Back to the clone
Naruto had to quickly observe the battlefield as three people joined the fighting in a few minutes, as more Shinobi appeared from different villages, drawing them into another battle. Naruto had to activate his Dojutsu to sense their emotions and see if they had bad intentions.
While he battled this crazy lady, quickly dodging a thrust from Esdeath's sword to his heart, twisting enough to use his sword to block the attack, as the chain connecting the Kunai disappeared as he put it away. With a special seal he had created, allowing him to use his Adimantium chains through his sword, controlling the width. He did something similar to Yugao's sword.
Naruto quickly jumped back, gaining some distance. "So you also have a bloodline, I'm going to enjoy torturing you," Esdeath said ecstatically, seeing a bloodline user. But she quickly dodged as more lava balls appeared. Naruto used this time to appear behind her, the next moment, with all his might trusted his hand to slap her.
But to his surprise she had jumped from some kunais coming her way causing Naruto to smack her butt sending her to the tree as a small explosion happened only for the female to crack showing it was an ice clone.
"My, my. It seems I underestimated you, but I got to sit that felt..." She stopped herself as the seal pulsed, changing her attitude. A giant wave of ice was sent towards them as Naruto made a few seals, raising an earth wall from the ground before it shattered. 'Death Storm, although her actual name is not known,' thought Mei, looking at their enemy, but couldn't help but steal a look at Naruto 'Oni-cha?' She couldn't help but think before shaking the thoughts of knowing it was impossible he was dead.
"And look at what we have here, the famous leader of the rebels. And here I thought I would be bored with pukey over there." Esdeath said as she walked, freezing the ground with every step.
She quickly launched ice spears, speeding them up with a wind style jutsu. Naruto, reacting quickly, grabbed Mei before she could prepare for the attack as the spears passed where she was. "Very good this will be fun," said Esdeath as Naruto appeared before her trying to sucker punch her only to miss.
Esdeath's eyes widened in surprise when she turned to see Mei smirking. "Lava style Corrosive flow," said Mei, shooting a large stream of greenish-yellow liquid that went straight towards Esdeath. She jumped back as a large ice pillar formed around her. "Ice Style Ice Pillars." As the Ice user lifted the large ice pillar, managing to avoid the acid jutsu, and pointed her sword towards her enemies.
"Ice Style Ice Spikes," Esdeath said in a low voice as several ice spikes formed around the sky-blue-haired girl's sword and shot out towards Mei and Naruto as he quickly coated his arms and sword in an obsidian-like armor as he sent a slash with some wind chakra towards the wave of ice coming their way.
Making a slashing motion, he sent a slash using his ability to decay things with some wind chakra. Mei showed great agility, managing to dodge multiple spikes, but seeing how the large number heading their way, even with many decaying fast. With no choice, Mei jumped into the air.
Naruto used his sharigan to dodge the spikes with its precognition ability, trying to find an opening to attack as the attacks kept coming. While both managed to dodge or cut a large majority of the spikes. But some still managed to pass through her defense, stabbing into her body.
"ARGGH," Mei resisted the urge to growl, only to duck from a slash that the ice user sent her. Starting a fight as Naruto jumped in, saving Mei from a slash from a clone. "Why are you working with those bastards that started the bloodline purge?" Asked/Screamed Mei while ducking from an attack from the back as Naruto appeared from the side of the clone, stabbing the clone that quickly started to decay before exploding.
"They've destroyed so many clans with bloodlines already. Including the Yuki clan. Your clan is leaving them on the edge of extinction, and you are fighting with them. Why?" asked the frowning leader of the rebels.
Contrasting the smile on Esdeath's face showed she gained an evil glint as sparks began to emanate from their weapons. "Causing this way, I can have fun," was the response of an almost extinct Yuki clan, looking at the rebel leader, who had suppressed her surprise.
"I don't care if my father was murdered in front of me in the most bloodthirsty way possible, I don't care if the women who helped me and fed me were raped and then murdered or committed suicide themselves, I don't care if the heads of every child I shared a blood relationship with were placed on stakes and displayed to the people, none of that matters to me" Esdeath said.
Beginning to exert more force on her grip, allowing the resistance leader to be pushed back. Naruto noticed the seal above her breast beginning to glow, making her loosen her grip on the Kunai. While in Kakashi's fight, he noticed a man's arm beginning to glow red. As he tapped into a new power that pushed them back as a clone of Naruto appeared in time as a strong wind threw them, with Naruto catching two members of the resistance.
One looked at him, surprised, while the other looked at him. "You're the brat Zabuza told me about. We should have a battle after this," she said with a grin, noticing his handsome looks. "We can talk about this later," said Naruto as he noticed the other catching a glance.
Esdeath pushed Mei back, creating an opening for the rebel leader. Naruto appeared on the side as Esdeath spun her sword, striking Mei with the handle of her Kanata. This caused her to briefly spit out saliva and lose her breath before she fell to the ground, gasping slightly for air.
Yuki didn't waste a second of this and prepared to decapitate her opponent, but when her sword reached Terumi's neck, her body disappeared in a ball of smoke, replaced with Naruto blocking her strike. "Damn slipery bitch" growled the Yuki as Naruto engaged in a brief sword duel until Esdeath noticed something.
"Earth Style Great Earth Dragon." The ice user had to jump to the right to avoid being caught in the jaws of an earth dragon that emerged from the ground where she was standing.
Esdeath watched as the earth jutsu headed toward her, causing her to let out a small laugh. "Not bad," the Kiri kunoichi whispered to herself as she stepped back, avoiding the jaws of the earth dragon that was striking and knocking down some trees. Soon, a white mist began to emanate from around Yuki's body.
"Ice Style Frozen Beast," a huge polar bear-like figure formed above the light-haired woman and pounced on the earth dragon, each jutsu colliding with each other in an attempt to destroy each other. Naruto appeared a few meters away from the ice beast, and a clone was fighting.
Naruto then got near the leader of the resistance, leaning near the base of a tree, pulling out some ice spikes and wiping off some saliva as she looked up to see him tense and ready to fight. "Don't move, you could bleed out here, let me help you out," said Naruto, moving swiftly towards her. Naruto is sending some of Kurama's chakra through his teeth as he bit his arm, surprising Mei as Naruto. With a simple movement, he put his arm on Mei's mouth as she drank his blood, surprised as she felt her body healing.
"Now tell me what you know about her if we are going to we. I need some information," he said, looking at her seriously. *Sigh* "Fine, but I would like an alliance with Konoha to finish our civil war," said Mei, looking at him with determination. She would do anything to end the war her village was in. "You'll have to decide that with Aniki and Yamato-sensei." Said Naruto, not missing a beat, while he could act on his own, he also had a deep trust in Kakashi, who had raised him and trained him for most of his life.
"But I could help you in other ways," he finished, surprising Mei, who quickly nodded, knowing this was a good way. "She's a member of the Yuki clan aligned with Yagura. After he killed her father, she got the Nickname of Death Storm, and we don't know her name, only that she was renamed Esdeath. She seems to be capable of using sealess jutsu and even her bloodline," said Mei as they noticed the clone dissipating. "She can even draw water from nature like this to perform big jutsu.
Naruto quickly grabbed her and jumped to a tree as they dodged an ice bear. Turning to see Esdeath standing there with a cruel smile, Mei got down. The two kunoichis stared at each other.
"You know, I was hoping the reason you were attacking all my comrades was because you were being forced to do so for some reason, to protect your family or your own life," Mei said, narrowing her eyes at the ice user. "But I see I was wrong," Terumi said with venom in her voice.
"As much as I hate the idea of a clan going extinct, for the sake of not only the resistance, but also the future of Kirigakure…" Mei slurred as her gaze darkened and calmly moved her hands through some seals. "I'll make an exception for you," the resistance leader said, glaring at the woman nicknamed Deathstorm with great hatred. She simply placed her sword in front of her face and licked the blade with her tongue.
"Many have said that, and they all ended the same way," the light blue-haired girl said, her bloodlust evident in her eyes as she licked her lips as she watched the rebellion leader place her hands in a seal and take a deep breath. To which she responded, causing the ground beneath her feet to form a layer of ice.
"Lava Style Yokai Breath/ Ice Style Snow Wolf Avalanche," both Esdeath and Mei fired their respective jutsus, where a small pack of snow wolves that emerged around Yuki and headed toward several heated steam balls that Terumi had fired from her mouth.
With Danzo
He was currently walking down his base, overseeing his organization, what he believed the perfect shinobi were. Suddenly, two Root shinobi appeared kneeling behind him. "Report," he said, looking at some recruits who had potential. "The scientist's daughter has already proven her worth as she has entered into a contract with Project Nue, bearing the sealing matrix on her back. We have also gotten the results for Projects C032912- C032915," said a member.
"Your plan with the current acting head of the Kurama clan is going perfectly. Her bond with her sensei has started to weaken, and Unkai has taken extra steps to make it so that she becomes harder to find. We'll start sealing her powers and more to make her much more susceptible to our training," said the anbu.
"Hmm, that's good. Keep it up, it doesn't matter if we use her, just get it done," said Danzo before the Anbu disappeared. Danzo's eye followed two promancing kids who showed great talent, and he would cultivate them now; he needed to approach Sasuke and get him to swear loyalty to him in exchange for power. Bringing the new generation of Uchiha under his command how they should be to help him climb up to be Hokage and dominate the world.
With Tenzo
"Naruto, let's take all their research.. I don't feel comfortable leaving such information here for others to grab," said Tenzo, looking around as Naruto nodded, deciding to destroy this lab. But he stopped as he left the spirit of Honoka in front of him with a smile, before stopping in front of him, kissing him. "Thank you for setting me free," as heard as pink and yellow flew past them. The flower he had given her appeared in front of him, "A... gift...to....remember...me...by" were the last words Naruto heard.
With Naruto
Naruto was seen blocking several stabs and cuts from the bluenet as Mei came from her left. "Fire Style Great Fire Dragon," She shouted before taking a deep breath, spewing a large amount of fire towards Esdeath as Naruto fell to the ground. With great agility, Esdeath jumped into the sky a mocking smile appeared on her face. " Missed me," she said before launching herself against Mei, who went through multiple seals. " Vapour style Deep Fog," said Mei, making Yuki see how a mist began to emanate.
So, without thinking twice, the light blue haired girl threw a cut towards the place where she could still see Terumi's face to try to decapitate her, but she managed to hear the sound of flesh and bones being cut by her katana instead she could only hear the hiss of it in the air. "Tsk, what an annoying jutsu," said Esdeath as she looked around in search of her enemy, but then she saw how the image was approaching where she was, which made her smile as she tried to prepare to throw a cut towards where Terumi was but her attention was also on the blonde boy knowing he wouldn't give up easily.
Only to feel a blow to her face followed by a kick. Recovering from her surprise, Yuki assumed a Kenjutsu stance as she attempted to find her opponent in the fog. "Lava Style Phoenix Claws." Esdeath saw something glow deep within the fog, prompting her to point her hand outstretched toward the glow emanating from the fog.
"Ice style: Frozen Stakes." Several stakes emerged from the sky-blue-haired woman's palm and shot out toward where she thought her opponent was, only to see the glow disappear.
Only to turn around to see Terumi emerge from the fog behind her, Esdeath wasted no time slashing at her, attempting to cut the resistance kunoichi, who managed to dodge the sky-blue-haired woman's sword. Managing to pierce her guard on the left side exposed by the cut, her hands were soon covered in lava and turned into claws. These aimed at the ice user's heart, causing her to open her eyes and, out of pure reflex, a layer of ice covered her body.
But it was stopped when a giant rhinoceros-sized bull with red horns and fur appeared running somewhere like many animals, making Naruto grab Mei before jumping to dodge the stampede. As Esdeath also managed to escape. "What are you doing? I had her where I wanted her," she asked, looking at Naruto. "I don't know about you, but I prefer not being stumped to death, we got there on the nick of time before they hit you. And this is the third time I've picked you up like this. I'm starting to guess you like it." Naruto teased her a bit before having to dodge an attack from a flustered Mei.
"You think I'm going to let you go that easily," asked Esdeath as a new set of ice spikes was sent at them. Only for chains to come out of Naruto's back, blocking the attack. "You could have done that last time, but didn't," asked Mei. "Yes, but I'm not as proficient in them, and I prefer my enemies keep guessing what I have up my sleeve," said Narut,o surprising Mei.
With Kakashi
As an explosion happened, the resistance members and Kakashi slid back. "Good thing I started training again, my skills fell off," muttered Kakashi, frowning at his complacency and laziness. "Not the time to be in your memories", said Ao. As two clones of Naruto appeared on each side of the man with golden chains wrapped around his arms, two resistance members were slashing at his head.
But he seemed to regenerate. "What is this guy made of?" asked Naruto. I'm protected, and you kill me that easily," he said with a smirk as he made some seals. " Water-style-water bullets," he shouted, throwing water bullets as he turned into water. "He's close, look out!" said Naruto as he threw one of the rebels down, managing to barely dodge as a giant sword cut through the clone, revealing the man carrying a large broad sword on his back. Moving in a swift motion, he drew it, sending a water wave around him, cutting multiple trees.
With Naruto and Mei
"Ice Style—Swallow Cuts": Around the light blue-haired girl, a bit of ice formed that soon took the shape of a bird, which soon went out towards the Hanyou. "Boil Style Corrovise Salamander," Yelled Mei, shooting black gas from her mouth, which took the form of a salamander and lunged at the ice birds. Some of the gas was taken in by Esdeath when the salamander-like jutsu bit her. Mei looked at this opportunity. 'The salamander's paralyzing poison won't last, so I have to take advantage of this opportunity,' Mei thought, knowing that normally a bite from the salamander that she threw could kill a normal person, seeing how she had an above-average healing factor.
"Lava Style- Volcanic Fusion," She shouted, shooting a large amount of lava from her mouth towards Esdeath. As the jutsu got closer, hitting Esdeath, only to hear a crack as if ice broke, revealing she had replaced herself with an Ice clone.
Esdeath looked around. Naruto had used this time to try to sneak attack her, leaving her no choice but to block. "Not bad," said Esdeath, feeling how she couldn't move the Uzumaki in her grip. But let's see if he can stand this,' thought Yuki as she stepped back a little and took a new stance, holding her sword slightly tilted towards the ground.
Naruto raised his eyebrow at the strange posture, but the seal caught his eye, finally remembering it was a special seal used against the Sharingan developed by the Uzumaki clan during the war states. But he quickly shifted his eyes when she threw her sword towards the sky, but he didn't have much time to think about that when he had to duck to avoid a vertical kick from the woman.
Seeing how her attack failed, she jumped into the air and then sent a downward kick towards the Hanyou, who could see how an ice spear formed on the woman's heel. Naruto, more out of instinct than anything else, had to roll to the side to avoid his head being crushed or pierced by the ice spear.
When Naruto got up, he noticed Esdeath lunging at him again, which caused him to get ready. They engaged in a Taijutsu and Kenjutsu battle, during which both shinobi moved all over the island, throwing cuts and blows at each other. The jinchuriki threw a kick that made Yuki have to retreat, jumping back a couple of times. Naruto got rid of his dagger to form and throw some shurikens of darkness towards his opponent.
Esdeath simply smiles and quickly overcomes the slight pain caused by the blow, giving a small tap on the ground with her foot, causing the ground to freeze at great speed. "Fire Style Pheonix Fire jutsu" was heard making Esdeath jump back before "Ice Style Ice wall" a large amount of ice formed in front of Esdeath, showing a small smile when she saw the jutsu was cancelled, only for some shurikens, but that smile faded when she saw how a pair of shurikens managed to pierce the wall.
This caused her to take her whole body back so she could see how one of the shurikens managed to pass through her jutsu and pass by mere centimeters. She soon got back up, but at that moment, she felt something slide down her cheek. So she brought one of her hands up to her cheek and then saw something red covering her fingers.
' Blood,' thought Yuki, very surprised as she wiped the blood from her cheek. 'How did he manage to do that?' the ice user questioned herself, but she didn't have much time to think about it when she saw. How both moved around her jutsu at great speeds, throwing a large number of shurikens in her direction. She jumped and spun in the air, trying to avoid all the shurikens. She felt how new wounds appeared again on her body, feeling a slight breeze as new wounds appeared only coming from the blonde side.
"I see," Esdeath said as she landed on the ground, licked the blood from her fingers, and looked at her blonde opponent. A wind-style user, it's uncommon now." Yuki said as she swung her katana again and then ran at great speed towards Naruto as he blocked with his Katana. As they began to duel, sparks flew as their swords met. As they fell into a stalemate, both using their strength to outdo the other, giving them an opening to attack.
"If you allow me, can I ask you something, dear?" Esdeath suddenly asked not waiting for an answer as he pulled out an ice kunai trying to launch some surprised stabbs only for naruto to block each one "You wouldn't happen to be from the Uzumaki clan would you?" she asked in a tone of Curiosity as naruto stepped back as she launched and attack hoping to create some space "Does it change if I am?" he responded looking at her with narrowed eyes when a sudden pain from his shoulder appeared something slimy dripping down.
Naruto quickly moved his head back, dodging a his head and body to the right to avoid a thrust, where he again felt a cut on his cheek, but the Hanyou took advantage of a small opening in his opponent's posture to send her a blow that sent her through the forest.
'So she copied my idea, not a big surprise. Kakashi-sensei explained this idea to me, he was surprised she copied it so quickly. As he wiped out the blood from his cheek, he saw the blood mixed with traces of water. She used her Ice chakra on her sword, allowing her to extend or retract it, genius. It would he scarier if she would freeze me with one cut,' he thought, shaking off the thoughts about it.
"Not much, just my curiosity, it's rare to see them nowadays. Apart from that you are a wind style user and have a peculiar bloodline you have managed to surprise me and make me bleed, look wherever I look it makes me want to have fun and fight to the death with you" said Esdeath showing her a sweet smile, which soon turned into a murderous look "So please promise me one thing" said the ice user pointing her katana at him "Don't die so too quickly" As soo as those words left her mouth three blurs appeared Naruto used his sharigan to predict her erradic movements that changed added to her new sword that forces him to grab a kunai as his golden chain around them.
Suddenly, Mist started to appear out of nowhere, covering the battlefield. "Tsk, not this again," Esdeath muttered as she barely had time to dodge several lava balls flying at her. "MMM and here I thought you had given up in this fight and were letting Darling here take over," Esdeath said, looking around, ready to strike.
"Ice Style Avalanche of SnowWolves," Esdeath suddenly said, deciding to use this to her advantage. Sending them in all directions, Mei had to quickly jump to dodge the wolf's attack as she threw a lava ball. As Naruto used his swords and Kunai to destroy them. "There they are," Esdeath muttered, sensing both of them. Deciding to take on the blonde first, she ran in his direction at great speed. Reacting quickly, she stopped and used her sword to block a strike from Naruto.
"So you are so eager to finish this, darling," she said, but she quickly noticed a large amount of shurikens and kunais came towards them, only for Naruto to disappear in a cloud of smoke, winding her eyes just a bit. Before she snapped out, she used her double-edged sword to deflect the kunais. Unnoticed, Naruto appeared from behind, ready to use his kunais.
The light blue-haired girl jumped back and avoided being stabbed in the back by the clone. While she was in the air, the blade of Yuki's katana was covered by ice, she showed a curious expression with a slight disappointment. "I have to say that this is somewhat disappointing, but oh well, what does it matter?" said the ice user. Beginning to twist her sword in Naruto's body, who gritted his teeth. "Come on, if this is about to end, at least let me hear your voice scream," said Esdeath, slowly pulling out her Katana.
But not receiving a response from the Blonde, she simply smiled. "Please don't do those things of enduring until the end, that's always-", Yuki's words were never completed when she saw how several seals appeared on the Uzumaki's body, Esdeath tried to jump back, but opened her eyes when she saw how a pair of chains held and wrapped around her entire arm preventing her from escaping. "Oh, believe me, dear," the Ice user watched as the Hanyou raised his gaze and showed a wild smile. Yuki was speechless when she saw how the blonde's sharingan eye now had a slit on his pupil with his other eye turning a bit darker "This is far from over" said Naruto.
Overcoming her surprise, Esdeath quickly created an ice kunai in her free hand and tried to stab him, but was caught by Naruto's hand. ' He still has so much strength even with a mortal wound,' thought Yuki, who was about to activate another Ice jutsu, but then she saw how several seals all over the Uzumaki's body, which she could recognize as ' Explosive seals,' thought the light blue-haired girl. She looked at her opponent with amusement when the seals began to shine.
"Wow, how noble of you, darling, to sacrifice yourself to try to finish me off. I feel a bit flattered, but-" Yuki smiled even more as several ice spikes formed at her feet once again, which soon pierced the Hanyou's body. "These seals can't explode if the user who activates them doesn't finish sending the signal," Esdeath said condescendingly, but she was surprised to see how the grip on her hadn't disappeared even when one of its spikes had pierced her opponent's heart.
"And who said I was the user?" said the blonde, showing the same wild smile he had before. "A clone," she declared. "Cunning little bastard," Esdeath said as the brightness of the seals on the clone's body grew brighter and brighter, so soon a thick layer of ice began to form on his body.
" Ice style: Ice Prison ", a large layer of ice formed on both the hanyou replica and the sky-blue-haired girl herself, creating an irregular prism, but that didn't stop the seals on the redhead's body from continuing to shine.
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Mei appeared beside Naruto, they had used her chakra and Naruto's reinforced clones to plant this trap for her. "Damn we almost got her," Said Naruto as both noticed Esdeaths condition she was alive. Their eyes caught what was happening to the others. "Go help them," Naruto said. Mei looked at him before looking back and reluctantly leaving. She wanted to end her, but the others needed help. Even the clone Naruto had sent had disappeared; only Mizuki was left.
As Naruto and Esdeath started another kenjutsu battle where each cut that the opponents threw at each other was followed by an attempt by Yuki to pierce the redhead with ice spikes, both those that formed around the light blue-haired girl and those that formed on her body and shot out towards the blonde.
"I knew you were the one" Esdeath said with a look that seemed to border between madness and excessive joy "No man or woman has endured this much with me, much less treated me the way you have" said the light blue haired girl, sending a kick to the Hanyou, who raised his arm to block her. Naruto stepped back a few meters due to the blows, where he could see how his left forearm was pierced by an ice spike, which he quickly pulled out with his other hand. Quickly changing his kunai with a metal ball from a seal in his belt, and attached it to his sword as if it were an accessory while his wound healed.
The light blue-haired girl hadn't moved from her place while admiring the scene, where she couldn't help but show a big smile of happiness. ' This...this is...KYYYAAA...if this must be it ' the ice user thought as she felt her heart begin to beat faster, to the point where she felt like it was going to jump out of her chest, all while throwing cuts and punches at the Uzumaki, which were either clucked, dodged, or counterattacked.
Causing the sound of metal swords clashing and sparks to be heard in the area, where soon both swordsmen clashed their swords in a combat of strength.
"Hey, tell me," Esdeath said with a sweet voice that almost sounded shy, "Would you like to fight against me... until we both kill each other?" Yuki asked, smiling at the blonde, who could notice how the kunoichi on Kiri's side seemed to be slightly blushing, which caused him to feel a little lost and wonder what was going on.
They were interrupted when someone else appeared, throwing a lightning jutsu at them with twin katanas. "Don't interrupt us, bitch!!!" Esdeath shouted with a murderous look directed at a reddish brown haired girl, " Ice style: Ice Wall." Next to the two opponents, a wall of ice appeared, which received the fire dragon head-on. "Let me think about it" said Naruto taking advantage of his opponent's distraction to put more force into his grip and send the light blue haired girl back, who upon touching the surface saw how the blonde threw an ascending horizontal cut at her, the light blue haired girl was preparing to block the blow.
But when the two swords were about to collide, Yuki saw how the blonde's katana vanished. Giving him the opening he needed to do a low sweep kick before she could react, while in the air, she covered herself with her arms, receiving a second kick.
Sending her backwards, but when she rolled a little in the water until the light blue-haired girl managed to recover, she saw how Naruto's sword now had a large metal ball with a golden chakra chain attached to his sword as he threw it with great speed. Leaving barely any time to move away, leaving her side to be crushed as she spat blood, "Take that as my answer," he said.
Before quickly leaving to check on the others, as they were fighting. Naruto appeared, making seals. "Lighting style- false darkness," he said before lightning bolts shot out of his hands towards the man. Kakashi appeared using Raikiri to try and hit him. But the man disappeared. "Damn it, it's like he can't die yet the other attackers die," he muttered annoyed as he tried to figure it out every time the killed him. he disappeared and reappeared fresh like nothing happened with the seal spreading more towards his head.
Before they could enjoy Naruto was stopped by Esdeath again. "HAHAHAHA!! How exciting, how fun," was a laugh from Esdeath, who charged at the Hanyou, who had to move to dodge a slash followed by a kick from the ice user.
The Uzumaki blocked a couple of cuts that the light blue-haired girl sent him, and he managed to deflect one of them. The Uzumaki took advantage to throw a slash at Esdeath's thigh, causing her to momentarily lose her balance. Naruto kicked her using this to knock her out, while he felt some chakra, he used his adamantium chains on both people. Kakashi appeared, putting them into stasis seals as Naruto started to break their seals.
After ten minutes, Tenzo and the Original Naruto arrived ready to fight, having sensed enemies. But Kakashi revealed to them what had happened while they were away. Mei used this time to talk to her comrades about their plan and ask if they were still on board with getting Konoha as an ally. To her surprise, they all agreed.
While this was going on, Naruto had quickly studied the seal, telling them what he had discovered. "The two seals are complementary to each other, while the one on Esdeath is a combination to gather and turn them into a kind of senjutsu user with an unknown chakra that allows them to heal from any wounds, while not shortening their lives or cell lives, but also helps them recover chakra faster then usual. This is why they didn't seem to tire of the question, now would be who is skilled enough for this." The last part shocked many, as not many skilled Fuinjutsu users were. But some eyes were on Naruto, he looked 16, yet was he skilled in one of the hardest to master shinobi arts?
"I see," said Kakashi, looking at Tenzo, who nodded as Kakashi turned back to the group of rebels. "While we are thankful you helped us, you didn't do it from the kindness of your heart, so I would like to know the reason behind it." Asked Kakashi, Tenzo got ready in case another fight broke out. "Yes, you are correct, we didn't help you out of kindness but because we have a common enemy," said Mei, analysing the situation, hoping they would accept.
"So what would you like?" asked Kakashi, already thinking about what they'd be asking for. We'd like your support to win the Mist civil war," Mei said bluntly, trying to be honest. While the son of our daimyo is helping us and wants to become the new daimyo, I don't trust him completely." She revealed that he only wanted her and would do anything, but she wasn't interested in him.
"Hmm, well, a treaty with the hidden mist would benefit us if they win the war," commented Tenzo. Yes, I agree with that, and Hokage-sama would be ready to help," said Kakashi, looking at Mei. "While we agree to help you in the civil war by sending you food, weapons, and clothing. When the war is over, we will also financially help you in exchange for a treaty. We can build a trade treaty, and the Mist could come and help when Konoha needs it." Kakashi said. Mei thought for a moment, "We can iron out the details at a later date," said Mei, knowing they were getting more than enough, but her gaze wandered to Naruto, who was looking at the seal that had started to turn red. "One thing I want Naruto to come with us, his Fuinjutsu skills would help us a lot in our battles," said Mei, but didn't expect Kakashi's eyes to harden.
"No, that's not possible, he's still a genin," said Kakashi. Tenzo nodded. "Yes, Naruto is also special to our village as a clan head of three clans," said Tenzo, making Mei and her group look at him, surprised so young and having such responsibility. 'So young yet so mature, what kind of past did he go through?' thought the group, looking at Naruto, who looked serious.
"Well, there's a way," said Naruto, making everyone look at him. "How?" Asked, Mei looked at him with curiosity now that they weren't in battle, she noticed he was quite handsome. "Well a modified scroll that can hold clones and you only need to unseal them that I'm there with you while also not being there at the same time," said Naruto as Kakashi looked at Naruto in thought if they did it like that Naruto would not only start developing some ties with them but might make the alliance stronger. "Very well, Naruto, we can do that." Kakashi finally said.
"Cool. Now that we've finished with the formalities, may I know the names of these beautiful ladies who we battled alongside?" Naruto said with a smile, making Mei and the other two females blush. I'm Rangiku Matsumoto from the Matsumoto clan," said the now Rangiku. She had long, wavy hair that was slightly orange-yellow. Her eyes were light blue, and her lips were thick. She also had light pink lipstick. Her skin was fair and slightly tanned.
Her attire consisted of a full-body black kimono, which was open at the chest showing a generous amount of cleavage, where at the same time it showed that she was wearing a white shirt under the kimono and a necklace around her neck, around her waist was wrapped a white ribbon on which hung her Kirigakure sash and on the other side of it was the sheath of a katana, finally, she wore a pink cloth over her shoulders.
"I'm Ameyuri Ringo and I want to fight you" A short woman with long red hair, black eyes, and together with a Kiri forehead protector, she also wore a simple cloth around her head, distinctively tied at both sides so as the ends of the material protrude upwards, while the remainder of hair is allowed to flow downwards.
She wore a loose, pin-striped long-sleeved shirt with a dark obi around the waist, black pants that got much looser near the ends, resembling hakama, and striped legwarmers. Bandages were loosely tied around her neck, and her teeth were jagged.
"And I'm Mei Tarumi, the leader of the rebels. Next to me is Ao, my second in command," said Mei, and now that the battle was over, Naruto noticed she was a tall and slender woman with light green eyes and long auburn hair that was styled into a hairringbone patterned at the back with short bangs covering her right eye. She wore a long-sleeved, dark blue dress that fell just below the knees and was closed at the front with a zip, while kept open on the front-right side from the waist down. The dress only covered up to the upper part of her arms and the underside of her breasts, allowing for a sizeable view of her cleavage. She also wore shorts in the same colour as her dress and underneath them, mesh leggings that reached down over her knees.
"It's a pleasure to meet so many beauties," Said Naruto as Kakashi chuckled. "Now now, Naruto, calm down, I'm sure you'll have plenty of time to get to know them, or at least your clones. We will leave as soon as our clones finish, so we can report to the hokage." Said Kakashi.
"So what do we do with these prisoners?" said Tenzo. They would usually take them to inoichi or Ibiki, but with their alliance with the rebellion, they could ask for them to keep as part of the deal. "We want to keep them since they have a lot of information on the movements of the Mizukage," said Ao as Kakashi nodded.
The next day, the clones dispersed, allowing them to leave during that time Naruto had sealed the seals on Esdeath and the other guy. After which he was dragged by Ameyuri into a kenjutsu fight as they tied. Much to Ameyuri's anger, they boarded up the ship. Ready to return to the village. Naruto took out the book with an old picture of the scientist and Honoka smiling as he said, "I'm glad to have time with another Uzumaki, even if it was a spirit," before closing the book and taking the flower as he closed it.
Hokage tower
Kakashi Tenzo and Naruto had just returned from their mission and had just finished reporting to the Hokage about the events on the island. "Hmm, it's indeed concerning what kind of research was conducted there on summoning animals. And the alliance with the rebels will be beneficial to us as well. You three have done a great job, and this will be an off-the-books A-rank mission you guys were on." Finished the third hokage, looking at them with surprise, now starting preparations for helping the rebels.
Hidden rain
Two hooded figures could be seen entering their leader's room. As a precaution, they had to go through all the security measures. "You wanted to see us, Hanzo-sama," said one of the figures. "Yes" was his short response. "Our spies have sent us a photo and some more information they've managed to send us, It seems his team consists of a possible medic, a Uchiha, and the boy. I want you to study everything we managed to dig up about his skills and what his bloodline might contain," finished Hanzo.
With Naruto and Kakashi
As they walked around the village when Kakashi looked at Naruto. "We have a tail. Danzo must be getting desperate. Huh?" asked Kakashi, only to see that Naruto was a bit angry and Sad. "So he had you all this time," he said as Kakashi realized who it might be. "Izumi," he whispered with a sadness in his voice. It was one of Naruto's first friends alongside Suki and one of the few people he secretly took under his mantle.
A wave of anger washed over him at what she might have gone through under Danzo's wing and how he believed she was dead, despite not finding a body. Naruto took it hard, but they made a mental vow to free her from Danzo's control and stay under him.