Authors Note: This is my first fan fiction so it's probably not the best, I'm mainly trying to get a grasp of everything so far. There a few points you should know before reading: I'm bad at fleshing things out and fight scenes so those are probably going to suck when I do write these. I hope you enjoy the story despite the bad writing though.

Disclaimer: i obviously do not own Naruto, the world, the characters or any of the situations. All of these belong to the creator Masashi Kishimoto.

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Prologue: In Another World

The fourth Mizukage and jinchuuriki of the three tailed beast,Yagura, slowly walked along the lush path to Konoha. His footsteps were silent, and his pink eyes were glazed over in a blank expression like a hazy mist. Along him were two of his seven swordsmen as bodyguards.

The group was travelling to Konoha for a Kage summit, one they could not afford to miss. Usually, the youthful Kage would be conversing with his entoruage and being much more energetic. However, at this point in time the Mizukage was not himself, having been put under a genjutsu just a few weeks before by a masked man. Yagura was a mere puppet for the masked man as he would soon start implementing policies that would slowly turn Kirigakure to ruin.

Before that, though, the Hokage of Konoha had called a summit to discuss each of the villages, and Yagura had already accepted before he was controlled. Thus, the masked man would have his puppet attend, then announce the end of his participation in the summits and thus, could further isolate the village.

Arriving at the meeting room in Konoha, Yagura settled into one of the five seats, his swordsmen standing behind him silently. The other four Kage were already there and seated, the fourth Raikage and Kazekage, as well as the third Tsuchikage and Hokage. The third Hokage looked tired, still reeling from the Kyuubi attack that had transpired four years before. The four Kage glanced at the young Mizukage, who at his first and last meeting had been quite more energetic, but did not comment as the summit commenced.

Throughout the summit Yagura's change of personality was abruptly obvious, so silent and cold instead of the warm, vibrant young man who they had known. The masked man controlled Yagura's actions and words, making him a compliant puppet with no will of his own. All he did through the summit was contribute about his own village, and that everything was fine. At the end of the summit, when all the Kage were rising, the masked man had Yagura speak.

"I have an announcement before we all depart back to our villages." Yagura announced with a blank monotone voice so much unlike him. The other Kage turned to the look at him questioningly, and slowly sat back down.

"Kiri will be withdrawing from the summits in the near future, we will be handling our own affairs." He continued emotionlessly. This surprised all who were attending, even his own swordsmen stared at him as they proceeded to leave the summit for what might be the last time. But, the old Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi called out to him.

"Lord Mizukage, are you alright?" The old man asked, sensing that something was not quite right with the young man. Yagura turned so that his blank eyes met the Hokage's.

*In one world*

The masked man kept his control firm. "I'm fine, thank you." Yagura—the puppet—Mizukage replied and left what would be his last Kage summit in years.

*In another world*

The masked man was distracted, he lost concentration for just a small fraction of a moment, and the puppet was able to loosen his strings.

Yagura blinked, then blinked again. His head was foggy and he wondered what was going on. Slowly, the last few weeks came back to him and as a Kage he realized what had happened and that he had to act quick before he was controlled again. The life is his eyes returned abruptly as he suddenly got a look of desperation of his face. "Genjutsu, I'm under genjut-" He gasped out before the masked man took back control, but the masked man was too late. Yagura stepped back, muttered a small apology and made to flee.

"Apologies, Yagura." He heard Sarutobi say before his world went black.

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Slowly, Yagura regained consciousness and looked around hours later. He was in a hospital room, most likely in Konoha. There was no windows and he was restrained in the bed. Trying to lift his left arm up, he felt a stab of pain wrack his body before realizing he had regained control over his body.

He was out of the genjutsu.

Breathing out a sigh of relief he took some time to observe his body once more, it looked like he went through a large beating to snap him out of the genjutsu as he was covered in bandages. After pondering this over for a bit he tried to reach out to the three tailed beast inside him, Isobu.

"Isobu, are you there?" Yagura asked mentally, hoping to hear from the turtle.

"I am here Yagura, I am glad to be out of the genjutsu." Isobu spoke from within Yagura's mind.

"So you were affected by the genjutsu too, that would explain why you couldn't snap me out of it." Yagura stated darkly.

"That is likely the reason, it is rare for me to be affected by a genjutsu, that masked man had to be someone very strong." Isobu noted.

"They would also have the sharingan." Yagura added as he played the moment back in his head, feeling mountains of anger then regret. "Gosh dammit! I'm supposed to be the Mizukage. How could I let someone take control of me like that!" He frustratingly muttered as he lowered his head in shame.

"Yagura, you have only been the Mizukage for a few months. You just have to be more careful from now on. Besides Kirigakure needs you." Isobu tried to comfort assuredly.

"Some Mizukage I would've been, I remember writing those horrid drafts under his control! I would've have started a genocide Isobu! A genocide!" Yagura despondently stated, horrified at himself.

"But you did not yet, when we get back to Kirigakure you can still fix things," Isobu reassured as Yagura started to calm down.

"Yeah, yeah I guess you're right, you wise old turtle." He let out as he leaned back into the hospital bed.

"Of course I am right, shorty." Isobu shot back, taking pleasure in the mental indignant yells from his host.

Shortly after that exchange, Sarutobi entered Yagura's hospital room, observing that the young man was awake. "Hello Yagura." He politely greeted.

"Sarutobi." Yagura said back as he glanced at his restraints once more. "Can I be let out of these restraints, please?" He asked, wanting to test his body out after not being in control of its actions for some time.

"Of course, it was just a safety precaution in case you were still under the genjutsu." The old man said after observing that the life had returned to his eyes.

After the restraints were removed from him, Yagura slowly put his hand through his grey-blond hair. "Like I could still be under that genjutsu, I feel like I got thrown into a mountain." Yagura laughed, cracking a joke.

"You were, specifically A threw you into a mountain." Sarutobi informed. "After you said you were in genjutsu and then started to leave, everyone else in attendance immediately started fighting you and your swordsmen, who I don't think quite believed you when you said you were under a genjutsu. On that regard they are threatening to launch war on all the villages for this." The old Hokage said sighing.

"I apologize for them Sarutobi, all my swordsmen can get a little rowdy sometimes. But I can not thank you enough for getting me out that genjutsu." Yagura said, his eyes thinking back to Kirigakure, his home.

"It was no problem Yagura, none of us got too seriously injured except maybe your swordsmen. But that's besides the point, we must discuss how you, a Kage and jinchuuriki, fell under a genjutsu." Sarutobi said seriously, looking stern.

"Let me guess, there is another summit to discuss this." Yagura concluded to which the other Kage nodded. "That makes sense. I feel good enough to start moving so may I please talk to my swordsmen and get some of this sorted out?" The younger Kage asked to which the older of the two approved. Later, when meeting with his swordsmen and informing them that yes, he was in a genjutsu, and no, no one is going to war, he proceeded to go to the summit flanked by one of Konoha's shinobi teams.

They were all meeting in a new room, as the previous fight had destroyed the last one. Yagura still had some bandages covering him but thanks to his jinchuuriki status and the medical-nin of Konoha, he was mostly healed and in good shape. His fellow Kage were once again already there and, except Sarutobi, observed him as if he would start attacking at any moment, which was fair considering they looked like they all took a beating in restraining him earlier.

"Hello, sorry about that." Yagura said awkwardly motioning to the numerous injuries as he sat down, cracking a small smile to ease the tension.

"Great, you are back to your usual self, shorty." Isobu said from within his mind, looking at the tense atmosphere.

Yagura's eyes twitched but he remained silent.

"I'm glad everyone could make it to another summit, thank you all for coming." Sarutobi started, looking around once more at the assembled group. "We have much to discuss, as all of you know." He continued, looking at Yagura at his last point.

"That the Mizukage here managed to fall under a genjutsu." The tsuchikage said mockingly, glaring at Yagura who sighed while Isobu snorted.

"Yes, Onoki, but it's more of the strange circumstances of this predicament. It has been an eventful day for everyone." The Hokage said.

"Are you saying that you believe one of us could be targeted next, Sarutobi?" Rasa, the Kazakage asked crossing his arms.

"Quite possibly, but we don't know if Yagura was targeted because he was a Kage or a jinchuuriki." Sarutobi answered plainly, as Yagura's status as a jinchuuriki was not something he tried to hide.

"Are you saying that you do not believe we can protect ourselves?" A, the Raikage accused angrily, his eyes narrowing at the Hokage.

"A calm down. Yagura is both a kage and jinchuuriki, that makes him considerably powerful but he still fell under the genjutsu for weeks. I believe that would be a cause for concern for everyone here." Sarutobi stated.

"I think I should mention that while under the masked man's control, he made me write up drafts to target kekkei genkai users in a genocide, I believe he was trying to undermine Kirigakure's power through me." Yagura contributed, putting his arms on the table.

"Masked man?" Sarutobi said alarmed, reminded of the man who caused the nine tails attack years ago.

"Yes, the one who put me under the genjutsu was a masked man with a sharingan." Yagura stated, looking at the Hokage questioningly.

"Was it possibly your Uchiha clan then?" A asked alarmed.

"I don't think so. When the nine tails attacked Konoha, Minato tried to tell me of a masked man. I believe these events could be connected." Sarutobi tried to reason. "I will question them, maybe they know something we do not. When we return to our respective villages I think it is for the best that we keep a lookout for this masked man." Sarutobi concluded and ended the summit after trading possible information with the rest of the Kage.

Some time later, when the swordsmen were ready to travel, Yagura began heading back to Kirigakure solemnly with an additional Konoha team from Sarutobi. All were alert to look out for a masked man should he possibly try and attack again. The entire journey was tense and he was relieved to get back to Kiri soon, he walked through the village slowly and looked around.

*In one world*

This village slowly falls to ruin under the tyrannical reign of the fourth Mizukage of the bloody mist.

*In another world*

The Mizukage is free, and he can start helping the village the way he intended to, the reason he became Mizukage.

"It's time to fix things" Yagura thought as he started to walk faster and with more purpose through Kiri, but then sighed and stopped for a second. "It feels like so long ago I was a kid running through here." He thought again as he continued walking.

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Authors Note: So there's the prologue, just to establish that this is going to be an AU from main events. However, I also want this to tell the backstories of the other jinchuuriki since they are not developed much in the main series. The next few chapters are going to be pretty Yagura based since he is my favorite jinchuuriki out of the bunch, he just intrigues me the most okay!

Tell me your thoughts and review please!