Chapter 78 - Chapter 80

The group of three were flying in the sky towards a mountain in the distance. B that was the conscious jinchuriki of the two took the time to admire this view. You just didn't get this every day.

"Is my brother dead?" B said while looking at Dragon that was flying beside him while carrying the Yugito.

"No. But there is a high chance that he will be at the end of the day." Dragon said without letting his complex emotions run wild.

"If you try again. I'll stop you, ya fool!" B said and regained his normal speech pattern.

"If I desire his death at the end of this day, then he will die. And you couldn't do anything the first time around so nothing will change the second time around." Dragon shot down B immediately and he didn't give him time to respond to it either.

"We've arrived." Dragon dove towards a plateau sticking out of the mountain and he landed on it together with B and the girl hanging over his shoulder.

"Now let me tell you what I came here to do." Dragon said and placed Yugito carefully on the ground.

"I am here to have a chat with these two tailed beasts. It would be so much easier if you didn't refuse. So I am going to proceed now. Don't fight it."

Dragon pointed one finger at both of them and a string of chakra flew out from his finger and invaded both Jinchuriki's.

Inside a blank white space. Two massive chakra beasts stood with each beasts having a person on top of their head. And in front of them stood Dragon with his majestic aura for all inside this space to experience.

"Matatabi, Gyuki, how are you doing?" Dragon said and looked at both chakra beasts.

"Dragon. It's been a long time since I heard that name." Matatabi said while reminiscing on her past.

"What do you want, Dragon. You have been quiet for years and suddenly your here attacking our village." Gyuki said with what looked like anger but was really just annoyance.

"Your village? You finally accepted that you belong here?" Dragon asked Gyuki specifically.

"I don't belong anywhere. But this is my host's home, and that also makes it my home of sorts." The eight tails said.

"That's right, ya fool!" B said while sitting lotus style on his head.

"What about you Matatabi? Is this your home?"

"My answer lies with Gyuki. This is my host's home, so that makes it my home as well." The monster cat said with some mix of emotion.

"Then let me ask you something. If I can give you freedom, would you take it?" Dragon saw the emotions twist within the beasts and they both stood still there staring at him.

"If you mean to kill Yugito then I will fight with her to defeat you," Matatabi said after a while. This earner her a smile from Yugito herself.

"I feel the same for B. I will protect him from harm," Gyuki said directly after the monster cat. Both beasts looked determined in this cause.

"I wouldn't hurt them. I can offer freedom without harming your host."

You could see the emotions on the beasts go from one to another in quick succession. They both stood there still and stared at Dragon for a while.

Ultimate freedom away from humans was all the beasts dream. No matter how much they got along humans were still their prison. And nothing would change that fact.

"Why would you do that?" Matatabi asked. The monster fox could feel the change in Yugito's emotions. It appears the girl was getting a little nervous about the cat's answer.

"I despise the creation of jinchuriki. I have the ability to free you and take you to a place that no human will ever be able to target you again."

Both beasts could feel no lie in Dragon's words so that most likely meant he was speaking the truth.

"What if they decide to stay?" Yugito asked. She had not shown as much resistance as Dragon was expecting her to.

"Then they will live in the outside world. My plan is to unite the villages, and the creations of jinchuriki's will be forbidden." Dragon looked at the girl and she took a step back when faced with the gaze from the emperor.

"I accept. I like my host well enough, but freedom is my desire. If you can offer that and protection. Then yes I accept. As long as Yugito doesn't die." Matatabi said with determination and seriousness. The survival of Yugito was still important to her.

"Matatabi... Are you sure?" Yugito asked and placed a hand on the cat's head.

"Yes. I apologize Yugito. This has been my dream for many years."

"Well, it was fun while it lasted, wasn't it." Yugito smiled and then turned to Dragon and spoke to him.

"Don't hurt her. And don't go back on your promise." She already knew she couldn't stop it, so why would she even bother with it.

"Gyuki. What say you?" Dragon said and looked at the eight tails. The second strongest tailed beast.

"I also accept. For too long have I been sealed away and cast from one human's belly to another. I apologize, B. This is my choice." Gyuki said and raised his head a little.

"Fool! You're my partner, my friend, take your freedom and rise to the top in a new land, weeeeeee!"

B stood up and screeched. Much to the amusement of the group.

And Dragon especially was impressed with the level of maturity and understanding B showed. This facade of a rapper or whatever he was trying to be. It couldn't entirely mask the smart guy hiding underneath the surface.

"Okay, then I'll meet you outside." Dragon snapped his finger and disappeared from the white space. The two jinchuriki also disappeared and regained their consciousness outside again.

"Yugito, B, sit there and don't move." The two obeyed and sat still with closed eyes while Dragon placed a hand on each of them.

"This might feel weird. I am going to pull them out of you, so it might hurt or it might not. It all depends on how much you fight it. So do not fight the feeling no matter how uncomfortable it is."

Dragon had one hand on their stomachs and he actually used his divine energy. He sent it inside and grabbed a hold of the two-tailed beasts inside the body. The feeling of having divine energy flow through you was very comfortable, but it quickly started to hurt as it reached the seal.

"Be ready now. Because this might hurt a little." Dragon used the energy to forcefully open the seal and quickly trap it all inside a barrier made from divine energy. And then he just pulled it out of them at the same time.

A few seconds later. Chakra exploded out from the two like an active and dangerous volcano. The ground was shaking and the air was vibrating from the intense release of so much chakra at ones.

Two massive beasts were then pushed out of their bodies. In a spiral-like motion, they were being released from their hosts and soon they hovered in mid-air in front of the group of three.

"AAAH" Yugito finally fell forwards and breathed out. She was sweating heavily and her breathing was ragged. And B was not much better off than her.

"You... Said... It would hurt a little!" Yugito glared at Dragon.

"Okay. So I lied. But it was just easier to get you to do it if I said it wouldn't hurt or anything." Dragon shrugged his shoulders and turned to the beasts and ignored the two former jinchuriki.

"Can you change the size of yourself, or do I need to help with that?" Dragon gave them a look and they both nodded and started to change.

"So what now, ya fool?" B said in a tired voice while staring at the eight tails that were even smaller than him now.

"Now we return to your village. All Kage's are guilty of something. But your Kage contacted Orochimaru just to get a successful kidnapping of my son and his friends off. Fate isn't smiling upon him today."

"Doing any further damage will only make it harder to unite the villages. And Kumo no longer has any tailed beast. Why don't you stop while you're ahead." Yugito said.

Both B and Yugito stood no chance, not even the beasts did. If they had to fight they would, but maybe they could avoid it if they played this perfectly.

"We are going back." The wind picked up and it carried them all towards the cloud village.

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