5 Hoshigakure in Ruins

Kibo moved as fast as he could. He could feel his bones creaking under the pressure of Seiryu's Chakra. A bit of blood was beginning to leak from the corner of his lips and dripped down his chin. His organs and muscles were stretching out to the breaking point, but Kibo fought through the pain before managing to slightly increase his speed.

After ten minutes of continuous flight, Kibo's body finally felt like it was going to break apart.

Kakashi and the rest of the group looked over at the boy's pained expression and began to worry for his safety.

Shisui then spoke up while looking at the Chakra construct with his Sharingan. "I don't know where he's pulling this level of energy from. It looks like some strange core inside his body sending him a constant supply of Chakra, but I can't see what's on the other end."

"Yeah, but it's putting a huge strain on his body, I don't think he's gonna last much longer," Kakashi followed up.

"You know Kakashi, I'm always impressed on how well you handle the Sharingan. You know, while not being an Uchiha and all," Shisui said making Kakashi sway his hand.

"No, no, no! It's nothing compared to the Legendary Flicker of Konoha!" Kakashi replied.

"If you two would quit flirting with each other, you'd know that we're here!" Kibo shouted as he could finally see his village in range.

Billows of smoke were rising into the sky, fires tinted the skies in an orange hue, the sounds of combat, and his Clansmen screaming could be heard underneath the construct.

The closer he got to the village the less stable his Chakra Construct became.

Kibo then dove closer to the ground and placed a chakra recovery pill and a healing pill in his mouth while Scattering his dragon construct directly above his village.

The Jonins were sent into a free fall and drew their weapons as they headed towards the ground.

Kibo didn't waste time pulling out his twin blades. One was a regular-sized katana while the other was a kodachi, much more suitable for his size.

Coating his weapons in Star Chakra, Kibo sprouted his wings and flew toward where the combat was heaviest.

The rest of the Jonin separated dividing up their power to where the most damage was being done, while the other half went to where the civilians were evacuating.

Kibo began to slaughter the Chakra beast by the dozen. A strange-looking unicorn elephant charged at him, tearing up the ground beneath its hooves.

Kibo extended the length of his Star Chakra around his blade to more than twice the size of the creature. He put away his kodachi and gripped his katana with both hands. Kibo then used a single chopping motion when the large beast was severed down the middle.

"Quest activated save Hoshigakure's citizens. Reward . . ." Before Navi could finish Kibo shouted, "Not now Navi! Turn off all notifications until after I get through this whole ordeal."

This bit of time conversing with Navi allowed for Kibo to be struck by a ramming deer beast.

His body rolled over on the ground, at the moment of impact, Kibo managed to swing one of his Chakra Wings to sever the creature's head from its body.

As he sprang back up ignoring his wounds, Kibo noticed citizens in danger nearby.

A group of children and their parents were being surrounded by a pack of bulky Fanged Wolves. Quickly pulling out his kodachi he jumped back into battle. He cleaved the pack leader's head off and shouted at the remaining creatures while imbuing his lungs with chakra.

The wolves frightened by the killing intent rolling off the young warrior's body started to pull back slightly.

Suddenly a flickering silhouette disappeared and reappeared repeatedly across the battlefield. Every time it happened, a civilian was transported to the Hoshikage's mansion along with the rest of the retreating citizens.

A smile of relief spread across Kibo's face as he felt thankful for Shisui's presence and continued to kill while helping out his citizens.

Bit by bit, he saved those that he could and shed a silent tear for those already lost.

After the remaining citizens had gathered behind the Hoshikage's mansion walls. There, over a hundred Shinobi guarded them against any approaching threat. Any of the chakra beasts that attempted to cross were slain on the spot.

Kibo and the rest of the Jonin were still fighting in the village's residential area. The group of Shinobi was covered in blood and some had even sustained wounds. Although they were superficial wounds at most.

"This is taking too long, time to try out my new Jutsu." Kibo used 1,000 Sys Pts. and purchased a thousand super dense black steel shurikens.

Suddenly his chakra split into a thousand filaments no bigger than a hair. Throwing the mass of shuriken into the air, he then attached his chakra to the insides of all the projectiles and began manipulating them to slaughter at a much higher rate.

"Blood Metal Storm!" Kibo said the name of his technique as the mass of metal stars flew across the battlefield, cutting through the enemies with ease. Blood, Chakra, and Carbon Steel merged together, forming a massive killing vortex.

Every few seconds entire batches of Chakra Beast were being executed by the dozen.

Kakashi waved his hand as the group formed a protective circle around Kibo.

Kurenai and Guy took care of any beast by hitting them with Gen-Jutsu and letting Guy pulverize them into mush.

"Let me add a little fire to your storm." Shisui said as he used performed a series of hand seals, "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!"

Shisui shot out countless fireballs that surrounded Kibo's shuriken and followed their path of destruction.

"Wind Release: Rotating Shuriken." Asuma also helped out using his technique to increase the intensity of Shisui's fire.

"Earth Release: Still Marsh!" Kakashi slammed his hands into the ground causing the entire civilian's district to become one giant fly trap for the chakra beasts.

They kept this battle up for almost three hours straight. Kibo was beginning to tire when the ground suddenly shook.

A large fowl-like bird appeared inside the village almost as if it materialized.

Its body was around 15 feet high. It had two powerful-looking hind legs are supported by its curved and deadly talons, and it looked like it weighed around 8 tons. Its razor-sharp beak opened, revealing a set of jagged teeth and a cold ghostly fire that leaked onto the ground.

Its bright red cockscomb was almost transparent like it lacked any real substance. It swayed in the wind like it was made out of the same fire it was breathing.

As the drool/fire made contact with the dirt, it began dissolving the area it touched like magic. No sound or reaction could be seen from the soil, it simply vanished.

"Basan!" Kakashi shouted.

"What's a B-Rank Chakra Beast doing here?" Kibo thought to himself.

"Hey, Seiryu! I thought you said higher-level beast that had already developed a consciousness wouldn't be interested in my flesh," Kibo shouted internally.

"That is true. I've told no lie. However, the hundreds of D-Ranked Chakra Beasts you've killed here have enticed its appetite. Monsters need a large supply of protein and Chakra to evolve, and the very fact that the meats of these monsters are filled with chakra, it's no wonder a B-Rank would show up."

Kibo looked at his party and then to Kakashi.

"This could be bad!" Kakashi sighed, most of the group was tapped out on chakra, and their stamina was hitting the bottom of the barrel.

"Any idea's Seiryu?" Kibo asked

"One; but you're not gonna like it," Seiryu replied.

"What is it?" Kibo thought about using his pill to give to Kakashi and the rest. But if there was another way he'd rather take that path. After all, each of these pills came from the God's Starter Pack.

If he were to classify them in this world, they would be a miracle drug that completely restores chakra and one's health to peak condition. He could purchase more from the shop but each pill cost 10,000 points. Far too costly for him to dwindle away such life-saving treasures.

"Allow me to take over for a moment." Kibo's eyes widened when he remembered the Bijuu possession ability.

Similar to how Gaara unleashed the Shukaku and Naruto reaching the Eight-Tailed form in the comic, Kibo could do the same.

"Navi is this possible?" He had to admit he was interested in seeing what a fused beast, rather than a sealed one was capable of.

"Yes as long as Seiryu has the Host's permission. Unlike Naruto who has the Five-Elements Seal, you can directly allow Seiryu to take over, but it will put a great burden on the Host's mental stability." Navi replied.

Just as he was about to say yes Seiryu stopped him, "You should think this through. Although you could use those pills to recover from the chakra drain and bodily damage, your mental strain is a whole other story. You haven't eaten today, and you've been pushing yourself to the limits since yesterday. If I take over even if it's just for a little bit; well let's just say worst case scenario your mind fractures and you live the rest of your life with the mind of an addled infant. Best case scenario, you end up in a comma."

Kibo looked to his people and smiled, he already knew what he should do.

"Kakashi, Kurenai, Shisui, Asuma, Guy, you might want to get back."

Before they could ask what he was up to, the Jonins felt a frightening Chakra leak out from his body.

Kibo placed the chakra and healing pills under his tongue as the Jonin jumped back. An azure star-covered Chakra Cloak covered Kibo while his physique quickly started to grow in size.

Almost instantly, Seiryu's entire being appeared overhead, blotting out the evening skies. With a quick snap of his teeth, the gargantuan dragon bit the creature's head off and crunched on it like it was a delicacy.

Seiryu turned to the rest of the people gathered in Hoshigakure.

Everyone including Kakashi and the rest of the Konoha Nin were stunned when suddenly the giant dragon spoke, "Since you are Kibo's relatives and some of my Chakra flows through your veins I shall gift you a technique to hide your scent from chakra beast."

Unbeknownst to the village folks that were exposed to the miasma, they hadn't realized that what they were absorbing, was what Seiryu considered to be the toxic waste left over from his carcass.

If it weren't for Kibo's appearance, this poison would have eventually claimed even more lives.

Seiryu felt a little guilty. He saw gifting them this technique as a form of penance.

Every citizen of Hoshigakure felt a flood of information surge from the Miasma that they had absorbed over the years. After granting them his gift, Seiryu lifted his head and roared into the sky.

The ground quaked for miles as every living thing, besides the villagers and the Leaf Jonin, scattered for the hills in fear. Even the insects and worms ran as well.

The mighty dragon then turned to Kakashi.

While the rest who couldn't believe what they were seeing, Seiryu began to speak once more, "Take care of Kibo. He could be unconscious for as long as a few weeks, but no longer than a couple of months."

With a quick flick of the dragon's tongue, he swallowed the pills Kibo had placed there earlier. As Seiryu shrunk down, his body started to dissipate like glass shattering into dust.

When Seiryu's body broke apart completely, he returned to the Star Chamber inside Kibo's body and even took the Basan's corpse with him.

While Kibo's body plummeted towards the earth, Shisui flickered in and grabbed a hold of Kibo, taking him safely to the ground. Kakashi and the rest gathered around him in amazement.

"Was that a Bijuu?" Guy asked

"No. I don't know what that was, I never heard of a Dragon shaped Bijuu before. In fact, I know for certain there's no such Dragon amongst the Bijuu," Shisui replied.

"Aren't dragons supposed to be myths?!" Kurenai questioned in bewilderment.

"I believe the child needs rest and we have a mission to complete. We can ask him questions when he wakes up. Until then we have citizens to escort." Kakashi subverted their attention away from Kibo.

Their leader's statement made the rest of the group blush out of shame. No matter what being inhabited Kibo's body, the fact remained, Kibo was a 4-Year-Old child who just saved their lives. Yet here they were, looking at him like some freakish monster.

They felt embarrassed at their narrow mindedness and apologetic towards Kibo.

"Kakashi's right! We can't let any more people here suffer. We will begin evacuating the citizens at once," Shisui snapped back into mission mode as he headed to the Hoshikage's mansion.

"But, we're still were going to have to report this to the Hokage," Kakashi added

"Aww, man! What if Danzo finds out? That crazed man already has a bunch of person spies inside the Hokage's mansion working for him. He's probably already pissed off at the kid for disrupting his plans concerning the Uchiha. If he finds out about this kid's abilities, there's no telling what he'll do to get at him," Asuma said while pinching the bridge of his nose in frustration.

Being the son of the Hokage had its perks. Thanks to Asuma's position, he knew a lot more about the inner working of the council and his father's issues concerning Danzo.

Asuma then sighed before saying, "It's times like these that really make me want to take up smoking."

"Well, I think the best we can do is offer our support. I doubt the Hokage would simply allow Danzo to do as he pleases with the boy. He should be able to protect the kid until he grows up," Guy added.

"That's a foolish way to think Guy," Kakashi said, drawing in everyone's attention.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Guy asked with a confused expression.

"Danzo operates in the shadows. He isn't just an Elder of Anbu, he is Anbu. If it weren't for the 3rd sneaking me in alongside his men, I wouldn't have ever believed the kind of messed up things that bastard was capable of," Kakashi replied with a pale expression.

"Can't we do something to help the boy?" Kurenai said with a sad tone in her voice.

"Danzo has a lot of pull with the council. We would need conclusive evidence of him breaking village law, and that's just too unlikely to happen. Danzo knows how to keep his secrets. He cleans up after his messes so well, that he never leaves a trace of his presence. Believe me, the Hokage has been looking for dirt on Danzo for decades, and we still don't have anything concrete." Asuma added, only growing more frustrated.

As the group walked forward they noticed that the strongest monster carcasses had disappeared from the battle-field. They figured the Chakra Beasts had been blown away by Seiryu or eaten by other monsters, but the truth was Navi had secretly stored them inside its storage space.

After arriving at the Hoshikage's mansion they saw Kibo's Grandfather Jun Hoshi in a weakened state. Both of Kibo's parents were unconscious and wounded as well.

The beast had attacked a little over 9 hours after Kibo left for Konoha. He had kept the monsters' at bay near the outskirts of the village for 18 hours, right up until he passed out from Chakra exhaustion.

In fact, if it weren't for Seiryu rousing Jun's consciousness with the technique to hide their Qasi-Sage Physiques, the Hoshikage would still be unconscious.

Aka and Niwa had also participated in the monster siege. They continued to fight until just mere hours before Kibo's return.

When Jun saw his Grandson's condition, he forced himself to his feet and stumbled towards Kibo's unconscious body.

"Please, Lord Hoshikage, you're still weak. You need your rest," One of the medics pleaded with the old man holding on to the Hoshikage's arm.

"My grandson?" Jun asked looking at Kibo in Shisui's arms.

"He's alright. His Chakra levels and his body are in perfect shape. However, he's mentally exhausted and needs rest," Kakashi said, stating the boy's condition.

"Konoha's White Fang!?" Jun gasped before looking at him again and saying, "No, you're his son. Aren't you? Kakashi the copy Ninja, I believe?"

Kakashi put his hands together and bowed, "It is an honor to see you again Hoshikage. I hope you've been well since your last visit to Konoha's gates."

Jun sighed and looked around, his village was in shambles and his people were in disarray. The Hoshikage had to admit that they've certainly seen better days.

Jun then turned to the nurse that was supporting him.

The Medical Nin was a very beautiful woman in her twenties. She carried many of the Hoshi Clan's features, soft supple lightly tanned skin, jade-green colored eyes, and her long grey hair. She wore the Hoshigakure flak jacket and shorts and carried herself with all the strength of a peak level Jonin.

"Natsuhi how many have we lost?" Jun questioned.

Natsuhi looked down and bit her lip, "We have 107 injured, and we've lost 38 civilians and 12 Nin; 4 of which were high ranking Jonin."

The Hoshikage felt weak, before he could fall down, a kid and his father ran up to help.

"Hotarubi, Sumaru, thank you," Jun said as he felt his clansmen supporting him.

Sumaru has reddish-brown eyes and short smooth black hair that partly curled around his head. Parts of his blue Hoshigakure forehead protector were covering the back of the band from sight.

The Hoshikage then looked to Sumaru's father, Hotarubi. He had a short crop of shaggy black hair and big reddish-brown eyes just like his son. He wore a light purple colored Hoshigakure forehead protector with part of his hair hanging down to the end of the left side.

His matching colored Hoshigakure flak jacket showed that he too was a Jonin of high status, Jun turned back to towards the boy's mother before saying, "Natsuhi I'm placing you and your husband in charge of the clan until I recover."

The two of them saluted while replying, "Yes, Hoshikage Sama."

With that done, Jun turned his attention back at Kakashi and said, "I'm putting my people's lives in your hands, Jonin from Konoha."

Kakashi and the rest saluted to the Hoshikage.

Shisui jumped in and followed up, "I won't let a thing happen to your people. Rest easy, Hoshikage. With Shisui of the body flicker on the job, I won't allow for any mistakes."

The Hoshikage smiled and waved his hand. After a group of blurring images rushed to Jun's side, eight Jonin from Hoshigakure revealed themselves.

The group of Star-Nin bowed to their leader while saying, "My Lord!"

"Please accompany me to the courtyard," The Hoshikage said as he was carried through the overcrowded halls and outside to where most of the civilians were gathered.

It looked like a scene straight out of hell. Rows of bedridden Nin, the sounds of tears or wails of mourning coming from those who had lost their loved ones, and the dispirited aura of suffering pervaded throughout the Kage's Mansion like a thick fog.

"This reminds me of the Kyuubi attack," Guy said in a sad tone.

The Hoshikage knew his Clansmen needed him, that this was a time for actions and not hollow words. Jun clenched his teeth before shouting at his Jonin, "Begin!"

Four of the Jonin spread out and began weaving their Star Chakra together into a massive construct.

It looked like a sea fairing ship, floating in the sky. With eight massive transparent wings attached to them, the ship boasted nothing but speed.

The 4 Jonin sat at the center of the ship-construct and sat down in a circle. The remaining Jonin from Hoshigakure then sat diagonally from the 4 who created the construct and place their hands onto their shoulders.

A bight cyan aura began flowing from their palms and was steadily feeding their fellow Jonins' Star Chakra while absorbing from the sun and stars to sustain their own loss. The rate of output never exceeded the amount of their Chakra Pool's recovery, thus they able to maintain the large construct for lengthy periods of time.

"Hahaha! Did you think I would just sit back and let my Grandson do all the work? We've been preparing to help speed up the moving process ever since he left. This ship can carry about a hundred passengers at a time, we had planned to make two at a time but we've lost the lives of the remaining Jonin."

Jun looked back at the mansion and sighed before stating, "If my daughter and son-in-law were awake we could have made another with Hotarubi and Natsuhi's help.

"No this is fine. We will take 50 by foot and 100 by air. When we return, we'll be able to bring everyone back." Kakashi declared while holding the bottom of his chin with a clasped fist.

"Then it will be done as you say. Please bring my grandson to his parent's room," Jun said as he looked at Shisui who was still carrying Kibo on his back.

"Yes! Hoshikage Sama!" Shisui followed Jun back into the mansion while the rest of the Jonins got back to work.

They gathered the wounded and helped them board the ship. Next, they buried the dead and placed up large rocks as temporary headstones. The group then offered a prayer before setting off.

"Man I still don't know what to write for this mission report," Asuma said scratching his head wildly with both hands.

In response to Asuma's freaking out, Kurenai placed her hand on his shoulder and said, "Relax. I'll help you out."

Asuma blushed before acting like a fool and thanking her.

Kakashi, Shisui, and Guy looked at them with a hint of jealously.

"Ahh must be good to be the Hokage's son," Kakashi murmured under his breath.

"Such is the power of youth!" Guy added. However, his voice didn't have his usual youthful spirit.

"Ugh, maybe we should tell them to get a room!" Shisui teased.

The first group of civilians made it to Konoha without a single incident.

Thanks to Seiryu's blessing, the Chakra Beasts could no longer sense their Nature-Type Physiques, proving the technique worked by masking their auras in a strange shroud of star energy.

Kibo was safely resting in his mother's arms while his father had already woken up and began to help the Hoshikage with his duties.

Although his was unconscious, Kibo's soul had appeared inside his Star Chamber along with Seiryu. He was sitting in the lotus position and seemed to be asleep.

However, Seiryu knew better. The Celestial Dragon could see major changes transpiring inside Kibo's body.

Seiryu then felt the life force of the boy's body rapidly increasing, when suddenly, Kibo's bones, muscles, and organs began to grow stronger.

"Ah! Is he? Yes, he is! He's opening up his first Profound Gate! Which one is it?" Seiryu thought as he inspected Kibo's body with his senses.

"The Gate of Life! Hmm! What a good choice for his first gate! With this, his body will have a better overall foundation, and will better be able to handle the strain of my Chakra better. Plus, the rapid healing gained thought the Gate of Life is a pretty good bonus too."

Seiryu then looked over his progress with surprise. Normally it would take years to open a single Profound Gate, but judging from Kibo's progress, Seiryu felt like the boy would fully open it in four or five months.

"Well then, I guess you'll be sleeping a little longer than expected!" The Dragon then looked at Kibo with great anticipation and jokingly questioned, "Are you sure you're not the monster?"

Seiryu wrapped his tail around Kibo in a caring manner as watched over the boy with a smile on his face.

He even got to enjoy the rest of the Basan's meat he'd snatched up as a snack.