Battle Against Kumo Final

In the other side of the battle field

As Fugaku fought against Bee, Bee had started transforming into the whole hachibi. It was then that he remembered Hiroki's words. Fugaku closed his eyes and when he opened them, his sharingan had activated, but it was not the three tomoes. It was his full mangekyo sharingan.

Fugaku then looked straight at Hachibi's eyes and it was enough. The hachibi's eyes became like Fugaku's and it was fully under his control.

"Revert back and sleep for me." Fugaku said to Bee who was under his control.

The Hachibi's body kept shrinking and shrinking until it reverted back to Bee. Bee was lying down on the ground, asleep. Fugaku then grabbed Bee and placed him over his shoulder as he went back to where Hiroki's clone had teleported him with the others.

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Sakumo was watching Minato's and A's battle while Yugito was next to him unconscious. He then felt the air shake behind him and looked. When he saw what was behind him, he opened his mouth in shock. Hiroki carried the unconscious raikage placed on his shoulder. Hiroki walked up to Sakumo and placed the raikage right next to Yugito.

"How's Minato-ni's battle going?" Hiroki asked.

"Minato has always had the upper hand against A. He's having no problem at all. He could have ended the fight a few times, but I believe that he's been trying to tire A out." Sakumo said. As he finished saying this, Fugaku shunshined next to them while holding Bee over his shoulder.

Fugaku saw Hiroki and was startled as Hiroki was the one with the hardest fight. He then looked at their side and saw the unconscious raikage on the ground. He then remembered Hiroki saying that his fight would be the easiest one of all of them. He thought that Hiroki was saying that only to make everyone feel comfortable, but it seemed that Hiroki meant what he said. Fugaku had only one thought as he looked at the twelve year old: "monster."

As Fugaku finished placing Bee next to the raikage and Yugito, Hiroki stepped towards Minato's battle. Minato felt Hiroki coming his way and relaxed his stance. A saw Minato relax and saw that Hiroki was coming their way. He then saw that behind Hiroki, Fugaku was there as well. As he looked to the side he saw his father and Bee lying on the ground unconscious. This made him shake his base. Konoha had beaten the raikage, one of if not the strongest of the kages and Bee, a jinchuuriki that had full control of his tailed beast.

"So, A. Do you still want to continue or do you want to finish this in a way that would be good for both sides?" Hiroki asked. He knew that A would not continue because the three people that they were holding hostage was a pillar of power in Kumogakure. If even one of them died, it would affect Kumo greatly.

A grit his teeth in anger. He was a prideful person and he knew that there weren't many that would be more powerful than him, but when he saw these men from Konoha, his mind kept telling him that he was inferior. He never thought these words would come from his mouth. He preferred to die in battle than pronounce them, but in this situation, he didn't have such a choice.

"I surrender." A said.

"Good. We'll have to seal your chakra, but don't worry, we won't kill any of you. We'll have everyone's chakra sealed until your father wakes up." Hiroki said as he sealed A's chakra and tied him together with the others.

After an hour, the raikage started to wake up. He felt pain all over his body. He tried circulating chakra in his body, but he couldn't feel any and it was then that he remembered the fight he had with Hiroki. His eyes snapped and he saw Hiroki, Minato, Fugaku and Sakumo in front of him. He tried moving his body and felt immense pain on his right shoulder and his torso. He took a look to his sides and saw that A, Bee and Yugito were tied up in a bundle with him. Yugito and Bee were still unconscious, but A was fine.

"Are you... going to kill us...?" Tha raikage asked weakly as he looked at Hiroki.

Hiroki then looked at Minato and Sakumo while letting them take the lead.

"Konoha has no intention of killing any of you nor making you hostages. What we want is peace. We just want to put an end in this war." Sakumo was the first one to talk.

"We were sent to the battlefield to protect what is precious to us and that includes our families and Konoha. This war means nothing to us and there's nothing to gain from it. We were the ones dragged into it by the other hidden villages, including your own." Minato said.

"Fortunately, we have a young, but wise shinobi. Hiroki here was the one that planned to place you into a corner that you wouldn't have anywhere to go from it other than where we want you to. So, raikage, we want to ask you a question. Do you want to end this war and leave things how they are, each village will deal with the damages from war, or do you want to die and have kumogakure destroyed by the choice of the shadow that is supposed to protect it?" Minato asked.

The raikage had no words to say. He was a prideful man. When he got the scar from the battle against the hachibi, he never told anyone that it was accidentally self inflicted. Hiroki knew this and he also knew that in the original time line, the raikage had fought ten thousand enemy shinobi so his troops could flee from the battle field and sacrificed himself for it. This showed that he cares deeply for his village more than his pride.

"I have no intention to have Kumogakure be destroyed by my choices. If ending this war is what it takes to have it kept safe, then it shall be. Be proud, Konoha has won this war." The raikage said.

"There's no such thing as a winner in a war. There are only losers. The difference is in how big was the loss. Many people died in this war for futile reasons such as greed. War never solves anything." Hiroki said with a stern face.

He then looked at the raikage. The raikage felt like thunder had hit him. The words coming from the young shinobi had revealed to him that there really were no winners in war and only losers. This was something to think about from now on.

"In two months time you will go to Tetsu no Kuni with the other kages to settle a peace treaty to officially end this war. I'll personally go to the other kage's and tell them the same thing." Hiroki said from behind Minato and Sakumo.

He then walked up to them and untied the raikage along with A, Bee and Yugito.

"Since everything is settled, there's no need to have you tied up anymore. Your chakra network should be back to normal in a few hours when the seal in it disappears."

Hiroki then looked at Minato, Sakumo and Fugaku and nodded to them. Hiroki grabbed Fugaku's shoulder, Minato grabbed Sakumo's and they teleported back to their camp.

The Raikage and A just looked at the spot they had disappeared from.

"That kid is so young, but he has such immense power and wisdom. A, no matter what happens in the future, let's not participate in wars. There's too little to gain and a lot of sacrifice. It really is not worth it." The raikage said as he looked his son in his eyes.

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In Konoha's Camp

"Look, Minato, Hiroki, Sakumo and Fugaku returned. Did something happen?" A Jounin asked. He was having a chat with his old genin team.

Minato and Sakumo walked to the center of the camp and called everyone over.

"Everyone, today is a great day. Konoha has defeated Kumo. The war is over." Sakumo said.

Just as he finished, everyone started cheering, jumping and hugging each other in celebration.

Minato waited a few minutes for the celebration to die down and cleared his throat, grabbing their attention.

"Ahem. As you all know, many lives have been lost in the many battles we had in these past years. We were dragged into this war unintentionally, but we couldn't just sit still and wait for our enemies to strike. We had to protect ourselves, our loved ones and our village. We might have been the village that lost less if compared to the others, but we still lost those that are important to us. Konoha will always strive for moments of peace and we will always protect what is dear to us. Once we return, let us pay respect to those that sacrificed themselves in war and also rejoice that this is finally over, but we can't forget that we always have to be prepared if it happens again. Let us all return." Minato said.