"I think I should be the one asking that," Mei said as she accepted the help up, "I hope you have a plan for beating him because I'm drawing a blank."
"… Maybe," Naruto breathed, "how long… can you hold him off for?"
"Ten minutes at the most," Mei said looking to where Yagura was getting back up.
"That should… be more than enough… time," Naruto said, "be careful when you fight him."
"I will," Mei said as she charged towards Yagura and began doing hand seals.
"Futton: Skilled Mist! (Boil Release Skilled Mist!)"
As Mei began to launch Yoton and Futton jutsu at Yagura, making sure to keep her distance Naruto created a clone; holding out his hand Naruto formed a Resengan. The clone began to channel wind chakra into the spinning maelstrom of destruction, I'm only going to have one shot at this, I need to make it count! The Resengan began to turn pure white as four points appeared swirling around its outer edge, making the jutsu look like a four point shuriken. A loud screeching sound began to fill the air as the jutsu became complete, he looked over at Mei who had several bruises but for the most part looked ok.
"MEI! GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
Mei jumped away from Yagura as Naruto channeled a concentrated dose of chakra to his feet, shooting off with such force that the landscape literally buckled and cracked when Naruto kicked off. Speeding towards Yagura Naruto thrust out his hand.
"Fuuton: Rasenshuriken! (Wind Release: Spiral Ball Shuriken!)"
Yagura had no time to react as the jutsu hit him head on, tearing through the Bijuu cloak like it was mere paper as he was lifted into the air. A large dome 80 feet in diameter appeared around him as millions upon millions of wind blades sliced into the Jinchurikki at the cellular level, had the dome not blocked out sound, Naruto and Mei were sure they would have heard screaming seeing as Yagura's mouth was open in a silent yell. Finally the dome vanished and Yagura's body fell to the ground, a second later there was a large burst of light as the chakra from the Bijuu escaped. At first Naruto was worried, he did not have the energy to fight any more and he doubted that Mei could stand up to a Bijuu. Luck seemed to be with them as the Bijuu did not have the energy to reform and dispersed, most likely heading to another location where it could regain its strength.
Naruto closed his eyes as he fell to the ground, breathing heavily as sweat began to pour down his features. Now that the adrenaline was wearing off he could really feel the strain that using the Hiraishin had taken on his body, as well as an intense pain in his arm. He looked at his arm and grimaced, it had thousands of tiny cuts on it much like what Yagura had albeit on a smaller scale. They were already beginning to heal as Kyuubi' chakra went to work, still the jutsu hurt like a bitch to use and he had hoped that he would not need it again until he found a way to throw it. He opened his eyes when he felt his headed being lifted up and put on something soft, what he saw was Mei smiling at him as she began to stroke his hair.
"Are you alright?" Naruto asked.
"Shouldn't I be asking that?" she questioned as she looked him up and down. His clothes were completely ripped leaving him with his pants which were now shorts and his combat boots, "you look like shit."
Naruto chuckled, "oh good then it's not just my imagination because I feel like shit. Is everyone safe?"
"Yes," she said, many of the people were actually walking over to them after having witnessed the battle. "Looks like you're a hero huh?"
Naruto tried to laugh only to wince as he felt his chest strain under the pressure, "I suppose…well… I think I'm… gonna… have to… take a … reign… check on… that reward… good… night." with that the blond shinobi closed his eyes as the last bit of adrenaline left his body and he fell asleep.
Mei looked at him for a good while as she continued to absently run a hand through his hair, she looked over at the battle sight and shook her head. The battle field was a sight of absolute destruction, the techniques used having literally reformed the landscape. She looked over at the large crater Naruto's jutsu created, she had never seen such a destructive technique; even her Yoton attacks didn't do that much damage. Looking back at Naruto she smiled, enigma indeed…
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It had been six months after the battle and things had been running smoothly in mist, Mei had been selected as the new Mizukage and immediately began putting plans up to rebuild Kiri and the neighboring cities. With the help of many of the ninja, both those who had been on the bloodline side and the ones who had been against Yagura but could not leave for fear of their families had begun to help with the repairs. With the two factions now working under one banner and with the support of the Mizu Daimyo, Kiri was beginning to get under way to returning to its former glory.
Of course it also helped that a certain blond shinobi had decided to stay and help Kiri get back on its feet, creating a literal army of Kage Bushin which he used to help Mei and the others in their repairs. Word had begun to reach many of the outlying cities in Mizu No Kuni about Naruto's amazing feet in defeating an entire army with a single jutsu and battling the former Mizukage right afterwards, many people had begun to hail his name here as the hero of Kiri. Naruto while appreciative of the people's good thoughts of him, could not help but a bit feel apprehensive. News of what he did here would not doubt reach the other nations despite the isolation this one had from the rest of the elemental countries. When it did he had no doubt that he would face several issues, namely Iwa and Akatsuki.
He decided not to worry about that now as he sat in the new Mizukage office as Mei read over the last few reports for the day. Now that they were experiencing a new time of peace Naruto had made sure to get to know the busty Kage under circumstances where they did not have to fear for their life. He had to say that it was fun taking Mei out to eat, out for a walk or when they watched a movie after the new cinema had been built. That had been an experience since they had watched the Princess Gale Movie with Yuki Fujikaze AKA Koyuki Kazahana, which many of the people including Mei had been shocked to see showing their hero when he was younger. All in all it was a good experience and allowed Mei to get out of the office every now and then, a place that seemed to be taking up more of her time then she would have liked.
Unfortunately he now had to leave, a few days ago he received a message that Jiraiya was on his way here and it would in fact not surprise the young blond if the man already was here. He looked over as he felt some added weight on the couch and saw Mei looking at him with a curious expression.
He gave her a smile, "it looks like this is good bye for now."
"You're leaving?" she asked with a frown, she had grown close to the young man and did not want him to go. During the war it had been her talks with him that brought her comfort and allowed her to forget all of the bloodshed, even if only for a little while.
"Jiraiya is probably already in town," Naruto ran a hand through his hair, "now that my mission is complete I'm no doubt going to begin my training again."
"I don't really think you need any more training?" Mei mused with a grin.
"I wish that were true," Naruto said with a sad smile, "but once word gets out my enemies which are already quite numerous will multiply. I have to be ready so I can protect not only myself but the people they will no doubt use to get to me."
Mei sighed, someone as young as him should not have so many enemies, she shook off the morbid thoughts. "So when will I see you again?" she asked.
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