8th Container

General POV

Jiriaya, together with Zabuza, held Naruto down while the former pressed his hand against Naruto's mouth to stop him from screaming and attacking the enemy.

While Madara declared war on the Kages, a small panda unseen by the others left the embassy without notice.

"The enemy knows what we came here for. Let us decide now," spoke Mifune, "Raikage, I believe you have the right to lead, but I want someone to reason with your decision. Therefore I nominate the Hokage as the second in chief. Her word has the same power as yours. Together, you shall lead the Allied Shinobi Forces."

Then the Mizukage spoke up. "Kisame Hoshikage is currently in Kirigakure's prisons. I will question him about Madara and his techniques."

"Get him away!" ordered A, seeing Naruto resisting Jiriaya and Zabuza. Yugito nodded, and the 4 departed.

"Now that the Jinchūriki are gone, we need to discuss what we should do with them," spoke Tsunade, eyeing the other Kage.

"We currently have 4 tailed beasts on standby with the one tails still recovering from the extraction. I say we use them in the battle to win this war," suggested Onoki.

"I disagree," Tsunade shook her head, "Madara said that he needs all Bijuus to summon the Ten-Tails. I suggest we keep the Jinchūriki away from the war. Through this, we guarantee that Madara won't capture them during the fight."

"I agree," acknowledged the Kazekage, "As you saw, Naruto Uzumaki is someone who would try to fight against the enemy head-on."

"Fine by me, but first I need to find B. We will discuss the place where we will place them."

"Utakata will go with them too," said Mei.

"Then we agree to protect the Jinchūriki. The summit is closed."

Mifune closed the discussion. While the Kage left, Mei walked towards Tsunade.

"I am curious why you didn't tell the others who Yamamoto really is."

"It wouldn't help anyway. This is just me repaying him for his help. You could say it too, but you didn't."

Mei gave Tsunade a smile. "Maybe I wanted him to repay too? Maybe he will help us in the war?"

Scene Change.

When A, Yugito, and Darui left the Land of Iron, they encountered a figure standing in the forest.

"Somebody dares to ambush me?" asked A with a frown.

"Who would be so stupid?" the man held up his arms. "No, I came here to talk about Killer B, your brother."

"You are Yamamoto," Yugito recognized the voice and the mask the person in front of them had.

"What?!" A's voice raged.

"It's good to see you are in good health, Yugito, but I came here for a reason. I don't want to have a bad relationship based on rumors."

"You attacked B with an Akatsuki member!"

Before the Raikage rushed at him, Ishizu spoke quickly.

"Kisame Hoshigake turned himself in and is a valuable asset to the war you will have."

"You were there?!"

Blue chakra spiked around A and rushed towards him. Did somebody sneak inside except Madara? He wouldn't leave him alive.

With a Larriato, A decapitated the enemy only for him to puff into smoke.

"Enough with this! I am a Shadow Clone, as this last one was. Thank god I made two. Now put your testosterone somewhere else and listen," sighed the clone before turning to the girl who seemed more reasonable, "Yugito, after your fight, Kisame won and we left you two. We didn't take B with us. There was no reason. Most probably he awoke earlier, then saw you were safe and unharmed and left the area to find his rap or whatever he likes to do."

"When I find him, I will kill him!" A said before Ishizu threw a map towards A.

"As I told you before, I had nothing against Kumo or B. The map I gave you had a marked place. This is where Killer B hides from you and writes new rap songs. If you find him, then do me a favor and stop antagonizing me. It's better for both parties," said the clone before dispelling.

Mount Myōboku

Gamamaru, the old Toad Sage, opened his eyes to look into the distance.

"War is coming. The child of prophecy will meet the octopus. It is during the war where it will be decided whether or not the Panda will turn to the light or the darkness."

*DD*

"Hmm, so it finally started. Should be about time. The Allied Shinobi Force… and their enemy will be Obito and Kabuto. With Obito possessing only 5 Bijuu, it is likely he will seek Kabuto out for help or maybe not. This isn't my concern, though. What I want is to see my new Edo Tensei in action," spoke Ishizu as a smile formed on his face when he slammed his hands on the ground and a coffin with the number 10 appeared before somebody stepped out.

"Yes, my last guardian, rise from the dead."

With his new seal in hand, Ishizu placed it into the body's head and saw the transformation.

"Perfect. I know you can hear me, but you can't move. Don't be afraid. Just listen closely to what I have to say," Ishizu spoke to the body.

Its eyes were closed, but Ishizu could see movement behind the lids, knowing his resurrection was following his voice as he moved around.

"I have a mission for you. I will give you free rein over your body, but the seal inside you will activate if you resist. It will make you a mindless puppet, so don't test me. The seal contains a memory portion to let you know what is going on, so you aren't clueless when you'll move. It had been some time since your death."

The person's muscles contracted as the memory portion sickled into his brain. He tried to move his body, but it was hard as a rock.

"Now that you know, you want to meet and save your friend, don't you? So, stop standing there and do it."

The person's eyes snapped open. For a moment, Ishizu could see the person giving him a glare before the corpse disappeared.

Black Zetsu POV

Time was drawing closer and closer. Showing Kabuto the place where Madara died was a child's play. Since Obito failed to capture all the Tailed Beasts and Edo Tensei, Madara will do so himself.

And when he does, he will absorb them into himself and become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki and cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Weakened by the amount of chakra needed to cast, I will take control of his body and resurrect my mother, Kaguya-sama. Nobody knows my plan.

Somewhere in DD Ishizu sneezed.

In a small underground cave, two people stood across from each other. One was Kabuto Yakushi while the other one was the masked man calling himself Madara.

"You!" Tobi's Sharingan widened when he saw the coffin in front of him.

"You came to me to ask for assistance and here I am. I heard from Zetsu that you wanted my help and I came. Why are you so nervous?" clucked Kabuto.

"What do you want?"

"Huh, didn't I tell Zetsu what I wanted? The body of Sasuke Uchiha and Yamamoto's body. If we work together, we both win."

"You can have Sasuke Uchiha. I wanted him on my team, but Yamamoto intervened. As for the latter...Let me see his corpse when you kill him."

"We have a deal. And with him on our side, we won't have any problems," Kabuto pointed at the coffins where the deal Madara Uchiha laid inside.

"The Edo Tensei combined with an army of Zetsus... Victory is within our grasp."

"The zetsu clones react with Hashirama's cells, right? Give me some and I will make the clones stronger," commented Kabuto, and Tobi agreed to the request before leaving him.

"Where are you going?" asked Kabuto.

"Just because we are allies doesn't mean I must tell you my every move, but if you really want to know, I am going to Amegakure to take what is rightfully mine.

Location Land of Lightning

Killer B, after seeing that Yugito was saved and alive, left the place where his brother told him to stay to find a place to write a new rap song.

"Are you Killer B?" asked the masked person.

"I am Killer B, yo. 8-tails, yo. Who are you?"

Ishizu cringed at the way B spoke. Thanks to him, Kisame was in Kiri and couldn't help him this time around, but Ishizu needed a bit more of Gyuki's chakra. Since most of the Akatsuki members were dead and others back in the village, Ishizu had to impersonate the only other member, Obito himself, to fight B.

It wouldn't be a real fight anyway. A was on his way faster than ever, but Ishizu needed only 2 marbles filled as the horn of the Eight-Tails filled the rest.

"I am Madara Uchiha, leader of the Akatsuki. I am here for the Eight-Tails."

Ishizu POV

I loved talking like Madara in Obito's Akatsuki cloak. I also made his orange mask. First, that voice was awesome. Nobody can deny that when they heard Madara speak, they unconsciously thought he was a chad.

I oozed confidence and gave fear to the enemies, while the orange mask gave a mysterious vibe. Obito picked a good costume; not gonna lie.

That small samurai with his cleaver attacked first, while I was thinking about how to fight them. Obito was an OTP, one-trick-pony for short, spamming Kamui until it's 5 minutes cooldown with a few Katon Justus in there. Maybe some wood release?

'No' I shook my head, dodging the cleaver by instinct and kicking the samurai man away into the giant raccoon before dodging a lighting-infused pencil.

I couldn't use Wood Release as it was mostly associated with Yamamoto. Seeing his friend getting hurt, Killer B went into his Bijuu Chakra Cloak #1.

"Whiii!"

'Rinnegan is it then.'

Killer B attacked only to be hit with a wall of force.

'Always start with a Shinra Tensei.'

Using the moment, I took out a paintbrush and made two Fuinjutsu seals before placing them on my fists. They were chakra absorbing seals prepared to take Bijuu chakra.

Always improve on your Fuinjutsu, my friends.

That giant raccoon attacked me again from the right, while the small guy did so from the left.

"Don't stand in my way." I dodged their attacks before a Bijuu Cloke #2 Killer B hit me with a Larriato. It hit me hard, but my body was beyond the normal human being.

So while the attack would hurt and incapacitate anyone else, my wounds began healing the instant the attack hit.

This didn't mean I didn't feel pain. His Larriato hurt. More so than anything I've experienced except the balls buster from Yagura. My jaw was dislocated and while flying away, I placed it back inside. Without anesthesia, this shit hurts.

"I am the best! I am the B, Killer B. Wheeee!"

Facing the snowy earth, I looked at the seals. They had absorbed the full amount of chakra they could handle. I really hope this would soon end. I just wanted to relax.

Slowly standing up, I replaced the seals with two others. I needed at least two more seals filled to make this trip worthwhile. And I had to be fast because fighting A and B was not on my menu.