'Internal thoughts'

"Normal conversion"

"Tailed beasts talking"

Xxx With Sakumo and Kishina xxX

After the Kirigakure no jutsu( Hiding in the mist) was cast, the battle between them had turned into a game of hide and seek.

"Is it over?" Sakumo asked as he stood defensively with his back facing Kushina. There was zero visibility, the mist was so thick that he couldn't see anything further than a few feet, the only way he knew Kushina was even standing behind was because their back was touching one another.

"Not yet" she replied, "I'll let you know when I am finished".

Sakumo nodded, after few seconds he abruptly stiffened and looked down to see a needle-like sword stabbed in his stomach, when he looked up, he came face to face with Kushimaru's Anbu mask.

"Caught you" Kushimaru whispered.

Sakumo coughed up blood as he griped Kushimaru's arm.

"Have you though?" Sakumo replied with a smirk.

Suddenly, Sakumo and Kushina lit up.

"Bunshin Daikuha (Clone Great Explosion)", A fiery explosion engulfed all of them clearing the mist for a few seconds, there was nothing left of them except for a small puddle on the ground.

" They are getting closer" Sakumo warned, they had sent out several clones to act as decoys while they completed their plan.

Kushina finished her long series of hand seals and slammed her hands to the ground.

"Uzumaki Sealing - Enclosed Body Bind Paralysis "

"It is done" Kushina informed.

Sakumo nodded and burst into smoke, signifying he was a shadow clone.

A small distance away, far from the mist Sakumo and Kushina stood, observing the mist.

"My clone just popped" Sakumo stated, "The sealing was a success."

Kushina nodded, "Now, for the next part!".

She then began to rapidly weave through hand seals and clasped her hands.

"Fūton: Oshitsubusu fūatsu (Wind style: Crushing Wind Pressure)

Suddenly, an enormous wind pressure hit the battlefield, blowing away the mist.

Their clones popped as the pressure hit them and the enemy clones burst into water.

Now that the mist was gone, a massive sealing array could be seen covering the area.

" I see them" Sakumo stated, pointing towards the four ninjas pressed into the ground.

"And now, to complete the sealing" Kushina replied and slammed her hands into the ground.

"Uzumaki Sealing - Enclosed Body Bind Paralysis complete"

The sealing array then began to morph and move, covering the four with seals.

"Let's go," Kushina said as she shunshin towards them, Sakumo following suit.

They appeared near Kushimaru, he was the closest to them and quite far away from his other teammate.

"You got me," he said, his body completely paralyzed as he laid on the ground, "If I surrender, will you let me go?" he asked.

Kushina and Sakumo didn't reply.

"Thought so" he sighed as he closed his eyes and accepted his fate, "Make it quick".

Sakumo walked forward and stabbed his sword into the base of Kushimaru's skull, killing him.

"Let's go" he continued.

They made their way towards the other three.

Stopping near Jijin, Sakumo continued forward with his saber in his hand.

"It must be done" Sakumo stated.

"I know" Kushina replied.

Jijin didn't try to negotiate. Again, Sakumo aimed his sword near the nape and thrust it in.

"Got you!" Fubuki exclaimed as he punched Sakumo. His appearance had changed, his body resembling that of a shark, complete with webbed legs and fins, his body was covered in scales similar to an actual shark with spikes protruding from his elbows and heels.

Sakumo was able to raise his sword just in time to block the punch, even so, he was blasted away by the force behind it, his sword broke into pieces from the impact.

"Sakumo!" Kushina yelled in concern.

"You should worry about yourself!" Jinpachi exclaimed as he swung Shibuki at her neck.

Kushina blocked the strike with her katana by forming a blood shield around her. She got blown away anyway as the explosion from Shibuki dispersed the blood away and hit Kushina.

Regaining her posture in mid-air, she came to a stop near Sakumo.

"He broke my saber!"

"I saw that," Kushina replied as she unsealed a scroll and passed it to Sakumo, "You should have reinforced it".

" I did" Sakumo replied as he unsealed two katanas from the scroll, "My chakra got absorbed from the saber when it came in contact with his fist".

" He must have merged with his sword during our onslaught and absorbed the chakra from the seal, making it useless," Kushina replied as she observed Fubuki place a hand on Jijin, the paralysis seal instantly became undone as the chakra was absorbed from it.

"Chakra absorption, huh" Sakumo muttered as he swung his katanas a few times to get comfortable with them, "Quite a troublesome ability".

Kushina nodded, "It makes most Ninjutsu, Fuinjutsu, and Taijutsu useless, my chakra chains and Kyuubi cloak are also out of the question since they would get absorbed instantly."

"Very troublesome indeed" Sakumo replied.

Xxx With Naruto xxX

B and Han were fighting Naruto in their version 2 tailed beast cloak while A and Denji were providing backup.

Naruto had broken Denji's right arm rendering his Bakuton attacks less effective. A, on the other hand, had learned from his previous fights and didn't attack Naruto head-on. Relying more on B and Han to tank Naruto's attack, while he would attack when he found an opening.

"How the hell is he even standing?" Denji asked as he tried to heal his arm, "he has been fighting us for several hours now, why isn't he getting tired."

"He's a fucking Uzumaki, what do expect" A replied as he observed Naruto cut-off Han's hand, "But, he should be reaching his limit soon, and now that we have recalled our forces, the jinchuriki's can release their tailed beasts."

Naruto jumped back as several red charka hands burst out from the ground and began to chase him

'I have given them enough time' Naruto thought as he sliced off all the chakra hands, 'I also sensed their army moving back' suddenly B burst from the ground which made Naruto jump up in the air.

'Shit' he thought as he sensed a massive spike in their chakra, 'a Bijudama!'

Naruto quickly used one of his kidō techniques to stop their attack.

"Rikujōkōrō (Six Rods of Light Prison)"

Six thin, but wide, beams of light slammed into B's face, forcefully closing his mouth just before he released the bijudama, the explosion from the attack shook the ground and engulfed B.

Naruto quickly turned to face Han, but Han had already released his Tailed Beast Bomb.

Using Hiraishin, Naruto teleported behind Han and fired a Rasenshuriken at his back point-blank. Teleporting away, Naruto observed the Rasenshuriken expand and envelope Han in a vortex of countless microscopic wind blades. When the whirlwind subsided, Han was seen lying flat on the cratered ground.

'The cloak probably dampened the effects of Rasenshuriken, without that he would have probably died or at least lost the ability to mold chakra forever' Naruto thought.

Suddenly, Naruto swung his katana as he sensed someone appears behind him. Stopping the blade an inch from the throat, Naruto lowered his sword.

"Don't Hiraishin behind me like that! , I almost decapitated you" Naruto yelled at a sheepish-looking Minato.

After apologizing, Minato informed, "Their army has retreated, I observed the Kage making their way towards you so I came to inform you."

Naruto observed B stand up, he had lost his cloak and was bleeding profusely, Denji was checking up on Han who was still lying on the ground.

"What about the Kazekage?" Naruto asked, "I am not sensing his aid".

"His ninja were severely wounded during their fight so he asked me to move them to safety." Minato replied, "I dropped them off with Shikaku, Dan was also injured so I dropped him off too."

"Good" Naruto replied, "Assemble everyone near me, looks like this war will be ending soon."

Minato nodded and flashed away, as soon as he left the Kazekage reached near Naruto, flying on his iron sand.

Naruto nodded in greeting, "They are coming" The kazekage informed.

"I know, I can sense them" Naruto replied, "Are you ready?"

"Ready as I can be" he replied.

With a flash of yellow, Minato appeared near Naruto along with Kushina and Sakumo. Kushina immediately ran towards Naruto to check upon him.

Other Kage had also arrived and they had bought several ninjas with them.

Kushina spotted Yugito and Roshi with them, 'They must have healed them' she thought.

"There are Eight Jinchuriki with them" Kushina informed "They contain Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Eight and two Nine-tailed beasts?" she said the last part with surprise because as far as she knew, she was the only jinchuriki of the nine-tails.

Ignoring Kushina's surprise Naruto started, "This is going to be a hard battle and we are already at a disadvantage with our low numbers, So I would suggest watching each other's back and defeat them as quickly as possible."

"Why don't you bring in the Sanins" The Kazekage suggest "With them here, we could definitely defeat them".

"I tried to bring them" Minato replied, "But there was an issue back at the village which they were needed for, so they couldn't come" He answered as he gave Naruto a brief look.

"We just have to make do with what we have" Naruto replied, ignoring the look for now "I'll take care of the Kages, Kushina you face-off the jinchurikis, Minato take care of the Kage's aid and help Sakumo with the Kiri swordsmen. Don't hold back, fight to kill" Naruto finished, everyone did as they were told and leaped to face off their foes.

"What about me?" the Kazekage asked.

"You're with me of course" Naruto answered "Believe it or not, I too need help sometimes".

The Kazekage scoffed "I watched you fight them, they were in more need of help than you"

Naruto laughed off the remark and started to run ahead, followed closely by the Kazekage.

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Things didn't go quite as planned, Sakumo was cornered by A, Denji, and Jijin, Minato had to face off against Jinpachi and Fubuki, Kushina alone got the targets she was assigned.

Meanwhile, Naruto and Kazekage were stopped by 2 Kumo ninjas.

The Raikage, Muzukage, and Tsuchikage were yet to get involved in the fights.

Xxx With Sakumo xxX

"It's a pleasure to meet you again, Konoha's white fang" A spoke as he cut Sakumo off from heading to his targets.

"The pleasure is all mine" Sakumo replied as he unsheathed two katanas.

"It's said that you are stronger than the three Sanins combined," Denji asked, his hand now completely healed, "Is it true?"

"You'll know soon enough" Sakumo replied, with that he crossed his swords and slashed them, releasing bright white chakra in the shape of an 'X'.

The attack disoriented them but didn't deal much damage.

"That was kind of disappointing" Denji replied, "I was expecting more from the famous White Fang".

"Will this do?" Sakumo whispered in Denji's ear.

Widening their eyes, A, Denji, and Jijin quickly turned back to attack him, only to find him missing.

"Here" Sakumo whispered and slashed Denji's back, making him scream in pain.

They turned again and launched an attack, only to hit the air.

"He wasn't this fast when we faced him earlier" Jijin spoke as he cautiously looked around.

Entering his Lightning armor, A replied "He won't get away next time."

"I won't?" Sakumo taunted, before A could turn around, he was hit with the same attack as earlier.

"Jujishiroikiba (Crossed white fang)"

Unlike the previous time, the attack blasted A into the distance, severely injuring him because of the point-blank range it was fired from.

"Have I met your expectations?" Sakumo mocked as he held his katana at his side, both glowing a bright white.

"You weren't this strong when I fought you earlier" Jinjin retorted as he held Kabutowari in defense.

"I was holding back against you four" Sakumo revealed, "I could have killed you all back then but since I wouldn't have enough chakra or stamina left to continue in the fights ahead, I chose to hold back a little, but that is not the case anymore," Sakumo continued "With your army gone, I won't have to worry about wasting my energy on them and then face your leaders exhausted. Unlike Naruto and Kushina, I don't have infinite stamina."

"You talk too much!" A exclaimed as he suddenly appeared behind Sakumo and punched him with all of his strength.

Sakumo blasted off in the distance, bouncing on the ground several times until he crashed into a boulder.

"Oooh! That must have hurt" Denji exclaimed as he suddenly changed into Sakumo, "I doubt he would be getting up again".

Jijin instantly attacked him with his axe since he was standing right beside him in place of Denji.

Sakumo blocked the axe with one of his katana and before Jijin could use his hammer, Sakumo released a bright arc of light from his other katana which was blocked by Jijin, the force still propelled him back to A.

" How did he do that?" A asked, "I am sure it was him that I hit".

"Genjutsu?" Jijin replied/asked.

"I checked for that when I rushed towards him and he didn't react" A replied, "And how would he put all three of us in a genjutsu without us even realizing, only someone with Sharingan can do that".

"Are you done?" Sakumo interrupted, "If you want to know then just ask".

When none of them replied, Sakumo continued "It's called Kōton (Light release). It a technique I developed which allows me to manipulate light" Sakumo explained as his two katanas were slowly enveloped in a white light, the blades extending and widening to grow in size, "I changed the way light reflected around me and Denji so that our positions appeared be swapped."

Seeing their guarded stance he continued, "You are wondering why I gave away my secret" Sakumo deduced causing both of them to stiffen up, "It's because none of you are getting out of here alive", he whispered behind them.

A immediately activated his Lightning armor and flashed away, Jijin wasn't that lucky.

" Ggrk!" Jijin grunted as he was stabbed in the back, holding the sword so he couldn't pull it out, he swung his axe at Sakumo's neck.

Thud!

The sound of meat hitting the ground was heard before Sakumo dashed back to dodge A's punch.

"Are you ok?" A questioned as he slowly removed the red-stained sword from Jinin's back and tossed it away from Sakumo.

"I'll live" Jijin answered as he vomited some blood near his severed hand.

"I told you didn't I," Sakumo started as he finished his hand seals "I'll get you for what you did to Duy".

" Koton: Hikari no Yari (Light release: Spear of Light)"

He threw the light spear at them, A tried to move them out of the spear's path but he suddenly found that he couldn't move. Looking down, he saw that they were stuck in a mud trap with seals slowly crawlings up their bodies.

'Paralysis seal,' A realized 'I could activate my Lightning armor at full power and break out of it, but with Jijin in such close proximity, it would prove fatal to him in his current condition.

The spear inched closer, now, just a few feet away from skewering them.

'Fuck it!' A thought 'He'll just have to endure it' As A prepared to enter his lightning chakra mode, suddenly a large body jumped in the spear's path and stopped it a few millimeters away from A's back.

"Looks like you'll be needing more training after all!" The man exclaimed as he broke the Light spear, crumbling it in his hand.

"So, you've finally decided to participate" Sakumo called out, "Saikyō no tate (Strongest Shield)".

"Raikage-sama" A breathed out in relief.

"Take him to the medic" The Raikage ordered after undoing the Paralysis seal.

"It was kind of you to let them go" The Raikage retorted as A escaped with Jijin

"He is not gonna make it" Sakumo replied "I made sure he would die a slow death".

The Raikage didn't reply for a few seconds, "I thought you Konoha people had lots compassion and kindness, why such cruelty".

"It was personal", was the only reply Sakumo gave.

"Understandable" The Raikage replied and immediately dropped the topic.

"I guess we should start"

"I already have" Sakumo replied as he made a motion with his index and middle finger.

The raikage stiffed and turned around to see a sword covered in light poking at his lower back.

Slapping the sword aside, he commented "You drew blood", showing him a smudge of blood on his finger "That's impressive".

" I aim to please" Sakumo retorted as he dashed forward.