Ganryū and his men had managed to hold their own amidst the explosions and shock waves that littered the landscape as battles raged all over.
Most noticeable was the enormous tailed beasts in the distance. The men knew that things were getting serious now and the battle was reaching it's peak.
"General Fuyōna is battling with all his might! We have to hold on until reinforcements arrive!" Ganryū shouted, trying to keep their morale up.
The Anbu had also noticed that the surrounding battlefield had been very lively and had to wonder what had happened to both Mangetsu and Ameyuri.
"We have to hold strong until lord Mizukage kills these traitors!" The Anbu captain shouted.
"Attack!" Each group shouted as they charged in for a battle.
Both groups gave it their all, but the Anbu were just too skilled and quickly gained the advantage.
Ganryū was equally as skilled, but alone he was no match for them. His units numbers had been reduced to equal theirs, and the odds were not looking good.
"Reinforcements!" One of the men shouted as about forty shinobi came charging out of the trees and ramming themselves into the Anbu flanks.
"Shit! How did they get the drop on us!" The Anbu captain shouted as he blocked an incoming attack.
The Anbu's unit had been taken by surprise, and at least half of their numbers had just been cut down.
"Push through men! We can do this!" Ganryū shouted as every one of them gave it they're all.
The Anbu were getting desperate as they huddled together, trying to fire a combined jutsu.
Garyū had already seen this and was quick to counter as he barked orders at others to do the same.
Water, fire, wind and lightning all crackled and clashes in the air and roared over the never-ending screams of battle.
"Captain, we need to fall back!" One of the survivors of his unit shouted.
The Anbu captain could count only four of his men left. Himself included made five, while the enemy numbered over fifty.
"I hate to admit it, but we have no choice." He said, keeping his sword raised.
They had been surrounded on all sides, by Ganryū's forces. Ganryū stepped forwards amongst the standoff.
"Give it up! Your outnumbered and don't stand a chance. If you surrender now, we will let you live. No more mist shinobi blood needs to be spilt."
The Anbu seemed as if they would be willing to do as he asked, each of them slowly lowering their weapons.
"Never! We will never surrender to traitors!" The Anbu captain barked, snapping his men back to their senses.
"We follow lord Mizukage, even to the death!"
Ganryū nodded his head.
"I can see that nothing I say will change your mind. Have it your way. Men, attack!" He shouted as he pointed his sword.
Suddenly a burst of chakra hit one of Ganryū's men's flanks as they were sent flying into the air from the blast.
"What the hell was that!" Someone shouted among the screams.
"It- It's him!" Another shouted as another group were smashed through the air.
Ganryū could see what was going on and was forced to watch as wave after wave of his men dropped from what seemed like a machine gun fire of water bullets.
"It's Mangetsu Hōzuki!" Someone shouted as the area around the teenager cleared so he could be seen.
"Don't tell me this group of insects are giving your men trouble?" Mangetsu said to the Anbu captain.
The Anbu all stood a little taller as their morale lifted, seeing that one of the seven ninja swordsmen had joined them.
"Already men, no mercy!" He shouted as he gripped his sword tighter.
Mangetsu joined the Anbu and pulled his blades apart, so he had one in each hand ready to unleash his power in full.
All of Ganryū's men took a step back as they knew precisely what Mangetsu was capable of.
"We can't beat one of the seven swordsmen." Someone whimpered.
"We are all going to die at this rate! Where are our leaders?" Someone else shouted.
Ganryū couldn't blame them. He knew they were no match for Mangetsu, even with their numbers.
He knew he needed to say something. Anything. He just couldn't form the words.
"Water style! Hōzuki scattershot!" A voice suddenly shouted as its owner fired a rapid-fire of water bullets that hit the ground in front of Mangetsu and the other Anbu.
The owner of the jutsu landed in front of the others and faced off against Mangetsu, and he stood to his full height.
Ganryū didn't recognise him but differently recognised the Hōzuki clan symbol on the back of his blue robe.
"Kōgetsu..." Mangetsu said as he snarled a little.
The boy was about the same height as Mangetsu, with his hair around the same length but dirty blond in colour.
Kōgetsu had a dark blue robe on with black baggy trouser, the standard black shinobi footwear and fingerless gloves on.
He looks about the same age as Mangetsu, and his eyes had a different colour in each of them, one being hazle green and the other being a light blue.
Everyone was confused about who he was but could tell that he and Mangetsu knew each other and they waited to see what would happen.
"What are you doing here, Kōgetsu?" Mangetsu said with a snarl.
"I am part of the rebellion against lord Mizukage. I'm here to stop you." He said as he pulled part of his hair back.
"You can't defeat me, Kōgetsu. Get out of here before I kill you too." Mangetsu said as he pointed his sword at him.
Kōgetsu took a ready stance and weighed all of the Anbu around him as well as Mangetsu.
"I don't know how you can follow the Mizukage after what he did to our clan, Mangetsu, but I won't sit by anymore and let that tyrant rule us."
Mangetsu looked angry and let his Chakra flow into his swords.
"Last chance, Kōgetsu. Go home."
"No." He said as he pulled his own sword from his back.
"As the next head of the Hōzuki clan, I refuse to back down.
"Then die!" Mangetsu shouted as he rushed in with his blades held high as he cut Kōgetsu in half.
Kōgetsu's body turned to water as Mangetsu's blades passed through his body and everyone suddenly grew tense as the battle had begun.
"A clone?" Mangetsu said as he tried to sense where Kōgetsu would attack from.
Suddenly the earth under all of the Anbu cracked, and they fell into it before it sealed around them, trapping all of them from the middle of their arms upward, leaving only their shoulders and heads exposed.
Mangetsu had jumped into the air and avoid the attack, as he looked down to see what was going on.
Water suddenly started to flow within the cracks of the earth and slowly took the form of Kōgetsu as five clones of himself appeared next to each of the Anbu.
"I'm sorry it had to come to this." He said as he pointed his index finger at each of them like a gun.
"Secret Hōzuki clan jutsu, earth trap water bullet!" Kōgetsu said as he fired the water shot at each of them, blowing all the Anbu's brains out at once, making it look easy.
Mangetsu landed and charged in to attack Kōgetsu. However, he was too late as Kōgetsu suddenly turned back Into water and slowly disappeared again.
"You can't hide Kōgetsu!" He shouted as he turned to look at the others.
"I'll kill all of them if it means drawing you out!" Mangetsu shouted as he charged at Ganryū and his men.
Kōgetsu suddenly burst out from the group and stopped Mangetsu in his tracks as the two of them clashed swords.
Both of them pushed each other away and took a ready stance as they slowly circled each other ready for the next assault.
"I didn't know you could use earth style," Mangetsu said with a toothy grin.
"You know me, Mangetsu, expect the worse plan for the best."
"I'm afraid even your greatest plan won't work against me, dear cousin," Mangestsu said as he suddenly let his chakra burst into both his blades.
Mangetsu could let his chakra flow freely and store inside the blades, allowing it to change to any shape he wished.
"We will see," Kōgetsu said as he readied his sword.
Ganryū and the others all looked on from behind Kōgetsu as he single-handedly took out the remaining Anbu and held Mangetsu at bay.
"Who the hell is that kid?" Someone asked.
Ganryū had to think hard before it came to him.
"He is the youngest son of the Gangetsu line. Currently the only living air to the Hōzuki clan. His brothers were all killed during the war and the civil war." Gabryū said, informing everyone.
"Should we help him?" Another asked.
"No. I think this battle is beyond our abilities. We would only get in the way." Ganryū said as he ordered his men to stand down.
Meanwhile.
Mei found herself trapped under some debris from the shock wave that had sent her flying. Her shoulder was severely damaged, and she was lucky Mangetsu hadn't hit a vital point.
"How long have I been out?" She asked herself as she got free and stood to her feet, taking a look around.
Mei couldn't see anything around her and guessed she had been blown quite far from the battle.
"I need to get back in the fight." She said as she winced at the pain, gripping her arm.
"I don't know how much use I will be with my arm like this, but I have to try."
Kōgetsu and Mangetsu were locked in a vicious battle, and Mangetsu clearly held the advantage.
Kōgetsu was good with a sword that much was clear. However, Mangetsu was next level and outclassed Kōgetsu with his ability.
Kōgetsu blocked and blocked, dodging when he could, but Mangetu was too fast as he landed blow after blow. If not for his clans Kekkei Genkai, he would have been dead over and over again.
Mangetsu was using each blade as a perfect weapon and shield as he could change the shape of the blade at will. He would attack with one and defend with the other, consistently switching between offence and defence when he felt like it.
Mangetsu was finished playing around as he knocked Kōgetsu's sword from his hand before turning his other sword into a giant hammer.
"Let's see your body recover from this!" He shouted as he swung his attack.
Kōgetsu couldn't defend, and the blow smashed him flying through the air. If not for his Kekkei Genkai that allowed him to liquefy, his body would have broken from the force of that blow.
Kōgetsu allowed his body to turn solid midair so he could flip around and get his footing as he hit the ground.
"I don't think so!" Mangetsu shouted from behind him.
Kōgetsu turned around and formed a water blade from his arm to block one of Mangetsu's attacks. But his mighty hammer shaped chakra broke through it and smashed Kōgetsu again, sending him flying.
"If I can't cut you, then I will smash you to pieces until you are too dehydrated to turn to water!" Mangetsu shouted as he smashed Kōgetsu over and over again.
Kōgetsu may not have been taking any damage just yet, but Mangetsu was also part of the Hōzuki clan and knew how to counter their ability quite well.
"Water style, drilling bullet!" He shouted as he fired his water pistol.
Mangetsu saw the attack coming a mile away and turned one of his swords into a large shield as he let his chakra change form, blocking the water bullet with ease.
"I don't think so, cousin."
Kōgetsu was starting to get out of breath now, and he could tell his body was becoming dehydrated quickly.
"Not good. I knew I should have packed my water bottle. I always do this!" He said to himself as if he was scolding himself for not planning sufficiently enough.
"I think it's time we finished this," Mangetsu said as he took a fighting stance preparing his swords for an attack.
"Alright, everyone, we need to attack together, on my signal attack with all your might!" Ganryū said to his men.
All of them agreed as they could see that Kōgetsu was starting to struggle against his older cousin.
Mangetsu had started spinning his blades before joining them back together, letting the chakra in each of them grow even more powerful.
"Time to finish it, traitor," Mangetsu said as he hoisted his sword straight into the air.
"Now!!!" Gabryū shouted as himself, and all of his men unleashed their most powerful long-range attack.
Shuriken and Kunai, water, fire and wind ninjutsu, as well as other projectiles were launched towards Mangetsu in a surprise attack.
Mangetsu turned around with a shocked expression on his face at the attacks coming his way.
"You dare!" He shouted as he turned to face them head-on before swinging his sword as hard as he could, letting his chakra explode in a massive burst of power.
However, his attack was not strong enough to stop the large assault of ninjutsu, and he was consumed by the combined attack, which exploded, creating a large shockwave that kicked up a massive vapor cloud.
All of them started cheering as their combined attacks hit the mark.
"We did it!"
"Alright!" Everyone cheered as they watched the dust from their attacks settle leaving no trace of Mangetsu.
Ganryū also breathed a sigh of relief as the dust settled, but his gut was telling him it wasn't over.
"Look out!" Kōgetsu shouted.
Suddenly a group of men and woman were blown into the air by a chakra blast. Everyone turned to see Mangetsu who was crouched down, holding his sword, not looking happy.
His body looked as if it had half-melted, but it was only his liquefied state. His body slowly returned to its solid-state, and Mangetsu went on an aggressive counter-attack.
"Did you really think you could stop me with that!" He shouted as he jumped into the air and slashed his sword into the ground, crushing a handful of shinobi who failed to get out of the way of his massive chakra blade.
"Counter-attack!" Ganryū shouted.
Several Shinobi tried to engage Mangetsu in combat, but he quickly cut them down. Making it look easy, showing just how powerful he was.
Others tried to throw shuriken at him, but the metal stars simply passed right through his body like water.
"It's no good! We can't even damage him!" Ganryū thought as he tried to think of a way to counter his abilities.
He was put on the defensive, though, as Mangetsu set his sights on him and attacked.
"Your the leader, so you can die!" Mangetsu said as he appeared behind Ganryū, slashing at his head.
Ganryū only just got his sword up to block the attack and was taken back by his speed. Mangetsu quickly spun around and kicked Ganryū in the stomach knocking him flying before he crashed into his men.
"Die!" Mangetsu shouted as he raised his sword, getting ready to unleash another chakra blast at them.
"Raisuiryūdan!" (Lightning water dragon.)
A massive water dragon coated with lightning release suddenly roared as it smashed into Mangetsu with such force that it destroyed everything in its path until it crashed into the ground and burst, expelling a massive amount of water that crackled with lightning.
Everyone turned to see who had unleashed such a powerful jutsu and found Mei stood there clutching her shoulder as it was severely injured.
"That should stop him." She said through staggered breaths, having used a lot of chakra.
Everyone was amazed after seeing such an amazing jutsu and stepped aside as Mei walked towards her target.
Mangetsu was still alive but was severely injured and unable to move due to the high voltage running through his body.
"It's over, Mangetsu, give up, or I will be forced to kill you," Mei said as she stood over him.
Kōgetsu joined her side and looked down at his cousin.
"Please, Mangetsu, just hear her out."
Ao slowly woke up after losing consciousness due to the explosion that Ameyuri had set off, thanks to her thunder gate ability.
He sat up and tried to take in his surroundings. His head was still ringing from the blast, so he took his time.
"Hatsu?" He shouted out, trying to find his ally.
"Did he survive?" Ao thought as he looked around.
Ao caught a rustling sound coming from some of the bushes and put his guard up. Good job, too, as Ameyuri appeared.
Ao noticed she was hurt and only had one of her swords.
"You asshole..." She said, clearly pissed off.
She had taken damage along one side of her body more than the other, most likely because she could only protect one side of her body with one sword.
"I'm going to kill you if it is the last thing I do!" She screamed, pointing her sword into the air.
"It's over, Ameyuri! Your fighting for a lost cause!" Ao shouted, trying to get her to stop.
It was no good, though. Ameyuri had gone mad, letting her lust for revenge take over her, abandoning all reason.
"I will kill you if it's the last thing I do!" She shouted, letting her rage spill out.
"Thunder gate!" Ameyuri shouted as she let as much chakra as she could muster pour into the attack.
Ao looked up in horror as he could see the thunder clouds forming.
"Not good I can't dodge it!" He thought.
Ameyuri laughed as she got ready to drop the wicked thunderbolt from the sky when suddenly a sword burst through her chest, causing her to cough up some blood.
Ao was also shocked and realised that it was Hatsu. He had somehow gotten behind her and stabbed her through the chest in an attempt to stop her.
Ameyuri turned her head a little as the shock set in.
"You bastard..." She spat out through the blood.
"It's over, Ameyuri. You have lost." Hatsu said, digging his sword deeper into her back.
Ameyuri winced from the pain and lowered her sword in defeat before coughing up more blood.
Ao breathed a sigh of relief and dropped back onto his butt taking a well-needed rest.
"Your prick isn't big enough to stop me!" Ameyuri suddenly shouted as she used the last of her strength to lift her sword into the air.
"No, don't!" Ao shouted as he watched, extending his arm.
"Thundergate!" Ameyuri screamed as she summoned one last lightning strike that hit her and Hatsu, engulfing them in the binding light before the explosion sent Ao flying back.
While all this was going on, Fuyōna and Yagura had been engaged in a stair off that was about to turn into a fierce clash of titans.
Both of them stood ready, each waiting for the other to make the first move. Both in full tailed beast mode with their tails waving in the sky.
Yagura moved first as he jumped into the air, curling into a ball as he rolled tenaciously towards Fuyōna.
The sheer size of his body was enough to uproot the terrain as he rolled forwards, attacking with the total weight of his body.
Saiken's body only had small arms, so Fuyōna was forced to use two of his tales to block the attack. Yagura continued to roll and flipped into the air before Fuyōna smashed him away with his other tails getting some distance.
Quickly he covered the latitude between them and smashed the three tails on top of the head with his tails before unleashing a huge amount of water bubbles that exploded on its hide, causing massive damage.
Yagura flinched from the explosive bubbles, and Fuyōna quickly used the opportunity to wrap his flexible body around his, holding him in place.
The three tails roared as its movements became halted, and in a desperate attempt, it tried to fire a tailed beast bomb that would hit the ground, damaging both of them.
"Look out!" Saiken shouted, trying to warn Fuyōna.
Fuyōna saw the attack at the last second and was quickly able to wrap one of his tails around Yaguras leg, pulling him off balance and knocking him over so that that the blast flew into the sky.
Both of the tailed beasts wrestled on the ground as they thought for dominance over each other. Their tails clashed and destroyed anything they hit as the landscape around them was shredded to pieces sending shockwaves through landscape.
"We have to be careful not to let our battle get too close to the village!" Fuyōna shouted to Saiken.
"I know!" The six tails replied as he was doing his best to control the three tails.
The three tails suddenly stopped wriggling, and Seiken figured out why when his coral palm started to take effect, covering his body in the tough substance unabling him to move.
"It's his coral palm technique. Look out!" Fuyōna shouted as Saiken was forced to release the three tails.
Quickly Saiken created as much distance as he could before the Coral palm froze his movements.
"I guess it's time for that jutsu," Fuyōna said as he watched from his inner world.
Saiken's body suddenly unleashed a massive amount of bones that took the shape of a large exoskeleton that formed around the six tails body like armour, smashing all of the coral that had formed.
The site was monstrous, and Saiken looked like a demon with two large horns forming on its head. Everything, including its six tails, was covered in the bone armour that acted as defence with spikes all over making it even more forbidding.
The three tails growled, showing it wasn't intimidated as it fired a barrage of tailed beast bombs that smashed into Saikens bone armour. However, they hardly left a mark and Fuyōna decided to counter-attack.
"Ice style, freezing bubble jutsu!" Fuyōna shouted as he let loose a barrage of water bubble towards the three tails.
The bubbles hit their mark and, this time, froze on impact instead of exploding. They kept coming, and the three tails was quickly overwhelmed by the amount as they trapped its large body in a layer of ice.
"If I can freeze him for long enough, I should be able to undo the seal!" Fuyōna shouted.
Yagura was having none of it, though, and smashed the ice away with his tails before he jumped back into a ball and rolled out of the way of Fuyōna's attack.
He was rolling around Fuyōna in a circle as he fired small blasts of chakra at him, trying to chip away at his armour. The attacks were no way near strong enough to break through his defence, though, and Yagura decided to attack with his own shell that was as strong as armour, becoming impatient.
Fuyōna did the same thing as last time and stopped the three tails with his tails. This time though, his bone defence acted as a weapon as the bone armor came to life and attacked the three tails from all angles.
"One thousand bones counter attack!" Fuyōna shouted as the bone armour continued to hit the three tails with powerful blunt strikes not to kill him.
The constant barrage of attacks was too much for even the three tails body to handle as Fuyōna held him close, he was continually attacked by the bone armour as if it had a mind of its own.
Finally, Fuyōna released the three tails, looking as if the beast had been knocked out from the onslaught.
"Now is my chance! Secret tailed beast jutsu! Ice mist!" He said as Saiken unleashed a fog that looked like dry ice over the three tails.
Saiken could release a poison cloud or an acid cloud that could melt almost anything. Fuyōna had been able to combine his own Kekkei Genkai with Saikens ability and create an ice fog that would freeze anything it came into contact with.
He watched as the ice fog made its way through the surrounding terrain, freezing everything before it made its way to the three tails. The mist enveloped the three tales body and started to freeze it, instantly trapping the Beast inside a solid block of ice.
"It worked! Alright, Saiken, you know what to do!" He said.
Saiken nodded its head, and its large body suddenly started shrinking until it turned back into Fuyōna.
"Hopefully, that holds for a while." Fuyōna thought as he rushed over to the massive frozen body of the three tails.
Fuyōna placed his hand on the ice and slipped inside of it, being able to move around freely, he travelled up towards the three tails head and could see its eye movements to look at him.
"You are a tough one. I'll give you that." Fuyōna thought as he placed his hand on the beasts head, concentrating.
Fuyōna was able to enter Yagura's inner world, hopefully he wouldn't have any interruptions this time.
He made his way to the same place he had last time and once again found the three tails that was still chained up and trapped.
Yagura was also led on the floor unconscious, and stood over him was Obito. Who didn't look pleased.
"You again! What use is this fool if he can't even beat you. Never mind, I will deal with you myself." Obito said as he stood over Yagura's. Body.
Fuyōna realised that Obito was about to kill him and had to act fast.
"Stop!" He shouted as he appeared in front of Obito and tried to kick him in the face.
As expected, though, his foot passed right through his head, and Obito went to grab him so he could attack.
Fuyōna quickly let his bones shoot from his body, and Obito was forced to use his Sharingan to avoid the attack.
Fuyōna took the opportunity to grab Yagura quickly and get some distance from Obito.
"What a nuisance you are proving to be," Obito said as he weighed his options up.
"It's over, Obito. Release the Genjutsu!" Fuyōna shouted.
He was thinking very hard about what he should do right now. If he could kill Obito here and now, he would stop the war and everything he would do in the future. The only problem was he wasn't sure he could kill him here. Most likely, he was just a part of the genjutsu, and his physical body was elsewhere.
"And if I don't?" Obito asked.
"Then I will push you out and break the Genjutsu by force," Fuyōna said as he allowed his bones to sprout from his body, including the horns on his head.
Obito chuckled a little before speaking.
"You fool. You can't kill me here, and I wouldn't force the Genjutsu if I were you."
Fuyōna expected as much and decided to play along.
"Why is that?"
"You see, I have rigged the genjutsu so that if anybody but me breaks it, then the seal will self-destruct, killing the Mizukage," Obito said, smiling behind his mask.
Fuyōna hadn't realised that he had rigged the genjutsu so that it would kill Yagura.
"Do it!" Yagura shouted as he was trying to sit up.
"Do it, Fuyōna! I refuse to be a puppet!" He shouted.
"That's enough from you!" Obito said as he raised his fingers, taking complete control of him once again.
"This time, I will have him destroy the entire mist village and everyone you care for!" Obito shouted as he pulled out two chains from his black cloak.
"But first, it's time to deal with you. Six tails."
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"Time to take care of you, six tails," Obito said as he let two chains drop from the sleeves of his robe.
Fuyōna recognised he was dressed the same way when he battled against the fourth Hokage, chains and all.
"So be it!" Fuyōna said, having had enough of holding back.
Obito was a little shocked by his speed as Fuyōna almost ripped through his body with a quick slash of his arm that was covered in razor-sharp bones.
Obito had managed to avoid the attack with his Sharingan ability and turned to trap Fuyōna in his chains.
Fuyōna wasn't impressed and grabbed the chain with his free hand, freezing the metal before snapping it in two.
Obito was flung into the air and landed swiftly before being forced on the defensive. He had had to let his entire body slip into another dimension to escape Fuyōnas onslaught of attacks before he reappeared at a safe distance.
"You are indeed strong Kage slayer," Obito said.
"I will have to pull him in as fast as I can." Obito then thought as he took a ready stance.
"It's time to end this," Fuyōna said as he started to create hand signs.
Obito smiled behind his mask as he vanished and reappeared, ready to grab Fuyōna, sucking him into another dimension.
"You fell for it." Fuyōna thought as he suddenly allowed bones to shoot out from all over his body.
Obito was forced to let them pass through him again and couldn't grab Fuyōna as there was nowhere to hold.
Obito jumped back, and as soon as his foot touched the ground, it froze. Ice travelling halfway up his body.
"How did he!" Obito shouted in shock as he couldn't move.
"Now! Ice mist!" Fuyōna said as he let loose his ice mist jutsu, knowing that it would follow him into his jutsu as ice mist froze the very air itself right down to the atoms.
Obito slipped into his dimension to avoid the jutsu. However, his cloak and body started to freeze over anyway.
He quickly tossed the robe off his body and was even forced to rip his white Zetsu arm off to stop the spread.
"How did his jutsu reach me here?" Obito asked, confused. "I thought I slipped away in time."
"It would seem this battle is lost. I can't fight him at half strength and with only one arm." Obito said to himself.
Suddenly to Obitos surprise, an ice mirror starts to form from the ice on his cloak, and Fuyōna dashed out of it kicking him in the chest.
Obito hit the ground hard and slid along the floor before he flipped over, landing back to his feet.
"H-How did you..." He said, clutching his chest from the blow.
Fuyōna played with a bone blade in his hand as he twirled it between his fingers.
"Looks like I figured out how to counter your jutsu. Now you can't run." Fuyōna said as he fired round after round of lightning style bone bullets.
Obito did his best to dodge and block each barrage, but with only one arm, he was unable to.
The bone bullets shredded him to pieces and soon enough, he fell to his knees, exhausted and out of options.
"Why you... I will make you suffer for this." Obito said, extremely angry.
Fuyōna walked over to him and placed a hand on his forehead.
"This should release the genjutsu." He said as he slapped his hand onto Obitos head, breaking the seal and stopping his genjutsu.
Obito's body started to fade away as the genjutsu faded. Fuyōna had been right. He couldn't kill him here, hell he was pretty sure he wasn't even fighting Obito at half his power, but it didn't matter.
"We will meet again... Kage killer," Obito said before he entirely faded away.
Fuyōna slipped back into the ice mirror and returned to Yaguras inner world. It was all one big complex genjutsu and inner mind battle, but it had been real. If Fuyōna had lost his real body would have suffered the same as his mind had.
Fuyōna let the deeper thoughts of what had just happened or how it had pass over his head. No good would come of overthinking it. Now he had to attend to the Mizukage. Obito had been right, the seal had been rigged, and now he was dying.
Yagura was awake and taking slow yet deep breaths.
"Fuyōna... You did it." He said, clearly weak.
"It's over, lord Mizukage. The genjutsu has been broken.
Yagura smiled.
"I knew I could count on you, Fuyōna. He was too strong for me to defeat, and now I must leave the rest to you." He said as he started coughing.
"I'm sorry I couldn't save you," Fuyōna said with a heavy heart.
"No. I'm sorry it had to come to this. I let you down. I let my village down, and I failed as the Mizukage..." He said, tears coming to his eyes.
"Promise me, Fuyōna. Promise me you will do better than I did. Promise me you will lead and protect the village."
Fuyōna nodded as he looked Yagura in the eyes.
"I will."
"I think knowing that the village is in your hands means I can rest easy." He said with a small smile.
Fuyōna noticed that the three tails was also waking up now, and the chains that had bound it fell away.
"I have one last favour to ask of you Fuyōna, I know it is selfish of me, but please." He said as the light was starting to fade from his eyes.
"What it is?" Fuyōna asked.
"Please look after my daughter. She is only young and will face so much hardship for what I have done. Please look out for her." Yagura asked with his final breath.
"I will," Fuyōna said.
With that, Yagura took his last breath, and the life faded from his eyes, yet the smile remained on his face.
Suddenly the three tails roared and attacked Fuyōna with pure rage as it smashed its tails down at him.
This was his warning to leave, and In doing so, Fuyōna opened his eyes, taking in his surroundings of the real world.
He was still inside the ice that had trapped the three tails. But, now its body started to shrink, and it soon returned to Yaguras structure.
Fuyōna knew now that Yagura had passed, the three tails would also die. But he also knew it would come back soon enough. The only problem would be getting to it before anyone else did.
Fuyōna released his jutsu, and the huge block of ice simply burst, turning into snow that blew away in the wind.
"It's over," Fuyōna said as he looked at Yaguras body lying on the ground.
"You did everything you could, Fuyōna," Saiken said.
He knew that, yet he still felt as if he had failed.
"I had better let the others know it's over." He said as he made the hand signs to create some clones.
The clones burst off in different directions to locate each group and relay the news to them. He hoped that they had all survived the battle, and he also hoped with the news of Yaguras death, it would stop the fighting.
Fuyōna let his clones scatter as they went off to find the rest of his allies who had been fighting their own battles. Fuyōna could only hope that they had survived and waited for his clones to make contact.
Currently, Mei, Kōgetsu and Ganryū were resting as they had defeated Yagura's Anbu and Mangetsu, who was now restrained so he could do no further damage.
He had already killed three-quarters of Ganryū's unit, including the reinforcements from Kaga's. He had been able to wound Mei and even defeat his own cousin Kōgetsu who was the next head of the Hōzuki clan.
"You won't get away with this. I'll kill you all!" Mangetsu roared even though his body had an electrical current running through it so that he couldn't move.
"Give it up, Mangetsu. The battle is over." Mei said.
"Shouldn't we take more precautions and restrain him more?" Kōgetsu said.
Mei was starting to get the impression that this kid was a real worrywart.
"It's fine, he can't move like that, and besides, the battle is over now." She said.
Mei was sat down with her back to a tree as she let her shoulder rest. It would need medical treatment, but for now, rest was the next best thing.
Ganryū was busy tending to his fallen troops, and the number was fast approaching 100.
"We should kill him. He's too much of a threat to be left alive." He said, letting his anger take over.
"Calm down, Ganryū. Our orders are to keep as many alive as possible, remember?" Mei said, standing to her feet.
"He singlehandedly killed 100 of my men! I can't just let this go!" Ganryū shouted as he drew his sword.
Kōgetsu stood in his path along with Mei.
"I can't let you kill him either. I am sorry for what he has done. He was fighting for the village, not knowing why. You can't blame him for following the Mizukages orders even if they were wrong." Kōgetsu said, actually making sense.
"I don't care. He must pay!" Ganryū said."
He wasn't the only one who agreed, as the others that had survived the battle took his side.
The odds for Mei and Kōgetsu were looking slim now as it was the many vs the few.
"Just calm down, otherwise." Mei started.
"Otherwise, what? You will kill us?" Ganryū said, raising his sword.
"Yeah, get out of our way!" Someone else shouted with more joining in.
Mei knew this wasn't looking good, and unless she wanted to kill her own men, she would have no choice but to let them have Mangetsu.
"No!" Kōgetsu shouted as he took a battle stance.
"If you want Mangetsu, you will have to kill me first!" He shouted.
Ganryū and his unit of twenty others didn't seem too bothered with that, and all got ready to charge.
"No, you can't, Ganryū, stand down!" Mei shouted.
Kōgetsu didn't like his chances and decided he had no choice. Turning around, he shot a water bullet at the sword that was holding Mangetsu in place.
Mangetsu had remained silent this whole time, and now he was free. He jumped up into the air and faced Ganryū and the others without fear.
"Not so tough now I'm free, are you! If you want me dead, come and get me!" He shouted as he pulled his sword from the ground taking a battle-ready position.
"Kōgetsu, what have you done!" Mei shouted as she jumped back away from Mangetsu.
"We don't have to fight anymore. It's over!" Kōgetsu shouted, trying to calm both sides.
"It's too late for that kid!" Ganryū shouted.
"Attack!" He shouted as he charged forwards, his men following him.
Mangetsu let his chakra flow into his sword, allowing it to grow and grow until it became so large that it could wipe all of them out in one swing.
"I should have done this in the first place instead of toying with you!" Mangetsu shouted as he swung his sword.
All seemed helpless to Mei and Kōgetsu as the two groups were determined to kill one another.
"That's enough!" A voice shouted as the owner moved too fast for anyone to see.
A forceful gust of wind blew Ganryū and the others back so hard that they flew through the air a good six meters before falling to the ground.
Mangetsu had also been unable to see what was going on but had launched his attack anyway, intent on killing all of them in one blow.
However, to his and everyone else shock, Fuyōna could be seen as the dust settled. He was in his tailed beast cloak with six tails as he had stopped Mangetsu's attack with one arm that was protected in a layer of bone while with the other, he had pushed everyone aside to create room.
Mangetsu was shocked to see that Fuyōna had stopped his attack with just one arm, and if anything, it pissed him off.
"Why you!" Mangetsu shouted as he split his swords in two and went for the attack.
Fuyōna gave him a stern look as he closed the gap too fast for Mangetsu to see, striking his chest with a palm strike.
His hand went right through Mangetsu, and he smiled.
"That won't work on me!"
But to his horror, he found that he couldn't move.
"What- What have you done!" He shouted as he managed to look down to see that his body had been frozen from his chest down, un-abling him to move.
"It's over, Mangetsu," Fuyōna said as he simply took his swords out of his hands before stabbing both of them into the ground.
Everyone was amazed at his display of power, and Fuyōna let the tailed beast cloak fade away into the wind.
"The battle is over. Lord Mizukage is dead." He shouted, getting everyone's attention.
Mangetsu was now extremely shocked, but despite his best efforts, he still couldn't move.
"So it came to that?" Mei asked.
"I want all of you to come to my location here." He said as he shouted them.
Ganryū then realised that this Fuyōna was only a clone, yet he had still been able to stop Mangetsu as if he were a child.
"And no more fighting. This war is over." He said, looking at Mangetsu and Ganryū.
Gabryū bowed his head in agreement, but Mangetsu spat on the ground.
"You think I will follow you after this!" He shouted.
Fuyōna thought it might come to this and walked over to him, placing his hand on his head.
"If you don't believe me, then watch." He said as he placed a seal on his head, allowing Mangetsu to see what he had seen.
Mangetsu couldn't believe it, but after seeing it with his own eyes, he gave in.
"So you were telling the truth... But how? Why?" He said, still not understanding.
"Come with the others, and I will show you," Fuyōna said as he undid his jutsu and handed back his sword.
Mangetsu took it and, after a slight pause, clicked his blades back together and placed it on his back.
"Very well." He said, falling in line.
"I will see you all there," Fuyōna said before his body turned to ice and broke into pieces as the clone jutsu came undone.
Mangetsu watched as Fuyōna turned into a clone, and he couldn't help but feel weak. A clone, even physical, was not even as strong as half of the power of the original.
He did know that a shadow clone jutsu of the hidden leaf was different, and just one clone would be at half the original's strength. But that still didn't answer his question of just how strong Fuyōna was and how he could stop his attack with just one arm.
Meanwhile, one of Fuyōna's other clones had found Kaga's group, who had been stationed along the village's border to protect it.
They had also provided reinforcements to Ganryū and had even had to fall back from the aftermath of Fuyōna's battle with Yagura.
"Captain Yuki!" Kaga shouted as he greeted him with a bow.
"Good to see you, Kaga," Fuyōna said with a smile.
"You too. Everything is good on our side, is the battle over?" He said.
"Yes. I want you and your men to report to this location, where I will brief everyone at the same time."
"At once, captain," Kaga said, not wasting any time.
"See you there, Kaga," Fuyōna said as his body turned to ice and his clone crumbled.
"Alright, men, let's go!" Kaga shouted as he leads the way.
Fuyōna's last clone was currently making its way to find Hatsu and Ao. If he wasn't mistaken, he had last seen them in a battle against Ameyuri.
Fuyōna could feel Ao's chakra and watched as a massive thunderbolt hit the ground.
Fuyōna rushed in to try and see what had happened, and he found Ao lying on the ground, hurt severely.
"Ao! what happened?" Fuyōna asked as he knelt next to him.
"Well, look who decided to show," Ao said through the pain.
He slowly sat up and pointed over to where the thunder had struck.
"It's not good, Fuyōna. Ameyuri tried to take us all out in a last ditched effort. I'm not sure if Hatsu made it..." Ao said.
Fuyōna turned around to get a better look. He was growing impatient and, with a wave of his arm, blew away the smoke with a gust of wind chakra.
Ameyuri was on her knees, still breathing somehow. However, to Fuyōna's atrocity. Hatsu was lead on the floor, lifeless.
"No..." Fuyōna said as he walked over to take a good look at his body, seeing if there was anything he could do to try and save him.
"He's dead..." Ameyuri said through heavy breaths.
"The fool thought he could stick me and get away with it..." She said, laughing at her own joke.
"This wasn't supposed to happen," Fuyōna said quietly to Hatsu. Apologising to his friend who had given his life for the sake of the village.
"I'm sorry, my friend. I wasn't able to protect you..." He said, biting his lip.
"All of you are traitors and deserve to die. Hell, if I weren't so tired, I would do it myself." Ameyuri said with a wicked smile.
Fuyōna ran his fingers down Hatsu's eyes to close them before he made a few hand signs and placed his hand on his chest.
"I promise I will do what is right, just like you wanted me to, Hatsu," Fuyōna said, allowing his ice to cover Hatsus body so it would preserve it.
"So what now, boys..." Ameyuri said as she looked to Fuyōna and Ao, who was back on his feet clutching his arm.
"Ao, report to this location with the others. I want to brief everyone at the same time." Fuyōna said.
"Is it done?" Ao asked.
"He's dead," Fuyōna said bluntly.
Ao nodded and decided it was best he do as he was told, leaving Fu and Ameyuri alone.
Ameyuri was shocked to hear that Yagura was dead and looked at Fuyōna, trying to gauge him from head to toe.
"You killed lord Mizukage?" She spat, still unable to move.
Her attack had done a number on her, and from what Fuyōna could see, she had used her lightning style to keep her wound from killing her, for now.
"I did. Just like you killed my friend. Hatsu." Fuyōna said as he slowly kneeled down in front of her, so they were face to face.
"He was your friend? Well, sorry about that." She said as she coughed up more blood.
"I could save you. Your wounds are still within the realm of being able to save your life. By all rights, you are a strong Kunoichi, the second strongest in the whole village." Fuyōna said with his eyes closed as he was deep in thought.
"Just get on with it, will ya already. I hate long drawn out speeches." She said.
Fuyōna opened his eyes and placed a hand on her chest. He let his ice spread and stopped the bleeding in her chest, it was a little painful, but she soon found relief.
"Why?.." She asked, confused.
"I think you have the wrong idea Ameyuri. I'm not saving your life. I am merely extending it so I can make you suffer!" Fuyōna said as he suddenly drove a frozen knife hand into her stomach.
Ameyuri flinched as she could feel his hand inside her, and she coughed up some blood as he pulled it back out.
Her face suddenly went pale as the pain started to become unbearable.
"What- What have you done!!!" She screamed all of a sudden as she doubled over from it.
Ameyuri curled up into a ball as she screamed in agony from whatever Fuyōna had done to her.
"Aaargghhhh!!!!!!!" She screamed as she kicked her legs out from the pain.
Fuyōna remained knelt down Japanese style as he watched her squirm.
"What I have done to you is something i created for my worst enemies. I call it, Subatomic cryonic jutsu." Fuyōna said.
"It took me a long time to get it down. You are the first living person I have tried it on."
"Aaarghhhhhhh!!!" Ameyuri screamed again as she rolled and jarred around from the pain.
"What it does, is it freezes your body at a subatomic level. I don't know what your knowledge of physics is like, but subatomic means something smaller than an atom." Fuyōna said.
"It's not something your world would know much about, but in mine. Well, where I am from, we knew about these things." He said with a small smile coming to his face as Ameyuri started to spasm from the pain.
"It is the scale at which the atomic constituents, such as the nucleus containing protons and neutrons, and the electrons, which orbit in spherical or elliptical paths around the nucleus, become apparent."
"In laymen's terms. Your body is freezing from the inside out, from the very inside. The inside that you didn't even know you had is freezing, causing such severe pain that you will most likely die of a heart attack before you freeze to death. However, that's where I come in. Every time your heart is about to give out, I will kickstart it with a jolt of electricity, like a defibrillator, if you will. Bringing you back so that you can endure more and more pain every time." He said.
"Argh!!!" Ameyuri screamed as she experienced her first heart failure.
As promised, Fuyōna jolted her with a weak lightning style, restoring her heart after a moment, letting her feel the pain all over again.
He continued to do this over and over so that she would suffer. This torture would continue in secret while everyone else met up with the real Fuyōna so he could brief them on what had happened until he was satisfied with his revenge.
So that's the end of this chapter...
A little bit deep towards the end, but a fate that she deserved for killing the MC's best friend.
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