A/n: Okay, Before you guys start killing me about being absent for sooo long, I want to apologize and explain myself about the said absence. And I am aware that the last thing you all want is to see a long author's note before the chapter. So I'll try and keep this as brief as possible, but I really would like to explain about this absence, if just for my sake. You see after the last chapter I uploaded, first I had my practicals and final exams. And after that, I had to go for an internship in a foreign country, so I really didn't have any time on my hands to write it. But now I am back and I will try to be a little consistent from now on.

Disclaimer: "Oh! Here we go again. Do I really have to do it every goddamn time."

"Yes," A reply from somewhere in a deadpan voice.

"F**k you, you bastard. Ahem... um... so I don't own the franchise called uh... something."

"What "something?""

"*grrr* Okay okay, IdontowntheNarutoseriesitsownedbyKishimoto..."

"Hmm? What was that?"

"Oh shut the f**k up you god damn motherf..." "I will own it one day..." "Maybe"

**Important**

Now before we get on with the chapter, I would like to say something about the power structure for the jinchuriki I developed for my story. Well, the thing is, I personally am not a fan of monsters fighting each other in a battle of how big of a bomb can one monster produce to detonate it in the face of other monsters. And the other monster then getting back up and firing an even bigger bomb at the first monster and so on. I want a fight between two humans. So there will be no transformations for the jinchuriki, no bijuu mode, no second state and not even the first state. Of course, there will be things about jinchuriki that grant them special powers that I am going to discuss now

1. Shukaku (Ichibi: One Tail):- It will grant more control over sand manipulation, the jinchuriki can cover himself in the sand and use sand as limbs. And of course, it lends a huge amount of chakra to its jinchuriki. Also, it gives the jinchuriki a kekkei genkai - Magnet Release.

2. Matatabi (Nibi: Two Tails):- Matatabi has an enormous supply of chakra that can be utilized by its jinchuriki. And it also grants its jinchuriki very high agility. Also, it gives the user the kekkei genkai - Blaze Release, with this the jinchuriki can use blue flames in different ways to fight.

3. Isobu (Sanbi: Three Tails):- Well it don't have a jinchuriki, so we don't have to worry about it. Isobu itself had all the abilities from the story.

4. Son Goku (Yonbi: Four Tails):- Son Goku too, is a huge lump of chakra to be used by the jinchuriki. Also, it gives the user the kekkei genkai - Lava Release. As we have already seen. The jinchuriki can coat his entire body with lava to fight, which is a great advantage in close range fight.

5. Kokuo (Gobi: Five Tails):- Kokuo will give the jinchuriki the kekkei genkai - Boil Release. It allows the user to be able to increase the temperature of its chakra to its boiling ability forms the basis of what is referred to as "steam-based ninjutsu", granting its jinchuriki, overwhelming physical strength. Also, it has a lot of chakra.

6. Saiken (Rokubi: Six Tails):- As a tailed beast, it has an enormous amount of chakra. It gives its jinchuriki two kekkei genkais to use - Acid Release and the Bubble Release. So the user can coat its body in a corrosive liquid. And the corrosive substance can be used as liquid or gas. Though the gaseous state has significantly less effect.

7. Chomei (Nanabi: Seven Tails):- It gives its jinchuriki wings to fly for terrifying mobility. It also allows its jinchuriki to produce a white sparkling substance to blind its foes. The jinchuriki can create webs that can heal anyone and use chakra threads in combat.

8. Gyuki (Hachibi: Eight Tails):- Well for this we have its jinchuriki producing uh... um... ink, maybe. Well, that's it and of course, it has the second highest amount of chakra. (For this I don't know what else to give to the jinchuriki. So you guys can give suggestions about it.)

9. Kurama (Kyuubi: Nine Tails):- Well it grants nothing to its jinchuriki in terms of direct combat ability. But it grants him regenerative powers. And it is the biggest lump of chakra you will find at this point in time.

Now many people will say then there is no need for villages to seek out jinchuriki and capture them for themselves. Well, the reality is that if the seal is broken then the jinchuriki will turn into the bijuu residing in them. So if you go and release the bijuu in another village then that village is fucked.

Four Days Prior

Somewhere in Waterfall Country

"Can't we just kill all of them please, please." A very young man with white spiky hairs, dark skin and green eyes with a scar on his left eye said to the man in front of him. He was wearing black pants and with no kunai holster on it, And was wearing a mesh t-shirt under a gray half-sleeve shirt.

"No, we can't Roto, no we can't. You see, it specifically says 'you are to kill only the Iwagakure shinobi. Otherwise, you won't be getting anything.' If we kill the Konoha team too, then Iwagakure will not consider that Konoha was the one that ordered the assassination. And I think that's what our client wants." the man in front of him explained to him.

The person now identified as Roto replied with a disappointed face "A shame, well nothing we can do about it. Are there any other "requests" of our beloved service provider, Kendo-san." he finished the last part in a mocking tone.

"As a matter of fact, there is one more. We are to finish them near the border. Well, I guess we'll do it. And there is some money in advance." The man Kendo replied.

Kendo was a well-built man with rather large fists and long light black colored hair. He had brown eyes and fair skin. He wears a white T-shirt with dark pants and a sort of cloak (like apron if you will) that goes behind them. On his hands, he uses some sort of gloves which were black in color.

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At The Same Time

Somewhere Underground

"Orochimaru-sama, if you please forgive my insolence then, is it really alright to send just those two to take care of such an important task?" A man with white hair wearing a light gray colored kimono.

"Kukuku... you really are not good with this kind of stuff are you Kimimaro-kun. There is a reason for me not sending any of our forces. Well, one is that even if for an unforeseeable reason they are caught by the ninja of other villages they won't know anything. Well but that's not really the reason why I have some other plans so don't worry about it. And according to the new Intel Kabuto sent us. This is one of the most important pieces in my plan."

(Flashback end)

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At present

Near Tenchi Bridge

"You remember the plan, don't you? We will attack the Iwa shinobi just inside their border when the Konoha shinobi have already left." He explained to his partner.

"Okay, Kendo-san! But I can't wait to see how good those three kids are. I really can't. Though I am disappointed that their sensei didn't come." the one with the scar on his eye replied.

After some two or three minutes Kendo spoke up again "Let's go Roto. Time to get rolling." Roto started jumping in excitement "Yay! Let's go!" And with that, both of them left their hiding position and started running towards the Iwagakure team.

With Kurotsuchi's Team

All of the members of the team were strolling through continuously decreasing grass. As Tsuchi No Kuni was mainly a rocky area, but they were still near the border, so it was to be expected. All of them were lost in their thoughts.

Sora was thinking about Asuma 'Well no wonder he had this air around him that only the powerful shinobi have around them like Kitsuchi-sensei. So he is Sarutobi Asuma eh!'

Kurotsuchi was thinking about the whole incident that happened 'Well it seems not all of Konoha shinobi are jerks. That blond boy really was nice. And not to mention his skills as far as I can see as shown by his speed. The pineapple headed guy looked decent too, unlike their teammate. Well, I can't really fully blame her.' She then looked towards Yen and sighed 'Well can't blame him either, he did lose his uncle in the war. But what he did was wrong. Whatever, let's get this over with.'

Yen was thinking about Naruto when he intercepted his fist in mid-air. 'That guy was fast and strong. I could tell from the grip. Well, my skill is not in the strength field but, I think I should start working on it too. One skill can only take you so far...' his thoughts were interrupted when he sensed the approach of someone.

"Sora, Kurotsuchi!" he said just so his teammates could listen. Both listened to him and nodded. "Jump!" Kurotsuchi said that out loud and they jumped just in time to have the ground they were standing impaled with kunais.

All of them readied themselves, Kurotsuchi took a kunai in her hand in a defensive position, Yen brought out his ninjato and Sora was just empty-handed looking around trying to find their attackers when they heard a voice.

"Tch, you are a coward Roto. How many times do I have to tell you that, one should fight with his own two fists, not using some measly weapons."

"And how many times do I have to remind you that everyone has their own fighting style Kendo-san. You can't blame me for how I fight." An excited voice replied to the first as two figures came out of a tree nearby.

Sora snarled "Who the fuck are you?" Both figures turned their heads towards the boy who spoke.

"Well, well lookie here. I think you have found yourself an opponent Kendo-san. The guy's standing there bare handed." Roto said to his partner pointing towards Sora.

Kendo looked towards Sora and a smile graced his lips "Hmm, now that's what I'm talking about." Then he turned towards Roto "Alright, you take the girl, I will take the other two."

"Aww, you take two and I only take one. That's no-fair." Roto pouted and Kendo gave him a deadpan look. Roto sighed before once again turning into an excited being "Alright girly, let's see what you got. Don't disappoint me alright."

Sora once again snarled "You think you can take on the two of us together. Ha! I would like to see you try."

Yen chided his teammate "Sora, don't underestimate your opponent."

Kendo just smirked, "Come on kid, show me what you got." He disappeared and reappeared right in front of Sora with a fist cocked back ready to pummel him. Sora barely had time to block the fist. But the power behind it was so much that Sora flew towards a tree and collided with it with such force that the tree nearly snapped. Blood came out of Sora's mouth as he stood back up with pain and anger visible in his eyes.

While this was happening Kurotsuchi was thinking about who the two-man in front of them were and who sent them when she saw Sora went flying, her eyes widen 'These guys are no joke! They can kill us if we are not careful.' She turned towards Sora to go help him, when she was intercepted by the other guy with a scar on his left eye "Uh uh, where do you think you are going, I am your opponent now."

Roto took out some shuriken and flung them at Kurotsuchi, who dodged them to the left, to find out that Roto was already on top of her. 'This guy is good. He specifically made me dodge to the left.'

Roto had a sword in his hand which he slashed diagonally from his left waist towards her neck, which she was barely able to parry with the kunai in her hands. Roto thrust the kunai in his left hand towards Kurotsuchi's neck. Kurotsuchi tried to dodge but it impaled her in the left shoulder barely missing the vital spot. She tried to retaliate with a knee to Roto's gut, which he spun around and landed a kick to her left side of the face which sent her flying. She bounced two times and stood back up to face her opponent.

'Dammit, he's really good. I should keep my distance to fight him. He seems to be the type to use weapons in close range.' Kurotsuchi mused in her head. 'Speaking of which, where did the sword and kunai come from?' Then Kurotsuchi's notice some strange patterns on Roto's palms which had letters in kanji written on them. 'Fuuinjutsu eh?!'

She created distance between them 'I should be fine at this distance.' Suddenly a hail of shuriken and kunai's came in her direction. 'I can't dodge this many.' She ran through some hand signs "Doton: Doryuheki(Earth Style: Mud Wall)". A wall of mud formed in front of her which protected her from the barrage. Then at the same time, she saw a figure coming from the right. Roto swung his sword towards her head which she blocked with a kunai and elbowed him in the face. Which he dodged and retaliated with a kick in her gut, which she blocked. And then he swings his sword at her, she parried it with a kunai. Roto then kicks her in the thigh and then kicks her in the abdomen which made her lose her breath. So her guard slacked he spun around and nailed her right in the face. She skipped on the ground before coming to a stop. Her head was a little fuzzy now, and she had many bruises and she was bleeding from her nose.

She went through some hand signs "Doton: Doryuso (Earth Style: Earth Flow Spears)". Many spikes came out of the earth to impale her opponent, who jumped on a tree nearby easily. 'Moron, this type of jutsu is used when your opponent is distracted or occupied. If you use it like that you are basically telling your opponent to be ready for this attack.' Then he jumped on the spears and ran towards her and swung towards her which she dodges due to her sharp reflexes and grabbed his hand and twisted it to release the sword. The sword dropped but Roto spun around while jumping to drop kick her on the shoulder to which Kurotsuchi reeled from. He then proceeded to punch her in the face which she barely blocked but was then kicked in the gut to go flying.

She stands up clearly in pain and goes through several hand signs "Yoton: Sekkaigyo no Jutsu (Lava Style: Quicklime Jutsu)" she fired many globs of lime like substance towards Roto which he carefully dodged or hid behind the wall and spikes created by Kurotsuchi to block the lime. Lime deposited on the wall and spikes and it started hardening but was still very hot and corrosive.

"You are good, but not 'cause of your skills. It's just that you have good ninjutsu in your arsenal and natural sharp reflexes, but you clearly don't know how to use them or when to use them. You lack much. Is that all you got, I am starting to get bored." Roto said to Kurotsuchi as he proceeded to pick back his sword. She clearly did not like this taunt and became angry but still, she was really feeling great pain.

Meanwhile on Sora and Yen's side. "SORA!" Yen shouted as he saw his teammate flew and collided with the tree. Then he swung his sword towards Kendo who spun around to dodge it and elbowed him in the face to send him flying too.

As soon as that happened he dodged a punch which came from his left side. And he dodged a kick by jumping backward and spinning to see the assaulter. But Sora was not done. He jumped to kick him which Kendo blocked and then he dodged a punch which met the tree behind him which exploded.

"DAMMIT! I thought I had you there." Sora complained in a really angry tone.

Kendo was surprised with this development and said "Well well, this is a surprise. So you are a user of Bakuton(Explosion Style). No wonder you fight barehanded. Now, this is getting fun." At the exact moment, he had to dodge a slash of a sword but was then kicked in his side. Then Yen again swung his sword in order to slice Kendo's neck. Kendo dodged and created a little distance between them.

"Oh! So you are really good at sneaking eh." Kendo said with a sneer on his face. "I really don't like your type."

Yen replied, "Yes, I am a sensor type so I can hide effectively to strike at the best momen..." He didn't even finish the statement when Kendo speed blitzes him. Yen doubled over to the fist to his gut and coughed up blood. Then he was sent flying with a kick. He landed a good distance away and was knocked out cold.

"Now that that's settled," Kendo spoke as he turned towards Sora "Let's finish our battle."

"You bastard. How dare you?" Sora screamed as he charged towards Kendo with his fist cocked back. He punched towards Kendo's face which he parried and kneed Sora in the gut which he blocks but Kendo immediately withdrew his leg when Sora's palm exploded. Kendo was successful in withdrawing his leg relatively unscathed. 'His Kekkei genkai is a real pain in the ass. But I can't think of any way to develop it. Its just an explosion when someone comes in contact with his fists or palms.'

"I will kill you, you asshole!" Sora screamed. As he tried to punch Kendo in the gut which he redirected and punched him in the face which he dodged to his left and spun around to elbow Kendo in the face. Kendo blocked and kicked Sora in the side which sent him flying. He stood back up and charged at Kendo again and kicked towards his shoulder which Kendo blocked, and grabbed it. Sora twisted his body and kicked with his other leg aiming at his head which he blocked with his other elbow, but forced to let go of Sora's leg. Seeing an opportunity, Sora smirked and punched towards his chest. Seeing this, Kendo hastily blocked his punch with his palm. But then he realized his mistake, he tried to withdraw his hand but his hand got caught in the explosion.

"Haha, now you see. I am special, I have this kekkei genkai. You can't beat me." Sora bragged about himself. Kendo heard this and then he started laughing at Sora's ignorance "Hahaha... Oh god, kids these days..."

Kendo went through some hand signs "Doton: Kengan no Jutsu (Earth Style: Fist Rock Jutsu)." His arms were now covered in stone. Then he sped towards Sora and punched towards his chest which Sora blocked with his forearm but the force of the impact broke his bone and then Kendo spun around and kicked Sora right in the face to send him flying.

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Sometime Earlier

With Naruto And The Others

The crew started walking towards their destination Konohagakure no Sato. At first, no one spoke to each other, everyone was dead silent for their own reason, you can hear birds chirping in the forest quite clearly. The atmosphere was tense surrounding our team from Konoha. Ino was really annoyed and didn't want to talk to anybody. Shikamaru was quite because he didn't want to be Ino's punching bag to release her frustration.

"Well, that was intense," Naruto said out loud to try and diffuse the tension. But nobody replied, and the tense atmosphere was still there. Well not that anyone was to be blamed, it was probably a good thing that the matter did not grow into a fight. Seeing this, Asuma took it upon himself to defuse the tension.

He ruffled Ino and Shikamaru's head "I am really glad that all of you kept it together and did not let your emotions take control of your actions. I am really proud of you to act like a ninja should." Well, he knew that Shikamaru didn't need that but if he only did that to Ino, she would feel bad that she was a hindrance during the mission for the others and may grow distant from the team. And that was never a good thing.

Asuma himself felt relieved as Ino visibly relaxed under Asuma's hand. Naruto noticed this and smiled himself and sighed a sigh of relief when he suddenly sensed chakra spiking. But where it was coming from and why was it happening, he had no clue. Asuma noticed him looking around with a worried expression, he himself looked around. When he found nothing he asked Naruto. "What is..." He didn't even get to complete his question when all of them suddenly heard an explosion (This was the explosion when Sora hit the tree).

All of them turned towards where the sound came from and they knew exactly where that was. "It's coming from across the Tenchi Bridge." Naruto voiced his point which everyone already knew.

"Yeah, I think they are fighting someone." Asuma agreed by nodding and musing to himself 'But why? Did someone attack them? Are the attackers ninja? Did they come to loot or, do they hold grudge against Iwagakure?'

While Asuma was still asking himself these questions Shikamaru voiced his opinion "Maybe, some ninja holding a grudge against Iwa! Or maybe they were hired by someone holding a grudge against Iwa!?"

Asuma listened to Shikamaru's opinions and thought 'Yeah the second option is possible too. Maybe some village that is losing its resources because of Iwa or a person fucked over by someone from Iwa.'

Ino spoke up in annoyance "Why do we have to care? Let them fight and die if they can't fight for themselves. It's not like we are going to lose anything from it." Naruto didn't like how Ino was talking. He did understand where she was coming from, he knew how awful it is to lose family, he knew more than anyone. But that doesn't justify it.

"You shouldn't say something like that Ino. Just think how their family will feel if they lost their children." Ino listened to this and retaliated

"Well, why didn't they think before killing..." Asuma interrupted Ino mid-sentence "But we still are going to go save them."

Hearing this Ino's face instantly changed to one of shock "Why? Why do we have to help those... those Iwa ninjas."

Asuma stopped her by raising his hand to "I know you don't like Iwagakure but this time it is a must, that we save them. While you were complaining I was thinking about it." He told them while still in a speaking-thinking trance. Like he was still calculating the risks and what not.

Then he snapped like he was now finished thinking and came to a conclusion. "So there are two possibilities, first one is that it's just a coincidence that this attack happened on the same day as we arrive here. Personally, I don't believe in coincidences after spending this much time in this profession, it's really hard. Second is that this attack is planned by someone who has a grudge against Konoha or Iwagakure."

Naruto and Ino were shocked at what they heard from their sensei, especially about the second possibility. They really didn't know where this was going, but they knew this was really bad for some reason. But Shikamaru was a different story, he was still shocked but as soon as those words left Asuma's mouth, his brain immediately grabbed on to what Asuma was implying. He definitely had more IQ than Asuma but he was still inexperienced. That was the reason why Asuma had to point it out first, for Shikamaru to grab onto it. He still needed to learn how to, and in which direction to use his intelligence. And he was still thinking small, he didn't think that it was possible for someone to plan to do something as big as this. But on this day his perspective spectrum widened.

"Then that means that we will get the blame for killing the Iwagakure ninja, Thsuchikage's granddaughter no less, in their own land. Then someone is planning to start a war between Konoha and Iwagakure." Shikamaru blurted out what he understood of the situation. Hearing this Naruto and Ino were shocked beyond belief. They couldn't even speak. But Asuma was calm and nodded in agreement to the theory.

"That's why its imperative that we save them if we want to avert such an outcome," Asuma said with finality. He turned towards the two remaining members who were still trying to comprehend the situation at hand. Asuma patted them on the head, to snap them out of their trance.

"This is the reality of the world we live in. This is what we sign up for when we decide to become a ninja. Now let's get moving." Asuma said this and started towards the battlefield. And his students followed. Asuma looked towards his students while running 'I can comfort them, but that would hinder their development.' He then ran towards his destination with his students following him.

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Back To Present

At The Battlefield

Team seven arrived just in time to see Sora get kicked right in the face and sent flying. Whereas on the other side Kurotsuchi was struggling to stand up. They were still hidden from the enemy so Kendo and Roto didn't notice them up until now. Of course, Naruto was running headfirst into the fray but Shikamaru stopped him. Asuma took the whole area in and analyzed the situation calmly and issued orders to his team. "You guys go help Kurotsuchi while I take care of that guy." He said pointing towards Kendo.

After that, he took off. As soon as he left, Naruto hopped into action and ran straight towards Roto without any plan in mind. Shikamaru tried to stop him but he had already left, so Ino and Shikamaru were forced to follow him.

Kurotsuchi was standing there with a kunai in hand, and in so much pain that she just wanted to sleep. She saw Naruto coming and felt a little relief, but then immediately went on alarm, she went through some hand signs "Yoton: Sekkaigyo no Jutsu (Lava Style: Quicklime Jutsu)" And fired globs of lime like substance again. But Roto dodged them by weaving and dodging between them and jumped to dodge the final glob.

"You don't learn do you girl. Did you think it would work on me this time when it didn't work on me the first time." He said to Kurotsuchi while smirking. But was soon met with a kick to the head from Naruto and was sent flying. Roto winced due to the pain in the head 'Ohh! She is learning. She distracted me from sensing the others. And made me dodge by jumping so I would be in a perfect position to get damaged.' He smiled a sad smile 'A pity. She could have become a very good kunoichi.'

But after that jutsu, she passed out from chakra exhaustion and the damage she took. Naruto picked her up then he ran towards his teammates. Meanwhile, Roto took the opportunity and turned to see what Kendo was doing, only to see him engaged in combat with the bearded ninja that was at the bridge with the kid who just kicked him. "So Kendo-san what are we going to do about these Konoha ninjas. Can we kill them now." He asked the other man in a loud voice.

Kendo's eyebrows twitched at that "Well, of course, you moron. We don't have a choice anymore if we don't kill them they are going to kill us. We can do without the money if we have our lives intact." After that, he went back to completely focus on his immediate opponent.

Sora who was now profusely bleeding from his head stood up. He was in a near unconscious state but stood up nonetheless. "We don't need your help, get out of my way you Konoha ninja." Both Asuma and Kendo turned towards Sora.

Asuma looked at the bloodied figure of Sora and firmly said "You are in no shape to fight. You should rest." Sora did not like that.

"Does it look like I care. We don't need your help. Get out of my way." Sora replied in a very unlikable tone.

Asuma ignored that but soon he leaked a huge amount of bloodlust completely directed towards him and repeated "I said go and rest. Which part of that do you not understand?" Sora immediately stopped in his tracks. He was really terrified, so much so that he couldn't even move a muscle after that. It was his first time faced with this amount of KI. Kendo was just playing with him so he did not leak this much amount and he was in a rage at that moment to feel that but this was different. So when Asuma stopped oozing bloodlust he finally dropped to his butt and scrambled.

Asuma said from behind him "Go and wake your other friend up before you pass out from the blood loss."

Then Asuma turned towards Kendo "So, shall we begin!?" As he took his stance.

"Yes, we shall!" Kendo said as he took his own stance. Both sped towards each other and clashed.

Meanwhile With Kurotsuchi

After taking permission to fight from his partner Roto rolled his shoulders with a sly smile on his lips. "Alright, kids, time to test your waters." He said as soon as Ino and Shikamaru showed up. Shikamaru maintained a little distance and observed the battlefield around them. There were the spikes of stone and the mud wall with lime deposited on them. He tried to analyze the situation at hand.

After a little analyzing he told Ino "Ino you go help Naruto in the combat. I will analyze a little more while providing support from here." Ino immediately sped forward towards where Naruto was already fighting.

Naruto went for the punch in the face, which Roto dodged to the left and then spun around to elbow Naruto in the right side of Naruto's face which Naruto blocked then Roto spun around in opposite direction and kicked Naruto on the right side of face which Naruto avoided by ducking under the kick, Naruto then tried to punch Roto in the gut which Roto dodged and brought down his sword towards Naruto's head but was forced to dodge a punch coming from his left. He saw Ino and created little distance between them.

"What are you doing Naruto. This isn't time to play around, why don't you bring out your tanto. You would be dead by now if I didn't interfere there. Do you have a death wish or something." Ino chided Naruto in a firm voice. From which Naruto felt ashamed of himself for making such a crucial mistake. But was he ready to actually cut someone? Was he ready to kill someone? These thoughts were holding him back. But after Ino's, a little louder than necessary chiding, his mind cleared up a bit.

"Sorry Ino, I won't make this mistake again. And thanks for saving me." Naruto apologized to Ino and brought out his tanto.

"I will let this one slide, but don't make this stupid mistake again, alright," Ino replied with her expression softening a bit.

"Ho! You fight with a tanto, now that's interesting." Roto said cutting in the conversation. "And now I will have to fight you two together eh! Good. Very good." His expression became that of excitement. "Come then."

Roto sped towards Naruto and Ino, Ino jumped a little away from Naruto, so as to not give Roto a chance to attack both of them at the same time. Roto sliced his sword towards Naruto who had to block it with his tanto. At that time Ino threw a shuriken towards Roto who dodged by arching his neck back, at the same time Naruto tried to swipe his legs which Roto jumped over and kicked Naruto in the face. Naruto tried to dodge but was hit on the left shoulder and he was sent skidding, then Roto immediately threw three shurikens towards Ino who blocked them with a kunai in her hand, but Roto was soon on top of her, he swung his sword towards her head vertically down which she blocked with her kunai. But Roto merely spun around and was about to kick her in the abdomen when he was forced to jump from something crawling on the ground.

He jumped away and panned the area to see that it was a shadow which stems from the third kid of the bunch. "Oh! So you are from the famed Nara clan of Konoha huh. So that's why you were sitting back and not joining in the fight. You were analyzing me and providing support." Roto turned towards Shikamaru as to charge at him "So I am going to kill you first. Take out the brains first, and the body will collapse."

As soon as he was about to take off, he was stopped by Naruto and his many clones "You think we're going to let that happen. Not in a million years." Naruto tried to kick him in the gut, but Roto dodged and tried to slice Naruto's neck which Naruto dodged by jumping backward. But Roto threw some shurikens at all of them. Some were taken out from them.

Roto then ran towards all of them and began to one by one eliminate all of them. After only one was remaining, Roto ran towards him and tried to split his head in half which Naruto barely dodged but was then kicked in the abdomen and sent flying. "Now where is that girl, she wasn't helping you at all this time. Did she turn tail and..." He didn't even finish the sentence before he was forced to block many shurikens with his sword. He was standing a little farther from the spikes.

Roto looked up to see Ino running towards him with a kunai in her hand. He readied himself to fight before he saw Shikamaru running towards Naruto. 'Hmm, that's odd. Why is he not helping this girl in the fight? Is he plotting something? If so, then what?' All kind of questions started to pop up in his head and he analyzed them from every aspect. But was forcefully brought out of his musing when Ino attacked.

Ino charged at Roto and they exchanged blows. It was clear that Roto was a far superior combatant. She stabbed towards his stomach which Roto barely dodged since he was looking for Shikamaru and Naruto to see what they were up to, so Ino spun around and kicked him in the face which Roto blocked. Ino twisted her body and tried to slice his neck. Roto ducked under it, so Ino's body was now open in the middle 'cause it was stretched due to the hit not connecting. Roto saw this opportunity and didn't let it slide. He swung toward her stomach to cleave her right in half.

The blow landed, Ino was sliced in her stomach. The blood poured out of her like water from a bucket with a hole in the bottom. She fell face first on the ground and roared "AAAAAAAhhhhhhh!" The voice was heard throughout the whole area.

Naruto and Shikamaru saw this and were overcome with dread in their eyes. They both shouted simultaneously "INOOOOO!" And both ran towards her body fallen on the ground. Naruto sped there before Shikamaru and held Ino in her arms to see if she was still alive.

Roto was about to attack Naruto when he was intercepted by Shikamaru. Shikamaru still had a little clear head but not completely. 'I am really sorry Ino. Forgive me. This was all my fault. I sent you to distract him for a while. I am really really sorry.' He was past the breaking point but he held in the tears.

But the same could not be said for Naruto who was crying without restraint. "Hey, Ino are you alright? Look at me. Are you alright?" Ino looked up at him with half-lidded eyes and tried to speak but her voice was too low. So Naruto brought his ear near her mouth.

"I am a-alright. J-Just focus on t-the m-mission, baka." The only reason Ino was still alive was due to her increased reflexes which were improved by fighting Naruto at top speed and Asuma.

Naruto was really happy to see that she was still alive. He smiled through the tears and tried to wipe his tears, and replied "Yeah I will, I will do just that. You hang on tight. We will take you to the hospital after we end this, alright." Ino just nodded smiling and then she passed out. Naruto picked her up and ran towards where he took Kurotsuchi. Kurotsuchi who was now awake but in way too much pain to move.

She saw Naruto coming with Ino in his arms and she asked: "What happened to her?"

"We don't have time right now. Can you please take care of her for the time being?" He replied in a cracking voice. Kurotsuchi understood the seriousness of the situation and nodded "Leave it to me."

After Naruto left Kurotsuchi saw the wound on Ino's stomach and winced at the sight of it. Then she willed herself to move to at least stop her bleeding. She bandaged Ino up and stopped the bleeding so she wouldn't die of blood loss.

Back to the Roto and Shikamaru fight. Shikamaru knew he can't defeat Roto even if he tried his best. So he kept his distance and used his shadows and shurikens to keep Roto busy.

Soon Naruto came back with a really pissed off expression. Shikamaru immediately asked Naruto "Naruto, you do remember the plan don't you. We have to be calm and keep a clear head if we want to defeat him. Don't screw up your role alright."

Naruto turned to him "I am really calm can't you see." He replied with a "really not calm" kind of expression.

"Well your face doesn't agree with you. But alright let's do this." They both turned towards Roto to confront him in a final clash. Roto raised his eyebrows at Shikamaru's mention of plans and at the supposed "role" of Naruto.

Naruto ran with his tanto in his and with his weights already off. Roto was caught slightly off-guard with his increased speed, but not to the extent that he couldn't react. They exchanged blows with each other when Shikamaru intervened. Roto immediately jumped backward. But wasn't given any time as Naruto immediately followed up on the attack.

Naruto slashed his tanto at him but he blocked it. He came back with a kick to which Naruto crashed into the ground then Shikamaru followed up with some shuriken which Roto blocked. But was then attacked by a high-speed attack from Naruto as he used air to propel him. That went right through Roto's stomach. Roto was able to avoid getting stabbed on any vital organ. He jumped back again, he was now really close to the spikes.

"Oh! So you can propel your self by turning your chakra into wind eh! Good, really good. But I will tell you its weakness. Come, I will show you its flaws." After that Roto sped towards Naruto and swung his sword with his full power which Naruto was barely able to block then Shikamaru attacks Roto with kunais from his blind spot but Roto dodged it then he turned around to throw some shuriken towards Shikamaru. But was immediately forced to block an attack from Naruto's tanto but was then kicked in the chest by Naruto to fall back.

Then he immediately stood up and jumped to avoid Shikamaru's shadow. But when he was in the air Naruto used his chakra to propel himself at Roto. But Roto was waiting for this. As soon as Naruto was about to hit him, he immediately twisted his body to avoid it and slashed towards Naruto's head. Naruto reacted to it and cocked his head back to avoid it. But he wasn't able to avoid the hit completely.

Roto's slash cut vertically from his lower cheek to his forehead while slashing the eye in the process. His headband was also slashed until midway through. Shikamaru saw this and immediately panicked "Naruto!" Naruto brought up his arm as to calm Shikamaru down.

(Inside his mind)

A demonic beast sat there taking a nap as if it was bored with his life. It opened its eyes as his vision of the outside was impaired now.

'Oh! So he got his eye cut while fighting. It is slowly losing its vision. Why do I have to be in the body of such a weak human? It's pathetic.' The beast thought to himself.

'Well, nothing I can do but heal his eye. But if I focus on healing the eye first, then he will end up with a scar on his face. But that's better than losing an eye I guess.'

(Outside)

"I am alright just focus. I can still see a little bit through this eye." Naruto tried to make Shikamaru relax.

Roto landed and turned to see the two boys. "Now you see what I was saying. If you use that move of yours, then you can't change direction in between. And with experienced fighters, that's never going to work." Naruto looked up but he didn't react to that statement. Naruto attacked Roto with some shuriken which Roto dodged by sidestepping. Naruto then charged and tried to slash Roto, Roto blocked and kicked Naruto then was immediately forced to dodge the shadow.

After that Naruto stood up again. He slashed at his neck, which he dodged then he tried to stab him in the stomach, at the same time Shikamaru came up from behind to stab him in the back. Roto was right in between the two. But he didn't panic, he twisted to the right his body as to sandwich himself between the two attacks. He elbowed Shikamaru who was now behind him and sent him rolling with his right arm. And he grabbed Naruto's arm with his left hand and twisted it as to release the tanto and then proceeded to kick him.

Then he dodged the shadows. But was surprised when he heard "Fuuton: Reppushou(Wind Style: Gale Palm)" And a barrage of high-speed shuriken and kunai were flung at him he jumped backward in haste as to avoid getting hit but was impaled by six of 'em.

He was going to land on a spike created by Kurotsuchi. Seeing this Shikamaru smiled. It was his plan from the beginning to force Roto to the spikes. There he was going to trap him in his jutsu. 'That's why I needed Ino to buy time, so I could ask Naruto to keep this move secret and use it at the end to force him to jump on the spikes.'

Shikamaru already had one of his knees on the ground and was making the rat sign and his shadow was present on all the spikes 'cause the shadows created by spikes helped him. But just as Roto was about to land he smiled and said: "You really shouldn't strategize after coming to the battlefield." He threw the sword in his hand directly at Shikamaru at full speed.

Shikamaru couldn't move a single inch from the place he was sitting. His body froze 'Shit! I won't be able to dodge it. God dammit! Why? Why did he know about this? Why is my body not responding? Why didn't I train my body hard enough? Shit. I am sorry Ino, Naruto. I am sorry mom, dad. I am really sorry.' These thoughts ran across his mind as the sword nearly pierced heart.

1. Doton: Doryuheki(Earth Style: Mud Wall) :- Rank : B :: Short Range :: Defensive Jutsu

The user creates a solid wall of earth as a form of defense. Chakra is either converted to earth within the body and then spat out to form the wall or the user can manipulate pre-existing earth to form the wall. The earth then instantly rises up and takes form.

2. Doton: Doryuso (Earth Style: Earth Flow Spears) :- Rank : B :: Short to Mid Range :: Offensive Jutsu

This technique lets the user condense mud or stone from the ground and shape it into spikes that protrude from the ground in order to skewer the target. The spikes cannot penetrate targets of greater density.

3. Yoton: Sekkaigyo no Jutsu (Lava Style : Quicklime Jutsu) :- Rank : A :: Mid Range :: Offensive and Supplementary Jutsu

This technique makes use of the Lava Release kekkei genkai where the user expels a large quantity of quicklime from their mouth, capable of inflicting damage to an opponent. This ability can also be manipulated in order to restrict the intended target's movements. And it expands and then instantly harden upon addition of water.

4. Doton: Kengan no Jutsu (Earth Style: Fist Rock Jutsu) :- Rank : B :: Short Range :: Offensive Jutsu

By encasing their arm in rock, the user can deal a powerful hardened punch against an opponent while being protected from direct contact with their target. If necessary, the weight of the rock can be increased to further increase the punch's destructive power.

A/n: Yeah sorry about the cliff hanger. Well not really. But I really do apologize again for being absent for so long.

So that was the chapter and my power structure for the jinchuriki. Please let me know what do you people think of my jinchuriki power structure. I would really like for you all to share your opinion with me and discuss to maybe change some things. Especially for the eight tails, I want ideas for that. And also we can talk about changes in others.

Also, share your thoughts about the chapter. This was my first real fight scene, so please review what you think of it, 'cause I am really nervous about that. So I would really appreciate your opinion on that.

Well, that's it for me for today, Have a good day. Mihawk signing out.