DxGRAYxMAN: He can't harness the former swordsmen's powers as each one is unique and individualized but he can get assistance like his Legacy Slash.
777torn777: I'm glad you like it and I hope that I continue to impress.
New Elements92: Yep the actual battle. I hope that you like it.
PinkiePieParty122894: It certainly seems that way and the question is will the result be positive or negative? Soon to be written.
Animaman: A battle this chapter is going to lead to Naruto having certain doubts about where loyalties lie down the line and whether or not his parents are truly sorry. It'll most likely be addressed when Naruto returns home. Whether or not Minato will be alive is a secret. I also can't say that Jiraiya will survive his encounter with the twins but I can't say that he'll die either so I gotta keep it a secret for now.
1995hzq: Can't say whether or not Minato survives. As for Jiraiya, he'll see the truth but the question is how do you think he'll take it.
xoxohaha: It sounds like a really good story idea but I don't really know much about One Piece so I'm not sure how well I'd be able to write it. I won't rule it out though because I might get into One Piece soon or I could do some research on Shanks. It's a really good idea for a story.
Namittheking: I'll be honest, I wasn't really invested in the story until the Wave arc began so that's one of the reasons. I wasn't necessarily thinking about it too hard. But answering it now, I would say that since Naruto had left, Minato and Kushina noticed Menma and Narumi's growing instability. Pair that with the power of a jinchuriki, Minato felt that Kushina was needed in the likely event that either Menma or Narumi lose control. So Kushina was more of a fail safe than an actual sensei.
(Kiri Battlefield)
The rebels stood tall facing the overwhelming numbers of the Kiri ninja. They knew that they were outnumbered but they stood strong with nothing but determination in their eyes. Mei stood in front of her two hundred rebels while the Mizukage stood smiling in front of his fifteen hundred ninja. Mei looked at her right hand Ao and nodded. The previous night, she and Ao had decided that there was no way they would win by simply charging at the enemy so they came up with the best strategy they could think of. Their soldiers were limited but they had found a way to make them as effective as possible. Two ninja with complementing fighting styles, jutsus, and weapons, would be paired together. Each ninja had a partner including Mei who was partnered with Ao. Next to Mei and Ao stood Naruto and Chojuro. After them was the team of Yakumo and Sasuke followed by Itachi and Konan, Jiraiya and Tsunade, and Kushina who had decided to go at it alone and assist where she could.
Yagura stood with his back to his ninja. His men would storm the battlefield and the battle would be over in a matter of minutes. Silently chuckling, Yagura thought about what a massacre this little fight was going to be. Looking at the numerous members within the ranks, he was slightly surprised to see not only two of the sannin, but the Fourth Hokage's own wife among the rebels. He knew that Konoha had sent a small group to assist the rebels in their "noble rebellion", but he didn't think that the Hokage would be foolish enough to send people he actually regarded as family to their deaths. Shaking his head, Yagura looked at the ninja to his right and nodded. The ninja nodded back and yelled the battle cry as all of the Kiri ninja took off at once. The battle for Kiri had begun.
Mei looked on as the Mizukage's troops charged forward. "READY YOURSELVES. TODAY, KIRI WILL BE FREED!" Mei screamed getting a chorus of shouts in agreement. Just as the Mizukage's ninja were halfway to the rebels, a massive explosion went off in the middle of the battlefield. The night before, Mei had told her ninja to gather every explosive seal that they had along with a fair amount that was brought from Konoha and to place it exactly where Mei knew they would charge. The explosion stopped the Kiri nin in their tracks, killing the momentum that they had going into the battle and inspiring confidence into the rebels. The explosives had killed about one hundred and fifty Kiri ninja which didn't really change the numbers by a large margin, but it gave the rebels the confidence to go out there and fight with all their heart and soul. So as the Kiri ninja stopped, that's when the rebels charged.
(Naruto and Chojuro)
Both boys ran at the massive army with sword in hand. They didn't notice it, but they were actually far ahead of everyone else. Coming to a large mass of ninja, Naruto jumped up with sword in hand while Chojuro stopped with his sword at he ready. Naruto stayed in mid air for a long moment as if he were simply floating. Raising his sword above him, Naruto swung hard causing him to fly downwards. The blonde's blade hit the ground and everything stopped. For a second, the Kiri nin wondered what the point of the theatrics were, but a second later resulted in multiple fountains of blood all caused seemingly at the same time. Thirty ninja fell to the ground with deep sword slashes to their chest as Naruto stood with his sword resting on his shoulder and a smirk that said they were screwed. Chojuro grinned at the result of Naruto's attack showcasing his shark like teeth and raised his sword. There were some Kiri nin that needed to be cut down to size.
As the Kiri nin shook out of their shock at Naruto's attack, Chojuro prepared to attack. Letting the wrappings fall from the sword, he focused chakra into the blade before separating it into its twinsword form and dashing towards his opponents. One by one, the blue haired swordsman cut down his opponents with the Hiramekarei which was currently glowing blue. He continued to swing with his dual swords as Naruto jumped back into the fight. Together the two worked in harmony as they cut down every Kiri nin in their way quickly and efficiently. A number of Kiri nin had stayed back and tried to attack using ninjutsu only for Naruto to swing his sword using his personal "Hammer Slash" killing the targets. The Lunar Swordsman and the last of the Seven Swordsmen fought with flawless technique and confident smirks on their faces.
(Yakumo and Sasuke)
Yakumo ran with her scythe in hand along with Sasuke who ran with his spear crackling in hand. Seeing their teammate be the first one to join the fight kind of ticked the two off so they were ready to prove that they were powerful as well. As the two continued running, Sasuke raised his spear which changed from crackling with electricity to blazing with fire and threw it. The spear went through three men before coming to a stop. Just as Sasuke and Yakumo were about to hit the crowd of Kiri ninja, they abruptly stopped. "Phoenix Sage Fire Technique" shouted Sasuke launching five large balls of blue fire at the numerous opponents. Looking at Yakumo, both nodded as Yakumo came to stand in front of Sasuke while he performed a long series of handsigns.
Once the Kiri nin had recovered from the surprise of Sasuke's attack, they noticed him making handsigns and went to charge. The first one there served as a warning. He nearly made it to Sasuke but Yakumo quickly made use of her large weapon by slashing the man in half looking like it took little to no effort at all. Sasuke continued to make the handsigns and the Kiri nin continued to charge. Yakumo sliced fast, quickly covering all sides of Sasuke, protecting her teammate so that he could finish his jutsu. When Yakumo finally got a short moment, she said quietly, "Dance of the Reaper". Her hair started to blow as if a sudden breeze had come over her as she waited for her victims.
A group of ten ninja began their attack on the duo by surrounding them. Each prepared to strike with their kunai but never got the chance as Yakumo threw her scythe. It spun rapidly in a circle, slicing any obstacle in its path. The first time around, the scythe killed all ten men. The Kiri nin didn't learn their lesson until twelve more suffered the fate of death by scythe. They waited until the scythe stopped spinning and was back in the girl's hand before attacking once more. Before they could reach the two, a whirlwind of paper blinded the view of the nin. Seven men's vision had been impaired by the paper. A second later, they knew no more as each of their heads were now removed from their bodies.
Thanks to the temporary protection given to him by Yakumo, Sasuke finished his handsigns. "Meteor Rain" shouted Sasuke before launching twenty fireballs from his mouth in rapid succession into the air. Once they reached their peak, the fireballs fell, collapsing in small explosions around the battlefield helping other rebel nin whether by causing a distraction or hitting the enemy directly. Sasuke started to breathe a little heavier but quickly righted himself when Yakumo looked at him with a small smile.
(Itachi and Konan)
Itachi stood back to back with Konan surrounded on all sides by Kiri nin. "Um I kinda wanted to ask you something earlier" Itachi said nervously while Konan examined those around them. "Okay, what?" she asked with a raised eyebrow but still on guard. "I was uh wondering if you maybe wanted to have dinner with me? Or lunch, or breakfast or something?" he said nervously. "Seriously? We are in the middle of a war and you think that asking me out is the appropriate question to ask me?" she asked rhetorically as the Kiri nin prepared to make their move. "Look, we'll talk about it later okay?" she said quickly to which Itachi nodded. Taking out a large number of shurikens, the Uchiha said "Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson" before throwing the shurikens which caught fire immediately after being released. The shurikens didn't hit anyone but instead landed right in the ground but continued to burn.
Seeing that Itachi had made his move, Konan shouted "Dance of the Shikigami" before hundreds of sheets of paper flew from her body and eventually formed a large circle. A few of the pieces of paper caught fire leading to a chain of fire which quickly began to spread along the paper trail through the Kiri shinobi. Before long, the fire intensified as Konan added more sheets of paper to fuel the fire. Itachi looked at Konan after the fire began to intensify and spread. "Give me a second" he asked to which Konan nodded and continued to fuel what was now becoming a massive fire that was burning ninja left and right. There were more than a few Kiri ninja who were trying to use water techniques to drown out the fire, but before they could, they would be killed by their own opponents. And when water techniques did get through to the fire, the flames continued to burn as if nothing had been done in the first place.
Just as Konan was about to add more paper to the flame, she felt a tremendous amount of chakra being asserted. Looking back at her partner, she was surprised at what she saw. Itachi's eyes had entered a stage of the sharingan that she hadn't seen before and his right arm was covered in what looked to be a giant red chakra arm. "Move" Itachi said in a strained tone to which Konan quickly responded by moving away. Taking a deep breath, Itachi dashed through the flame he had created and towards a large number of Kiri nin. "Susanoo Fist" Itachi shouted as he swung his right arm forward and all the chakra that came with it. The unfortunate kin that were hit by the attack were sent flying immediately, dead on contact, nothing more than mangled and bloody bodies.
After the attack ended, the fire behind Itachi began to die and he fell to a knee panting. Konan rushed to him to assist however she could. "Itachi, are you okay?" she asked kneeling to his level. Itachi nodded while trying to catch his breath. After a short moment of recovery, Itachi stood up a little shakily but nodded. "Yeah, I just shouldn't have used that jutsu so early. It takes a lot out of me" the Uchiha answered while silently cursing himself for his stupidity. "It'll be fine, just stay close to me. We've still got work to do" Konan said as she prepared to find her next victims.
(Jiraiya and Tsunade)
Jiraiya deflected a punch from a Kiri nin while his teammate punched another sending him flying. "You know if I didn't know any better, I'd say that these guys don't know who we are" Jiraiya said as he deflected another ninja's punch before stabbing him in the neck with a kunai. "If anything they know exactly who you are which is why they probably aren't afraid to attack you pervert" Tsunade said punching and killing another Kiri ninja. Looking back at her teammate, she blew a strand of hair out of her face before speaking. "Hurry up and summon some toads. I'm sure that the rest of the rebels could use the help" she advised. Jiraiya sighed as he dodged an attack before launching a rasengan into the side of the attacker. "Fine, if you insist" Jiraiya answered before biting his thumb and performing the handsigns. "Summoning Jutsu" Jiraiya shouted expecting Gamahiro to appear. He was understandably surprised when nothing happened. Performing the handsigns again, he performed the jutsu but with no result. Jiraiya didn't have time to ponder the situation as he narrowly dodged a sword strike from a Kiri nin. Throwing a kunai and hitting the attacker in the throat, Jiraiya jumped backwards. "Tsunade, something's wrong. My summoning isn't working."
Tsunade continued to punch and kick the countless enemies that continued to attack her causing pain to each idiot who thought himself strong enough to face the female Sannin. "Well then find another way to contribute because I'm busy" Tsunade said to her teammate before launching another powerful punch at a Kiri ninja. Jiraiya nodded and began to create a larger than standard rasengan. When it finished forming, the white haired Sannin ran towards a crowd of Kiri nin with the large rasengan in hand. "Big Ball Rasengan" Jiraiya shouted slamming the ball of chakra into the crowd sending them flying back. Nearby, Tsunade was tired of the constant attacks on her so after killing another Kiri nin, she raised her fist to the air before slamming it into the ground causing the ground itself to move violently. It sent any nearby Kiri nin away to another pair of rebels. The blonde Sannin examined her hand before locating her teammate who was just watching the rest of the battlefield now. It had started out with Kiri having an overwhelming advantage, but now it seemed that Kiri's forces had been brought to about half of it's original strength. The rebels were fighting back hard but just over a half of the rebel forces remained.
(Kushina, Mei, and Ao)
Kushina sent her chains impaling the massive amounts of Kiri nin that were trying to kill Mei and end the rebellion once and for all. Ao was doing his share by quickly killing his enemies with his kunai or through the use of taijutsu. Meanwhile, Mei was alternating between shooting globs of lava and using her kunai on those who got too close. Getting a small break, Kushina bit her thumb and rubbed it on her wrist summoning her own personal katana. Grasping the sword tightly, the red headed Uzumaki went to work in cutting down the opposition as quickly as possible. Ao increased his speed attacking and killing the enemies at a faster pace. Mei jumped back to avoid a kunai slash and quickly performed a series of handsigns. "Lava Release Melting Apparition" the rebel leader shouted before spewing a flow of acidic mud that immediately started to burn through the flesh of the Kiri nin targeted.
After Mei's attack, the three gathered around each other finally getting a small break from the fighting for the time being. "So far so good" commented Kushina. Mei was silent as was Ao. They prepared to go back into battle until a tremendous surge of chakra was felt, stopping a large amount of the fighting on the battlefield. Mei, Ao, and Kushina immediately looked towards the source only to see Yagura, the Mizukage, standing alone.
(Yagura)
The Mizukage's fists were clenched so hard that blood had began to flow from his hands. The battle was supposed to be over in a matter of minutes. The pathetic rebels were supposed to provide no challenge at all but had instead decided to become a thorn in his side. He would show them the futility of their actions and the consequences for their defiance. Summoning all of his chakra, he clenched his fists harder at the power that began to flow through his body. He began to slightly convulse as his skin began to turn gray in color. Seconds later, his skin began to harden and his bone structure began to change. One eye closed, but the other changed from it's original color of pink to a black pupil and yellow iris.
For a moment, Yagura seemed to have simply transformed into a deformed, grey freak. But all at once, the Mizukage increased to colossal size in the form of a turtle like creature. It emanated demonic chakra which struck fear into every fighter on the battlefield.
(Jiraiya and Tsunade)
"Jiraiya summon a toad NOW!" shouted Tsunade knowing exactly what the threat was. Jiraiya quickly nodded and bit his thumb again performing the handsigns. Still nothing happened.
(Naruto and Chojuro)
Naruto looked quickly at his partner. "Chojuro, tell Mei to get everyone back" Naruto said causing Chojuro to look at him strangely. "What are you talking about Naruto?" the blue haired swordsman asked. Naruto looked around before locating his teammates. "Just get to Mei, I have something to do" the blonde said before taking off.
(Sasuke and Yakumo)
Sasuke and Yakumo stood in both fear and awe at the sight ahead of them. A giant, demonic, turtle had taken the place of the short child-like Mizukage. The two were so engrossed in the sight that they nearly attacked Naruto when he made his presence known. "Guys, time to go" Naruto said making both of their eyes widen. "Naruto, what the hell are you talking about?" Sasuke asked. Naruto raised his sword to his shoulder. "It's time to end the Kiri civil war" Naruto said with a smirk. Yakumo and Sasuke looked at the blonde like he was crazy. "Come on guys, we talked about this" he said. Yakumo shook her head. "Yeah but shouldn't we leave this to someone like Mei or your mom or the Sannin or I-" "Let's do it" Sasuke said interrupting Yakumo's objection. Naruto nodded and looked at Yakumo who reluctantly nodded before the three took off at high speeds as the only ones who had yet to move.
(Kushina, Mei, Ao)
"What the hell is happening?" asked Mei in a frightened tone. Kushina shook her head. "The Mizukage is a jinchuriki and from the looks of it has mastered control of his biju. This just got a lot more complicated. Mei, we may need to fall back" Kushina said causing Mei to look at the ground. "It was going so well. How could it turn like this?" Mei asked silently. Ao narrowed his eye towards what seemed to be the only moving figures left on the battlefield. "Kushina, it seems that your son and his team are running in the direction of Yagura" Ao said quickly causing Kushina's eyes to widen to epic proportions. "WHAT?" the red head shouted before finding the small group with her eyes. "Oh my Kami, I have to get over there" she said frantically.
"WAIT" shouted the familiar voice of the toad Sannin. Jiraiya followed by Tsunade quickly approached the trio. "Kushina, something's wrong with my chakra. My summoning jutsu won't work" Jiraiya said worriedly. Kushina growled at the man. "I don't give a damn about your chakra old man, my son is trying to take on the Mizukage" Kushina said while pointing in Naruto's direction. Jiraiya and Tsunade's eyes widened but Jiraiya quickly shook out of his stupor. "Kushina, our best bet is for me to summon Gamabunta to fight the Mizukage. I know you have a seal somewhere that can help out. Please Kushina" Jiraiya pleaded.
Kushina quickly looked the man over before reaching into her side pouch only to pull out a crinkled piece of paper with a seal design on it. "That seal will make it easier to utilize nature chakra which will in turn increase your chances of successfully summoning your toads. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go save my son" the red head said angrily tossing the seal to Jiraiya who quickly restarted charging his chakra.
(Naruto, Yakumo, Sasuke)
It didn't take long for Naruto, Yakumo, and Sasuke to reach the giant turtle due to everyone still scared stiff of the colossal biju. The turtle paid little to no mind to the three chunin as they neared. It instead focused on the enemies of it's jinchuriki. Naruto, Sasuke, and Yakumo thanked Kami that the biju had decided to ignore them just as planned. Naruto suddenly stopped with his sword at the ready while Sasuke and Yakumo took their positions. Raising his sword, Naruto shouted "Hammer Slash" launching a wave of chakra at the turtle's back leg. Upon impact, thousands of sword slices cut through the turtle's leg causing it to stumble slightly. Because of it's thick skin, there was hardly any damage done but it gained the biju's attention. Naruto stood with his sword in an attack stance as he stared down the three tailed beast before everything went pitch black.
(Yagura's Mindscape)
The blonde blinked a few times and went to raise his sword only to realize that it was nowhere to be seen. "Welcome" said an amused voice from behind Naruto who quickly turned defensively at the sound. Naruto's eyes widened because the sight he was met with was a childlike figure that faced him with a smile. "Who are you and where am I?" asked Naruto quickly. The figure chuckled. "You should know who I am considering you and your friends are trying to end my life. Where you are is a mindscape, mine to be exact. I thought it would be best if we were to have a little chat before any of this goes further" the now known Mizukage said. "Why are you here Naruto? I know what you've been through, I had to live it. Why do you take orders from those who treated you wrongly and those who are far inferior to one such as yourself? I've seen your past. Years and years of painful neglect cannot be washed away with a simple apology. You still hold that grudge whether you choose to show it or not" continued the Mizukage causing Naruto's eyes to narrow.
"How I handle things is none of your business and I don't hold grudges, it's beneath me" Naruto responded which caused the Mizukage to laugh loudly. "Naruto, we're all human. We all have certain flaws that separate us from those above. No one can take the amount of neglect that you took without a hint of resentment. I have seen that you have made peace with your mother, but is it true? Are you sure that you aren't being taken advantage of? All that your parents have offered are words of regret which have swayed you away from the course of thinking that you should have had all along. Why should you bow to the whims of those weaker and beneath you? They did you wrong therefore they must be punished. That's why I will ask you to join me as I take over all of Kiri. With your power, taking over the other nations will be simple. Think of it Naruto, the entire world at your fingertips. You would be a god. Take my offer and reach your full potential rather than be manipulated and used by those who pretend to care for your well being" Yagura said with a smile.
Naruto was silent for a long moment before he began to laugh. When it died down, he gave his answer clearly to the Mizukage. "I feel sorry for you that you will die without knowing the truth of companionship. Your mindset is so jaded, your ideas so delusional. You are proof of why I will accept the embrace of those who are truly repentant. If I do nothing but let hatred and resentment fester, I will have no one. And when you have no one, you're weak. I'm sorry that you were unable to find anyone, but I pray that you find peace in the next life" Naruto said causing the Mizukage to scowl before Naruto was pushed out of the mindscape.
(Naruto, Sasuke, Yakumo)
Naruto returned from his trance almost as suddenly as he had entered. Noticing that his sword was back at his side, he smirked and nodded to each of his teammates. Jumping upwards, Naruto made deep slashes in the Sanbi's body. Yakumo stayed on the ground charging her chakra quickly while Sasuke ran towards the rear of the giant turtle. Once he reached the tails, Sasuke yelled out "Emperor's Ember" blowing a small yellow fireball that hit one of the three tails of the beast. Upon impact, the small fireball exploded into a massive blue flame that spread across each of the Sanbi's tails causing it to roar in pain. Turning to face the Uchiha, the turtle prepared to attack the boy only for Naruto to appear out of nowhere onto the biju's nose. Taking the opportunity, Naruto raised his arm and shouted "Hammer Slash" as he launched his sword attack at the biju's only open eye. The eye itself was very strong, but thousands of sword strikes added up until the attack finally pierced the eye and kept going until it was nothing more than a bloody socket. The turtle rose it's head to the sky causing Naruto to jump down and roared to the sky in pain.
When Naruto landed, he quickly looked to his genjutsu wielding girlfriend. "Yakumo, you're up" Naruto said getting a nod from the girl. "Eden's Paradise" Yakumo said loudly before attempting something that very few could. To put a fully released biju into a genjutsu induced trance. Yakumo closed her eyes tightly and held her hands together as she placed the massive genjutsu on the enemy. In less than twenty seconds, the screaming Sanbi had gone from roaring in pain to lying down on the ground in a trance. The genjutsu that Yakumo had put the biju under was an illusion of pure bliss. The greatest moments of one's life, the greatest feelings, any and everything the victim wanted. Yakumo gave the victim their own personal heaven. There was also less of a chance of the jutsu being broken due to the victim simply not wanting to escape from their paradise. The downside to using the genjutsu was that it took a lot of chakra to keep up and wouldn't typically last longer than maybe five minutes. It was going to be understandably shorter due to the fact that she was dealing with a biju now.
While Yakumo concentrated as hard as she could on keeping the biju immobilized, Naruto looked at Sasuke who was waiting for orders. "Sasuke, start putting your chakra into the seal, I have to make a spot for us to place it" Naruto said before jumping high into the air with his sword raised. Sasuke looked at his hand before he began to pump his chakra into the yang seal. As the Uchiha prepared his seal, Naruto reached the peak of his jump and slammed downwards with his sword. When Naruto impacted the right arm of the Sanbi, it disrupted Yakumo's genjutsu but cut right through the arm completely cutting through the shell. When he reached the ground, Naruto shouted "Sasuke now" as he placed his hand on the beast leaving a glowing seal on the body. Without giving it a second thought, Sasuke dashed forwards and landed his hand on the biju which also left a glowing seal. Once both boys' hands were removed, the seals moved along the body until the connected with one another and started to grow brighter. The seal took the form of a yin yang sign and began to spin rapidly as the biju inflicted started to scream louder than before. It wasn't long until multiple yellow cracks started to form all over the biju's body as it continued to scream. After the cracks covered the entirety of the turtle's body, it imploded on itself creating a shock wave that sent Sasuke and Yakumo backwards before regaining their footing.
(Mei, Ao, Tsunade, Jiraiya)
All four figures like everyone else on the battlefield were dumbfounded at what they had just seen. A group of three chunin had just taken down the Mizukage, and at full biju form. It was impossible, it made no sense, yet it happened right in front of their very eyes. The shock and awe of the matter had caused all of the Kiri ninja to drop their weapons while the rebels were still a little frozen in the moment. Ao was the one to break Mei from the trance that was currently an epidemic across the entire battlefield. "Mei, it seems that you have won the battle. You've just ended the civil war" Ao said in a weak tone as he didn't trust his voice at the moment. Upon hearing Ao's comment, Mei's eyes began to water. "It's over, it's finally over" she whispered before taking a few steps forward. "Ao, make it known to the forces that the war is over. A new day has begun and a new Kiri is born" she said as a tear fell down her face. Ao silently nodded at his leader's request and went to spread the word.
Tsunade and Jiraiya's mouths were both open. How? How was a civil war as bloody as any decided by three kids. It was unheard of and unprecedented. What they had just seen brought Jiraiya back to when Itachi gave his evaluation of the team. "Greater than the Sannin" Itachi had said to which Jiraiya had laughed in his face. Never before had he been so wrong, or at least that he knew of. Itachi was right. The team that he had just seen, the team that had taken down a fully powered biju, had the potential to pass the legendary Sannin.
(Naruto, Yakumo, Sasuke)
A cloud of dust covered the area as the three chunin stood barely, each wanting to pass out. Before any of the three could say a word of celebration, a slow clapping sounded behind the three. Turning towards the sound, Team 11's eyes widened at the figures that stood in front of them. Menma and Narumi stood with evil smiles directed at Naruto, both with large curved swords in their grip. Tsuranabi stood with a small smile in between them.
Quickly turning to his team, Naruto said "Go get help" to which the two ran off without a word. They knew that this fight was out of their league and that they would just be in Naruto's way. Turning his attention back to the three intruders, Naruto gritted his teeth. "What do you want?" the blonde said gripping his sword tightly. Tsuranabi tilted his head to the side slightly. "You know what I want Naruto. I want peace. A peace that you are apparently unwilling to let me attain. These two on the other hand have a score to settle with you. Normally I wouldn't waste my time with something as petty as this, but they've been good lately so they deserve a reward" he said smiling.
Menma and Narumi stepped forward after their leader finished speaking, both smiling. "I've been waiting for today for a long time. We'll make sure that you suffer" said Menma. "It's time you realize what a pitiful mistake you are" followed up Narumi. Naruto looked at both of his siblings and could tell that they were much further along in terms of strength since their last confrontation. Trying to control his breathing, Naruto stood tall. He was tired from taking down Yagura but refused to let his body quit on him now. "Are you sure that you want to do this? I'm sure that you remember the result of our last fight" Naruto said rolling his neck. Menma and Narumi growled at the reminder of their humiliating loss. "You'll find that we're much stronger than last time and more than capable of killing you" said Menma with gritted teeth as he and Narumi raised their biju swords.
Naruto sighed at their response and raised his sword in preparation of what was to come. He was not surprised when both siblings rushed him and slashed through his body. After the attack, Menma and Narumi smiled triumphantly until in an instant were sent flying back, each with large slashes across their chests. As the two shakily stood while red chakra covered their chests and healed them, they looked back at their sliced in half brother only to see the last remaining remnants of smoke fading away.
"You know, I've always wondered where this hatred of me comes from" said Naruto from behind Menma and Narumi causing both to quickly turn around. "Both of you were given everything. Training, attention, love. You had all of that and more yet you've decided to throw that away in the hopes of killing me" said Naruto with a dark smile beginning to form on his face. "You attack me with a sword, you dare to challenge me, the Lunar Soldier to a duel. I could kill you both in an instant but choose not to out of pure pity" the blonde said raising his sword to his shoulder as he leaked killer intent.
To the credit of Menma and Narumi, the two barely shook at their brother's killer intent as their hatred for the boy only deepened. With a roar, Menma leapt at Naruto ready to take the boy's head off but was shocked when Naruto suddenly disappeared. A moment later, Menma felt an unbearable pain in his left arm. When he looked down, his eyes widened as his left arm was now lying on the ground separated from his body. The jinchuriki screamed in pain. Narumi watched what happened and before she could protect herself, fell to the ground. Looking down, she screamed in pain as her right leg was now gone from her body. Neither of the two noticed Naruto standing over them, looking at them in both disgust and pity.
Turning around, Naruto met the gaze of Tsuranabi. "Leave" the blonde said causing the fellow swordsman to chuckle. "Naruto, you know I can't leave without my property and you also know that you can't take me on in the state that you're in. Hell, Sera could barely take me on in her prime" Tsuranabi said causing Naruto' eyes to narrow and his grip to tighten on his sword. "But don't worry, I have plans for you so just keep on training and when the day comes, I'll be waiting" the man said before vanishing behind Naruto who suddenly fell to his knees. A large bloody X covered his chest as he held onto his sword in an effort to ignore the pain. Slowly looking behind him, he noticed Tsuranabi with his two siblings. To Naruto's surprise, both Menma and Narumi's missing limbs were being regenerated by a red chakra. That was the last Naruto saw of his brother and sister as they vanished into darkness with their leader.
(Naruto Two Minutes Later)
Naruto was laying on his back breathing slowly when the Konoha nin reached him. Kushina and Yakumo were the first to reach him, both with tears in their eyes. Tsunade quickly moved the two out of the way as she got to work healing the boy. It didn't take long as the cuts weren't very deep but for some reason had drained him of a large amount of his energy. Propping Naruto up on her lap, Kushina stroked her son's face in a motherly way with tears in her eyes. Yakumo was right beside him holding his hand,Tsunade stood examining the blonde, Sasuke, Itachi, and Konan stared at the boy, and Jiraiya had his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Naruto, what happened?" asked Sasuke. Naruto slowly leaned his neck up to answer his friend. "Menma and Narumi along with the leader of the Shinigami's Blade" he said before quietly coughing. "What happened to Menma and Narumi?" Jiraiya asked but to the surprise of everyone without a spiteful tone. Naruto shook his head. "They challenged me and they lost but the leader took me down and then took the two of them" he answered while looking at the Toad Sannin for any type of malice due to the answer. Instead, what he saw was a conflict of emotions raging in the man's eyes. Jiraiya quietly nodded and tried to summon a toad for what seemed to be the tenth time to no avail.
Slowly, Naruto was helped up as the group started to make their way back to the Kiri rebel camp. Naruto while being helped, looked at the sky and smiled. Kiri was free. The smile quickly dropped though as he knew that he had to begin training harder than ever in order to compare to the man who's power he had seen but a glimpse of. There was also the new abilities of his siblings that needed to be contemplated on. Sighing, Naruto shook his head. Just another day in the life of Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, the Lunar Soldier.
(Mount Myoboku)
Fukasaku sat in front of the Great Toad Sage. "Jiraiya has been trying to summon us, what should we do?" the elder toad asked the sage. The Great Toad Sage was silent for a moment before speaking. "The future is very delicate and Jiraiya has not helped the situation. You will summon him here at a later date so that we may address the issue at hand" the sage said to which Fukasaku simply nodded.
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