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Last time on Tempest...

Sandaime Hokage, Shinobi no Kami, released a sigh. Finally steeling his gaze, in a commanding voice, he gave the final orders directed to the shinobis in front of him.

"Prepare yourselves, because, in a month, you will be invading Sunagakure and assassinate the Sandaime Kazekage."

Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Mikoto answered in unison.

"Hai, Hokage-sama."

The three of them looked over the figure lining up to the wall, an impassive face met their gazes.

"Let's go."

Chapter 7: Sunagakure's fall

~ 40 Days Later ~

Kumogakure no Sato

Ē, Sandaime Raikage, was known to be a man that preferred Power over Brains just like Shodaime and Nidaime, but differently from his ancestors, he never disregarded any type of knowledge as useless.

So It wasn't overall surprising that he actually held a good amount of respect towards the new rising threat that was Senju Naruto.

His hand absently ran over a scar inflicted on him on the shoulder by the Nidaime Hokage, Senju Tobirama. Even with his abnormal physical prowess, the same scar didn't disappear over the years, a proof of the deceased Senju's power.

Gazing over the Bingo Book once again, his eyes landed on the picture of the young Senju. A feeling of dread washed over him looking at those dark-red eyes which he noticed looked very similarly to his deceased rival's ones. He shook his head, reading the information out loud.

Bingo Book #21 Entry

Name: Senju Naruto

Moniker: Shi no Arashi

Age: 15

Affiliation: Konohagakure no Sato

Rank: High-A

Relations: Unknown parents, Senju Clan and probably Yuki Clan

Kekkei Genkai: Hyōton

Known Elements: High-Affinity towards Suiton, Raiton and Fūton. Low-affinity towards Doton

Description: 5'4 Height, pale skin, spiky black-haired, 2 bangs framing the sides of his face, dark-red eyes and three dark-red birthmark lines on his face. Midnight-blue flakvest, black ANBU pants as well as Shinobi sandals, a black, high-colar, cloak with Kanji for Taka Sennin embedded on the back.

Bounty: Death or Alive:15,000,000 - Suna (Approach with Caution)

Death or Alive: 10,000,000 - Ame (Approach with Caution)

He hummed in thought, 'Dark-red eyes, the exact same birthmarks as Tobirama... a direct relative? I would've already known if he had a son and the spies we had in Konoha had reported nothing of sorts. So, who are you, Senju Naruto?'

The Raikage knew Konoha had gained another powerhouse in their ranks, his achievements in the battle for Nami no Kuni were proof of that and more... Proof that he was on his way to be able to battle a whole army by himself, and he could count the number of Shinobis that could take on armies by themselves just with his fingers.

A random thought went through his mind, did that young Senju held any grudge towards his village for being responsible towards Tobirama's death?

In that moment, a shiver went down his spine.

'Hn, whatever...'

Nevertheless, he was actually curious to know what his fellow Kages were thinking about this matter. Like him, they should know when such skilled and talented young Shinobi that survived an encounter with a Bijū, even if It was only Nibi, the Kazekage AND Sanshuō no Hanzō.

No...

He didn't just survived, he had looked them in the eyes and disregarded their past achievements as if they were equals. And in Nibi's case, defeating her.

Such confidence was something that came with the self conscious that someone knew he or she could held their ground and maybe defeat them.

And that, that was troubling.

Ē released a sigh of frustration, he was getting old and couldn't wait to pass on the title to his successor, his son. But that was only to be in a few more years. The brat was still too arrogant and still needed the right training to manage a whole village.

He had to prove himself in the war that was already reaching his village that he indeed deserved his father's legacy, Kumogakure no Sato.

For now, he would wait. Wait for the next step, the battle for Nami no Kuni was a huge blow and his military mind screamed to him to take the chance and make a direct approach on Suna, Ame or Konoha since they lost many Shinobis in the field, mainly the former, but he knew that a strategic move would be better than making a rash decision.

So, for now, he would wait.

Iwagakure no Sato

Ryōtenbin no Ōnoki was a simple man... well, at least in his modest opinion.

He held his master's teachings in high regards, such as the fact that Iwagakure always comes first and that he should resort to anything so that his village can strive, even using any of his villagers as a tool.

Many would think that he was a selfish bastard but if you really thought about the matter, he was just defending his home, his family, while making it even better as time goes on.

Right now, he held the recent updated Bingo Book, reading the information of two Konoha Shinobis that were getting a lot of fame from their achievements in this early time of war.

Namikaze Minato and Senju Naruto.

The latter being from such a clan It was actually reasonable but the former was one of those rare cases where a prodigy is born. The intellect, skill and mainly his speed was something out of this world and the jutsu the rumours said that he used to redirect a fucking-Bijūdama was mind-blowing.

He knew what he had to do, It was simple really... just like the man he was.

Erase Minato and Naruto from this world.

The Sandaime Tsuchikage was also cunning, very cunning, didn't you know that too? He wouldn't directly attack them, oh no, there were other ways to make them suffer greater pain like no other, such as if something was to happen with their relatives or precious people.

In his mind, these youngsters didn't have what It takes to survive in this world, and he would show them why he survived for so long as he wasn't the oldest of the Five Kages for nothing.

It would take a while to gather such private information but during that time he would just conquer the smallers and unprotected villages before making a direct and blunt approach to them or any other Great Nations.

The War was still on its early stages, though even if Konoha has been winning battles after battles, everything could change in one night. Manipulating the Kazekage had been a good move by the Raikage, yes, he knew what the Kumogakure's strongest wanted with that so-called temporary alliance, he would bet his entire village that if the Battle for Nami had went the other way around the Raikage was probably going to betray him and take the small country for himself.

The proof of that was his appearance towards the end of the battle, such small detail went probably unnoticed to everyone but not him. Though, It didn't matter anyway.

Only for future references really...

Sunagakure no Sato

Sakumo, Mikoto and Naruto gazed upon the village in the shadows. It was actually too easy to infiltrate Suna.

Easier than bypass the scouts stationed at the borders of Kaze no Kuni. Well, It was understandable as It's only been a month and a week really since they had a good percentage of their army killed.

Sunagakure was basically unorganised, the Higher-ups were probably having many debates if they should maintain their troops to protect the borders so they won't be seen as a village that had been very weakened after the battle for Nami no Kuni or if they should just recall their Shinobis and focus on protecting the village.

There were many pros and cons with this. If they went with the former, they would be weakening the village, being way more vulnerable to spies, in case, they got through their borders undetected.

If they choose the latter though, It would have a large negative impact not just on the population's moral, but financially.

The Kaze's Daimyō would immediately take notice of the lower protection over his country and as soon as he had put the pieces together, he would instantly cut financing Sunagakure, and that would be catastrophic as any village needs financial support during a War.

Troublesome times, indeed.

It's been almost four-days since the trio infiltrated the village, soon they gathered many vital information, ranging from military to financial.

They could see how the villagers, both civilians and shinobis , knew that Suna was way behind everyone because of their defeat over a month ago. They took a huge blow and they knew that, Shinobis were tense as what they called their weapon been extremely different since that battle.

The Suna's Jinchūriki had suddenly become a pacifist of some sorts, the completely opposite of the booodthirsty man they had come to know.

Unknown to the group, Naruto knew the real reason for that drastic change but he wouldn't tell them... 'For now'. It was still too soon for the world to know about his personal plans about the Bijūs.

At the moment, Naruto was using his sensory abilities so the mission could go as they planned, they didn't want to take any chances as they had no illusions that they could take on an entire village, even if said village was weakened and in a disarray.

It was his mission to assassinate the Kazekage, Kazeryū, while Mikoto and Sakumo distracted the likes of ANBU and other nuisances that could put a dent in their plans. The Uchiha and Hatake Clan members weren't preoccupied if someone saw them as that too was one of the plans, the Cloud symbol embedded on their headband shined brightly on their forehead. They were using a high-level of Henge combined with a powerful Genjutsu, only someone like the Kazekage, the Jinchūriki or a high-class Sensor would take notice of the almost imperceptible double-layer Genjutsu surrounding them.

Suddenly, one of his eye twitched. Dark-red eyes instantly snapped open and narrowed at the small signature of chakra flying towards Kazekage's office.

'That's...'

Everyone would pass that as a normal bird that was used to deliver reports, urgent requests and the likes, but not Naruto.

Let it be said that Naruto has recorded every single signature he has ever felt, in his mind, and that black coloured bird wasn't exception.

The coloration was a dead giveaway as well, if he wasn't such an adapt sensor he would most probably miss the animal but that wasn't to be. His mind was already racing through the implications and the meaning of this. He couldn't contact Mikoto nor Sakumo who had already left to accomplish their individual missions.

'There's no mistake about it... That's one of the Uchiha's Kuchiyose.'

Summonings are a rare thing in the world, there's many high-caliber Shinobis who are not blessed with such lifetime partners. It's very hard to come upon one. There's a double-edge way to find one, via using the respective hand-seals and check which animal you're aligned to but that can have drastic consequences and if you're really not destined to have any Summon, you'll be stuck in some random realm and eventually die. That's why no one uses that method. The most common was if your family had a Summon as their protector, legacy or heirloom.

The Uchihas were and are a powerful clan coming from the Warring States Period, and so It isn't that surprising that they held such vast amount of wealth and of course, there was two or three families inside the Uchiha Clan that had got their hands on some random contract.

Uchiha Kagami was known for his Crow's, for example. The Crow's summoning contract was always passed upon to the heir of the Clan since the old days.

But...

That was a Sparrow.

The Sparrow's Contract were known, in Konoha, to be used only by one of the branch families of the Uchiha Clan.

'Oh? So there's someone trying to overthrow the current Uchiha's Head by killing the heiress... It seems I'll have quite a talk with Kagami-sama...'

The question is: How could have someone get the knowledge of this mission? It was a secret not even known to the council... Was someone in the room while the Hokage was debriefing us about the mission?

'No... I would have sensed it. Not even someone from ROOT could hid from me or Hokage's for that matter.'

So that meant... Mikoto or Sakumo. The latter was very doubtful as he didn't disclose such type of informations with his wife, who was taking care of their newborn son, Kakashi, to not make her worried. However, Mikoto, being the heiress could mean that she spoke with her father before the mission... and someone overheard.

'That confirms it... that indeed someone is trying to take over the Uchiha Clan...'

Naruto snapped out of this thoughts as the same small signature vanished, probably by Gyaku Kuchiyose, but what was more confusing was that the Kazekage was moving towards a different location quite fast...

... before stopping, after a few minutes.

'An isolated area? So that means he's challenging whoever wants to assassinate him.'

Naruto's lips twitched into a grin, a certain glint in his eyes at the prospect of a worthy dance with a Kage. At least no one was around and as soon as he gets too flashy, Kazekage would be already dead and Naruto on his way towards the rendezvous point when his little troops were to arrive.

~ Meanwhile ~

Konohagakure no Sato

Uchiha's Compound

Many would say that seeing Fugaku smiling was a very rare sight. Well, and they were right. To Fugaku, no one was worthy enough to see him smile, simple as that, not even the Uchiha Clan.

'Not the current Uchiha's.'

Fugaku was a teenager that came from a line of Uchihas that had always despised the Senjus, that always shared the belief on the Sharingan users being the superiors and, in the end, making the worst mistake by accepting an alliance with their rivals.

A line that always shared Madara's beliefs. Though, history is always changing, everyone could distort something in a story and even the smallest detail could make the difference in the end.

No one, except a few, knew that Madara was the one to name Konohagakure. That the village was his dream along with Senju Hashirama. He had battled the Senjus mainly because of his brother, Izuna, who hated the Senjus because of his little brothers deaths.

Even after Izuna dying, in the end, he accepted the alliance offered to him by Hashirama and his childhood dream was finally achieved in form of Konohagakure no Sato.

What changed were the rumours that the Uchihas were planning behind his back. His family wanted to go behind Uchiha Madara's back. After everything he had done for them, the countless battles, after surpassing the Curse of Hatred after the death of his most precious person, his brother, and finally getting the stability and long-sought peace for the Clan... they were plotting behind his back.

One thing led to another and he deserted the village, his village, his family.

For revenge? Yes.

Against Senju Tobirama or Konoha as whole? No...

Oh no... He only came back years later to put an end to the Uchiha Clan. A Clan that was his family, a family that was going to betray him if he had stayed a little longer.

The story says that It was for another reasons, like he wanted the Hokage's title and that he had become paranoid because he lost once again against his bitter-rival Hashirama.

Tobirama's views on the Uchihas were not wrong, in Madara's opinions, even if the former thought that the Gunbai user was the culprit behind everything.

Madara came back for revenge, but that was not to be as Hashirama, too, grew in strength and defeated him on their final dance.

But as the narrator said, history could be a set of lies agreed upon.

So It wasn't a surprise that Fugaku thought he was doing a noble thing, worth of Madara's praise. The fact that the renegade and deceased Uchiha was the strongest and only equal to Senju Hashirama, was a bonus. Fugaku saw that as the right mindset for power.

He would be the Uchiha's Head and carry on the legacy of his ancestor and bring them back to the top once again. It disgusted him being around a clan full of weaklings, everyone wanted to protect the village, forgetting how the clan was once feared all over the Elemental Nations, forgetting how they were at the top of the food's chain and forgetting that everyone once upon a time, bowed when in their presence.

Fugaku original plan was to make contact with the heiress, Uchiha Mikoto, and eventually he would take the Head role so the woman could take care of their future child...

... but that wasn't to be.

Because of the appearance of a Senju.

His eyes burned, a pair of blood-red 3 tomoe'd eyes gazed at distance with fury just thinking about the latter.

The prowess that the damn Senju showed in the early stages of this War left the Uchiha infuriated. Not just that, but that sack of bones of Hokage would always send him into vital missions, increasing his reputation among the villagers even more.

It wasn't really surprising that everyone already worshipped the ground he walked on... Fugaku seethed, everywhere he went, the damn brat (AN: Naruto is a year younger xD) would come to the conversation.

It should be him, Fugaku, who should have been in the village's mind. It should be him, who they worship.

But the last nail was when the young Uchiha saw the glances the Heiress sent to the Senju. Their closeness was something that made him finally snap and starting to plot to take his Clan by force.

So, It was by coincidence when he was heading towards a training ground and watched Mikoto urgently entering her and her father's house that he came upon the conversation about a top secret mission.

His mind had immediately twisted and former an evil plan. And now, here he was, hearing the confirmation of his little summon that he had successfully delivered the letter to the Kazekage without any difficulties.

With the Heiress's death and with the Kagami's inability to produce another heir, Fugaku would be the best candidate for the role as he was, by far, the strongest of this Uchiha's generation, only surpassed by Mikoto.

Last but not least, the Senju would be dead by the end of the day.

Suna no Shima

Kazeryū, only known wielder of Satetsu, the iron sand, a man in his mid-thirties, was someone that wasn't meant to be a Kage. He had the skills and talent, but he lacked the right mentality to manage a village.

He didn't mind being a Commander, but a Kage was a different story. He didn't like politics and his decisions were only reasonable when it came to battles.

He was a battle strategist, praised by his father, the Nidaime Kazekage. Although he had his share bit of cunning, he knew how easily manipulated he could be and that was one of the reasons that he didn't want to be a Kage, he didn't have the ability to play with words like others, Sarutobi and Ōnoki, and didn't have the heart nor the right achievements to rule his village with an iron-fist like Ēi.

It was rare case for a prodigy to be born in Sunagakure, a genius of a specific type, however, was more common. Like himself, he was a battle-oriented genius.

He didn't have any doubts that he would be dead if that unknown message hadn't reached him in time. He was kinda surprised actually that Konoha had such type of people walking in their mist. Being the type of man he is, immediately went to action and instead of bringing his guards, left the office and went towards what he calls the Suna Island, a few miles from Sunagakure, where he used to train with his father.

"Many years ago, this island was used to battle Ichibi before It could reach the village..." Kazeryū spoke out loud to no one in particular, his arms were crossed over his chest while gazing at the clear sky, with a faraway look.

"It will also be known as the Kazekage's grave in a few minutes..." A few meters away from the Kazekage, at a certain spot, the winds seem to pick up the speed as a small tornado took shape, It took but a second to materialize itself into a known figure that Kazekage met recently.

"Senju Naruto, huh?"

The figure narrowed his now visible dark-red eyes. 'It seems I was correct about that little bird... He was indeed waiting for me.'

The Senju heir didn't move an inch as the man in front of him, continued "There was a reason for that. To battle a being such as the Ichibi here...

Naruto's eyes widened slightly as a wave of iron sand materialized from the sandy ground beneath them, the fact that It took little less than two seconds to form was what astonished him.

... there's no one around, nothing to make us hold back... Satetsu Renzan! (Iron Sand: Mountain Range)"

Naruto's body moved on its own, purely on instinct, as many iron spears came out of the wall of Iron Sand, impaling the ground where he stood just a second ago.

"Satetsusō (Iron Sand Spear)"

His right-hand blurred through a small chain of hand-seals before thrusting it on the ground as an electrical discharge exploded out of his hand towards the Sand's wall, using the ground as medium.

Raiton: Denkō Noroshi! (Lightning Release: Lightning Signal Fire)

ZWAAAAP

The electrical discharge instantly destabilized the wall, making it disperse into puddles of iron sand on the ground, his left-hand was already finishing its own sequence...

Suiton: Seiryūshō (Water Release: Azure Dragon Palm)

Thrusting his hand forward, a jet of water materialized out of his hand, its tip taking shape of a dragon-head, before It smashed against the unmoving form of the Kazekage, who had already made a single hand-seal as the same puddles of Iron Sand protected his body in the form of a ball.

"Satetsu no Kabe (Iron Sand Wall)"

Kazeryū missed his opponent's smirk as not sooner as the jet of water smashed against the wall, the iron sand immediately cracked under the pressure making the current Kazekage eyes widened slightly. The dragon-headed jet had combined with the eletricity still running through the iron sand from the previous encounter, which the Kazekage's had not taken into account, cracking it as soon as It smashed against the wall.

Kazeryū gritted his teeth in pain as the water plus eletricity washed over him after sending himself a few meters backwards from sheer force of it.

'Such high-affinity towards Raiton and Suiton... He doesn't even need to spell the jutsu out loud and let's not forget about the single hand-seals. I'm at disadvantage even if the playing field is my home. I've got to keep my distance. Then...'

Iron sand sprout out of his back, a pair of black wings immediately took shape, making Naruto's eyes narrow. They flapped violently downwards taking the Kazekage into the air.

"Satetsu no Tsubasa (Iron Sand Wings)"

Naruto's mind raced through many plans as he watched those troublesome wings making his opponent unreachable... 'I can't make a direct approach if he's in the air. There's also iron sand everywhere on the ground, It would be a mistake attacking head on.'

He was snapped ou of his thoughts as from those black wings, thousands of iron needles materialized out of it before It rained upon him...

"Satetsu no Hari Totsugeko (Iron Sand Needles Assault)"

Naruto's hands blurred through many hand-seals as he gritted his teeth at the chakra input, making use of the puddles of water made by the previous jet, It took shape of a wall before freezing itself into a wall of ice. The high-temperature in the area making It hard to sustain and form such technique, the proof being the small sweat forming in Naruto's forehead.

"Hyōton: Suishōheki! (Ice Release: Crystal Wall)"

Naruto sighed in relief as he heard the sound of the needles impacting against the wall, the latter not budging a bit before his eyes widened as he felt his legs being enveloped in iron sand...

'So, his plan was to make myself distracted with the needles coming from the air, while he moved the iron sand that was still on the ground... Not bad.'

"It's over. Satetsu Kyū (Iron Sand Coffin)"

Naruto closed his eyes, sparks of eletricity started to dance around his body as the iron sand started to envelope his entire body, almost reaching his face...

"Satetsu Sos-

... Raiton: Shiden Nagashi (Lightning Release: Purple Lightning Current)"

A shower of purple lightning exploded out of of Naruto's body, immediately burning the sand all around him to nothing, the Ice wall cracking as soon as the same lightning current made contact with it, dark-red eyes narrowing at widened green eyes.

Naruto moved his hand upwards, palm opened towards the Kazekage's flying figure, a current purplish lightning materialized in front of it before being lunged into his opponent.

Raiton: Raishinsen (Lightning Release: Thunderbolt Flash)

Its speed being completely different from the Raiton previously used, catching the Kazekage off guard, who only had time to put up a simple wall of iron sand, thought, It was not enough as It was simply decimated before his whole body went numb, instantly falling to one knee.

Naruto released a few deep breaths as the purple lightning that covered his body dissipated, gazing upon the falling form of his opponent. He started to walk towards the Satetsu wielder, his hears picking up the weak and rasped voice of the same person.

"I-I see... I w-was ind-deed a b-bad m-atch-up against yo-you..."

The Senju didn't stop walking towards him as his impassive face watched with some amusement the soon-to-be death Kage. He scoffed inwardly.

'Of course you were at disadvantage, fool. Konoha wouldn't sent someone who couldn't nullify such dangerous Kekkai Genkai. I was the best option seeing I could assassinate him easily with the help of my sensory abilities or, in case of something went wrong, I had enough skills to come out victorious without taking too much time.'

The sound of lightning roaring to life made Kazeryū tilt his head upwards, just in time to see the infamous Raijin no Ken descending upon him...

'I leave the village in your hands... Sabaku no Rasa.'

Naruto impaled the Senju's artifact, slightly surprised as the Kazekage didn't even tried to do something on his last breath. His sensory abilities picked up on many signatures coming towards his location, the chakra he had released was probably felt by everyone in the village and that giant iron sand wall at the beginning was prone to attract some attention.

His body shimmered out of existence after sealing the now-deceased Sandaime Kazekage's head in one of his sealing scrolls. He would have sealed the body but It was burnt beyond anything else, making it impossible to make any type of experiments or to try and find its secrets.

Naruto would leave the almost unidentifiable body alone, It would be just a glimpse on what was about to be unleashed into the world.

~ Minutes Later ~

A Few Miles Away

Kaze no Kuni

Naruto's body was a blur as he made another clean cut on some random Suna-nin.

The mission was going fine, well at least his mission. The same could not be said about his partners. It seemed they had underestimated their response-time. It was actually somewhat praising how Suna's army had retreated from their posts to intercept the invasion.

The news of the Kazekage's death was still unknown to those who intercepted them. For how they got word of someone invading their home?

Simple.

Sakumo and Mikoto had underestimated the power of one of Suna's specialities.

Kugutsu.

The Hatake Clan's Head had killed the parents of a Kugutsu Specialist Kunoichi named Chiyo, the woman who saw only red in her fit of fury, had unleashed a surprising assault of needles out of one of her puppet's creation, which fortunaly or unfortunately had grazed one of his legs...

That was fine however if the needles weren't coated with a deadly poison.

Mikoto had the only option to retreat with her crush's mentor otherwise she would be easily overwhelmed if the backup were at the same level as the woman who injured him and the teenager who accompanied her that gave the Uchiha girl quite a troublesome time, Akasuna no Sasori, the Kugutsu's prodigy.

Their Henge was all but forgotten, they weren't able to maintain it if they wanted a chance to survive.

While they moved at high-speeds towards Hi no Kuni, where they would be safe, the group of Suna-nins were gaining of them, Sakumo immediately saw this and narrowed his eyes while one of his Summoning dogs carried him on his back, before ordering...

"Leave me behind... I'll give you enough time to escape."

Naruto hardened his eyes hearing this. His mind was racing through many concrete plans to escape without risking anyone's life. He knew that what his Sensei was telling him was, logically, the best option but after spending so much time with the gray-haired man, he started to see him as part of his family...

... and Naruto never leaves his family behind.

Ignoring his Sensei's order/request, he gazed upon the form of Mikoto. "Miko-chan, I'll need you to buy me some time. There's no water around and barely any moisture in the air. I'm quite exhausted battling a Kage and all of these nuisances... I need to concentrate hard to gather whatever I can."

Seeing the teenager nod her head, he closed his eyes while still running full-speed, his teeth were grinding against each other as the amount of concentration and chakra needed to gather moisture in the middle of a desert was a feat on it's own.

"They are here." Hearing this, Sharingan blazed to life as 3 tomoes spinned widly, her hands were a blur as flames started to leak out of her mouth's cavity...

"Katon: Gōryūka no Jutsu!"

Mikoto breathed a huge dragon-headed shaped fireball, the desert's high-temperature seemed to boost its power as It was at least doubled in size.

Many Suna-nins were caught of guard at the sudden dragon-flame as they weren't expecting their prey to fight back... the other, a low majority, immediately slammed their hands on the sandy ground as many layers of earth walls emerged from the ground, in front of them.

"Doton: Tajū Doryūheki!" (Earth Release: Multi Earth Wall)

A big explosion followed the impact, the defenders had to push more chakra into the walls, such was the chakra input on that fire technique. Though, they didn't see Its purpose...

... as that was just to buy enough time.

A thick wall of crimson mist was unleashed out of Naruto's mouth, using whatever moisture there was in the air or from the plants around the area, It condensed and finally expanded covering everything around them.

Kōmu Kekkaijutsu (Crimson Mist Barrier)

The proficient sensors in Suna-nin's group narrowed their eyes as the signatures seemed to simple disappear, their scent followed soon after and vanished as well.

Not five seconds later, many hot-headed with a low amount of experience in the field simply ignored the orders to retreat and went ahead which would soon be their last mistake...

Naruto saw as how the mist had done its job, but he had to make sure that they wouldn't be followed again. His right-hand blurred through one-handed seals, before breathing an odorless poison mist which blended itself with the crimson mist...

Hyaku Saku Hana no Genjutsu (Hundred Blooming Flowers Illusion)

The name could be mistaken by the release of flowers instead of mist, but the fact is that the name is basically referring to the poison of said deadly flowers. As soon as they inhale it, even if just a fragment, they would be immediate caught in his Genjutsu.

There were many flaws if used head-on without any preparations, but the fact that the crimson mist was special as It masked their presence such as chakra signature, the sound itself and last but not least, the scent.

Neitherless to say, their followers would use everything they get a small glimpse and sense them and unknowingly being caught under his odorless mist Genjutsu.

The perfect combination of a Nin-Genjutsu.

Two clones materialized on his sides, already knowing what to do as they nodded towards the original before vanishing...

Sunagakure was about to lose a few more arrogant Shinobis.

Hi no Kuni

Military Camp

Mikoto released a sigh of relief for the umpteenth time.

She was still shaken up a bit that just a few hours ago, Konoha could have lost a major and important man from their forces.

Sakumo was currently having his poisoned leg treated, he had fallen asleep during the escape. Her hears picked up the sound of footsteps coming from behind her, though, she didn't move as the unknown figure sat beside her. They spent a good while just looking at the stars now visible around the night sky, before she grew bored and spoke to her companion.

"I thought It wasn't going to end... I know that a Kazekage's assassination is not supposed to be a simple mission, but still..."

The figure stayed silent for awhile, thinking deeply on that small statement, before giving his own opinion.

"That's where your wrong, Miko-chan. This is not the end, far from it actually. With Kazekage's death, the other villages will now take the war way more serious. The confirmation that a leader of one of the Great Nations was assassinated will get everyone haywire... If one of them was killed, what is stopping them being the next?"

The black-haired beauty mulled over his words, It was still the early stages of war and an important figure has already fallen. The amount of live's wasted was something that bothered her greatly as well. It was like they enjoyed war and make people suffer...

She shook her head out of those thoughts. Looking at the dark-red eyed boy, she could tell that something was wrong, there was something he wasn't telling as his body was very tense since they met near the rendezvous point.

Indeed, the young Senju had his mind still focused on the fact that some traitor was walking freely around Konoha at the moment. He was going to get the answers as soon as he got into the village and not even a second later. Their mission could have been perfectly done if not for the nuisance that babbled it to the Kazekage. His, or their, luck was that the latter was someone that seemed to have lost the faith in his village, Sunagakure, for some time. Otherwise, It could have been him, Mikoto and Sakumo under the desert or god forbid, getting experimented on.

'Whoever did it, will be his or her last mistake.'

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Aaaaand done!

So, Sunagakure was the first to fall... or did it? Will someone take upon the village and have a say in this war? Ohoho, I still have something planned for them.

And no, Naruto didn't forget about Ichibi... as I said, Sunagakure will come into the scene later.

Kirigakure is still out of the war, but will it be permanently? I'll give you a headsup: Nope!

Will Fugaku escape or get caught in time? Kukuku.

Seeya next time and don't forget to review.

Stay safe and Peace!