Chapter Ten : Battle of Rah'ji Castle - The Fire Sage Reincarnate

With each passing moment, the heat of war was rising and everyone was in the midst of battle. "Damn, it's going to take a lot to knock back this enemy," I panted, admitting that this was a tough fight. The fact that the war was truly about me and the Amegakure army trying to take control of the nine tails within me, I knew that it was only a matter of time before I was overwhelmed. My teammates had never had to deal with anything this high on the scale before. I looked to my teammates and saw Akamo panting from exerting so much chakra. "Try to reserve your chakra, Akamo.." I said moving towards him.

"I understand," he responded. "This is too much. I don't think we were ready for this."

Kunji looked to us both, "Well, too late to turn back now. We have to make the most of it," he said jumping off to fight another ninja.

I looked back at Lord Gaara and noticed he was getting healed by one of the medical ninja. I saw that my dad was coordinating some attacks before joining the fight on his own. I continued my way and fought who I ran across. I pulled out a special chakra blade and focused my chakra on it to begin slicing at the enemies. We were nearing the next battle site and would most certainly have to deal with a lot more Amegakure ninja.

"There's Rah'ji Castle. Make your stand here!" Kitami-sensei said appearing behind us. We turned to look at the castle, which was made of blackened stone and the entrance had a giant red jewel on the door. There is no one that can enter the castle since it was sealed by the Sage of Six Paths back after it was built. He and the Fire Sage created the jewel on the door to turn anyone that tried to enter into stone. It is rumored that numerous weapons are stored there, while others rumor that a strong demon spirit is sealed within the walls.

"We can't retreat in there even if we need to, can we, Kitami-sensei?" I looked to our sensei asking her the question.

Kitami looked up at the castle, "No. It is a death trap."

I continued to look up at the massive building. My glance was stopped mid-way as I saw a kunai carrying a paper bomb whiz by our heads. It exploded behind us forcing us forward. As the dust settled, I looked up and saw numerous ninja heading out way. "Battle formation!" I screamed out as I jumped back. I saw Akamo's face covered by shrapnel. "No...No!" I exclaimed looking over at him. I ran to his side, "I'm blind.. I'm blind!" he screamed out trying to look around. I placed my arm under him and lifted him up. "Kunji! Give us cover! I have to get him to the medical corp!" I screamed out as he jumped up and used his expansion jutsu to give us room to run. I carried Akamo away and found Sakura Haruno. "Lady Sakura...it's Akamo.." I said sitting him down. Her head turned around so fast seeing her son sitting there. She left the other ninja she was tending to and began tending to her son. "Oh no, his eyes.." she said using her medical ninjutsu to check his body. "They're full of shrapnel." My friend was screaming in pain as she continued to try to pull the shrapnel from him. "Lady Sakura, I have to return," I said before turning to Akamo. "I will win this war, don't you worry." I jumped up and ran off.

The battle was turning south and the sun was starting to set. We would never be able to battle in the midst of night. I looked around for my father and found him battling a few ninja. "We have to retreat, Dad. We have to go to the castle!" He turned around after thrusting a Rasengan into the enemy, "We can't, Kumera. It's forbidden!"

"We have no other choice," I said looking at the approaching ninja from the enemy nation. "I'll go secure it."

"No Kumera!" he screamed after me. I continued on, running up to the door and standing before it. I looked around for a switch of some kind but all that was there was the giant red jewel. I looked directly at it as it began to glow. I was awaiting to be turned to stone but the door opened after a crimson glow surrounded me.

"Ku-Kumera?" Kitami-sensei said appearing behind me. "Y-You are the incarnate of the Fire Sage?! You?!" she said with my father appearing behind her.

I turned towards them and looked on at the battlefield. "Look here," my voice boomed out against the encroaching darkness. "Retreat to the castle!" My voice echoed to all our alliance ninja as they turned and started to run towards the castle. Everyone retreated after knocking back the enemy. I motioned for Naruto to run inside before hand and I walked backwards seeing the Amegakure ninja rushing towards the building. I thrust my hand forward sealing the door in front of me as the glow disappeared from around my being, my body collapsing from the mass of power leaving me. "I...wow..." I said before my dad appeared behind me.

"You could be the one to turn this war around," he said kneeling next to me. "You could be the key to finding the secret of the castle." My eyes widened hearing his words. I couldn't believe it. The sun was down now and the medical corp had moved with everyone else and were healing those wounded. The next day would have to be the change of the war. We would have to win and I'm the one to save us all.