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 continued to hear footsteps as he looked behind him at the others.

He hadn't heard anything at the moment from them, that meant someone was indeed following them.

"I hear them too and I'm sure they know about the guy following us, kid…." Kuraokami stated before turning to deflect the Kunai thrown at his head.

He turned and used a Sea Sword to deflect them as 2 or 3 embedded them into the ice of his arm. He hummed and knocked them off the ice.

"I'm going to handle Shin… You guys go to the ambush point. He's just a knockoff, you'd be wasting your talents if you guys go after him." Marmora could very faintly see shapes in the distance.

He knew that they had the advantage, their eyes were better than him which allowed them to ambush him.

But Kinshiki was worse, he was stronger, faster… Probably had massive amounts of Charka considering his stamina.

"No, I'll handle him, just go on ahead." Sasuke put in. Marmora hummed and looked at Sakura and Tsunade.

"How about we kill this guy together? I've been getting tired of him ever since he showed up and kidnapped us." Marmora drew a Kunai before stabbing it into the tree.

"I'll go and soften up Kinshiki. I better not have to fight him alone." Tsunade stated. She rushed forward and into the forest.

"I wish this guy just got killed off by the others in town." Marmora rushed down the hill and defected another Kunai with his own before sliding down the hill.

Sakura followed after her boyfriend and Sasuke followed her.

Marmora sighed as the cold air bit into his clothes. He felt the cold melt into his clothing, soaking him to the bone.

"I'll take care of his clones, I'll leave Shin to you, I'm guessing that his eyes make him too dangerous to take head on… I'm really starting to hate all these visual Jutsu that a lot of these guys have." Marmora said before he was knocked to the ground and into the whipping winds of snow.

Sakura turned to him before 2 of Shin's clones knocked him to the ground. he sighed and parried a punch aimed at his head.

He kicked the other clone to the ground before he turned to the others.

"Go, I'll take care of these guys. I'll catch up when I can." He blocked another kick before another's punch knocked him to the ground and into the snow.

Sasuke left while Marmora looked at Sakura before taking another punch to the face.

"Go, I'll be fine, Sakura… Shin and Kinshiki are a lot worse than these guys." Marmora stated before he threw one of the 2 to the ground.

Sakura rushed towards them. Marmora sighed with annoyance, he smirked nonetheless. He couldn't have picked a more caring and nicer girlfriend then her.

(With Sasuke)

Sasuke rushed into a clearing and looked around.

"I had thought the mighty Uchiha wouldn't need any support to take me on… But your weak, just like I thought you'd be." He heard before he turned only in time to parry a stab from Shin's rocky arm.

He had forgotten Shin's other arm belonged to Danzo considering he had seen it shot for shot from his battle with the former and false Hokage.

"Your using clones… At the very least I can acknowledge I'm not without limits. I told them I could defeat you alone… But I have friends, you have lackies." Sasuke pointed out.

It wasn't untrue, the man knew that he couldn't defeat Sasuke head on… That was why he was cheating to win.

Then again, there was no such thing as 'cheating' when it came to being a Shinobi…

But Shin wasn't a Shinobi, he was an animal that he had ended up being released into the world.

"Your sickening… If a wounded animal is going to die? It must be killed; it's weakness will lead to the extinction of the herd. The Shinobi must continue to war… Because without war, you will stagnate, you will end up being consumed." Shin threw himself at Sasuke again and was repulsed.

He continued to circle the Uchiha. Sasuke noted his movements and hummed slightly.

"Your saying that when we have no war at the moment. We have no combat, no strife and destruction… You simply want a war because you enjoy combat… Not because tour trying to improve the world. You just want to fight for the sake of fighting." Sasuke stated.

Another slash, another parry, Shin was simply looking for another hole in his defenses, a moment to strike where his blade would find blood.

He said nothing at the moment, he rushed forward. His eyes were activated and he had a target, an opponent to strike down.

Shin and one of the last Uchiha began their dance of death.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out I'm sorry if Marmora is a 'story killer' like someone said, I didn't make him to insert myself nor did I create him to be overpowered. Next chapter will be on next Sunday and will show the final battle with Shin and Tsunade hunting Kinshiki. until then, Lighting Wolf out!

Ps: The Ino chapter is next week or so on Monday.