Immediately Naruto jumped and the 5 streaks of lightning struck where he was however two strands changed their direction and crackled through the air as they tried to flank him. Naruto formed two rasengans in each of his hands and spread his hands to meet the two streaks. Sparks ignited as the lightning and his rasengan clashed; his arm jarred from the ongoing collision. A few seconds later, he felt a foreign presence approaching him at a blinding speed.

Not good I can't use the body flicker jutsu in his condition. Despite his current predicament, his face broke into a wild grin. Well then if he wants to dance then let's begin. He closed his eyes and searched for a certain tenketsu. Finding it within a split second, he yelled,

"FIRST GATE: GATE OF OPENING"

His opponent was making ground towards at a breakneck pace, in his hands were two swords similar to a tanto. Both were rippling with lightning chakra. Naruto could not make out any other feature of his opponent. His sole focus was to survive.

A sudden rush of pain and energy flooded his body. Roaring in pain, he flipped in midair as the presence was 5 meters away from him and thrust the two rasengans and lightning forcefully in front of him while channeling as much wind chakra as he could gather at that point towards his assailant. 

A far more powerful blast ensued, and Naruto was blown 50 meters back from it shockwave and his opponent was thrown back 40 meters from the epicenter. Naruto crashed through several trees and finally lost his consciousness.

Meanwhile Sasuke continued to struggle against the ice snake; his massive chakra being the only reason why the snake is unable to dominate. Suddenly a flurry of silvery senbon whistled through the air. Sasuke abandoned his jutsu and leapt a couple of feet back. However a sudden shockwave rippled across the area. The senbons were diffracted from the interruption and the Ice snake shook as the shock wave reached it. Immediately using this distraction, he traced the origin of the ice dragon with his sharingan. Without missing a beat he threw several kunai with exploding tags towards the source.

He quickly executed a hand signal. The tags exploded upon command however what was revealed when the smoke cleared up was a dome made of completely of ice. A slender figure wearing a mask walked out from the dome. Sasuke's eyes widened at what he saw next, the masked figure was executing his jutsu using only one hand. Seems like a kekkei genkai user like me. However fire type moves do not seem to have much effect on him. Rather it's not easy to melt the ice, it takes a lot of brute strength to do so. For now I could only fight him to a deadlock till one of the others could give me a hand. Unless I could get him to fall into my sharingan genjutsu or basically overpower his jutsu, there seems to be no other viable solution.

Clicking his tongue, he charged at his opponent. The masked man threw several senbon at him and simultaneously started creating his new jutsu. Sasuke immediate activated his sharingan and the three tomoe in each of his started rotating as if they were in a frenzy and deflected the incoming senbon with his kunai. Falling into a sudden trance, he masked man halted casting his jutsu. Sasuke immediately starting doing a few hand seals and shouted, "Fire style: Great Fire Annihilation."

A massive mass of fire exploded out of Sasuke's mouth and enveloped his opponent . However instead of being burned to a crisp, the masked man snapped out his daze and silently enveloped himself in multiple ice domes. An explosion of steam erupted as the ice and fire came into contact once again.

Kakashi looked over to the source of the explosion. Not good, We can't let this assault continue. Suddenly a form with a peculiar broadsword with looked like a butchering knife making its way towards Sakura and Tazuna. Shit. Kakashi rushed towards his intended targets. Executing several hand signs he exclaimed, "Lightning style: Lightning beast tracking fang!".

Lightning chakra gathered around his right hand and manifested itself into a shape of a hound. Aiming at the form, he released the gathered chakra. The lightning hound crackled through the air as it whizzed towards the form. However once the jutsu struck the form, it immediately burst into water. Damn it a water clone. Wait he is right behind me.

Quickly taking out a kunai, he blocked the incoming blade. Interlocked and directly facing each other, Kakashi revealed his sharingan. 

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"So you are the infamous Zabuza?" he growled at the towering form.

"The copycat ninja, Kakashi Hatake. I guess we finally meet." he sneered.

"Why are you interfering with the workings of the Land of Waves Zabuza?" He snarled.

"None of your business Kakashi" Zabuza smirked.

The two leapt backwards and both of them executed several hand seals and yelled at the same time, "Water style: Great waterfall!"

Two vortexes of water crashed against each other, uprooting the trees and wiping out anything in their path. Few moments after ending their respective jutsu,  both of them once again casted another jutsu simultaneously shouting:

"Water style: Water dragon bullet."

Two dragons made of water clashed against each other, each unable to best the other. Suddenly a flash of blue lightning was making its way towards Kakashi. Not good, I got no time time to dodge. His eyes widened at the surprise attack. However the blue lightning could not reach its destined target.

 A figure with yellow hair, covered in a armour of wind, obstructing the path of the lightning like a celestial being of a long forgotten age. He coldly stared at his adversary with his frigid blue eyes.

"Your opponent is me."

Few minutes prior to this- Within the Cage of the Nine-tails.

Where am I.....

Ahh yes I was blasted backwards by the explosion.....

I got to get up.....

"Well, well, well, look what we have here." a cynical voice reached his ears. He slowly opened his eyes however he found that he was staring at the familiar malicious, red eyes of the Nine tailed fox.

"So you got your ass handed to you didn't, little boy? You really think such a naive kid like you could take on this malevolent world of hypocrisy, danger and death." its cynical remarks echoing throughout the dark space.

It laughed at the despicable appearance of its host. "You think that make a difference? You think you can overcome the insurmountable odds? You have nothing significant about you boy. Fate is only kind to few individuals while cruelly looking down at the rest of the trampling them to the ground. The weak are meant to be devoured and the strong are meant to rule. That is the only truth of the world."

"Now then, I could change that for you. I could give you a glimpse of this power. A glimpse of your fate when you succumb to your deepest and darkest emotions; for they not your foe but your ally. Give in to your hate, let me show you your future!" 

A whirlpool of red chakra frantically encircled him. Naruto took deep breath. He was neither disheartened nor enraged. He knew how insignificant he was currently at the large scheme of things. He knew he had a long way to go. He then looked that the white handkerchief tied into his left shoulder, which miraculously survived the explosion. He smiled remembering the warm feelings in his heart.

It is then decided that he will not give in to hate. He will not submit to his deepest, darkest desires. He will not kneel before the Nine-tailed fox. He shall not yield to a tragic fate; for he does not fear death but fears isolation the most. 

His eyes were slowly replaced with a resolute look. He exhaled and the red chakra dispersed. The Nine tails expression changed and he was deeply enraged. 

"Nine-tails, the reason why I won't accept your power now is that it is tainted with hate. It will only consume me and destroy those I care about the most."

"Boy your stupidity truly knows no bounds. You cannot survive without power. Power is what separates the strong from the weak. Power is what decides your fate, and you by rejecting your fate, you only walk to your own grave boy!" His roar ringing his eyes, making his eyes smart at its sheer pressure.

"Ha you think you could scare me into submission? I am well aware of the risks and rewards of my path and knowing this I shall walk my chosen path with confidence. However there is one thing you better keep in mind."

Naruto grinned at the Nine-tailed fox. Then he pointed his right index finger at the beast.

"You will submit to me."

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