Chapter 20

Mei was leading Naruto and the Konoha shinobi down a maze of hallways, coming across many shinobi from Kiri that were loyal to the cause of the rebels and to see any more of their countrymen be needlessly killed because their leader had lost his mind. Some of them were heavily injured though, but they looked like a dedicated group of shinobi and were not deterred, however they would need a very good plan to get them past the week. When they reached the command center of their operation Naruto was needless to say, surprised. The room was massive and filled with dozens of Kiri ninja all centered around maps calling out strategies and giving progress reports on supplies they had secured, revenue they had brought in or sabotage missions they had completed.

There was a group of injured children and seniors at some corner, Hinata who saw this couldn't help but want to do something. So she asked our blonde hero "Naru-kun I'll help them with the injured"

Naruto seeing the determination of Hinata to help, nodded at her. Kushina and the girls decided to help as well since they had the basic knowledge Tsunade taught them. Kakashi went around the camp to gather some info. Sasuke was bored and went to find something else to do. While Naruto and Mei went directly to a tent used for planning and strategies.

The rebels looked organized and Naruto was feeling more optimistic about the future of Kirigakure. Now he needed to see what he was working with to come up with a strategy to get this done.

"Ok what are we working with, how many men do you have?" asked Naruto getting ready to set his mind to work. Hoping that the situation was better than he expected.

"Currently we have 400 shinobi strong, but injured and recuperating at least 200 but they can't fight yet and we don't have very capable medic ninja to fully heal them. We also now have two of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, along with extremely proficient water release users, we have most of the hunter ninja division loyal to us and we have me, I can use Lava Release and Boil Release, good for taking out large groups but I can also handle myself in single combat." said the Auburn haired beauty.

"Alright, luckily Hina-hime is somewhat advanced medic, while I also have some knowledge about medical jutsu so we'll try and get to heal as many of your ninja as we can, if we can get them all we'll have roughly 600 shinobi on our side yes? How many are against us, as in allied with the Mizukage." said Naruto.

"At most 2000, but many of them are just afraid of Yagura's power, if we slay him most will flock to our side. And the rest hopefully afraid of being outnumbered will cease fighting as well." Said Mei knowing how fearsome Yagura's full power was, it took extreme courage or no other choices to go against him.

"Tell me about the terrain, defenses?" Naruto now knew what he had to work with, now he wanted to know what he was going to be up against. He could probably blow his way past any walls or get across vast rivers but he wanted to fight Yagura off his own turf.

"Well, the village is surrounded by mountains from several different sides, large amounts of vegetation cover the structures of our village, and as the name suggests the mist hides it very well except when you're inside the village where things clear up. It lies on a large plateau with river intersections here, here, and here." Mei said pointing out several different icons on the large map on the table, on it was an outline of Kirigakure and the countryside. "In the center of the village is where the Mizukage resides, he rarely leaves this building, so I don't know how we are going to get to him without having to push through half the village, and all the shinobi that are going to be blocking our way."

"Simple, we lure him out of his hiding hole" said Naruto

"And how do you expect to do that?" Asked Mei confused.

"He wants you dead, believe me you are quiet a nuisance to his plans so if he knows where you are he's going to put everything he has into wiping you from the face of the earth, he may or may not come himself so let's make it irresistible for him to show his face." Said Naruto.

"And how do we plan on doing that?" Wondered Mei, what else did Yagura want besides her own death.

"Well, we show him you, and we will show him something else that he wants, something that he hates more than anything and will not pass up the opportunity to eliminate" explained Naruto making up his mind "The Rinnegan"

"Y-you have the Rinnegan!!?" asked Mei in surprise.

"I do" said Naruto as he activated his doujutsu, earning a gasp from Mei "The Rinnegan, the original doujutsu should be enough to tempt that crazy Kage of yours to eliminate the wielder himself"

"I agree he would definitely be tempted, but wait, after all of this I know so little about you, how are you so skilled, enough to beat my most experienced and skilled bodyguard, you know medical jutsu, and you have the legendary doujutsu, who are you exactly?" asked Mei curiously waiting for his answer.

"Peacemaker" said Naruto as if that would explain everything.

"Peacemaker?" asked Mei, then after a few seconds realization dawned upon her "Your the Peacemaker!"

Mei was surprised, she heard about the rumors of the Peacemaker and his partner the Moon-eyed Maiden. It was said that the places that this people visited had undergone great change. Like what happened in 'Takigakure', 'The Land of Snow', and 'The Shrine of the Moon'. They stopped an invasion, rescued a Princess and helped her regain her country, stopped a fake King, saved a Queen from getting assassinated, and gave hope to people who really needed it, there were many more, but the most notable was when they saved a Daimyo that gave them their current moniker.

Now said Peacemaker was right in front of her and she couldn't believe it. Mostly because he was so young, but when she thought about it, it really didn't matter since he was strong.

"Indeed I am" said Naruto.

"Well I'm glad that you're here to help us." Mei said, she was getting more and more attracted to Naruto as she learned what he was made of, he was strong, but from what she could tell he was also humble. But how would she bypass that girl, she thought as she looked at the Moon-eyed maiden that was currently in a healing spree along with the Konoha Shinobi.

Naruto wanted to get back to the offensive so he quickly told her what he wanted to do, he was going to have one of their shinobi go to Yagura and pretend to beg for mercy, to convince him further he would tell Yagura where the entire rebellion was stationed, a location that they would ambush, to make sure that Yagura came the shinobi would explain that he overheard Mei talking to the wielder of the Rinnegan, along with the revered Red Death and her daughters, Hatake Kakashi and the last Uchiha. Hopefully this would be enough to make Yagura come himself.

"Well it sounds kind of simple actually, this plan of yours, I'll get the shinobi ready I'll put my trust on Zabuza's judgement and your name, I just hope that it works" said Mei

"Yeah me too" replied Naruto.