Hey just to note Chapter 35 has been redone to something far more better a few months ago. Also yes baby I'm coming back to this story.


"—And that is why team seven has been ordered to watch over the famous actress Yukie Fujikaze" Naruto ordered as he gave the scroll to kakashi "I think it will be a simple task for you all. Protecting a famous actress while I'm stuck here working on paperwork."

"Aren't we down one man? Wouldn't that be a problem?" Sakura had to ask.

"Don't worry about that Sakura, I have that covered you just go and meet with the client" Naruto answered back. Once his teammates left he looked to Kakashi.

"Danzo has forced me to take one of his foundation shinobi as a replacement for team seven. I want you to watch the agent, Danzo may have helped me win the election but that does not mean I trust him" said Naruto.

"I see, I will do what I can Naruto" the jonin frowned at the news. Like Naruto he too knew of the foundation and if his knowledge was correct the barbaric practices they used. Frankly it disgusted him that such an organization was even allowed to operate, they made ANBU looked like angels.

"Thank you sensei" said Naruto.

As the jonin left he looked back the mission request, the real mission request. "Now why does a agent need a nation overthrown?"

xxx

"Sakura, Sasuke, I want you to meet your new teammate Sai. He is the nephew of councilor Danzo and was personally trained by him, I except that you all will accept him into the team" Kakashi introduced the boy. Said boy was a pale, like chalk white pale, genin weilding a tanto on his back and a scroll one side of his hip plus painting gear on the other side.

"Hello my name is Sai and it is pleasure to meet you all" the pale boy spoke.

"Uh yeah, my name is Sakura and it is nice to meet with you too Sai" Sakura raised his hand.

"May I call you flat-chested?" Sai smiled.

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Kakashi and Sasuke watched as Sakura slammed Sai's face into the ground and started stomping on his back. Eventually Kakashi had to step in, it would be bad luck if his newest student died so quickly. "Alright Sakura calm down, lets not kill our new teammate. Now Sai, why did you call Sakura that?"

"I was told that friends call each other nicknames. Is that not what I was suppose to do?" Sai answered.

"And where did you get this info?" Kakashi could already feel the headache coming in.

The root agent pulled out a book called 'How to make friends in an instance' which suddenly explained a lot more that it really should. "Well that would explain a lot Sai. For starters ditch that book because the best way to make friends is by talking to people. Apologizes to sakura about what you said, you don't call potential friends names until you developed a strong bond with them."

"I see sensei" said Sai as he looked at "I apologized for calling you a flat chested person. I merely wanted to form a bond with you and sasuke."

"Fine, I accept your apology but if you call me any other names I will punch you again, got it?" said Sakura as the pale boy nodded.

"Excellent, now come along you three let's go meet our client" Kakashi lead his students to the commercial district of konoha were they stopped at a large wearhouse. Opening the door the three were greeted by the sight of hundreds of actos practicing their roles as well as technicians readying the place for the next scene for whatever movie they were working on.

"Ah so you must be the shinobi we hired!" said a bispectle man as he came to the group "Welcome, my name is Sandayu Asama, I am Fujikaze's agent."

"It's a pleasure to meet with you Mr. Asama, I'm sure you know who I am but these are my students. Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Sai. We understand that you hired us for guard duty correct?" said Kakashi.

"Indeed, we will be moving to the Land of Snow to cast our next movie and we wanted some shinobi to guard the ship while we film the movie" the manager explained.

"The land of snow? That's pretty far and we would be crossing not one but three foreign nation's seas" Sasuke added.

"You have no need to worry young man, I understand that you shinobi may feel uncomfortable about entering another nation but I promise you that we will be fully safe. I know the captain personally and the man has sail across the land of lighting and water without fail" Asama assured Sasuke.

"Plus no other village will attack us. Kiri is still embroidered in its civil war and I doubt it would want to cause an international stink by killing a world famous actress. Kumo still hasn't recovered their little act of stealing the Hyuga Heiress, like Kiri they won't make any move against us" Kakashi added.

The uchiha nodded feeling satisfied as the rest of his team began meeting with the rest of the cast. Sakura looked like she was in heaven, she was a big fan of the movies Fujikaze was in and seeing so many of her childhood crushes in one room felt amazing. As for Sai he was interacting with the producers and filmmakers with his interest being the artwork they were working on.

Seeing that his team were busy Kakashi asked Asama to walk with him as they discussed the mission "Are you sure it is safe to enter the land of snow? That place is notorious for being a isolationist. I don't want my people to put in any needless harm."

"I assure you sir that everything has been taken care of ... I had hoped there would be more but you will do ... their are people in the land snow that will give us shelter and protection" Asama replied. The jonin narrowed his eyes but kept quiet, the man did not say that nation's leaders accepted them entering into the land. The idea of going into nation like the land of snow did unnerve him.

Suddenly one of the aids burst into the room as he shouted to Amasa "Mr. Amasa! We can't find Fujikaze, she ran away after the chase scene!"

"We'll handle it" said Kakashi to the panicking manager.

xxx

"So this is where she is hiding huh?" Sasuke said to himself, sensei ordered that the team split up to have the best chance finding her. The last place the actress was seen was at a local river but by the time they reached it she was gone and the only ones their were downed kids. Apparently they saw the actress and tried to get an autograph but was told off.

The team began their search as they started asking around. Sasuke got lucky and found some people who saw the actress who was going around different bars, said bars confirmed that she was here before leaving nothing that she was annoyed when anyone recognized her. He had to thank Ozpin as the immortal was starting to teaching him tracking before the mission began.

He soon found the women sitting in a random bar getting herself drunk. Honesty it was pathetic to even look at the women.

"Yuki Fujikaze, you should be heading back home" Sasuke intoned.

"Huh? What is a kid like you doing here? Go back to your parents kiddo" the actress replied back.

"Me and my team have been hired by your manager to protect you" Sasuke replied.

"Is that suppose to make me safe? Feh, so a kid is suppose to make me feel safe?" the women scoffed.

"You know those kids back the river, you had no need to be so rude to them. You could have just given the autograph and left" he said. The actress did not respond and seemed more interested in her drink. Seeing that he wouldn't get anywhere he grabbed the bottle of sake from her as she glared at him. Right into his sharingan eyes.


LAND OF THE SNOW


"Mmmm, Sandayu where is breakfast—Hm!?" Yukie opened her eyes as she stretched her body before freezing from the sound of crashing waves. Looking out she realized she was on a ship ... no, the ship. Running up she was greeted by the sight of sailors manning the ship and more important the same shinobi from before.

"Ah Princess Yukie glad to see you up and awake!" Kakashi greeted.

"Where are we?" She demanded to know.

"I would say off of the land of fires nautical territory and approaching the land of frost. We will be going through the major rivers before entering the land of snow" the jonin replied in a rather cheerful tone. The actress grunted in annoyance as went back to ther her room.

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"Kakashi-sensei, would the term bitch be appropriate?" Sai asked. Neither of his teammate were arguing.

"Ma, let's not try to get kicked off before we get out payment" the man waved his student "Besides I would recommend getting some shut in. Sea travels tend to be long and boring."

With that the genin went off to do their own things. Most of which was talking to the people on the ship or training out on the seas, on the occasion that changed when the cast started working on the movie.

Until a month later

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Kakashi and his team were the first to be alerted as they ran up to see the oddest sight. It was an iceberg, a massive iceberg.

Which wasn't there yesterday

"When I woke up it was just there out of the blue. I talked to the captain and none of them saw an Iceberg approaching anywhere" the director's assistant explained.

"How odd, sensei I don't remember icebergs suddenly appearing in any of my books" Sai noted.

"That is because they don't. No matter how badly impaired a sailor is someone should have seen this coming ... something about this feels wrong. Tell the captain to get us around here and quick" Kakashi ordered.

"Don't listen to that order, this place ... this is perfect! Just what I saw in my dreams, it seems the movie gods are giving us their blessing!" The director cried out "Tell everyone to get ready, this movie will be a masterpiece!"

The jonin sighed as he saw the rest of the crew starting to unpack and the ship was being ordered to move closer. His gut was telling him this was a bad idea, how did a iceberg suddenly appear out of nowhere? It couldn't have been from shinobi from the land of frost, they were too far from them and such an act would have seen by everyone.

Could it have been the mist? No that would make no sense, Kiri was going through its infamous bloodline purges and had no stake in this. Perhaps someone with a ice bloodline moved to the Frost village or Kumo? That still doesn't explain why or how this happened. If such a jutsu existed than shouldn't have his team felt the surge of chakra?

He ordered his men to be readied as they step on the iceberg. As the movie crew started Kakashi felt that nagging feeling again, still seeing nothing he briefly opened his sharingan.

And immediately flung a explosive kunai at a nearby Iceberg "Everyone! Get back to the ship now!" From the smoke emerged a shinobi wearing some kind of advanced armor. What caught was the man's face and headband, he knew exactly who this was. He didn't think he would be dealing with Nadare Roga so soon. Around the man two more shinobi appeared.

"Kakashi Hatake! It is so good to see you again after so long and you even brought princess Koyuki with you. If you be a dear and hand her to us we can forget this ever happen and let you pass" the shinobi offered.

"Get everyone back to the ship" Kakashi ordered as he charged after Roga. As the two began to battle the rest of the crew began heading back to the ship, yet the actor seemed to have ordered his people to keep recording the battle saying its value was too much to lose. Sasuke and Sakura glowed as they readied their aura and chakra. Sai rolled out his scroll and began drawing as his paintings suddenly came alive.

Sakura and Sai went after the larger shinobi while Sasuke dealt with the kunoichi. Flipping throw head signs he used Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu as the women counted it with creating a wall of ice. Great, so he was dealing with another Haku than. He began using different fire jutsu as he heard Asama calling out for Yukie.

Turning back he was about to yell at the women to run when he saw the actress on her knees. More importantly her eyes, she suddenly reliving some memory. Something that he was far too familiar with in his youth. Did these guys cause her to relapse or was it their jutsus? He didn't have time to think on it was the kunoichi attacked him.

Sakura went first as she pulled out a fire dust crystal and created a medium sized fireball in her hand and threw it at the large shinobi. Said shinobi used the snowboard he was riding as an importu shield and blocked the flames. Leaving him open for Sai's paintings as they attacked in the back but as their claws started biting into armor it was stopped by an invisible force before their mouth started melting back into ink.

"Heh you have to better than that to hurt me!" the yuki-nin said as he smashed the two paintings with his snowboard. Sakura fired a blast of lighting at the man as it striked at him. Suddenly both shinobi saw some kind of barrier form over the man as it started to show cracks and sparks made it inside singeing his uniform before the lighting died down.

"Foolish girl, my chakra armor can't be beaten by a peatheic jutsu like that. There is no jutsu that can pierce my armor!" the man laughed. Sai noted the worried undertone in the mans tone. It seemed that he didn't expected Sakura to damaged him. He put that tidbit of info away as he created more paintings to attack the man and keep him busy as Sakura peppered the man with low level dust attacks.

Kakashi was faring no better with roga. It seemed the land of snow had greatly improved their chakra armor since the last time he came to the nation. To think that they would be sending the true princess back to her home ... no wonder why Asama requested so many shinobi. He must have been a loyalist to the late ruler before Doto killed him.

"Come on Kakashi is that the best you can offer!? I remember our last battle you were much stronger than now, where is that cold look in your eyes? Don't tell me you've gotten weaker since than and after all the training I've done plus my lords gifts. You are making this battle boring" said Roga. He created another ice dragon that destroyed kakashi's water one.

"Well He isn't wrong, I have been slacking since becoming Jonin" It embarrassed him to say it but ever since leaving ANBU he never pushed himself as he did before. Not that is was bad, being jonin had allowed him to finally come to terms with his own personal tramas and not drown himself in work. Since the Konoha Crush he had been working day in and day out getting back to his prime.

Which it seems was not enough.

He created a dome of fire around him as the ice dragon crashed in and dissolved taking the dome with it. In the steam Kakashi retreated back the now moving ship. He grabbed Koyuki and ran back as his team followed suit. Looking back the yuki nin did not pursue them as the ship moved further away from iceberg.

xxx

"So can anyone explain what is going on? Who were those shinobi and why are they after Yukie and why did they keep calling her Koyuki?" Sakura went first.

"Because Yukie Fujikaze is an alias her real name is Koyuki Kazahana the true heir to the land of the snow" Asama explained "Those shinobi back there were under Doto's command, the current ruler of the land of snow and the man who killed the princess's father. Many years ago when the princess was but a child her uncle staged a coup and killed her father. I myself was a lord that barely survived and had to flee the country.

For so long I had assumed the princess was dead and doto would forever rule the lands. But during my travels I learned that the princess was indeed alive and well, since than I have remained at her side while preparing to retake her rightful lands. It is why I hired you konoha shinobi, I knew that I need the help of a hidden village if we were to win."

"But how does that explain why that shinobi knew you sensei?" Sai asked.

"Because one of the Daimyo's lords hired konoha for he had fears about the coup. However even with my strength I knew it was impossible to defeat them all. So I took the princess and fled the nation, the last I saw her was me handing her over to her remaining servants. It is also why I knew about their chakra armor and it seems they have improved it greatly since we last fought" said Kakashi.

"Chakra Armor?" Sasuke now looked interested.

"A very highly advanced piece of technology that boost the users own jutsu and chakra it can also create a chakra barrier around the user too. But its most dangerous feature is that it can absorb ninjutsu and genjutsu" Kakashi explained to his students.

"Yes, it is our lands greatest treasure and feat. Unlike the major villages and nations we lacked the population and skilled shinobi that you have. Because of that we resorted to using technology to close the gap and thus chakra armor" Asama nodded.

"I will be blunt with you Asama, we can't do this mission alone. We have no idea just how many shinobi are equipped with this new chakra armor and even if a small portion is I bet you that the rest still have the older versions. We need to call for backup right away" said Kakashi.

"But we can't turn back the ship! We are too close to the land of snow and I refuse to wait and allow Doto to it on that stolen throne any longer!" Asama refused.

Raising his hand Kakashi pulled out a small green scroll and laid on the table. Using some chakra a small orb appeared out of it. "Sasuke, give me some of your aura" he handed it to the boy. Sasuke's body glowed a dark navy blue as spiritual energy began moving into the orb when it suddenly glowed bright green. The insides of the orb turned murky as it swirled around until it showed Naruto's own face.

xxx Flash Back Start xxx

"So what is this?" Kakashi looked at the orb given to him by the hokage.

"Something that I think will help you out. Something is off about this mission sensei and this will let me communicate with you in the case things go wrong. Simply have Sasuke or Sakura push aura into the orb and it will allow you to contact with me." Naruto answered.

"Interesting. Good to hear that I'm not the only one that knows this mission is odd" Kakashi pocketed the orb.

"The last thing we need is another Gato and Zabuza" said Naruto.

"Well if that is the case I better start preparing for the mission" Kakashi nodded to his student before leaving

xxx Flash Back End xxx

"Kakashi-sensei what is the situation?" asked Naruto.

"Hokage-sama looks like we are right in our assumptions. Our client is in fact a previous lord of the land of the snow and want us to overthrow Doto so that princess Koyuki can take over" said Kakashi.

"I see, well than Asama I hope you can explain why you could not explain this during the hiring phase and not put my shinobi in danger? I am half tempted to order my shinobi to have this ship turn back. I hope you have a good answer" said Naruto. He motioned with his hand as a ANBU kneeled to him. He ordered the ANBU to get his advisors.

"Please! I understand what I did was dishonorable and you have no reason to trust me yet I beg you to give me a chance and help return Princess Koyuki to the throne!" Asama went on his knees. Naruto did not reply as he waited a few minutes as his advisors began coming in. Asama repeated the same things as the council remained silent.

"Supporting this coup may not be the wisest option Hokage-sama" said Shibi "Even if we do take the country back Kumo and Iwa would be at our throats on the issue. They could see if as a sign of a prelude to war if we try to place any military forces on the island."

"I would say the contrary, by having access to the land of snow we can gain a natural port that is near the land of earth and lighting. All of our previous attempts of traversing to kumo by sea meant we were at the mercy of kiri and the water daimyo. With the current political instability this may open up new opportunities and allow us to put more pressure on the land of water" Danzo surprisingly spoke in disagreement.

"I can see where Danzo is coming from. The land of snow can also give us access to the advanced chakra armor they so greatly boost about. Such addition could be very useful for our forces" said Shika "However, there is always the risk of kumo and Iwa finding out about our attempts. If we send a contingents of shinobi lagers than a squad of jonin through the land of lightening or around it by sea they may try to stop it."

"Konoha just came out of dealing with suna too brat. If we start taking over nations right now the other nations might panic" Tsunade grumbled "Plus how do we even know your princess will even hold on her side of the deal?"

"I assure you that Princess Koyuki will keep her end of the Bargen! Her father was an honorable man that kept to his word and I know that he would have taught his daughter the same thing as well" Asama exclaimed.

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"That may not be true Hokage-sama. From what me and my team have seen it seems she does not have any care about ruling the nation, she is apathetic to the notion of going back home at all. That is not taking into account of the fear she showed when my team fought off the snow ninja, she still must have nightmares about the coup" Kakashi put his two cents in ignoring the look of bytreal from Asama.

"Princess Koyuki is far stronger than you assume I promise you that—"

"—Will you just shut up already" Koyuki muttered.

"Princess! Please I will be with you momentarily I just need some—"

"What? Get help from a foreign nations? I have no desire to rule over the land of snow, Doto can have it for all I care about its a dead land to me" she replied "If Konoha wants it so badly than they can have it, all I want to do is get drunk and forget everything about today."

"Princess ..." Asama watched as his lords daughter left the room as a awkward silence covered the room.

"See! What did I say brat I told you she would not be interested in her nation. If she really did care about her home she would come to use or maybe kumo for aid. If anything she cares more about getting drunk, now" Tsunade shaking her head.

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"Asama, is there any other loyalist besides you in the land of snow? Anyone of particular power or influence?" Naruto asked.

He blinked a few time to get out of stupor "Y-Yes, lord Asami owns some of the few docks Doto allows and has always been loyal to the Kazahana clan. He was not there at the coup due his eldest son falling under a terrible case of the flu forcing him to stay at home. When Doto took control he allowed Asami to retain control due his family's history of shipbuilding."

"Is he the only one that survived?"

"Most of the lords died in the coup forcing their sons to take up the mantle. The few that did survive were under Doto's thumb before the coup or are now. But those son's still remember their one true lord and I have been in talks with them. Many have pledged to fight back when the princess returns back home while others will be remaining neutral" Explained Asama.

"Will that be enough? If Doto is hiring shinobi than samurai alone will not be enough."

"If konoha assist us than it may be. After the coup the land of snows shinobi had began rapidly migrating to other nations and the ones under Doto have been with him long before the coup" said Asama.

"What are you thinking of Hokage-sama?" Shika raised a brow to the young hokage.

"That it may be in Konoha's favor to help the land of snow overthrow their current ruler" Naruto mussed "Danzo and Shika are right that the technology of this land has greatly advanced since the last time we saw it. This chakra armor could be a welcome addition to our shinobi. But if we are to support you than we will need far more than what you are offering" said Naruto.

"By how much?" Asama narrowed his eyes a part of him knew that making any large deal with shinobi villages meant you should expect it costing more than you offered. But after so many decades of being away from his home and knowing that Doto has been allowed to ruin his home without consequences ... he was very desperate.

Before he continued you on Sasuke rose up from his chair and excused himself from the chat. When Kakashi asked what his student was doing all Sasuke replied with was getting his question answered from someone. Leaving the room the uchiha marched up the Koyuki's room where the women was pouring herself a drink.

"Oh great what do you want know" she grumbled.

"Just wondering if you could answer a question for me" Sasuke answered.

"No, now scram"

Sasuke refused to move even as the women glared at him "... I have to ask, how does someone like you turn into someone so pathetic"

"Excuse me" Koyuki whispered.

"You heard what I said, you have so many people willingly to risk their lives to see your father avenged and what do you do? You throw it away without a second thought" said Sasuke.

"And what do you know? Your just a kid playing ninja like it's some kind of adventure. Why don't you go run home to mommy and leave me alone" she growled.

"That would be nice, if my mother wasn't already buried with my father and the rest of my family" He gave a bitter smile in return.

"Peh, I don't want to hear your sob story brat" She turned her head. But the tone of her voice was slightly softer and he could hear the faintest amount of pity in it ... he hated pity.

"What is more interesting is that the person who killed my mother and father, it was my own big brother. He murdered them, my aunts, uncles, cousins. Man, women, child, and even the unborn were not spared. The only person that survived was me" His eyes transformed into the sharingan as the women almost flinched from the blood red eyes staring at her.

"These eyes that your staring at? They are of the same bloodline my brother used on me. He made me watched as my entire family were massacred, for seventy-two hours I had to endure that nightmare and I was eight years old at the time. So don't assuming that you had it all rough princess" The women did not reply back.

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He had to take a few deep breaths, thinking about the massacre was always a sore subject ... and one that always brought more raw emotions than he dared to admit. Calming back down he looked at the silent women "You and I both lost people dear to us and where I endure the equivalent of hell and pulled myself back up you decided to slump into a depressing state."

"So I have to ask, how does someone like you who suffered less than me become more pathetic than I ever was? You have people and servants loyal to you and love you yet you throw it all away. You think your strong by throwing everyone away from you and thinking everything is hopeless before even trying ... you're so wrap up in fear that you can't even admit it."

Sasuke shaked his head as he left the room. But before he did he had one more thing to say "You know there is something my teammate said a long time ago. You've let your fear consume you to the point you're nothing more than a disgusting creature, not worth calling a human, and if your father was still alive not even he would call you his daughter!"

xxx Konoha xxx

"—Kiri is out of the question. The entire land of water is under lock down and the last thing we need is to wind up in the middle of their civil war. We could probably go around it" Tsume Inuzuka offered.

"And have our men starve and drown before they reach the land of snow?" Danzo raised his brow "The supplies alone would be enormous in cost. We would need to modify current ships to even endure such a long journey. We might as well kiss our supply line goodbye while we are at it, the price alone may lose us the war before we begin."

"The land of hot water would not stop us if we go by land. With the recent demilitarization they barely have any shinobi left and we can use their ports. Much cheaper than going around the land of water and Kiri" Haishi brought up. The land of hot water had been in a decades long demilitarization program as the nation has been turning itself into forum of economic trade. It's famous hot springs being a key reason as hundreds of nobles go and enjoy themselves daily.

"Kumo would see us coming if did that. They could have a blockade set up and would demand we explain ourselves. Plus we would need to make sure the land of hot water even have the ships for the journey or it will look like we are trying to take over the wrong nation" Shika pointed.

Naruto remained silent in all of this as he advisors keep bickering over the best option to getting to the land of snow. All options either costed an exorbitant amount or came with the risk of antagonizing Kumo or Kiri. With the Hyuga incident still not forgiven this could explode into potential war. So basically no matter what this assault would come with a lot of backlash.

Instead of replying he merely summoned his magic as it brimmed underneath his own skin begging to be released and played around. Their were many applications of magic. From creating seas of fire all the way to creating new life, however, their were other more esoteric abilities that magic could accomplish. Looking at aura alone should tell you of the potential magic had.

When he created humanity he gave them access to aura. A small fraction of magic that could be used to form a single unique but powerful ability for each person. One specific user came to mind as his magic only grew with power, Raven Branwen.

"Shika, have we assigned any troops to this mission yet?" Naruto asked.

"We have a few companies in mind. All of them have fought kumo during the third shinobi wars and are experiences when it comes to fighting in colder climates" the nara answered.

"Good, have them all ready to deployment. Kakashi has already informed us that he and his team have set foot on the nation and are waiting for orders" said naruto. His councilor looked confused, why in the world would they want to deploy now? They haven't even come up with a plan to get their soldiers across the sea.

Seeing their confusion he raised his hand as a dark green portal sudden appeared in front of his hand. Plunging his hand into it another portal appeared behind Tsume as he tapped the women's shoulder. Everyone was silent as they watch their leader's hands and legs appearing in different places and even mid-air with no sign of pain or panic.

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"Using this power will require my utmost attention and me drawing upon the kyuubi's own power to supply this. Teleporting from far ranges require two things, power and a endpoint. Power is taken care of with the kyuubi. An endpoint on the other hand must be something of similar energy so I can latch onto it and create a portal.

I gave Kakashi and his team a powerful relic that will act as our endpoint. With it we can send our troops without ever needing to worry about Kumo or Kiri" Naruto explained.

"How long have you been hiding that from us?" Tsume had to ask for everyone's sake.

"You never asked" the immortal replied.

"Ignoring our leaders checky demeanor this does make our lives infinitely more easier. I will tell the 23r, 24th, and 12th companies that they should get ready" said Shika said getting up and bowing before vanishing from the war room.