Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of the Merc and the Medic. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto and a few others do.

(Land of Snow.)

Marmora swung a punch at Sakura in his Arctic Armor. He had named the first form '1', it didn't seem like it was his strongest form. He didn't have to pour a lot of Charka into the form.

Sakura caught his fist only to have to pour a lot of Charka into stopping it as he pushed her back and went to tackle her.

She dodged it only for Marmora to knock her backwards with another kick.

"Good, kid. Your learning, the Arctic Armor isn't something you just master, it has many forms. I'm glad you're finding a reason to focus it." Kuraokami stated as Marmora panted and swung another punch only for Sakura to kick deflect it and then punch him back.

Her hits were enough to crack the ice, but it seemed it repaired itself enough from her hits to not stymie it much.

"This armor feels a lot less heavy then I thought it would be…" Marmora dodged several punches from Sakura as Kuraokami explained more.

"It's as light as a feather, but harder than steel. You just lack the charka reserves at the moment to tap into all the power… You called this the first form of the armor? Your right, that would indeed be the first armor." Kuraokami looked at Sakura who was sent skidding back and into the wall of the building.

She broke the window and cracked the wall as she rubbed her back. Marmora let the Charka for the armor withdraw into his body again as he panted.

"I can see your still getting used to it… Kid, your first form might give you an advantage against Kinshiki, but you sure as hell aren't going to be able to fight Momoshiki… Or the hunter of the trio, Urashiki." Marmora sighed and looked at Sakura before he walked over to her.

She stood up as Marmora hummed and began to look over her back.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think I'd hit that hard. You good?" He asked. Sakura nodded and began to pour Charka into her body to heal her bruised back.

Marmora sighed and shivered before he rubbed his arms and then helped his girlfriend inside.

Tsunade looked at them before Marmora sat her down in a chair.

"He's getting stronger and better at controlling his Charka… He's still getting tired a little, but he's balancing himself out a lot more." Sakura watched Marmora sit in the chair next to the table and rubbed at his temples with annoyance.

"I still want to know more about Kinshiki. Anyone who can fight Lady Tsunade, Sakura and Sasuke? That's a giant threat." Marmora stated as Sakura turned to Tsunade and Sasuke.

"You still should have a backup plan besides fighting him out in the open. Your plan has a lot of flaws." Marmora looked at Tsunade before waving his hand back and forth with amusement.

"I know, but I don't know what to do at the moment. I don't know any of Kinshiki's weaknesses, very little of his powers. I can't really come up with a very detailed battle plan from nothing. I don't know if we can even stop him, your 3 of the strongest and most skilled Shinobi in the Land of Fire… In the world, and we only managed to defeat him by getting very lucky." He stated while Sakura rubbed her temples.

"Kuraokami, you fought him alongside the Aito Clan, do you know anything about him?" Sakura asked. Kuraokami hummed and turned around before slithering around the room.

"I know a few things, but we can't stay here… Momoshiki can only be beaten by either the kid, a vast battalion of skilled Shinobi like you… or Naruto. He gets that fruit; he'll rip planet Earth apart in a few heartbeats. I'll look at those visions and see if anything changes. I can't guarantee any of the information I have on the Otsutsuki will help you kill them, Lady Aito." He vanished as Marmora pushed himself away from the table.

He turned around and walked to the window.

"If he's right? Then we need to take a chance and try and kill Kinshiki, he's a threat and if we take him down? We weaken Momoshiki, I just don't know how to get through his eyes." Sasuke perked up at this.

"He has the Byakugan," Sasuke stated. Marmora looked at him and nodded.

"Yeah, and I know enough to realize that he can disable our bodies and see our attacks coming. Kuraokami mentioned they all have eyes like that. I would like to know why you…." Marmora looked to the side as the group began to realize that Kinshiki did have a weakness.

"I think I have an idea that could help." Sakura put in as Tsunade and the others started to plan how to deal with massive man.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out my apologizes for the short chapter. I'm trying to decide where to take the story. Next chapter will be longer since I'll have more time to work on it. next chapter will be on next Sunday and will show Shin's next and final attack on the group, Marmora starting to fully master Arctic Armor 1 and more of Sakura and Marmora bonding. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!

Ps: Ino is probably getting another chapter on next Monday or so.