Hey guys. Sorry for the late update. I recently got a Nintendo Switch, with Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu, so I got distracted. Plus I started a bit of a part time job, so that took up some time too.

So Guest, about Fuu, well, she will most probably die. I might, MIGHT, have some development with her and Shino. But as of now, I am most likely gonna have her die. Sorry.

To that other Guest, I kinda missed that, but since I didn't actually write out the letter and just gave a brief explanation of what it entailed, letz just say she did include the part about the Juubi.

So yeah, onto the chapter.

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A few days later, Jiraiya had left to get info on the Sanbi, and Kirito decided to ask Gai and Kakashi to teach him the Eight Gates.

Now, they were in a training field. Kakashi stared at Kirito, "So, you want us to teach you the Eight Gates?"

Kirito nodded as Kakashi and Gai shared a look. Gai looked at the young man, "Kirito, while I admire your drive to get stronger, the Eight Gates isn't something you can simply learn. It requires constant practice, and normally it requires you being a student of the Goken dojo. Its a sacred art. Even if we did ignore that part, its dangerous for your body."

Kirito opened his mouth, wanting to speak before Gai cut him off, "Before you say anything about Lee, know that he has been training in the Goken arts since he became a Gennin."

Kirito nodded. Kakashi sighed, "Well, its not like we won't teach you, but we just want you to know the risks, to know what it means to learn the Eight Gates."

Kirito nodded, "I see."

Gai nodded, "Good. So, do you still want to learn?"

The swordsman closed his eyes. His mark was a good power up, and he knew he was quite strong. But when he thought about the Akatsuki, he felt that it wasn't enough. In the end, he still wanted to get stronger.

Kirito opened his eyes, "Yeah, I want to learn it."

Kakashi chuckled, "Fine. Let's start now."

Gai nodded and in a blink of an eye, the two Jounin appeared in front of Kirito, both poised to strike. The swordsman barely had time to dodge it as he flipped backwards. The young man smirked as he charged.

A few days later, Jiraiya was in a random area in Mizu no Kuni, more specifically, at the edge of a huge lake. The sage stared at the water, this was the last place the Sanbi was sighted. And true enough, he could feel it. The signature was weak, but with his skill as a sensor ninja, he could feel the unique sign of the bijuu.

Jiraiya nodded, 'Okay, time to head back and tell them.'

The man quickly turned and left via Shunshin. Unknown to him though, as soon as he left, a snake slithered away as well, a satisfied glint in its eyes.

At the same time, in Amegakure, Pein looked at Itachi, Kisame and Konan. The leader of the Akatsuki said, "Itachi, Kisame, Konan. You three are the remaining combat ready members of our organisation. Zetsu is required to gather information, and he is not as good at combat as you are."

The three nodded as Pein continued, "With how half of our members are killed by the Kyuubi Jinchurikii, we must not follow the order in collecting the bijuu. So, I will have one of my paths follow each of you. The three of you, along with one of my paths each, will hunt for the Yonbi, Gobi and Rokubi."

The three nodded as Pein's paths appeared beside the self-proclaimed god. Then they moved out. As the three teams moved, Zetsu remained, and Pein asked, "Anything you want, Zetsu?"

The plant man nodded, "Yes, about the Sanbi, apparently the Konoha ninja are looking for it, possibly to take it before we can."

The Rinnegan user raised an eyebrow, "Hmm? Is that right?"

Zetsu nodded. The last male Uzumaki nodded, "Fine. I guess I'll go myself."

Zetsu spoke up, "About that, it also seems Orochimaru has something, or rather, someone that can capture the Sanbi rather easily. How about getting him to do the work?"

Pein pondered a bit, "Hmm, I suppose. He's been rather... afraid that I'll hunt for him anyways, maybe this will ease him up a bit, and hopefully we can utilise his resources."

Zetsu nodded as Pein looked at him, "Okay, go find Orochimaru. Tell him we'll leave him alone if he can get us the Sanbi."

The plant man nodded and sunk into the ground, heading for Orochimaru's hideout, which was supposed to be one of the few hideouts that were perfectly hidden away.

In the hideout, as Orochimaru looked at the reports Guren about a young boy he found to have connections to the Sanbi. The snake chuckled, it was interesting and intriguing.

The man knew Guren had some amount or affection for the young boy, if only in a maternal manner, at least according to Kabuto.

The man's eyes narrowed as he spotted a familiar figure rising up from the ground, one that he found unwelcome. Orochimaru hissed, "Zetsu... What do you want?"

The plant man smirked, or at least, the black part did, "Orochimaru, Pein wants you to get the Sanbi for us, in exchange, we'll leave you alone."

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, it just so happened he was interested in the Sanbi, and they come in demanding for it. Orochimaru knew of Pein's true identity, the fact that Konan stayed in the Akatsuki, and the fact that the body Pein used to meet him belonged to Yahiko, gave it away.

The former member of the legendary Sannin remembered the stories Jiraiya used to tell him and Tsunade, about his three protégés that they met in the war.

Orochimaru frowned, "Fine. I get you the fucking bijuu, you leave me alone, capiche?"

Zetsu grinned, or at least, the white grinned while the black part smirked, "Capiche. I'll see you and the Sanbi."

The plant sunk into the ground, leaving the snake summoner alone, fuming. The man yelled, "Kabuto, get me Guren!"

In a few moments, the bespectacled man came in with a woman wearing a green dress with her hair tied up. Kabuto nodded to his master, "Orochimaru-sama."

The man nodded, "Good, you can leave. I want to talk to Guren alone."

The white haired man nodded and left the room, not before sending the woman a brief look. Guren stared at her master, "Orochimaru-sama, what is it?"

The man nodded, "A few moments ago, I received a request to capture the Sanbi. You remember how Yukimaru-kun has a connection to the Sanbi?"

Guren wanted to frown but she controller herself, "Yes, but..."

Orochimaru chuckled and turned away, "I know you care for the boy, regardless of your normally cold demeanour. Worry not, this won't hurt him at all. All he needs to do, is draw the Sanbi out, then you'll seal the bijuu away."

Guren nodded, "I see. Very well, I will see to it that its done."

Orochimaru smiled, "Good. Gather your team, you can leave at your own leisure, but I advise you leave by tomorrow. I expect good news."

Guren nodded and left the room. As soon as she did, Orochimaru thought, 'Maybe I should have Kabuto disguise himself and follow them. That's one person, now who should I send next?'

Meanwhile, back in Konoha, Jiraiya was in Tsunade's office, with Hikari standing beside him. The toad sage said, "I've located the Sanbi, we can move out soon, preferably as soon as possible."

Hikari nodded. Then she heard the Kyuubi say, "Hikari, let me talk for a bit."

The girl nodded and let the bijuu take the front seat as she watched from within the seal. The Kyuubi spoke, "Toad, you will remember our agreement, right?"

Jiraiya blinked in surprise at the sudden change and nodded, "Of course."

The Kyuubi nodded, "Good. Only Hikari, Suguha, Asuna and Sinon will go. You will come with us as well. Other than that, no one else will come with us."

Tsunade nodded, "Very well. But, are you sure? The Akatsuki might go for the Sanbi. Given how the Niibi and you are going to be there."

The Kyuubi closed his eyes, "Very well, send one team with us then."

Tsunade nodded, "Okay. So, when do you want to leave?"

The Kyuubi opened his eyes, "In two hours, I suppose."

The Hokage nodded, "Got it, is that all?"

The bijuu nodded before he returned control to his host. Hikari sighed, "Damn it still feels weird to do that."

The girl looked at her godmother, "So, that settles it, I guess."

Tsunade nodded, "Yeah, go get ready, I'll tell Kurenai to get her team and meet you all at the gates in two hours."

The blonde nodded and turned to head home. Jiraiya saluted at Tsunade before he leapt out of the window, most likely to carry out his research.

Two hours later, at the gates, Hikari, Asuna, Sinon and Suguha along with Team Kurenai were waiting for Jiraiya. Hikari sighed, "Where is he?"

The other women all shook their head, they had a pretty good idea what Jiraiya was doing, and even if they didn't like it, they couldn't exactly do anything about it. After all, if Tsunade couldn't fix that, no one can.

Kiba and Akamaru shared a subtle grin/smirk with Shino, who silently nodded, a smirk hidden behind his cloak. They knew the toad sage was at the hotsprings, and they were looking forward to the final product of the sage's research.

Unfortunately, that research was about to end, as after five more minutes of waiting, Hikari frowned and threw a Hiraishin kunai at a nearby tree. The blonde then drew a handful of Hiraishin seal engraved kunai and threw hard into the sky. As the kunai fell to the ground, the girl vanished in a yellow flash.

After a few moments, the sound of a girly scream could be heard throughout the village before Hikari appeared at the gates, with a beaten up Jiraiya grabbed by the collars of his clothes on the floor. The girl dragged him across the floor before he flung Jiraiya onto the ground at Kiba and Shino's feet.

Hikari spoke as she walked past them, "Carry him, we've wasted enough time."

Kiba and Shino could only stare at the bruises and bumps on Jiraiya's head and face in surprise and fear as the other kunoichi headed for the gates. Kurenai turned her head and said, "Come on boys, hurry up!"

The two men of the team nodded to each other as well as Akamaru and they quickly hefted the beat up man onto the huge dog. Then they quickly chased after the rest of their team as they headed for Mizu no Kuni.

Meanwhile, in Kayaba's private training area, Kirito, Gai and Kakashi were training. The swordsman had successfully gained access to the first two gates, which greatly surprised the Copy Ninja and Konoha's Blue Beast. Usually it'd take at least a month to get to the first gate, but Kirito managed to get to the second in less than a month.

Now, Kirito was using the second gate against Kakashi. Kirito let out a breath as he stared at the cyclops. The gates felt similar to his Acceleration, with some key differences.

The major difference, was that the Acceleration made everything feel light and made everything slow down. The gates, on the other hand, didn't change his perspective or slow down time, rather, it increased his senses and his general stats. He felt stronger and lighter. He also noticed his mind was clearer.

Kirito nodded to Kakashi and they both charged. The cyclops quickly drew his chakra saber, the metal glowing white as he swung the blade. Kirito responded by drawing his Elucidator, swinging the black blade at the man.

The two contrasting blades met, and the two Jounin clashed blades several times before Kirito sent Kakashi's tanto flying out of his hand, the short sword stabbed into the ground.

Kakashi grinned and started going through a set of seals before he sent a huge fire ball at the swordsman. Kirito narrowed his eyes at the sphere of fire as he channeled chakra into his sword, making it glow light blue, then he swung his sword hard diagonally, creating a shock wave that completely extinguished the flames.

Kakashi chuckled, "Not bad, not bad at all. Only two gates and you can do that already."

Kirito nodded before he readied his stance again. Then an idea came to his mind, maybe he could combine his Acceleration with the gates, or use the mark in conjunction with the gates or even use all three at once. The swordsman decided to give it a try and focused on his mark as well as his skill with the Acceleration.

The results were greater than he expected. Time slowed down around him, his senses increased tenfolds. Kirito felt stronger than ever, as if he could do anything. Kakashi and Gai also seemed to be surprised by the change, as Kirito had an orange hue around his body along with the characteristics of the second gate.

Then before Kirito could charge, pain exploded in his head as he grasped his head in pain, yelling as he feel to the ground on his knees.

The two elder Jounins' eyes widened as they quickly rushed to Kirito's side, calling his name as they checked him over. Kakashi cursed, "Dammit, Gai, the hospital."

The taijutsu specialist nodded and they quickly grabbed the young man before they blurred out of sight.

A while later, Kirito groaned as he grabbed his head in pain. He had heard several voices calling for his name, some he could recognise, some he couldn't.

The young blacksmith opened his eyes and saw a familiar yet foreign room. Kirito also noticed he wasn't in his cloak. He was wearing a blank white T-shirt with pants.

The young man opened the door and walked out of the room. He walked across the short corridor and came to a living room, where three figures were sitting on the sofas.

The first one was a young man around his age, with flax-brown short wavy hair and bluish-green eyes. He also wore a light blue T-shirt.

The second one was a young girl, around the age of 12 to 14. She had light brown hair done in a braid and had dark blue eyes.

The final one was a girl around his age, with long golden hair, also done in a braid like the younger girl. She also had light blue eyes.

The young man smiled, "Kirito, you're awake."

Kirito nodded and said, "Yeah, I guess. I still wish I could sleep a little longer though."

The younger girl giggled, "As expected of Kirito, you're as lazy as ever."

The elder girl shook her head and sighed, "If you keep lazing around, father is going to get mad at you."

The younger girl nodded, "Yup, and you won't be able to go train your so-called sword skills."

Kirito grew a tick-mark as he said the younger girl's name, "Hey, I AM a swordsman, I will be one. Just you wait."

The elder girl laughed lightly, "Sure, sure. Tell us that when we pass the entrance exam for the academy."

The young man chuckled, "You two shouldn't tease him so much. I don't know where he learned it, but he really can use sword arts."

The younger girl smiled skeptically, "I know he can use sword arts, he did say he learned it from an old man."

The elder girl sighed and lightly patted the younger girl's head, "Well, I guess we can stop teasing him. Come on, let's go. Father and mother are waiting for us, or rather, for you."

She looked at Kirito pointedly as he nodded, "Sure, I'll go get changed quickly."

The elder girl nodded and Kirito went to change. Then as the shirt covered his head, when the shirt came down, letting his head out, the scene changed.

Instead of the foreign yet nostalgic room, he was standing in front of a huge grey statue. The three from the previous scene were also with him.

The younger girl smiled as she noticed Kirito's confused look, "This is Granteed, believed to be the physical body of the God of Blades, XXXXXX. According to the legends, after his battle with Vector to protect the humans, his soul was too tired and left his body, floating in the astral plane. His body, now known as Granteed, is left here, or at least, that's what we believe. None of the other gods gave us any explanations, but they did hint that we would need to worship him. "

Kirito nodded, "I see."

He stared at the large grey statue, he could certainly feel the 'sword' in it, even if it didn't look like something that'd embody blades. It also felt familiar to him, for some reason.

The other young man spoke, "Come on, let's go, you can pray later."

The younger girl nodded, "Fine, come on, Kirito."

The blacksmith nodded and the four turned for the door. Then as the elder girl opened the door, a white light blinded Kirito, and he knew no more.

Meanwhile, with the team headed for the Sanbi, they were at the site where the Sanbi was sighted. Jiraiya nodded, "This is where the Sanbi was last seen, or at least, last sensed."

Hikari and Sinon both nodded, both asking their tenants to confirm it.

The Kyubi nodded and spoke in Hikari's mind, "I can certainly feel that turtle's chakra, he's still here."

Matatabi also agreed, "Yes, he's here, most probably at the river bed."

Then Hinata spotted something and frowned, "Guys, look."

They turned to the river and saw a small boat on the river. Kurenai's eyes widened in shock, "Those clothes, they're Orochimaru's men."

Everyone could at least make out the tell-tale sign of the rope-like belt, which were worn by most of Orochimaru's men, or at least, those he trusted and deemed worthy.

Hinata continued as she frowned, "There're a six men, a woman and a... boy?"

Kurenai nodded, "Got it, Hikari, Sinon, I want you two, along with your... tenants, to try and contact the Sanbi. Asuna and Suguha, go with them, keep them safe. The rest of us will find a way and take them out."

Everyone nodded and they went to work. Team Kurenai slowly moved to the edge of the lake before Kurenai nodded to Hinata. The Hyuga heiress nodded and slowly channelled her chakra into her palms, forming her signature lion chakra fists.

The girl let out a breath and she thrust both hands forward as she said quietly but firmly, "Hakke Kuusho!"

The two lion chakra fists shot towards the boat, with one of the fists striking the boat while the other hitting the water.

With Guren and her team earlier, as they neared the area where Yukimaru sensed the Sanbi, the woman's eyes widened as a pair of blue lion shaped objects shot at them.

The woman yelled as she encased herself and Yukimaru in crystal, "Incoming!"

The first of the two projectiles struck the boat while the other hit the water, but that was enough as it sent most of the people on the boat flying.

Guren cursed as she hugged the boy closer and dispelled her crystal shield, 'I need to get him to safety first.'

She looked at the men, "Deal with them, I'll take care of the Sanbi."

Gozu, Nurari, Kigiri, Kiho, Rinji and Reiji (Kabuto in disguise) nodded.

(Okay, so I'm a bit lazy in describing them, so if you wanna know how they look like, go search Team Guren, you'll see a list of all of the members except Reiji/Kabuto. For now he's wearing a purple wig, green contact lenses and wears a black cloak with a basic grey T-shirt underneath with black shinobi pants.)

Reiji/Kabuto smirked as Guren jumped away with Yukimaru in her arms. It was painfully obvious that the woman wanted to take the boy to a safe place, and well, since he was under orders from Orochimaru, he might as well carry them out.

The diguised man's smirk widened as Guren's teammates all leaped out of the sinking boat, onto the water as they charged the Konoha shinobi. The snake's apprentice chuckled to himself as he sunk into the water, careful not to go too deep lest the Sanbi kills him.

The rest of team Guren spotted the Konoha shinobi rushing towards them. Rinji narrowed his eyes as he noticed a Hyuga, an Inuzuka, an Aburame and a woman running at them. His mind raced for plans, but they didn't know what they were capable of, so that was a problem.

Rinji said, "Kiho, Kigiri, take the Aburame, Nurari, take the Hyuga. Gozu, take the Inuzuka, I'll take the woman."

No one objected, after all, after Guren, Rinji was the best thing they had to a strategist. In every one of their missions, either Rinji or Guren would tell them what to do, they followed it to the T, and they never failed a mission.

Kiho and Kigiri quickly charged the Aburame, having heard rumors that the Konoha shinobi clan used bugs to fight. That gave them the advantage, since they used smoke, and bugs were naturally weak against smoke, or at least hated smoke.

Kurenai narrowed her eyes as she saw the five Oto ninja charge them. It seemed that they had already chose targets, and probably knew what they were capable of, at least to some extent. Unfortunately, Kurenai knew nothing of them.

The Jounin said, "Guys, stay sharp."

Hinata, Kiba, Akamaru and Shino nodded as they readied themselves. The Hyuga heiress met the feminine man head on, while the Inuzuka heir charged the huge man as the Aburame heir deployed his insects.

With Shino, the man narrowed his eyes as the two Oto ninja started to release smoke from their equipment, or in Kigiri's case, through a jutsu.

The Aburame knew that they knew he utilised his kikaichu to fight, and smoke was most probably the best thing after fire. Unfortunately for them, the Aburame clan had considered that weakness, and they had managed to breed the kikaichu to withstand heat, coldness and most importantly for now, smoke.

The man sent his bugs into the smoke, using their unique chakra sensing abilities to find out where the two men were. Shino narrowed his eyes as he noticed the smoke covering the area, his teammates slowly fading out of range.

That hardly mattered now, he needed to take down the two of them anyways. Shino glanced around, noting that they were constantly moving around the area. A smart move, considering they made next to no noise since they were still on the water.

The man spotted a vague serpent like object shooting at him from a distance. Swiftly, he jumped away to dodge it, but it started to wrap around his head, and he realised it was smoke.

The young man quickly held his breath, fearing that it contained poison. Fortunately for him, Shino had learned to hold his breath for a long time, plus the kikaichu could always supply his body with oxygen, so his health wasn't a problem. But that could only work for so long, as his human body would instinctively force him to breath eventually.

Shino spotted a tall figure rushing at him and he quickly ducked to dodge a punch. Kigiri's eyes widened in surprise, he hadn't expected the Aburame to dodge the punch, and he certainly wasn't expected punch to his gut.

Kigiri's eyes widened in shock as he was sent onto the water surface by the punch. The man quickly got up and vanished into the smoke. But that was all Shino needed.

As Kigiri leaped away, he felt something on his clothes, his hair and his arms, as if they were moving, just like bugs. His eyes widened as he noticed dozens if not hundreds of kikaichu crawling on him.

Kirigi thought, 'H-how?!'

That was all he could think, as the insects began to work. Immediately, Kigiri felt his chakra being drained from his body, then he felt sharp bursts of pain all over his body from the bugs biting him.

Slowly, his vision started to waver as he fell to one knee, from chakra exhaustion and the poison in his blood. The Oto ninja could barely make out the figure in front of him, and he could barely hear Kiho's cry of worry.

Shino stared down at the kneeling man, his bugs were keeping the other Oto ninja busy, so he wouldn't have any problems for now. The young man asked, "How does it feel, the chakra being drained and the poison in your body?"

Kigiri chuckled painfully, "Heh, not bad, for a tree hugger. I completely underestimated you."

Shino nodded, "Using smoke, wasn't a bad idea. But unfortunately for you, we breed our colonies to overcome their natural weaknesses."

Kigiri just chuckled as he accepted his fate, not bothering to do anything as the bugs swarmed over him, killing him on the spot.

Shino then turned to the other man, who was making a lot of noise trying to keep his bugs away. The young man's eyes narrowed as he heard the Oto ninja shout, "Stay away you pieces of shit!"

Kiho screamed as he shot balls of smoke from his arm-mounted weapon over and over again, trying to kill the bugs, to no avail.

Shino just narrowed his eyes as he raised his right arm, summoning and releasing more of his colony to gather above him. Then he swung his arm down, commanding his swarm to kill the man.

Kiho didn't last half a minute, as all the insects swarmed over him in less than 10 seconds. They absorbed his chakra, poisoned him and bit him all over. Once they were done, the bugs flew away back to Shino's body, leaving a dried corpse.

Shino just turned and make a small wind jutsu that dispersed the smoke before he headed back for his team.

Meanwhile, when the fights started, Hikari, Sinon, Asuna and Suguha were standing on the river some distance away.

Hikari asked mentally, "Kyubi, is this the place?"

The bijuu nodded, "Yeah, I can feel that brat down there. Wait a second, we'll talk to him."

Hikari nodded, knowing Sinon was probably having a similar conversation with Matatabi.

The two girls then felt the world around them change, as they were now standing on their respective bijuu, facing a huge grey turtle-like creature with one eye closed.

The Kyubi spoke, "Brother, its been a while."

The Sanbi nodded, "Indeed it has."

The bijuu took notice of the two girls on top of his siblings and continued, "A century at least, Kyubi, Niibi."

Matatabi nodded, "Yes."

The Sanbi then asked, "So, I assume those girls are your respective Jinchurikii, what do you want? It can't possibly just to catch up, right?"

The Kyubi nodded, sending a mental message for Hikari to shut up, "An organisation has been formed, and they are actively moving to capture us, most likely to revive the Juubi."

The Sanbi's eyes widened and he nodded seriously, "I see, that's troubling."

The Niibi nodded, "They've already got Shukaku, and probably me, if Sinon and Hikari weren't there."

The Sanbi nodded, "I see, so, what do you want me to do? If they are actively searching to capture us, I suppose they would have some way to defeat us."

The Kyubi nodded, "I heard, that the leader of this organisation, has father's eyes."

The Sanbi's eyes widened in shock, "W-what?!"

Matatabi nodded, "According to one of the human's spies, yes."

The Sanbi kept silent, taking in that fact. The Kyubi spoke, "As of now, being in the open alone is dangerous, our nature as natural beings of chakra makes it easy for them to capture us. One single seal, that's all it takes. That's why we're going to gather everyone, to prevent the Juubi from coming back."

The Sanbi nodded, "I see, so how do we do that? You said it, as long as we are in the open..."

The Bijuu trailed off before he glared at his siblings, "You don't mean..."

The Kyubi nodded, "Yeah, as much as I hate to admit it. Now, being sealed in a Jinchurikii is safer, much safer."

The Sanbi glared at his eldest brother, "You know how I feel about that!"

Matatabi nodded, "I know, but, we made deals with them, we will chose who we get sealed in, and I know, we know, the one who becomes your Jinchurikii will be different."

The Kyuubi nodded in agreement, "She's right. I know its weird for me to say it, but, the Jinchurikii understand how we feel, at least to some extent. The girl we choose, has lived with my Jinchurikii for her entire life. She will treat you right."

The Sanbi stared at his brother and sister for a few moments. He sighed, if his eldest brother, who was the one who held to their values the most, said that, then he supposed it wouldn't be that bad.

The bijuu nodded, "Fine... I'll do i-"

He was cut off as he growled in pain, then he vanished from the shared white plain.

Outside, Hikari and Sinon both opened their eyes to see a light pink pillar rising from the shore, and the Sanbi burst out of the water.

Kabuto laughed as he stared at Yukimaru, the young boy screaming in pain as he established the link with the Sanbi. Guren growled and yelled at the man, "KABUTO!"

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Done. So that's the 39th chapter. The next chapter will be Kabuto vs Guren, Hikari, Asuna, Sinon and Suguha. As well as the rest of the fights between Team Kurenai and the members of Team Guren. It will also be the birth of the new Sanbi Jinchurikii, I don't need to tell you who she is, right?

So yeah, review please. Until next time.