[Yagura Karatachi]

Now was the time. Everything was ready. All of the preparations have been set in place. There was nothing that could go wrong now. Unless rebel scum decide to try and storm the prison. Which was a possibility. One Yagura had considered. So he had stationed a lot of inexpierenced or weak chuunin outside and inside as bait.

But unless the rebellion sent their best then nothing should even get inside the prison. Yagura had faith in his men after all. A majority of the shinobi at the prison today were weaker but they weren't that would not let the rebels get inside the prison. Since they couldn't get in. Yagura knew he wouldn't even know about the break in attempts until the time he became a god.

So for now he just had to worry about getting the Sanbi removed safely.

"Alright, Yagura-sama. This will take three hours in all." Hirotsu looked at Yagura with the most serious gaze he had seen since his sensei. "You cannot move during this procedure as that could disrupt the procedure. That could possibly kill you. And that would mean all of the Anbu in this room would kill me. Which I don't want."

Yagura nodded. "I don't want that either. Your services in the future would be useful. Especially seeing as your work is what will bring salvation to the world." Yagura watched the man nod and move to grab a syringe. "May I ask what the syringe is for?"

"Muscle relaxant," Hirotsu stated whilst flicking the syringe which got rid of all the bubbles after a few flicks. "I won't inject it into you if you don't want me to but this will help stop you from moving. I also have a pain-numbing solution I can inject into you. This won't make it not hurt completely but this will help. Although with you having the Sanbi removed it might have adverse effects on your heart. Again I'll only give it to you if you want me to."

"I'll take it." Yagura looked at the Syringe intently. "If it will help this be as painless and smooth as possible I'll take the risks. I knew what I was going to get into when I contracted you for this job. Death is a possibility." But without the ability to take the Rokubi then he would never be able to wage war against the world. He may win the war against the rebellion but trying to fight another great nation would be stupid.

"Alright." Hirotsu sat the syringe down. Yagura then noticed Rei silently hovering over him in her Anbu attire. "Give me a second whilst I go grab the other Syringe." Before the man left the room he looked to another scientist. "Kyoujuro, make sure Yagura-sama's vitals are correct." The man nodded and walked over to a machine that Yagura was connected to.

Yagura smiled at his daughter. Although he couldn't see behind her mask he knew she was smiling back at him.

Hirotsu walked back into the room a few moments later with another syringe he was flicking to ensure there were no air bubbles. Once that was done he looked at Kyoujuro. "How's Yagura-sama's Vitals?" He leaned over the man to check the device.

"All is well," Kyoujuro said. "The previous results were perfectly accurate. The procedure can start safely."

Hirotsu nodded. "Perfect." Hirotsu then walked back over to Yagura. "Well, you heard the man. Lay down now Yagura-sama. It's time for you to be strapped to the table and for the tubes to be inserted. Then we can bring in the Yuki."

Yagura sighed and laid down. "Let's just get this part over with." Hirotsu nodded and moved to strap Yagura down. But Rei stopped him and did it instead. Yagura saw that it irked Hirotsu who said nothing. Rei then moved to inject the Muscle relaxant into Yagura but Yagura shook his head. "Let Hirotsu do it. He will be sure to do a good job."

Rei nodded. "Okay, Father." Yagura could practically feel the glare she was sending at Hirotsu.

"Thank you," Yagura said, smiling reassuringly at his daughter before looking back at Hirotsu. "Alright, inject the second one first so the first won't affect the second." Hirotsu moved and picked up the second syringe and flicked it one last time before finding a vein in Yagura's arm and injecting the contents of the syringe inside.

"Now we wait for it to take effect. Tell me when you start to feel sorta loopy and then we can inject the muscle relaxant into you." Hirotsu said before picking up the Muscle Relaxant and walking over to Yagura's other arm. "Meanwhile, could you put the tubes where their supposed to go?" Hirotsu looked at Rei who nodded and Yagura quickly felt the tubes pierce through his skin. It was uncomfortable. But there was no pain. He also felt loopy.

"I believe the first syringe's contents work well...I feel loopy." Yagura wished he could look anywhere but the cold brown roof. "Let's get this over with."

Hirotsu nodded and quickly injected the muscle relaxant which quickly took effect as Yagura could feel his body losing control. He's glad he had forgone breakfast this morning and dinner the other night. "Alright, when this is all done you don't need to do this again. With that said this is still gonna suck. Blink if you're ready."

Yagura blinked.

Hirotsu nodded. "Okay then. Benimaru, get the Yuki and we'll start."

Benimaru walked in and wheeled the Yuki back inside the room in the cage and Hirotsu injected something into him quickly which knocked him out. "Perfect."

"Is that going to be an issue?" Rei asked, looking at the Yuki.

Hirotsu shook his head. "Nope! Now, Kyoujuro, start the machine!"

Suddenly burning agony and the urge to scream filled Yagura.

[Urahara]

They were at the prison. Finally. It had taken time. Lots of it. But they were there. So it was time to delegate everyone and give orders. Something Urahara hoped he could do well enough to not end in the deaths of the people he cares about.

"Alright lets start with the assault teams." Urahara pointed to Kukui and Sanemi. "You two will basically go in through the front like I said. Tear through everyone. You will basically act like the distraction. Should anyone come near you that tries to attack you kill them. Make it as noisy as possible just so all the grunts will go to you."

Sanemi nodded. "Alright. We'll make sure they're all dead, right Kukui?" Sanemi elbowed Kukui who nodded and put his hands near his blades.

"They'll be dead. Trust me." He looked Urahara in the eyes with a steel resolution that made Urahara smile. "We'll tear through every last one of these sickos until there's nobody left to tear through. " Kukui looked down then. Urahara noticed the look of pride in Ameyuri's eyes.

Urahara nodded. "Good. I believe in you, kid. You've become a real terror." Urahara then looked to Himiko. "You and me are going to be going through most of the rooms we can find and then kill anyone there. If we find any non combatants on Yagura's side you are going to use Genjutsu on them to interrogate them."

Himiko grinned. "And then I can make them bleed?" Urahara nodded. "Yay! There'll be lots of blood for me to use today!" Yeah... Urahara knew she'd need to talk to the girl about how she was feeling. her smile was fake. "We'll meet back up with Kukui and Sanemi once we're done right?"

Urahara put a hand on Himiko's shoulder and crouched down. "Yeah. But they won't need us." Himiko nodded at that. Urahara clapped and then looked at Ito and Kushimaru. "You go in through the sides and be sure to trap everywhere for the stragglers who come check out the carnage. Also capture anyone who you think will be useful. Other than that, you do your thing."

"Alright! Finally, I get to see Kushimaru-sensei in practice again!" Ito raised her hands in joy. "What? I was just waiting for it to be official and no last second changes?" Ito looked around at the deadpanning mini-crowd around her. "We'll be sure to leave as many traps as possible!"

Kushimaru slid a hand down his masked face. "Be quiet Ito! You're gonna get us caught." Kushimaru looked to Urahara before the white haired girl could protest. " Alright. We'll go be sure to leave a sign for you all so you'll know there's traps."

Ameyuri gave Kushimaru a thumbs up. "Thanks. But i'm sure that's just for the brats unless you made invisible wire possible somehow."

Kushimaru chuckled. "I wish." Kushimaru then looked back at Ito. "Remember to stay behind me and only attack directly when I tell you too."

Ito rolled her eyes. "Okay Kushimaru-sensei."

Urahara cleared his throat and gathered everyone's attention once more. "Ameyuri, You and Seiki will go through the vents and try to find any of Yagura's equipment. You know what to do when you get there. Have fun with that."

Seiki grinned and nodded. "We do. And it'll be great. Destroying Yagura's shit is always fun."

Ameyuri nodded. 'Oh fuck yeah, it is!" Ameyuri then looked back at Kukui and Sanemi. "We'll meet up with you brats when you're done. Make sure to leave some fun for us."

Kukui grinned. "Will do Ameyuri-sensei! intact or in pieces?" He seemed to be thinking. A glint in his eye could be seen. "The former will be hard though.

"Intact would be great but in pieces would be fun too!" Ameyuri grinned. "Be sure to give em hell though no matter what. Just like I taught you." Kukui nodded and his grin grew.

"Okay... Yeah... Kanao and Yami you'll go in last and stay vaguely in the middle. Offer support when needed." Urahara looked away from the sensei and student as he talked. Yeah the brat would fit in with the Seven Swordsman of the Mist one day if he lived that long.

Yami hummed. "Alright Urahara..." Yami looked over to Kukui. "He's gonna make a fine swordsman one day."

Urahara sighed. "He will. Anyways that's it, everyone. Assault teams lets go. Support can go in shortly." Himiko grinned and unsheathed her knives. "Assualt team one. Have fun and please be sure to not die."

Sanemi grinned and saluted Urahara. "Will do old man!" He grabbed Kukui and they disappeared in a flash of lighting.

And that was when the sounds of lightning and wind began.

Urahara smiled. "Alright, Himiko. Let's go."

The blond girl nodded and with a shunshin they were gone.

[Ameyuri Ringo]

"Wow they're really going at it down there." Seiki whistled whilst looking down from the mountain. " You're brat's only got a cut on the cheek and the other kid's only gotten a few burns. I'm impressed." Seiki stood up. "Well, I suppose it's time for us to go."

Ameyuri grinned. "Yeah. They've cleared a large enough path for us by now. Most of the guards outside are dead anyways. And nobody is coming out... I swear they all can't be chuunin." There was at least one genin there for sure. Most of them had chuunin flak jackets on. "Guess Yagura's quantity isn't as good as our quality. "

"Indeed!' Seiki grabbed Ameyuri's hand then. "Shall we?" Ameyuri rolled her eyes and nodded and the two shunshined down the mountain. Within the minute they were at the prison. "Now we need to find a vent." If the place followed the same plans as most of Yagura's prisons then there should be a vent around the left side of the building near where the left wing of the prison should be. Or on the roof.

Probably on the roof though.

Ameyuri and Seiki scaled the prison quickly and surely enough, there was a vent. And it wasn't smoking thankfully. "After you."Ameyuri gestured to Seiki whom grabbed a kunai from his Kunai pouch and channeled lightning into the Kunai and cut the bolts keeping the vent's cover on.

"And away I go!" Seiki blew Ameyuri a kiss as he entered the vent. "It's a long one! And it splits up!" Ameyuri entered the vent too.

She found Seiki crouching in one of the two paths. "So we're gonna need to split up..." Ameyuri sighed. "Peachy."

"I know." Seiki hummed. "But that means we can get more information and sabotage more."

"True." Ameyuri looked down the right path. "Wanna have a competition?" Seiki grinned and gave a thumbs up. "Well how about we see who can fuck with Yagura the most?"

"How so?" Seiki put his head in his hands.

"We try to find the most important thing in here whoever screwed Yagura's plans up more gets the other person as a slave for a week." Ameyuri grinned as Seiki's eyes widened.

Seiki's eyes then filled with determination. "Well then. Best of luck Ameyuri because I will win!" Seiki soon began crawling down the right path of the vent.

Ameyuri chuckled. "In your dreams maybe. But I'm gonna win." Ameyuri then began going down the right path.

They still had a mission to do. But that didn't mean it couldn't be fun. Even if it was going to be dangerous.

Okay maybe not that dangerous. Her brat and his friend were tearing through chuunin like butter. Maybe inside there would be bigger threats like Jonin but Ameyuri knew that with all the powerful shinobi on the rebllions side here today, Yagura's shitty jonin wouldn't do shit.

So hopefully this mission would be a fun one for all involved. Except Yagura and his forces. No. They would be bitching and crying hopefully.

Before Ameyuri could join in on the fun though she needed to complete her part of the mission.

'Let's see what I can find.'

[Himiko Chinoike]

Things were going extremely well now. People were dying quickly. Blood was spilled and pretty. No non-combatants though so no survivors to care about! It was great. Himiko felt free. Of course there was that nagging feeling in the back of her mind about her friends who weren't placed with an older Shinobi but she knew they were strong.

Himiko had to have faith in them.

They were definitely fighting hard. Sounds of lightning and wind were heard even from where she and Urahara were! They were causing some good carnage for sure. The blood from that was currently helping her with her own fights!

There was also the burning feeling in heart. She wanted to make every last one of these bad people hurt. Speaking of that.

"Wa-" The next shinobi in line was peirced by three dozen blood senbon. He looked down at the senbon and up at Himiko. With the most hate-filled look Himiko had seen yet he tried to lunge at her. THe man failed as the senbon combined with the mans blood and the man exploded into a husk.

Urahara whistled. "Damn, you're good. I don't even have to do anything yet." Urahara whistled as the duo walked out of the room. More Chuunin were waiting for them outside. "Welp. looks like now's my time. Mind letting me do this? Your eyes could use some rest."

Himiko nodded and grinned before deactivating her Ketseryugan. "Have fun!" Himiko waved at the group of Chuunin. "You're all gonna die a brutal death!" All the blood following Himiko dropped to the ground with her chakra leaving it. "Aww man."

The chuunin sneered. "We? Ha! You're gonna pay for killing our friends!" A group of them said at once.

"God you're all pathetic." Urahara unsheathed his sword. "Crimson King," Urahara muttered and the sword ignited into a beautiful blaze of crimson before being stabbed into the ground. A pillar of crimson ignited under most of the Chuunin's feet and they were carbonized.

Three of the ten chuunin had survived however. "Urahara the Crimson Slasher..."

"Swordsman. I'm Urahara the Crimson Swordsman. Get it right." Urahara rushed at the Chuunin with his blade before another Chuunin blocked it with his Kunai. "Resistance I see?" Urahara smiled. "Honestly I expected better from you all."

"Shut up old man." The youngest one said before forming a few hand seals. "You got lucky and it's a three-on-two. You won't beat us! Water release; Water Gun Jutsu!" The man extended his pointer finger at Urahara and shot a blast of water at his head.

Urahara grabbed the man's comrade who tried to escape but was shot in the head. "You lot must be inexperienced... That or that last year or so of training has really paid off." With a slashing motion, Urahara sent a wave of crimson fire at the Chuunin who fired the water bullet. The slash hit it's mark and the man crumpled to the ground. Urahara then looked to the last chuunin who was just standing thIt was tiere. "What's your deal?"

The man lazily shrugged. "You know it's a beautiful day outside." The man looked up. "A perfect day for scum like you to die. Also, I'm a Jonin. Not a Chuunin. Their vests are just nicer." The man then seemingly teleported infront of Himiko. "Like I said earlier, its a beautiful day outside. On days like these rotten kids like you should be burning in hell." The man poised his fist back for a punch but Himiko reactivated her Ketseryugan and looked the man in the eyes.

"You're forgetting something! I have a Dojutsu! A good one at that!" Himiko prepared to take control of the man's blood. But she felt a punch to the stomach instead. A very hard one. Himiko puked up blood and onto the man who was grinning at her.

"I've dealt with many of your disgusting people in my lifetime. I know your tricked." The man unsheathed his kunai and chuckled. "Now die!"

A sword met the kunai. "I'm afraid you forgot me." Urahara tapped the man on the shoulder before trying to slice his head off. The man dodged the sword. "Tsk. You're not too bad."

"I'd say thank you but I don't want compliments from Rebel scum." The man wiped some dust off of his flak jacket before grabbing a red crystal from one of the pockets. "I'm afraid I'll have to use this. " The man's sickening grin came back in full force. "Now watch and see the full results of the last two Mizukage's research!" The man cycled through around a dozen hand seals in a second. "Dark release: Dark beast!" A large amount of darkness pooled under the man before the crystal shattered. After that the beast finished forming.

Urahara cursed. "So that's what that bastard's doing..." Urahara grabbed Himiko and ducked under the first strike of the beast. "Alright, Himiko. Cover me."

'He's using our people to power his own...' That... that was fucking infuriating. A fire lit itself in Himiko's heart and lots of blood pooled behind her and into a dragon. "Alright, Urahara!"

[Chapter End]

A Kukuiless chapter. The first of it's kind. Some of you may be thinking "Why Tobi? Why not have a PoV from the main character?" Well to that I tell you... Well I just kinda felt like it. This arc isn't about Kukui or him doing something impressive. No it's about the fate of Kirigakure. Or even the world as a whole. Kukui will obviously be important but he isn't priority number one here.

I kind of want this arc to feel a bit like the Shibuya Arc from JJK. Jujutsu Kaisen is seriously one of the best anime to come out recently and it honestly blows me away every damn episode. So I felt inspired by it for this. I have other inspiration as well but the main one is JJK.

Anyways for the chapter itself.

I originally had the order of the PoV's be Yagura, Urahara, Himiko, and then Ameyuri but the chapter honestly flowed better if the lattter two's PoV's were switched. Having Ameyuri's between Urahara and Himiko's just made sense for the chapter and so time could pass. Also, the revelation at the end just hit hard.

Anyways, I feel like keeping it semi-short today. So see Y'all next week!

-Tobi