"Is everyone out of the village?" Kumo asked Naruto sending the thought eco through everyone's mind. The mental like they had established with Ino was function perfectly with them.

"That's all of them." Said Naruto somehow still managing to be the loudest in the mental link.

"Good work Naruto you're just in time too." Though Hinata for everyone to hear. "The Kinzoku scouts are only half a click from your village. They should be in visual range shortly."

"Naruto, call back your clones for the time being." said Nenshō detaching one of his metal plates shifting the steel into the form of a crossbow steel bolt and all.

"What?! Why?" he shouted in his head.

"You have too many." He explained taking a shooting position by a window overlooking the village entrance. "They're easily spotted and I want to draw them into the village as much as possible. As soon as Hinata tells us they've all entered I want you to make as many as possible. The metal plates on Nenshō's leg shifted making a holster and forming more crossbow bolts. "Try to keep a distance if you can my clan's skilled at close to midrange combat but if you can go hand to hand it's just as well. Plenty of my clan's Jutsus can't be used in close quarters fire burning both ways and all."

"Your palm attacks don't burn your hands?" sounded Tenten.

"The Burning Palm Kekkei Genkai only protects my hands from my own fire; I can still get burned by my own flames if I'm careless." He explained to her. "How are things on your end Tenten?"

"These guys can't even notice an elephant trudging through the forest towards them, literally."

Nenshō chuckled. "Don't let your guard down too much theirs a chance a few shinobi are still with the main force for security."

"If they noticed you they aren't showing it very well." Said Hinata. "They seem oblivious to you two and the puppet. Is your Byakugan active Kumo?"

"No, as long as you're acting as my eyes I'm trying to conserve my chakra; this puppet takes a lot of chakra strings to control it I'm going to need to hold off on using my Byakugan until the fighting starts."

"The enemy is within visual range of you Nenshō." Said Hinata.

Nenshō nodded and realized no one could see him. "Alright, get ready knucklehead and try to herd them into the towns square I have a little surprise for them."

The crossbow clicked and the bolt flew into the targets throat sending him down in a heap. Nenshō pulled the steel sting of the crossbow back and fitted in another bolt.

"You're doing well." Said Hinata. "You've cleared that section of town."

"Good." He said though the link. He moved out the window and took to the roofs pulling a kunai from his holster. Several of Naruto's clones spotted him and took a flanking position next to him. One of the clones dissipated in a puff of smoke as a kunai struck it. Nenshō deflected another knife as one of his red haired brethren took a perch on the roof. A fiery orb formed in the ninja's hands and shifted itself into a fiery whip snaking around like a living creature. Nenshō tossed his kunai and he dodged he aimed the crossbow and released the lever. The bolt hit the roof as Nenshō's hand formed his own fiery orb. He moved in charging the fellow fire wielder. The remaining Naruto clone rushed in rasengan in hand only to be cut down by the fiery whip giving Nenshō his opening. The man moved to dodge only to trip. The steel bolt Nenshō had fired had shifted and wrapped around his leg pinning him to the roof.

Nenshō shoved the orange and red sphere into the man's belly burning away the layers of armor and searing into flesh.

"You." The man whispered before falling down and rolling down the roof and falling to the streets below.

"Yeah… me." He thought hearing the corpse hit the streets with a thud. Nenshō ducked as another shinobi jumped from the streets swiping at him. Five small fiery orbs glowed at the tips of his fingers that curled into claws. A kunai stuck his back and send him down. Nenshō nodded to newcomer clone that had thrown the blade.

"All the remaining shinobi are in the town square like you asked." said Hinata in his head. "Hurry and spring your trap, I don't know if Naruto's clones can keep them there for very long."

"No need to tell me twice. He said taking a perch on the roof overlooking the town square ablaze full of Kinzoku members in combat with the countless clones. Nenshō smirked and formed the hand signs."

The wooden buildings surrounding the square shook as all the nails shot from the buildings cutting down the fire wielders and shadow clones alike. The metal nails bore into their body's and shifted forming into a metal web entangling the survivors wrapping around their body's and crushing them.

"That was easy." He said watching the screaming men go quiet as their lungs collapsed. He turned his head and watched a stream of smoke rise in the distance illuminated by an orange light.

"How are things on your end Kumo?" he asked.

"Easy." Said Kumo.

Blood dripped from the steel tusks shining in the moonlight. The sound of the puppet archers bows twanging filled the air with the screams of dying men. Kumo watched the panicking men get cut down in a storm of arrows from his perch on the puppets saddle. Tenten glided through the battlefield below dodging a sword swing from one of the officers before sending an elbow to the back of his head. The man went down and one of the compartments in the elephant opened up. Blue chakra strings sprung forth from the doors hinges and tanged the man pulling him into the puppet before sealing him inside.

"Is that the last one?" asked Tenten jumping up and taking a place beside Kumo on the elephant. He nodded.

"That makes twelve officers." He said holding the blue glowing blade in front of him trailing chakra stings from the end.

The elephant's mechanical trunk lifted up aiming itself forward towards a gathering squad of pike men. The archers atop the tower stopped their firing as the trunk spat forth a cone of fire engulfing the soldiers in red flames.

"I almost feel bad for them." Said Tenten watching the men burn and crumble on the ground.

"It'll be more difficult to fight the rest of the rebels." He explained. "We need to extract that Intel from the officers as soon as possible."

"Feel lucky you have a mind reader with you." Said Ino through the mental link.