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The last few months of my time within this world passed by quickly within Konoha. Most of my time was spent training, perfecting my skills and learning some more.

I also got to meet some of Konoha's important people, such as Clan Heads, except for one, Danzo. I doubted the man was afraid of me, but he knew it was wiser to avoid me, considering our history. I didn't see any point in seeking him out either, I didn't have any personal grudges.

We both had our missions, and became enemies because of them. He hadn't done anything unforgivable to me either, so seeking him out would only create problems for no reason.

Now, the night of the 10th of October was upon us, and I was filled with anticipation.

Kyuubi's attack was devastating to Konoha, but not only did I intend on changing that, I also couldn't wait the things his attack would bring.

First, I should finally get myself a mission. I wasn't even surprised killing the Third Mizukage hadn't been a mission, as I ended up only killing an old man who could barely move.

But with Kyuubi, or Kurama, I should be able to finally get a mission reward. If I was lucky, I would even get Obito to attack me, and this time he wouldn't escape. I had prepared something against him in case he attacks me, something that should allow me to kill him.

Moreover, other than personal gain, Kyuubi's attack also meant my time in this world was nearly over, as my time would only last 14 days after Kyuubi's attack.

In the cold night air of Konoha, I sat on top of the Akatsuki's building. It had been given to us when the first members arrived, and was turned into an official base of our organization. We had one in each village.

I was deep in meditation, my senses spread out as thinly as possible as I covered the most ground possible.

I sat there for a few hours, feeling nothing out of the usual. I couldn't feel Minato and Kushina's Force signatures as they were aware of the danger of her birth, with the seal over Kyuubi weakening, and had thus brought her to a secret location covered in seals to protect her. Even I didn't know where it was, and the seals were apparently good enough to even block out my Force Sense.

Or maybe they were just far enough from the village I couldn't feel them.

But after several hours of stillness, I finally felt it. A familiar presence appeared in the middle of the village. Obito's presence.

Even if I had wanted to, I barely got to register his presence within the village when an overwhelmingly stronger presence appeared next to him.

Opening my eyes, I saw a nine tailed fox suddenly appear in a burst of smoke. It was easily a hundred meters tall, and dwarfed the village around it.

Upon appearing, he released a deafening roar, one so powerful it created a shockwave from the sound alone.

Solemnly getting up, I saw several members of the Akatsuki come to the balcony of the building. My gaze still fixed on the strongest Tailed Beast, I ordered them, "Help with the rescue of the people of the village."

They quickly nodded, going back inside to wake up the others and quickly leave.

As for me, I activated Force Valor, and rushed in Kyuubi's direction.

It only took me half a minute to reach him, but by the time I arrived, Kyuubi had already destroyed every building around him.

Some of the nearby Shinobis were trying to attack Kyuubi and gather his attention, but they barely did anything to the Tailed Beast.

However, the moment I arrived, Kyuubi's eyes zeroed in on me. Was it Obito's command to seek me out, or did Kyuubi simply feel the arrival of someone strong?

Kyuubi roared in my direction, unleashing a blast of strong wind in my direction. Holding out my hand, I countered it with a repulsive force of my own, before using the Force to lift myself up.

Flying was not something either the Sith or the Jedi had ever done in any of the movies, but it actually hadn't been that hard to learn, although mastering it was harder. At first I relied on lifting my clothes through telekinesis, but with training I took inspiration from Ooniki and started reducing my own weight while modifying gravity.

That took quite some effort, but with a lot of practice I was now capable of comfortably flying and moving in the air, although I wasn't the fastest in the sky.

While I flew up, I chucked the destroyed buildings at Kyuubi, smashing his face with tonnes of rubble, but it seemed to barely affect the controlled Tailed Beast as he swiped his claws at me.

Slowing down the incoming claw, I managed to dodge in time and reversed the force affecting the claw, accelerating it instead of slowing it down, and as Kyuubi was pressing down to overcome the previous force, he lost control of his claw for a moment and sent it straight into the ground, burying it deep enough to immobilize it for a moment and create even more rubble.

Using this moment, I started lifting all the debris around us, above his head.

As for Kyuubi, he quickly pulled out his hand out of the rubble, and straight out ignored the massive ball above him as he opened his mouth, straight at me.

Quickly, particles started gathering, forming a rapidly growing purple ball of energy. This was a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Knowing I wasn't going to stop that, I clenched my fists, turning the ball of buildings and rocks even denser, before smashing it down onto Kyuubi's head.

It forced his mouth to close, canceling the Tailed Beast Bomb as Kyuubi took his first real hit since the start of the fight, as he stumbled around, shaking his head.

Using this opening, I flew closer to Kyuubi, and landed on his head. Placing both hands upon Kyuubi's head, and I felt his lifeforce.

Having felt Isobu's lifeforce before, I had some expectations about Kyuubi's, but they were all vastly exceeded. Kurama had so much vitality that it was quite absurd, actually.

Gathering a large amount of Force energy in an instant, I compressed it down into a microscopic seed, and pushed it within Kurama. It quickly reached the core of its body, the center of it, and settled there as the Force Seed started influencing his lifeforce and spiritual energy.

This was a technique that used Cryokinesis as a basis, although I had brought quite a few changes to it.

The Force Seed seemed to awaken Kyuubi from his daze as he threw me off his head, and tried to bite me.

Unsheathing my blade, I parried one of his teeth, and while I managed not to get eaten, the power difference was enough to send me flying backwards.

I remained unharmed though as I managed to stop myself before I could hit the ground.

Kyuubi looked like he was about to go for another attack, when he suddenly stopped. Meanwhile, through the Force, I felt something change about Kyuubi. Before, the fox felt like an emotionless puppet, but I suddenly felt an immense anger from him.

Had Minato managed to break Obito's control over Kyuubi? Then that should mean their fight will soon be over, and Minato will be coming back to bring Kyuubi away.

As I thought of this, I heard someone call from below, "We need to get Kyuubi out of the village!"

I looked down, and to my surprise, spotted Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage. He had a long staff under his arm, and was dressed in his battle armor.

Remembering how he did it in the original timeline, I replied, "I will immobilize him for a moment; Use that moment."

Hiruzen nodded, preparing himself, while I looked back at Kyuubi, who was about to unleash his fury, and took a deep breath.