Naruto: The Weapon Master

Chapter 31: Blowing Away the Crimson Mist Pt.3

*Clang!*

That is one of the most common sounds which one would hear in the many battles which occurs in the land that is Kirigakure, however this will be the very last battle between the rebel forces and the Mizukage and his army as the Kage himself was facing down a warrior in strange armor who was apparently recruited by Mei Terumi.

Music Start: Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2; Go Ahead

Naruto as Kamen Rider Gaim was attacking and defending against Yagura with the Daidaimaru and Musou Saber who was using his hooked long club rather skillfully. He blocked with the Musou saber and attacked with the Daidaimaru via a horizontal slash but Yagura leapt into the air and descended with a descending smash, Naruto dashed sideways to avoid the strike then lashed out with a mid-kick only to miss and was struck in the chest with the club to be sent stumbling back. Naruto quickly combined the Daidaimaru and Musou saber together to form the naginata mode then charged in to engage him once more.

"Man, this is the prowess of a Mizukage…this beats history lessons," thought Naruto as he rapidly attacked and defended against Yagura who proved himself to be very proficient in terms of bojutsu similar to that of the Third Hokage.

"Naruto-sama please stay focused, I can tell your opponent is yet to take you seriously," said Chinami.

"She's right Naru-kun, plus I sense something rather familiar about him and I don't mean Isobu," said Kurama.

"What do you mean?" asked Naruto.

"I don't know, but I'm sure to realize what it is,"

"Okay then, just keep me posted," Naruto snapped back into focus as he saw Yagura weave through a seal of handsigns to perform a jutsu.

"Water Style: Wild Water Wave!" he opened his mouth to launch water in the form of a waterfall towards Naruto, he quickly pressed down the cutting knife on the sengoku driver to activate his next attack.

[Orange Squash!]

He then leapt high into the air over the rushing water jutsu while engulfed in orange energy before passing through a long line of orange slices with a high concentration of orange energy focused on his right foot as he launched at the Mizukage with a flying side kick.

Yagura saw the incoming attack and stopped using the jutsu before speeding through another set of handsigns for another one "Water Style: Water Mirror jutsu!" water then rose from the ground to form a large flat circular pool of water in front of him, then he used the hook end of his club to tilt the 'mirror' to show Naruto's reflect, suddenly the reflection materialized from the mirror and rushed at the original with the same technique much to the blonde's surprise. Both attacks collided in the middle before resulting in an explosion which knocked him back and the reflection dispersed into water, Naruto managed to recover himself in midair and landed on the ground with a skid.

"Damn, I definitely wouldn't have seen it coming," said Naruto as he retook his combat stance.

"If this the limit of your power, then I'm truly disappointed," Yagura scoffed at him.

"You shouldn't, cause I'm barely getting started myself," Naruto sheathed the Musou saber and reached to the holder at the side to take out a lockseed with the symbol of a strawberry on it and pressed the button on the side.

[Ichigo!] the driver called out, Naruto took out the orange lockseed with the armor disappearing as a large metallic strawberry descended through the zipper-like dimensional opening, he inserted the lockseed into the bay and locked it in place [Lock On!] then he cut open the lockseed [Soiya!] the metallic strawberry landed on his shoulder and unfolded itself into an armor based on that of a Japanese ninja and in hand were kunai with a strawberry on the blades [Ichigo arms: Shushutto Spark!]

Naruto held up the kunai with a smirk behind the helmet "Now this is more my theme!" he dashed towards the Mizukage and attacked with increased speed than when he was using orange arms. His kunai strike was blocked but then he quickly switched to a low sweep kick only for Yagura to jump into the air before descending with an incoming strike with his club so Naruto unsheathed the Musou saber in a reverse grip and deflected the attack before retaliating by throwing a kunai which sliced Yagura's left cheek open then quickly put some distance between them.

Yagura's eyes narrowed in anger as he went through a set of handsigns "Water Style: Water Snakes!" water swirled around him before taking shape of multiple serpents which then launched at Naruto, he quickly dashed from left to right whilst slashing at the water constructs with the kunai in his advance then he leapt high into the air and proceeded to fling the kunai and materializing more to throw. Yagura twirled his club around to deflect the incoming projectiles and jumped backwards to recover but Naruto landed back on the ground and maintained pursuit to lay on the pressure, he lashed out with a jumping roundhouse for it to miss and quickly crossed his arms to block the retaliatory strike with the force knocking him back but refused to back down by launching another barrage of kunai at his opponent.

"Water style: Water wall!" Yagura summoned a barrier of water around him to defend against the kunai then switched to the offensive "Water style: Triple Water Dragon Bullet!" he summoned three large water dragon constructs to loom overhead before directing them towards Naruto.

"Oh shoot!" Naruto quickly drew out the Musou saber and took out the Ichigo lockseed from the buckle and inserted it into the bay of the Musou saber as the Sengoku driver called out.

[Lock on! 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000!]

Naruto took a stance as the Musou Saber end charged up with strawberry energy then he swung it at the sky to unleashes a giant energy-shaped strawberry that explodes into countless amounts of kunai that dispersed one of the water dragons, he swung two more times to take down the others before launching one more barrage at Yagura who slammed a palm on the ground for a large coral reef to burst in front of him and block the kunai much to Naruto's shock.

"At first I thought you were nothing more than a peon foolish enough to fight me, but now I see that you're becoming a threat," said Yagura with a frown.

"Glad to see that you're taking me a lot seriously now," said Naruto with a hidden smirk.

"Indeed but it also spells your doom as well," at that moment, Yagura's body began to radiate with red chakra to form a cloak with two tails waving from behind him, causing Naruto to stiffen his guard "Only fools would challenge a jinchuriki on their own,"

"This just got difficult," Naruto swung the Musou saber to launch a barrage of kunai, Yagura smirked in response before actually blurring from sight and appearing before a stunned Naruto to slam a powerful straight punch into his chestplate to send him flying away and crashing into a tree "…ugh, a whole lot difficult now that he's using Isobu's chakra. Would have been a different story if I wasn't keeping a low profile here, any suggestions?"

"Use the Kachidoki lockseed, it should aid you greatly," said Chinami.

"But will it be enough to match him as of now?" asked Kurama worriedly.

"For the meantime, but if the enemy uses any more power then he should use the more powerful weapons,"

"I'll keep it in mind," Naruto got back to his feet and took off the Ichigo lockseed and brought out another orange lockseed different from the first then pressed its button [Kachidoki!] he inserted them into the driver and pushed the lock down [Lock on!] then used the cutting knife to open it [Soiya!] a zipper-like dimensional opening appeared with the large metallic orange descending before settling on Naruto to unfold into an armor resembling a completely armored Japanese Shogun form with twin orange battle flag marked with his emblem in black on his back [Soiya! Kachidoki Arms: Iza Shutsujin! Ei, Ei, Oh!]

"Ha! As if that new armor will work against me!" Yagura scoffed, then he dashed forward again and punched Naruto in the chestplate once more, but this time he did budge an inch much to his shock. Naruto grabbed his fist to hold him in place and returned it with an even stronger punch, causing Yagura to spit out saliva which turned into blood upon receiving another to be sent flying back.

"Hurts doesn't it? That's what I felt when you punched me," said Naruto, flexing his left fist.

Yagura got up and glared with his wounds already healing "Why you!" he dashed at his opponent with the intent to take him down, Naruto reached to his back and took out the battle flags before charging back to clash in the middle. Both opponents attacked each other fiercely and were able to inflict damage at opportune moments, the battle flags then emitted a flaming aura as Naruto swung them to the ground to create a hot gust of air to knock Yagura into the air then he quickly closed the gap between them to smash him to the ground with the flags.

"You truly are getting on my nerves!" Yagura put away his club and took a stance then charged at Naruto to engage him in taijutsu, the blonde tried to defend against the attacks and retaliate but his reduced speed wasn't helping his case at the moment and was struck several times but the armor reduced the damage inflicted. He made to attack again, but then he noticed that part of his body felt restrained and looked to see his arm encased in coral and it was spreading much to his shock.

"What's this?!" Naruto struggled to break free as the coral continued to spread.

"That must be the Coral Palm technique belonging to Isobu, any physical contact will cause coral to grow all over your body and restrain you," said Kurama.

"Well I don't plan to be a statue for anyone here!" Naruto used his free hand to press the cutting knife on the driver three times.

[Kachidoki Sparkling!]

The Kachidoki armor shattered the coral as it folded into its fruit form for a few moments before unfolding back into its armor form, Naruto stretched an arm out to summon what appears to be a futuristic Tanegashima rifle with a DJ turntable inbuilt at the side. Naruto scratched at the turntable, causing it to play a catchy tune as he took aim and fired a shotgun blast at the Mizukage who quickly dashed from side to side whilst throwing chakra enhanced shuriken at him, Naruto ducked and weaved around them to continue firing but can't seem to hit his target so he turned the knob to increase the pitch and scratched the turntable before pulling the trigger to fire at a rapid rate.

Yagura quickly took cover behind a tree and weaved through a set of handsigns and called out the jutsu "Water style: Water clone jutsu!" he created multiple clones made out of water and ordered them to attack the enemy. Naruto saw the clones and fired at them and shot down some but the others were quickly upon him so he drew out the Musou saber and switch to defensive tactics in order to keep them away from him. Naruto switched to a lower pitch and jumped away from one of the clones before firing a cannon-like blast which exploded to disperse some of them, he continued to wait and counter their attacks until there were none left. Naruto looked around for the original when he suddenly sensed something rushing up to him from behind so he hastily inserted the Musou saber into the DJ gun to form a single edged greatsword as he turned around to block a powerful strike, pushing him back a bit. Naruto looked up only to be surprised upon seeing Yagura enveloped in a dark red, nearly black layer of chakra shaped like a three-tailed turtle.

"What is it now?" asked Naruto.

"That's the second version of when a jinchuriki uses the power of a bijuu," said Kurama.

"Maybe I should have listened to Kakashi-nii about not fighting him alone," thought Naruto.

"Gee, you think?"

Music End


In another part of the battlefield, Mei and her squadron were currently engaging the loyalist. She was making use of her taijutsu to knock back any enemy which drew close to her then used her Lava bloodline to take them down with more to take their place and fight, much to her growing annoyance. She was about to continue when she heard a loud explosion somewhere far from her position

"What was that just now?" asked Mei confusedly, from the sound of the explosion it seems like a two sources of great power are clashing. She could easily figure that Yagura is one of the sources but what of the other that can match him especially with his bijuu power? It took her a few moments before realizing who it could be "Don't tell me that Naruto-kun is facing Yagura on his own, is he? I've got to get there and help him!" she raised her hand to look at the ring on her finger before calling out "Equip!" there was a bright flash of light before fading to reveal her holding a pair of blue war fans with razor sharp blades sticking out. At first confused, Mei suddenly felt visions flowing into her mind, they showed images of a woman dressed in a blue outfit and wielding the war fans against an opponent in what appears to be a tournament "Both beautiful and dangerous, I like that in a girl like her," she then took the fighting stance and waited for the enemy to attack.

The first group charged towards her and were flinging shuriken and Kunai towards her, Mei quickly used the fans to bat them out of the way and closed the distance between them. The loyalists lashed out at Mei with their katanas while she weaved in and out of their attacks like a graceful dancer then throw the fans for them to fly around her, slicing the surrounding enemies before catching them. Mei closed up one of the fans and rushed up to one and stabbed him in the chest then spun round to throw the other fan to slash the loyalist attempting to ambush her from behind before returning to her hand.

A loyalist came charging towards with a zanbato raised to cleave, at the last moment Mei disappears in a violet cloud and reappears behind her opponent with both fans closed to stab the back of his neck and spine. Some of the loyalist launched a volley of water bullets from a distance to take her down, Mei spun rapidly to form a tornado which reflected the water projectiles back at them then swung her fans to generate a powerful windstorm to lift them into the air helplessly before throwing them to slice them into pieces in midair.

"I can afford to waste any more time here!" Mei clashed the fans together to generate a spark then dashed with chakra boosting her speed and was slashing at her enemies rapidly as they stood in her path and could barely put any defense of sorts before being cut down. Mei finally slowed her high-speed assault to stop and turned to look back sadly at the fallen foes, they both originated from the same village and yet here they are killing each other because of something so trivial of a difference in blood and the Mizukage was the one to start all this meaningless bloodshed

"Hang on Naruto-kun, I'm coming and together we'll end this war once and for all!" Mei proceeded to jumping through the trees as fast as she could towards where the explosion was last heard.


Back with Naruto, he was constantly clashing with Yagura and having to shatter any coral which attempts to retrain his movement while at the same time inflicting damage on the Mizukage at the same time, and isn't having it any easier as the battle continues. Naruto just blocked a powerful punch with the DJ gun in its blade mode and was sent skidding backwards but dashed back to reengage him in close combat once more, blade continues to clash with fists and tails but Naruto was beginning to slow down a bit from the slowly growing fatigue and jumped back to catch a breath.

"*pant**pant* Man, we aren't exactly getting anywhere like this," Naruto looked over and saw Yagura getting down on all fours with his mouth wide open as smalls balls of blue and red chakra which were fusing to form a large purple sphere of chakra "What is he doing?"

Kurama on the other hand was shocked "It can't be…he had mastered Isobu's chakra to the point that he could use that,"

"What do you mean Kurama-san, do you know it?" asked Chinami, seeing the vixen look shocked is definitely a cause for worry.

"He's about to use the Tailed Beast Ball, it is the ultimate technique of a tailed beast and highly destructive. You have to get out of its way!"

"I can't, if I do then it could take out both the rebels and loyalists alike. My best shot will be to destroy it before he could launch it with a power finishing move, and I gotta do it fast!" Naruto took off the Kachidoki lockseed from the driver and inserted it into the bay of the DJ gun.

[Lock On!] Naruto started running as the blade ignited in red hot flames [1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, 100,000,000, 1,000,000,000,000, Muryōdaisū!]

"Tailed Beast Ball!" Yagura got ready to fire.

[Kachidoki Charge!] "Seiha!" Naruto launched a cleaving strike.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

The clash of two powerful attacks resulted in a massive explosion, leaving behind a colossal crater. Naruto slowly got back to his feet with parts of his ANBU gear in tatters and part of his mask had been broken, revealing one of his eyes and tufts of blond hair.

"Damn, that explosion was enough to knock me out of my Kamen rider form," Naruto groaned a bit in pain as he got back up to his feet and turned to look at the crater which was covered in a cloud of dust.

"That was dangerous Naruto-kun!" said Kurama sternly.

"It's fortunate that the Kachidoki arms possesses a strong defense or you would have been killed from that blast," said Chinami.

"Make me wonder what happened to Yagura then?" thought Naruto, suddenly he felt the ground quaking from appears to be heavy footsteps from something big…very big and it is heading his ways, Naruto looked to see a very large shadow from behind the dust cloud and growing larger with each step taken "…forget I asked, I'm about to find out,"

The dust finally cleared to reveal Yagura but in a new form seriously contrasting the previous two. It is a large turtle, but with a crab-like shell, spikes all over its body, and three shrimp-like tails. Under its shell, it has red, muscle-like tissue. It has a pair of human-like arms and hands, but no hind-legs. His face is concealed between a large forehead and lower jaw, both of which have spikes, and its eyes are red and have crimson pupils.

"To think that I had to use my full power to shield myself from the blast, you keep annoying me with every single second of your existence. Now you really must die!" Yagura yelled in rage.

Naruto had to raise his head to look up at the beast "Normally I would shrug this kind of stuff off, but now…I feel so tiny,"

"Naruto-kun, look out!" Kurama cried out in warning.

Naruto looked only for his eyes to widen in shock upon seeing Yagura curl himself up into a spiky ball and roll towards him at high velocity "Oh shitake mushrooms!" Naruto channeled chakra to the bracelet and called out "Ride the Wing Road!" he quickly equipped the air trecks and took off at high-speed with the Mizukage pursuing him, Naruto rapidly darted and drifted around the trees and using fallen trees as ramps to launch himself into the air from time to time and using the Wing Road technique to fly temporarily but the opponent wasn't letting up in the chase.

Naruto was dashing through the forest when he noticed someone heading towards him and got ready for a short fight while thinking of a plan to counter Yagura's relentless, but it was upon a closer look that he recognized who it is "Mei?!"

"Kitsune-kun? What is-kyah!" Mei was about to say more but was interrupted when Naruto rushed over to hold her in bridal carry and dash as fast as he could "What's going on?!

"Well long story short, I've been fighting Yagura-teme and annoyed him to the point that he's now using the full power of his bijuu to try and kill me plus you now," Naruto hastily replied as he continued to skate, Mei looked over his shoulder to see said person rolling after them.

"Do you have anything to fight against him?" asked Mei worriedly, Naruto drifted to the right quickly before responding to her.

"As of now, I've got nothing but I'm sure to come with something," said Naruto "On that subject, any suggestions Chinami-san? I'm getting tired of being a Jerry to that guy's Tom!"

"I'm currently looking through the archives in search of a weapon capable of combating the Mizukage, I just need some time!" said Chinami, unraveled scrolls swirled around her as she closed her eyes in concentration.

"Please hurry, I want to get out of this Indiana Jones situation!"

At that moment, Naruto noticed that a large dark shadow loomed over him and Mei, they looked up only for their eyes to widen in disbelief to see the Mizukage fall towards them with a body slam. He kicked the air trecks to overdrive and took off, leaving behind a long trail of dust behind. They barely got out of range when the transformed jinchuriki crashed to the ground.

"Die you lowly maggots!" Yagura roared as he opened his mouth and launched a powerful stream of water, Naruto carried Mei out of the way of the attack and watched as it smashed through the forest, leaving nothing but a long deep trench in the ground.

"Hey! We take offense to that!" Naruto yelled Naruto.

"Now's not the time to be saying that!" said Mei.

Yagura was about to attack again when a stream of flames struck it in the face from above, everyone turned to see that it came from Gai who was hovering in the air with help from the X-gloves, soon Kakashi landed next to Naruto and Mei with the Dragon sword sheathed at his back.

"Sorry we're late, were stuck in a ninja traffic jam on our way here," said Kakashi.

"That's a new one," Naruto muttered.

Gai floated to land next to them "So what is our plan of attack?" Naruto and Kakashi were rather creeped out at how calm the normally boisterous is at the moment. Naruto was about to speak up when he heard Kurama call out to him.

"Naruto-kun, I've discovered what was so familiar about Yagura and I can't believe it myself," said Kurama with her voice grim.

"What is it?" asked Naruto.

"There is a genjutsu placed on Yagura, and the chakra which I sense belongs to that masked Uchiha who attacked on the night of your birth,"

"What?! You mean to tell me that this war…this damn war was because of this guy again?" asked Naruto in disbelief at what he's hearing right now.

"I'm afraid so, I never would have thought he would do something like this,"

Naruto clenched fists very tightly with his nails piercing through his gloves into his skin, drawing blood. Not only was this Uchiha bastard responsible for the death of his parents and him being an orphan, now he finds out that he's the cause of the war which victimized Haku and the lives of numerous bloodliners. Kakashi and the others sensed a large amount of killer intent suddenly radiating from Naruto much to their surprise.

"Kitsune, what happened that you're emitting KI like that?" asked Kakashi.

"…sorry Kakashi-sensei, I just learnt of something very unbelievable. I'll tell you about it later, but for now I have to stop this guy before he kills anyone else," Naruto calmly responded, Kakashi instantly knew that his godson is extremely angry as he witnessed the same thing from Minato which he and Kushina secretly labeled 'Silent Rage'. When in that state, action speaks much louder and painfully than words.

"What is it that made him so angry?" thought Kakashi.

"Naruto-sama, I've found the weapon capable of combating the Mizukage. I'm sending the knowledge to you immediately," said Chinami, Naruto felt visions of a beast roaring to the sky.

"Thanks, this will do," Naruto dashed ahead of the others at a quick pace as the bracelet began to glow brightly then he yelled out "Roar of the steeled Leo!" the brightness intensified greatly, forcing everyone to shield their eyes. The light finally faded away to reveal a colossal mechanical animal in the form of a lion which has a color scheme of blue/yellow/white, what is also to be noted would be the large single-edged blade which is attached to a swiveling arm on the block. The beast eyes glowed yellow as it unleashed a thunderous roar into the sky.

"W-what is this?!" Yagura was surprised, and he wasn't the only one as the others watching felt the same way.

"I never would have thought that the bracelet was even capable of this scale," said Kakashi in wonder.

"I have to agree with you," said Gai.

"Amazing, and by someone so young," Mei stared in wonder.

"We need to get clear, no doubt that the battle between them will be great," said Kakashi, having experienced such battles in the past, the rest hesitantly agreed and quickly vacated the area.

Naruto was inside the cockpit of the beast with his eyes closed "Please Liger, lend me your strength to defeat the enemy before me," the said beast growled softly as if to affirm his request "Thank you, let's go for it!" then they charged towards the transformed jinchuriki to engage him in a final battle.

"It doesn't matter what you use, I will destroy you!" Yagura roared as he rushed towards them as well.

Music Start: Dynasty Warriors 5; Great Red Spirit

"Activating Shock Cannon!" Naruto called out as Liger skidded to a stop and began to fire rounds from the triple barreled cannons on its chest, Yagura crossed his arms before his face to brace himself against the incoming attacks then he retaliated by launching multiple water bullet. Naruto quickly piloted Liger to dash to the side to evade the incoming water spheres then charged towards the opponent whilst maintaining evasive maneuvers "Initiating Laser Claws!" liger jumped high into the air with both claws glowing and swiped multiple times at Yagura who was enduring the attacks before responding with a head-butt to knock him back.

"Rough Sea Spume!" Yagura opened his mouth to unleash a massive stream of water which slammed into Naruto and Liger with the high pressure pushing them back with great force.

"Grrrr, hang in there liger!" Naruto yelled out as the lion-type Zoid roared out in and dug its claws into the ground for traction until the technique finally stopped "Now's our turn to attack!" he switched to manual firing of the dual sword cannon to shoot down the incoming water bullets while Liger dashed towards Yagura with its laser claws active once more to strike wildly it Naruto providing backup fire. Yagura punched Liger with a punch and curled up into a ball to spin rapidly with sparks flying around then sending them flying away.

Liger quickly rolled back to its feet and Naruto piloted it to charge at Yagura, he manipulated the blade to shift into a 90 degree angle at it right side "Full speed ahead Liger!" he increased the energy output for a large boost in speed. Both beasts clashed in the middle with sparks flying once more as they struggled for dominance with neither side willing to give out or give in. Eventually both were forced to disengage and passed by each other before turning round and retaking their combat stance. Naruto glanced to see the status of the Zoid and was relieved to see that it was still in fighting condition then looked at the Mizukage to see numerous scratches on the shells courtesy of the Zoid.

"Aside from Shukaku-chan, Isobu-kun has the most strongest physical defense out of all nine of us. It's even a surprise that you could actually scratch it," said Kurama.

"Is there any way for me to land a critical strike on him?" asked Naruto, keeping a close eye on his opponent.

"Well since it has the characteristics of a turtle, then it must share its weakness as well," said Chinami.

"I wonder if…" Naruto took a closer look at Yagura and took note of something which he had almost missed and immediately had an idea "…I see, I know what my next move will be! Liger, I'm going to needing your help to pull this off," said Zoid growled in agreement.

Both turned their attention towards the Mizukage who was charging up another Tailed Beast Ball "Get out of my sight!" then he launched the destructive technique from his mouth at his enemies, at that moment Liger began dashing towards the projectile itself much to the shock of everyone watching.

"What the heck is he doing?! That's too dangerous!" said Kakashi.

"Kitsune-kun, get out of the way!" Mei yelled in worry.

"Wait, I think he might be on to something," said Gai, as oddly calm as ever.

As he spoke, Liger's body began to emit a fiery red aura as Naruto yelled out "Evolt…" the aura fully engulfed the Zoid then faded slightly to reveal it in a new form, the blue color had been replaced with red and multiple blades could be seen all over its body and a pair of short swords are mounted on the sides of the forelegs as it roared with renewed energy "…Hayate Liger!". Liger activated the twin boosters on its back to 50% power and nimbly leapt over the Tailed Beast Ball and pounced at the Mizukage with its laser claws active as it rapidly slashed with twice the speed of its default form, the Zoid grabbed the jinchuriki with its teeth and repeatedly slammed it to the ground before flinging it away then disappeared in a red blur to rapidly strike from multiple directions and skidded to a stop.

"Just like I thought, the armor at the underbelly is not as strong as the rest of its body. Now to finish this!" Naruto set the boosters to a 100% this time, liger took off like a red comet and unleashed a barrage off slashes upon Yagura to knock him high into the air and then finishing him with a mighty slash from the short swords.

"This can't be…Nooooooooooooo!" Yagura screamed in agony as he was forcefully reverted back into his more human form before plummeting to the ground.

Liger also transformed back to its normal form and let out a roar of victory before disappearing in a flash of light as Naruto landed on the treetops "It's over now, this war has come to an end,"

Music End

Naruto leapt through the trees towards where the Mizukage had crashed and soon found him lying in a crater with his body laden with cuts, bruises, burns, and his clothes tattered and mostly destroyed. Soon he was joined by Kakashi, Mei, Gai and moments later Zabuza.

"Looks like I missed a good show," said Zabuza.

"I'm afraid you did, glad to see that I'm not the only one who's often late," said Kakashi with an eye smile.

"I won't let you rub your hip and cool attitude on him my eternal rival!" Gai proclaimed loudly.

"I miss his calm self already, he was much quieter that way," thought Kakashi with a sweatdrop.

Zabuza looked down on the defeated Mizukage "I never would have thought that I would be alive to see the day that Yagura will be lying before us defeated and the war at an end,"

"I feel the same way, finally there will be no more pointless bloodshed," Mei turned to Naruto "And I have you to thank for it,"

Naruto was about to reply when they heard a pained ground and turned to look Yagura slowly open his eyes and look back at them, only thing off was that his eyes lacked the coldness and malice from before but rather sorrow and regret much to the surprise of everyone except Naruto.

"So you were the ones that finally stopped me…I'm grateful for that," said Yagura painfully.

"What are you talking about? You were the one that started this insane war!" said Mei.

Yagura shook his head in refusal "I didn't begin the war of my own free will, I was placed in an unbreakable genjutsu by a masked man in a black cloak. The last thing I saw before losing my sense of self was a Sharingan eye and the rest was nothing more than a long nightmare which I couldn't wake up from not matter how hard I tried,"

"Like I would believe such a shitty story," Zabuza scoffed in response.

"He's not lying at all in the least bit," said Naruto, surprising the others.

"What do you mean?" asked Kakashi confusedly.

"The chakra used to perform the genjutsu on him matches the one on the day of the Kyuubi attack," said Naruto factually.

"You mean the one responsible for the Kyuubi attack is the same guy who caused this war?" asked Zabuza with a budding anger for the mysterious Uchiha.

"Apparently so, 'she' confirms it,"

"It might seem like he caused the war to serve as a smokescreen and avoid being tracked by anyone," said Kakashi.

Yagura's coughing of blood brought everyone's attention back to him "It seems like my time draws near…but I doubt my death would be enough to suffice for the deaths which I caused,"

"Deaths which weren't of your own will like you said," said Mei sadly.

"Even so…I failed terribly as a Kage, to have been turned into nothing more than a madman's puppet…" He looked towards Mei "I leave the safety of the village to you, I've witnessed how hard you fought during the war up till…and I'm willing to bequeath the title of Kage onto you…on one condition,"

"What is it?" asked Mei.

"That you restore and lead the village to its true glory…that is all I ask,"

Mei was silent as everyone waited for her answer before she finally spoke up "…I'll do it, I'll become the next Mizukage,"

Yagura smiled contently "Thank you,"

"So what is going to happen to the Sanbi?" asked Naruto.

"I've spoken to it and agreed to release it from the seal, then go into hiding and restore itself,"

"I see…" Naruto then thought "I guess we won't be meeting your little brother yet,"

"No worries, I'm sure in a few years that he would be fully recovered," said Kurama.

"All I can say now is thank you for stopping me…and I am truly sorry for being unable to stop myself from doing all this…" as Yagura breathed his last, a red orb of chakra emerged from his chest and quickly flew away over the mountain to a location unknown to the group. Naruto took out a scroll from his ninja pouch and raveled it then placed the late Mizukage's body on the scroll before sealing it away.

He rolled it back up and handed it over to Mei "I think it's best that it stays in your possession,"

Mei took with a nod of gratitude "Thank you, now let us regroup with everyone and finally put this war to an end,"

The group then made their return to the main battlefield whilst deeply thinking about the hidden player in a game which they had no knowledge of but were playing it nonetheless, but they could tell that there was more to this than what they were currently aware of.

Weapon/Gear appearance

Sengoku Driver = Kamen Rider Gaim

War Fans = Mortal Kombat

Murasame Liger = Zoids: Genesis


This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, Naruto was constantly clashing with mad Mizukage with both sides fighting hard for victory with their abilities and skills continuously escalating to the point of transforming into his bijuu's form. Kurama then reveals that Yagura is under a genjutsu similar to the one used on her by the very same masked Uchiha, making him the one responsible for the bloody war much to his rage. Naruto summoned a powerful weapon to help defeat the three-tailed jinchuriki. With his dying breath, Yagura bequeathed his title to Mei and released the Sanbi before dying. Now the group make their return to fully ending the war now.

Sorry I took so long in updating the story due to schoolwork among other things, but I did promise never to give up on any of my stories.

Read and Review as always.

This is Hussbek from Ghana.

Signing out.