Naruto: The Weapon Master

Chapter 28: Melting the Tundra with Heated Passion

Inside the blimp as it flew across the sky in direction of Doto's castle hidden in the mountains, Koyuki sat on a sofa with her arms crossed and a frown on her face as she looked away from the cause of all her sorrows…her so-called uncle Doto Kazahana.

"You've grown quite beautiful Koyuki, so tell me…do you have the Hex crystal with you?" asked Doto.

"…yes," Koyuki replied with her eyes closed, not wanting to look at him.

"Good…it is the sole remaining link to the Kazahana clan, and the key to opening its treasure,"

That caught the princess's attention "A key to what?"

"When I…wrested this land from your father's hands, the Kazahana clan's resources were all but gone. I knew Sosetsu must have hidden his riches somewhere, I searched for a long time and finally I found it. It is hidden deep within the Rainbow Glacier, there's a keyhole there which can only be opened by the Hex crystal. Once I have possession of the Kazahana fortune, our country can obtain military superiority over the Five Great Nations!"

Unknown to them, outside the blimp was Naruto latching on to it with his chakra. He had placed a special seal tag on the blimp and placed his ear on it which enabled him to listen in on whatever is been said inside clearly and right now he's frowning upon what he's hearing so far.

"This guy has got to be the dumbest ever, he has no idea of how strong any of the Shinobi villages are and yet he wants to face them head on? That will put the lives of many people living in the Land of Snow in great danger," thought Naruto before continuing to eavesdrop on the conversation.

Doto hand his hand out "Now then, I'll take the Hex crystal if you don't mind," Koyuki hesitated but eventually took off the necklace and handed it over to him who received it gleefully "finally…hmmm? What is this?" further examination of the crystal caused Doto to frown before grabbing Koyuki by the collar and glaring at her "This isn't a game! Do you think that I don't know that this is a fake?!"

Koyuki was surprised upon hearing this "No, that's impossible!" she suddenly had an epiphany of how she got a fake crystal "…Kakashi Hatake,"

"What?"

Nadare spoke up "It makes sense, Kakashi is a shrewd one so I won't put it past him to pull a bait and switch,"

"Don't even worry about it, we'll have him rounded up in no time," said Fubuki confidently.

"That won't be necessary, why even bother? The man will show up on his own soon enough. Until then, we'll just have to wait. Have the guards put her in prison under the mansion when we arrive," Doto chuckled darkly as he crushed the fake Hex crystal in his hand.

"…I guess that's enough Intel, better report back to the boss," 'Naruto' ripped off the seal tag before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Meanwhile, high above the blimp over a cloud bank was Naruto seated on one of his flying summons Aquilamon, he felt the memories of his shadow clone which he had sent and frowned as he went through it.

"So he was after the crystal to acquire some sort of treasure in order to go up against the hidden villages…what an idiot,"

"Indeed, his arrogance has blinded him to the fact that these villages possess great military power that could destroy him entirely," said Kurama with a frown.

"But Kakashi-nii having the real crystal makes things a lot easier, I better inform him and the others of what's happening in the meantime and come up with a plan. Chinami-san, I'll need a connection to Kakashi-nee,"

"As you wish Naruto-sama…connection established," said Chinami.

"Kakashi-nii, can you hear me?" asked Naruto.

It took a few moments before Kakashi's voice was heard in his mind "…Naruto, is that you?"

"Yeah, I'm contacting you through the ring which you're wearing,"

"Where are you right now?"

"Aquilamon and I are currently following Doto's blimp to his mansion, I had a shadow clone listen in on a conservation. It turns out that…" Naruto then told him about the Hex crystal and supposed hidden treasure.

"As I thought, I had a hunch that the crystal was what he was after," said Kakashi "I'll need you to sneak into the mansion and free the princess from prison while the team and I will storm the place and serve as a distraction before rendezvousing at a certain point,"

"Understood, I'll meet you later with the Koyuki-chan then," Naruto ended the connection before speaking out to Aquilamon "Have we arrived at our destination yet?"

"Yes we have, I saw the blimp land a few minutes ago," said Aquilamon.

"Then take us in low but don't let them see us, there are sure to be sentries," said Naruto.

"Understood,"

Aquilamon dove through the cloudbank, beneath them was a massive black mansion made of metal and pipes which was built in between tall snowy mountains with ice fog surrounding the area. Naruto took out a pair of binoculars from his pouch and proceeded to scope out the building, he caught sight of a few guards but he saw one of them positioned on the rooftop, giving him an idea of infiltration.

"I'll be dropping off from here Aquilamon," said Naruto, returning the binoculars to the pouch.

"Very well Naruto, I wish you good luck,"

With a nod of affirmation, Naruto jumped off Aquilamon's back with his arms and legs spread out as he performed the Falcon Dive taught to him by his sensei Ryu Hayabusa. As he glided close to the unsuspecting guard, Naruto unsealed the Mumei no Tamanoo as he sharply unsheathed it right before grabbing the guard's head and behind him with a flip before stabbing him with the blade and wrenching it out to dismember. He flicked the blood of the blade and sheathed before sealing it away.

"Time for a stealthy infiltration," Naruto focused on the bracelet and called out "Honor among thieves!" in a flash of light, he was holding the cooper cane in his hand. He went through the door nearby and was quietly traversing through the numerous hallways of the mansion.

He stopped upon a junction where he heard footsteps that were becoming louder, meaning that someone was approaching where he was. Thinking fast, Naruto leaned against the wall and whispered out "Shadow Power," then his entire body turned completely invisible. A snow ninja appeared and looked around but was unable to see Naruto before continuing on his way, that's when Naruto became visible before quietly sneaking up to the guard. He swung the Cooper Cane to knock the Snow ninja into the air before hooking him with the cane and slamming him hard into the ground, knocking him out. Naruto tied the ninja up with wires and placed him somewhere unnoticeable before continuing on his way.

"You'll need to continue downwards Naru-kun, it must be where the prisons are," said Kurama.

"That means something like a staircase or an elevator, I better keep an eye out for one," thought Naruto. It took him a while but he managed to find one, but the problem was that there were two Snow ninjas guarding it "Need a way to draw at least one of them away…that's it!" Naruto performed a handsign and was covered in smoke which dissipated to reveal him looking like one of the snow ninjas. He took a few steps back before running forward, making sure that he was heard as he appeared in their sights.

"What's going on?" asked one of the guards.

"I detected strange movements through the hallways and currently investigating, it could be one of those Konoha ninjas Doto-sama informed us about, I might need some help in case of an ambush," said Naruto in a deep baritone voice. He figured that Doto would have warned the guards of the rescue attempted and capitalized on it.

"You might be right, I'll join you while the other stays behind," said one of the guards before following Naruto down one of the hallways "I don't see anything yet…" At that moment, Naruto turned around to grab the Snow ninja by the shoulders and drove a knee into his gut, causing him to grasp it in pain "Argh! What are you…" he couldn't say anymore as Naruto performed a quick somersault and used a heel drop kick on his head to drive him to the ground, knocking him out.

Naruto tied him up in wires too before making his way back to the other whom seemed a bit confused upon seeing him alone.

"Hey where did the other one go?" he asked confusedly.

Naruto changed the tone of his voice to match the one whom he knocked out "It was a false alarm, turns out that he was rather paranoid," he walked over and stood next to him.

"I hear ya, but once Doto-sama acquires the Kazahana secret treasure. The Land of Snow will be unstoppable,"

"Then maybe he could start by fixing up the place, I've been seeing lots of cracks along the walls…like that one over there," Naruto looked past the Snow ninja and at the wall.

"What crack?" the Snow ninja turned, at that moment Naruto grabbed the back of his head and slammed his face into the wall hard enough for him to slump to the ground and lay there unmoving.

"…that crack, and it just got bigger. I'll go get the others down below to see what I mean since you're sleeping on the job at the moment,"

Naruto entered the elevator and pressed a button before he felt the machine begin its descent to the bottom floor.

"Your humor is truly something to behold, Naruto-sama," said Chinami amusedly.

"It's moments like these that a wisecrack is needed," thought Naruto.

"Well it was pretty funny," said Kurama with a giggle.

The elevator had finally reached the bottom and the doors opened up, Naruto peaked his head out and looked around to make sure that the coast was clear before continuing on his way. He bypassed more guards with the Shadow Power and a technique called the Stealth Slide where he created blue spheres underneath his feet that allow him to slide around silently, he arrived at yet another elevator with no guards this time and boarded the car to go down again. He quickly took note of the many prison cells all around, shuddering a little upon the sight of the skeletal remains inside them, covered in ice.

"This must be the place, now to find Koyuki-chan," Naruto walked down and peeked through each of the cells until he finally found Koyuki sitting against the wall with her knees brought up to her stomach and her head down. He whispered out to her quietly "Hey, Koyuki-chan,"

Said person raised her head to see who was calling her, her eyes widened in shock upon seeing who it was "Naruto?! What are you doing here? How did you get here?"

"For the first question; I obviously came to rescue you, and the second is that I summoned a bird type Digimon to follow you," said Naruto with a quirked eyebrow, Koyuki blushed in embarrassment from asking such an obvious question. After sending away the Cooper Cane, Naruto reached into his pouch and took out a lockpick and proceeded to work on the cell door "I've been meaning to ask you something, Koyuki-chan,"

Koyuki looked at the blond in curiosity "About what?"

"You said that there was no spring back when Garurumon and I found you, what do you mean by that?"

"…my father used to tell me that I'll see when the spring comes, he often told me to imagine myself running in a field of beautiful flowers. He said that as long as I never gave up and continued to believe in the future, the spring is sure to come. But then my father got killed by Doto and I fled from the Land of Snow and because of that I stopped believing. I was always lying to people but mostly I was just lying to myself, my whole life has been nothing but a big charade, becoming an actress…was about the only thing I was good for. In the end all you can do is give up," said Koyuki looking down on the ground in depression.

Naruto looked at Koyuki and let out a sigh, he seemed to have a knack for encountering people with past issues "I'm sure you know a bit of my past but back then, I was shunned by everyone and nobody even wanted to look at me and if they did…then it would be with hatred. I often try to shrug it off like it didn't bother me but it didn't change the fact that it did and I always asked myself why am I here? I could or rather should have given up…but the problem was that I didn't even know how to give up, so all I could do was move forward and thanks to that I was able to forge bonds with people whom became my greatest treasure. It was then I realize that by giving up, it also meant that I've given up on dreams that I could have achieved for myself as well as everyone else whom I care about,"

Koyuki looked at him in surprise at his story "But I…,"

"I have the feeling that your father refused to give in on his dream even in his death because he truly wished for you to see spring come to the Land of Snow, it just shows how much he loves you," Naruto smiled at her kindly.

*Click*

The door was finally unlocked and Naruto went inside and held out a hand to her "Let's get you out of here,"

Koyuki looked thoughtful before she grabbed the hand and stood up with a smile on her face, they barely took a step when they heard a loud explosion and the place shook a bit.

"What was that?" Koyuki looked around confusedly.

Naruto smiled knowingly "It sounds like Kakashi and the others have finally arrived and are currently taking on the Snow ninjas. We'll head back up and rendezvous with them," Naruto led Koyuki to the elevator which he used earlier.

Doto was sitting within his throne room when a Snow ninja entered and bowed before him and then spoke.

"Doto-sama, I come with news that we're under attack!" said the Snow ninja.

The tyrant murmured to himself "Hmmm…Kakashi, you're here at last and right on time,"

Elsewhere, the snow ninjas were running down the corridors of the large mansion before stopping before the source of their current situation which were a squad of Konoha ninjas whom their master had warned them about.

"Looks like we got their attention, all we need to do now is take them out," Kakashi spoke rather lazily.

Anko stepped forward with a smirk on her face "Allow to take care of them while you continue up ahead,"

"Are you sure Anko?"

"Yeah, besides I've been wanting to see which weapon I'll soon be using from the rings Naruto-kun gave to us,"

"Alright then, team let's go!" Kakashi took off with the Genins following after him.

"Where do you think you're going?!" some of the snow ninjas were about to pursue them when a volley of kunai landed at their feet and turned to see that it was Anko who threw them.

"Don't bother yourselves with them, why don't you keep me company?" Anko raised her hand to display the ring before calling out "Equip!" the ring let out a bright flash of light before it faded to reveal her wielding a pair of blue colored handguns with two more strapped to her heels just like back at the Forest of Death much to the shock of the grunts around "I've always wanted to use these cute toys again, now it's time to be naughty," she beckoned them to come to which they complied without hesitation, thinking that they could finish her off easily…how wrong they were.

Anko fly towards an opponent with and delivered a fiery jump kick and kicked off with a backflip all the while rapidly firing bullets at any surrounding enemies with all four guns. She landed back on the ground and proceeded to kick and punch at any who charges at her, sometimes shooting her guns in the middle of a combo.

One of the snow ninjas threw a kunai from behind, Anko sensed the incoming projectile and cartwheeled to right just in time. At that moment, a purple ripple of energy burst out from her body and she noticed that the grunts were moving extremely slow while she was a lot faster.

Anko smirked upon realizing what this implies, she rushed forward with a shoulder charge to slam into a grunt and before using a snap kick at the head and shooting a hole through it as a finisher. Anko moved on to her next target by sliding across the ground with her left heel sticking out to kick, she made contact before performing a backflip to a standing position whilst knocking the grunt into the air with a shot.

"Now it's time for the climax!" Anko stood in place before taking aim at the remaining grunts and launching powerful shots, all the while around like she was dancing. It was then that the temporal alteration finally wore and time went back to normal with a majority of the grunts laying on the floor dead with the remainder slowly backed away in fear.

"What just happened? She was suddenly moving at high-speed all of a sudden, just what is she?!" one of them spoke in denial.

Anko smiled slyly "That was quite rude to say that. If you need to learn how to talk to a lady, ask your mum. Till then, let's resume with this dance!" then she charged forward and all the grunts could do is quail in fear.

Elsewhere, Naruto and Koyuki had ascended to another floor with the use of an elevator and were crossing a bridge when a Snow ninja grappled up to the platform.

"Better get out of our way, Shadow Clo-," Naruto crossed his middle and index finger and was about to perform his signature jutsu when the Snow ninja waved his arms in a placating manner.

"Wait, wait! Naruto, it's me!" Snow ninja took off his uniform to reveal that it was Kakashi.

"Oh it's you, Kakashi-nii,"

"Yeah, had to get the grunts off our backs during our search for you. I'm glad to see that you're alright Koyuki-sama,"

"Yes, but you exchanged my Hex Crystal for a fake one without telling me," said Koyuki with a frown.

Kakashi looked a bit sheepish as he walked up to them "Sorry about that, but I had suspected that he was after it, and Naruto eavesdropping on your conversation with him confirmed it," he reached into his pouch and took out the Hex crystal before handing it over to Koyuki.

"All for this little thing…"

Then they heard footsteps and turned to see Sakura, Fu and Sasuke running towards them.

"This whole place is crawling with guards, we need to leave," said Sasuke, Fu and Sakura tackled Naruto into a hug.

"Naruto-kun, we're so glad that you're alright!" said Fu happily.

"We were worried about you!" said Sakura.

"Thanks Sakura-chan, Fu-chan," Naruto hugged them back.

Koyuki who was watching couldn't help but feel a bit jealous much to her confusion but shrugged it off and spoke up nonetheless "Come on, this way!" she took off down the bridge with Naruto and the others following close behind.

"Where's Anko-chan? I don't see her here with us," asked Naruto as they ran.

"Let's just say she's having a time of her life and leave it at that," said Kakashi, Naruto got the idea and chose to remain quiet as they moved on.

The group ran through a long corridor before entering a rather large dark room where they stopped at the center of it. Suddenly the room lit up with everyone looking around in confusion, then they turned to see a large staircase leading up to a platform where Doto sat on his throne looking down at them before rising up with a dark chuckle.

"Doto!" Kakashi narrowed his eyes at the tyrant.

Doto then spoke up "Well done…Koyuki," everyone were shocked and turned towards Koyuki who ran towards Doto, confirming their fears.

"Wait!" Kakashi attempted to go after her but Nadare and his team appeared to stand in his way "No, it can't be,"

"Why would she do that? She knows what Doto plans to do," said Fu in disbelief.

"I can't figure it out either," said Sakura.

Koyuki handed over the Hex crystal for real this time before turning to speak nonchalantly to the group. "It shouldn't come as a surprise to you. After all, I am an actress,"

"There you have it, another great performance from the great Yukie Fujikaze," Doto spoke arrogantly.

Naruto stared intently at Koyuki and noticed something in her eyes, it was regret and…resignation? Why does she have those expressions?

"Yes…it was all an act!" Koyuki suddenly reached into her coat and took out a kunai before rushing at Doto and stabbing him in the chest much to the shock of everyone "I said it before, I am an actress!"

"A kunai? But where did she get one? Unless…," thought Naruto.

"She must have snatched one from your pouch when you weren't aware," said Kurama.

"Why you little wretched!" Doto grabbed her by the throat and began to squeeze tightly.

"Koyuki-chan!" Naruto rushed forward to help her but Nadare intercepted with a kick but he slid under the attack and continued to run up the stairs. Mizore turned to aim his gauntlet at him and fired the retractable cable arm. Naruto heard the attack coming and created a shadow clone to which he grabbed and swung around for it to kick the arm away, then he threw the clone at as it performed the Flying Kick to knock Mizore back "Don't you dare do it, don't throw your life away!"

Koyuki smiled sadly "I'm sorry, Naruto-kun…Tou-san," she pushed both herself and Doto off to the ground below right when Naruto got close.

"Koyuki!"

"Naruto-sama, please calm down! I can sense that she's still alive!" said Chinami.

Naruto let out a sigh of relief "Oh thank goodness," he jumped off the platform and approached them but realized that something was off "Why isn't Doto bleeding and why aren't Nadare and the others doing anything?"

"Naruto-sama, Doto is-"

At that moment, he heard chuckling and to his surprise as well as everyone else's, Doto got back to his feet with the kunai still stabbed in his chest and no signs of blood at all.

"Hmph, you really thought that you could kill me…with this little toy knife?" Doto began to take off his robes to reveal a black armor with similar designs to the ones before but far more advanced with a set of gauntlets "That's right, it's chakra armor…our latest prototype," he reached over and grabbed Koyuki "Come Koyuki, let us be off…beyond the rainbow," The ceiling suddenly collapsed as a grapple cable shot out from Doto's back and began to lift him upwards with Koyuki in tow.

"Where do you think you're going?!" Naruto shot out a kunai with a rope attached as it wound around Koyuki's arm and was lifted from the ground.

"Team we need to get out of here!" said Kakashi.

"But what about Naruto?" asked Sakura worriedly.

"I can assure you that he'll be fine, now move!"

The Konoha ninjas ran out of the room with the Nadare and his team in pursuit. Outside in the air, Doto activated the backpack for it to open up for the wings to unfold in order to fly. He looked back to see the blond ninja still hanging and smirked evilly. He aimed for the rope and cut it with a kunai, leaving the Konoha ninja to plummet to the ground.

"Naruto!" Koyuki called out to him worriedly.

"Awwww craaaaaap!" Naruto yelled out as he fell.

"Well that takes cares of that annoying bug," Doto cackled before flowing towards his destination.

"Damn, damn, damn! I won't make it in time for a summoning jutsu!" Naruto braced for impact as he fell towards the ground with his eyes closed… then he felt something back the back of his jacket in a whoosh before being placed softly on the snowy floor.

"Are you okay, Naruto?" a rather familiar called out, Naruto looked up to see that it was Garurumon who had caught him.

"Garurumon? I thought you returned to the summoning realm,"

"I wanted to make sure that you and Koyuki-san were okay when I saw you falling from the sky,"

"He's quite the loyal friend," said Kurama, appreciating the help greatly.

"Thanks for the save, but I need your help again. Doto is taking Koyuki-chan to the rainbow glacier and we need to go after them," said Naruto.

"Then what are we waiting for? Get on and let's go!" Naruto quickly jumped onto Garurumon's and the duo raced towards the rainbow glacier to save Koyuki as well as take down Doto once and for all.


Meanwhile, Sasuke, Sakura and Fu were running through the forest whilst avoiding ice bombs which were thrown by Fubuki and Mizore who were flying and snowboarding respectively.

"You little Genins should give up! Without that blond brat here to help, you don't stand a chance against us!" said Mizore arrogantly.

"If that's what you think, then you're sourly mistaken. Let's show you exactly what we mean," Sasuke held out his hand to show the ring on his finger with Sakura and Fu doing the same before calling out at the same time.

"Equip!"

The rings all emitted a bright flash of light before it faded to reveal the trio wielding different weapons. Sasuke held an O-katana with the handle being braided from black and white material, the guard is octagon shaped as it was sheathed in a black scabbard made of lacquered wood with several metallic ornaments on its far end and a yellow cord at the opposite end. Sakura was equipped with a pair of yellow gauntlets which cover her hands and forearms, acting as arm guards. Lastly was Fu holding a large hi-tech scythe whose frame is colored rose red with black trims, with the blade shaped like a crescent.

The group felt the knowledge of the weapons flow into their minds and knew how to use them before charging at their opponents.

Music Start: Tekken 5 – Dark Resurrection; Amnesia

"Summoning a weapon on your own makes no difference! Ice style: Ice Prison!" Fubuki landed on the ground whilst completing a series of handsigns before slamming palm on the ground to launch chunks of ice at the ground.

Sasuke stepped forward and took an Iai stance with his hand on the handle "Slash Dimension!" he drew out the katana and slashed at blinding speeds while blue pillars of light came out before and broke, destroying the chunks of ice completely before sheathing the blade with an audible click.

Mizore rushed by a stunned Fubuki on his snowboard with the metal gauntlet with steam shooting out of it reared back for a powerful straight punch. Sakura was the next to move as she rushed towards the large Snow ninja with a prepped punch of her own. Both clashed fists, however Sakura's gauntlet released a bright flash of light followed by an explosion which sent Mizore flying backwards before crashing into a pine tree. Sakura pointed the gauntlets behind and fired a round for the recoil to launch her forward with another punch ready. Mizore saw the incoming attack and hastily moved out of the war right before Sakura hit the tree, blowing the top clean off

"It's my turn now!" Fu rushed towards Fubuki and swung the scythe at her, however the Snow Kunoichi unfolded her wings and quickly took to the air "Chomei-chan!"

"I'm already on it, Fu-chan!" Chomei channeled her chakra throughout Fu's body as six beetle wings grew from her back as she took to the air in pursuit. Fu alternated between flight and tree hopping as she continued to slash at an elusive Fubuki.

"Ice style: Tsubame Blizzard!" Fubuki waved a hand as a cluster of ice senbon in the shape of miniature swallows straight at Fu who hooked the scythe to a tree trunk and swung around to evade the ice projectiles but they turned around and aimed at her again.

Fu transformed the scythe into a medium length bolt-action rifle as a red magazine with the picture of a flame appeared in hand before she loaded and took aim, then she pulled the trigger to spew out red hot flames that quickly reduced the ice into nothing but steam.

"I'm a bit greedy about those that get to fly, and you being a baddie gives me the opportunity to ground you!" Fu took aim and fired a couple of rounds at Fubuki which pierced through the wings, impeding her flight.

"You little brat, it will take more than this to defeat us!" Fubuki glared at Fu.

Mizore was throwing punches one after another at Sakura but none of them made contact as she utilized the boxing style by bobbing and weaving around the attacks before countering with a hard jab to the face or a hook to the torso either of them with explosive impacts. He jumped backwards and launched the retractable cable arm at her.

"That won't work anymore!" Sakura sharply brought a fist down on the arm, burying it deep into the ground then she rushed at Mizore, he attempted to retract the metallic arm but it was deeply embedded in the ground and won't come out. Sakura was soon upon him and unleashed a barrage of punches destroying the chakra armor bit by bit before rearing a fist backwards "SHANNAROO!" a swinging blow directed upward at his chin with an explosive impact, knocking him high into the air.

At the peak of his height, Mizore opened his eyes only to see Sasuke in the midair with a hand on the sheathed sword. "Aerial Rave!" he sharply drew it out to slash consecutively before following up with a downward slice, sending both to the ground with Mizore crashing and Sasuke sheathing Yamato. He turned around to see Fubuki launched ice tiger towards him again. "Yamato Combo C!" he took a step forward before slicing at high-speed that all one can see is a flurry of blades, annihilating the Ice tiger.

"What's with their weapons and who made them?!" Fubuki was about to move when she was struck from behind, then she noticed that her body felt numb and couldn't move properly. She could barely turn her head only to see Fu flying towards with both feet in front which slammed into her gut, launching her away.

"That was mean of you to ignore me for someone else!" said Fu.

However as Fubuki flew in the air, she crashed into Mizore which caused a surge of purple energy with them screaming out in pain before a large explosion occurred much to the shock of the trio.

Music End

"What just happened?" asked Sasuke.

"I don't know, but weren't their armor supposed to deflect chakra?" asked Fu confusedly.

"True…unless contact with each other somehow caused their armor to become unstable and that explosion happened," said Sakura.

"Well we better regroup with Anko-sensei and Kakashi-sensei, then find Naruto and the princess," Sasuke took off with Sakura and Fu in search of their teachers.

Elsewhere, on top of a mountainous cliff, Kakashi was currently facing off against Nadare who was smirking rather arrogantly.

"Do you really think that you stand a chance against me? Maybe you should turn tail and run like last time, Kakashi," said Nadare.

"I don't really have much of a choice here, besides I want to try out the ring that my little Otouto gave to me!" Kakashi held out his hand to show the ring before calling out "Equip!" the ring shone brightly before to reveal Kakashi wielding a broadsword in size and appearance with a pointed tip although it has a short handle perpendicular to the main handle, giving one the impression of a tonfa. He also wears a metal gauntlet with a red core on his left arm as well as small devices attached to the heels of his ninja sandals, what is most notable is the long flowing scarf around his neck as it appears to be made entirely of crimson energy "I remember Naruto calling it the Cypher Blade, how lucky of me to get to use it,"

Nadare frowned a bit before performing a set of handsigns "Like it would do anything, Ice style: Wolf Fang Avalanche!" an avalanche started up from the mountain as the falling snow transformed into a pack of wolf which rushed at Kakashi in an attempt to mutilate him.

"Explosive Cypher!" the color of the plasma scarf and Cypher blade changed colored from crimson red to bright yellow with the edge wreathed in flames as Kakashi rushed forwards slicing through each and every one of the ice wolves by igniting them in flames and melting away.

Nadare was stunned at the sight "How did you-?" he hastily ducked under a swipe and jumped away to build some distance all the while weaving through a series of handsigns "Ice style: Dragon versus Tiger!" Ice from the surroundings gathered around to form to form a giant tiger before it pounced at its target.

Kakashi ran forward with the cypher blade pointed behind with plasma energy quickly amassing "Charged Cypher!" he dashed forwards and did a turning outward-leaning slash with the reach of the blade having extended, hence slicing the ice tiger in half "Cypher Boomerang!" then he threw the blade as it spun rapidly like a disc straight at Nadare.

"Like I'm going to let you hit me with that!" Nadare leapt into the air to avoid the attack, but Kakashi appeared in the air before grabbing him with one hand.

"Then I just need to make sure that I do! Bunshin: Ragnarok!" Kakashi stretch out a hand to catch the Cypher Blade before he split into multiple afterimages as they proceeded to crisscross with back-to-back dashing strikes before finishing up by converging for a final cross. The now dead Nadare fell, hitting the snowy ground behind Kakashi as he landed "And I didn't need to use the sharingan on you, now to find Naruto and Koyuki-hime,"


"Where is it, where is the treasure?"

Doto and Koyuki had arrived over at rainbow glacier where six tall cliffs positioned in a hexagonal formation surrounded a miniature shrine at the center. Doto had inserted the Hex crystal into the shrine and activated it, causing the cliffs to light up with energy much to his glee. But the strange thing was that hissing sounds were made, water ran from various areas, and the frozen ground began to melt.

Koyuki was just as confused "It's so warm…what is this?"

"A generator?" Doto was outraged "This is the hidden treasure of the Kazahana clan?!"

"Koyuki!"

Everyone turned towards the voice only to see a familiar blond riding atop a wolf like beast towards them, it was none other than Naruto and Garurumon.

"Naruto-kun," Koyuki whispered out in joy.

Music Start: Crush 40; Live and Learn

Doto growled in anger as he flipped through a set of handsigns "Ice style: Black Dragon Blizzard!" he thrust his arm out to launched what appears to be an ether-like dragon with red eyes and mouth as it flew through the air towards Naruto.

"You're on, Naruto!" said Garurumon.

"I know!" Naruto jumped off his back and landed on the ground as he took a stance as a red rune with siddha characters surrounded him and flames appeared on his hands "Ninpo: Art of the Inferno!" then he put them together and thrust forwards as he shot a giant fireball that clashed with the black ice dragon resulting in a large cloud of steam.

"Where is that brat? I can't see anything!" Doto try to catch sight of the leaf ninja.

Suddenly, Naruto shot out from the steam with a fist reared before thrusting it forwards to connect with Doto's face "That was for the people of the land of snow!"

"Grr!" Doto lashed out with a straight punch only for Naruto to dash to the left side and performed a high snap kick before ducking from a backhand to return to the front as he created a shadow clone. He went down on one knee for the clone to rush forwards while using the original's back as a springboard to perform a Flying Kick to the face.

"That was for Sandayu!" Naruto continued the relentless assault as he rushed towards a recovered Doto who was back on his feet.

Doto charged at Naruto with a first reared back "Die you little brat!" but Naruto went into the ground right before the tyrant formed a crater and reappeared behind him.

Then he jumped over Doto, grabbing him by the head against his shoulders and performed a centrifugal flip to throw him several feet "Shadow Kick!" he slid across the ground on one foot at a steady speed to connect a kick in Doto's torso with the one leg all the while leaving a trail of green afterimages to send him flying further "That was for Koyuki's father!"

Doto got up again to weave through a series of handsigns "I'm not done yet, Ice style: Twin Dragon Blizzard!" this time he launched a pair of ether-like ice dragons at Naruto.

"Nice try, but let me show you a true draconic technique!" Naruto took the stance again as the red rune with siddha characters surrounded him and this time a vortex of flames swirled around his body "Ninpo: Art of the True Inferno!" the flames engulfed him before taking on the form of a giant serpentine dragon. The flaming construct let out a roar flying towards the two black ice dragons which charged right back it. The flaming dragon swirled around the first ice dragon and clamped its jaws hard on the neck, instantly deflagrating it. The second dragon attempted to attack from behind to seize with teeth but the attack backfired due to the intense heat melting it away before the flame dragon enwrapped it tightly, finishing the remaining ice dragon off.

The flame dragon descended to the ground before dissipating to reveal Naruto standing there with his arms crossed and glaring at Doto "This ends here Doto! From the start to the eventual finish of this fight, I'm always at a climax!"

Doto took a step back in fear "Who is this boy? How can he be so strong?"

"Naruto-kun, I believe in you! You're truly the strongest ninja I've ever met!" Koyuki called out to him, He turned to give her a foxy grin.

"You heard the lady Naru-kun, let's have a happy ending!" said Kurama joyfully.

"No problem there!" Naruto held out his hand as blue chakra swirled around it to form a spiraling sphere "Hissatsu! Ore no Cho Hissatsu Waza!" then he dashed towards Doto with the intent to end it all.

By then Kakashi and the others have arrived at the Rainbow Glacier to see Naruto charge at Doto. As the sun rose over the mountains, the light reflecting from the mirror generators shone upon the Rasengan, causing it to take on the colors of a rainbow much to their surprise.

"It's rainbow chakra, just like in the Princess Gale movies," Sakura watched in wonder.

"It's actually real!" said Fu excitedly.

Doto swung his fist at Naruto but the blond dodged it at the very last second and moved in for the final blow…

"Rainbow Version!"

"Gaaaaaaaaaah!" Doto screamed in agony as Naruto rammed the multicolored sphere into his chest, completely grinding through his chakra armor before it sent him flying a great distance until he smashed right into one of the mirror generators.

Music End

Naruto looked up to the sure dead tyrant and spoke "And that was for Koyuki-chan," then Doto fell to the ground.

At that moment, all of the ice melting rapidly to reveal a lush grassland full of flowers and beautiful rivers and lakes. It's almost as if the land had just woken from a very long hibernation and removed its white blanket much to the surprise of everyone around including the bijuu.

"Could this be?" the director Makino who was on a snowmobile with his co-director and cameraman who recording everything suddenly had a twinkle in his eye again "We're making this movie 3D…and also HD!"

"Believe in the future, if you do…the spring will surely come,"

A voice suddenly spoke up and everyone turned to see a large hologram showing Koyuki as a little girl standing before them.

"That's me…and that voice," Koyuki whispered out.

"What will you do when the time comes, Koyuki?" asked the male voice.

"I'm going to become…a princess," said Child-Koyuki.

"Oh? What sort of princess?"

"Hmmm let's see…one who's strong and who's kind and most of all…one who fights for justice!" said Child-Koyuki who the unknown male laughing out loud.

"That's some dream,"

"Did I actually say those things?" Koyuki asked herself.

"That you did, Koyuki-chan. And I gotta say that you were pretty cute back when you were younger," Naruto walked up to standing beside her with Garurumon in tow and continued watching the hologram, his words caused Koyuki to blush at being called cute.

"Well so long as you believe in your dream and never give up, one day you'll be that princess," then a man with long black, wearing a pair of circular-framed glasses and the robes of a daimyo walked towards Child-Koyuki and stood behind her as he tied the Hex crystal around her neck before placing his hands on her shoulders and knelt beside her "You can see her, can't you? A beautiful princess standing right there in front of you,"

"Tou-san," tears flowed down Koyuki's cheeks as her father smiled with warm and pride at the projector as if he was actually staring at her. She felt someone hold her hand and turned to see Naruto smiling with understanding, causing her to grip his hand tightly.

"A final message from a loving parent, this man truly cared for both his daughter and people," said Kurama.

"Indeed he did," Chinami spoke in agreement.

"But…I have sort of a problem, there's something else I want to be," said Child-Koyuki.

"Really? What's that?" asked the now revealed Sosetsu curiously.

"An actress!" Child-Koyuki looked at her father with excitement.

"What?" Sotetsu was surprised for a moment before laughing in merriment.

"Now this is a happy ending worth fighting for, isn't it Koyuki-chan?" asked Naruto smiling.

Koyuki smiled…a true smile at Naruto "Yes it is Naruto-kun, thanks to you and everyone else,"

"Naruto!" before the blond could react, he got tackled to the ground by a pair of pink and green blurs which were Sakura and Fu respectively.

"Sakura-chan, Fu-chan," Naruto groaned in pain from the sudden tackle.

"I'm so glad you're alright!" said Sakura.

"It was so cool that you defeated Doto with rainbow chakra just like in the movie!" said Fu excitedly.

Kakashi and Anko continued to watch the spectacle with amusement while Makino had the cameraman record the scene as a little extra.


A week later, everyone in the Land of Snow had gathered at the palace not only to celebrate the downfall of Doto but also the return of their beloved princess as she stood before them as their new and rightful ruler of the land with Sandayu as her advisor. The people were just as grateful to the Konoha ninjas who helped make it possible especially Naruto much to his awkwardness. At the moment Koyuki was with them at the banquet, having a conversation.

"…the heat generator wasn't fully developed in the end," said Koyuki.

"So you mean that it will return to being winter again?" asked Fu.

"Not exactly, if we take the knowledge of what we know now and continue researching…one day this place will change from the Land of Snow to the Land of Spring,"

"But it's kind of a bummer that you would stop acting now that you're a ruler, we always enjoyed your films," Sakura looked a bit sad, same going for Naruto and Fu.

"Who said anything about me retiring?" Koyuki looked at them amusedly as they stood there looking confused "Ruling over the land and acting? I believe I can handle both,"

"I know you can do it, Koyuki-chan. Just let us know if you need our help," said Naruto with a foxy grin.

"Thank you Naruto-kun, I will…oh I almost forgot to give you something important!" Koyuki had a look of realization.

"Really? What is it?" Koyuki beckoned Naruto to come closer which he did, then she held his face in her hands and leaned forward to give a log deep kiss right on the lips. Naruto was shocked at what's happening but he leaned into the kiss much to Koyuki's joy.

The reactions were quite interesting, Anko, Fu and Sakura were stunned but didn't get mad so much as they know her reasons for doing so being the same for why they too fell in love with the whiskered blond. Kakashi did an eye smile but at the back of his mind was crying manly tears with a mental fist pump for how his little brother attracted a Princess slash actress to boot. The people watching cheered at seeing their princess and hero having a romantic moment.

Both kissers split apart with Naruto looking dazed and Koyuki smiling happily.

"I'm really glad I met you Naruto-kun, you helped me find the heart to believe again. And for that I thank you," said Koyuki.

Naruto smiled back "You're welcome, Koyuki-chan,"

Sandayu walked up to them with a smile on his face "We'll be sending an envoy to Konoha with an offer for an alliance, we hope to see you more often till then,"

"Of course you will," said Kakashi with an eye smile.

Afterwards everyone resumed the celebration with a beautiful rainbow arcing over them.


Weapon/Gear appearance

Cooper Cane = Sly Cooper

Love is Blue = Bayonetta 2

Yamato = Devil may Cry 4: Special Edition

Crescent Rose = RWBY

Ember Celica = RWBY

Cypher Blade = Strider 2014


This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Naruto and the gang managed to infiltrate and rescue the princess however things turned awry when Koyuki tried to kill Doto through deception only for it to backfire and the tyrant to acquire the Hex crystal before escaping with Koyuki. Each of the team split up to face down their individual opponents with Naruto facing Doto for the final showdown and emerge victorious. Now with a purged land and a princess attracted to him, what adventures lie in wait for the weapon master of Konoha? Stay tune to find out.

For those who wanted Fubuki in the harem, I wish to apologize but she won't be in it. but that doesn't mean you won't be seeing the last of her (I didn't really kill her off) so expect to see her in later chapters. Speaking of harem, I've updated the list so here is the list:

Sakura
Hinata
Ino
Fem Kyuubi
Fem Haku
Koyuki
Fuu
Tenten
Yugito
Isaribi
Shion
Amaru
Fem Gaara
Anko
Sasame
Shizuka*
Yakumo*
Hokuto (From Star Village)*
Honoka (From the Summoning Research Island in Shippuden)*

Latest additions are marked by *. Read and Review as always.

This is Hussbek from Ghana.

Signing out.