Shibuki

" Lord Zuko please sheathe your blade. It would be better for us to not fight. You are clearly no swordsman."

" Of course I am!…Well sort of…Kind of…As long as I hold a sword in my hand I'm definitely a swordsman. Don't sweat the details."

Looking him over he does have the Kaguya eyebrows but he's got the whole trying to look like a copy of Zabuza thing going on. Well Juzo Biwa would be more accurate for this time frame. Not the usual Kaguya indeed.

" Lord Zuko, swordsmanship is not something to belittle. For a swordsman to meet his end at the hand of another swordsman is a great honor. Dying with a blade in hand is my greatest aspiration, but you are not qualified."

" I thought you said you weren't like the battle hungry idiots of your clan?"

" I am not! I battle for the glory of Kirigakure! I would never willingly send my self to die like those fools. Regardless should I one day die it would be best if it was with Shibuki in hand."

" Fighting to the death with a sword in hand may seem like a noble thing but I definitely don't think think that's true. You're right real swordplay isn't for someone like me. Hmm…Fine I'll make sure to take your arm with my ninjutsu."

"Lord Zu—"

Cutting him off mid conversation I immediately rush him. With a single handed overhead slash my new chakra blade comes down. Shuichi immediately parries the blade with Shibuki holding my blade down to the left. The explosive tags along the blade of Shibuki begin to glow. With my free right hand I use a Water gun jutsu at his torso. Once more Shuichi mitigates my action and with a strong rotation allows the compressed water bullet to pass by his chest with the spin of his blade coming straight back at me already charged and quick to explode.

Noticing my dire straits I'm forced to retreat by using hydrification to merge with the water below us. As I began to pull back I notice something.

I committed a silly mistake.

The explosion from Shibuki engulfs me, evaporating a lot of the water around me from the sheer heat of the explosion. I barely managed to retreat in time.

After taking a few seconds to reform my body using the water around me. I look across the water assuming that the idiot who just created such a large explosion so close to him is probably dead.

Another mistake.

Shuichis upper garments are destroyed but he is perfectly fine. Shibuki is held pointed downward to his left side. The look in his eyes completely carefree like he was just playing with an idiot child.

Well I might be since I made a really big mistake.

I assumed he was a normal swordsman like the wielder of Shibuki from the anime in my memory. I also assumed that even if he was a Kaguya he would only have dormant traits of his clans kekkei genkai.

Unfortunately I was really coming up short today.

This was someone from the Kaguya clan with Shikotsumyaku.

…This is now considerably less fun.

To assume really makes an ass of you and me. Well at least me.

Shibuki and the Kaguya clans Shikotsumyaku is a smart pair. The explosions released by the sword aren't likely to severely damage someone with a layer of Adamantium under their skin. Not to mention that the low end healing factor that comes with it basically makes him a knockoff Wolverine. This was likely the best wielder for the famed blast sword.

Well this won't do. Triggering the Eight Gates technique to the third gate, I accelerate to Shuichi and give him a palm to the gut. As soon as impact is made I create a save. The impact also triggers two things. First his body generates a bone sticking out to stab itself in my palm. Second my Hydrification technique triggers itself to save me from the likely hand crippling wound. This time I use a rotating move to pull back and bring my chakra blade horizontally to slash his right side. It's casually parried aside not by Shibuki but from a bone piercing out from his hand.

" Well Lord Zuko I don't think we'll get anywhere like this any time soon. So how about we return to Kirigakure together. We can fight all you want when we're there."

" Uhh I was born at night but not last night mister Shuichi. I just slaughtered all the remaining people here. Why would you take me anywhere if not to kill me? Do you take me for a moron? Why should I believe any thing you say?"

" You're too cautious of a person. Very well Lord Zuko. It seems I have no choice but to convince you by force."

This time Shuichi rushes me with Shibuki held horizontally with two hands. While I'm focused on the sword, two bones pierce out of his knees. It seems I'll be catching a high knee to to the face if I don't move now.

Using the new speed from the third gate I appear on his left and kick out with my right leg to his torso, upon impact I then spin into an axe kick towards his shoulder. It seems unlike Kimimaro this guys had time to learn how to strengthen his bones to the extreme. My torso kick barely makes him budge. Bones once more pierce out on my intended path. So I cancel my axe kick by using the Hydrification technique. Shuichis response this time is a swift horizontal slash.

Backing up once again I retreat before the charged up blast from Shibuki appears. Once I jump back and get enough distance it becomes clear he's now got bones sticking out from all over. Well I guess I can't rely too much on my taijutsu ability. Then again my next plan should work. Throwing out a kunai to the the water below I prepare myself.

Rushing in once more I'm met with another horizontal slash. Using my right hand for balance I use the blade edge as a platform and perform a parkour kick from to his face. Shuichi has a look on his face that says I'm an idiot. With a sly grin on my face the kick is merely a love tap that touches the bone now protruding from his forehead. Suddenly in a flash we both appear underwater. In this teleportation I made sure not to include Shibuki along with us.

While he is stunned and struggling to breathe, using a lot of chakra directly focused onto my hand I shape it into a blade and bring it down with all my strength. All of this to cut of his hand. In one swift motion it's gone. With the hand off I immediately retrieve it and begin to flee.

I quickly merge into the water once more and teleport to my last location save.

Appearing next to Shibuki all my active jutsu are dismissed and I casually pick it up. The second I used it as a parkour platform I left a location save on it. Pulling out a storage scroll from my breast pocket I store both the hand I managed to get and Shibuki. I once more disappear in a flash.

In front of me theres a water prison holding one of the explosive release assholes. He's still holding on. Seems my fight wasn't as long as I thought. Anyways I casually make a save of the man then cut off his head. Another storage justu later and I'm looking over the field. I make sure there are no other survivors than intended.

Byakugan!

Confirmed. The only survivor left in the immediate area is Shuichi who will soon make it to the lakes surface. What a monster, his hand is already reforming. Currently it's nothing more than a bone hand but I assume he'll be able to reform the flesh soon enough. Outside of Shuichi I can see the Kumo and Iwa ninja I let escape earlier are nowhere to be found. Just like grandma Mito said to do I only left a single survivor from each major village. Well only Suna drew the short end of the stick today. She can't blame me for not leaving one of those guys.

The news will soon spread to the major villages that there are no Uzumaki left. That Uzushiokagure was completely destroyed.

Shuichi might be a problem though… he saw me use flying thunder god. Well screw it he likely thinks the high speed movement is from using the Hydrification technique.

Time to go home. Today's been a long day.