chapter 70

"What in the hell is that!" Rōga suddenly shouted as the shock waves knocked him back, giving Haku enough time to avoid his finishing blow.

Both Rōga and Haku stared at Kimimaro, watching as his body was covered in a ferious red chakra.

Haku smiled and quickly jumped back into the air as he threw a hand full of senbon needles at Rōga, taking advantage of the confusion to get clear of him.

Rōga blocked the projectiles but was quickly forced to deal with Kimimaro, as he charged head-on at him like a wild animal, not wasting another moment.

Kimimaro looked like a monster as his features had become wild. His body was covered in bones and he roared like a mindless beast, slashing toward Rōga with nothing but rage.

"This must be the tailed beast chakra cloak that sensei told us about." Haku thought as he watch Kimimaro from above, holding his position in the trees and staying out of the way.

Kimimaro slashed and clawed at Roga, who was having a difficult time defending himself, being forced back on the defensive as Kimimaros taijutsu proved to be overwhelming.

"Shit, I can't get away!" He said as he tried to jump back into the air to get clear of the monster he was faced with, blocking another attack that snapped his sword.

However, Kimimaro was too quick, already showing a massive increase in his strength and now his speed.

"HHAARRR!" Kimimaro roared as he opened his hand, cocking it back all the way preparing for a powerful swipe.

Roga could see Kimimaro's hand turn to solid bone, his fingers becoming as sharp as a kitchen knife, being unable to move as they swung right at him.

"I can't get out of the way!"

Kimimaros attack hit dead centre, forcing Roga's chakra armour to shift into overdrive as it tried to protect him from the attack.

"NOOO!!!" He yelled as his armour broke from the force of the attack, sparking with electricity as it overloaded.

Kimimaros claws cut deep into his body, each of them ripping through his flesh like butter. Roga dropped to his knees as he choked on his own blood, watching as his last moments fell upon him in a dull fashion.

"Deafeated..."

Kimimaro was too lost in his rage and didn't allow him any time to process what was going on, instead, he delivered one final swipe of his hand, cutting Roga's head clean off of his shoulders, letting his blood soak the snow below.

Haku had watched the whole thing and was amazed at how much stronger Kimimaro was with the aid of this chakra cloak. In fact, it almost made him feel jealous because Fuyona had picked Kimimaro over him.

Kimimaro slowly calmed down and the red chakra that enveloped his body started to fade. Haku could sense it was safe to come out and dropped from the trees.

"Are you ok, Kimimaro?" He asked, waiting for a response.

Kimimaro took his time to answer, slowly turning his head to Haku and giving him a nod.

"Yeah... I'm ok Haku." He said.

"You made that look easy," Haku said as he crossed his arms.

Kimimaro nodded.

"That was the power of the three tails that sensei sealed inside of me. I've... I've never felt anything like it." He said as he inspected his hand, slowly making a fist and squeezing.

Haku nodded.

"It was pretty amazing!" He then said, remembering that Kimimaro would have died if Fuyōna had not sealed the three tails inside of his body, feeling bad for being jealous.

Kimimaro nodded, shifting his attention back to the mission.

"We had better catch up with Kaga sensei and Koyuki, I have a bad feeling." He said.

Haku agreed, giving him a quick nod before they both shifted into gear and dashed off.

Meanwhile...

Doto stood atop a hill in the snow with his arms crossed over his body, facing Koyuki and Sandayu.

"Kaga sensei!" Koyuki shouted, seeing he had been struck by the black ice dragon and frozen to a tree unconscious.

"It's no use little girl, he is the first to fall and he won't be the last!" Doto shouted as he started to make hand signs, letting his chakra flare to life.

"You need to get out of here! It's not safe!" Koyuki shouted to Sandayu as he raised her kunai, not sure what was going to happen.

"I...I can't leave you behind." Sandayu said, knowing he couldn't be of any use, but feeling like he couldn't abandon her.

"Now die! Ice style black dragon jutsu!" Doto shouted, unleashing another huge black ice dragon towards both of them.

"Move!" Koyuki shouted as she grabbed Sandayu, trying to pull him out of the way with her.

The ice dragon hit the trees and exploded, freezing everything in its path with incredible power.

"Stay here!" Koyuki said as she placed him down on a tree branch, jumping into the air and making her own hand signs.

"Fire style, fireball jutsu!" She shouted as she shot a ball of fire towards Doto.

"Do you really think that will work!" Doto shouted with a sinister smile.

"And wind style, violent whirlwind!" She then added, making more hand signs in quick succession and using a wind style jutsu.

Doto watched as her fire style and wind style combined, creating an even more powerful combo jutsu, trapping him in a vortex of fire.

"Pitiful girl... This level of jutsu will never touch me!" He shouted as he let his chakra armour burst to life, negating her jutsu with ease as he waved his arm, walking out of the fire unharmed.

Koyuki watched in horror, wrapping an explosive tag around a kunai in a latch notch effort.

"Even my wind and fire combo can't touch him..." She thought, getting into a low stance as she prepared her next attack.

"Time to end this," Doto said as he made a few hand signs, using his chakra to mould the snow and ice around him.

"Ice style, 1000 shuriken jutsu." He said, pumping a large amount of chakra into his attack and creating what looked like an almost infinite amount of ice shuriken.

Koyuki didn't even know what she was supposed to do, feeling helpless at the onslaught that was to come.

"It's no use..." She said, dropping her kunai as she fell to her knees.

"Sensei... I'm sorry... Haku... Kimimaro. I... I'm sorry." She muttered under her breath as a tear came to her eye.

"Father... I'm sorry." She finally said, letting the tears flow.

"Die!" Doto shouted as he let his jutsu fly, firing the 1000 ice shuriken, letting them tear through the cold air ready to shred her to ribbons.

Koyuki looked up, watching death flying towards her, taking what she thought to be her last breath of cold air, feeling her lungs burn one last time.

However... The ice shuriken that were flying towards her slowly stopped right before her, floating in the air in front of her face.

"Wh-what..." She said not believing it.

Doto was also shocked to see that his jutsu had simply stopped mid-air.

"What's going on here!" He said, confused.

"Well, that was certainly a close call." A voice that needed no introduction said, walking from behind Koyuki before he placed a hand on her shoulder.

Koyuki looked up in disbelief at her saviour, almost lost for words.

"Lor...Lord Mizukage!" She blurted out, feeling embarrassed, thankful, confused, happy, and sad all at the same time.

"Everything is alright now, Koyuki," Fuyōna said as he helped her to her feet, giving her a reassuring smile.

Doto was shocked to see Fuyōna standing next to Koyuki simply ignoring him as if he didn't matter.

"So even the Mizukage greets our land with his presence!" Doto shouted, getting his attention.

"Why don't you get back to cover for a little while, eh Koyuki," Fuyōna said before turning to face Doto.

"Well... When my students are in danger I guess I have no choice." He said, picking one of the ice shuriken out of the air to inspect it.

"You, the Mizukage dare to attack me, Lord Doto of the land of snow! This is an act of war no less!" Doto shouted, bringing the politics into it.

Fuyona sighed before he let go of the shuriken, letting it float back into the air with the others.

"I guess our only course of action is to kill you and let the princess take her rightful place on the throne then." He said, crossing his arms over his chest.

Doto bit his lip as his rage boiled.

"You insolent! Mizukage or not! You can die like all the others!!!" He roared as he placed his hands together, activating his chakra armour trying to get the ice shuriken to move.

However, it was no use and they remained still in the air, floating as if held by a string.

"So that's the chakra armour I have heard so much about," Fuyōna said with a keen eye.

Doto was almost out of breath he was trying so hard to get his jutsu to obey his orders.

"What in the blazes is going on!" He suddenly blurted out as he was forced to stop and take a breath, red in the face.

"Hmmm... I'm afraid your false ice style attacks won't work on me." Fuyōna said, smiling as he said it.

Doto was confused, but he quickly realized what was happening as Fuyona waved his hand.

"Allow me to show you the true power of an ice style user."

Suddenly all of Doto's ice style shuriken changed directed and flew towards him.

"Arghh!!" He shouted as he raised his hands to defend himself from the 1000 ice shuriken of his own creation.

His chakra armour indeed did its job in protecting him as the ice shuriken hit the barrier it provided, smashing off of it and turning into snow on impact.

"It's no use! My chakra armour is unbeatable!" Doto boasted.

His eyes suddenly widened though as a kunai hit the ground by his feet, the very same one Koyuki had dropped into the snow with the explosive tag on it, causing Doto's eyes to widen.

The kunai exploded causing smoke to fill the air and snow to burst all over. Doto jumped out of the smoke seeming unharmed as he landed on a tree branch, turning to face the Mizukage.

"Why you! Ice style black dragon!" Doto shouted.

Fuyona watched as the ice dragon roared to life before it charged head-on at him.

"Really? What did I just say?" Fuyona said as he extended his arm, creating an ice mirror to absorb the attack.

"Have a taste of your own jutsu." He then said, letting the ice dragon shoot out of his mirror, heading right for Doto.

Doto couldnt believe his eyes as his own jutsu was repled and now heading towards him.

"What trickery is this!" He yelled, doing his best to raise his guard and defend the oncoming attack.

The ice dragon smashed into Doto, exploding against his chakra armour with the force sending him flying back where he slammed against a tree.

"I think thats enough of this, dont you?" Fuyōna said, appearing next to Doto and placign a hand on his shoulder.

Doto almost jumped out of his skin, quickly slapping his hand away and moving to get some distance.

"I dont think so! Triple ice dragon!" He shouted, making the hand signs before he fired three black ice dragons at Fuyōna, leaving him with nowhere to go.

"I'm already tired of this." Fuyōna said, this time letting his chakra burst to life as he seemingly dissapeared he moved so fast.

"Where did he go!" Doto shouted as he watched his ice dragons smash into the ground where he had been stood.

Doto was suddenly struck in the face, knocking him across the snow with force. Doto was surprised and flipped back, hopping up to his feet again.

"Show yourself!" He shouted, enraged beyond anything he has felt before.

Fuyona appeared infront of Doto with blinding speed and cut all the staps that held his charka armour to his body.

"Its over for you." He then said as he Periced Doto's heart with a bone blade, infused with his own ice style.

Doto took a step back as the pain washed over his body, unable to even moan as he felt his body freezing from the jutsu.

"Cur...Curse you..." Doto muttered as his body froze, crumbling and breaking apart as it fell into the snow, becoming one with the land of snow itself.

Fuyōna sighed in relief.

"It's over." He then said, turning to look at Koyuki.

Fuyōna then turned his attention to Kaga, who was still frozen to a tree. Quickly he vanished and reappeared next to him, placing a hand on the ice and melting it with his chakra.

Koyuki couldn't even keep track of his movements, still amazed he had shown up to save her.

"Is that who I think it is?" Sandayu asked, not believing how easily he had dealt with Doto.

"That's Lord Mizukage alright," Koyuki replied, admiring him as she did.

Fuyōna put Kaga down next to Koyuki and Sandayu, looking to Sandayu with a smile.

"Lord Sandayu, I believe." He said, extending his greetings.

"Lord Mizukage." Sandayu replied with a slight bow of his head.

"Please, call me Fuyōna." He said with a smile.

Fuyōna then stood up turning his attention behind him.

"Right on time." He said.

Haku and Kimimaro couldn't believe their eyes as their sense came into view.

"It is, it really is Fuyōna sensei!" They both shouted, charging towards him overjoyed.

"Sensei! Your here!" They both said charging over to him.

"Now, now boys. Let's keep it professional." Fuyōna said with a smile as he placed his hands on their heads, giving them praise.

"I'd say that this mission is finally complete." Fuyōna then said, getting a nod from the others as the sunlight shone from over the trees with the morning sunrise.

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