…. Nobuo Clan Throne Room ….

Following Takehiko's proclamation the room soon filled with Samurai standing on both sides of the fence. Yukio's personal guard was out numbered two to one with more of the Samurai Commander's bear masked soldiers waiting outside. The Daimyo looked on in shock and outrage as his second born son's plan came to ahead right before his very eyes; no matter the fact he wanted to deny what was happening, or blame someone else, the truth was there for all to witness.

"You dare raise your hand against your family, against me your own father; the setting Daimyo of The Land Of Bears!?" The elderly leader screamed outraged.

"Let's face it father, you were never much of a leader." Takehiko mocked. "In this family you have to steal and kill to get ahead. Hell, you taught us all that lesson the day you signed the pact that doomed Whirlpool; our closest ally gone so you could fatten your wallet. After I've killed every last member of this shame of a family, I'll blame everything on Hidden Leaf and declare Cloud make compensations for their failure. Just like you once tried, daddy, I'll use betrayal and deceit to better Bears holdings. Doesn't that make you proud? Ha, blaming the old bat Mayako will even allow me to secure the Deadfall Village Territories."

"Brother!" Kin'Ichi called desperately. "Let my children out, please! They've done nothing wrong!"

The Samurai Commander turned to his oldest sibling and smirked. "It's not about right and wrong, big brother, but the power I will receive when I'm that last of our clan; power I can't very well obtain if my niece and nephew are still among the living."

Laughing, Takehiko continued to mock. "Hell, they're no better than the rest of us. Father ordered Yasu to trap little Lord Naruto in an arranged marriage at all cost, even her honor, and your son Tasu agreed to help his own sister get the brat Uzumaki alone in bed; no matter if they were reluctant both agreed to do as father asked. Let's face it brother, if you were the second born you'd be right were I am now doing what I'm about to; you proved that when you agreed to make your own daughter a high priced h…."

"Shut up you fool." Mayako called out urgently cutting him off. "I'm begging you, command your Samurai to stand down and remove their masks before it's to late!"

"What are you going on about auntie?" The Samurai Commander asked with contempt. "Why would I order my men to stand down at the moment of victory?"

"Because, if they don't all of you will die horribly." The elderly woman explained earnestly. "Your two accomplices, the ones that trapped us in these barriers, do you really know who they are?"

Glancing between the fake maid and disguised Head Coordinator, Takehiko shrugged. "Mercenaries, Shinobi for hire. They serve no master but the one paying them. Like the fools that accompanied you but with no Hokage to pay up to after the mission is complete."

"You truly are a stupid little man; a true chip off Yukio's block." Mayako stated angrily. "These two barriers are specialties of my clan, as is the self maintaining kanji that generates them. This one holding us is the Life Draining Prison; touch the walls and you die instantly. The one holding your brother, sister, sister-in-law, and the twins is the Deep Freeze Prison; every second that passes the temperature within grows colder until everyone inside freezes to death."

A look of uncertainty passed over Takehiko's face as he looked from the two mercenaries and his 'aunt'. Shacking his head disbelievingly the man laughed nervously. "Your lying, your just trying to trick me."

"No, she isn't." The Jenshi imposter said smiling. A puff of smoke later and a man stood behind the dead coordinator holding the back of his head. He was dressed in standard Shinobi pants and Chunin flake jacket with no shirt underneath. His brown eyes and spiky blood red hair dead giveaways to his clan origins. "Living Corpse Concealment Body Jutsu; another Uzumaki Clan Technique."

"Your hair has always been light blue, when did it turn red!?." The Head Samurai asked shocked. Turning to the maid still dressed in the tight beige kimono he saw her hair had also turned crimson. "What, I don't understand, you both had blue hair!?"

"AHHHHH!" Everyone turned to look up sharply at a screaming Yukio that sat rigged in his chair as if every muscle in his body was seizing up. Though his cry of anguish had been short it was apparent by his pain filled eyes he would still be screaming if able.

"What is the meaning of this!?" Takehiko asked outraged as he rounded on the maid. "There is no need to make him or anyone suffer; just kill them quick and be done with it."

"Allow me to fully introduce ourselves, Lord Samurai Commander." The redheaded man said smiling happily while ignoring the order. "I am Iseri Uzumaki and this is my baby sister Shomei. We've come to slaughter your family in retribution for our own."

"But, but, …. you told me you were just mercenary ninja; you even came with references." The braided blonde backstabber stated shocked as he was unable to fathom the fact he was also being double crossed.

"Yeah and those references weren't cheap either you stupid fool; to think criminals would lie for money." Shomei stated sarcastically. "Me and my brother were very young when Whirlpool fell, hell I wasn't even walking yet, but our mother made sure we survived and fully understood exactly what your family took from us. We've been slowly poisoning your dad, on your orders I might add, for the last two years waiting for this opportunity; to make Yukio suffer while watching his family die slow. Blaming Hidden Leaf is just a bonus, their punishment for failing our clan."

Anko looked around the room confused and stated to Kurenai. "There's something really wrong here." The red eyed Jounin gave the purplette a disbelieving look for stating something so obvious, but the Snake Mistress pressed on. "Look at Takehiko's Samurai, the ones in the stupid bear masks, obviously the two rouge Uzumaki have no intention of letting any Nobuo Clan member live. So why do Takehiko's Samurai still have their blade drawn and pointed at the Daimyo's Guard Unit."

"That's because they're dead, or half way brain dead to be exact; held in a fatal dream-like state they shall never wake from." Mayako explained sadly. "I recognized the tactics Iseri was using to late; Uzumaki Dark Puppetry."

"Puppetry!?" Kurenai asked shocked. "What, like Hidden Sand Puppet Masters!?"

"Not exactly, no." The elder Uzumaki explained as she began examining the barrier for a way out. "No need for Chakra Strings when Fuinjutsu will suffice. He has been educated in the practice of using Uzumaki Arts to control the mind and body using various methods. The way he sealed himself inside pore Jenshi is one example, but the one he is using on the masked Samurai is far more cruel; Fuinjutsu hidden in the masks targets the brains of those under control in a way that removes all freewill while placing them all in a hypnotic dream. It's so absolute the basic heart and lung functions are know controlled by the jutsu instead of the individuals own thoughts; meaning the moment you stop the controller all victims die."

Focusing back on the idiotic fool trying to overthrow his own father, Mayako stated darkly. "However, I believe we will soon see something far more grotesque in the methods used to control, or rather slowly torture and kill, Takehiko."

Outside the barrier the second born son of Yukio seemed to finally realize he was screwed. The man reached for his katana but froze the moment his hand gripped the handle. "What gives!?" Looking around wildly he saw his troops still posed to attack his father's guard. "Fools, help me!"

"Oh, they can't help you Lord Commander." Iseri mocked snidely. "They've been put completely under my control thanks to the stupid masks you commissioned; the ones I designed to help them see through Genjutsu. It was a complete shame, just slide of hand and faulty jutsu to make you think they worked, when really I placed my trap; Uzumaki Art: Suppressing Dream Of Living Will. Though the Fuinjutsu I placed in your armor is far more elaborate."

Deliberately, with a frightening slow predator's grace, the vengeful Uzumaki walking up to his trapped victim. With a smirk he reached up and slammed the terrified man's golden bear mask closed. From within the helmet came Takehiko's pitiful cries as he finally began realizing how hopeless the situation was. "Please, don't kill me. (sniff, sniff) I'll give you anything; PLEASE!"

"Anything!" The redheaded man laughed with fake jovial. "Let's see, what do I really want. You can't possibly give me back my clan and village, even the great Nobuo Clan doesn't have that kind of influence, so what else. Oh, I know, how about a demonstration? Your father, the honorable Lord Daimyo Yukio, has bragged every chance he could on your skill with a katana. I think I would really like to see you cut his guard unit to pieces. First though, we really need to light a fire under your ass to get your out of shape butt moving."

With that the vindictive redhead held his right hand up in front of his face channeling chakra. Smoke began slowly rising from the decorative armor the Samurai Commander wore as the man himself began screaming in pain. Hinata, who was watching everything with her Byakugan, gasped in horror at what she was seeing. "The inside of Takehiko's armor is superheating; his skin is literally searing to the metal."

"It's far worse than that dear." Mayako explained watching the suffering man take a ready possession at the bottom of the stairs. The guard unit on the second floor prepared to defend their master as another knelt by his side and attempted acupuncture to relieve the pain he was still in. "I'm pretty sure Takehiko is about to achieve a level of speed, strength, and flexibility he never has before. That armor isn't just going to cook him alive but also rip him apart while doing it. A simple medical tag seal inside the helmet would suffice to stimulate his brain and keep him conscious right up till his last dying breath."

The Hyuga Heiress watched horrified as the screaming man's armor leaped straight up flat footed with such force it ripped both ankles and knees out of socket. At the apex of the jump the armor gripped the katana blade tightly and brought it straight up over Takehiko's head as far back as possible; ripping the shoulder blades out of joint. With a level of force the commander had never once achieved before, the armor crashed down hard on the dozen standing guards; one brave soul attempted to parry the insanely powered strike and was cut in half when his blade shattered like glass, the richer man's katana was made from much finer material.

"Oh, excellent Lord Commander; truly superb." Iseri laughed as the smoking armor and screaming man danced with masterful grace around the guard unit's counter attacks. "I must confess I didn't think you had it in you; your bastard of a father was telling the truth after all it would seem."

"Dammit, we have to do something." Naruto growled angrily. Mayako looked away from the Samurai battle tacking place to glance blankly down at her young clansman. The blonde, unlike everyone else, wasn't looking up at the burning man but to the side were Kin'Ichi and his family stood freezing. The elderly woman looked over at Ryoko and the small group of four trapped with her, watching them huddle to try and stay warm; the terrified father desperately looked around for a way out.

Turning back to the Samurai Commander, the woman's eyes met an angry Kurenai Yuri's. Though the Genjutsu Mistress didn't say a word her demeanor spoke loudly; 'You know a way out old woman so hop to it.'

Sadly, Mayako thought back on days long past to her former village and clan. All gone, save a handful, because of an old pervert's greed. Yukio deserved to die for what he did and his brat son Takehiko was no better, but neither deserved the fate they were being given now. Most of all, above all else, Kin'Ichi, Asami, Yasu, Tasu, and 'yes' even Ryoko were completely innocent. 'To save the children and grandchildren of the man I hate the most I must now spill my own family's blood; fate, you truly are a cold heartless bitch.'

"Alright everyone lessen up." The old woman spoke softly. "Saving Yukio and Takehiko is no longer possible, the damage they've endured is already to sever, but the rest still have a chance. When this barrier comes down the Genin must focus on the mindless Samurai in bear masks, both Kurenai and Anko must deal with Iseri, and I'll handle Shomei by myself."

"Giving us the harder one while you deal with the pushover?" Anko asked smirking. "I'm fine with that."

"Honestly, Shomei is probably far stronger than her brother. I recognize the Uzumaki Born Ability she is utilizing to poison Yukio. This will definitely be no cake walk." The elder explained.

"If that's the case either Anko or I should back you up." Kurenai tried to reason.

"Your main priority is Iseri. When he falls the Deep Freeze Prison will collapse along with the Samurai." Mayako explained firmly. "The young Uzumaki Kunoichi is mine and mine alone. Do not forget that I fought in the time before the founding of the Great Shinobi Nations. I am more than enough to deal with this overpowered upstart."

Reluctantly everyone gave their confirming nods to the plan. Waisting no more time the elder explained. "Right, these barriers were chosen for a reason. Self maintaining kanji crumble easily when force is applied from the inside. That's why this barrier we are in kills instantly if you touch it; also, it can absorb chakra from a direct jutsu attack. The barrier Kin'Ichi and his family have been trapped inside freezes anything that touches it instantly; it's more vulnerable to jutsu attack but that isn't a problem with Civilians. To bring ours down we need to apply a non-direct attack."

"Paperbombs would work." Anko theorized. "The force of the explosion wouldn't be actual chakra so therefore couldn't be absorbed."

"I had something different in mind." Mayako said smirking. "If Shomei realizes what we are up to she will simply reinforce the barrier herself. This must be a complete surprise."

Outside the barrier were the Leaf Shinobi plotted escape, the sister of Iseri stood watching as her brother's elaborate revenge plan cam to fruition. Hearing multiple puffs coming from behind her the redhead turned to see several blonde copies of her distant cousin. 'Stupid fool, Shadow Clones can't possibly break through the containment wall.'

Paying the brat no mind the woman turned to watch the show. Glancing briefly at the eldest son of Yukio freezing to death, along with his wife and children, a small amount of regret began to seep into her thoughts; only to be instantly crushed. 'No, they all deserve to die for what was done to our family.'

However, Shomei turned shocked as she felt a massive spike of chakra coming from Mayako Uzumaki. The old woman had thrown up a hastily constructed barrier inside the first with the blonde's clones standing in between the walls. Another massive surge of chakra, this time from the clones, and one violent explosion later dust filled the throne room as the Leaf Shinobi were freed.

"What was that sis, you were supposed to make sure they stayed put!?" Iseri screeched as he was forced to dodge away. From the dust cloud came a senbon needle that pierced the bottom of Takehiko's skull just at the bottom of the helmet. The redheaded man turned in shock and anger to watch the dead nobleman falling over, cutting his long planned revenge short. Turning back to the settling dust cloud his wild brown eyes found Ami gaping up in horror at her first kill; the move was instinctively done without much thinking as she simply wanted to end the man's pain filled screams. "You'll pay for interfering you little brat. For denying me my vengeance you shall burn slowly in his place."

"Don't even think of touching my students!" Anko yelled as she rushed the redhead. Kurenai quickly followed while yelling over her shoulder. "Genin, deal with the mind controlled Samurai and watch each other's backs! Don't bother holding back since these men are already dead regardless of the outcome!"

The two Leaf Jounin charged their adversary with swift cautious steps unsure of his skill and strength levels. The man growled low as his plan unraveled and jumped straight up through the two story ceiling. Having no choice but to pursue target in hopes of freeing the dying hostages, the two women followed on his heels.

Emerging from the floor in what was the Third Story Grand Ballroom both experienced Jounin quickly realized they had leaped into a trap. The floor, ceiling, and walls were covered in an unknown Fuinjutsu Formula that glowed and sealed them in with Iseri the moment they landed. Looking towards the far end at the Uzumaki Dark Puppeteer both Jounin saw he had removed his flak jacket and was now standing bare chested. "Did you two really think me and my sister wouldn't have prepared for this exact possibility. I made this room to harness the full might of my skill. I may not posses a Natural Born Uzumaki Ability, but I have made up for it with Fuinjutsu."

Running through hand signs the man bit his right thumb and slammed his hands down hard on the ground. A large puff of smoke later and a truly grotesque monster stood before the summoner. It looked like a ten foot tall ape with green scaled skin and a spiked lizards tail. Two large pikes were criss crossed on its back. However, it was the eyes that appeared most disturbing though; dull and lifeless with no thought or consciousness to speak of.

"Kurenai, what the hell is that?" Anko asked dead panned.

"I don't know exactly but I'm guessing the thing works similar to the brain dead Samurai." The raven haired Jounin answered.

"This, you pathetic excuse for Kunoichi, is one of my creations." Iseri explained with a growl. "I created my Reptilian Ape using the Uzumaki Chimera Jutsu. The practice kills whatever you try and combine into one because the brain can no longer process proper life functions correctly; which no longer becomes a problem when you apply the Suppression Of Living Will Jutsu."

"Your not the only one who can use Summoning Jutsu asshole." Anko taunted as she made her own hand signs. Slamming her palms down she instantly felt the chakra she molded dissipate. Surprised the purplette exclaimed. "What gives!?"

"Only I can possibly call upon outside help from within this barrier." The evil man mocked. "This room gives me and my creations several advantages; like a sixth sense of where everyone is regardless of mental awareness."

With that the man jumped straight up as his creation fired a sign-less fire ball at the spot he had been standing. The Kurenai next to Anko faded as the real one materialized jumping out of the inferno jutsu's way. Quickly jumping back hard the raven haired woman barely managed to dodge a massively powered hammer fist fallow up from the monster. Anko rushed to help and tried to wrap the beast up with Striking Shadow Snakes; only the jutsu failed to work at all. 'Dammit, even my basic style is now useless.'

Quickly regrouping both Jounin took stock of the situation. No Summoning Jutsu and a way for the enemy to detect appointments through Genjutsu, this would not be easy. Turning to Kurenai, Anko asked quietly. "Do you have a Genjutsu that can work on this guy; no telling how long we have before the hostages freeze to death."

"From what he said the room allows him to sense movement throughout to track his enemies." The red eyed woman began speculating. "Without knowing exactly how the jutsu relays information to his brain, or it could be something else entirely, I have no way of fooling it. Not just with our own positioning but basic Illusions as well; his eyes will see the images but the formula won't detect them so he will instantly know they're fake."

"Tick tock ladies!" Iseri laughed gleefully while tapping his wrist in mocking fashion. "Those pore greedy fools don't have much time. Who do you think will die first, frankly I'm betting on the children. The blubber butt Ryoko will probably outlast everyone though; more insulation."

"Anko move!" Kurenai called urgently as she backflipped backwards. The Snake Mistress fallowed quickly and felt the wind from a sword strike that barely miss her ankles. Flipping several times over to get some distance both Jounin landed up right and ready.

"What was that Kurenai?" Anko questioned for once losing her playful undertone as the situation steadily became more serious.

"Bastard must have summoned Samurai along with that thing guarding him." Was the raven haired woman's response. "He had them hidden under Genjutsu."

"I must admit Kurenai Yuhi, you do live up to your reputation." The redhead smiled as he and his monster faded from sight. "Another advantage of this room, I can instantly cast Invisibility Illusions with only a thought."

…. Mayako ….

As both Leaf Jounin squared off with the older brother, Mayako managed to get the sister into a large side hallway just off of the Court Room. The petite young girl was still giving off her award winning polite service maid smile as she mentally prepared for combat. "My, I must say Lady Mayako, I'm quite nervous fighting a legend such as you."

The elderly Kunoichi didn't bother humoring the girl with a response. Instead she took stock of everything regarding the girl's stance, demeanor, and appearance. She wasn't in a hurry to remove the tight kimono for more practical gear, such as having something in a special storage seal on her person, and appeared to have no hidden weapons; though if the ability Mayako figured she had was correct than weapons wouldn't necessarily be an issue. However; the thing about Shomei's appearance that truly disturbed the elderly woman was a pair of copper earrings that had at first gone unnoticed. They were nondescript, very plan things that didn't really seem like they went with the girl's ensemble. It was the fact they were concealed using a basic Notice Me Not Genjutsu Seal Tag that set off alarm bells. (1)

The faded redhead held out her right hand and created a large spear of pure chakra. Shomei studied the weapon amused and said. "So this is the Uzumaki Born Ability you posses Lady Mayako, Weighted Chakra; the manifestation of such dense energy one can mentally manipulate it into almost any form they wish. Though it does have a significant drawback I'm told, you can't use conventional elemental jutsu."

"True, but there remains ways around such a handicap and I've grown quite good at finding them." Mayako stated bringing her left hand up in front of her face to focus chakra. With a cry of "Uzumaki Art: Elemental Wall" a transparent barrier formed in the middle of both combatants as the elder hurled her spear. The moment the chakra weapon past through the energy field it gathered dust and debris to quickly form a dense shell of rock. The deadly spike of earth came to a stop, only inches from Shomei's chest, as crimson tentacles sprung out from the bottom of the younger girl's beige kimono and grabbed it.

"Impressive, utilizing an elemental charged barrier, generated by Fuinjutsu quickly drawn with chakra, to apply basic elemental properties to your own attack." Shomei observed. "A feat that could only be possible with Weighted Chakra."

"Not bad yourself child." The elder also acknowledged. "I recognized the effects of the poison killing Yukio; a poison you have an unnatural control over. When I first saw the sickness appear two years ago I thought it poetic justice, he was dying from an illness that closely mimicked a secret poison jutsu of our clan. So numb was I to the thought an Uzumaki could be alive after all these years, it never crossed my mind one was staying close to Yukio just to kill him slow and painful. Your Uzumaki Born Ability is one that was created perfect, immense power with no drawbacks regarding body or psyche; Crimson Jugaku, the ability to mold chakra directly into your bone marrow to mass produce blood with metallic like properties. If I remember correctly you then secrete it from the pores on your skin."

"Obviously you would know our clan so well." Shomei laughed daintily again. "As one of the more legendary Kunoichi of your time, I've often wondered why you didn't kill the Daimyo and the Nobuo Clan yourself. Brother, however, claims you are nothing but a traitor with no spine. I'm also wondering why you haven't tried some ridiculous reasoning with a heartfelt speech to dissuade me from vengeance."

The old battle hardened Kunoichi gave the young child a sad look and explained. "If you are ever 'unfortunate' enough to live as long as I have girl, you'll better understand my reasons for leaving the Nobuo Clan be. Those guilty aren't worth killing for the price of war it may very well cause, and not all are to blame for the actions of a few; or do you truly believe two children of fourteen, Yasu and Tasu, are truly guilty of the crimes Yukio committed against Whirlpool?"

Watching the younger redhead's eyes confirmed Mayako's dark suspicions. Seeing her battle hard resolve flare up from the depths of nowhere the old woman's heart grew cold. 'This desire for vengeance comes from an outside source. Looks like Uzumaki Isamu fell victim to the curse of all Uzumaki Dark Puppeteers, he can't stop forcibly controlling people no matter who they are; not even his sister when she disagrees with him.'

Losing her playful nature, as she was preprogrammed to should something conflict with the mental drive for vengeance, Shomei launched two crimson vortexes from a pool of blood that quickly formed at her feet. Mayako didn't flinch as the jutsu smashed against her still standing barrier. Mentally adjusting her Elemental Wall the elder quickly formed two kunai of chakra and threw them at her adversary; this time the chakra gained a lightning element. The still unnaturally angered girl formed two dragon heads from the pool of blood and made the one on her left shot out tongue-like tentacles to grab and swallow the projectiles; the head on her right opened up its mouth and returned the attack back at Mayako in the form of a lightning bolt. The deadly energy past harmlessly through the barrier and lost its charge, becoming dense chakra that the old woman reabsorbed with no effort.

'Mayako is favored by this hallway.' Shomei reasoned. 'If I can get her outside it should give me a greater advantage in this fight.'

Without hesitation the younger Uzumaki broke right and smashed her way through the wall. Mayako gave chase and soon both crashed out the front door onto the manicured lawn. Gleefully the blood user thought. 'Alright ancestor, empress me.'

…. Throne Room

Back with the Genin things were getting desperate. When the adults had separate to battle the main enemy away from the kids, the bear masked Samurai had charged in to kill them quickly. Tora had reacted first, channeling chakra as he pulled his blade the sharp edge reflected a very bright light. With a cry of "Kenjutsu Art: Flash Blind!" the long haired boy became invisible to all the charging enemies that were caught in the technique. Moving unseen amongst the dream-state held Samurai the Genin made quick work of them all; then reinforcements arrived.

"What are you waiting for Tora!? Use your Genjutsu again!" Ami exclaimed terrified as she parried a sword strike meant to decapitate with a kunai.

"I can't unless I sheath my blade to pull it out again; a fatal flaw of the first basic jutsu belonging to my family's own personal style." The sword welding Genin explained aggravated as he rushed to aid the purplette. "I've just started learning the jutsu associated with the Sword Illusion Dances."

"Well then let's try one of mine!" Naruto exclaimed. Holding his hands in the sign of bear activating his Sensei's Self Image Technique. "Genjutsu Art: Iron Fox Grip!"

The foxes and fox footprints all along the blonde's wrap made outfit began to appear as if under rippling water. Soon the reddish orange prints began to peel up off the clothing. Taking flight through midair the multiple flat claws began gripping the Samurai were ever they could find a hold; necks, legs, arms, torsos. Thanks to the nature of the controlling Fuinjutsu the brain num men couldn't summon the willpower to break the Illusion based Command. Naruto held the technique while his allies moved in and around the group mercifully killing the ill fated swordsmen.

Up on the second floor the guard unit still maintained their post watching over the dying Daimyo. The Samurai still trying acupuncture was hoping he could allow Yukio enough freedom to release them from their honor bound orders to stand guard; saving Kin'Ichi and his family was the more logical corse of action. "Lord Daimyo, please, order us to save your family."

"Fool, s-save m-me." The old bastard managed to croak out in pain. Resigned to the fact they could do nothing to help while Yukio lived the guard unit waited for their master to die.

…. Ball Room ….

With Anko and Kurenai the battle was proving difficult. Iseri was quite good at staying far away from direct danger while coordinating attacks with his puppets. Neither Jounin had managed to even lay a finger on the bastard yet. Every time they tried to get close he would instantly detect them and take evasive action. The Snake Mistress was having the most trouble though as her primary tactics didn't work in the room.

Ducking another invisible sword strike the purplette lashed out with a kunai and stabbed and invisible neck. The dead Samurai became visible as she through him away and prepared for another assault. "This is getting us no where Kurenai." She growled. "We need to figure out how he keeps detecting our movements."

"Working on it." The red eyed Jounin casual stated as she spin kicked an invisible Samurai's helmet off from thin air. The moment the controlling seals broke contact with the doomed man he fell over dead. The Genjutsu Mistress spared him no thought as she focused her chakra. Casting a basic Command against her enemy the woman threw a single shuriken that his brain wouldn't register by sight or sound. Even still Kurenai felt her weapon miss the invisible target.

'So, it has nothing to do with chakra, otherwise the shuriken wouldn't have been detected.' The raven haired woman hypothesized. 'That means he has a way to physically fell where everything in the room is located. Somehow his body is telling his brain the placement of things, but how.'

Alarmed, Kurenai quickly jumped left as a large cloud of dust materialized in a thunderous crash where she had been standing. The debris cleared away to reveal one of the apes pikes sticking out of a large gouge carved into the floor. Sensing more danger the Genjutsu Mistress jumped straight into the air to face it head on. Making four quick hand signs that ended in tori the woman formed a jutsu Asuma taught her. Quickly striking out with her right hand the Jounin cried. "Wind Release: Gentle Razor Slash!"

The sound of wet flesh being cut rang out as a fountain of blood appeared raining from midair. The scale covered ape materialized as he fell backwards dead from a slashed neck. Towards a far wall Iseri reappeared smirking at the seen. "Well, looks like the two of you aren't so pathetic after all."

Looking down at the ground the man frowned in thought. "It would also seem your students are better than I thought as well. I figured, seeing as they have been trained by a Genjutsu Expert, that some would have a decent grasp for Illusions already; however, my Fuinjutsu controlled puppets should still be effective against such tactics even with weakened minds. Judging by the amount of puppets I've lost my guess is those brats have a descent grasp of Commands, possibly even Illusion based Combos. I'll have to try a little harder to kill them."

Both Jounin charged the man at his proclamation in hopes of distracting him. Turning invisible again he hid away and called forth two more lizard apes. Anko, having enough of the stupid creatures, deployed a tactic consisting of shuriken and ninja wire to wrap up their necks. Giving a powerful snapping motion with her whole body the Snake Mistress decapitated the monsters. "Is that all you got bastard, large lumbering monsters?" The purplette taunted. "It will take more than that to kill us fool."

"Clearly" Iseri voice rang out from everywhere. "I guess I'm through with the stupid cat-and-mouse game anyway."

In the middle of the room the Uzumaki appeared once again; this time holding two large claymores. Kurenai studied the enemy for a moment wondering what his new tactic was and quickly felt something wrong. Reaching out she grabbed Anko by her jacket and jumped away just as a slash appeared on the purplette's left leg; one more second and the limb would have been taken off at the thigh.

"What the hell!?" The woman screamed as she ripped off a piece of her trench coat to wrap the wound. "I didn't sense a thing!"

"Delayed Perception Genjutsu." Kurenai explained as the image of Iseri began moving to attack where they had just leaped away from. "Everything, what we see, smell, hear, and sense, is delayed by a few seconds."

"So the only way to stay ahead of the asshole's new tactic is to anticipate where he will be before he gets there; perfect." Anko growled.

Kurenai looked on in anticipation as Iseri began series of hand signs in rapid succession after stabbing both claymores into the ground. Focusing his hands in front of his chest making the form of a circle, the Genjutsu Mistress felt his past self release molded chakra. Anko came from no where and pulled her out of the way urgently. Both women watched as the man's afterimage illusion grabbed both swords and attacked where Kurenai had been standing.

'I was anticipating some kind of jutsu attack!' The raven haired woman thought angrily. 'Was he just messing with us or was there an ulterior motive.'

…. Throne Room ….

Down two floors with the Genin things were running smoothly. The tactic of utilizing Naruto's Iron Fox Grip to subdue the Samurai for easy dispatching was working well. With the ease of such a large scale assault being nothing more than a boring nuisance, the young Shinobi should have realized something was going to go wrong.

Hinata, who had taken up a guard position to protect Naruto as he preformed his jutsu, quickly sent to full powered Juken strikes into an attacker's chest. The man flew backwards dead as his companions jumped over him, continuing the attack without missing a beat; as the Samurai were being controlled by the same jutsu they were surprisingly well coordinated. Centering her stance to ward off three at once, the Hyuga Heiress became relieved when the sound of a violin rang out and pink Sakura Blossom covered tree branches seemed to erupt from the ground.

Wasting no time in attacking the bound men Hinata thought astonished. 'I knew Sakura was getting better at casting Illusion Combos with her violin but she never told us she had perfected her own version of Kurenai Sensei's Titanium Triangle Cable.' (2)

Glancing around with Byakugan the indigo haired girl noticed Sakura sticking to the side of a far wall while hidden under an Invisibility Cloak Jutsu. So long as she stayed that way the hypnotized Samurai would never find her. It was just unfortunate Naruto lacked the same control over the Invisibility Cloak to utilize the same tactic.

It was as the heiress studied Team Six's progress she became concerned. Tora was making quick work utilizing his katana with brutal efficiency while Ami kept a comfortable distance using Senbon, surprisingly she was very accurate with the throwing needles, but Hibachi was forced to rely mainly on kunai and crude stabbing methods. It was as the shirtless boy jumped on the back of a Samurai charging Ami that Hinata saw something alarming on the brain dead man's forehead; a seal with the kanji for clone suddenly appear

"Hibachi, look out!" The bluenette called to late. The Samurai elbowed the brunette in his face lifting him in the air to float for a second. Utilizing a tactic that was definitely a Shinobi's the man then channeled chakra to his Katana handle and stabbed backwards. A fox footprint shot out from nowhere to grab the man's arm but he powered through with willpower and a chakra pulse he should have no longer have been capable of, and impaled Hibachi on his sword handle; the boy's face registered surprise as he fell unconscious. The grown man flung him away as he jumped to the middle of the floor and several Samurai joined him.

"What happened?" Tora asked coldly as the Genin regrouped. "I thought these guys no longer had the willpower necessary to resist Naruto's Genjutsu?"

"They don't." Hinata spoke calmly as she assessed the situation. The Clone Samurai was standing still with his hands in a circle shape in front of his chest. "That tactic wasn't a Samurai's, but a Shinobi's. I believe the enemy has cloned his own psyche onto one of the puppet's brain."

"What!?" Sakura exclaimed while applying medical jutsu; hands glowing green as she desperately tried to save the annoying boy's life. "How is that even possible!?"

"Sakura, can you save Hibachi while me and Naruto hold them of?" The Kenjutsu User asked dead serious.

"Hey, none of that showy boy crap!" Ami yelled. "I can help you kick this guys' asses to!"

"Not the issue Ami." Her teammate explained calmly. "Hinata is a close range fighter while you are a mid to long range fighter. You can keep the enemy at a distance, while covering me and Naruto, and Hinata can deal with the ones that get to close. Sakura saves Hibachi while me and Naruto press the attack, keeping the Samurai here so they can't attack our Sensei; I believe that is their main objective wants finished with us."

Conceding the long haired Genin's point, everyone agreed to their assignments while the two boys charged into the fray. Naruto produced a large expanded senbon and gave it a flourished throw while spinning through the air. Halfway to the gathered group of Samurai the weapon disappeared in a cloud of smoke as multiple shot out in rapid succession. The Psyche Clone and several Samurai managed to jump away in time but ten at the front did not. The force of the attack and large senbon needles stuck them all to the far wall before the replications disappeared; allowing the unfortunate Samurai to fall over dead.

Hinata, still studying the enemy through her Byakugan, saw the Psyche Clone place his hands on two more Samurai converting them two Psyche Clones as well. "Look out guys, there are two more mind cloned Samurai!"

…. Front Lawn ….

Meanwhile, Shomei was finding out just how hard battling Mayako was regardless of restrictions. The younger redhead had produced a blood katana to engage the older woman up close, hoping her age would give an advantage in direct combat. Mayako proved she still possessed the flexibility and strength of her youth thanks in no small part to her last name. Grabbing the blade with the palm of her hand, reinforced by a glove of chakra, the old woman introduced her right foot to the young girl's chin.

Flying backwards and crashing into the ground, Shomei flipped up out of the trench she was digging to through blood kunai charged with lightning. Mayako called forth her elemental barrier to give her chakra glove an electrical charge and batted the weapons away with contempt. "What are you playing at child, this is no sparring match."

Not letting the old woman's taunts get to her, Shomei ran through more hand signs as she landed causing pillars of metallic red to rise from the ground. Mayako studied the new development cautiously not sure of the tactic. The younger Uzumaki jumped sideways at one of the columns and instantly reappeared coming out of one next to the old woman, the speed at which this was achieved might as well have been teleportation. Mayako, barely managing to block a sword stab aimed at her heart, countered with a chakra needle from her throat that grazed Shomei's check.

Backflipping away the younger Kunoichi created a clone from her blood that took a stance next to her. Both creator and clone began running through hand signs faster than the human eye could follow.

Shomei. "Wind Release: Rushing Falcon!

Clone. "Fire Release: Fireball Jutsu!

Both deadly techniques came streaking for the old woman and combined into one giant raging bird of red hot flame. Mayako cast a wall of pure chakra to slow the thing down and leaped out of the way effortlessly. Reading her movements Shomei quickly formed a pool of blood were she would land to trap the old woman; however, the more experienced Kunoichi formed a flat barrier in midair to land on. Mockingly Mayako smiled down at her clanswoman. "Amateur."

Raining down pure chakra shuriken the elderly combatant attempted to capitalize on the younger's shock. Shomei recovered in time to dodge away to the safety of her crimson column hideaways. Reappearing several yards away she gathered a massive amount of chakra while forming hand signs. "Crimson Jugaku: Enraged Red Bull!"

Mayako watched bored as the blood created construct charged forth. Standing on her barrier midair floor she waited for the attack to get closer. With minimal effort the old woman leaped in to counter with a chakra reenforced kick to the head. The red metallic construct cracked and buckled under the old woman's power easily as she jumped back onto her barrier platform.

Landing in a crouched possession the old woman placed the palms of her hands flat on the barrier. Channeling her power through the floor and into the ground, Mayako watched Shomei narrowly dodge the lightning bolt her move created that came from beneath the younger girl's feet. Rolling her eyes annoyed, the experienced combatant turned quickly when Shomei disappeared behind one of the pillars and materialized coming from the one at her back. "Nice try girl, but that was rather obvious." The old woman taunted. Quickly shooting her left hand upwards a hidden kunai launched from her sleeve and stabbed the blood clone from earlier. Shaking her head sadly Mayako taunted again. "Did you really think I forgot about your clone?"

Not letting the loss of her replicant faze her Shomei pressed the kenjutsu attack again. Forced to abandon her barrier platform Mayako jumped to the ground for more room to fight. Expertly dodging each sword strike the faded red bobbed and weaved in an over-exaggerated manor to anger her opponent further. Laughing she joked. "Are you even trying to hit me or our you hoping I'll get tired and take a nap?"

Growing frustrated the younger Kunoichi hurled her blood katana at one of the pillars. Disappearing and reappearing in rapid succession the blade began coming at Mayako from every angle. The old woman continued to dodge every which way she could to avoid the deadly projectile in comical fashion. "Hahahaha, I haven't had this much fun in years!"

…. Ball Room ….

Anko ducked quick and drove her foot up connecting with Iseri's ribcage. It was comical watching the man's past image attacking to be sent back flying. The Snake Mistress's hit was also enough to break the time/delay technique. Having a clear few of her target at last the purplette made quick hand signs and unleashed one of her more powerful fire techniques. "Fire Release: Raging Python!"

The Jounin breathed out a large stream of flame that quickly took the shape of a massive snake which circled the redheaded man. Iseri studied the situation and realized there was no avenue of escape, not with the body circling him and the head directly over posed to strike. The massive jutsu closed hard on the target but a massive amount of smoke, signaling a summons, disrupted the assault. Kurenai and Anko looked on in shock as their enemy stood upon the head of one of the most bizarre creatures they had ever seen.

"What do you think of this puppet ladies?" The enemy taunted. "The creation from which the Uzumaki Chimera Jutsu gets its name."

Before the Leaf Jounin was a four legged beast with a large snake for a tail, the body of a lion, hoofed back feet, three fingered razor claws for front feet; the head of a lion was also positioned underneath the head of a wolfish-like goat with four large horns that stuck straight up. The abomination gave of a power and aura that was testament to it strength.

"Let's see what you make of him." Iseri stated coldly. The snake-tail opened its cobra mouth a spewed forth a sickly green smoke that began dissolving the stone floor. The Uzumaki riding atop the creatures back made four hand seals ending with dragon. "Wind Release: Air Pocket Bombs!"

Ten egg-sized balls of dense looking air formed just above the redheaded man's head. Each one shot out heading for the two Leaf Jounin. As they past through the acidic smoke cloud they absorbed the mass equally between themselves. Both Kurenai and Anko separated to divide the techniques focus as they hurled a multitude of throwing weapons to disrupt the attack. Each time an evasive ball was hit it exploded the deadly payload of acid. Finally utilizing all their acrobatic skill and weapons training each woman managed to safely defeat the jutsu; unfortunately both had been maneuvered to either side of the ball room.

"Impressive." Anko heard someone say behind her.

Turning away from Iseri as he faded from view atop his Chimera, the Kunoichi didn't have enough time to react as he shot out his hand and grabbed her left shoulder. Seals spread across her body as her muscles grew stiff; the pain from the cramps were immense. "Truthfully though, my main goal was to separate the two of you so as to capture one with my Dummy Jutsu; as you're the weakest at detecting Genjutsu that makes you the dummy. Most of what I've done up until know was to determine the easier victim to capture."

The Chimera returned to stand behind its control and Iseri jumped back on its head; Anko followed obediently without restraint. Glaring down triumphantly at Kurenai the Uzumaki smirked. "Now let's see exactly what you're capable off Anko Mitarashi."

Forcing his captive to make hand signs, the purplette took a deep breath and breathed out a massive amount of fire which took the shape of three dragon blowing up the whole area. Kurenai, having barely managing to dodge the massive inferno coming from all angles, looked on worriedly as black markings covered her friend. 'Dammit, the strain of using the Dragon Flame Bombs has activated the old curse seal of Orochimaru. Anko never results to using this level of fire jutsu unless absolutely necessary. If I don't end this quickly she'll die of chakra exhaustion.'

Seeing as her Genjutsu was ineffective the raven haired woman decided to switch over to her second, though far less know, specialty. Pulling two kunai she began channeling lightning chakra into the blades; so much power was apparent her hair became wild and slightly frizzed. Charging with far greater speed than before the Jounin knew her only possible chance of victory was to outmaneuver the bastard and stab him head on.

"What else do you have in your repertoire my Dummy?" Iseri asked mockingly as he once more forced Anko to make hand signs.

The Chimera pounced at the approaching streak of lightning when Kurenai came closer. The woman easily barrel rolled over the strike while cutting of the left front foot. Severing the appendage she attempted a flying leap to strike at the controller when she saw her friend preform a forbidden technique. Breathing out a bright red flame that coated her arms and hands, Anko parried the raven haired woman's frontal assault with minimal effort.

Being thrown back to the ground Kurenai ground her teeth frustrated. 'This is bad, that technique was never completed." She thought desperately as her mind recalled the memories of the many hours of training both women had gone through to try and perfect their own elemental jutsu. 'I was able to master Lightning Release and perfect my Thunder Bolt Dance, but Anko could never get the gauntlets to work right; the longer the jutsu stays active the harder it will be to control until the gauntlets start burning her flesh.'

Deciding to press the attack in hopes of freeing Anko, or getting lucky and killing the enemy; Kurenai channeled more chakra to kunai to amp her movement speed and charged. Using Shunshin half way to the target the raven haired Jounin tried to come in at the right side opposite of Anko. Catching Iseri by surprise the man barely had time to maneuver his hostage into possession to counter. The purplette's eyes showed her frustration and pain as she once again engaged her friend; only this time something surprising happened. Deciding to stab Anko in a non-fatal spot the Leaf Jounin aimed for her upper-thigh to immobilize. The Snake Mistress managed to counter by driving her right wrist into the red eyed woman's outstretched arm; this realigned the strike to nail Iseri in his calf.

Instantly one of the discarded claymores came streaking for the raven haired woman forcing her to retreat. The Chimera breathed out a steady stream of wind powered flame from its duel mouths but Kurenai managed to evade the attack. Driven all the way back to the far wall the Genjutsu Mistress waited for the fire to dissipate before charging again.

…. Thrown Room ….

Down stairs with the Genin things weren't going nearly as smoothly like before. The three Psyche Clones were limited by the bodies they controlled but still had all of Iseri's knowledge and training. Most of the man's Uzumaki Fuinjutsu and Ninjutsu were not usable with the chakra of others; physical skill, chakra control, and strength augmentation were not hampered at all though.

Tora ducked quick as one of the Psyche Clones Shunshined to his side attempting a horizontal slash. The long haired boy lost a few inches of his raven black locks keeping his head. Spinning quickly he shot out in an upward slash but the enemy dodged and retreated as a mind controlled Samurai tried to capitalize on the sword welding Genin's off-balanced stance; only for a well placed senbon needle to the neck to end his life.

Several feet away two of the Psyche Clones were attacking Naruto full out. The blonde had proven to be the greater threat utilizing False Visual to make replicated weapons invisible to all those around him; given his ability to make a large number of giant weapons there was a noticeable dent in the enemy's numbers around him. Forming the signs for the Self Image Technique the young Jinchuriki once more unleashed a volley of fox footprints to capture targets; however, this time two streaked towards the Psyche Clones claws outstretched. One managed to dissolve the illusion-claws before being struck and jumped out of the way, the second wasn't so lucky. As the deadly looking Illusion entered the armored chest of the enemy, numbness seeped outward from the points of impact simulating shock and death. Wasting no time to allow his target a chance to escape, Naruto blasted him with a large number of shuriken ending the doomed man's life.

Regrouping quickly with Tora the blonde asked. "How you doing!?"

"Fine, just peachy." The Kenjutsu User answered dead panned. "Interesting Technique by the way."

"Yeah, makes the target feel like their dying. Much harder to power through than a simple feeling of being restrained." Naruto answered while producing a large shuriken to hurl at a group of Samurai standing close together.

With the young Kunoichi things were fairly easier. Most of the Samurai were focusing on the two boys but some still tried to kill the girls. Sakura had managed to stop Hibachi's internal bleeding but he was still not out of danger yet; once already she was forced to restart his heart with a chakra pulse. Hinata moved forward seeing two of the enemy making it through Ami's defenses when she was forced to protect Tora. Quickly sending a Juken strike into the left one's knee, she spun hard and sent another Juken strike straight to the second's brain with a kick; not the most traditional way to use her clan's sacred art but right now she didn't care. Spring boarding off the dead man the bluenette pinned the first's head between her calfs and gave a violent twist breaking his neck. Without missing a beat she landed behind Ami and resumed her guard stance.

"Sakura, what's Hibachi's condition?" Ami asked sending two more senbon into the throng of enemies.

"The Katana's handle grazed the bottom of his left lung slicing a small hole. I've managed to close it but the lung isn't working fully because of clotting and partial collapse." The pinkette explained. "His pulse is low from blood loss and he's died once already. If this battle doesn't end soon I won't be able to stabilize him before running out of chakra; there's just to much going on around me to concentrate fully."

…. Front Lawn ….

Outside Shomei had lost all her playful attitude at being utterly humiliated by the older Uzumaki. Growing tired of the old woman's constant dodging the younger Kunoichi had begun making kunai and shuriken from her blood, sending them at her opponent the same way she launched the katana. Still, the old woman danced around the battlefield unperturbed by the additional weapons. However just as she did an over exaggerated backflip spin through mid air all the weapons stopped. Looking around smiling Mayako asked. "What, don't tell me you're giving up already?"

"Oh no, Lady Mayako." Shomei laughed daintily as she regained her composure. "I believe that is quite enough. This whole time I was acting as if you were getting to me just to keep you inside the field of pillars. You see, I've been slowly dissolving them with each passing second. By now you've breathed in enough of my blood cells for me to activate my most deadliest jutsu; Crimson Jugaku: Black Plague."

At the mention of the jutsu Mayako's vision became blurry as her temperature began climbing. The older woman found it hard to breath as she began to get dizzy. However, just when Shomei thought it was over the more experienced Uzumaki regained her equilibrium and stood back up straight. "Finally dear, I'll be honest, mainly because this fight is over and there's no point in lying, I've been waiting for you to use this jutsu the whole damned time."

"You see, when I was stuck in your barrier earlier I told my allies you were the more deadlier Uzumaki of yourself and Iseri. The reason I told them that was because of this one technique, after all only an Uzumaki or an accomplished Medical Ninja could hope to counter it; plus you'd have ways of keeping enemies pinned inside so escape was no guarantee."

Shomei took a battle stance to launch an attack at the seemingly distracted woman, but her body froze in pain before she could move. Mayako continued as if nothing had happened, stretching out her sore muscles while explaining. "Had you just kept up your attack then we wouldn't be having this conversation. As much as I like to pretend old age doesn't slowed me down it has; even Uzumaki grow old child. I've been using my Weighted Chakra to move my limbs for the last five minutes when my muscles gave out; hell, it's the reason I'm standing right now."

Chuckling the faded redhead's eyes fell on Shomei as if finally remembering the reason they were there. "Oh yes, I suppose your wondering why you can't move dear? You see, I know the Black Plague Jutsu allows you to infect others with your own blood to manipulate their bodies into a variety of sickness-like symptoms, people think they're being killed by a poison or virus when really it's a jutsu; the very reason why they could never detect what was wrong with Yukio actually. The doctors weren't looking for an active attack 'mimicking' aliment but something actually 'causing' aliment; like a virus. However the ultimate drawback to your special jutsu is the thing that makes it work; basically, you infected me with your blood, blood you must constantly send and mold chakra to in order to work your attack against my organs or whatever, while I sent my chakra to your body via the path you created. Right now me and you are fighting with chakra manipulation and control alone, you trying to mold energy to your blood in my veins and kill me while I saturate your chakra network with my chakra to render you unconscious; I'm afraid this fight was over the moment it became a battle of chakra alone though, Waited Chakra is all about free formed control and manipulation."

With that last statement Shomei felt a quick buildup of pressure in her skull before her world went black. Mayako watched her fall face first into the dirt and slowly sat down herself. 'I hope the others are doing alright. I'll take a small breather and see what I can do to help.'

…. Ball Room ….

Anko knew she was on her last legs as she felt the flames engulfing her arms grow searingly hot; soon her arms would begin burning off. Kurenai continued to dance around while the controlling bastard kept trying to kill her. Iseri had been forced to abandon his Chimera when the creatures blood loss began to make it sluggish; it was barely alive by the far wall. Now both large claymores had been connected at the hilts while floating just off of the Uzumaki's hand; he was using them to back up Anko's Taijutsu.

Kurenai rushed in when she saw an opening. Aiming a fatal lightning strike at Iseri's neck the raven haired Jounin hoped to decapitate him. Anko moved to intercept, as the charging woman hoped, allowing the red eyed Kunoichi to readjust her aim to target Iseri's abdomen when the purplette's Taijutsu reacted on instinct; somehow this Dummy Jutsu still allowed the victim to move and fight as normal while protecting the controller. The Uzumaki barely read the movement in time to place his claymores in the way to block the hit.

Iseri calmly thought out the fight. 'So, she's trying to use Anko to blind me for a kill shot; cleaver. Unfortunately for Kurenai though her friend is almost out of chakra. She'll have to try something desperate before long which will give me an opening to finish this.'

Deciding to force her enemy to make a move Kurenai channeled a large amount of power to the kunai she was holding. Rushing in again the redheaded man decided to meet her charge head on. He and Anko Shunshined to the side quickly so as the purplette could try grabbing onto the raven hair woman's sleeve. Barrel rolling over the burning hand Kurenai extended a lightning chakra blade from her two kunai and attempted to cut Iseri at the waist. Angrily the Uzumaki brought his duel welding claymores around to intercept the hit allowing the Genjutsu Mistress to utterly destroy them.

Tracking his enemy's movement the redhead saw she would land directly between himself and the half dead Chimera. Sending a command by thought the dying animal channeled chakra to its lion's mane and shot out a multitude off needle-like hairs. Kurenai, taken completely by surprise, failed to dodge the attack successfully and was crippled when hair-needles pierced her knees. Before she could think of something to save herself acid spewed out from the snake-tail, the Chimera's last dying act, covering the woman from head to feet. Held helplessly by the Uzumaki's jutsu Anko could do nothing but watch as her friend died.

"Well I guess that takes care of that." Iseri stated smugly. "Petty though, she was very pretty." Turning his attention to the pinkette he asked coldly. "So what shall I do with you? Maybe force you to use up what little remains of your chakra to kill your students. That would be fun right, I mean how often do Genin get a chance to go full out against their Sensei?"

Reaching out with his right hand to stroke Anko cheek the man received one hell of a shock; both his arms removed at the elbows. Jumping away in fear Iseri turned to see a very much alive and pissed Kurenai Yuri. Anko, freed from the Dummy Jutsu, collapsed bonelessly to the ground.

"How, how did you figure out how to fool my Fuinjutsu Room?" The defeated Uzumaki asked. "I should have instantly detected an Illusion."

Coldly Kurenai explained. "Earlier, when I stabbed your calf, it dawned on me the only reason you didn't avoid the hit was because you couldn't sense me. That was when I remembered you removed your flake jacket before the three of us ever started fighting. The answer became obvious; your skin. Somehow your skin can feel the Fuinjutsu that covers the room, and when something gets in the middle you feel that to. When I stabbed you in the calf Anko was in the way so you never felt my exact placement within your sensory field."

"That doesn't explain how you figured out how I felt the Fuinjutsu; you wouldn't have known wether it was an itch, scratch, minor pain, whatever!" The confused redhead screamed.

"Your right, I don't know." The Genjutsu Mistress mocked. "However, placing you under a Command to continue to feel the way you should within your own sensory field was child's play. Had you focused on what you could feel as much as what you couldn't, you would have realized Anko wasn't disrupting your sensory ability either." (3)

Iseri sighed in defeat as he looked down at his two ruined cauterized stumps. Down in the Throne Room all the controlled Samurai died as the Deep Freeze Barrier dissolved. Kin'Ichi, Ryoko, Asami, Tasu, and Yasu stood shivering but alive. Up on the second floor Yukio sat in his throne with Samurai tending to him. The pain stopped a few seconds ago but his pulse was still steadily getting weaker.

Author's Note:

(1)- More on earrings in next chapter.

(2)- Sakura cast the Illusion aspect of the Self Image Technique and applied Combo Element with violin.

(3)- Iseri can feel his Fuinjutsu on the walls. When something comes in between his Fuinjutsu he registers this as a blank or dark area; which tells him something is there. Kurenai placed him under a Command to continuously feel his Fuinjutsu, she didn't know how it registered to him but that didn't matter as long as his own brain did. Sense he consciously felt out for areas he couldn't feel he never realized he could feel the whole area.

(Also)- Team Eight and Six are not overpowered monsters. Had the Samurai been in full control of their own thoughts and actions they would have put up a much better fight; they wouldn't have gotten owned so easily.

Battle shorter than I thought but really I just want to get to Chunin Exams; who doesn't want to watch a more powerful version of Hinata fight Neji.

Next Chapter: Fate Of The Uzumaki Clan