Hey guys. Here's the 40th chapter.
So Antex-The Legendary Zoroark, thank you for all your reviews. About Kirito's visions, yes, his original powers are slowly awakening, so he's regaining his memories bit by bit.
About Itachi and Sasuke switching eyes, yes, that will come eventually, and about that fuinjutsu healing eyes thing, its possible, you just gave me something to think about. Haha.
So yeah, thanks for all your reviews again.
Anyways, let's start with the chapter.
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With Hinata, the Hyuga heiress stared at the feminine man warily. Nurari didn't look much, apart from looking like a creepy transgender person. But looks can be deceiving.
The girl readied her stance as she stayed on guard, Nurari circling her with a creepy grin on his face. Hinata kept a passive face, but the girl was feeling disgusted by him.
Nurari stopped in front of the girl, seeing she was very wary of him, and circling her wouldn't do much good. Without a word, he charged forward.
Unfortunately for the man, and fortunately for Hinata, Nurari had next to no knowledge about the Hyuga clan. The man mostly relied on Rinji for information and plans after all, his whole team did, apart from Guren of course.
Hinata blocked Nurari's sloppy punch, pushing it away with her forearm before she thrust her palm at Nurari's chest. To her surprise, the man nimbly moved away and dodged the strike.
But Hinata didn't let that affect her. The girl quickly used the momentum from her missed attack and spun, yelling as she did, "Hakkesho: Kaiten!"
Nurari's eyes widened in shock as the prized defensive jutsu of the Hyuga clan appeared in front of him, the barrier of spinning chakra grinding against him before it sent him flying straight into a tree on the shore.
Hinata slowly returned to her Juuken stance, careful not to rush in. At the end, she didn't have a grasp on Nurari's abilities, apart from the surprising display of agility, which may or may not have been a fluke.
True to her suspicions, Nurari stood up from the tree, bruised up, but not too hurt. The man frowned and quickly charged forward, surprising Hinata with his speed.
The girl raised her arms to block an uppercut before she pushed back, sending a Juuken strike to Nurari's chest. The man smiled creepily and dodged attack and slipped further in, and his smile dropped as he saw Hinata quickly slipping into her personal stance.
The girl yelled as she performed her technique, "Shugo Hakke: Rokujuuyonsho!"
The girl started to spin, weaving countless chakra threads around her. The threads appeared so fast that they formed a dome around the girl, not unlike that of the Kaiten, and Nurari was blasted away by the counter-attack, sending him into a tree yet again.
The man growled, having enough of it as he charged forward yet again. Hinata narrowed her eyes as she thrust her hands forward in several Juuken strikes, but her eyes widened as her palms slid across his suit, as if she struck somethinv slippery.
The girl managed to cross her arms to block a kick from Nurari, which sent her skidding across the floor for several meters before she regained her balance.
Nurari charged again, but this time, Hinata was ready. As soon as Nurari entered her range, Hinata slid into the tell-tale stance of her clan, "You're in my range of divinity."
Before Nurari could even take another step, Hinata moved, "Jūkenhō: Hakke Rokujūyon Shō!"
The girl started her combo, striking exactly sixty four times on Nurari's body. The strikes earning coughs of blood from the weird man. Hinata roared as she finished with a palm strike to Nurari's chest, which would send him flying away.
But the girl wasn't done. Not missing the slim chance, Hinata quickly spun and grabbed Nurari by his arm before she threw him upwards.
Hinata then slid into the Juuken stance, and as Nurari fell, the girl yelled, "Hakke Hasangeki!"
The Hyuga heiress thrust her palm upwards, and the invisible strike struck Nurari head on, earning a final cough of blood from the man as the attack killed him.
Hinata let out a breath as she stepped back, letting the dead body fall onto the ground. She looked up and let a small smile grace her face upon seeing the palm shaped opening in the clouds, courtesy of her attack.
The Hyuga heiress was cut off from her musings when she felt a huge burst of chakra, and she turned to see a pink chakra pillar rising from the ground, followed by a loud roar.
Meanwhile, at the same time all the fights started, Kiba and Akamaru stared at Gozu. The huge man stared at the two warily, Kiba didn't look like much, but Gozu was more concerned about the large dog.
The huge man had faced many enemies, but never in his life, had he seen a dog as huge as Akamaru, hell, he didn't think he's ever seen one for that matter, since his job was mostly to kill.
Kiba sent a subtle nod to Akamaru, who nodded back. In an instant, Gozu found Kiba and Akamaru flanking him. The huge man smirked and raised his arm, "Don't think that's gonna work!"
He slammed his fist onto the ground, creating a shock wave that knocked the Inuzuka heir and his partner off balance.
But they didn't let that deter them, as Kiba yelled as he flipped over onto all fours, "Let's go, Akamaru!"
The huge dog barked in response as he too fell on all fours. Kiba yelled, "Gijuu Ninpo: Shikyaku no Jutsu! Ninpo: Juujin Bunshin!"
At that moment, Kiba's features turned feral, his nails sharpening into claws and his teeth into fangs. At the same time, smoke engulfed Akamaru, dispersing to reveal the exact same figure of the beast-like Kiba.
Gozu narrowed his eyes as he turned between the two beast-like figures. The huge man had no idea which was which, but to be frank, it didn't matter to him, all he needed to do, was to kill them.
Or at least, that's what he wanted to believe. Being flanked by two identical enemies wasn't a good position, not at all, especially if they could attack at the same time.
As if on cue, Kiba and Akamaru both charged. Kiba yelled, "Gatsuga!"
The two clones started to spin, forming two tornadoes charging at Gozu from both sides. The man quickly jumped up, hoping for the two cyclones to slam into each other and hopefully cancel each other out.
But unfortunately, to his surprise, Kiba and his clone changed directions, joining together as they spun around each other, shooting up at Gozu.
The huge man cursed and thrust his fist forward, hoping to at least slow down the two cyclones. Gozu's eyes widened as he suppressed the urge to scream in pain as Kiba and Akamaru grind against his fist, staining the ground with Gozu's blood.
The two cyclones then blew Gozu's arm away before they struck the huge man, sending him further up in the air.
Then the two partners landed on the ground, ending their technique. Glancing up at the airborne Gozu, Kiba yelled, "Let's end this, Akamaru!"
The dog barked in agreement as he got in front of Kiba, his owner said, "Jinjū Konbi Henge: Sōtōrō."
A huge cloud of smoke covered them before it dispersed to reveal a huge two headed Akamaru, growling at still airbourne man.
Kiba yelled as he and Akamaru charged in their combined body, "Garoga!"
Immediately, the combined dog and human turned into a huge cyclone, slamming straight into Gozu who couldn't react in time. The huge man roared in pain as the attack drilled through his abdomen.
Gozu grunted and tried to push back against the attack. For a brief moment, he seemed to push back against Kiba and Akamaru, but his eyes widened as Kiba and Akamaru fully pierced through his body, leaving only his head, limbs and several pieces of his body in the air.
The two headed dog shot through the air and headed for the ground before it burst into smoke, revealing Kiba and Akamaru on the ground. Kiba smirked, "Nice job, bro."
Akamaru barked in response before they turned away from the remaining pieces of Gozu.
Meanwhile, in another part of the area, Kurenai and Rinji were staring at each other, ready to move the moment their opponent showed any signs of weakness.
The man found the woman in front of him quite hot, that made it easy for the eyes for him, at least that's what he thought. Rinji already had most of his bats around in the trees, so he could counter any second.
The man frowned in his mind, he didn't know anything about the woman. Her appearance told him she was an Uchiha, or at least, a relative. But that wasn't possible, since apart from Uchiha Sasuke, who Orochimaru seemed to be obsessed about, and Uchiha Itachi, there wasn't supposed to be any other Uchiha.
Even if Sasuke or Itachi had a child, the woman in front of him was too old to be one. That left several other possibilities, one of which was Yuhi Kurenai, the Genjutsu Mistress of Konoha. If that was the case, then Rinji was in trouble. For him, he always sucked at Genjutsu, it was one of the few weaknesses he had.
True, Rinji had his bats, that could help him somewhat in breaking Genjutsu, but it only worked for low to mid level Genjutsu.
After several minutes, Rinji got tired of waiting, a rare show of impatience and recklessness on his part, and charged forward, drawing a kunai as he did.
Kurenai narrowed her eyes and swiftly drew a kunai of her own. The woman easily blocked Rinji's slash before she kicked him away, quickly throwing the kunai at him.
Rinji easily parried the knife, sending the kunai at a tree before he charged forward again.
As the man rushed towards her, Kurenai quickly leaped back as she went through two sets of handseals, the first one a time-delayed Genjutsu, and the second one being one of the few Katon jutsu Asuma and Hiruzen taught her.
Once she finished the first set, Kurenai thought, 'Magen: Jubaku Satsu.'
As soon as she finished the second set, she yelled, "Katon: Karyu Endan!"
The woman breathed out streams of hot flames in the shape of dragons, the flames shooting towards Rinji.
The man's eyes widened as he barely dodged the flames, backing away into a tree. Rinji's eyes further widened, if it was possible, as the branches of the tree quickly binded him.
The man struggled to move before he looked around to look for Kurenai, only for her to be nowhere in sight.
Rinji continued to struggle, to no avail, completely unaware of the woman emerging from the tree behind him, while in reality, Rinji was standing there motionless, and Kurenai was approaching him from behind.
Kurenai drew a kunai, and in one flawless stroke, Rinji's head fell onto the floor.
The woman released the Genjutsu as she let out a breath. Then, as Kurenai was about to turn and look for her students, a huge pink pillar of light emerged from the ground, followed by a loud roar.
Earlier, with Guren and Yukimaru, the woman had managed to find a safe place for the young boy. The woman looked at the boy, "Yukimaru, I want you to stay here, don't move or make a sound until I come back, got it?"
Yukimaru, being the good boy that he was, nodded obediently, "Okay."
Guren nodded and turned, leaping away. As soon as she left, Kabuto, still disguised as Reiji, slipped out of the shadows.
The man smirked darkly as he said, "Yukimaru-kun."
The boy turned and smiled, "Ah, Reiji-san."
The disguised man smiled back, betraying none of his intentions, "Come on, let's get you somewhere safe, Guren and the others will handle those enemies."
Yukimaru blinked, "But, Guren-san wanted me to stay here."
Kabuto suppressed a frown, "It's okay, you'll be safer with me. Guren just wants you to be safe, that's all."
Yukimaru frowned for a while before he nodded, "Got it."
Kabuto smirked, "Good, come on."
The man then led Yukimaru to the edge of the lake. Kabuto stared off at a distance, spotting Guren's team fighting Kurenai and her team. He also spotted Hikari, Asuna, Sinon and Suguha above the lake. Kabuto frowned as he saw the blonde, because of her, they had failed to get Sasuke, because of her, Orochimaru had to use another body, delaying his plans.
That alone made him furious, as he wanted nothing more than to see his master succeed, or at least, progress in his journey to immortality and knowledge.
Kabuto took a deep breath and calmed himself. Now wasn't the time for that. Eventually, the Akatsuki will go for Hikari, and the girl will get what she deserved.
The man reached into his pouch and brought out a small bottle of pills, hiding it in his hands as he slowly took out one of the pills. Kabuto said, "Hey, Yukimaru-kun, this is actually quite a sight, right?"
The boy nodded, "Yes, Reiji-san. If you ignore the fights on the other side of the lake, of course."
Kabuto smirked, "Well, you can end those battles of course."
Yukimaru blinked, "Hmm? What do you mean?"
The man's smirk darkened as he slowly walked towards the unsuspecting boy.
At the same time, as Guren was running to look for her teammates, the woman suddenly felt a shiver down her spine, as if something bad was about to happen.
The woman decided not to take any chances and quickly turned back, dashing for the point where she left Yukimaru. Her team could handle themselves, but Yukimaru sure as hell couldn't. The boy was too kind for his own good, if someone were to tell him to die for the greater good, the boy would probably do it.
Guren quickly reached the location, and true to her fears, Yukimaru was nowhere to be found. The woman growled in frustration as she couldn't sense his unique chakra signature and punched a tree, leaving a considerably large dent in it.
The woman looked down and saw foot prints and a small glimmer of hope rose in her heart. Guren wasted no time and quickly followed the tracks, moving towards the edge of the lake.
The woman's anger rose as she saw Yukimaru and Reiji at the edge of the lake, with the man having a smirk she would recognise anywhere. There were only two people she knew who would smirk that way, those two being Orochimaru, and Kabuto.
Before she could do anything however, Reiji/Kabuto forced something into Yukimaru's mouth and forced him to swallow and the boy instinctively gagged and coughed after swallowing whatever Kabuto gave him.
Guren growled and was about to move to them when Yukimaru unleashed a huge burst of chakra.
The woman stared in shock before she realized what Kabuto had done. Guren growled and roared, "KABUTO!"
The man only laughed maniacally as a loud roar rang through the area, accompanied by a loud splash, the Sanbi bursting through the surface of the lake.
At the same time, back with Hikari and the others, the last Namikaze cursed as she asked mentally, 'Kyuubi, what happened?'
The eldest bijuu growled, "Someone forced a connection with the Sanbi, it pulled him away forcefully from our shared mindscape. I suggest you move now."
Hikari looked at her sisters, no words were needed as they quickly dashed towards the Sanbi.
They soon arrived to see a familiar face fighting a woman in green clothes. By now, Kabuto had taken off his disguise and was fighting Guren.
Kabuto smirked as he noticed the four girls at a side. The man looked at Guren, "Hey, don't you think you should focus on them first?"
Guren narrowed her eyes as she noticed the four Konoha kunoichi and cursed. She didn't know what they would do, and Kabuto was her enemy now as far as she was concerned, fuck everything Orochimaru wanted her to do.
Kabuto's smirk fell as Guren continued attacking him, shooting shards of crystal at him. The right hand man of Orochimaru yelled, "Guren! Do you know what you are doing now?!"
Guren glared at him, "Of course, my mission is to get the Sanbi, but I'll do it my way, without hurting Yukimaru!"
Kabuto tch'd as he dodged another shard of crystal from Guren. The medic would never admit it, but in terms of combat capabilities, Guren was always above him. Frankly speaking, the only reason why Orochimaru chose him as his right hand man, was because of Kabuto's intelligence and medical skill.
With Hikari, Asuna, Sinon and Suguha, the katana user asked, "So, what should we do?"
Asuna and Sinon both looked at Hikari. Out of the four of them, Hikari had the most experience in dealing with Orochimaru and his lackeys, so they figured the blonde would have the best answer.
Hikari noticed the boy unleashing the pillar of chakra, with the Sanbi slowly closing in. The girl closed her eyes for a bit. The girl wanted to kick Kabuto's ass for all the trouble he gave them, but she knew the Sanbi was more important.
The Kyuubi Jinchurikii opened her eyes, "We get the Sanbi first, then deal with Kabuto. We can't risk them sealed for the Juubi."
The other three girls nodded as Hikari yelled, "Hey, Guren, was it?"
The woman turned her head to look at the girl, not letting off her crystal attacks. Hikari continued, seeing she got Guren's attention, "That boy, he's making the Sanbi act like that, right? If this goes on, the boy will be hurt. Deal with Kabuto, we'll help the boy and deal with the bijuu. How's that?"
Guren narrowed her eyes at the Konoha kunoichi. Her job was to get the bijuu, but at the same time, she wanted to protect Yukimaru, and Kabuto had hurt him.
Kabuto cursed, seeing things were heading south, "Guren! Remember what you were sent here for! Are you going to let the Sanbi fall into Konoha's hands?!"
Guren closed her eyes, still not letting off her attacks. She had no doubts that the team of Konoha kunoichi would get the Sanbi for themselves.
But they did say they'd help Yukimaru, and while she didn't want to admit it, the woman had no idea what Kabuto did to him, that was what made Guren mad. Plus, she wasn't sure if she could seal the Sanbi and help Yukimaru at the same time. Hell, she didn't even know if she could help Yukimaru at all, but the blonde kunoichi acted as if she knew a way to do that.
In the end, it all came down to choosing between two of the most important people in her life. Yukimaru, whom she loved like a son, the boy whose birth mother she had killed under Orochimaru's orders, or Orochimaru, the man she respected as a father, the man who saved her from her cursed village, raised and trained her into the kunoichi that she now was.
The woman let out a breath, and she made her choice. Guren opened her eyes and looked at Hikari, and she nodded, "Fine, save Yukimaru, please."
The Uzumaki nodded and turned, "Let's go."
The four Konoha kunoichi turned and leaped away for the Sanbi, leaving Guren to face Kabuto. The medic glared at the woman, "Guren! Are you betraying Orochimaru-sama?!"
Guren glared back with equal, if not more intensity, "You hurt Yukimaru, that's more than enough a reason for me to kill you. And you misunderstand me, I will get the Sanbi to Orochimaru-sama, one way or another."
Kabuto cursed as he dodged a pillar of crystal from the ground and he quickly leaped away as Guren continued her onslaught.
With Hikari, Suguha, Sinon and Asuna, the four reached the shore and they quickly noticed Yukimaru screaming as he released the huge amount of chakra.
Asuna asked, "What should we do?"
Hikari quickly took out her sealing supplies, "We seal the chakra away first."
The Uzumaki quickly made three clones, the clones wasted no time and surrounded the boy, each of them holding a set of sealing supplies.
The original Hikari glanced at her sisters, "Keep the Sanbi busy, I need time to seal the chakra."
The three girls nodded and turned to face the turtle-like bijuu. Suguha sighed, "That sounded like a great plan, but how the hell can we hold him back?"
Asuna stared at the Sanbi, "We just have to do what we can."
Sinon nodded before she grinned, "I think I just have what we need." 'Right, Matatabi?'
She thought the last part to her friend in her seal, and the Niibi grinned, "Yeah, its been a while since I last sparred with him. As of now, since we trained your body, you can handle my full power for about half an hour at most. I'm not Ku- the Kyuubi, so my full chakra capacity isn't as large as his is."
Sinon nodded as she ran forward, "Let's go, Matatabi!"
The archer let the Niibi's chakra in her seal loose, and in an instant, blue flames enshrouded the girl, growing to the size of the Sanbi before the blue flames dispersed to reveal the Niibi in all its glory.
Asuna nodded to Suguha and they both bit their thumbs, smearing their palms with blood before they went through the same set of seals, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
In a huge cloud of smoke, Raker and Steiner both appeared, their summoners standing on their heads. The two boss summons were similar in size to the two bijuu, with Steiner floating on the water while Raker stayed above the water, flapping her wings as she did.
The orca boss summon glanced up at Asuna, "The Sanbi and the Niibi? What did you get yourself into, Asuna?"
The auburn haired girl replied, "Sorry, long story short, we're on a mission to find the Sanbi, something happened and caused him to act like this, so we have to keep him busy until Hikari-chan gets here."
Steiner sighed, "Fine, and the Niibi?"
Asuna nodded, "That's Sinon-chan, she became the Niibi Jinchurikii a while ago."
The whale nodded and prepared to face the turtle bijuu.
Meanwhile, Raker was also having a similar conversation with her summoner, "Suguha, what's going on?"
Suguha chuckled awkwardly, after all, summoning your boss summon to fight a Bijuu wasn't something that'd happen normally, "Well, we were on a mission to find the Sanbi, and one thing lead to another, now we have to keep him busy for a while. Oh, and the Niibi is on our side."
Raker sighed, "Okay, nevermind. Let's go."
The two boss summons charged, joining Matatabi. Sinon nodded to the two boss summons, who nodded back.
The whale asked, "So, any idea how we stop him?"
Matatabi stared at the Sanbi, "We just need to stall. Frankly speaking I'm at a little disadvantage here."
The two boss summons nodded. The Niibi was essentially a being made of blue flames, and fighting on top of a lake wasn't exactly giving her any advantages.
Steiner sighed, "Nevermind then..."
The whale quickly launched a blast of pressurized water at the Sanbi. The water based Bijuu quickly erected a wall of water, blocking the water blast.
Raker wasted no time and shot straight up, careful not to let Suguha fall off at the same time, before she let loose a blast of air at the Sanbi.
In response, turtle-like bijuu quickly dove into the water to dodge the attack. Steiner spoke, "Asuna, I'm going under."
The girl nodded and quickly entered her sage mode, which would allow her to breathe underwater to some extent. The whale then dove underwater, seeing the turtle circling them.
The turtle then charged them, and Steiner cursed before he too charged the turtle, mentally telling Asuna to brace herself. The Sanbi then pulled into its shell, just as Steiner released a thick layer of chakra around himself.
The two marine creatures slammed into each other, and Asuna yelped as she grabbed onto Steiner as she tried her best not to fall off.
The Sanbi growled, unlike Steiner, who had used a chakra shroud, which absorbed/reflected most of the damage, the bijuu's shell only provided basic defense, at least when compared to Steiner's chakra shroud. And the impact had hurt like shit.
The bijuu then opened its mouth, blue and red chakra gathering at the opening. Steiner's eyes widened, "Shit... Asuna, brace for impact!"
The whale quickly conjured up the thickest and strongest chakra barrier he could ever make and braced for impact.
But that wasn't necessary, or at least not too necessary, as Matatabi had sensed the rise in chakra underwater and recognised the Bijuudama forming before she made one of her own.
The Sanbi then unleashed the Bijuudama, and Matatabi did the same. As the Bijuudama from the Sanbi shot towards the orca, Matatabi's bijuudama collided into it, causing a huge explosion.
Fortunately, Steiner had his chakra barrier and that had negated all of the damage from the explosion. The Sanbi growled again before he headed for the surface.
Meanwhile, Hikari and her clones were drawing seals around Yukimaru. The Uzumaki could see Guren and Kabuto fighting, and she could feel the Sanbi and her sisters, or at least, Matatabi and the boss summons fighting.
Hikari let out a breath as she and her clones finished drawing one of the strongest chakra suppression seals she knew. It was an overkill to be honest, since it was meant to suppress something on the Kyuubi's scale. But she didn't want to take any chances.
Hikari nodded to her clones and they held their hands in the Rat seal and yelled, "Fuin!"
Immediately, the pillar of chakra vanished, and Yukimaru fell to the ground exhausted. Hikari nodded in satisfaction before she dispelled all the clones except one, "Keep an eye on him, we can't risk any enemies coming for him."
The clone nodded as the original leaped away for the lake. Hikari quickly reached the area where the Sanbi, Matatabi and the boss summons were, just in time as the Sanbi groaned and shook out of his trance.
Matatabi spoke, "Brother, are you fine now?"
The Sanbi groaned and looked up to see his sister, along with two boss summons, "I'm fine now, thank you."
The bijuu then frowned, "But that connection..."
The Kyuubi then spoke in Hikari's mind, "Hikari, let me talk."
The girl nodded and gave him control. The Kyuubi looked at his brother, "I suppose the boy is one of the descendants from one of the people who lived near one of your dens in the past. It wouldn't be too far-fetched to say that some humans got accustomed or took in your chakra in the past and passed it down to their descendants."
The Sanbi nodded, "Hmm, that makes sense."
Matatabi just sweatdropped before she asked, "So, since our conversation was cut short, what do you wanna do now?"
The Sanbi nodded, "I'll do it, if you two say its fine, then I suppose it'll be fine. So, who's this girl you want me to be sealed into?"
The Kyuubi possessed Hikari pointed his/her thumb at Asuna, "Her."
The Sanbi stared at the girl, along with Steiner. The turtle bijuu nodded, "Cool with me. She's got my respect at least, I still remember bits of what happened under the lake just now. Come on, let's get over with it."
Steiner just looked up at his summoner, "Well, so we battled the Sanbi, and now you become his Jinchurikii, things went well I suppose. I'll see you some other time, Asuna."
The girl just nodded as the whale vanished in a puff of smoke. Raker also gave Suguha a nod and returned to her realm, seeing as she had nothing to do there.
The Kyuubi then looked at Matatabi, "How long do you and Sinon have?"
The cat bijuu nodded, "Around 3 to 5 minutes left."
The Kyuubi nodded and asked Hikari mentally, "Can you get the seal done by then?"
The girl raised an eyebrow as she asked, "Sure, but why?"
The Kyuubi glanced at the still ongoing battle between Kabuto and Guren, "Its no secret that they're here for my brother. Matatabi here is a very intimidating figure to them, so they won't attack us as long as she's here, at least, that's what I believe."
Hikari nodded, "Got it, I'll work on it now."
The Kyuubi nodded and returned control to the girl. Hikari then turned to Asuna, "Asuna-chan, come here."
The girl nodded and walked over to her sister. Hikari said, "I'll be putting the seal on your stomach, like mine, that's okay, right?"
The auburn haired girl nodded. Hikari nodded and said, "Good, lie down here."
Asuna blinked, "Erm, we're on the lake, though..."
The Uzumaki nodded, "Yes, now hurry up."
The girl sighed and just laid on the water, using water walking, or at least, the concept of it to stay above the water. Without another word, Hikari removed Asuna's armor and pulled her clothes up before she started drawing seals on her stomach.
In less than five minutes, Hikari managed to finish a five point seal and she nodded, "Its done."
The girl then looked at the Sanbi, the Bijuu nodded, "I'll go in myself. It's a very annoying feeling when someone seals you, but going into a seal voluntarily is different."
Without waiting for them, the Sanbi dissolved into a ball of chakra and seeped into Asuna's seal, making the girl yelp in surprise at the sudden burst of chakra in her.
Asuna got up from the water and pulled down her clothes before putting on her armor. Suguha asked, "So, do you feel anything different?"
Asuna shook her head, "Not really..."
She then heard the Sanbi speak in her mind, "Apart from an increase in chakra, there shouldn't be any changes... Wait, you have the Hyoton bloodline. Hmm, interesting, it seems that it was dormant for a long time and me sealed into you seemed to activated it."
Asuna blinked, "Eh?"
The Sanbi chuckled, "I'll tell you later. I happen to know a few things about bloodlines, since my past host hated them, and learned quite a lot about them, including yours. And just think when you wanna talk to me."
Asuna nodded and said mentally, 'Okay... Sanbi.'
The bijuu huffed, "My name is Isobu. Unlike my idiot of a brother, I prefer people to call me by name. That aside, you should focus on what's happening outside."
Asuna just nodded and noticed Sinon had returned to her normal form. The Jinchurikii of the Niibi asked, "So, what now?"
Hikari glanced away and saw that Guren and Kabuto were nowhere to be seen. At that moment, she received the memories from her clone and smiled, "It's over, come on. Let's find the others and we can go home."
Earlier, after a while, Kabuto decided to retreat. The man knew if the fight went on, he would eventually lose. So as he landed on the ground after dodging yet another pillar of crystal, he dropped a smoke bomb and an explosion tag at the same time, causing a huge explosion and a cloud of smoke.
Kabuto then quickly vanished via Shunshin, coupled with the smoke screen, Guren never had the chance to catch him.
Soon, the cloud dispersed, and Kabuto was nowhere to be seen. The woman growled in frustration, since she had let the slimeball of a man run away.
Deciding that getting angry wouldn't help, the woman quickly headed for where she remembered Yukimaru was. The woman landed on the ground and spotted the Konoha kunoichi sitting by the tree looking after Yukimaru, still unconscious.
Guren narrowed her eyes as Hikari stood up. The clone spoke, "Guren, right?"
The woman nodded, "Is he okay?"
The girl nodded, "Yeah, I sealed the excess chakra from him, so there shouldn't be any problems."
Guren nodded, "I see. Thank you."
Hikari nodded before she asked, "So, its no secret you're here for the Sanbi. What are you gonna do now?"
Guren walked over and picked up Yukimaru, "What I want now, is to keep him safe... My team... They're all dead, aren't they?"
Hikari didn't reply, and Guren just turned away with Yukimaru in her arms, "I'll find a safe place, probably a village somewhere, for him. Away from everything, from all this."
The Uzumaki nodded, "I suppose I can wish you luck on that."
Guren nodded, "I hope we don't see each other again."
Hikari sighed and dispelled herself, returning the memories to her original self, the last thing she saw being Guren leaping away with the young boy in her arms.
Back with the team from Konoha, as the two teams leaped through the trees, Hikari heard the Kyuubi speak, his voice grim, "Hikari... The Yonbi, Gobi and Rokubi... They've just been sealed into the Gedo Mazo."
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Done. So that's chapter 40. Wow, finally 40 chapters. And we're only halfway through the Bijuu arc. So, after the Nanabi, it will either be fighting Pein, or straight away to the Aincrad arc, and I'll put the fight with Pein during the Underworld arc.
So yeah, tell me what you guys think, should I have them fight and deal with Pein after the Nanabi sub-arc, or after the Aincrad arc?
Review please. Until next time.