The lost soul..

Ginchiko and Hidetada immediately took up their fighting stances as the Anbu surrounded them, surprise was evident on their features. Naruto too, acted surprised so as not to arouse suspicion from the two swordsmen, unsheathing his two Scimitars and taking up a defensive fighting stance.

The Mizukage laughed at their plight before looking at his Anbu captain. "Finish them!"

And just like that the area exploded into action.

Naruto stepped to the side to avoid the sword lunge the Anbu behind him attempted, and resisted the urge to just kill him outright. He had to use non lethal blows until one or both of his mist 'allies' were killed, that would be difficult, after all, instinct was a rather troublesome thing to resist.

Instead he swiveled around on his heel and bashed the ninja in the face with the but of his sword, shattering the porcelain mask.

The Anbu in front of him attempted a horizontal swing to his neck. Naruto batted the blade away with one of his scimitars, opening the Anbu's guard and delivering a solid kick which sent him flying back.

He used his other scimitar to block a strike from behind, twisting his arm over his head as he spun around, keeping the blade in place. Once he had fully turned he used his second blade, and stabbed the man in the foot, causing him to scream in pain and drop the sword. Naruto pushed in until his sword had not only completely gone through his foot, but dug in about five inches into the earth.

Ignoring the man's cries of pain Naruto left his blade in his foot and turned, catching another sword in his gauntlet. He pulled him in, and used that sword to block another Anbu's downward swing.

The Anbu pulled back his blade and attempted a thrust at Naruto's stomach. But was stopped as the blond kicked him in the face, and then kicked the other man who's sword he was holding with the same foot in the chest. He used the momentum of his second kick, to lean back, grab the sword he had left in the other man's foot, and flip over it. He pulled the blade out and leapt up to the trees as the Anbu were beginning to get their wits back as they chased after him.

As he ran Naruto realized something. 'If I can lure them away then I can kill them without Ginchiko or Hidetada realizing it. Then I can return and step in at my leisure.'

With his plan set, he sheathed his two blades and rushed through the forest.

Meanwhile back on the battlefield, Hinata was not having a good time. The Kiri kunoichi was faster than her, her movements wild and untamed in her crazed state, giving her a definite edge over the Hyuuga girl.

But the Juuken, a naturally defensive fighting style and her Byakugan were keeping her in the fight.

She took out two Kunai and began blocking and/or dodging the other girls strikes. She swerved, ducked and swiveled as she avoided the blows, pushing her reflexes and speed to her limits.

She blocked an overhead swing and pushed it over her head. She tried to use her other kunai to stab the girl. Mika avoided it by moving slightly to the side. She then kicked the Hyuuga girl in the stomach, sending her stumbling back until she hit a tree.

Hinata recovered in time to place her foot against the tree she hit and use it to leap over Mika as she lunged at her, stabbing one of her swords into the tree.

Hinata, not wanting her to gain her second blade again threw her two kunai while still in mid air, making the girl step aside, leaving her sword in the tree.

When the Hyuuga heiress landed she drew a single kunai and took to the offensive.

She came in with a quick swipe with her Kunai, which was blocked easily by the girls remaining sword, Hinata followed up the attack with three fast Juuken strikes one to the girls stomach and two to her chest

If Hinata was expecting some kind of reaction it was not what she received

Mika smirked as she coughed up blood, for a moment Hinata truly thought her to be utterly insane, but to the girls surprise she reared her free hand back, where she caught the barest reflection of light.

'Ninja wire, but what did she…THE SWORD!'

Just as the thought entered her mind the sight of the blade entered the visual range of her byakuugan, the deadly, glinting edge poised to impale her through the chest. It was coming in too fast to dodge.

"KAITEN!" The Hyuuga heiress yelled spinning around as the cyclone of energy exploded outwards, sending both the incoming blade and the Kiri kunoichi flying.

From his place in a nearby tree Kakashi was very impressed by his student. 'She know's how to think on her feet, sometimes in the heat of things you forget your abilities, she's managed to keep a level head throughout the whole thing, very impressive Hinata.

As the Hyuuga heiress ceased her spinning she barely managed to catch sight of the Kiri Kunoichi before she turned into a puddle of water.

'Mizu bushin, but when did she?'

Mika's form entered visual range of her Byakugan as the girl leapt down from a tree branch above her, her sword raised ready to make the killing blow. Hinata turned in time to catch the girls wrists as she dived. The Hyuuga fell on her back and lifted her legs, placing them on the girls stomach and…well, kicked, sending the girl clear over her head. Hinata flipped back, her legs now straddling the girls waist as she lifted her hand, and sent a Juuken strike toward her heart.

Mika's smile never faltered and Hinata suddenly found a kunai moving to her chest, towards her own heart.

Sudently the two found their arms held back from killing each other, Hinata's by Guan as the large man held her small wrist with his larger hand while Mika hand her arm held back by a certain Aburame as his foot pressed against her forearm.

"That's enough." Guan's deep rumbling voice stilled the two women before he looked to Shino, "I will take them to the medics and keep an eye on them, you will accompany me. Copy cat, you and the Genjutsu woman, deal with the mop up."

Kakashi looked momentarily taken aback but let himself drop from the tree as Guan hefted his apprentice to her feet and began making his way to the medics, Hinata and Shino following closely behind.

Shino looked at Hinata as she breathed heavily, the adrenaline in her system dying down as the rush faded and her exhaustion made itself known. "You handled yourself well, Hinata-sama."

The girl jumped slightly at his voice but turned and smiled. "Thanks, you cut it a little close though." She said with a mock glare.

Shino smirked a little before he turned his eyes ahead once again.

Meanwhile Naruto was swiftly rushing through the tree's as five shadows moved after him, he slowed his pace, allowing them to overtake him and catch up, even the fool who's foot he had stabbed, though limping, also caught up.

Finally, as he made another leap, one of the Anbu made his move, their paths would intercept in mid air. Naruto caught his wrist, stopping him mid swing and punched him hard, sending him down to he forest floor as he continued his run.

Another Anbu attacked, this time, coming directly at him instead of a sideward angle. Naruto realized that he hoped to stab him as he landed on the next tree branch. It may have worked, if he was anyone else.

Using some of his wind chakra to adjust his altitude he was now beneath the branch, so instead of landing on the branch he swung under it, bringing his feet up in a straight rise, he kicked the man in the stomach just as he passed over, knocking the wind right out of him, Naruto released the branch and manipulated his wind chakra to keep moving upwards as he repeatedly kicked the man in the gut.

He then used chakra to stick to the man and literally walked around himand then used him as a platform to leap even higher just as another Anbu came in with a high kick to the area he had once been. However, due to the absence of his presence the kick connected with the unfortunate Anbu's face, the same one he'd been using as a stepping stool, sending him upwards, towards Naruto.

The a sphere of spinning Chakra formed in his hand before he slammed it into the man's back, eliciting a cry of pain from him as his insides were twisted and shredded to bits as he was sent careening down to the forest floor where he hit with a loud crash and great dust cloud.

Naruto didn't have time to enjoy his victory before he had to twist himself in mid air, as he blocked another Anbu's swipe with kunai. He grabbed the man's forearm, used wind chakra to spin around and sent him crashing into another Anbu about to lunge at him. He continued moving even after he let him go and kicked the fourth Anbu away before replacing himself with him, letting the man get impaled by the last Anbu's blade. 'Two down'

He turned, facing the three remaining Anbu, they each tensed, knowing just by how he had dispatched two of their comrades that he was indeed someone to be wary of.

Naruto unsheathed one of his blades the sword glinting in the sunlight, the edges holding a dull red hue, almost as if it was formed by the dried blood of he countless victims that had fallen to its deadly edge.

He fell into his familiar stance, the sound of his breathing, hollow and mechanical sounding due to his facemask, sent shivers down their spines.

The remaining Anbu, one with a sword, the other two with kunai each spread out surrounding him in a triangle as they took up their stances.

"Do you guy's need some help?" Came a voice from above the tree's The four ninja looked up to find two more mist Anbu standing above them.

"Taro, Masaru what are you doing here?"

"Mizukage-sama and the others have the situation under control. Mizukage-sama sent us to see if you needed back up." One of the Anbu spoke as he looked around, seeing the two dead corpses of his comrades. "Apparently you do."

"If you fool's choose to fight, then you will surely die, this will be my only offer join me, or suffer the consequences of your resistance." Naruto spoke from his place, making one of the Anbu scoff.

"Yeah right, you may have caught us off guard before but now that we're prepared and Taro and Masaru are here to help us, we'll kill you easily." The anbu with the sword sneered at the blond before he vanished, using speed that was very impressive, even by Anbu standards as he reappeared a few feet behind the blond. He smirked in satisfaction as he turned, expecting to see the Konoha nin shaking in fear, but was instead rewarded by his sword splitting in half, as if it had been cut.

'He actually cut the sword? But…I never even saw him MOVE!'

"So be it?" Naruto's voice brought the startled Anbu out of their shock. "Since you worthless fools are so eager to throw your lives away..." He spoke as he unsheathed his second blade as blue chakra began to seep from him, before it exploded in a bright pillar of blue like flames.

One of the Anbu that had just arrived swiftly unsheathed his sword before rushing at the blond the other four following his example after just a moment of hesitation.

Naruto leapt high into the air, going above the tree line in a single leap.

The first Anbu wearing a sparrow's mask caught up, his sword raised over his head, ready to bring it down on the Konoha Jinchurriki.

The next thing he knew the blond had punched him square in the face without even turning to face him and he was plummeting back down to the forest floor.

The second, wearing a panthers mask followed suit, leaping from one of the trees, he lunged at the Jinchuriki, rearing his blade back before he thrust…only to have the Konoha nin somehow flip over his attack.

Naruto manipulated his wind chakra to right himself before he delivered a powerful, crushing axe kick which connected at the man's right collar bone. A silent scream of pain came from his mouth as he plummeted down to the forest floor, joining his comrade.

The next one, wearing a lizards mask was next. Naruto simply vanished from his location, reappearing behind the man and then used him to jump a bit higher, letting him take the blow of the bear masked Anbu that tried to deliver a hay-maker from behind.

The bear masked Anbu looked up in time to get stomped in the face by the Jinchuriki, sending both him, and his lizard masked partner down. On the way, his kunai pouch opened scattering the metallic projectiles all around the descending blond.

The last Anbu wearing a boar's mask never even had a chance. When he was in striking distance the blond replaced himself with one of the scattered kunai. She turned to face him and threw one of her own kunai, only to have him replace himself again, he turned and barely had time to catch a glimpse of red and black before he vanished again.

The blond vanished and reappeared so quickly it looked as if he was everywhere as he didn't even use the smoke clouds. In the end, the boar masked individual was so dizzy she couldn't even put her guard up as the blond reappeared infront of her, slightly higher than where she was before he delivered another ax kick sending her also crashing into the forest floor.

Naruto descended, breaking through the treeline. Not a moment after he did though the sparrow masked Anbu lunged at him again. Naruto twisted himself in mid air, dodging the mans lunge. Apparently he was trying to simply shoot past him as he cut him, but Naruto had other plans as he caught the mans ankle and pulled him back.

He felt the air leave the sparrow masked Anbu's lungs as he punched him in the stomach. Hard. The man coughed and wheezed as he tried to force air back into his chest.

The blond showed no mercy as he delivered an uppercut followed by the blond manipulating his wind chakra to do a front flip in mid air and then delivering another downward kick to the man's head sending him head first down to the forest floor.

Again he felt the panther masked Anbu's presence, the lizard masked Anbu also approached him from the other side. He turned and backhanded the panther masked Anbu sending him flying and then simply placed his foot, letting the lizard masked Anbu's face connect on its own as the man couldn't move to stop his own momentum.

The bear masked Anbu tried to jump down from one of the tree's in order to catch the blond by surprise. But the blond again manipulated his wind chakra and moved out of the way, letting the bear masked Anbu strike the disoriented lizard Anbu who was in a simple free fall, sending him down to join the still wheezing sparrow.

Naruto then put both hands together, his swords still firmly in his grip before he brought them down and hit the bear masked Anbu in the back of the neck with a sickening snap/

Naruto spread out his arms, his two swords igniting with his two chakra elements as he raised them and swung down. "GoKakusotsu!" (Hell's tormenting flames) He yelled as both flame and wind mixed and exploded, blanketing the forest floor in fire.

The three Anbu barely had time to scream.

"NOOO!" A scream came to his right as the boar masked Anbu rushed him, intent on avenging her comrades. Naruto stood on the tree branch, the embers of the roaring flames slightly lifting the shadows that veiled his face, making the Anbu freeze as she met the gaze of her opponent.

Those cold sea blue eyes empty and void of all emotion. Eyes of a machine, one that had killed thousands and caused suffering to millions. Eyes of something, much worse than any demon.

"What monstrosity are you?" Was her whisper before the Demon of Konoha struck, his scimitar impaling the kiri ninja straight through the stomach. She gasped and coughed as he clutched the blade, hoping to stop it from going in further. No such luck the blond suddenly pulled up, opening the woman's navel, blood gushed out like a fountain as she gasped and fell forward. The blond removed his blade, turned and left her to bleed out, intent on finding the last Anbu.

He found the sparrow masked individual, picking himself up, apparently, his last flight through the tree's had broken his arm sprained an ankle and probably broken a rib or two.

Naruto walked forward and scented the fear rolling off the individual in waves as he began dragging himself back as fast as he could. 'Pathetic.' The blond inwardly sneered before he knelt down and grabbed the man by his throat, lifting him up and slamming him against the tree. Shifted the sword in his grip and readied to deliver the final blow.

"Plea…" The plea was cut off harshly as his sword cut through the man's throat.

Naruto pulled the blade out and re-sheathed it. He watched as the mans lifeblood seeped out of him. He gurgled a few times before he finally slumped over, dead. The blond turned and left heading back to the two 'allies' he had left behind.