Chapter 58 - Hunting a Jinchuuriki 03.

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Third Person POV

The Land of Sound.

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In the Village Hidden in the Mist, the Mizukage was listening to a report he had received about the rebels' activities. "You may leave," he ordered, and the man quickly disappeared.

Not satisfied with just that man's departure, he turned to the rest of the room. "You too," he commanded, and a group of ANBU also left the room, leaving the Kage alone.

Obito appeared through a vortex the next moment. "So the rebels have contacted that group and are very likely after the Six-Tails..." he commented.

"What do you want me to do...?" the Kage asked, as if he were a puppet.

"I haven't managed to place Zetsu on their trail yet... but I can send someone to help. After all, we need to capture the Jinchuuriki before they arrive..." Obito said.

"..." The Mizukage said nothing, only nodding. A moment later, the vortex activated, and Obito disappeared. He needed to contact someone to follow the ANBU who were tracking the Jinchuuriki.

Back in the Land of Tea, it was still night when Naruto and the others were organizing their trip to the Land of Sea.

"So, how are we going to prepare for this?" Akame asked Naruto.

"Kimimaro gathered some important information while we were away. A ship left the port yesterday morning for the location where our target was last seen. We don't know when the next one will depart, and we can't just cross the water directly—it could attract unwanted attention," Naruto said before continuing.

"That's why we'll leave covertly, without any ninja detecting us, as we sneak onto the ship," he said as the others nodded.

Naruto and the others prepared to travel the next day, organizing their belongings and leaving the inn immediately after settling the bill.

They headed straight for the port and didn't stop as they moved over the water towards the southeast, startling some fishermen as the sun was just rising.

"Hey, you'll scare the fish!" some of them shouted from their boat, clearly displeased with the group passing over the water.

"These ninjas have no respect for other professions!" his colleague complained beside him.

"Is it just me, or is the blond one flying..." one of them remarked, seeing Naruto not even touching the water.

"Who knows, it doesn't matter. Let's just keep fishing," the other grumbled.

They continued as the sun rose higher on the horizon. "This is taking too long, let's speed it up," Naruto said, grabbing Akame and Kimimaro by their clothes and transforming into light, shooting towards the horizon.

They spotted the ship out at sea some time later. Knowing he couldn't carry them all the way to the Land of Sea like that, Naruto quickly slowed down as he reached the ship, descending calmly and landing in a discreet spot without anyone noticing.

"I don't sense any danger among the crew, so we can remove our masks..." Naruto said, and everyone removed their masks.

"We need to keep a low profile," Naruto said, and they soon blended in with the other people, wearing only hats to avoid being noticed.

The journey lasted another two days until they finally saw the Land of Sea. They headed for a port city and began disembarking with the crowd from the ship.

"Are you noticing this?" Naruto suddenly asked as they continued walking through the city's streets, which thrived on fishing as its main economic activity.

"Yes... there are powerful ninjas on the rooftops..." Kimimaro commented under his hat.

"Yes, it looks like we're behind the Mizukage's pursuers..." Naruto observed, seeing several jounins looking at the ship. They didn't seem to have the Jinchuuriki's trail but knew his leads, just like they did.

"Let's keep moving discreetly. I don't want to cause panic in this city with a fight we can avoid for now..." Naruto advised, and the others nodded.

They continued until they found an inn and got a room. Naruto asked them to stay in the room for the rest of the day while he observed the Kiri ninjas.

The entire day went by like that, with Akame and Kimimaro waiting for Naruto's orders. Then, in the late afternoon, something happened. A ninja appeared outside the village and sent some message to the other shinobi. They conversed and began moving together towards an area outside the city.

"It seems they found the target or a clue about him, let's follow them. This saved us the trouble of investigating our target in the city," Naruto said, and they quickly followed the ninjas from a distance.

"Let's go by air..." Naruto said, grabbing them again as he lifted them. After all, Naruto was the only man in the world who could walk on air and one of the few with the ability to fly, while he managed to follow the group of ninjas from a distance.

He noticed them stopping at the coast of a mountain, where there was a cave. They stayed there for a while before moving south of the country.

Naruto descended shortly after, landing at the entrance as soon as the ninjas disappeared. He sensed everything that was in the cave, which had been used by two people before they left.

"Let's continue..." Naruto said and jumped back into the air. As they headed south, the vegetation around them grew denser and the area more mountainous.

They continued until they finally heard explosions in the distance. "It seems our enemies found the target first..." Naruto commented, looking at the sound of an explosion behind the mountain they were following.

Several small points began to move below them, being the ninjas who were heading to the battle site.

Utakata was surrounded by Kiri ANBU ninjas, while his student was by his side, defending against all the attacks, with the battle between Utakata and the Mist ninjas intensifying more and more.

Hotaru, Utakata's student, was by his side, launching defensive and offensive jutsus to protect herself and her master. "Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu!" she shouted, conjuring a water dragon that swept the enemies in front of them.

The Kiri ninjas were numerous and continued coming from all sides. They surrounded Utakata and Hotaru, attacking non-stop. Hotaru continued to launch jutsus. "Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu!" A water vortex exploded, knocking down several ninjas at once.

Utakata, with his pipe in one hand, used his explosive bubbles to keep the enemies at a distance. "Kinjutsu: Saiken no Hōkai," he murmured, creating a bubble sphere that exploded, throwing the attackers back.

The fight continued fiercely. Hotaru used her skills to the maximum, but the Kiri ninjas were persistent. They attacked in waves, gradually forcing Utakata and Hotaru to retreat.

"We can't keep this up," Hotaru said, panting. "There are too many of them and I'm running out of chakra!"

Utakata nodded, with a fierce look. "Keep fighting, Hotaru. I'll protect you."

She launched another jutsu, "Suiton: Suijinheki!" A water wall rose, blocking a massive attack with explosive kunai from the ninjas, creating another explosion that shook the forest on that side.

A group of ninjas wearing Kiri ANBU uniforms appeared from the other side, attacking their blind spot. Utakata blocked some with his bubbles, but they were starting to get dangerously close. "We need to regroup... Ah!"

A precise blow from a Mist ninja struck Hotaru, knocking her to the ground. Utakata saw his student fall and something inside him changed. "No... you won't hurt her!"

Utakata's anger awakened the power of the Six-Tails within him. His skin began to transform, a sinister red aura enveloped him. He let out a roar, and the transformation took over like a mini beast. His human form was replaced by a pure red chakra cloak, exuding overwhelming energy.

The Mist ninjas hesitated, surprised and terrified by the transformation. Utakata, now partially transformed, attacked with devastating force in the next moment. His chakra blasts destroyed everything in his path. With a single blow, he knocked down several enemies at once, shattering them.

Hotaru, still trembling and recovering from the blow, looked at this with a mix of surprise and fear. "Utakata-sensei..."

Utakata, in his beastly form, continued to fight with fury. He destroyed the enemy formations, his chakra explosions sweeping the Mist ninjas like leaves in the wind. Even the strongest among the ANBU could not contain his wrath.

"We need to try to seal him!" said a ninja from the remaining group.

"He already took down half of us!" another complained.

"Let's create a barrier!" the leader ordered.

The beast that was killing them found itself surrounded by numerous ninjas who created various seals. The seals began to appear around the area, trapping the beast in the jutsu the next moment.

"ROOOOAAARRR," the Six-Tails roared.

"That's it!" Naruto, arriving at this moment and seeing the creature surrounded by ninjas, was surprised. "So this is how jinchuurikis use their power?" It didn't take long for Naruto to realize that it was the Six-Tails in some transformation. His thoughts couldn't help but run to his sisters, wondering if they could transform into such creatures as well.

"What will we do?" Kimimaro asked.

"This isn't safe for you. I'll help him first and try to calm him down," Naruto said, knowing that this was a difficult situation to handle as he sensed the jinchuuriki's insanity taking over his mind with that transformation.

Naruto landed in a distant spot, leaving Akame and Kimimaro behind, and advanced toward the battlefield.

"We're managing to contain him!" the Kiri shinobi exclaimed, feeling Utakata trapped and trying to break free, but the seals were preventing it from happening.

"Let's start sealing him. We'll take the jinchuuriki to Mizukage-sama!" another ANBU responded, holding the seal and beginning to make new ones to initiate some sealing jutsu. But at that moment, a light flashed behind him, and his head flew off with a sword cut so fast that no one even saw who did it.

"What?!" the ninjas exclaimed quickly, while the seal trapping the chakra beast weakened, and Utakata finally broke free, shattering the fuuinjutsu and advancing on the first enemy who couldn't react as his body was pierced by Utakata's six tails.

"We should try to trap him!" they exclaimed.

"We can't, someone's killing our ninjas!" they shouted as ninjas began to fall with a light passing through the battlefield, eliminating them one by one before anyone could react.

"What's happening?!" Hotaru, still on the ground, witnessed two things happening at that moment. While Utakata, in beast form, continued killing the ninjas and destroying the area, a yellow flash also zipped through the place, eliminating all the ninjas. Soon after, no one wearing the Kiri headband was left alive. Over 40 ninjas were dead, which was quite frightening for the girl.

"Utakata-sensei!" she got up and called him. The beast was standing over a fallen body and suddenly turned towards the girl.

"Hm?!" Hotaru, who initially was smiling, widened her eyes as the beast suddenly exploded the ground and attacked her irrationally. Just as the claws were about to grab her, the same flash rushed towards them at the last moment, with Naruto punching the beast with a Haki-infused fist, sending it flying to the side and breaking the ground, causing an explosion in the area with the attack.

"This is getting troublesome..." Naruto murmured as Hotaru stood stunned, not just by the presence of a yellow-haired and masked person appearing there, but by Utakata attacking her to kill.

The ground exploded suddenly as the beast emerged from the debris, emitting a furious sound and staring at Naruto with those completely white, glowing eyes.

"So, I'll be dealing with my first jinchuuriki," Naruto murmured, preparing for the fight.

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