Hey. So this is the 45th chapter.

This will be the end of the fights of the Pein arc. And the next chapter or so, maybe one or two, will be the end of the Pein arc as a whole.

Then we'll be moving on to the SAO parts, with the Aincrad arc being the first.

So yeah, let's begin.

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(Around the time Hikari started fighting the centipede)

Kakashi was chasing Jigokudo on the rooftops. The copy ninja had to admit, the path was quite agile, and he was doing everything he could to follow him.

Kakashi flashed through a set of seals and pointed his palm at the path, "Raiton: Raiju Tsuiga!"

In that instant, a wolf made of lightning shot out of his palm, easily closing the gap between him and Jigokudo.

The path turned back as he heard Kakashi's voice and cursed, seeing the lightning wolf, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

Immediately, a large face appeared and opened its mouth, letting the wolf enter the mouth before closing it shut, dispersing Kakashi's jutsu. Jigokudo narrowed his eyes before he commanded the King of Hell to attack the cyclops.

Kakashi's eyes widened as tendrils, or rather, tentacles shot at him from the face. The man wasted no time in pulling him his headband, revealing his Sharingan as he dodged the tentacles, subconsciously noting how lewd they looked before he continued dodging them.

The path frowned as Kakashi effortlessly dodged the tentacles, or rather, because he was using the Sharingan and could see how the tendrils moved. Regardless, the path was sure that with time, he would eventually catch the copy ninja.

Then, as Kakashi was about to figure out how to counter attack, a familiar voice shouted, "AMATERATSU!"

The tendrils caught fire, black fire, and they started to burn away. Then, a purple skeletal fist slammed into the face of the King of Hell, sending it skidding back for a few meters before it stopped right at the edge of the roof.

Kakashi sighed in relief as his student landed beside him, "Sasuke."

The Uchiha smirked, "What's wrong? Getting old?"

Kakashi chuckled, "You try fighting him alone, then talk."

Sasuke smirked and looked at the Akatsuki member with his Sharingan, "So, what can he do?"

Kakashi looked at the path, "For now, he generally relies on that giant face. His taijutsu is not a problem for us, but we don't know what else he can do."

Jigokudo looked indifferent, not really caring much. After all, this wasn't his true body. And if they did destroy it, he didn't lose anything, since the Rinnegan in the body would revert to a normal eye once he stopped supplying chakra.

The path didn't really have much of a choice now. Nagato had come in ill prepared, and he'd be damned if he didn't get at least one Bijuu.

Kakashi glanced at Sasuke and they nodded. In an instant, the two men appeared on either side of Jigokudo, with a Raikiri and Chidori in their left hands respectively.

But before they could strike the path, tendrils shot towards them and wrapped around their arms, stopping the attacks, to their surprise.

Then, the tentacles started to pull on their souls, and Sasuke swiftly drew his chokuto, infusing it with lightning chakra before he sliced off the tentacles.

As for Kakashi, he made a Raikiri with his right arm, which was slightly weaker due to the lack of handseals, and managed to cut the tentacle off.

Immediately after freeing themselves, Kakashi and Sasuke both leaped away just in time to dodge more tentacles. Sasuke tch'd and flipped his chokuto into forward grip and made single handseal, "Katon: Kaen Giri!"

Kakashi followed suit, drawing his White Light Chakra Saber from a seal on his arm, in forward grip, and made a single seal, "Fuuton: Tatsumaki Giri!"

The pair of student and teacher swung their swords, and unleashed a wave of fire and a hurricane respectively.

The two attacks shot towards Jigokudo and the King of Hell, ripping apart any tendrils that tried to stop them. The path cursed and at the last second, he dove into the King of Hell's mouth, avoiding the explosion.

Sasuke thought aloud, "Did we get him?"

Kakashi narrowed his eyes, "No..."

As the smoke cleared, the King of Hell opened it's mouth, revealing Jigokudo standing there, frowning.

The Uchiha narrowed his eyes, "He doesn't look affected at all..."

Kakashi nodded, "It's that thing. We need to get rid of it."

Sasuke glanced at his teacher, "How?"

The cyclops eye-smiled, "I'll leave that to you."

Then he activated the Mangekyou Sharingan and yelled, "Kamui!"

Immediately, the space around Jigokudo started to bend into a swirl. The path's eyes widened and quickly wrapped a tendril from the King of Hell to his arm.

Sasuke stared at the huge face as Kakashi kept the path busy. The last Uchiha sighed, "Ah fuck it..."

He leaped off the building, focusing on his chakra. The he spoke, "Susano'o!"

The young Uchiha was then wrapped in purple flames, slowly growing until it was the size of a Bijuu. The flames took the shape of a humanoid figure, wearing armor with a shield/cross-bow and a sword.

This was a technique he had learned from the tablet in the Uchiha compound, the Susano'o. A technique that all users of the Mangekyou Sharingan could, theoretically, use.

Sasuke then focused on the second power his Sharingan had on the Susano'o's sword, "Amateratsu!"

As soon as he yelled, the purple sword turned black, and Sasuke wasted no time as he swung the Amateratsu coated sword at the King of Hell.

As the blade of black fire reached the face, the King of Hell suddenly opened his mouth, and stopped the blade with his teeth. Sasuke's eyes widened in surprise before he pushed, hard.

For a brief moment, the King of Hell held on, pushing against the blade, holding it tight between his teeth. Then Sasuke roared, and the blade of black flames sliced through the head cleanly, the only evidence was the black flames that burned on the wounds.

At the same time, with Jigokudo, the tendrils that held him vanished, leaving him vulnerable. But to his surprise, Kakashi let go of the Kamui's hold on him and charged forward.

The cyclops quickly took his tanto and channeled lightning chakra into the blade, causing electricity to flicker around the blade, "Raiton: Inazuma Giri!"

The man quickly closed the gap between him and the path, then he swung his blade horizontally. But he wasn't finished.

As soon as Kakashi passed Jigokudo, he quickly spun and gave an upward slash, leaving the Naraka path in four pieces. The man let out a breath as he nodded at his student.

Sasuke deactivated his Sharingan, "Let's go."

Kakashi nodded and they leaped away to help with the evacuations.

Meanwhile, in another part of the village, Kirito was trading blows with Gakido, flying around as the path jumped from walls to walls, building to building.

Kirito stopped midair and dove downwards, activating a sword skill as he did, "VORPAL STRIKE!"

The swordsman thrust the Elucidator at Gakido. But to his surprise, the path merely raised his arm and the glow on the sword vanished, slowing him down as he reached the path, giving the corpse an opening. Then before Kirito could react, Gakido slammed his leg in Kirito's gut, sending him flying back into the sky again.

Kirito quickly recovered his balance, holding his gut in pain, looking down at the path who was staring at him, 'What was that? It felt like he cancelled my skill... Let's try something else then.'

The swordsman shot up and started chanting, "Ek skýt fjórir ískaldur ör!"

As soon as he finished chanting, he stopped and raised his arm, then six glacial arrows formed and shot towards the path. Gakido smirked and raised his arms in attempt to absorb the chakra, and his eyes widened as he couldn't sense any chakra in the arrows before he narrowly dodged the attacks.

The path immediately jumped back. In previous battles, no matter the jutsu, Gakido could always absorb the chakra in them, which would nullify the attacks. But it didn't work for Kirito.

What the Rinnegan user did not know, was that ninjutsu utilitied chakra to maintain the shape of the jutsu, hence the variety of shapes and sizes of the attacks. If you want a jutsu with more power and size, you pump in more chakra. The chakra in the jutsu would mould the elements to form a shape.

But when it came to the spells Kirito used, it was slightly different. Sure, you want a stronger attack, pump in more chakra. But unlike ninjutsu, the spells did not require chakra to maintain the shapes. That all relied on the magic circles that formed whenever Kirito used a spell. And that was where all the chakra went.

Hence, Gakido's powers in absorbing chakra wouldn't work. There simply was no chakra in the attack for him to absorb, unlike a sword skill.

As the corpse landed on another roof, Kirito smirked. It worked. The Akatsuki member clearly had some form of ability to absorb chakra, almost similar to Yoroi's ability in the Chunnin Exams. Of course, there was an obvious difference in ability.

But his spells were immune to that. It was good that he had tried that. Kirito sheathed his blades and stared down at the man, it was time for a different approach.

Kirito started to chant, "Ek fleygja þrír geirr muspilli..."

Gakido instantly went on guard, wary of whatever spell Kirito would throw at him. Then, to his surprise, Kirito glowed red and vanished. The corpse's eyes widened as he heard, "Ekku fureigyua surīru geīru musupīri!"

The man barely had time to jump away as three fire spears shot out of the magic circles at Kirito's palms. The swordsman had used his Acceleration to move behind Gakido before finishing his chant.

Unfortunately, the path's senses were too good to be caught in such an attack. Though, Gakido didn't leave unscathed. Two of the fire spears had managed to pierce his right shoulder and the left part of his waist, leaving a very serious burn on the body.

But that didn't mean much for the Rinnegan user. While Nagato had shared vision with the corpse, it didn't include the sense of pain, even if he could perceive the amount of damage received by the body.

Gakido frowned as he touched the burns, barely feeling any pain... No, it was more accurate to say that he felt no pain, rather, a small discomfort. The only sign that the body was damaged.

Kirito narrowed his eyes as he saw Gakido standing there, touching his wounds as if they were nothing. Normally, anyone with that kind of burns would at least wince, if not scream in pain, when anything came in contact with those wounds. Yet, the Akatsuki member was touching them as if they were nothing.

The corpse looked up at Kirito, he needed to get the swordsman on the ground, that was the only way he could take away all his chakra.

Gakido breathed in before he channeled chakra to his legs. Then he jumped. Kirito was not expecting the Akatsuki member to reach him in one jump. Not at all.

The path easily covered the distance between them, and Kirito quickly flew backwards, with the path following him. The swordsman thought, 'How much chakra did he pump in his legs?!'

Kirito raised his arms and yelled, "TEMPESTA!"

Immediately, a green circle appeared and blasted a torrent of raging winds at the path. Of course, this was considerably weaker than one with the full chant, but it was enough.

Gakido's eyes widened as he saw the magic circle form, and he managed to enhance his body with chakra just as the winds hit him, sending him falling to the ground.

The path growled silently, reminding himself to stay calm as he charged chakra into his legs once more and jumped at Kirito.

That was the path's last mistake.

As Gakido closed in on Kirito, the swordsman raised his arms and yelled, "Ignest!"

Five fireballs instantly formed and shot towards the path. Gakido cursed and crossed his arms in an attempt to block the flames, grunting as the fireballs impacted against him.

Then Gakido saw a flash of red before Kirito vanished, and the path's eyes widened as he turned his head to see Kirito behind him, the Elucidator drawn, the black blade glowing light blue.

Kirito roared as he moved, "Horizontal Square!"

The swordsman left two slashes on Gakido's back, using the momentum of his second slash as he spun around the path, leaving two other slashes as he stopped in front of the already dead man.

A square of chakra burst out of the path's body before it fell to pieces, dropping to the ground as the Rinnegan faded from the body's eyes.

Kirito slowly descended to the ground where Gakido's body pieces laid. Looking at the remains of the body once more, he turned and left, intending to help out wherever he was needed.

Meanwhile, with Jiraiya, he was staring at Ningendo. The path was a formidable foe, even without access to standard ninjutsu or genjutsu. His taijutsu along with his ability to rip souls out of a person was enough to keep Jiraiya on guard. One slip, and he's dead.

Ningendo said, breaking the silence from their little stare down, "Jiraiya-sensei, wasn't your dream world peace?"

Jiraiya stared at his former student in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Ningendo started walking, circling his teacher, which put the older man on guard, "You know of my past, I've lived through a war, been in one. That was why I formed the Akatsuki in the first place. To bring peace."

The sage glared at his student, "Killing off innocent people, gaining power, that is not peace!"

Ningendo nodded and looked at Jiraiya in the eye, "That's right. But, the Akatsuki wasn't always like that. We, Yahiko, Konan and I... When we started the organisation, we tried to promote talks of peace. We started in our own country, our own village."

Jiraiya narrowed his eyes, staring at his student, wary of where this conversation was going. Ningendo continued, "We were going to talk with Hanzo, to stop the civil war in Amegakure. But... All that did, was get Yahiko killed."

Jiraiya's eyes widened before he stared at his student, "So... You decided that using power was the answer..."

Ningendo nodded, "You could say that. Yes. With all the bijuu and the Rinnegan, I can destroy every village... No, I can destroy the whole planet with nothing but a snap of my fingers. That would instil fear in everyone, no?"

Jiraiya was confused, "Fear?"

The path nodded, "Yes. That would cause everyone to stop their conflicts. They would focus on us, a larger target."

The sage glared at his former student, "That won't work. Once someone gets rid of you, that peace will crumble, and everything will fade back to what it was."

Ningendo smiled humourlessly, "Then I'll just have to make sure I'm the strongest in the world, you won't know if you haven't tried."

Jiraiya glared at him, "That's enough. What you're doing is ridiculous. It would kill a lot of people."

Ningendo shook his head, "It seems you still don't understand, sacrifices must be made for something like world peace."

Jiraiya charged, roaring, "There'd be no meaning for peace if there isn't anyone left to enjoy it!"

The toad sage made an Odama Rasengan in his right palm and yelled, "Odama Rasengan!"

Ningendo narrowed his eyes as he jumped up, avoiding the sphere of destruction before he tried to grab Jiraiya's arm, intending to take away his soul.

Jiraiya cursed, but he couldn't move away. His attack had left him wide open. The conversation with Nagato, no... Pein, had made him recklessly charge forward.

But before Ningendo could grab Jiraiya, a loud yell caught their attention, and a white and yellow figure slammed into Ningendo, sending him flying into a building.

Jiraiya regained his footing and turned, "Tsunade?"

The Hokage smirked, "What's wrong, Jiraiya? Getting old?"

The sage chuckled, "Not yet I'm not."

Tsunade nodded, "Good. Let's go, evacuations are all done. It's time end this."

Jiraiya nodded, "Yeah."

Then, Ningendo stumbled out of the building, glaring at the pair. The path said, "Senju Tsunade, huh.. It's been a while."

The Hokage raised an eyebrow, "Have we met?"

Ningendo tilted his head slightly, "Of course, you wouldn't recognise me in this body, right, Jiraiya-sensei?"

Tsunade's eyes widened as she looked at Jiraiya, "Jiraiya-sensei? He's one of the kids back then?"

The sage nodded, "Yeah."

The slug summoner nodded, "I see. Don't make the mistake Sarutobi-sensei made."

Jiraiya hmph'd, "Who the hell do you think I am?"

Tsunade grinned, making the path stay on guard, "The worst super pervert."

Jiraiya chuckled, "I'll take that as a compliment."

Without another word, the last two loyal of the Sannin charged, instantly appearing in front of Ningendo. The path barely had time to raise his arms as the two students of the Third Hokage punched him hard, sending him flying into the same building he crashed into just now.

Jiraiya bit his palm and went through a set of seals, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu."

He slammed his palm on the ground and summoned two small toads, the two toad sages of Mount Myoboku, Fukasaku and Shima.

Fukasaku and Shima glanced at Jiraiya and nodded, knowing instantly what the man wanted. In less than five minutes, the three sages gathered enough nature chakra, and Jiraiya entered sage mode.

Tsunade followed suit, but instead of sage mode, she merely activated the seal on her forehead, forming seals on her body.

Ningendo managed to get out from the building just as Jiraiya and Tsunade finished with their enhanced modes. The path glanced at the two Kage level ninja, and he instantly knew that the path had no hope of surviving.

But then again, the path had a job to do anyways, and all he needed to do was to grab either of them for two seconds. Then he had won.

But before the path could think further, Jiraiya and Tsunade moved. Ningendo cursed as he started to run. But before he could move far, the two Kage level ninja were already in front of him.

Maybe he should have taken a different approach, with all his paths in one place. That way he could use Jigokudo to repair all the paths. But that was over. He had underestimated Konoha, his former master and possibly his last living blood relative.

Then Jiraiya and Tsunade roared, a Chou Odama Rasengan in the former's hand, while Tsunade pumped in a large amount of chakra into her fist.

Then a huge explosion covered the area, with everything within a 10 meter radius reduced to nothing.

Then, Jiraiya and Tsunade appeared on a roof. The Hokage commented, "Well, at least none of the villagers got caught in it."

Jiraiya just sighed and shook his head before he saw a yellow blur shoot out of the village walls. The man thought, 'Hikari?'

Earlier, back with Tendo and Hikari. The two Uzumaki were trading blows, sending punches, kicks and other attacks at each other.

Tendo let out a breath as he landed, wary of the female Uzumaki. Truth to be told, for someone as young as her to keep up with him in Yahiko's body, that spoke volumes of her strength. That impressed him a lot.

Unlike most ninja, who trained in their own villages, Nagato, Konan and Yahiko didn't have a ninja village to train them. The only way they got stronger was by Jiraiya's teachings and doing real missions without any guidance. That helped them grow stronger at a really high rate.

But that wasn't the only reason Nagato was impressed. Until now, Hikari was only in her base form, not using any of Kurama's chakra or senjutsu, and she could keep up with him.

Okay, granted he wasn't using his full powers, only that of Tendo, and he wasn't using his power over gravity yet. But still, it showed that she was far stronger than he thought.

Then, as they traded punches again, Hikari asked, frowning, "Hey, it's been on my mind since I saw you. Your chakra, you're an Uzumaki, right?"

Tendo's eyes widened slightly as he smiled slightly, "So you noticed."

Hikari nodded as they leaped away from each other, "Jiraiya-sensei taught me how to sense other's chakra. Yours felt unnatural, like its not supposed to be in that body. What are you?"

Tendo chuckled, "To have figured out so much with just sensing my chakra. I'm impressed."

The path looked at the girl's eyes, the Rinnegan boring into the girl's blue eyes, "I possess the Rinnegan. That allows me to take over dead bodies, and use them as extensions of myself."

Tendo smiled slightly, "And yes, I am an Uzumaki, just like you. We're cousins, in a way."

Hikari frowned, "Then, why are you doing this?"

Tendo Pein looked at the girl, "For peace, of course. That is Jiraiya-sensei's dream, MY dream."

Hikari blinked, not taking her eyes off of Pein, "Jiraiya-sensei? Then...You..."

Tendo Pein nodded, "Yes. My name, is Uzumaki Nagato, no doubt he's told you about me."

The blonde Uzumaki nodded, "Yes."

Then the girl glared at him, "But, you said you wanted peace..."

Tendo tilted his head, "And?"

The girl swung her arms, gesturing at the village, "HOW IS THIS PEACE?!"

Tendo sighed and shook his head in disappointment, "Sacrifices must be made to achieve a goal, Hikari. Peace is not an exception. That's why I'm gathering the Bijuu. You are my relative, possibly my last living one. That's why I'm offering you, join me. We can achieve peace together, as family."

Hikari glared at him, "What you're doing isn't peace... It's terrorism. You don't kill innocent people to obtain peace, you don't use the bijuu, living beings like us, as weapons."

Tendo sighed, "It seems you are just like Jiraiya-sensei, I shouldn't have expected too much."

The blonde Uzumaki glared at him again, "No, what you're doing is wrong."

Tendo raised an eyebrow, "How so? Enlighten me then."

The girl's glare seemed to intensify, sending shivers down the path's spine. That glare reminded him too much of his mother, too much.

Hikari said, controlling her anger, "Peace is achieved by understanding each other, by putting aside our differences. It's not something you can achieve through power."

Tendo nodded, "That's true. Once, I thought like you. If you can defeat me, in this body, I will tell you, and you will understand why I did what I did."

Hikari didn't reply as Tendo charged. The girl narrowed her eyes as the Rinnegan user thrust his palms at her, "Shinra Tensei!"

Hikari's eyes widened as she turned and threw a Hiraishin kunai. Then, as the gravitational field reached the girl, she vanished in a flash of yellow. The path smiled humourlessly as he gave chase.

With Hikari, she appeared some distance away from where she previously was. The girl thought, 'Time to use sage mode then.'

Kurama didn't reply, letting the girl choose. While he didn't mind her using his chakra, Hikari had to learn to not to rely on him. Of course, if anyone were to ask him, Kurama still preferred that she use his chakra to fight someone as strong as Pein. But that's beside the point.

The girl started to focus, drawing in chakra from the environment as she closed her eyes. Then the blonde parts of her hair turned to a light shade of brown, her eyes became slitted, and her whisker marks deepened.

Hikari opened her eyes and let out a breath, unlike using Kurama's chakra, the sage mode gave her a different kind of heightened senses. When she used the Bijuu's chakra, it was like having an adrenaline rush. Everything became clear all at once, and you could keep track of everything, even when it seemed like a blur.

But when she used sage mode. It was calming, unlike the rush she felt from using bijuu chakra. Everything slowed down, it became clear, like she could analyse everything easily. It also gave her an immense increase in strength. It felt refreshing to use it once in a while.

Hikari turned, her senses further increased by the sage mode. It allowed her to sense chakra signatures instantly, and she could feel Nagato, no, Pein coming at her.

The female Uzumaki jumped up to see Tendo Pein flying at her, then he raised his arm and said, "Basho Tenin."

Hikari's eyes widened as she felt herself move forward towards the Rinnegan user, as if something was pulling at her. The girl tch'd and took out a Hiraishin kunai and threw it at Pein, aiming at the spot beside his head.

The man easily saw the kunai coming, and he knew the projectile wouldn't hit him. Pein scoffed, it wasn't even worth using the Shinra Tensei to repel it.

Then the seal on the kunai caught his attention. His eyes widening as he realised his mistake. Tendo Pein yelled, "Shin-"

Before he could finish, a yellow flash blinded him. Then all of a sudden, it was as if a train had slammed into his face. Well, if that train had been compressed into the size of a fist, retaining all its mass and speed of 120km/h. But that was irrelevant.

The path was sent flying, crashing straight into another random building. Kurama whistled as he saw the damage from that one punch, "Wow, now THAT, is what I call a good punch."

Hikari just smiled. The sage mode had given her an immense increase in strength. That placed her normal punches on Tsunade's level with her super strength. But when she used the super strength technique along with her already enhanced strength. Well, Kurama just pitied her future opponents.

The dead body of Yahiko moved out of the building. Hikari stared at the body and tried her best not to laugh. Tendo Pein's face was messed up. Seriously. The nose was bent in ways Hikari never knew existed, the eyes were miraculously intact, but the cheeks were incredibly swollen, and the jaw was literally hanging. As for the black chakra receivers in the nose, they were unevenly poking out of the strangely bent nose.

Kurama roared and rolled on the ground with laughter as soon as he saw the face. The bijuu never knew such a sight could be so hilarious. Well, then again, he did have a twisted sense of humour.

Hikari could only sweatdrop as she heard the Bijuu's laughter in her seal.

Tendo Pein growled and glared at the girl, which only made Kurama laugh harder. And for some reason, Pein knew exactly that the Bijuu in Hikari was laughing his ass off.

The path spoke, glaring at the girl, "Ez tam ta in thes."

(Just so no one gets confused. Translation: Its time to end this.)

Hikari stiffled a laugh before she nodded, with Kurama's laughter roaring louder in the seal, "Yeah, let's end this."

Tendo Pein raised his arms at Hikari as the girl raised her arm above her head, forming a Rasenshuriken.

Then, Pein roared, "SHINRA TENSEI!"

Hikari responded and threw her jutsu, "Fuuton: Rasenshuriken!"

The gravitational jutsu and the wind jutsu collided, pushing against each other as they fought for dominance. Nagato was surprised. For as long as he knew, nothing could stand against his jutsu, especially Shinra Tensei.

Yet here was one jutsu, a wind jutsu, pushing against his jutsu on equal terms. It was simply ridiculous.

But Hikari wasn't just going to let the two jutsu clashed. Taking advantage of Pein's state of shock, the girl threw a Hiraishin kunai at Pein and appeared in front of him, a Raiton Rasengan in her palms.

Tendo Pein's eyes widened. Then Nagato felt his connection with Yahiko's body vanish.

Hikari let out a breath and looked around. Their battle had destroyed a lot of the village, at least, the area they were in now. The girl closed her eyes and thought, 'Time to have a talk with my... cousin.'

Kurama asked, concerned, "Are you sure? You'll be heading for enemy territory."

Hikari nodded, 'Yeah. Help me with this, Kurama.'

The Bijuu nodded as the girl reached out with her senses, searching for Nagato's chakra signature she had felt in the path. She knew that wasn't his true body, the chakra just didn't feel natural.

After a good five minutes, she finally found him. The fact that she could even reach out to half the distance to Nagato was already astounding. If it wasn't for sage mode and Kurama's help, along with her already impressive sensory skills, she wouldn't have reached that far.

The girl opened her eyes, drawing a Hiraishin kunai, looking at the direction where Amegakure was. Then she threw her kunai and vanished in a flash of yellow.

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DONE. So, that's the end of the fights. The next chapter will be the end of the Pein arc, and Hikari's talk with Nagato. How will it go? Will he die? Will he live? What about the Bijuu?

Review please. Tell me what you all think.