Chapter 26

Naruto Targeted! The Ultimate Strikes!

Turtle Island, Tailed Beast Temple

Naruto had awoke in the quarters that had been made for him in the temple. He had managed to sleep far better than he had anytime the week before after the major loss on the Lightning Coast. Now with the victory of Lightning Ridge, with the reaffirmation that Hinata, Sakura, Shikamaru, Tenko, all of his friends were still alive and well took a lot off his mind. And there was now some breathing room for the Allied Shinobi Forces, the land that had been loss to the White Zetsu swarm had been retaken and reinforced shortly after Lightning Ridge was completely secure.

Now he could really devote himself more to the training regime he was putting himself through. Thanks to Iruka-sensei, he had managed to master the Katon element faster than his Fūton element as well as learned a few Katons from him and Fukasaku. And thanks to Fukasaku, he had learned Suiton at an incredible pace as well as learned two Suitons from him. He had summoned Shima too and added a few more Fūton jutsus to his arsenal to make him a little more rounded.

The crowning jewel of his training had been the fact he mastered, as he put it, the Sage Kurama Chakra Mode. He could use either or, with Sage Mode's duration increased to nearly a half hour with five Rasenshuriken uses instead of the normal two, but when combined the power he gained was...amazing. His senses improved, the speed he had in both skyrocketed, the strength was quadrupled from either, and he was so durable even in a sparring match with Gyūki he was undamaged by the the tails and the Eight-Tails' fists smashing into him. Though the power still fell a bit short, according to Gyūki to that of the full might of Kurama.

Still...until he had the same bond Bee had with Gyūki for himself and Kurama, he would put it to good use. He grinned at himself in the mirror as he put his Hokage cape on...he had recently got a custom one from Shima, it was the same color as the cape he wore during his return to Konoha during the Invasion of Pain.

"Alright, today I'll finish putting my Fūton into the Biju Rasengan," Naruto said with a confident smirk. "And the Fūton: Biju Rasenshuriken will be completed!"

Iruka walked to the training area within the Temple and he carried with him two bowls of ramen for himself and his favorite pupil turned Hokage. He thought he would reward Naruto for the restraint he's shown over the past two weeks as well as from the gains he had made during his training. He glanced to see a few more of the guard that were around: two of the Akimichi clan, as well as the Aburame Clan's head Shibi, who was Shino's father. In the guard station at the 'head' of the island, things had been rather quiet since Akatsuki had been unable to find them on their new course.

"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto said as he ran over, seeing the ramen in his sensei's hands. "I didn't know..."

"Special delivery straight from Konoha," Iruka said with a smirk. "Sent a letter there requesting a few bowls of Ichiraku Ramen from Teuchi-san himself. A quick summoning later and we have the fresh ramen bowls!"

Naruto grinned, he hadn't had Ichiraku for weeks now and his stomach growled. Iruka then handed him the bowl of seafood ramen with the boiled crab on top, as well as the Naruto fishcakes that his student adored. The young Hokage licked his lips as he took a seat and broke his chopsticks apart.

"Itadakimasu (Thank you for the food)!" Naruto exclaimed cheerfully as he began to eat his favorite food.

Killer Bee walked over as he chowed down on some anmitsu and grilled fish. "Yo yo, that looks good my Konoha bro!"

"Ichiraku Ramen, the best ramen in the entire world Bee!" Naruto cheered as he cried tears of joy as he slurped the noodles. "After this whole War is over, I'll treat you to a bowl!"

"I'll bring my students with me then, yo, you know!'

Above the giant, swimming turtle the Sandaime Kazekage's eye was closed as he used the Daisan no Me (Third Eye) technique to spy on it undetected. He still hadn't found out where the jinchūriki were though he had now a general layout of the turtle. At 20 kilometers in length and 10 kilometers in width, the turtle supported multiple habitats from swamps, to grassy plains, to vast forests and even a mountain range. And all the fauna were super sized. If Kabuto wanted to, he could study everything on the island to gain more power, but that wasn't on the agenda now.

"Business before pleasure," Kabuto reminded himself through the Kazekage's lips. "That barrier would normally give us trouble ...that is why I brought you here A the Third...or should I say Ultimate?"A the Third scowled at that and Kabuto smirked through the Kazekage's mouth. "Now...I'll give you back your mind Sandaime Kazekage...both of you will be more effective with it than under my direct control."

With that, the Kazekage's eyes turned to 'normal' for a reincarnated shinobi as he clutched his head. "...that damned puppet master. Even under the likes of Sasori would be better than this."

"Agreed," Ultimate said with a nod. "All we can hope is that we'll be defeated and sealed at this rate before or after we attack our targets."

The Sandaime Kazekage nodded, his real name being Arata then focused and did a seal. "Jiton: Jishaku Konshin no Jutsu (Magnet Release: Magnet Jamming Technique)."

With that Arata unleashed waves of electromagnetic waves from his body that began to bombard the island turtle. Harmless to humans and animals...it began to wreak havoc on the entire communications apparatus that was set up in the defense station. In a single moment, the Sandaime Kazekage had crippled all electronic communication on the island turtle and cut it off from Alliance Headquarters.

"Now, you're up," Arata said and Ultimate nodded.

Immediately a Raiton no Yoroi burst around the Sandaime Raikage's body before it turned black, more chakra and power was focused into it as he then lifted his hand up. Ultimate then focused the black lightning around his hand and withdrew fingers until only one remained. Now a long, pointed...spear of black lightning sparked around his index and fist while the coloration of his Raiton no Yoroi turned to its normal blue.

And faster than Arata could see, Ultimate leaped off the iron sand cloud he had stood on ever since being summoned and plunged down like a meteor. The large Raikage even broke the sound barrier several times over as he kept his dive from the altitude he was at initially. It still would take a few seconds for him to reach the barrier, enough time for the secondary objective to be done by Arata.

The Sandaime Kazekage did a seal as his Iron Sand coalesced in front of the island turtle's face. "Jiton: Satetsu Kesshū (Magnet Release: Iron Sand Gathering Assault)!"

Several hundred 100 meter high spikes of iron sand then burst from the ocean right in front of the island turtle which gave an alarmed yell as it came to a screeching halt. The display of his Satetsu was far more impressive than what Sasori or Kankuro could have done with Arata's puppet self due to Arata having his own chakra reserves and full power as a Edo Tensei. Everything on the turtle's back nearly fell over from the sudden stop and was now alerted. On Arata's back, wings of black sand formed to give him the appearance of a dark angel as he then leaped off the iron sand cloud he was riding on.

The Sandaime Raikage plummeted on his course at full speed, his appearance looking very much like a cross between a lightning bolt and a meteor. His black lightning, one-finger Jigokuzuki (Hell Stab) crackled ahead of him, the strongest, sharpest spear pointed directly at the shimmering barrier that was around the Island Turtle. While the inhabitants were still in chaos...he slammed into the barrier like a bunker buster!

Due to the angle of attack as well as the velocity Ultimate had been been traveling, he hit the barrier with more force even the 'standard power', unexploded Bijudama could. Layer after layer of the self-repairing barrier cracked, shattered and broke as the Sandaime Raikage continued his decent. Finally he had pierced through all thirty-six barriers and slowed his decent so he could land on the Island Turtle itself. However the barrier which had took the damage at just the right area...began to disintegrate and fall from the sky as the team was unable to repair the damage done.

Arata flew through the widening hole that Ultimate had made as he swooped down and his Satetsu flew forward and caught the Sandaime Raikage while he was still in mid-air. The two Kages glanced at each other and nodded.

"Quite the entrance," Arata said as he looked at the collapsing barrier. "I remember the last time you did that when you broke through Iwagakure's best barrier team."

"This is the first time I've broke through one with all Five Great Nations creating it," Ultimate said as he looked down. "When I was alive, the barrier team here only could make 14 barriers just in case my son lost control over the Hachibi."

"Killer B...wonder how far he's grown since the Second Shinobi World War," Arata said. "Last time I faced him, he left a scar on my back when I left my guard down..."

Ultimate smirked. "Before I died he did achieve perfect mastery over the Ox's powers, wonder how much better he has gotten."

"If he has gotten stronger, we'll surely see it."

In the Tailed Beast Temple, Naruto's guards were in chaos as Shibi tried to set up short to long ranged communications with the use of his insects. The two Akimichi Guards kept their hands on their staffs as Iruka frowned and squeezed his hand into a tight fist.

"...so they actually found the turtle..." Iruka said with a scowl as he took out a kunai. "Naruto, you and Killer Bee stay here..."

The sound of the entire barrier shattering cut Iruka's sentence short. The two Akimichi looked around in shock as Shibi's eyebrows raised in a bit of surprise. Hundreds of his insects flew back in through small holes dug out of the Temple to relay to the Aburame Leader of what has happened.

"...two Kage-level Edo Tensei have arrived," Shibi said as he interpreted what the buzzing of his insects had said. "One of them had managed to completely destroy the barrier, all on his own...he looks a bit like Raikage-sama but...a bit more rough. The other is a man with black hair...and he seems to have wings made out of sand or some other substance."

Naruto frowned. "So they've sent some of the strongest after me and Bee huh?"

"Yo, that's just whack bro, them coming to take a smack, bro!" Bee moved his hands. "Time to send the dead back so lets attack yo! YEEAAAHHHH!"

One that looks like Raikage-sama? Gyūki thought within Bee's mind. Bee, I think that might be your dad...

I know and that's bad yo! Bee replied in his mind. Dad's the strongest, even Bro hasn't become the best! Gonna be in trouble if we face him since he'd be sure to win!

"Stand down Iruka-sensei," Naruto said as he grabbed his Hokage hat. "If they're sending fighters this strong against us, having you guys die to protect us won't do any good."

Iruka gritted his teeth. "Now you listen here Naruto, we're here to protect you and...!"

"I know that, and I'm really grateful for it," Naruto said with a smirk. "But it's a Hokage's job to protect his friends. And I am the Rokudaime Hokage after all."

A gust of wind seemed to kick in through one of the air vents that led out of the temple and made Naruto's cape waft in it. For a moment, it was like he looked like his father, the Yondaime Hokage. Naruto's former teacher started a protest...but then smiled and shook his head.

"You're right, you are Hokage, Naruto," Iruka said with a grin. "You're not the same knucklehaded ninja I taught at the Ninja Academy, you're all grown up."

"It does seem...prudent for us to take your leave then, Naruto," Shibi said as he agreed with Iruka's sentiment.

"Don't worry, we'll beat them. Send word to get sealers ready to handle the Edo Tensei when they're defeated," Naruto said as he punched his fist to his palm. "If Akatsuki wants us to enter the War, then we'll give them HELL!"

"That's right, YO!" Killer Bee added as he punched his fist to the air.

"Wait, before you go!" Iruka tossed both Naruto and Bee a bunch of sealing tags. "If you're facing Edo Tensei, the only way to permanently defeat them is to seal them. Use those if you can put the attackers down."

"Got it, Iruka-sensei!" Naruto yelled as he lifted his hand up.

"Will do yo!"

Naruto and Killer Bee then channeled chakra into their feet and shunshined right out of the Falls of Truth entrance and out onto the island itself. Iruka leaned back and Shibi glanced at him. The Academy Teacher grasped his kunai before he put it back into its sheath on his leg.

Allied Shinobi Forces, Kumogakure

Ever since communications with the Island Turtle went down, Headquarters had practically descended to chaos. Tsunade and Shikaku were able to keep everyone calm but things were extremely tense. The Nara leader rubbed the bridge of his nose as he thought. Various Shinobi of different nationalities ran around the giant office as the Sensing Water Sphere was expanded by Ao to try to at least get a sensor scan on the Island Turtle's location.

All these battles, big and small, were just a diversion for Akatsuki's search for the Island Turtle's course at sea... Shikaku thought bitterly. "If the communications are down, scramble the messenger hawks and eagles. Get the fastest out there now so we can get in touch with Communications!"

Tsunade frowned and then stood up. "I'll lead a relief force to the Island Turtle."

"Good idea," Shikaku said with a nod. "Take part of the Headquarters guard detail to go reinforce Naruto and Bee's location."

"You're in charge here then, Shikaku," Tsunade said as she grabbed her own Hokage jacket, and she pulled it on as the fastest hawks and eagles departed from Kumogakure in the direction of the Island Turtle's last known location.

With that, the Godaime Hokage left the room as Inoichi sent the message to the guards around Headquarters to form up around her and reinforce her relief attempt. The Nara Leader rubbed the bridge of his nose as he breathed out calmly to focus his mind. He had been expecting Naruto and Bee to either break out or Akatsuki to find it, but he didn't think it would happen so soon.

"Finally located it!" Ao said as he opened his arms and focused on a location on the Sensing Water Sphere... "Naruto and Bee's chakra is still there...but..." his visible eye widened. "This chakra...its even more than the Yondaime Raikage's!"

"What?!" Shikaku glanced over.

"I've never sensed anything this strong since feeling the aftermaths of the Kyubi Attack on your village, Shikaku-san!" Ao said as he breathed in through his nose. "The chakra feels like the Raikage's, but the quantity is so much greater...not even Kinkaku's Eight-Tailed Kyubi form had this much..."

Mabui's eyes then widened. "That's...that's the Sandaime Raikage's chakra then...the strongest Raikage to ever live."

Shikaku looked at him. "He's A-sama's father, correct?"

"Yes...other than speed, Raikage-sama has been unable to surpass his father no matter how much he worked at it," Mabui said as a bead of sweat appeared on her forehead. "Sandaime Raikage-sama was the only shinobi capable of fighting Biju's one on one without any kekkei genkai enhancement. He defeated the Nibi after a battle that lasted a day and sealed it into Yugito's predecessor, and fought the Hachibi equally until both of them fell in exhaustion."

Shikaku's eyes widened. "That's...something only the likes of the Shodaime Hokage or Uchiha Madara himself could accomplish."

"The Sandaime Raikage...his practically invulnerable to all attacks, called the 'Ultimate Shield'. Even the legendary Susano'o technique that the Uchiha use might be inferior to his body's durability. He's the only being which was able to survive my Tensō no Jutsu (Heavenly Transfer Technique) without any damage despite the speeds..." Mabui whispered. "And not only that...he has the strongest offensive technique the village of Kumogakure ever produced: the Jigokuzuki (Hell Stab), the 'strongest spear'. Due to these traits, he received the title of 'Ultimate' before he even became Raikage."

"...makes sense that Kabuto would send one of his strongest Edo Tensei to get Naruto and Bee...damn it," he squeezed his hand into a tight fist. "Any weaknesses to his Ultimate Shield?"

"Futon jutsus are the only thing that can affect it," Mabui said as she breathed in. "Other than that, I don't know. Even poisons didn't have much affect on him."

"Futon? Naruto might have a chance then given the power of the Rasenshuriken," Shikaku said as he frowned. "What of the other chakra? It looks powerful too."

"...that..." Ao squinted and one of the Suna ninja looked up.

"That's...Sandaime Kazekage, Arata-sama!" the older Suna shinobi said with shock. "I haven't felt that chakra in over 20 years, before the Third Shinobi World War even started!"

"The Sandaime Kazekage?!" Shikaku asked and he frowned. "Two of the strongest third generation Kages in one place...keep monitoring the situation!"

"Yes, Shikaku-san sir!"

Shikaku went back to his chair and intertwined his fingers. He closed his eyes as he began to think of the next move. In his mind he saw each location where a battle had raged, or was still in progress, and he went over the various victories and defeats that both Akatsuki and Allied Shinobi Forces had suffered.

Mountain's Graveyard, Kabuto's Cave

Kabuto licked his lips in anticipation. Next to Nagato and his trump card, the Sandaime Raikage was by far his strongest Edo Tensei on the field. He had restored Ultimate to full power with his perfection of the technique, and just like all the Edo Tensei he brought back they were just as strong as they were in life. He lifted up his pawns with a smirk, placing them on the makeshift 'Go' board he had used to represent the battlefield.

"Ultimate, you truly do live up to your name," Kabuto said with a eager smirk. "One of the few Shinobi in history to achieve power comparable to the likes of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara..." his tongue flicked out. "Only the likes of the Yondaime Hokage, Nagato, Nidaime Mizukage and Tsuchikage, and the Sandaime Hokage in his prime are this strong." His eyes glinted. "Unless you've really improved since Pain, you're all mine Naruto."

His snake tail then flicked its tongue out and he frowned. "...now that reminds me, what was that foreign snake summon..." his eyes narrowed. "I have my own monitoring Sasuke-kun's growth, but I didn't expect another one to show up..."

Kabuto's mind raced on who it could be. There are several snake summoners alive at the moment. Most of them are concentrated in the Lands of Grass and Waterfall. Not only that, Anko escaped my grasp and she is quite the summoner...even able to summon Manda when he was alive... he frowned. This...may warrant more investigation. If someone else had take interest in Sasuke-kun I don't want the competition.

He turned his attention to the board. I can wait a bit then...this takes top priority...

Island Turtle

Naruto and Bee were leaping through the trees as several of the giant animals began to flee to the temple. In the distance there was an open field surrounded by the mountain range on the Island Turtle's back. In preparation, the Rokudaime Hokage activated his Kurama Chakra Mode, the yellow chakra bursts onto his body as the seal and various symbols appeared on his stomach, shoulders, arms and legs. Inside his mind Kurama folded his paws...the two had, at least ironed out an agreement that the demon fox wouldn't consume his chakra when he was in Chakra Mode. As such...Naruto changed where Kurama was sealed in to a cave...a recreation of the fox's old den he had in the far northern reaches of Lightning Country.

...lets see what you can do brat...

Killer Bee looked up as he jumped from another branch. So who do ya think is the other guy that was sent, Number Eight, do we have to play the battle straight?

"Whoever it is Bee, it's going to be strong. Don't play around with this enemy, fight it to the best of your ability if you want to win!"

Got it, yo, my eight-tailed bro!

Naruto could now feel the negative emotions from up ahead. While the two Sandaime Kages didn't have any ill intent, their summoner however did and was broadcasting it like a beacon. There wasn't anyway he couldn't sense it. He paused on a branch then switched to Sage Mode, temporarily shutting off his Kurama Chakra Mode to assess the enemies' chakra levels.

"Both have an large, strong amount of chakra Bee!" Naruto said as he shut off his Sage Mode and reactivated his Kurama Chakra Mode. "One has chakra so big...I've never felt so much chakra in one place before! Its almost like a Biju!"

"That's my dad yo, the Sandaime Raikage bro!" Killer Bee announced as he jumped forward. "He's the greatest Raikage in history bro, so you better not underestimate him yo!"

Naruto nodded as they reached the field a few short seconds later. Across it, both Ultimate and Arata had already made their way to the area. The Sandaime Raikage had followed a old path that led to the Tailed Beast Temple since he remembered the way from life. Ultimate looked up as Naruto and Killer Bee came into the area.

So that's what my youngest son looks like as a full grown adult... Ultimate thought as his Raiton no Yoroi activated on his own, sending pulses of chakra and electricity through the area.

Arata blinked. "So we're fighting the Hokage? Though what's with the glowing...and that chakra I've never felt anything like that before!"

"And Killer Bee...they must both be Jinchuriki if they're here," Ultimate said as several bolts of electricity sparked off his Raiton no Yoroi.

"Hey dad, its bad we're meeting in such a place, though is rad! To see you again!" Killer Bee rapped as he drew his stinger swords.

"And yeah, I'm the Rokudaime Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto!" Naruto announced and pointed at himself. "Jinchuriki of Kurama the Nine-Tails!"

"The Nine-Tails?!" Arata asked in a bit of shock. "Since when does Konoha have that Biju?"

"You're slow on the times, Arata-dono, the Leaf's had the Kyubi for decades, ever since the battle of the Valley of the End," Ultimate said as his eyes narrowed a bit. "I authorized the capture of its Jinchuriki years ago, but it failed due to a single shinobi."

"My father," Naruto said as he got into a taijutsu stance, mimicking his Kawazu Kumite. "The Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato rescued my mother, Uzumaki Kushina from that attempt."

"So you're their son..." Ultimate smirked as his aura burst. "Then I better not hold back. Not that I have a choice in it."

"...before we start, why did you want my mother abducted when you already had Bee-sensei and the late Yugito-san?"

"Since she was a military asset. She may have even learned how to master the Kyubi under our village's tutelage. I wasn't proud of it, but I needed to increase the strength of my village. As a Kage you have to make some choices that are pretty unsavory," Ultimate said as the Satetsu levitated around Arata. "I'll take the young Hokage, don't underestimate my youngest son. He's very strong."

"I won't go too rough on him," Arata said and he began to levitate on a cloud of iron sand. "Lets have a change of scenery, Eight-san."

Several huge spikes were unleashed at Killer Bee, forcing him to retreat away from Naruto who stood right across the field from each other. A burst of wind covered the entire area as the two Kage prepared for the first move. Just as the wind finished, Ultimate made the first move...he vanished nearly completely from Naruto's sight!

Fast! Naruto thought and his danger sense blared and just as the Sandaime Raikage's fist was about to smash down from him from behind...he activated a burst of his own speed and left an after image which the Raikage's fist smashed into.

Ultimate's punch plunged down and smashed into the ground with such force the entire Island Turtle was pushed 20 meters deep into the sea as a 500 meter wide crater was gouged right into the earth and rock that had accumulated onto the turtle's shell, and the blow shaved almost all of it down to where the shell started. The Island Turtle, Genbu, gasped in a bit of surprise and glanced back in confusion.

"Did a meteor fall on my back or something?!"

Naruto appeared right behind the Sandaime Raikage and wrapped a chakra arm around his fist to increase striking power and he punched Ultimate from behind hard. The Raikage was launched out of the crater and the Rokudaime Hokage followed him with a shunshin. Ultimate recovered and caught Naruto's follow up punch and smashed him hard into the ground.

Naruto grunted. He's...really strong!

The Sandaime then went to stomp him as the Rokudaime Hokage crossed his fingers and created a shadow clone who yanked him out of the path of the punch by the slash. He quickly dispelled it and did more seals.

"Fūton: Sunabokori (Wind Release: Dust Cloud)!" Naruto called out and he took a deep breath and expelled a massive blast of wind from it which kicked up a giant dust cloud.

Ultimate shielded his eyes as he stumbled back. "Trying to blind me, eh, good strategy..."

While his vision was impaired, Naruto capitalized his advantage. He lifted his hand up and above each finger he created a small Rasenshuriken. The Rokudaime Hokage then tossed the barrage of small Rasenshuriken at the Sandaime Raikage with a horizontal chop.

"Mini-Rasenshuriken Rendan (Mini-Rasenshuriken Barrage)!"

Ultimate turned around and then jumped into the air to avoid the lethal mini-Rasenshuriken just as Naruto used that distraction to appear right in front of him, chakra arms around his arm as a large Ōdama Rasengan (Big Ball Rasengan) formed with three smaller Rasengans around it. He took a step and thrusts his palm forward.

"Wakusei Rasengan (Planetary Rasengan)!" Naruto called out and smashed one of his new variants right into the Sandaime Raikage's stomach.

He grunted as the multiple rotations bore into his Raiton no Yoroi and sparks burst from it. The multiple rotating Rasengans then exploded and sent Ultimate flying into the air like he had been launched by a strong, localized tornado. Naruto then vanished and appeared right above him and created a Chō Ōdama Rasengan right over his head with his chakra arms.

"Chō Ōdama Rasengan (Super Big Ball Rasengan)!" Naruto called out and smashed the giant Rasengan right onto Ultimate's back.

With enough force to shave down a small mountain, the Chō Ōdama Rasengan exploded and the Sandaime crashed into the earth with enough force to gouge out a crater. Naruto landed and waited as he thought he had scored the neutralizing blow, his dust cloud had been dissipated by the force of both the attacks. A bead of sweat appeared on the Hokage's forehead as he waited. In the crater itself, Ultimate was completely undamaged and his Raiton no Yoroi was still active despite the power of both attacks.

"Raiton: Chō Kuropansa (Lightning Release: Super Black Panther)!" Naruto heard from the crater as...black lightning burst from the crater in the shape of a giant black panther lunged at him.

"What the hell is that?!" Naruto yelled as the panther battered him with its black paw and he was engulfed a bolt of black lightning that was visible from all points of the Island Turtle. "AHHHHHHHHHH!"

"That could have even stunned the Hachibi," Ultimate said as he came walking out of the crater, completely undamaged from the Wakusei Rasengan and Chō Ōdama Rasenshuriken. "And leave him with a nasty burn."

Naruto dropped to one knee, breathing in and out as his eye opened. "That...really hurt...if I wasn't in Chakra Mode I could have been taken out..."

Before he could finish his sentence Ultimate zipped forward at him with a kick. Naruto lifted his arms up to block and the blow made him careen backwards. He gritted his teeth and created two chakra arms to grab to the ground to prevent himself from going further back and he then dodged the next punch from the Sandaime Raikage. The Rokudaime Hokage used his own extremely fast shunshin to gain some distance and he breathed in and out, already recovered mostly from the Kuropansa.

"Alright, if ordinary Rasengan's won't work..." Naruto said as a little bit of blood dripped from his lip. Despite the fact he blocked the blow, the sheer force behind it still made him bleed a bit. "Time for my strongest Fūton technique!"

"Lets see what that can do then!"

Without the need of chakra arms, the chakra began to spin in the palm of hand. A Rasengan formed as he added the chakra nature to it...and four blades appeared around it. He lifted his hand up into the air as the blades expanded and gave the jutsu the appearance of a fuma shuriken. Finally, a dull bell like hum was heard as hurricane force winds erupted around the entire area.

"Fūton: Rasenshuriken (Wind Release: Rasenshuriken)!"

"Now...this is a technique..." Ultimate said with a smirk. "Lets see what it can do!"

Naruto had his chakra arms appear in front of him as he held the Rasenshuriken up high and he had them cross their fingers and in a puff of smoke, he created two Kage Bushins. Instantly the two clones began to run in opposite directions and went through a bunch of seals.

"Katon: Karyū Endan (Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet)!" the first clone called out on the left, using the technique Iruka had taught him...a legacy of the Sandaime Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.

A massive flame dragon burst from the clone's mouth and gave a menacing 'roar' as it lunged towards the Sandaime Raikage. Ultimate's Raiton no Yoroi flickered as he took the attack head on. Behind him the other clone finished his own seal sequence and his cheeks swelled.

"Suiton: Teppōdama Rendan (Water Release: Gunshot Barrage)!" the clone then shot dozens of water bullets from his mouth infused with Kurama's chakra.

Both attacks hit simultaneously and caused a massive, blinding wall of steam after they impacted on Ultimate's body. Naruto then used his chance as the steam cloud obscured everything in the area. The Sandaime Raikage lifted his hand up and squinted as he tried to see through the steam...just as the Rasenshuriken came into view. At high speed it was launched at him as he dodged it.

Naruto predicted that, appearing behind him and he caught the Rasenshuriken and tossed it again just as Ultimate prepared for the next assault. The Rokudaime Hokage then tossed the Rasenshuriken again, this time having it curve so it was nearly vertical to the Sandaime Raikage. Ultimate leaped over it again, this time the Rasenshuriken nicked him, cutting through the Raiton no Yoroi and severed the tip of his belt.

"Missed me again..." Ultimate said as Naruto appeared again and grabbed the Rasenshuriken a second time.

"NOT THIS TIME!" Naruto yelled as he speedblitzed Ultimate from behind while he was still in mid air. "Take...THIS! RASENSHURIKEN!"

The Sandaime Raikage's eyes widened as Naruto tossed the Rasenshuriken at near point blank and had it slam right into his opponent's stomach. The cutting power to cut a mountain clean in half was concentrated right into Ultimate's stomach as the wind shuriken pushed him back nearly a kilometer. And then it erupted into a gigantic wind dome with millions of tiny wind needles bombarding the Sandaime Raikage from all sides.

Enough power to completely pulverize a large mountain was concentrated right in the wind sphere as the bombardment continued. The Sandaime Raikage's Raiton no Yoroi couldn't withstand the barrage and was overwhelmed, falling from both elemental disadvantage and the sheer force of the attack. For several seconds Ultimate's immortal body was subjected to the millions of wind blades...before the technique finished and he fell right into the 150 meter wide crater that had been gouged out.

Naruto grinned. "Alright, time to seal ya!"

He took out a sealing tag as he jumped to the edge of the crater and prepared to throw. In his mind Kurama's eye suddenly shot open as his Jinchuriki threw the tag. Just as it was about to land Ultimate caught it out of the air and crushed it, his Raiton no Yoroi bursting back to life.

"DUCK, YOU STUPID BRAT!"

Naruto blinked as Kurama's words echoed through his mind as Ultimate focused his Raiton onto his fingers and drew back three fingers as he rose to his feet. And then he added black lightning to his Jigokuzuki once again as the lightning flared around him.

"Raiton: Jigokuzuki Ippon Nukite Kire (Lightning Release: Hell Stab One Finger Nukite Slice)!" Ultimate called out as he unleashed the massively powerful slash.

Naruto ducked just in time as the Jigokuzuki slash sailed right over his head...and he was buffeted by a shock wave that sent him skidding backwards. He glanced back at one of the larger mountains on the island as it was...cleaved right in two. The top of the mountain went flying up a bit...before it slammed back down and obliterated what was left of the base. A dust cloud rose from the destroyed mountain as Naruto's jaw dropped.

"Just...what the hell is he?! How could he survive the Rasenshuriken without a scratch?!" Naruto slowly glanced back at the collapsed mountain. "And he can cut a mountain in half?! How the heck did this guy even die?!"

Ultimate walked out of the crater, lightning sparked around his body. "That was an impressive attack...but it wasn't enough."

Naruto glanced at the scar on the Sandaime Raikage's chest as he jumped back. He must have gotten that in life, but how...? If a Rasenshuriken couldn't put a scratch on him then what could...

Ultimate then used a shunshin to cross the distance and the Rokudaime Hokage ducked the one-finger Jigokuzuki stab which caused a shock wave that passed over him. He used his own shunshin to gain distance as the Sandaime Raikage followed. Ultimate's speed was almost as fast as Naruto's so the young Hokage's so he had to really be on his toes.

Maybe it was the Bijudama that caused that scar...but its just too small... Naruto thought as he dodged the next stab and blocked a followup kick.

He jumped back and then focused...and the Sandaime Raikage hit an after image as he momentarily used his full speed to gain some distance. Ultimate blinked and he looked around in shock.

"Where did he go?"

Naruto had appeared behind a tree on the other side of the battlefield and then sat down and crossed his legs while he focused. He pursed his lips as he pushed his fists together while he wracked his brain.

"You're right brat, that wound wasn't caused by a Bijudama. If he was hit by it, he'd have had a massive scar on his back or chest in that case. Pfft, Hachibi really doesn't know how to control the power of that technique," Kurama said with a smirk. "One of mine would have wiped this fool off the map, even the Shodaime..."

I get it, and I figured that part out already! Naruto said mentally to the demon fox. I can't use yours since you won't cooperate with me! No need to rub it in!

"I'm trying to give you advice brat!" Kurama snapped back at him and Naruto blinked. "You die, I die. And I don't feel like being sealed in that monstrosity where the other Biju are kept."

...well its better than nothing at this point, thanks, Naruto muttered as he kept his focus.

"Either aim for that spot with your next attack to test it, or force the Raikage to strike himself. Either way, you will probably win," Kurama folded his hand-like paws. "Then seal the poor bastard. If he can't return to the pure world, that'll be the next best thing."

"...already have that in mind, though thanks Kurama," Naruto said as he finished focusing...and the red shading appeared around his eyes as they turned frog-like. "And its time for Sage Kurama Chakra Mode."

The combination of Sage and Kurama's chakra's caused a chakra pulse to be felt through the entire island, and made Naruto himself a beacon on the Sensing Water Sphere at Headquarters. Ultimate now knew where he was and channeled his chakra to his feet, using another super fast shunshin to attack Naruto who turned...and dodged, it was like the Sandaime Raikage was in slow motion. The combination of his chakra sense in Sage Mode and the negative emotions sensing of Kurama Chakra Mode gave him the ability to predict attacks even better than the Sharingan could.

"Time to test how this is in battle!" Naruto yelled as he smashed his fist right into the Sandaime Raikage's face with such force he was sent flying back to the other side of the battlefield.

Ultimate winced more in confusion than from any damage as he managed to catch himself. The Rokudaime Hokage appeared right in front of him with him unable to react at all and Naruto created a Rasengan and used it like an uppercut to launch the Sandaime Raikage into the sky. He gritted his teeth as Naruto appeared behind him with a kick and smashed him back to the ground.

Ultimate attacked with another shunshin as Naruto blocked another punch and was kicked hard in the stomach by the Raikage. He grunted as the wind was forced out of his lungs, but he was mostly unhurt. The Sandaime Raikage lifted his hands up in a hammer fist and smashed them hard onto the ground with enough force to push Genbu under the water another ten meters. He then grabbed Naruto by the waist.

"Raigā Bomu (Liger Bomb)!" Ultimate roared as he smashed Naruto down as black lightning burst around from the impact and hollowed out yet another crater, this time 100 meters around. As the electricity dispersed the Hokage gave a groan.

"Now my neck will be sore for a bit," he said as he hopped back to his feet, a little blood dripping from his lip and nose. "Even in this form, that really hit hard!"

Naruto jumped up and got into a Kawazu Kumite stance with his palms open and Ultimate charged at him with a Raitoningu Sutorēto (Lightning Straight), his quickest punch. Like before, it was slow motion as the Rokudaime Hokage sidestepped and pulled his palm back.

"Kawazu Tataki (Frog Strike)!" Naruto yelled as he slammed his palm right into the Raikage's chest and forced Natural Energy into Ultimate's body.

Ultimate grunted as he stumbled backwards...the attack did internal damage, but it wasn't enough to completely take him out of the fight. He looked at Naruto in a bit of confusion.

"You...can use Jūken?"

"Not exactly, same principle, different art...as a Sage I can literally turn all the Natural Energy around us into a weapon. All I did was force it into your stomach with that strike," Naruto said with a proud smirk. "All part of Kawazu Kumite!"

He jumped back to avoid the Jigokuzuki Kire (Hell Stab Slice) that was followed up and he gained more distance back. The Sandaime Raikage got back to his feet as Kabuto watched in confusion at the physical parameter increase Naruto was now benefiting from. The Rokudaime Hokage lowered his hand as black and white chakra began to swirl around it with wind chakra.

"Lets see if you can stand up to this, Ultimate!" Naruto announced in challenge as the spinning dark sphere formed above his hand...and four wind blades appeared around it. "Senpō: Fūton Biju Rasengan (Sage Art: Wind Release Tailed Beast Rasengan)!"

"I'll meet that challenge, young Hokage!" Ultimate yelled back as he focused his Black Lightning around his fingers again and withdrew them. "Raiton: Jigokuzuki Ippon Nukite (Lightning Release: Hell Stab One Finger Nukite)! Meet the Ultimate Spear!"

"BRING IT!" Naruto roared...and the two ran towards each other at full speed.

Everything slowed down as they crossed the distance. Naruto's senses flared as he prepared himself. Just as they were in arms length...the Rokudaime Hokage dodged the Jigokuzuki at such speed he left an almost tangible after image to be stabbed through. He spun...and slammed the Senpō: Fūton Biju Rasengan right into the Raikage's elbow with enough force to stab himself! Right through his own nearly invulnerable body!

"W-What?!" Ultimate gasped before he was caught in the spiraling effect of the Biju Rasengan and was sent careening over the battlefield before he smashed into a mountain...

...the mountain, and the spikes on it, giving it an impressive size on Genbu's back was then enveloped in a combination of the Fūton: Rasenshuriken's wind sphere and the general explosive effect of a Bijudama. Before long, there was absolutely nothing left, the mountain had been vaporized...other than the Raikage's still mostly in tact body in the epicenter, though there was severe scarring around his face, torso, and the rest of his body.

"Not...only turning my own attack on myself...but causing even this much damage to my body without it...amazing," Ultimate said as Naruto appeared in front of him. "You've won, young Hokage."

"Thanks...great fight," Naruto said with a grin. "If you weren't an Edo Tensei, I'd like to do it again!"

Ultimate grinned back at that...and Naruto tossed the sealing tag right onto his forehead and he was completely restrained and unable to move after wards. The Rokudaime Hokage wiped the blood off his lip from the fight as he turned his attention to the forests where Bee and the Kazekage were now fighting.

Bee leaped through the trees, his stinger swords out as he twirled and blocked the Satetsu projectiles that were launched at him. He had Raiton flow through his blades to prevent them from being magnetized by Arata's Jiton, particularly when he reversed the electricity's polarity to counteract the magnetism. One of Gyūki's tails sprouted from his back as he grabbed onto one of the trees and did a loop to hide behind it.

"This isn't good Bee, that man can control this fight from both long and short range..." Gyūki said as he observed in Bee's mind. "And if you don't keep your weapons constantly charged, he'd turn them against you."

"I know Eight-o, I'm working on it bro!" Killer Bee announced as he pulled out his trusty pencil and wrote another lyric down in his book.

Gyūki sweat dropped. "Of all times, you're writing down your lousy lyrics, you have to chose the time when we're in combat with a fricking Kage?"

"Always got to record, its all my accord! Ideas flow like a river and thinking about them makes me shiver! Yo!" Bee exclaimed with a rap beat and then charged lightning into the pencil. "And now to take a crack and attack!"

With that he spun and tossed the charged pencil right at the Sandaime Kazekage. Arata blinked and raised a shield of Satetsu up to block but the pencil, charged with the Jinchūriki's Raiton, pierced right through the iron wall like it was nothing. Arata barely dodged as he dropped the Satetsu shield...and Bee came flying at him.

"LARIAT!" Bee called out and Arata dodged at the last second and since the Gyūki Jinchūriki's back was exposed.

"Too easy," Arata said and then unleashed a barrage of Satetsu projectiles. "Satetsu Shigure Rendan (Iron Sand Shower Barrage)!"

Hundreds of black bullets were unleashed on Bee who glinted and then activated his Version 1 Cloak. The cloak burst to life around him with a full eight tails behind him like boiling, bubbling water. The barrage hit and caused a bit of a small explosion, Bee stood in the middle unharmed. He then gave the Ox Horn sign to the Kazekage.

"You may be the Kazekage but I am the mighty Killer Bee, Lord Guardian of the Cloud, and when I put on my shroud I cut loose," Bee rapped confidently. "So get ready to tighten the noose as I kick your caboose! YEEEAAHHHH!"

A bead of sweat appeared on Arata's back as Bee finished his rap. Okay...he's completely unlike Bunpuku-dono or even Roshi-dono...and that shield of tailed beast chakra...thick enough to stop my attack cold.

Scattered around Bee were the pellets of Satetsu that Arata had launched. Reactivating his Jiton the metallic dust rose back up and formed around him. The Gyūki Jinchūriki gave a proud smirk as the tails wafted behind him.

"I guess I truly can't go easy on you," Arata said as he did a few seals. "Jiton: Satetsu Kaihō (Magnet Release: Iron Sand World Order)!"

First the Satetsu turned into two shapes...a giant, 50 meter cube and a 70 meter right angle triangle. Like before, due to Arata's own chakra being used, it was far larger than Sasori's usage in the sealing cave. And then...he had both objects basically collide with each other and a massive, crystal like mass shot out right at Killer Bee!

"YIKES!" Killer Bee jumped out of the way and he tried to deflect the other now massive blades.

Due to the sudden impact the magnetized Satetsu repelled each other with increasing velocity. It was this exact attack that made Arata, before Gaara achieved his true power, the strongest Kazekage in Sunagakure history. Only the likes of Ultimate or Hiruzen Sarutobi had managed to repel the attack, Onoki the Sandaime Tsuchikage could merely dodge due to the electromagnetic waves of the attack disrupting his Jinton, and he killed the Sandaime Mizukage when they two fought in the tail end of the Second Shinobi World War. This power was also useful in subduing the Shukaku, which came of use when Bunpuku's predecessor lost control.

"Bee, on your three and nine o'clock!" Gyūki warned as Bee crossed his stingers and blocked one and the other. "Version 1 won't do against this!"

"I...know that Eight-O, so give me a break YO!"

Bee was backed into a corner as Arata focused more chakra into the attack. Each and every spike he had created over a kilometer wide distance converged right on the Gyūki Jinchuriki rapper who got a sweat drop on his forehead. The crystal shape altered as each and every iron sand spike launched at him and the Sandaime Kazekage smirked.

"Its all over..." he started as Bee's chakra cloak began to violently bubble.

"If Version One won't do, it's time for Version Two!" Bee yelled as he shaped Gyūki's chakra into human form...and was covered in a thick 'coat' of red chakra as his face looked like a jack o'lantern's. Eight tails swished at his back as the Satetsu Kaihō slammed into him.

Arata waited...before the Satetsu Kaihō exploded away as Bee overpowered EVERY single spike without any damage. Gyūki's chakra in Version 2 was completely impenetrable to the Satetsu attack. The Sandaime Kazekage blinked in shock.

"...alright...I didn't think something like that could ever happen," Arata said as he reformed the Kaihō. "New tactic then..."

He did several seals and electricity began to spark in the Satetsu Kaihō, like it had been turned into a giant Tesla coil. However, Arata had another strategy for it. He gave a smirk as he adjusted the crystalline shape into a long...tube.

"Jiton: Raiton Satetsu Rērugan (Magnet Release: Lightning Release Iron Sand Railgun)!" Arata yelled as he loaded a heavy ball of Satetsu into the makeshift cannon. "FIRE!"

With that the ball was launched into the railgun that Arata had created. Electricity and magnetic energy made it accelerate faster and faster as more and more power was concentrated into the iron ball Arata had created for the projectile. When it launched...it looked literally like a laser beam!

"BEE! DODGE! IN VERSION 2 YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT HEAD ON!"

"YIKES! On it Eight-O!" Bee yelled as he shunshined out of the way at the last second, and around his Version 2 cloak...a Raiton no Yoroi burst around it to increase his speed and reaction.

The electrified, magnetized iron ball smashed passed him at such speed and velocity, even though he didn't touch it he was sent flying. All the energy was concentrated right in the ball as it smashed through several trees and flattened most of the forest. And nearly three kilometers in...it exploded as a gigantic lightning bolt was seen in the sky. Nearly four kilometers of forest had been burned and vaporized from the impact and Bee glanced back.

"Nice dodge," Arata commented and he looked closer. "A Lightning Shield to increase your reflexes and if you weren't fast enough, those already high defenses. Never thought I'd see it combined with Biju Chakra."

"Been training too yo, gotta keep on my toes like my buddy Naruto!" Bee rapped up at him as the two cloaks zipped around him. "Throwing around so much power, though this won't be the hour, the mighty Killer Bee will smash you and trash you!"

"I look forward to the attempt," Arata said as he did a seal and created another projectile to load into his Railgun. "A normal railgun launches projectiles at speeds between Mach 3 and 8 at the most. Speeds which are easily dodged by most shinobi. Mine however...due to the size and amount of chakra used..." his eye glinted. "My railgun's projectiles are at least Mach 100...its my most powerful jutsu as you can see!"

Electricity began to spark through the tube as the metallic ball of Satetsu was launched through it at increasingly higher speeds. This time Bee was ready though...instead of planning to dodge...he unleashed the Beast! Trees and shrubs exploded everywhere as Killer Bee fully transformed into Gyūki and sent mass quantities of chakra spiking everywhere over Genbu.

So that's the Eight-Tail's full might...not even Shukaku produced this amount of chakra in one place... Arata thought as the railgun finished its charge.

And the next projectile was fired right at Killer Bee at that moment. Like a laser beam it was launched from the giant Jiton made cannon as the Jinchuriki. The massive hand of the Gyūki form then moved in a blur...and for a moment Arata could see a...Raiton no Yoroi burst around the Biju's body. To the Sandaime Kazekage's shock Bee caught the railgun projectile and struggled against the force of it. His massive bulk skidded back a bit but he held firm.

"That burns my Suna bro, but it was useless yo!" Killer Bee announced as he crushed the Satetsu ball. "So is that all you got?!

Arata's eyebrow twitched. "...insulting my technique..." he gritted his teeth after seeing the railgun projectile being crushed by the massive Gyūki fist. "How about this then?!"

With that...he made the railgun barrel longer and thinner by adding more Satetsu from the surrounding area. Arata infused even more chakra into the railgun as more bolts of electricity sparked into it as another projectile was loaded. It had been supercharged...both ends of the giant barrel literally began to glow.

Bee's eye glinted and met the challenge. He opened his mouth and black and white chakra began to swirl up over it. A single, black, dense ball formed right over it, nearly as big as the Ox's head. Due to the density of the chakra the ground cracked and splintered under Killer Bee's Gyūki form.

"Bijudama (Tailed Beast Ball)!" Bee roared as he fired the full powered Bijudama right at the giant railgun.

"Jiton: Raiton Satetsu Rērugan (Magnet Release: Lightning Release Iron Sand Railgun)!" Arata roared at the same time and fired the giant cannon.

The dense Bijudama ball smashed right into the railgun blast. Electricity sparked from both as they fought each other for dominance in the sky. As a precaution Arata surrounded himself with a Satetsu no Tate (Shield of Iron Sand) and practically turned into a dome. From the jutsu clash a massive lightning bolt was shot out as the Bijudama overpowered the Railgun.

What?!

The Bijudama pushed right through the railgun's blast, counterbalancing and overpowering it in its entirely. At massively hypersonic speeds it shot right through the railgun construct. As it plowed through the giant railgun swelled from the inside from the power surge and cracked, shattered, and broke apart into chunks of iron instead of iron sand.

"This is...bad!" Arata yelled as the Bijudama burst through the back of the railgun...and then it erupted in a massive explosion.

A shock wave covered the entire island as the Bijudama exploded into a perfect, circular fireball. It was 10 kilometers wide, even bigger than the large mountains on the island as everyone looked up and shielded their faces and eyes from the dusts and debris kicked up from the explosion above. Right in the center was Arata...his Satetsu no Tate endured for approximately half a second before it shattered.

He plummeted to the ground, half his body completely vaporized as ash and paper rushed to regenerate him. Seeing that Killer Bee performed a seal...and spout out ink from his mouth. He formed it into a Bushin of himself which rushed forward.

"Regenerating zombie of ash, I'll seal you up while you try to bash!" Killer Bee rapped as the Ink Bushin grabbed onto the regenerating Sandaime Kazekage. "Fūinjutsu: Okutopasu Hōrudo (Sealing Technique: Octopus Hold)!"

Arata had been put into an tight hold by the clone and he was unable to move. And then, after three seconds...the ink dyed his body and he was unable to move anymore. Killer Bee had won, and he hadn't even needed the use of Naruto's sealing tags!

Nearly half an hour later, Naruto and Killer Bee reconvened. All over Genbu's back was the aftermath of the battle, the animals were coming out of the Tailed Beast Temple since it was now safe. Bee rotated his shoulder and gave a thumb's up to the Rokudaime Hokage.

"Good work yo, you were able to beat my dad bro!" Bee congratulated as he slapped Naruto's back.

"Heh, thanks!" Naruto said as he stumbled forward as Iruka arrived in a shunshin.

"You both won...though never expected the battle to be this destructive," Iruka said as Shibi also arrived. "All the animals were safe in the temple, Killer Bee-dono."

Bee gave a happy thumb's up as Motoi also arrived. "The barrier and sensor team have made the decision to turn back to Lightning Country."

"What?" Iruka asked with a bit of surprise.

"Not much more can be done. All the communications were fried by whatever that initial attack was," Motoi said as he stood up. "Not to mention that the barrier can't be remade way out at sea, it needs absolute stillness of the area around it."

Naruto frowned. "...and this means its useless for me and Bee to keep hiding."

"Naruto?! But you have to stay here..." Iruka insisted.

"Iruka-sensei, the enemy knows we are here now," Naruto said as he punched his fist to his hand. "I'd rather fight out there with my friends rather than stay here, especially now!"

"Naruto's right, its time to fight! Kicking teeth in and saving our kin is what we should do," Killer Bee added as he moved his hands to the imaginary beat. "And I'm going to kick Akatsuki's ass like a kangaroo! YEAH!"

Shibi pushed up his glasses. "...there is a bit of logic in that. The Island Turtle is compromised and everything has been damaged that we were going to use to stay in contact with Headquarters as well as protect them. There really is no other option than to send them out."

Iruka breathed out. "...good point...hopefully the rest of the Kages agree with that sentiment."

"Don't worry, I think they'll understand!" Naruto said with a smirk. "I even sensed oba-chan on her way here!"

"Tsunade-sama? They must have dispatched her and a relief force," Iruka said with a sigh. "Alright, when she gets here you're heading out Naruto. She'll probably agree in a heartbeat."

Naruto nodded with a grin, but he turned his face to the horizon. In his Sage Kurama Chakra Mode, he could sense countries away and could still see the battles that were waging. Luckily...at least for now all of his friends were still alive, but he could sense the death of every unlucky shinobi killed by the plant-like monstrosities called White Zetsu. He was determined to end the War in a single strike.

Mountain's Graveyard, Kabuto's location

Kabuto pursed his lips. His mind was racing in sheer shock and amazement. He not only gathered data on Killer Bee and the Eight-Tails' full power...but learned more of Naruto's new form...well...new forms. A combination of both Senjutsu Chakra...and Biju...the Nine-Tails' chakra was completely and utterly unheard of. Given how Sage Mode requires a massive amount of chakra to enter and maintain, conventional wisdom would think that a Biju's chakra would be most suited to it. However...it becomes a double edged sword, due to the massive quantity its nearly impossible for a normal human, much less Jinchuriki to combine both energies...

"...unless they were the Rikudo Sennin," Kabuto said out loud, finishing his inner thoughts. He then chuckled and began to deeply laugh. "Dead-last Uzumaki Naruto, who I wrote off as a pathetic ninja all those years ago managed to do a feat that hasn't been seen since the great Sage himself!"

After a few more minutes of laughing Orochimaru's former right hand man frowned. One of his snake spies slithered in and spat out a scroll of Sasuke's own progress and he had his snake-tail grab it. With the latest information...Sasuke's own eyes were almost completely healed.

"So I'll have to integrate some of the Tailed Beast's own chakra into myself," Kabuto said as he read the report. "Naruto truly has became a fascinating subject, just as much as Sasuke. And through them..." his slitted eye gleamed. "I will achieve the perfect power that had been lost in ages past!"

Now, even more determined he turned his attention back to the 'game board' he had carved out for his Edo Tensei pieces. He still had several key pieces out there...Nagato was still unused, and he hadn't made Itachi stretch his jutsu legs. Not to mention the four Kage he had on the field as well as Yagura and Kimimaro in reserve. Though Yagura had...disappeared as well as some of his Jinchuriki 'pieces'...he assumed 'Madara' had something to do with that. Either way, it was fine...he was still the supreme master of the vast battleground with all of his reincarnated shinobi. He had Kimimaro reenter the field...however this time it was to secure his prize...Uchiha Sasuke!

Mountain's Graveyard, a kilometer away from Tobi's main hideout

Several dozen ANBU shinobi had gathered around the perimeter of Mountain's Graveyard. They stood on the trees and giant bones as they waited for their next orders. Two of them had managed to get into the hideout and found two prizes including something surprising...a full laboratory filled with hundreds of Sharingan eyes...as well as three Rinnegan. Only one of which had managed to be secured, the complete set was secured by a barrier that was nearly impossible to break through.

On the ground...another figure entered the area. The ANBU all stood at attention and saw him land...Shimura Danzō, now in his old shinobi battle armor had finally arrived. No longer did he look like the frail old man he would present to the public, instead he was a honed, dangerous shinobi. ROOT had gathered around as his primary medic knelt with the jar that had been secured.

"We've managed to secure a real Rinnegan, Danzō-sama," she said as she bowed, the two purple marks on her cheeks.

"Excellent Rin," Danzō said with a nod. "Begin the transplant immediately. My normal eye is a worthy sacrifice for it. As soon as its done, we'll launch the attack and eliminate Akatsuki's ability to wage war."

"Yes, Danzō-sama," Rin said as she rose to her feet...a field hospital being set up by the other ROOT ANBU for the transplant.

Inside Mountain's Graveyard itself...Sasuke had heard the disturbance. He sat up as the original White Zetsu glanced at him...and he saw the young Uchiha removing his bandages. White Zetsu ran over to him.

"Wait a minute, its not yet ready!"

"Shut up," Sasuke said as he pulled the bandages off fully...and opened his eyes as he activated the Sharingan...then the six pointed Mangekyo Sharingan he had achieved appeared...before one final change as Itachi's Mangekyo symbols appeared in the center of each eye...before they pointed straight. His Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan was fully awakened. "I need to test my new power. These eyes see well within the dark."

And with that...he summoned Susano'o, instantly he formed the full armored chakra construct without any effort. He then stabbed forward with a long black sword with one of the Susano'o's arms and impaled White Zetsu entirely...and then ignited him with the black flames of Amaterasu. White Zetsu cried out in pain and agony as he was incinerated and Suigetsu and Jūgo burst into the room.

"Sasuke?! You're under attack?!" Suigetsu asked before he looked at the smoldering black embers of White Zetsu nearby.

"No...but it is time to leave, Suigetsu, Jūgo," Sasuke said as he cracked his neck. "We've spent more than enough time here and its time to stretch our legs."

Suigetsu smirked. "Alright, time to rampage!"

To be continued...

Author's Notes:

Man, this was an incredibly fun chapter to write. Naruto and Killer Bee getting into the war with two massive fights against strong Kages, Kabuto's reaction, and finally Sasuke's simultaneous readiness to enter the conflict. I truly hoped you enjoyed it and please read and review! Also as a treat, a finalized top ten list for current Living and Edo Tensei Shinobi!

Current Strongest Living Shinobi:

1. Tobi

2. Uzumaki Naruto (current)

3. Uchiha Sasuke (current)

4. Yakushi Kabuto

5. Shimura Danzō

6. Killer Bee

7. Onoki

8. Haruno Sakura

9. Tsunade

10. Gaara

Strongest Edo Tensei:

1. Uchiha Madara

2. Nagato

3. Ultimate Sandaime Raikage

4. Kinkaku

5. Uchiha Itachi

6. Hanzo the Salamander

7. Mu/Gengetsu Hozuki

8. Kakuzu

9. Sasori

10. Deidara