25 Battle #1 Conquered!!!

Mugen arrived at his soon to be battlefield mugen.

The third gave a speech about how he believed in them and the usual will of fire thing.

"Lord third, it's time for you to return." A voice sounded.

"I'll be there in a minute." . He replied. Breathing out a pipeful of smoke.

"Mugen wait for a minute." . He called out to Mugen and approached him.

" I'm ... " Swish. Mugen appeared behind him their back facing each other.

"I know what you're going to say third hokage and there's no need to. I'm sorry for my words earlier I let my emotions speak for themselves and I'm not usually one to do that. A real man knows when to admit he's wrong and accept his mistakes. You are the leader of the village and you have its best interests at heart."

Sarutobi was caught off guard by Mugen's sudden words. Mugen continued, "As you are the leader of the village i must warn you of danzo. I have no concrete proof but you should kill him when you have the chance. He might have the same goals as you however he is too much of an extremist. I have no doubt he'd sell his soul of He had to." Switching from his solemn tone to a carefree one he stated

" Although I must say, a poor defenseless naive little boy such as myself is defenseless against and requires your protection. "

Sarutobi laughed, "Enough of your melodrama" The wind picked up and disordered their clothes. Mugen and Hiruzen stared at the sky that was now getting dark.

"Nature is such a beautiful thing isn't it." Mugen whispered under his breath.

" Indeed it is so',Hiruzen replied.

"Well then I think you should get going third hokage. Or you'll worry your men. You're not getting any younger you know." Mugen laughed.

" You cheeky brat i still have plenty of fight left in me." Hiruzen smiled.

"Humans are petty creatures, the tiniest discomfort shall incite a quarrel and before you know it fists fly. There is so much death and destruction for what is just a simple matter that's blown out of proportion. Even though we'll all die som eday and all war does is accelerate that process ; people still suffer pointlessly. They treat death as this terrible thing that they fear so much. Humans are such sensitive and fragile creatures. Hm death has never really bothered me."

" For such words to come from a child is quite an irregularity. Seeing is believing i suppose " he took a breath of smoke.

Mugen started walking off,' Oldman you and me will have some tea after I get back. Look forward to it. "

Hiruzen stared at his retreating figure. "Lord thirrrrddd, we are late"

"A hh, don't be so fussy like a woman young one" Hiruzen walked to his escort with one hand behind him and the other supporting his pipe.

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The clash of strength at the stronghold began at noon. It lasted for three while days three days of non-stop fighting. Mugen's eyes had their usually relaxed look. You'd think he'd be relaxing somewhere peaceful when I'm truth he was surrounded by blood and death. He hadn't used his justu earlier on because that would tire him out. He merely used the katana to reap his enemies lives. He hadn't counted but I'm this battle hundreds had fallen by his hand. He gazed at their corpses.

"I wonder if you'll all go to a better place." He whispered under his breath. His armour had long cracked and been discarded. His upper body was completely bare. There were several shallow wounds on his muscular tiny figure. The back of his katana rested on his shoulder as he gazed at the scene behind him.

The battle had not yet concluded and there were shinobi fighting in front. The sun was setting. Mugen gazed at the scene of corpses under the sunset.

"Aghhhhhhh" a shinobi attacked jumped and slashed at him.

"Honestly, what shinobi screams while attacking." Mugen sidestepped and dodged . As the shinobi attempted to regain his stance , Mugen used a back pierce from behind and pierced through his heart.

"You, young one are quite skilled. I'm sure everyone else has noticed it too. A young shinobi with such skill and poise not to be swallowed by passion for killing of vengeance for your fallen comrades is rare. As such you must dieeeeee" A slightly older looking man in a iwa uniform attacked him.

Mugen was restraining himself all this time not using either the sharingan or his kekkei tōta with the exception being collecting emotions from his allies and enemies with the sharingan for his evolution plan. This foe however was not the type to be done in easily without them.

Swing. Mugen activated his sharingan. The man attacked him harshly. He dodged all his strikes. "Earth styl e : Mud wall".

" i see using the elevation of the wall beneath my feet to disrupt my balance.' Time slowed down and the moment that Mugen was falling from the wall, his foe attacked. With the sharingan he was able to see all his subtle movements. Mugen drive his katana in the mudwall with all his strength and used it as leverage to push himself to the ground. He was right beneath the arm his foe raised to attack him. Pwush. Mugen turned his hand into ice and ripped his heart out.

Blood splattered on his face. His foe's corpse fell to the ground. Tap. Tap. Tap. Several enemy shinobi ran towards him with killing intent. His katana broke when he tried to retrieve it so he tossed what was left of it away. He had to use just his b ody. He froze his other hand as well and jumped into the center of the enemy shinobi. He used his ankles to twist the neck of one and at the same time ripped two hearts out before he touched the ground.

"Earth style : R ock gu...ughh" before he could finish Mugen had already knee-ed him in the stomach and twisted his neck. He used the shinobi's body as a shield to kill a few more. All his remaining enemies were exhausted and couldn't dodge he finished the entire battle in one fell swoop.

"Glacial styke: Icy earth spikes" Mugen put his hands on the ground. And the entire ground beneath his remaining foes and allies froze. It was Similar to kimimaro's technique however his were spikes of ice protruding from the earth impaling his enemy. The spikes ignored his fellow leaf shinobi.

The battle was tough but it was finally over. Less than a tenth of leaf shinobi survived but this was a victory nonetheless. All the remaining shinobi including him suffered slight injuries there a few severe cases as well.

All the remaining shinobi collapsed to their knees.

Mugen stood still his spine ramrod straight and his bloodstained hands in his pockets.

He looked at them, "Where is the commander? We should send word to the village. We don't have enough men to secure this place." He said with his usual nonchalant time like this wasn't even a war. Seeing his attitude many regained their confidence .

"The commander died in an enemy ambush." Some one replied.

"That right" Mugen said. " I'll take over temporarily. Is that alright with you all. "

"Yes sir," They answered weakly . Frankly it was plain as day. Even though they were fighting for their lives they saw his amazing prowess.

Mugen looked at them. A lot of them had soul less eyes from the loss of their comrades. The less severe cases could still shed tears.

"Listen up all the survivors. We may have lost many however they're deaths were not in vain. We have won and we have protected the ones back at home whom we fought to protect. So don't be depressed and live for the ones we have lost. So let me hear it from all of you. A victory cry not just for yourselves but for your fallen comrades." Inspired by his calm and lazy tone . A fire burned bright in their eyes.

"Aghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The made a unified roar to the heavens.

Mugen closed one eye and covered one ear, "My,my you're all going to rupture my eardrums."

" Alright now look alive. As they say it ain't over till it's over. Gather the all the severely wounded and get them first aid. " Mugen ordered. "You there get the message to the leaf village that we have emerged victorious. All those still mobile fix the traps around us and be in a lookout. We shall stay here until we are given an order to return."

" Alright that is all get to it. "

"Yes sir !!!!!!!' Several bloodied war torn men saluted a child.

Mugen sat back and relaxed atop a pile of corpses staring at the sky.

"Um.... Sir are you alright sitting atop a pile of gruesome corpses. " One man asked.

"Stop being a pain and get moving." Mugen shooed him away.

" if you say so sir, " he reluctantly left.

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The medical team arrived soon after from the leaf. The carried the immobilized and patched up the injured.

Mugen laid down horizontally with his hand supporting his head atop the pile of corpses with his eyes closed.

"What a brutal scene. To think only this many survived." A young medical nin said to himself.

" Stop dilly dallying and get a move on" his superior ordered.

"Yes sir." He ran after him.

" Sir can you come down from the pile of scary corpses with missing hearts please so I may treat you. " Mugen slightly opened his eye, "I don't feel like moving come up here." Mugen motioned.

The medical nin gulped, "Sometimes I swear this job is so hard." He climbed the pile of corpses while complaining did he have to make it this tall.