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Sora and his shuriken were now level with the clouds. The reanimated Fourth Kazekage was following, but Sora occasionally used Gale Palm to slow him down. Focusing intensely, Sora made a cross seal, and in the next instant, five more Soras appeared, each floating on their own shuriken with a mini-clone.
The five shuriken spread out, each heading to a different part of a particular cloud. As the Kazekage and his golden sand came dangerously close, Sora just smirked. A large barrier formed, containing the Kazekage and his golden sand.
The barrier wasn't particularly strong and could easily be destroyed by the Kazekage, but Sora didn't give him time to do so. In the next instant, countless projectiles were fired at the Kazekage from all directions, even from below.
Forced to defend himself, the Kazekage hid inside a golden sand sphere that easily deflected the projectiles. But this was exactly what Sora wanted. He created a shadow clone that performed the same manoeuvre Sora himself had been about to do earlier.
The Kazekage's body was momentarily destroyed, but so was the clone. In the next instant, the cloud partially inside the barrier began to release water, not only wetting the sand but also the reforming upper body of the Kazekage.
Sora then activated a seal, and electricity surged through the barrier. Due to the water present, the Kazekage's body was continuously electrocuted, preventing him from fully reforming.
"Okay, now make that other Fuinjutsu quickly," Sora yelled at his clones. "We need to make it automatic before this cloud runs out!"
His clones got to work immediately. In the next three minutes, as the cloud almost dissipated, Sora's clones completed their task. The clouds in the area were drawn towards the upper end of the barrier, replenishing the depleting cloud.
"Okay, you two can dispel now," Sora said to two of his shadow clones. As they disappeared, he felt a surge of much-needed chakra return to him. Maintaining the barrier was no longer necessary as the Kazekage was practically defenceless, but Sora remained cautious. 'Who knows, maybe the dead guy is acting,' he thought to himself.
However, his worry proved unnecessary. The Kazekage was indeed incapacitated. Suddenly, Sora felt his only clone on the ground, responsible for guarding Tsunade, explode. This meant he couldn't receive the memories from that clone to complete the sealing.
Sora clicked his tongue in frustration. "Damn it, I can't go down as this guy is dangerous. I hope Baa-san is fine." He turned to his remaining clones. "Guys, start working on the seal to seal him completely. It shouldn't take that long."
With that, Sora gave instructions to his three remaining big clones and three mini-clones, each working on a specific part of the seal. In just five minutes, Sora was done. Generally, at his level, he and his clones could formulate seals in their mind, with higher chances of the seal working on the first try.
"Okay, let me seal him in this coffin," Sora said, pulling out a coffin he had on him for some reason. He quickly inscribed some seals inside the coffin to reinforce it and, as an extra precaution, made it so that the Kazekage's body would continually disintegrate for the next seven days.
Soon, lines of text moved along the walls of the barrier, then jumped onto the helpless Kazekage. The reanimated Kage could only watch as his body was restricted and placed in the dirty coffin.
Sora hefted the coffin onto his shoulder and dispelled all of his clones. He sealed the shuriken he was standing on into his bracers, causing him to fall towards the ground. Weaving hand signs, he used Gale Palm to accelerate his fall. As he neared the ground, he used the same technique to decelerate, landing softly with the coffin that was twice his size.
Upon reaching the battlefield, Sora saw a large crater in front of Naruto, who was bleeding from his palm. It seemed someone had stabbed a kunai into it. Tsunade was healing him, while Jiraiya sat on the ground with his eyes closed, two toads perched on his shoulders. Sasuke was intently looking in Sora's direction with worry, both of his red eyes fixed on the young redhead. His expression changed to relief when Sora arrived. Shizune stood on standby, ready to assist if needed.
Naruto was the first to address him. "Sora, where were you and why are you carrying a coffin on your back? It looks like that weird guy from Gaara's team carrying it." Naruto made a thinking face that wasn't particularly flattering.
Jiraiya, his face transformed by Sage Mode, opened his eyes and looked at Sora, or more specifically, at the coffin with a complicated gaze.
Before anyone else could ask anything, Sasuke spoke up in an impatient tone, "Where is the Kazekage?"
Sora threw him a confused look. "How would I know that? Shouldn't he be in the Sand village? Wait..." Sora's eyes widened as realization dawned on his face. "Is the new Kazekage here to help us deal with Orochimaru? I didn't know our alliance with Suna meant anything other than just for show, especially since Suna was technically involved in the invasion, you know."
Sasuke shot him a look of disbelief, as did everyone except Naruto. The blonde, while his hand was still being treated, shouted, "Wait! Where is the Kazekage? I want to see him. I'll be the Hokage, believe it!"
A vein popped out on Sasuke's forehead. Tsunade bonked Naruto on the head, admonishing him, "Don't move too much! Pieces of the kunai went into your bloodstream. You might die from the infection!" That shut Naruto up effectively.
Sasuke, his patience wearing thin, clarified, "I meant the Fourth Kazekage."
Sora asked with a confused look, "Didn't Orochimaru kill him?"
Naruto snickered at Sasuke. "And you call me an idiot, Teme. You don't even know that the Fourth Kazekage is dead."
The vein on Sasuke's forehead grew more pronounced, his Sharingan spinning rapidly. He looked at Naruto with a glare that could have killed him countless times across multiple timelines if looks could kill.
Jiraiya, sensing the rising tension, put a hand on Sasuke's shoulder. "Kid, breathe. You might die from high blood pressure. I've heard some Uchihas from the past died from the same problem." Instead of comforting Sasuke, this only made his eyes redder. Jiraiya flinched back from that gaze and looked at Sora instead.
"He meant the guy you were fighting," Jiraiya explained.
Sora's eyes widened in shock. "What! He was the Kazekage? But he didn't seem that strong."
Naruto, equally surprised, yelled, "Sora, you fought a Kage?"
Jiraiya interrupted, "Obviously, he wasn't at his full strength, probably around Elite Jounin Level, or you wouldn't be standing here. How do you not know that? Don't they teach information about important people these days?" Jiraiya said with a suspicious look. It looked funny to Sora, as Jiraiya's face was still transformed due to Sage Mode, looking like a toad.
However, Sora and Naruto just looked away and whistled innocently. Sasuke rolled his eyes at their behaviour.
"Well, I sealed the guy. He's in the coffin," Sora said while putting the coffin down and patting it.
Jiraiya wasn't surprised, but the rest of the group was. Naruto yelled, "How did you do that?"
Sora grinned, his eyes lighting up with excitement. "Oh man, you wouldn't believe it! It was like something out of those action movies we sneak into sometimes, Naruto-nichan!"
He launched into a recounting of his battle, his hands moving animatedly as he spoke. "So there I was, facing off against this guy who could control golden sand. At first, I thought it was just some fancy jutsu, you know? But man, was I wrong!"
Sora's eyes widened for dramatic effect. "This sand, it was everywhere! It was like fighting against a shiny, more expensive version of Gaara's sand. I had to use every trick in the book just to stay alive!"
He mimed dodging attacks. "I was jumping, flipping, using my giant shuriken to fly around. It was crazy! But then I had this brilliant idea. I went up, way up into the clouds."
Naruto was hanging onto every word, his eyes shining with admiration for his younger friend. Even Sasuke, despite his earlier irritation, found himself listening intently.
"So I'm up there in the clouds, right? And I'm thinking, 'What would Naruto-nichan do?' And then it hit me - something unexpected!" Sora grinned at Naruto, who puffed up with pride.
"I created this massive barrier, trapping the Kazekage inside. But here's the genius part - I used the clouds themselves as part of my trap!" Sora's voice lowered conspiratorially. "I made it rain inside the barrier, soaking the sand and the Kazekage. Then - zap! - I electrified the whole thing!"
Tsunade raised an eyebrow, impressed despite herself. "Quick thinking," she muttered.
"But that wasn't even the best part," Sora continued, his voice rising with excitement. "While he was stuck there, getting zapped over and over, I worked on this super complex sealing jutsu. It was like nothing I've ever done before - I had clones working on different parts simultaneously!"
He patted the coffin again. "And that's how I ended up sealing a Kage in this coffin. Pretty cool, huh?"
Naruto was practically bouncing with excitement. "That's amazing, Sora! You're gonna be an awesome ninja, believe it!"
Even Jiraiya looked impressed. "Not bad, kid. Not bad at all. Though I hope you realize how lucky you were. A fully powered Kage would have been a whole different story."
Sora nodded, sobering slightly. "Yeah, I know. I got lucky that he wasn't at full strength. But still, it was pretty intense!"
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