Capturing the Yukigakure Trio

"No. no! I wanted to ask why you took it and why are you taking the protection of an actress so seriously?" Kakashi asked.

But Naruto answered for Shiki.

"'Cause Shiki-nii finds the Fun-hime neechan attractive dattebayo!"

Sasuke nodded sagely by his side in support of the answer while Sakura seemed somewhat irritated by its plausibility.

On the side, Sandayu became plagued by suspicions while Koyuki seemed mildly interested but probably not for the reasons Shiki would like.

She was probably thinking more along the lines of can I seduce him into doing this and that for me but regardless of how easy it would be to do those things, taking that approach was not something Shiki appreciated. If Koyuki came out and said "Kill my uncle for me and I'll be yours.", he might be inclined to actually listen to her. It ultimately came down to his personal preferences.

"Well . . . I don't think Shiki-kun is the kind of person to do all of this just for that sort of reason." Kakashi said.

"Clearly, Kakashi-sensei. You have no idea who you're talking about tebayo!" Naruto retorted and finally Shiki decided to intervene.

"Alright, alright! Yes I think she's attractive only a gay man wouldn't think so, I mean look at her!" He started, pointing to Koyuki who wasn't quite sure how to respond while Sandayu by her side, was not liking the direction the conversation was going.

"But like kakashi-san said, that's not the only reason I took this guard mission." Shiki added.

"It's not, tebayo!?"

"It's not!?"

"Really!?"

Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura shouted in tandem filled with surprise but a glare from Shiki was enough to make them shut up and start worrying if some sort of petty revenge would be coming their way in the near future.

"Indeed! Are you aware of who is the current ruler of the Land of Snow?" Shiki asked.

"Kazahana Doto . . . Right?" Kakashi answered.

"That's right! He staged a coup d'etat on the previous daimyo, his brother, Kazahana Sosetsu and took over." Shiki added.

The conversation started to have an effect on the two who were listening by the side which was noted by Shiki.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Asked Sakura, confused.

"Simple really! Kazahana Doto's recent action have been . . . Displeasing and the research he is exploiting his people to to do is rather useful as well and carries unpleasant implications for some forces around the world . . ." Shiki continued

"So?" Sasuke inquired despite, unlike the other two, already having an inkling on Shiki's goal in coming to this country.

"So . . . I'm gonna kill him, slaughter his goons, take his research and let his niece which is standing right over there take over the place and lead the Land of Snow into a more prosperous future! That's about it." Shiki declared

And so, he succeeded in dumbfounding everyone for not only his dreadful intentions of crushing an entire country but also the fact he figured out the actress Fujikaze Yukie's true identity as the princess of the Land of Snow.

"Am I right about that last part? Ka-za-ha-na Ko-yu-ki-nee? Hehehehe~" Shiki teased

"However, we can talk about this later. For now, the ambushers on that iceberg should be dealt with first." He declared.

"I see, that's why you ordered for the ship to stop tebayo!" Naruto said.

"No shit Sherlock!" Shiki mocked.

'Who the hell is Sherlock?' Everyone was thinking but moved onto more important matters like the ambush ahead.

"Do you think they're here for Hime-sama?" Sandayu asked from the side.

Koyuki's well practiced faka expression was already crumbling as the things going on seemed to be too much at once.

"That's a safe assumption! They're probably after the Hexagon Crystal Key she has which would give access to her father's secret project."

"Y-You you even know about that!?" Sandayu asked, dumbfounded.

"Yep! But I'm not really interested in taking that so you can keep your father's gift Koyuki-nee." Shiki suddenly addressed her who didn't know how she should react.

"Now then!" Shiki said as he moved to the front of the ship and stood on its bow as he unsheathed his fan.

He then performed a sequence of hand seals with his left hand as the fan enlarged on his right and then, one of Shiki's favourite combination jutsus was unleashed.

'Fire Style: Dragon Flame Caterwaul' enhanced by 'Wind Style: Grand Breakthrough? a further enhanced version of Great Breakthrough.

With this, nine massive dragon shaped fireball flew towards the iceberg, three to each enemy shinobi's hiding spot. Meanwhile Shiki thought.

'If you survive this, I'll consider talking to you.'

Behind him, the audience could only marvel at such raw, unbridled power, the movie director had already ordered the cameras to be rolling so as records the colossal spectacle, as for the enemies, they were trying their best to survive.

They were a trio of Yukigakure shinobi consisting of the leader Roga Nadare, a man with small diagonal purple marks below both of his eyes similar to those Jiraiya had when he was young and teal colored, pupiless eyes.

He had long purple hair held in long a ponytail running down his back, along with a long, thin strand of purple hair hanging over the right-side of his face and purple eyebrows that were shaped like small thick purple dots similar to Kimimaro. Nadare wore a happuri-style forehead protector that framed his face and the standard uniform of his team which consisted of a blue and white outfit with Chakra Armour.

His two subordinates were Fuyukuma Mizore, a rather large man with a short crop of purple hair and dark eyes. He wore the standard uniform of his team as well and also had small circular shaped purple eyebrows.

The last member of the three man team was Kakuyoku Fubuki, a beauty with green eyes and pink spiky hair that stuck out of two holes at the top of her grey helmet, reminiscent of pig-tails. She had small circular dark pink eyebrows and, like her team-mates, she wore her team's standard uniform.

All three of them chose different methods for escape. Nadare use his jutsu, the Ice Style: One Horned White Whale, a jutsu that was not a kekkei genkai and as such required a shinobi to have pre existing ice to manipulate and, like its name implies, it created a giant horned whale.

Although it possessed great destructive power by virtue of its size, it was quite slow so it was not very ineffective for direct attacks. Nadare's plan was to use it to block Shiki's jutsu. Although the whale was almost immediately vaporised, it bought enough time for its maker to escape with his life. Mizore chose a simpler approach though.

He dug into the iceberg, faster than he had even done before in his life, hoping it would take the impact for him. Despite some of the heat still reaching him, Mizore's Chakra Armor helped block it and he was, like his leader, unscathed.

The most successful escapee however, was Fubuki. Her Chakra Armor was equipped with wings so she just jumped and flew away from the area of effect of Shiki's jutsu.

Observing all of this with his White Eye of the Kaguya, Shiki was actually quite impressed.

'Wow! I thought they would make it but not that easily. Guess that Chakra Armor is better than I thought.'

Meanwhile, the three Yuki shinobi were already considering retreat, a smart move considering who they were facing and the fact that the earlier fire jutsu had melted away most of the ice required for their jutsu. Unfortunately for them, Shiki had other ideas.

'Water Style: Water Dragon Song'

A Shiki original that created as many water dragons as the user wanted, the size, he wanted and they could be controlled or left to their devices until the chakra powering them ran out.

They were like dragon shaped Water Style: Shadow Clones. The water that composed them was also under extreme pressure, and flowing at outrageous speeds so the dragon could tear apart anything it touched but this feature was optional if Shiki wanted to capture and not kill.

These water dragons then collected the Yukigakure shinobi who had no means of resisting and brought them to the ship where Shiki restrained them with his Adamantine Sealing Chains, giving Koyuki some unpleasant, or maybe not, flashbacks.

Speaking of the princess, she was in complete awe. Never had she thought the boy that teased her for fun and made her go to the Land of Snow to be so overwhelmingly powerful. She felt as if there was nothing that could hold him in the world and although even she felt it was an exaggeration, she had no idea just how right she actually was. Truth be told, she was enamored.

This did not escape Shiki's notice.

'Hehehe~ I only showed of a bit and she's already like that. Once I make her uncle kneel down in front of her, she'll probably give me her mind body and soul! Guhehehe~' He thought creepily.

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