my niece…For your father's foolish version of a treasure, you will see him and that blond brat shortly."

But just as he began to squeeze, there was a flicker of light coming from the dark tornado.

Dōto, who now stood before her, paused and looked towards the tornado as well with confusion on his face. Then, a beam of light exploded from the tornado, then another and another.

Soon, dozens of lights were now coming out from the tornado and it was then she heard it. As the rushing wind began to fade, she heard a yell coming from within it and then with a bust of light, the tornado exploded, leaving her blinded.

When the light faded, in the air, she saw an orb of white light that seemed to have a tint of rainbow chakra within it.

"No…" Dōto growled as he dropped her to the ground, causing her to wheeze and cough. "No…No…No…" he growled out as he took three steps back. "I can't believe this shit…"

The orb suddenly shot towards Dōto and slammed into his chest, sending him sailing to the left while Koyuki shielded her eyes from the bright orb in front of her. It was then the orb faded and when the light seemed to dim, she opened her eyes to gasp softly.

There he stood with his back to her.

She could see the intricate white/rainbow tinted lines of light flowing from the front of his shoulders down to the middle of his back where she saw the Kanji for "Champion of God of Death" glowing bright.

She also noticed that the strands of light spiraled down Naruto's legs and arms where they met the brilliant light that formed around his hips.

But the main thing she noticed that there were wings made of light that hovered above Naruto's back.

"N-Naru…" she breathed out.

Naruto then turned around to face her fully and she could see that the strands of white/rainbow energy trailing down from his eyes, which also glowing in that white/rainbow tinted light, to a glowing line on his collarbones.

"Naruto…I…" she breathed

She didn't get a chance to continue because Naruto slowly knelt down so he was eye level and placed a gentle hand on her face. "Do not worry, I won't let him hurt you…" Naruto told her with a gentle smile. "No more crying…Smile…" Naruto whispered. Before she could respond, he gently whispered "I'll be back…"

She grabbed his hand and prompted him to turn around. "I believe in you…Now go…Bring us our happy ending."

Naruto gave her a wide smile before he stood up and turned his back to her once again and began to walk away but instead of looking on in fear, she found herself looking on with determination.

"You can do it, Shinobi boy…." She whispered.

"Princess, want a ride so we can catch the end?" a voice asked. Koyuki turned to see the director and the producer in a cart beside her. Koyuki nodded and quickly got onto the cart and the producer sped off as fast as he could.

Yuki no Kuni
Uzumaki Naruto

Naruto walked forward with a serene expression as he watched Dōto sneer in absolute fury. "Damn you cockroach!" Dōto scream in fury, his hands blurring with a quickness. "Just die! Hyōton: Sōryū Bōfūsetsu!"

Naruto watched as Dōto placed his palms together and launched the familiar sight of the two black ice dragons that began to twirl.

"Dōto, you have caused enough pain and misery," Naruto murmured to himself as he began to jog, his right hand open. "Not only to the people of Yuki no Kuni but to someone that I care for…" Naruto continued as chakra began to flow into his right hand, causing a rainbow tint in it as he picked up speed.

"And for all that you've put me and everyone through during this mission…." Naruto's feet began to leave the ground as the wings made of light began to spread. "I will end this and send you into the warm embrace of the Shinigami…"

Naruto narrowed his eyes as he cocked his right arm back and shouted "Now prepare yourself Kazahana Dōto!" Naruto collided with the two dragon heads and with a shout, he pierced through the dragons, shredding the ice apart as wisps of rainbow chakra flowed from the front of his head to all around him as if he was a bullet until he pierced through the starting point of the attack.

Naruto could see the horror in the ruler's eyes the moment he appeared through the dragon and gave a wide smile before he skidded to a stop right in front of Dōto with his right hand cocked back. "I won't let it end like this!" Dōto screamed as he launched a punch at Naruto face but Naruto caught the fist.

Naruto pushed the fist to the side as he simultaneously twisted his body and punched Dōto's armor, right where the orb laid, where it broke upon impact and slammed against Dōto's chest.

The rainbow chakra exploded from impact and the screaming Dōto was sent sailing backwards towards the left glowing heat generator and upon impact, the glass shattered against his back. Dōto fell forward along with some of pieces of the glass and without warning, the snow in the area melted, revealing beautiful green grass with various pockets of flowers and a large pond where Naruto and Koyuki had just stood previously.

A gentle breeze caused Naruto's hair to sway to the left as he shut his eyes, the rainbow light on his body faded away and he was left with an exhausted smile on his face. "Naruto!" Koyuki's voice shouted from behind him.

Naruto turned around to see Koyuki running towards him and smiled as she leapt forward and tackled him off his feet and onto the ground. "Ow….Easy on the body…It's been through a lot," Naruto said with a grin on his face.

"Believe in the future. If you do, a spring will surely come…" a male voice said.

Koyuki's head snapped up and It was then a hologram of a young girl appeared in front of the generator. "Oh…She looks like…" Naruto whispered.

"That's me…" she whispered.

"What will you do when it comes, Koyuki?" The man asked.

The young girl tilted her head to the side and said "I want to be a princess," with a bright smile on her face.

"Oh yeah? What sort of princess?" The male voice asked.

"Hm…Let's see… Strong and Kind and most of all, one that fights for justice!" The young Koyuki said happily, which caused the man to laugh.

Koyuki's breath hitched at this and murmured "I really said that?"

"Looks like you did," Naruto whispered softly.

"That's some dream," the man replied off camera. "Well, so long as you believe in your dream and never give up, one day you'll be that princess."

Naruto saw a man appear and walk behind the young Koyuki and placed his hands on her should and said "I can see it now. Can you? There is a beautiful princess standing right there in front of you."

Naruto looked up and saw Koyuki had tears falling down her face but she had a wide smile on her face. "Thank you father…" she whispered.

"Hey…" Naruto began as he wiped her years, prompting her to look down at him. "Didn't I say no more tears?" he teased.

"But…there's sort of a problem. There's something else I want to be?" The young Koyuki said.

"Hm? What's that?" her father asked.

"An actress!" The small girl exclaimed happily, prompting her father, as well as Naruto and Koyuki, to laugh as well before the image flickered off.

Once Koyuki finished laughing, Naruto leaned up off the ground to meet her eye level. "Looks like Dōto was wrong…There really was a treasure here," Naruto told her with a grin on his face.

"You sap…" Koyuki whispered. "This was all thanks to you…You did exactly what you promised to do…To give me a happy ending."

"I always keep my promises princess," Naruto responded with a tender smile. "That's my shinobi way…"

"Well…let me thank you properly then, Uzumaki Naruto…" Koyuki whispered before she leaned forward, prompting him to do the same before their lips met in a tender kiss while in the distance, the director and producer yelled excitedly.

Yuki no Kuni
Gama Sennin Jiraiya

"Well what do you know? He actually pulled it off," Jiraiya said with a proud tone as he stood on a mountain with Team Gai behind him.

"It was touch and go but he did it…" Neji said, holding an unconscious Fubuki over his shoulder. "And did it well."

"Yosh! Naruto-kun's youthfulness was shining so bright, Gai-sensei!" Lee yelled with a waterfall of tears falling down his face.

"In celebration of his youthfulness, we shall jog around this new land of spring thirty times!" Gai said before he and Rock Lee dashed away.

Tenten let out an exhausted sigh and said "Man…I am pooped. I hope our next mission will be easy."

"All I know is this, I now have dirt that Uzumaki Naruto has made a princess fall for him…This is going to be fun," Neji said with a chuckle.

Jiraiya shook his head at the comment but looked into his binoculars at Naruto and the returning princess in the middle of a kiss and thought "Well…Now this is a happy ending…Kushina…Minato…You two would be proud…"

Haru no Kuni - Two Days Later…
Princess Kazahana Koyuki

"You sure you can't stay?" Koyuki asked as she stared at Naruto. Behind him, there was a large boat where Team Gai and Jiraiya stood on the deck, watching them curiously.

"I wish I could but so many are depending on me back home," Naruto said with a sad smile. "But no worries okay? The minute I get back, I'll write to you. Although, you might be busy with your new role as Princess of Haru no Kuni."

"I will but I will always make time for you, my shinobi boy…" Koyuki said with a warm smile. "Now go…Go be the best shinobi that I've ever known as show the world what you can do."

"Yes Actress-Hime," Naruto said with a smile.

Koyuki then leaned down and gave Naruto a tight hug, which he returned and it was then she whispered "Just remember…You didn't just bring spring to this country…You bought spring into my cold heart…And for that, I will never forget you."

"Likewise princess…" Naruto responded with a smile. "Besides, our story isn't over yet."

Her eyes widened and she pulled away to look at him. He grinned before he leane forward to take her lips in a gentle kiss, which she returned gratefully, his promise ringing loud and clear to her happy heart. The two separated again but she rested her forehead against his, which made him smile. "Until we meet again…" Koyuki whispered.

"Until we meet again…" Naruto whispered before he walked onto the boat.

Five minutes later, it began to go off and Koyuki waved with a bright smile.

Despite all that happened, Koyuki wasn't sad that Naruto was returning home. She was going to miss him terribly and miss the light he brought but she knew that things weren't over between them.

They were going to be separated for a while but they would be reunited one day."Our story is just beginning, Uzumaki Naruto and you still owe me my happy ending," Koyuki said with a smile.

Rain: And the saga is done. See you all next time!