Land Of Waves :
The world beyond the Triple Pillar Barrier was a chaotic symphony of elemental violence and high-speed steel.
From within the shimmering, crystalline cone of the seal, Naruto watched with half-lidded eyes, his Kagura's Mind Eye mapping every ripple in the atmospheric chakra.
For five minutes, Hatake Kakashi and Zabuza Momochi had turned the clearing into a slaughterhouse of technique.
It was a masterclass in Jonin-level combat: a flicker of a kunai here, a perfectly timed substitution there, followed by a devastating burst of elemental fury.
Kakashi was undeniably the superior combatant—his movements were more refined, his predictive capabilities via the Sharingan giving him a terrifying edge—but Naruto noticed the hidden cost.
The "Copy Ninja" was hemorrhaging chakra. The Sharingan, a gift from a dead Uchiha, was a parasite on a non-Uchiha body, and in this high-intensity bout, it was draining Kakashi's reserves to the dregs.
Across the water, Zabuza seemed to realize the stalemate was no longer in his favor. Zabuza clicked his tongue while trying to catch his breath , after a while Zabuza retreated in the Lake .
Naruto felt the Demon's signature dip into the lake, the jagged, bloody pulse of his chakra fading as he submerged and moved away with silence.
( Zabuza's retreating,) Naruto noted. (Wise. He knows he can't break the barrier and kill the bridge-builder while Kakashi is still standing.)
Kakashi stood like a statue on the surface of the water, his chest heaving, the spinning tomoe of his left eye finally slowing.
He scanned the perimeter for several long seconds before the tension left his shoulders. He lowered his kunai and began the slow, arduous trek back toward the shore, toward the barrier where his students waited.
But as he approached the dry land, the "heroic" posture crumbled. Kakashi began to sway, his steps becoming heavy and uncoordinated. His vision was blurring; the world was tilting at a sickening angle.
Just as the Jonin began to collapse, the clearing didn't brighten—it darkened. A new, unnaturally dense mist flooded the area in a sudden, suffocating wave. Five blurs erupted from the white-out, moving with a synchronized, terrifying speed that signaled elite training.
Naruto, Sakura, and Tazuna watched in horror as the figures materialized. They wore the stark, bone-white masks and pinstriped uniforms of the Hunter-Nin.
"Sensei!" Sakura screamed, her voice cracking the silence.
Kakashi tried to force his body into a defensive stance, but his muscles felt like lead. Before the hunters could close the distance, three of Naruto's Shadow Clones flickered into existence around the gasping Jonin .
Two of the clones charged directly into the mist to intercept the primary threats, while the third stayed to brace the falling Captain.
"Captain, get inside the barrier! I'll buy you time!" the clone shouted, its voice taut with genuine worry.
"No...!" Kakashi gasped, his hand gripping the clone's shoulder for support. Even in his state, the Will of Fire burned with a stubborn, reckless heat.
"Don't worry, Naruto... I will protect my comrades. I won't let another one die."
"But—!"
"The barrier won't hold forever," Kakashi grunted, pushing himself away from the clone. "... don't underestimate them, Naruto!"
Kakashi didn't have time for further debate. A relentless barrage of senbon needles hissed through the fog, a silver rain designed to pin them to the earth. The Naruto clone leaped forward, his hands blurring.
"Earth Release: Twin Stone Wall!"
Two massive slabs of reinforced rock erupted from the dirt, catching the needles in a dull, wooden thud. But the Hunter-Nin weren't interested in the clones. Two of them bypassed the wall, appearing face-to-face with Kakashi.
Another one engaged the Shadow Clone .
The teamwork was flawless. One hunter lunged low, aiming a serrated kunai at Kakashi's hamstrings, while the other unleashed a volley of needles at his throat.
The High speed Bout continued again with 2 VS 1
In his lethargic state, Kakashi was a step behind. Senbon pierced his shoulder; a shuriken bit deep into his thigh; a kunai opened a jagged red line across his ribs.
"Great Fireball Jutsu!"
In a desperate bid for space, Kakashi rolled through the mud and exhaled a massive sphere of roaring flame. The two hunters flicked away like insects, their clothing burning, but the distraction worked.
Kakashi managed to threw an explosive tag onto the trailing hunter's heel.
BOOM!
The explosion sent the hunter spiraling back into the trees, his uniform charred.
But the victory was short-lived. A third and fourth Hunter-Nin joined the fray, pressing Kakashi from both flanks. His Sharingan, the very thing that had saved him minutes ago, finally flickered and closed, his body unable to sustain the drain any longer.
( is this the end )
Then, a flicker of hope. Two blurs wearing Leaf-style flak jackets and porcelain masks landed in the center of the clearing.
"ANBU!" Naruto cried out. " Finally "
But the arrival of the reinforcements was the final piece of the trap.
Kakashi turned his head for a fraction of a second, his focus wavering toward the newcomers. In that heartbeat of distraction, a kunai trailing a sizzling explosive tag landed at his feet.
BOOM!
Kakashi used a desperate Substitution, appearing five meters away on his knees, huffing and puffing and Kneeling , He was blind in one eye, his chakra depleted, his body trembling with the onset of total exhaustion.
It was in that exact moment of absolute vulnerability that the earth beneath him betrayed him.
A hand, pale and claw-like, tore through the soil directly beneath Kakashi's face. With a sickening, wet sound that would haunt Sakura's dreams for years, the fingers gouged deep into Kakashi's left eye socket.
"AAARGH!"
The scream was raw that echoed across the lake. The hand retreated back into the earth as quickly as it had appeared, vanishing into the darkness.
Kakashi rolled away, his hands clutched over the bloody cavern where his Sharingan had once been.
The remaining Hunter-Nins closed in, preparing to finish the job with a final volley of senbon, but a purple-haired ANBU intervened, her katana a blur of silver as she batted the needles away. The second ANBU performed a massive lung-expansion.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
A localized hurricane tore through the clearing, blowing the mist back and revealing the grim battlefield. On one side stood a lone Naruto clone, the two Leaf ANBU, and the mutilated, kneeling Kakashi. Opposite them stood four Hunter-Nin. With one's cloth Still burning and clearly damaged .
One hunter emerged from the ground ten paces away. In his hand, he held a blood-slicked, crimson-and-black eye. The Sharingan.
Kakashi looked up, his face a mask of gore, his remaining eye wide with a mixture of shock and failure. He tried to stand, but his lungs filled with blood, and he collapsed into a fit of hacking coughs.
The air was heavy with the threat of a final clash, until the lead Hunter-Nin—the one holding the prize—raised a hand.
"Retreat," he commanded, his voice cold and distorted behind the mask.
In a sequence of synchronized Flickers, the five hunters vanished into the remaining fog .
Thud.
Kakashi finally collapsed face-first into the mud.
The two ANBU held their positions for several seconds, their blades raised, ensuring the enemy was truly gone.
Naruto didn't hesitate. He dispersed the Triple Pillar Sealing, the crystalline walls shattering into harmless chakra flakes. Naruto sprinted toward the fallen Captain, who was now surrounded by the 2 ANBU
"Let me handle it! Get back!"
The ANBU moved aside, remembering Naruto's expertise in Medical Ninjutsu .
Naruto knelt in the blood-soaked mud, pulling a storage scroll from his pouch and unsealing a high-grade medical kit under the stunned gazes of Sakura and Tazuna.
His hands began to glow with a steady, soothing green light as he pressed them against Kakashi's chest.
"No need to worry," Naruto muttered,"The main issue is the trauma and the massive chakra depletion. , it's good that I know Chakra Transfer Jutsu "
As the chakra began to flow from Naruto to the dying Jonin, Naruto's blue eyes flickered toward the forest where the hunters had vanished.
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Naruto P.O.V. :
The forest was a symphony of fading chakra and heavy silence. From my vantage point behind an ancient cedar, nearly Three hundred yards from the "battlefield," I watched the world through Kagura's Mind Eye.
I watched as Zabuza's jagged chakra signature finally flickered and dipped below the river's surface. He was gone, his tank running on fumes.
Kakashi stood alone in the clearing, swaying like a reed in a storm. His Sharingan was still spinning, but the drain was catastrophic.
My perspective was partitioned. One part of my consciousness was anchored to the clone inside the Triple Pillar Barrier, playing the role of the dutiful, protective Comrade for the benefit of Sakura and Tazuna.
The barrier was a masterstroke of theater—it wasn't just for protection; it was my alibi.
In the eyes of Konoha, a sealing barrier of that density naturally interfered with sensory abilities. If I "missed" an ambush while inside, it wasn't incompetence.
It was physics.
Afterall Sensors are not some omnipotent Beings.
Another part of my mind, connected through the MindHub, was currently guiding the two ANBU I had "ferried" via Hiraishin as Reinforcement .
I had dropped them off at a calculated distance, panting for breath and feigning chakra exhaustion as a shadow clone before dispersing .
They believed I had pushed my limits to bring them this far via Flying Thunder God .They were now two minutes out—just enough time to be witnesses and protectors , but not enough to be obstacles.
Seeing Kakashi walking back and swaying , I contacted the new Shadow clones dressed for occasion .
(Two minutes to contact... All right. Let's go.)
I signaled the five specialized Shadow Clones standing in the shadows around me.
These weren't the fragile decoy Shadow Clones most shinobi used.
They were my "Black Latex" variants—pitch-black, streamlined, and reinforced with reactive durability seals. They couldn't use Ninjutsu, but they were very tough and will not disperse even if tanking some hits and moved with a terrifying, mechanical speed of a real SHinobi .
Dressed in the fluted armor and bone-white masks of Kirigakure Hunter-Nin, they were the perfect ghosts. Every clone has different Height and Build . I even procured real cloths and armor via Hiraishin .
This was the plan that I was cooking for more than a year.
"Now," I whispered.
The Mist Thickned by the Normal Shadow Clones , The five clones vanished in a blur , their movements silent as they converged on the clearing.
The forest floor didn't just become foggy; it became a white void, thick enough to choke the senses.
Through the MindHub, I felt the clones engage.
Kakashi's reaction was instinctive but slow. He was a Smartphone with Battery depleated in my Kagura's mind eye.
( less than 3 % )
My clones swarmed him in a terrifying display of teamwork, forcing him to spend his final droplets of chakra on a Great Fireball. The heat bloomed in the mist, a dull orange glow that I used as my signal to send messages to clone via MindHub
The ANBU were thirty seconds away.
And Soon As Kakashi used a desperate Substitution to escape an explosive tag, he landed right where I needed him—kneeling, gasping, his guard nonexistent.
A hand, gloved in the pitch-black latex of my specialized clone, tore through the soft earth between his knees. It was a surgical strike. No wasted movement. The fingers found the socket, severing the optic nerve with a frequency that silenced the pain for one crucial second.
"AAARGH!"
The scream was the final note of the performance.
The hand retracted, the Mangekyou Sharingan clutched in its palm. The clones didn't linger. They dissolved into the mist, moving toward my true location even as Yugao and her partner burst into the clearing.
I watched the ANBU interpose themselves between the "retreating enemies" and the fallen Captain , I watched the masked figures disappear into the trees.
( Done , Good )
With a thought via Hiraishin I was near them , I deactivated the clones. One of them returned the eye to me ; I immediately sealed it within a specialized stasis scroll, hidden inside a hollowed-out compartment of my mechanical blade.
Now for the final act.
I used Hiraishin to swap places with the clone inside the barrier. The transition was seamless. To Sakura and Tazuna, I had never moved.
( now to use medical ninjutsu so prove that I am the real body )
I slammed my hands together, dispersing the Triple Pillar Barrier. The white walls shattered into sparkling chakra motes. I sprinted toward the center of the clearing, where the ANBU were already kneeling over the bleeding Kakashi.
"Captain!" I screamed, the "devastated student" mask fitting perfectly over my cold intent.
( Forgive me ) I thought, though there was no warmth in the sentiment.
( But that eye is a relic of a 'dead' man, and you are far too sentimental to use it when the situation demanded )
I pushed past Yugao, my hands already glowing with the emerald light of the Mystical Palm Technique. I didn't need to look at the empty, blood-filled socket to know what I had taken. I focused on his heart rate, pouring a controlled stream of my own massive chakra into his system to stabilize the shock.
"Let me handle it from here!" I barked at the ANBU, summoning my medical kit with a flourish of a storage scroll
As I worked, feeling the warm, rhythmic throb of Kakashi's pulse beneath my fingers, a dark satisfaction settled in my chest.
Kakashi would live. He would be the tragic hero who sacrificed his eye for his team.
The village would mourn the loss of the "Copy Ninja," and the treachery of the Kirigakure , who after Taking Byakugan , Targeted Sharingan .
And the Uchiha would fume at the theft of their legacy by the Mist.
As for me
( Obito.....!!! I will come for You )
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Author's notes :
I understand that Mc is becoming too cold or similar to Danzo
I have already thought of something
But It will take some time afterall changing personality instantly will break immersion.
Hope you will be patient
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