Naruto 468

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Naruto
#468: Hachibi and Kyuubi
[Insert text: How will the Kages respond to this ominous declaration...?!]
Tsuchikage: The Fourth Ninja World War...? // Are you serious?!
Everyone: ?!!
Tobi: I'm not fool enough to say a thing like this in jest.
Raikage: .........
Tobi: Next time we meet, it will be on the battleground.

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Tsuchikage: Dear me... / What now...?
Gaara: We must form a shinobi alliance. // There is no other way to oppose the power of seven Bijuu.
Raikage: .........
Mizukage: I recall you were against the idea, Raikage-sama?
Raikage: It seems no harm has come to my brother... / ...but I refuse to allow Akatsuki to have their way with us any longer! // We form a shinobi alliance, and settle this as quickly as possible!

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Tsuchikage: What of Konoha? // The Hokage has fled the scene.
Raikage: The dark rumours surrounding Danzou are too great! // After what he did at this summit, he has lost all of our trust! // And if the shinobi of Konoha learn of what happened here... // ...his position in the village will become strained... / He will not last long!
Gaara: I will pass on the news of this shinobi alliance to a Konoha shinobi whom I trust.
Raikage: And that would be?
Gaara: Hatake Kakashi of the Sharingan.
Tsuchikage: The son of the White Fang...?

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Flashback!Kakashi: ...Before you, you see a young shinobi who, in his own clumsy way, is prostrating himself before you for the sakes of both our nations. // Raikage-sama...... as one of the Five Kages, what do you see in this situation?
Raikage: ...Very well. / He seems more trustworthy than Danzou, at least.
Kankurou: ......Uh-huh...
Shii: Raikage-sama, we must make arrangements right away to track down Killer Bee! // If Akatsuki's targets are the Hachibi and the Kyuubi... / ...then they must still be pursuing Killer Bee with all their might!
Raikage: Quite! // Shii, select a search party at once, and contact the village so that they can begin the search at once!
Shii: Yes, sir!
Darui: We should let Team Samui know about this right away, too. / Omoi and Karui were seriously down about all this.

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Mizukage: In order to put a stop to Madara's "Mooneye Operation"... / ...we must on no account permit him to obtain the Hachibi or Kyuubi. // As such, it seems more prudent for our shinobi alliance to locate the Hachibi and Kyuubi before he can do so, and hide them away from him...
Gaara: .........
Choujuurou: Y... You've got that right! / If he were to revive that "Juubi"...!
Tsuchikage: No...... the power of the seven Bijuu that Madara has collected is beyond imagining... // And he may have some kind of jutsu or other secret plan up his sleeve that makes use of them.
Akatsuchi: I doubt he'd be so confident otherwise!
Tsuchikage: Should we not count the Hachibi and Kyuubi as a valuable part of our own military forces?

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Gaara: Unthinkable. // Protecting them is a vital object of this war. // I suspect the reason Madara has decided to start this war using the seven Bijuu he has collected...... / ...is because in his current weakened state, and with the few Akatsuki members remaining to him, it would be too difficult for him to capture the Hachibi and the Kyuubi. Even if he succeeded, the risks would be too high. / ......He may be thinking of using this war to lure them out.
Mizukage: I can certainly agree with that.
Raikage: ......... // I agree with the Kazekage as well! // Considering what it may lead to... / ...we cannot possibly lay the Hachibi and Kyuubi out right before the enemy's eyes! // At any rate, my brother, the Hachibi's Jinchuuriki, is not the kind of man to follow any strategies we might prepare! // Who knows what he might end up doing... // He would only bring chaos to the battlefield!

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Gaara: ......... / I would say the same of the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki, Naruto.
Kankurou: Huh... well said.
Temari: Hahah...... yeah...
Mizukage: Very well. / Do you accept, then, Tsuchikage-sama, that we should consider the Hachibi and Kyuubi targets to be retrieved, restrained and protected?
Tsuchikage: ......Hm...
Raikage: I will share our information on Killer Bee with the Rock, Mist, Sand and Leaf villages. / I suggest that search teams be organised and mobilised immediately! // Once the Hachibi is found, I suggest that you send that information to me. / I am probably the only person to whom my brother will actually listen! // And Kazekage... I trust you will handle the task of passing all this on to Kakashi.
Gaara: Yes...

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Raikage: I met with Hatake Kakashi and the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki on the way to the summit. // They may still be somewhere in the Iron Country... we should begin our search for them from here.
Gaara: Understood.
Mifune: .........
Choujuurou: E... Erm... could I ask something?
Raikage: What is it?
Choujuurou: Well... ah......... you see... erm......
Raikage: Spit it out!
Choujuurou: A... Amongst Akatsuki's remaining members... / ...is Hoshigaki Kisame, a member of the Seven Swordsmen like myself......

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Choujuurou: That man possesses... chakra on the level of a Jinchuuriki... / ...and Samehada, the most terrible of all the Seven Swordsmen's blades... // If he fuses with the blade, he becomes a human who is able to wield every bit as much power as a Jinchuuriki... effectively a Bijuu without a tail... / That is what my senpai have told me... // He is a special case... // You must be sure not to underestimate him...
Tsuchikage: We are quite aware of that! / At any rate... is this all really acceptable? // The power of the seven Bijuu that Madara will be sending against us is a huge unknown quantity... // Even if we do secure the Hachibi and Kyuubi and protect them with the force of our alliance... / ...if that alliance is annihilated, it will all have been meaningless. // That's why I say... / It would be more advantageous to us if we were to sent the two of them into battle from the start, working alongside the alliance's forces.
Raikage: .........
Mifune: Are you sure about that?
Tsuchikage: ?

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Mifune: We see here before us the formation of the first ever true shinobi alliance. // Its power, too, is a huge unknown quantity... // Madara himself is taking a great risk using the power of the seven Bijuu in this way. / If it were no risk, then he would not have gone to the trouble of coming here and attempting to negotiate. // It would seem that the situation is not entirely in his favour. // Furthermore... we samurai, too, will take part in this battle! // Tsuchikage-dono... are you still so worried despite all of this?
Tsuchikage: Hmph...

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Suigetsu: Looks like the Raikage and Kazekage have headed on up above. // I figure Sasuke and Karin must have gone on ahead, too. / You think we should go after them?
Juugo: They are on the lookout... we would be found immediately.
Suigetsu: Well, if that's your worry... I have an idea in mind......
Kurotsuchi: The heck was with this guy all of a sudden?! That was just creepy!

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Sab: Shinobi~~~~~~♪ // Ever concealed~~~~~~♪ / Crying silent tears~~~~~~~~!♪ // ......... // You cannot simply sing! / Enka is an expression of one's heart and soul! // Now! // See if you can match me!

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KillerBee: Sure! // Shinobi~~~~~~!♪ Sneaking about, yeah~~!♪ // Escaping from death~~~~~~~! // ......... // YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!
Sab: ......

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Sab: You have not the passion!! The passion!! // Are you not taking the song too lightly? / ...Do you not think so? Do you not see?!
KillerBee: Passion...?
Sab: Yes! Passion! // As the name suggests, expressing the world of song through your passion is the very heart of enka! // And melodic embellishment! // You must form the notes in your chest and circulate them with your nose!
Ponta: !
Sab: What is it, Ponta?

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Naruto: (If I just keep on as I have been doing, I'm never going to find Sasuke... // It's Sennin Mode that I need to use... first, I should work on extending how long I can hold it for!)
Yamato: Naruto! Come back inside already!
People: !
Naruto: (Hm?)
Kakashi: .........

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Kiba: There you are! Finally!
Naruto: Sakura-chan...! / Sai... Kiba... Bushy-Brow!
Kakashi: Why are all of you here?
Yamato: ?
Sakura: Naruto... // There's something we have to talk about...
Naruto: ......?

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Sab: Who exactly are you?!
KillerBee: He's one of those Akatsuki guys, Master Sab-chan. // If you'll gimme a few, I'll get back to you once I've seen this through. // He'll be gone before you can say whoop-de-doo.
Kisame: It wasn't easy finding you, Hachibi. // But you see, my blade, Samehada, just loves powerful chakra. / It was rather persistent in tracking down your very tasty scent... // I'm afraid you're going to have to become food for Samehada now. // Don't worry, though... we won't kill you.
[Insert text: Killer Bee VS Kisame!!]
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