Chapter 79 - Chapter 81

The place that the world recognized as the cloud village currently was going through the devastation. 90% of the entire village had been destroyed. The dragon had come to this village, and from a terrifying display of haki, destroyed the village.

It was unrecognizable for even the Raikage himself. Someone that grew up here and learned the layout of this place at a very young age. Even he himself didn't recognize this place anymore.

"How many casualties?" A asked the ninja standing behind him. The behind him still had his nerves shaken by what happened earlier this day. No one had ever seen a display of power on this scale.

"Luckily, there were no deaths among civilians. Some are hurt and are being treated at this moment. But no deaths among them."

"You're saying my shinobi force took a hit?" A turned around and asked with no emotion in his voice. He was angry beyond the point of insanity. There were so much anger and frustration that he shut down emotionally to not go on a blinding rage rampage.

"27 dead, Lord Raikage." The ninja went down the list and read the names of the ninjas that died. A listened in silence, and he felt the regret bubble up like a storm inside of him. He was cold-hearted, he knew that. But his entire village was now destroyed and he could do nothing to stop it. These events will put everything in a different perspective.

"Any sign of B and Yugito yet?"

"No, Lord Raikage. No one has been able to track them down. An old man on the west side of the village reported that B saved his life together with his son. But nothing after that. It's like he vanished into thin air."

"He has them. That can be the only explanation for this. He is after the beasts. Mobilize the Anbu. We are going after B and Yugito." The Raikage said in his commanding voice and left the place.

"Brother!" From nowhere, B's voice appeared and not even a second later he dropped from the sky and landed in front of A.

"B! WHERE WERE YOU?!" A rushed forward and grabbed his shoulders. He stared into B's eyes and scanned his body for injuries.

"You're alright?" Genuine concern was heard for the first time come out of A's mouth. He pulled B into a bear hug for a second before letting go.

"What happened?" A looked at B for some answers.

"Let me explain, lighting boy." Dragon came floating down with Yugito beside him and the beasts behind him. His feet touched the ground and he put his arms behind his back.

"[LARIAT!" The Raikage appeared in front of Dragon before he could continue speaking. An arm covered in lightning assaulted Dragon and he saw the rage inside A's eyes.

A blue tail swished passed Dragon and clashed with the Raikage's famous Lariat lightning attack. Both attacks met in front of Dragon's face and the blue tail after a while managed to push A away from Dragon.

"I can't let you hurt him, Raikage of the cloud village," Matatabi said and jumped up and landed on Dragon's shoulder.

"Two tails! You belong to the village. Yugito EXPLAIN." A turned to the blonde girl with a furious expression.

"Lord Raikage. Dragon offered them freedom and they took. They no longer belong to the cloud village." She said in a tone so calm and slow that it almost became a whisper. The anger and rage were very clear to the people here and that's why didn't know what A would do when he got this piece of news.

"And you didn't stop it? And why are you budding up to him? Come over here, we are killing this bastard today!" A said, and his eyes never left Dragon. Who just smiled back like all of this didn't concern him at all.

"Lord Raikage. He explained all of this to us. He didn't kill any civilians and we were the ones who went after his family first. Let's just end this here. It doesn't need to escalate further than this." Poor Yugito had to stand between these two and try to negotiate peace.

"Yugito. In war, we have no need for feelings. Leave those behind. If you can't do that, then you don't deserve to fight like a ninja for the cloud village." A said and now turned and looked at her. His fierce-looking eyes piercing straight into her like two sharp spears.

"Brother! This Dragon fella is stronger then all of us, ya fool. I don't possess the eights anymore and Yugito doesn't have two tails. Stop this now." B said and approached A in an attempt to calm him down.

"B, I'll deal with you later. Yugito, where does your loyalty lie? With me or with him? You will join me and B to deal with this man." A had lightning covering his arms and body. He was talking right now, but he was ready at any moment to attack Dragon. His vigilance was off the charts.

"Lord Raikage. More civilians will die if we fight. We are lucky not to have lost any so far. Don't make it worse." At this point, Yugito was pleading for her and the sake of the entire village.

"He will never listen again. All of what transpired today has made him borderline insane. He needs dealing with." Dragon took a step forward and A smiled and did the same.

"I'll kill you this time!" A said and his lightning flared.

"BROTHER!"

"LORD RAIKAGE!" B and Yugito dashed in the middle of them. They drew their weapons and B held it against Dragon while Yugito held hers against A.

"Pointing your weapon against your Kage. Punishable by death." A didn't even hesitate. He dashed forward and pierced Yugito straight through the chest. A fountain of blood splattered onto B's back and covered him in it.

"BROTHER!" B turned around and saw Yugito slide off A's hand and fall on the ground lifeless.

B dashed forward and held up her head carefully. He looked into Yugito's eyes and saw tears falling down. B quickly turned around and gave Dragon a sort of pleading look. With his eyes, he was begging Dragon not to let her die.

"She still has breath. Save her, please!" B said to Dragon.

"Leave her B. She made her choice. Anyone not on my side deserves death and nothing less. She was worthless to us." A said with a stone-cold tone. He had been raised as a stone-cold killer. Like all ninjas were. He just now became the truest version of what a ninja supposed to be.

"Brother, ya fool! You have gone mad!" B said and tried some different simple techniques to keep her breathing.

"Move aside." Dragon said and kneeled down beside B.

'I thought I could. But I am unable to become entirely without emotion. Today I killed many people with no hesitation. But I am unable to watch her die. I thought I could, but I can't.' Dragon placed a hand above the hole in her body.

A that saw the opportunity present itself, dashed towards Dragon with his lightning on full blast. He was closing in, only to have his mad dashing interrupted by a blue flaming cat paw. Its claw came in at incredible speed and managed to scratch him across the left side of his face.

"You, Monster cat." The Raikage had jumped back and seen Matatabi land in front of Dragon.

"You will pay for what you did to Yugito." She said and dashed towards A. It was an understatement to say that she was fast. Now you could see who Yugito got her agility and speed from.

Matatabi arrived in front of the Raikage in seconds and jumped and used her claws to try and scratch A all over his body.

He met her paws with his fist and stopped all of her advances. And even though he stopped it, he clearly couldn't keep up with her speed of attacking and her raw physical prowess. She was pushing him further and further away from Dragon.

"You will pay, Raikage," Matatabi said and made a big last swipe of her claw that sent A flying along the ground and crashing into some rubble ways away.

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