-In Finalist Box-
"OOOwww, my head," moaned Naruto as he slowly got back onto his feet and held his head in pain, after being slammed into the back of the wall by Temari's Wind blast. "Damn that Fan-girl, I'll get her back for that."
Soon after getting back onto his feet, Naruto looked over to the others, "Hey Yugito-chan, Karui-chan, are you two okay?"
"Fine" grunted Yugito as she slowly picked herself up.
"Nngh, I'm okay" groaned Karui, "But that's more than I can say for the Suna bitch once I get my hands on her."
"That's going have to wait" said Naruto, as he looked around and saw that the two Sand siblings were gone.
After seeing that both Kankuro and Temari were gone, Naruto went over to Shikamaru, who was still lying on the ground, seemly under the Genjustu. But when Naruto used the Genjutsu Kai to free him, the young Nara refused to wake up.
Knowing he had performed the Genjutsu Kai correctly, Naruto's first thoughts were that maybe Shikamaru had been knocked out when he was blasted into the wall. But when the young Senju checked him for any head injuries he saw none. It was then that Naruto suddenly notice Shikamaru's eye twitch slightly.
"He wouldn't" thought a now annoyed Naruto as a large tick formed on his head before saying the young Nara's name slowly, indicating irritation.
"Shi-ka-mar-u…WAKE UP!" yelled Naruto as he kicked the Nara in the butt…hard.
"Ouch!" yelled the young Nara heir in pain, as he held his sore rear.
"Naruto you jerk, what the hell was that for?!" Shikamaru said in annoyance, while still holding his butt in pain.
"You know damn well what that was for!" Naruto said angrily. "You were able to repel the Genjutsu, like the rest of us. You were just pretending to be asleep."
"Geez, Naruto you can be such a pain. I don't want to get involved in this. Let the other Shinobi deal with it."
"Shikamaru you lazy ass Jerk, you're going get involved in this fight even if I have to drag you into it. This is our village and we have to defend it with everything we had!" rounded Naruto angrily.
"Troublesome" muttered Shikamaru, "Where's Shino, I'm sure he will be more than happy to help you."
"I don't know he was gone, as soon as I came too" Naruto replied as there was no sign of the young Aburame and he figured that Shino had gone after Temari and Kankuro.
Wanting to get into this fight as soon as possible, Naruto quickly took out a food pill from his utility belt and swallowed. "Sorry Kaa-chan, but I'm going to have to break my promise about not using anymore food pills."
After taking the food pill Naruto soon felt his Chakra reserve replenishing.
Once he was back to full strength Naruto turned to the two Kumo Kunoichi. "Karui-chan Yugito-chan I think it would be best if you two go to Bee-sensei, this fight doesn't concern you guys."
"Yeah, I know" replied Yugito who knew Naruto was right; this fight didn't concern them or their village. But even so, the blonde Kunoichi couldn't help but feel anxious, "Damnit Naruto must be rubbing off on me, I know I shouldn't be bother with this battle since it doesn't involve us. But I still can't shake this feeling telling me to help."
"Come on Karui, we need to get to Bee-sensei" said Yugito.
"Right!" replied the dark skinned girl.
Before leaving Yugito turned to look over at Naruto, "Watch yourself Naruto, and don't die…If anyone is to defeat you, it will be me."
Smirking at Yugito's comment, the Senju heir just nodded. "Don't worry I don't plan to…if I did, my mom would probably bring me back, just to kill me herself for getting killed."
Smiling at the joke, Yugito quickly made her way down the stairs to get to her sensei and the rest of her team.
Once the girls had left Naruto turned to Shikmaru, let's get to Kushina-sensei and the others and try and help.
"Geez do we have to?" moaned Shikamaru.
"Yes" replied Naruto, where he then gave the young Nara heir a look that told him he had no choice in the matter.
Knowing it would be pointless to argue any further, Shikamaru followed after Naruto as they made their way to the stands, all the while silently mumbling to himself.
"This is such a drag, Naruto can be such a pain, and he's as bossy as Ino…must be a blonde thing."
-In Stands-
Currently in the stands Kakashi, Gai and the other Konoha Shinobi were still fighting furiously against the Oto and Suna Shinobi who had infiltrated the stadium before the invasion started.
After defeating two more Oto Shinobi, Kakashi suddenly heard Sakura cry out to him.
"Kakashi-sensei, Gaara and his team have left the arena and Sasuke-kun has gone after them!"
"That's not good Gaara is not someone Sasuke can defeat on his own, he's going to need some back up" thought the copy-nin before making his way over to Hinata and Sakura.
"Hinata, I want you to go over to where the academy students are, Iruka and the other Shinobi teachers will be there protecting them, along with Gai's team. I want you to go help them."
"H-H-Hai Kakashi-sensei" Hinata replied, who knew that there was no point in arguing with Kakashi given the serious look he was giving them.
Once Hinata had left, Kakashi turned to his female student, "Sakura I want you to dispel the Genjutsu on Ino and wake her up and then go find Naruto and Shikamaru."
"But why?" asked Sakura not understanding what her Sensei wanted her to wake Ino and find Shikamaru and Naruto.
"Because I have a mission for you" answered the silvered haired Jonin.
"A mission" repeated the pink haired girl in surprise.
"Yes an A rank mission, just like the one in Nami no Kuni, which is why I want you all to proceed with caution, as you won't have any backup. "
"What do you mean Sensei? What do you want us to do?"
"I want you all to go after Sasuke and back him up."
"But why just the four of us, shouldn't I also wake Kiba and Choji up, so that we will have a bigger group?"
"No, with so many enemies here, a group bigger than a four man team would be notice too easily. That's why I sent Hinata to Iruka and the others, where she'll be safe, as she is still recovering from her injury from Neji."
"But how will we find Sasuke-kun and know which way he went?"
"Don't worry, I've already thought of that?" Kakashi replied where he then cut his thumb and used a summoning Jutsu to summon and Pug face dog.
"Pakkun here will help you find Sasuke, now hurry" said Kakashi with urgency in his voice, before leaving off to re-join the battle.
"O-Okay" said Sakura still not sure about the dog, but quickly got over it and then went over to Ino and used the Genjutsu Kai to wake her friend up.
Once Ino woke up, the blonde girl was naturally confused over what was happening, forcing Sakura to spend several minutes to explain what was happening and what Kakashi had ordered them to do.
When Sakura finished explaining the details of their mission, Ino quickly understood what they needed to.
"If you two girls are finish talking, we need to find this Naruto kid and his friend" spoke Pakkun suddenly, surprising both girls that he could speak.
"Did that dog just talk?" Ino asked in surprise.
"It did" Sakura replied, who was just as surprise as her friend.
"Yes, I'm a talking dog, now come on we don't have all day" said Pakkun, who was annoyed with how much talking the two girls were doing.
Getting over their surprise the two girls slowly followed Pakkun through the stands as the battle between the Konoha and invading Shinobi raged. The two girls did their best to be stay down and remain unnoticed, after a few minutes Ino suddenly turned to Sakura.
"Why the hell are we even following this dog, does he even know where Naruto-kun and Shikamaru are?"
"Yes I do know where they are, as I can smell them…and they're close, also I've got good hearing" Pakkun spoke suddenly without looking back at Ino. "Now unless you want a Kunai stabbed in the back by one of these Shinobi, you'll keep that trap of your shut."
After being rebuked by Pakkun the Yamanaka heiress was left quite red from embarrassment.
Under normal circumstances Sakura would have been rather amused at her usual outspoken friend being left speechless by a dog. But given how they were in the middle of a battle, she decided to leave it for another time.
It was then in this moment that Sakura suddenly notice a stray Kunai out of the corner of her eye, heading straight for her friend.
"Ino watch out!" Sakura yelled as she moved to push the blonde girl out of the path of the flying Kunai. But before she could reach the female Yamanaka, a figure suddenly appeared next to Ino and deflected the Kunai.
Once the Kunai had been deflect Sakura saw that the figure was none other than Naruto.
"Naruto-kun!" Ino cried as she jumped on top of the male blonde, forcing him to the ground and hugged him tightly, "You saved me!"
"Ino-chan please this isn't the time" Naruto said as he pushed the blonde girl off him.
"He's right girly, we've got more serious issues to deal with" rounded Pakkun.
Once Ino got off him, Naruto quickly turned to the two Kunoichi, "What are you two doing her, it's dangerous, you should both go somewhere safe."
"We're here looking for you and Shikamaru" answered Sakura.
"Speaking of which, where is that lazy ass moron?" Ino asked.
"I'm here" said Shikamaru, as he slowly crawled over tothe others behind the back stands.
"Shikamaru you baka, where the hell have you've been?!" Ino said loudly.
"Geez Ino stop being so troublesome and so loud, do you want the enemy Shinobi to hear you, and find us?"
"He's right now hurry up and fill them in on what happening, we don't have time to waste" said Pakkun.
Unlike Shikamaru, Naruto was not surprised to hear Pakkun speak. Since he had been talking to talking slugs and toads all his life, so a talking dog was no weirder than anything else he had seen before. Besides he had already met a talking dog named Kuromaru when he visited the Inuzuka Clan.
Heeding Pakkun advice Sakura quickly filled in Naruto and Shikamaru in on what Kakashi had ordered them to do.
When Sakura finished explaining everything Shikamaru just groaned with annoyance, "Geez Sasuke went after that psycho, what a troublesome guy, this is such a drag."
"Damnit, Sasuke doesn't realise what he's dealing with, Gaara is more dangerous that he thinks, we need to get to him now!" Naruto thought angrily.
"Alright let's get going we need to get to Sasuke fast."
"Yea, but first we have to get out of here alive" said Shikamaru, since there was still heavy fighting going around them and the nearest exit was a good bit way. This meant that they would have to travel through all the fighting that was going on in the stands, without getting caught in the crossfire.
"Don't worry, leave that to me" Naruto replied before standing up and using his superhuman strength to punch a hole into the wall, giving them a way out.
"Alright let's get going" Naruto yelled before jumping through the hole he made with Pakkun who led the way.
Not wanting to be left behind, Ino and Sakura quickly followed, with Shikamaru bringing up the rear, who was once again mumbling about troublesome blondes.
As they left the stands, the group failed to notice a certain Shinobi artist shadowing them from a distance. Who had been ordered by his master just as the invasion started to watch over Naruto and make sure he did not fall into the hands of the enemy. Keeping his presence hidden from his charges, Sai followed after the four Genin.
Standing not far from their position, the fake ANBU Bear and several Oto-nins watched as the four Genin left the stands.
"Is that the boy that Orochimari-sama wishes us to capture?" asked one of the Oto-nins.
"Yes" replied Bear "And if I were to guess, I would say that he and his friends have gone after Sasuke to help him stop Gaara."
"How can you be so sure?" asked another Oto Shinobi.
"Because Naruto-kun, is probably the best person to deal with Gaara when he is in his transform state, given his Mokuton Bloodline limit. That is why we must stop and capture him at all cost, Gaara's transformation is vital to the success of this invasion and if Naruto-kun were to stop him, it would be a severe blow to us."
"Well it shouldn't be too hard since he still just a kid."
"Don't underestimate that boy" the fake ANBU said calmly. "He was personally trained by the two of the Densetsu no Sannin (Legendary Three Ninja) and received special training from several high ranking and skilled Shinobi. You also all saw with your own eyes how strong he is when he fought the Nibi jinchūriki. If you were to underestimate him, you would pay for it dearly."
After hearing this Oto Shinobi remained silent, knowing that he had a point. Soon after the fake Anbu and the Oto-nins followed after the Konoha Genin and stop them from reaching Gaara.
At same time at the other end of the stands, Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi where doing their best to stay low and avoid getting caught in the battle that was happening around them.
"Damn what the hell is going on, one minute we were watching the Uchiha fight that Suna kid. The next, someone cast a large scale Genjustu on most of the audience and now the stadium has become a battlefield" complained Akatsuchi.
"Looks like Suna has betrayed Konoha and joined up with Oto to attack Konoha, and they got the drop on them" replied Kourotsuchi.
"What should we do?" the girl's partner asked.
"We get out of here, this battle doesn't concern us, if we're lucky Konoha and Suna will wipe each other out. Besides we need to get back home and tell gramps about that Senju kid being able to use Mokuton, he'll want to know about that right away."
"Right!" said the bulky teen before the two of them made their way out of the stadium and the village, while making sure not to be caught in the crossfire of the two battling sides.
At the same time at yet another part of the stands, Zabuza and his team were busy defending the Water Daimyo, (who was unconscious), and making sure that no stray attacks hit him.
"Shit, this exam has really gone to hell" muttered Zabuza after deflecting a Kunai with his large sword.
"Zabuza-sensei I believe we should take the Daimyo-sama and leave this place" said Saito, who used his Katana to deflect a stray Shuriken.
"Tsk, Problem with that idea is the he could get hit when we are moving him or worse we're mistaken for the enemy by either side" replied the Demon of the Hidden Mist, while at the same thinking how bothersome these Daimyo's were. "If we stay here at least they're more likely to leave us alone and fight each other, leaving only stray attacks for us to worry about."
"What about the Mizukage-sama?" Saito asked "Shouldn't we be protecting her."
"That's why I sent Haku and Chojuro to her, they make sure she's okay and at the same time find out what she wants us to do" replied Zabuza. Who then knocked away an Oto-nin, who had been sent flying in the Mist Swordsman's direct by a Konoha-nin. "Besides she can handle herself, she didn't become the Mizukage for her looks and she has Ao to watch her back if she gets into trouble."
Not far from the Kiri-nins, team Kumo was also having a similar discussion with each other after Yugito and Karui joined them.
"Well looks like this is the end of the Chunin exam" muttered Omoi while keeping his head down so not to be caught between the battling Suna, Oto and Konoh Shinobi.
"What was your first clue moron" said Karui as she glanced over at her team-mate.
"Can it the both of you, this is not the time or the place for your bickering!" rounded Yugito before Omoi could make any comment.
"Agreed, Bee-sensei what do you think we should do?" asked Samui, since as of right now Konoha was in a state of war, and they were caught in the middle of it. The logical choice would be for them to get the Lightning Daimyo, join up with the Raikage and the others and leave Konoha as quickly as possible and let the two sides battle one another.
At this question the male Jinchūriki remained surprising silent, and thought over his options before coming to his decision.
-On the Rooftop-
As the battle in the stands and the village raged, Orochimaru, his former teacher and team-mates prepared to face off.
"Kukukuku…To think that I can fight you all again…this truly is like old time" Orochimaru said with a smirk, unafraid that he was currently outnumbered three to one.
"Now that Saruotbi-sensei is free, we can get him out of here, all we have to do is take out one of Orochimaru's people, and the barrier will fall" Jiraiya thought. "After that, the ANBU can take sensei to safety and Tsunade and I can deal with Orochimaru."
As if reading his mind, the four Oto-nins suddenly expanded the barrier, which protected their rear and preventing Jiraiya or anyone else in the barrier from attack them.
"Guess I spoke too soon" the Gama Sennin thought, while cursing his luck.
"Before we begin, I would like to complement you Tsunade…" Orochimaru said suddenly.
"Complement me…on what?" asked the slightly confused Slug Princess.
"I want to compliant you and Jiraiya-kun on doing such a superb job on raising young Naruto-kun. He has proven to be quite the rare find given his Mokuton Bloodline limit and other talents. In fact he reminds me a great deal of your dear little brother Nawaki…" Orochimaru said with a sly smile. When he first met Naruto he had notice how much the young blonde was like his former student, not only in terms of characteristics, but also in some physical aspects as well. (1)
"…Although unlike Naruto-kun, dear Nawaki did not show the same promise as your son, which is probably why his life was cut so tragically short" Orochimaru finished with a cruel smirk and chuckle. "Then again maybe it was because of the necklace you gave him, since you did say it was cursed."
At the mention, of Nawaki, both Jiraiya and the Sandaime glared angrily at the Snake Sennin. But before either of them could say anything, Tsunade leapt forward in a blind rage, crushing the roof tiles underneath her as she moved forward.
"YOU BASTARD…I'LL KILL YOU!" roared Tsunade as she flew toward her former friend with her fist raised.
Tsunade was already struggling with her anger over what Orochimaru had done to Naruto in the Forest of Death. But after the way the Snake Sennin had talked about her brother, and how he died, it became too much for her to handle and she exploded with rage and would not stop until she killed the man with bare hands.
"Tsunade STOP!" the Sandaime yelled, "That's exactly what Orochimaru wants!"
Sadly though, Sarutobi's warnings fell on deaf ears, as all Tsunade could think of was how she was going to kill her former comrade.
"Fufufu…Tsunade was always so easy to anger" Orochimaru thought with a sick smile, before avoiding Tsunade's punch by jumping up into the air. But as soon as he was in the air, the Sandaime Hokage used the Kawara Shuriken (Roof Tile Shuriken) technique to launch several roof tiles at him.
"Not good enough Sarutobi-sensei" Orochimaru said as he dodged them, before turning his tongue into a Snake and launching it at the old Hokage, where it bit his neck.
But just when the leader of Oto thought he had his former teacher, "Saruobi" reverted into mud revealing he had replaced himself with a Doton Kage Bunshin (Earth Style: Shadow Clone).
After realizing that he had been tricked, Orochimaru was sent flying to the ground by Jiraiya. Who had suddenly appeared behind him and punched hard in the back of the head.
Recovering quickly Orochimaru preformed a quick mid-air flip so to land on his feet, but as soon as he did. The Sandaime used Doryū Taiga (Earth Flow River) to transforms the roof tiles underneath the Snake Sennin into a river of mud throwing him off balance. This then allowed Tsunade, who had snuck up behind him to deliver powerful punch to the face that would have shattered anyone's skull and killed them instantly.
But as soon Tsunade's fist smashed into the nuke-nin's skull, "Orochimaru" reverted into mud, revealing that like the Sandaime moments ago. He had replaced himself with a Doton Kage Bunshin.
After replacing himself with his clone to avoid Tsunade's devastating punch, Orochimaru reappeared behind his female team-mate and prepared to strike her from behind. But before he could make any kind of attack, he was kicked away by Jiraiya. Who had appeared between his two former team-mates, saving the Slug Princess from any harm.
After being kicked away by the Gama Sennin, Orochimaru recovered within seconds and started to preform hand-seals for a Jutsu. But before he could finish his hand-seals he heard the Sandaime's yell "Doton: Doryūdan (Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet)!"
Turning to the sound of his teacher's voice, Orochimaru saw a dragon like head appear out of the river of mud that the Sandaime created earlier, which then fired several dozen large balls of mud. After which the Sandaime then used Karyūdan (Fire Dragon Bullet) to exhale a long stream of fire from his mouth, which ignited the flying earth projectiles, increasing their destructive power.
Within seconds of being hit by the flaming mud balls Orochimaru was engulfed by flames, causing the Snake Sennin to cry out in pain as he fell into a crumpled heap.
"As expected, not even Orochimaru is a match for the combine might of the Hokage-sama, Jiraiya-sama and Tsunade-sama" said the ANBU commander.
"Cut the crappy acting Orochimaru, we know you're not dead" said Jiraiya as he and Tsunade re-joined their teacher.
"Agreed" added the Sandaime.
"Kukukuku…and I thought I was rather convincing" joked the former Sannin as he rose out from the tile floors while his fake reverted into mud.
"Give it up Orochimaru, not even you can hope to defeat the three of us by yourself!" said Tsunade who was still angry. But had now cooled down when she realized that Orochimaru had baited her, so that she would make a mistake for him to exploit.
"OOhhh, it seems that you all underestimating me, especially if you think such petty attacks like those you made just now will kill me. So perhaps we should stop fooling around with one another and get serious, as we are no longer Genin."
"You're right" said the Sandaime before he threw off his Hokage robes and revealed his old Shinobi uniform underneath and fell into a Taijutsu stance.
"Fine by me" spoke Jiraiya as he also fell into a Taijutsu.
"I had every intention of doing so, since I won't stop until you're nothing more than a bloody smear on the end of by heel" answered Tsunade as she began to crack her knuckles and her shoulders.
Seeing his former team-mates and teacher getting serious, Orochimaru also thought it was time, where like the Sandaime he removed his Kage robes, revealing his normal attire underneath.
As the four Kage level Shinobi faced off, the observing ANBU and other Kages could feel the immense power emanating from them. It became even more apparent when the roof tiles underneath the four Shinobi began to crack.
"Incredible all four of them are releasing a huge amount of power" commented C, who had never sensed so much Chakra at once in his life, as he watched the battle with Darui and the Raikage.
"The real battle is about to begin" said Mei and received a nod of agreement from Ao who had now uncovered his Byakugan to watch the battle.
Due to the massive amount of Chakra that was being released by the four Kage level Shinobi. Everyone on the rooftop, with the exception of the Mizukage and the Raikage, were finding it difficult to breath, where it felt like the air was pushing down on top of them.
-Enter Naruto OST-Need to be Strong-
After about a moment or so of staring at one another, the four Shinobi suddenly raced forward.
Sarutobi struck first where he threw a single Kunai at Orochimaru and then used the Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique) to multiple the number of Shuriken from one to a thousand.
At the same time Jiraiya used the Ryūka no Jutsu (Dragon Fire Technique) to envelop the Shuriken in flames. Turning them into flame Shuriken and enhancing their destructive capability.
Unafraid of the flaming projectiles, Orochimaru finished his hand-seals and yelled "Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei (Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation)!"
"That move is…" the concern Sandaime thought.
"He wouldn't…" Tsunade thought angrily.
"Damn you Orochimaru" Jiraiya thought as he cursed his former friend,
"First!" yelled Orochimaru, as the first coffin rose from the ground in front of him.
"He's using the summons as a shield…?" said the Sandaime after realizing what Orochimaru was up to.
"Second!" shouted the Snake Sennin as the second coffin rose from the ground, where together the two coffins defended Orochimaru from the flaming Shuriken.
After the coffins blocked the flaming Shuriken Orochimaru summoned the last coffin and cried "Third!"
"Damnit, no matter what I can let him summon a third one" Tsunade thought, as she leapt into their air and channelled her Chakra into her right fist and slammed down on top of the third coffin, just as it appeared out of the ground, and sent it back down.
"Oh, the third one failed…pity…but it matters little, as all is well" Orochimaru thought from behind the first two coffins.
"Good work hime, you prevented the third summon from appearing" congratulated the Jiraiya.
"Save the thanks, since we're still in trouble" the blonde woman replied, since she knew this jutsu all too well and knew what it meant for them.
"Indeed, as things will only get tougher for us now." replied the Sandaime, while at the same time wondering who exactly Orochimaru had summoned to fight for him.
"I do so hope you all enjoy this little surprise that I have made for all of you, since I picked these two to mark our reunion" said Orochimaru with a cruel smirk. "I'm certain that you Sarutobi-sensei and Tsunade will be especially delighted to see them again."
Not sure of what to expect, the three Shinobi prepared for what was to come. But when the coffin doors fell to reveal who Orochimaru had summoned with the Edo Tensei, the eyes of every Shinobi on the rooftop widen in disbelief at seeing who was inside.
The people, who were affected the most by the occupants of the coffins, were the Sandaime and Tsunade. For the people that Orochimaru had summoned were none other than the founder of Konoha, Senju Hashirama, the Shodai Hokage and Senju Tobirama former Sensei of Sarutobi and Nidaime Hokage.
-End Naruto OST-Need to be Strong-
"Raikage-sama, is that who I think it is?" C asked in shock.
"Yes" replied the bulky Kage as he narrowed his eyes. "Those are two of Konoha's founders, the Shodai Hokage-sama and his brother the Nidaime Hokage-sama."
"Orochimaru" growled the Sandaime agrily.
"Damn you" Jiraiya said as he glared at his former best friend.
"Curse you wretched soul Orochimaru!" roared a furious Tsunade, who was appalled at how her former team-mate used her Great Uncle's own technique to summon him and her grandfather from the dead to fight them.
"Kukukku" laughed an amused Orochimaru, "What's wrong I thought you both would be happy to see them?"
"Not like this" replied Sarutobi.
At the same time the two former Hokage slowly stepped out from their coffins and walked forward towards the Sandaime and his two former pupils.
"It's been a long time, Saru" spoke the Shodai Hokage suddenly.
"You've aged, Sarutobi" commented the Nidame Hokage as he looked at his former student.
"And you Tsunade…you've grown up" Hashirama said, as he looked at his granddaughter,
"In more ways than one" remarked the Tobirama with a smile as he glanced at the two large mounds on his great niece's chest.
"Sofu (Grandfather), Tobirama-ōoji (Great Uncle Tobirama)" an upset Tsunade said as she fought back the tears that were beginning to fall with seeing her deceased relatives.
"I never expected to see you two again in this manner" commented the Sandaime sadly as he faced his former teachers.
"I must say I am quite surprised, I never expected anyone, other than myself, to be able to use Edo Tensei. I hate to admit it but this kid is something else" the Nidaime Hokage remarked as he glanced back at the smirking Orochimaru.
"Now that he has summoned us, I'm afraid we will have no choice but to fight all of you" said the Shodai Hokage sadly.
"This is the worst possible outcome" said the ANBU commander.
"Raikage-sama how is this possible, how did Orochimaru summon those two dead Hokages?" C asked as he turned to his village leader.
At first the Raikage did not answer, and just stared at the two deceased Hokage. But eventually he answered. "From what I have heard, the technique that Orochimaru used is called the Edo Tensei. It's a forbidden Kuchiyose no Jutsu, which revives the dead. But from what I have heard, unlike most summoning techniques which normally involve a user offering up some blood. The Edo Tensei requires the user to offer up a living person's body, allowing the soul that has been summoned to inhabit it and tie it to the living world."
"So you're saying that Orochimaru sacrificed two people to summon the Shodai Hokage-sama and the Nidaime Hokage-sama?" Darui asked with a large frown on his one visible eye, since he didn't like the sound of that.
"More than likely and it's just as likely that the dust and dirt has surrounded the bodies of the two sacrifices and formed the summoned soul's original bodies."
"So that is the infamous forbidden technique of the Nidaime Hokage…Edo Tensei" Ao remarked with a slight frown.
"Yes and it is just a deplorable as the stories have said" replied the Mizukage, who felt a twig of disgust after seeing Orochimaru use the technique, not liking the technique.
"As much as I am enjoy watching this little catch up, I think is time we get to the matter at hand" said Orochimaru as he walked up to the two resurrected Hokage holding two Kunai with seals attached to them.
Glancing out to the village, the Shodai Hokage could hear the sounds of battle going on down in the arena and stands as well as from the village. He could even see the large Snake summons destroying the buildings around them and explosions.
"So even now after all this time, there is still war" the Shodai remarked sadly.
"But don't you like war?" asked a mocking Orochimaru. "After all, you both excelled at it and it is because of war that the two of you have become such revered figures in the Shinobi world."
"Mocking the dead, have you no shame Orochimaru?" Saruotbi said angrily.
"My grandfather and great uncle hated war, all they wanted was a safe place for our people to live in peace!" Tsunade yelled furiously after hearing Orochimaru say that her forefathers enjoyed war.
Hearing this Orochimaru just smirked and placed the two seal Kunai into the back of the heads of the two Hokages, which allowed him to have complete control over the late Shinobi.
After the seal Kunai's were inside their heads, the colour began to return to the former Kages faces, making them more life-like.
Once the two Hokage brothers were ready, Orochimaru spoke "Now then Gentlemen, if you would be so kind, dispose of my former team-mates and my decrepit old sensei."
"Prepare yourselves Sarutobi, Tsunade…" said the Shodai Hokage.
"...For we will not be able to hold back on any of you" finished the Nidaime Hokage before he and his brother raced forward and attacked.
Within seconds the two Sannin and the Sandaime found themselves under attack by the late Hokages. Who spilt up and attacked by throwing several Shuirken and Kunai and then attacking from opposite sides.
Despite being attack from both sides Sarutobi and his two remaining loyal students easily evaded the projectiles and defended themselves from the deceased Shinobi.
For the first few minutes of the fight the five Kage level Shinobi fought with just Taijutsu.
As expected the two late Hokages proved to be highly skilled in Taijustu and had excellent teamwork where they synchronized their attacks, making it difficult for their opponents to gain the advantage. But even so, the Sandaime and his two former students proved to be an even match for the two brothers in both Taijutsu and in teamwork, where they were able to successfully defend themselves from the two Hokages attacks.
After a while the two brothers were forced back by their opponents when the Sandaime and Jiriaya each blocked their separate punches and grabbed hold of them, preventing them from moving away, and allowing Tsunade to send them both flying with a super charge punch.
Recovering quickly, the two Kage brothers flipped backwards and landed back on their feet's.
"As expected this will not be an easy fight" commented the Shodai Hokage.
"It would seem so" replied the Nidaime Hokage.
After forcing the two dead Hokages back, Sarutobi began to form several high speed Hand seals.
"Jiraiya, I'm going to need your support!"
"Right!" the Toad Sage replied, knowing what his sensei was going to do and prepared to help.
Once the Sandaime was ready he then said "Katon: Karyu Endan (Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet)!" and spewed out a large steam of Fire that took the shape of a Dragon.
At the same time, Jiraiya spat out a long stream of toad oil from his mouth, which instantly ignited when it hit the flames and increased the intensity of the already super charged flames by a thousand degrees.
Within seconds the two Hokages were enveloped by the flames of the fire attack. But shortly after, the Nidaime countered with Suiton: Suijinheki (Water Style: Water Encampment Wall) and spat out a massive wave of Water from his mouth to hold the flames back. But even with its elemental advantage, the Water Wall struggled to hold the oil enhance flames back.
Seeing this, the Nidaime Hokage began to spit out even larger amounts of Water from his mouth causing a battle for dominance to begin between the three Shinobi.
Eventually though the Nidaime Hokage won the battle for dominance and extinguished the flames.
"Unbelievable, he was actually able to defeat the combine efforts of the Hokage-sama and Jiraiya-sama…by himself" muttered one of the ANBU in awe.
"As expected from the great Nidaime Hokage-sama" Mei thought.
After defeating Jiraiya's and Sarutobi's combination attack" the Nidame Hokage then preformed a single hand-seal and began to gather the moisture from the air and said "Suiton Suishoha (Water Style: Water Colliding Wave)!" After which a massive spiralling vortex appeared around the two dead Hokage and exploded into a giant wave that headed straight for the Sandaime and the others.
"Amazing, using a high level Water jutsu like that, by just forming a single hand-seal, in a place with no pre-existing Water nearby, using the moisture in the air alone" said C in disbelief.
"Not even I could do that…" Darui thought after seeing massive building size wave.
"Shit!" Jiraiya thought when he saw the Giant wave heading for them.
"Jiraiya, Tsunade stay back!" yelled the Sandaime as he formed four quick hand-seals and yelled "Doton: Doryūheki (Earth Style: Earth-Style Wall)!"
As soon as the Sandaime said this, he spat out a large amount of mud from his mouth onto the roof tiles in front of them, which then formed into a massive Earth Wall that blocked the giant wave.
"Quick thinking sensei!" said Jiraiya as he congratulated his former teacher. But quickly found his congratulations were premature. As the Nidaime used his Water manipulation skills to have the Water circle around the Earth Wall and surround the three Shinobi.
Before the massive Water Wave could envelope them, the three Shinobi quickly jumped into the air and onto the top of the Earth Wall to safety.
As the Water around the Earth Wall began to settle, the three Shinobi immediately jumped off it.
At the same time, the Shodai, who had been standing in the side-lines during his brother's attacks, raced towards them with phenomenal speed.
Wasting no time, the Sandaime and Jiraiya fired several fire blasts at the Konoha founder, hoping to force him back.
Tsunade also joined in by using her super human strength to throw several large pieces of the Earth Wall at her late grandfather.
But despite the massive barrage of Earth and Fire attacks he came under from. The Shodai Hokage skilfully evaded and blocked all of them, before finally jumping up into the air and sending Jiraiya flying back into the Earth Wall with a strong kick, which the Toad Sage blocked, but was still sent flying back.
"Damn, he moves pretty fast for an old guy" Jiraiya mutter as he began to pick himself up
Seeing Jiraiya set flying, Sarutobi quickly moved towards the Shodai and attempted a right cross to the Shodai's face. Only to miss as the Shodai side-stepped the punch, who then kicked some Water, (from his brother's earlier Water attack), into the Sarutobi's face, momentarily blinding the elder Hokage.
But before the Shodai Hokage could take advantage of the situation, Tsunade appeared above him and attempted to use her Tsūtenkyaku (Heavenly Foot of Pain), down on her grandfather's head. Who saw the attack coming and caught her leg just as it was about to hit him and then swung her around for a moment, before sending her crashing into Jiraiya, who had just gotten back up.
Once Tsunade had been dealt with, the Shodai turned back to his former student, who had just regained himself and tried to attack his late teacher. But instead, he was met with a sharp kick to the face. Along with several more kicks and a strong punch to the face and another kick to the stomach that sent the old Kage flying back into the Earth Wall.
"Well I guess this isn't so bad" Jiraiya thought with a grin as he was face deep into Tsunade's chest after she was sent crashing into him. But just as he was thinking about coping a feel of the blonde woman's ample chest, he was stopped by a low growl.
"Try it and you'll lose the arm, which I will then use to beat you to death" Tsunade said angrily, as if reading her team-mates mind.
At first Jiraiya actually considered trying, thinking it would be a fair trade just to feel one of those two massive mounds in his hand for one moment. Since when would this opportunity ever appear again in his life?
But he then decided it was best to leave it, since he might need both his arms for this battle.
"UUUhhhh, oh well at least I finally got to press my head on those Heavenly things, which is more than I ever hoped to achieve in life" Jiraiya thought to himself, after Tsunade got off him.
As soon as the two Sannin were back on their feet, they saw their former teacher being set flying back into the Earth Wall.
Acting quickly the two Sannin jumped over to their teacher and helped the old man back onto his feet.
"You ok sensei?" Jiraiya asked as he helped the Sandaime up.
"Yes, I'm fine Jiraiya, thank you" the Sandaime replied before glancing up at the Shodai who just stared at the three Shinobi and took a classic Taijutsu stance. "It seems that their power has not waned in the slightest, fighting them both will prove to be quite the challenge even with the three of us working together."
"No kidding," Jiraiya answered as his arms still felt slightly numb from the Shodai's kick.
"Well you didn't think this would be easy?" Tsunade rounded.
"No" replied the Toad Sage, "But it would've been nice if was."
When Jiraiya said this, Sarutobi suddenly noticed that the Nidaime Hokage was no-where in sight, but before he could say or do anything. The late brother of Senju Hashirama appeared out of the Water behind the three Shinobi and grabbed hold of the Sandaime and dragged him into the Water.
Before Jiraiya and Tsunade could even attempt to help their Sensei, the Shodai attacked, taking advantage of their distraction, where he delivered a sharp kick to Jiraiya's face.
"Shit! Not again" the white-haired man thought as he was sent flying back, while Tsunade defended herself from her grandfather's Taijutsu attacks.
"You've become quite strong Tsunade" commented the Shodai's after his granddaughter dodge and blocked several of his more skilful Taijutsu moves.
"You've no idea how strong I've become" Tsunade replied, after ducking under one of her grandfather's punches and hitting him with a devastating punch to the stomach that sent the former Hokage crashing onto the tiles at the other end of the roof.
Shortly after doing this, Tsunade then saw Sarutobi emerge from the Water after escaping from her great uncle. Together the two Shinobi then quickly climbed up the Earth Wall, where Jiraiya was waiting, believing they would have the advantage of the high ground if they stood up here and could see any attacks coming.
But no sooner had they reached the top, they came under attack from the Nidaime Hokage. Who was still underwater and used the Suiton: Mizu Yari (Water Style: Water Javelin) technique to fire several high speed beams of Water at the Earth Wall that easily pierced right through it, bringing the Earth Wall tumbling down . (A)
"Fuck we just can't catch a break!" cried Jiraiya as he and the others landed back on the tiled roof.
"We need to stay together, if they separate us, we're finished!" said Tsunade.
"Agreed" replied the Sandaime.
"Well I think we should be alright that way, since there not too much here to keep us separate from one another. So we should be fine, as things can't get much worse than they are now."
No sooner had Jiraiya said then, the Toad Sage quickly realized he had spoken too soon as they suddenly felt the tile roof tremble.
"You just had to say it didn't you, you idiot!" Tsunade rounded angrily before they saw tree branches spring out from the roof tiles.
"This is not good" said the Sandaime, "This is the secret technique that only the Shodai Hokage-sam could use, not even Yamato can use it."
"Mokuton Hijutsu: Jukai Kōtan (Wood Release Secret Technique: Nativity of a World of Trees)!" said the Shodai Hokage as he channelled more of his Chakra into the ground.
As the Shodai continue to pour more Chakra into the ground, the entire rooftop became covered by fast growing trees.
Sarutobi and the others tried to stay together but they were eventually separate by the large trees, which eventually wrapped themselves around the three Shinobi.
"Incredible" muttered Ao.
"So this is what a true master of Mokuton is capable of…truly amazing" the Mizukage remarked.
"When compared to his ancestor, Tsunade's son skill in Mokuton is still worlds apart from the Shodai's. But still, over time the boy could possibly one day match his ancestor's prowess, especially if he is left unchecked" the Raikage thought with a frown.
"To think we would actually see Mokuton performed by two separate people on the same day, it's unbelievable" mutter C to himself.
"This is the same technique that is said to have created the entire forest that now surrounds Konoha" said the ANBU Commander in awe after seeing the legendary technique.
Seeing that his sensei and team-mates were now separate and trapped in the binds of the Shodai's trees, Orochimaru slowly walked up to them.
"Kukukuku, Looks like we've finally caught you all."
Unwilling to give up, Tsunade began to flex her arms, in an attempt to break free. But even with her enhance strength, it was not easy, since the tree binds were incredibly strong thanks to her grandfather's Chakra.
At the same time Sarutobi was trying reach a nearby tree branch to help him summon some backup.
Eventually after much struggle, the Sandaime finally reached the branch and placed his hand on it and shouted "Kuchiyose no Jutsu! Come forth, Monkey King Enma!"
As soon as Sarutobi had said this a massive cloud of smoke suddenly appeared in front of him.
-Enter Naruto-OST-Heavy Violence-
"Looks like something troublesome has appeared…" commented Orochimaru with an annoyed look.
"Heh, looks like the old man is finally getting serious…it's been a while since I've seen that old monkey Enma" Jiraiya said to himself after seeing Sarutobi's summons, before becoming serious again, knowing he had to escape now to help.
"Orochimaru" growled Enma when he saw the Snake Sennin, "I knew this day would come."
"You were a fool to let him go when you did, Sarutobi, you should have killed him when you had the chance."
"I intend to fix that mistake now" the old Hokage replied.
"Heh, It's too late, you've gotten too old" scoffed the old Monkey.
"Perhaps…but I won't know until I try…so please Enma help me and turn into Kongōnyoi (Free Forming Diamond Pole).
Hearing this Orochimaru quickly order the two deceased Hokages to attack, knowing how difficult things would get if he allowed Enma to take on his staff form.
Acting quickly the two Hokages ran towards the elder monkey from two separate direction. But before Enma could defend himself, the two Hokages were intercepted by Tsunade and Jiraiya. Who had broken free of their binds, where the former used her enhance strength to free herself and the lesser used the Rasengan (Spiralling Ball) to break the binds.
After freeing herself from her binds, Tsunade immediately jumped into the air above the Nidaime Hokage and used her Tsūtenkyaku to send her great uncle crashing down through the tree and onto the roof tiles below.
At the same time, Jiraiya appeared in front of the Shodai Hokage and blocked the Shodai's kick with his left arm. Before brining up a newly formed Rasengan in his right hand, and slammed it into the Konoha founder's stomach, sending him flying.
"Jiraiya, Tsunade what are you two doing here?" the Monkey King asked in surprise.
"No time to explain, hurry up and change!" Tsunade yelled as she eyed her late great uncle who was already getting back up on his feet.
"Right!" said the Monkey King, where he jumped into the air and prepared to transform. "If those two are here to help, we might actually stand a chance of winning."
Once Enma transformed into his staff form, he immediately flew towards his bound friend and destroyed his wooden binds.
As soon as Sarutobi was free, the Sandaime quickly took hold of Enma and fell into a Bojutsu stance where he was then flanked by his two late students and eyed the Shodai and Nidaime Hokages. Who had recovered and were now flanking the three Shinobi.
"Amazing…what a battle…is this what a battle between Kage level Shinobi is like?" the ANBU Commander asked himself.
"Ah well, it seems that I have no choice but to join the battle now" Orochimaru muttered to himself. Before he opened his mouth to an inhuman width, allowing a large snake to emerge from it, which then opened its mouth as well and produced a long straight sword.
"Kusanagi no Tsurugi (Grass Cutting Sword)" the Sandaime thought when he saw the sword.
"Looks like Orochimaru is also getting serious" Jiraiya thought with a frown, knowing what this meant.
"Sensei, you and Enma go deal with Orochimaru, Tsunade and I will handle these two" Jiraiya said without taking his eyes off the Shodai.
"Are you certain?" the Sandaime asked.
"Yes, now go!" Tsunade yelled fearing that the two Hokages would attack before Sarutobi could go.
"Very well then, let's go Enma" the Sandaime yelled as he prepared to attack.
"Even though my pole form is as hard as diamond… the Kusanagi no Tsurugi can still hurt me" spoke Enma.
Nodding to this, Sarutobi quickly raced forward to engage his fallen student, while his other two former students fought and held back the two Konoha founders.
After jumping into the air, Sarutobi had Enma extend his pole form and aim it at Orochimaru. Who immediately flipped sideways to avoid the pole and moved back several feet, where he then faced off against his former teacher.
For the next few minutes the two Kage level Shinobi fought in a fierce battle and despite his advance age, the old Hokage proved to be more than a match for fallen student. So much so that Orochimaru was even forced of the defensive, blocking and avoiding most of Sarutobi's attacks.
Eventually though, Sarutobi was able to gain the advantage further by extending Enma forward again, forcing Orochimaru to block the staff with the flat side of his sword.
When he did this, Enma's arm suddenly sprang out of his pole form and grabbed hold of the fallen Sannin's neck, choking the life out of him.
-End Naruto-OST-Heavy Violence-
"Orochimaru, this is end for you, I'm going to wring that neck of yours with my bare hands, just as I should have done years ago" growled the Monkey King as he continued to choke Orochimaru.
But just when he though he had the Snake Sennin, "Orochimaru" reverted into mud, revealing he had replaced himself with a Doton: Kage Bunshin.
After escaping the Monkey King's grip, the real Orochimaru appeared out of the mud of his clone. But no sooner had he appeared, the Sandaime sent the rogue Sannin flying backwards with a powerful swing with Enma.
Moments after doing this, two objects came crashing down on opposite sides near the Sandaime.
When the dust settle the Sandaime saw that the two objects were the Shodai and Nidaime Hokages who were badly damaged. On closer inspection the Sandaime could see that the Nidaime's right arm had been ripped off and the Shodai had a large hole in his stomach.
Shortly after both Jiraiya and Tsunade appeared next to the Sandaime, both looked slightly ruffled and had a few light injuries. But other than that both Sannin looked to be in good condition.
"I'm pleased to see that both of you are ok."
"Heh, you won't get rid of us that easily Old man" Jiraiya joked.
"Yes the battle is over, the Hokage-sama, Jiraiya-sama and Tsunade-sama have won" said one of the ANBU excitedly. Believing that with the two Hokages down, Orochimaru would be finished.
"I would not be so certain of that" the ANBU commander said sombrely where he then pointed at the two Hokages, who were already regenerating. Once they had fully recovered they stood up as if nothing had happened.
"Shit" Jiraiya quietly cursed, "As if things weren't hard enough."
"As I thought, they and invulnerable to damage, due to the fact that they are already dead…I fear that the only way we can defeat them is if I use the Yondaime's technique" Sarutobi said.
"Sensei you can't!" Jiraiya said.
"You know what will happen if you use that technique" Tsunade warned.
"Yes I am aware, but it is our only chance in defeating the Shodai and Nidaime Hokages."
"No it isn't, there are other ways" Jiraiya said. "If we can keep Orochimaru away and separate the Shodai and the Nidaime we can seal them up one at a time."
"But…"
"Listen to me Sensei, you may be eager to give your life up, but there's no way I'm going to let you, at least not without a fight. I already failed to stop Minato sacrificing himself when the Kyuubi attacked, but I won't let you do the same thing. Not until all other options have been exhausted, so until then don't give up on us."
"For once I agree with the pervert" Tsunade said as she joined in on the conversation. "The time hasn't come something like that. The village still needs a Hokage… it needs you!"
After hearing his former student's stubborn refusal in letting him use the Shiki Fūjin (Dead Demon Consuming Seal) to stop the two deceased Hokages. The Sandaime could only smirk in amusement.
"Very well then, we will continue to try, although I fear it may eventually come to it, sooner or later."
"Kukuku" Orochimaru chuckled as he stood back up. "…I must say I'm rather impressed with how well the three of you are faring. You're putting up a much better fight than I had anticipated, but still you are only delaying the inevitable, for you will all die here today."
"We'll see about" replied the Sandaime as he held Enma up.
"Oh come now sensei, there is no need for false bravado" Orochimaru mocked. "I can also see that you are getting tired, you've aged quite a bit and do not have the stamina you once had...Fufufufu."
"It's true that I have aged, but it does not mean I am dead yet."
Hearing this Orochimaru just chuckled again, "Kukukuku…It's rather pitiful at how you, the man who was hailed as the Kami no Shinobi (God of Shinobi)…cannot beat old age."
After saying this Orochimaru then began to pull on his face, before ripping it off, like a mask, revealing a female face.
"What the…" said the ANBU Commander.
"What going on?" Ao said in shock.
"I have no idea" replied the Mizukage who was just as much in shock as Ao.
"Raikage-sama, what's going on? Who is that?" C asked, but received no answer, as the bulky Kage was just as horrified at what he was seeing as everyone else, and could not comprehend what he had just seen.
"So he really did it" Jiraiya thought angrily as this had confirmed everything he had feared.
"Who are you?!" the confused Sandaime Hokage yelled, as he didn't understand what he was seeing.
"Sensei that's Orochimaru" Jiraiya answered.
"Orochimaru…! But how?" asked Tsunade, who couldn't understand what was going on.
"No, Don't tell me…Don't tell me you've actually completed that forbidden Jutsu that you began all those years ago?" the Sandaime asked in horror.
At the Sandaime question, the Snake Sannin just laughed, confirming Sarutobi's worse fears.
"You're not human anymore, you're a demon!" yelled old Hokage in rage.
"You monster Orochimaru, you don't deserve to be called Human anymore" shouted Tsunade. Who had heard what Orochimaru had been trying to achieve before he was force to leave Konoha, from Jiraiya.
"Kukuku…And pray tell why I should care about being something as low as human?" the Snake Sennin asked in amusement.
"Jiraiya you knew that he had completed that Jutsu" the Sandaime asked as he glanced at his former student.
"Yes" the Toad Sennin answered sadly. "I wanted to spare you both the news, since I knew how much it would hurt you, when you learned of it."
"Damn you Orochimaru…!" Tsunade yelled, "Mark my words before this day is done, there will be one less Sannin in the world."
"Now I understand the depth of my mistake, I was a blind fool not to have killed you when I had a chance" Sarutobi said.
"Don't take on all the blame Sensei, I'm just as much at fault; I could have stopped him later on when he fled. But in the end I couldn't do it either" Jiraiya said as he balled his fist in anger as he watched his former friend laugh at their anger.
"This is exactly why I wouldn't recommend you to become the Yondaime Hokage, your twisted ideas and desire for immortality would have brought disaster to the village" Sarutobi said angrily.
"My immortality technique keeps a person's soul and mind in this world forever. In other words it is like a reincarnation technique, where after I find a new body, I transfer my soul and mind into that body and take it over. The only reason I had my old face on was because I wanted to see the delight on all your faces when you saw me again."
"That's why you want Sasuke and Naru-chan, your hoping to use one of them as your next body!" Tsunade yelled in anger, realizing Orochimaru's true goal.
"Quite correct my dear, in fact once I've captured them, I'm hoping to find a way to combine both their powers together, where I would then have the two most perfect vessels imaginable."
"Such a disturbing jutsu…it is truly sickening" commented the Shodai Hokage as he moved next to Orochimaru after he had finished listening to Orochimaru's explanation of his immortality technique and his plans of Naruto and Sasuke.
"Indeed" replied the Nidaime Hokage, who was also disgusted by what he had heard after walking next to the Snake Sennin.
Even the Mizukage and the Raikage, who were watching from outside the barrier were disgusted by what they had heard. It had also confirmed everything they had heard about the former Sannin and proven without a doubt that the man had fallen far from grace or redemption.
"YOU MONSTER!" roared Tsunade in anger after hearing what Orochimaru plan to do to her son and took a stepped forward in anger, "I WON'T LET YOU TOUCH HIM!"
"Kukukuku….my dear Tsunade, you act as if you have a choice in the matter. As we speak, my subordinates are tracking young Naruto-kun and Sasuke-kun down and by then the three of you will be dead.
"YOU BASTARD!" cried the furious Tsunade, as she was about to take another step forward, but was stopped by Jiraiya. Who knew that Orochimaru was just goading her again into attacking him.
"Calm down, hime, he's just goading you again, don't worry about the kid, he's not one to go down easy. Besides he has Kushina, Shizune, Yamato and the others looking out for him.
After hearing this Tsunade slowly started to calm down. But even so it was not by much, as she was still glaring furious at her former friend, and had every intention of killing him and making him suffer for all his crimes.
"Just how many people have you used this despicable Jutsu on?" the Sandaime asked in outrage.
"I believe this would be my second host and I plan to do to same to either Sasuke-kun or Naruto-kun after they have grown to my liking."
"OVER MY DEAD BODY YOU WILL!"
"My dear Tsunade that is exactly the plan" Orochimaru replied with a sadistic grin before he had his face revert into his original face and then ordered the Shodai Hokage to attack. Who used his Mokuton powers to grown even more trees, enveloping the entire space inside the barrier with them, making it difficult for the observers to see inside.
"Hokage-sama/Jiraiya-sama/Tsunade-sama" cried the three ANBU together.
Inside the barrier the three Konoha Shinobi stayed inside Enma's Kongō Rōheki (Vajra Prison Wall), which protected them from the Shodai's attack.
"Hooooo, nice going you old Monkey, you probably just saved our hides" Jiraiya said as he let out a sigh of relief.
At the same time Jiraya notice a strange look over his teacher's face. "Hey old man are you okay?"
"This is all my fault, everything that happened since that day. All of this could have been avoided if I had just killed him back then. But when I had the chance I just couldn't bring myself to do it" the Sandaime thought with a mixture of sadness and anger as he thought back to that night when he raided Orochimaru's hidden lair. "But now I will correct my past mistake and kill him!"
-Enter Naruto-OST-Need to Be Strong-
After reaffirming his resolve to kill his fallen student a strong determined look appeared on the old man's face, a look that none of his students had seen in their sensei face in a long time.
Touching one of Enma's poles that made up the protective prison around them, Sarutobi had the monkey king revert into his single pole form, where he then once again took a Bojutsu stance and yelled. "Jiraiya, Tsunade, Enma Let's Go! I'll need you all to back me up!"
"Hai!" the two Sannin replied as stood side by side with their teacher and attacked.
For the next few minutes the observers outsides the barrier watched as the battle between the six Kage level Shinobi became even more furious. But eventually during the battle, their ability to see inside the barrier ended when the Shodai Hokage used the Genjutsu: Kokuangyou no Jutsu (Illusionary technique: Bringer-of-Darkness Technique) to obscure everyone's view of the battle.
-End Naruto-OST- Need to Be Strong-
-Outside the Barrier-
Once the Genjutsu blocked the observers view of the battle Haku and Chojuro suddenly appeared on the rooftop and quickly made their way over to the village leader.
"Mizukage-sama!" called the two Genin when they saw their leader.
"Haku, Chojuro, I am pleased to see that you are both unharmed" the female Kage said.
"As are we of you Mizukage-sama" replied Haku.
"What are you two doing here and where is Zabuza and your team-mate Saito?" Ao asked with a disapproving look when he saw the two Genin.
"Zabuza-sama and Saito-kun are with Daimyo-sama, and are ensuring that he no harm befalls to him in the battle below" answered Haku.
"Zabuza-sensei also told us to report to you and to ask you if we should try to leave the village with Daimyo-sama or find a safe location and wait the battle out" finished Chojuro.
"Mizukage-sama we should leave the village at once with the Daimyo-sama. This battle is Konoha's problem, it does not concern us!" said Ao.
At first the Mizukage did not respond to what Ao had said, and remained silent, as she weighed over her options, but after a minute or so she came to a decision.
"Haku, I want you and Chojuro to head back to Zabuza and tell him to get the Daimyo-sama to a safe location. Once he is safe, he is to assist any and all Konoha Shinobi in the defence of their village, as of this moment Kiri stands with Konoha."
"Mizukage you can't!" Ao shouted if shock, "This war has nothing to do with us, there is no need for us to get involved."
"Actually there is, remember we came here to Konoha not only to participate in the Chunin exam, but to also try and form an alliance with it. With Suna's betrayal the chance for an alliance between our two villages has drastically increased. Furthermore by helping Konoha we can curry some good favour with the people, and show them that Kiri has truly changed from its bloody past, which could help our village greatly later on. Also need I remind you that Orochimaru is also wanted in Kiri for several crimes against our village. We have an opportunity here that could benefit our village greatly and we will take it."
"B-But…But…But…" stuttered Ao, as he tried to argue, but before he could say anything the female Kage spoke again.
"Enough! I have made my decision…we will aid Konoha" Mei said in an authoritative voice, showing why she had been selected as the Godaime Mizukage.
After settling the argument with Ao, Mei then quickly turned to the two Genin, "Now once the Daimyo-sama has been secured, I want you two and Saito to stay with him and make sure that he stay safe."
"Hai Mizukage-sama" the two Genin replied before they took off, soon after they left, Ao and the Mizukage Shunshin'd down into the stands to help in the battle.
But as Haku and Chojuro made their way back down to the stands, Haku suddenly turned, and headed out into the village.
"Haku where are you going?" yelled Chojuro when he saw his team-mate take off in a different direction. "The Mizukage told us to report to Zabuza-sensei and secure the Daimyo-sama."
"I have something else I need to do, you go to Zabuza-sama and inform him of the Mizukage's orders. You and Saito-kun will be enough to protect the Daimyo-sama."
Before Chojuro could say anything more, the young girl took off leaving only small snowflakes behind.
At the same time when the Mizukage came to her decision to help the Konoha, the Raikage and his subordinates were discussing the same issue.
"Boss what should we do now?" Darui asked as he turned to the Raikage.
"I say, we get Bee-dono, the Daimyo-sama, Yugito and the others and leave the village. This battle is Konoha's problem, not ours, let the Konoha dogs fight their own battles" said C. Who like many Kumo Shinobi did not have a great deal of respect for the leaf village or its Shinobi, due to their village's strong rivalry.
"Agreed, once we have secured, the Daimyo-sama and met up with Bee and the others, we leave this village" said the Raikage. "If we're lucky, Konoha and Suna will take care of each other, or at the very least they'll weaken each enough to allow us to take advantage of the incident."
Nodding to this the two Kumo-nins took off with their Kage and made their way down below the stands.
-In the Village-
As the battle on the rooftop of the stadium continued, Naruto and his companies made their way through the village. Doing their best to avoid the heavy fighting that was going on in the village between the Konoha forces and the invading Suna and Oto forces.
"Geez, why the hell do we even have to go through all this trouble? I don't even like Sasuke," mumbled Shikamaru as they made their way through a small alleyway to avoid some fighting between some Konoha Shinobi and Suna-nins.
"Shut up Shikamaru" Sakura rounded as she turned to the lazy Nara. "Sasuke-kun needs our help, so we're going!"
"She's right Shikamaru, whether you like it or not we need to go help Sasuke. I'll admit Sasuke and I don't exactly see eye to eye all the time. But he is still a Konoha Shinobi and our comrade, and he needs our help" said Naruto.
"Come on you lot, enough talking, we need to get out of the village as quickly as possible before any enemy Shinobi spots us" said Pakkun.
"I think it's a little late for that" Ino said when they came to a sudden stop and saw the mask ANBU standing at the end of the alley accompanied by two masked Oto-nins.
Quickly Naruto and the other turned to go back to the other end of the alley but found three more Oto-nins blocking the way they came. Also they noticed four more Oto Shinobi who were looking down at them from the rooftops of the two buildings that flanked the alleyway.
"Shit we're surrounded" Naruto cursed inside his mind before leaning over to the Nara heir.
"Shikamaru, do you have any smoke bombs on you?"
"A couple but they won't do us any good; we're confined to this alleyway and surrounded on all sides" the Shadow user replied, already figuring out what Naruto was thinking.
"Trust me I have a plan, just have them ready when I give the signal."
Not sure what Naruto had planned, the young Nara just nodded. After which the Genin attention was soon turned to the mask ANBU. Who suddenly spoke in a slightly muffled voice that was strangely familiar to Sakura and Naruto.
"Senju Naruto, we have orders to take you with us, surrender peacefully and you will be unharmed."
"Really?" Naruto asked calmly as he walked forward from the group and held his arms behind his back. "And let me guess who gave you those orders…Orochimaru, since he is the leader of Otogakure after all."
"Orochimaru!" Ino cried in shock, who had been unaware of this.
"You serious?" Shikmaru asked in equal shock.
"Yea, back when we ran into him in the Forest of Death, he had the symbol for Oto on his headband, so it isn't hard to figure out that he is the one leading Oto."
"Hold on a sec" Ino said, "Are you saying that it was Orochimaru who defeated you, back then?"
"Yea, he was."
"Geez, He's like a magnate for trouble" Shikamaru thought, "Taking on a Sannin by himself, that's just insane, he doesn't know how lucky he is to be alive."
"Yes, you are correct, we follow Orochimaru-sama, now will you surrender peacefully or not?" the ANBU answered.
"And what if I were to refuse?"
"Then we will capture you by force and kill your friends" the ANBU replied. "But if you surrender, they will be allowed to go…unharmed, as our interests lies only with you."
"Why do I get the feeling that if I do, they'll be killed anyhow" Naruto thought with a small frown.
"Well then I guess I have no choice but to…NOW!" the blonde boy said as he used his hands, behind his back, to count down and signal Shikamaru to drop the bombs.
As soon as the Nara dropped the handful of smoke bombs, the entire alleyway filled up with smoke. After which Naruto moved over to the wall on his left side and used his super human strength to punch a hole through the wall, allowing the young Genin to escape through it.
"Good work, you two" congratulated Pakkun.
"Thanks" replied Naruto as they ran through the building and out into the abandoned street, which had a few dead bodies of a few Oto, Suna and Konoha Shinobi in it.
After about a minute or so, the group came to a stop in the fork in the street.
"Which way do we go now?" Sakura asked.
"This way" Pakkun answered after sniffing the air and pointing down the street to his left with his right paw. "Now come on before those Oto goons catch up with us."
"You guys go that way, I'll go this way" Naruto said as he pointed to the opposite street.
"What? But we need to stick together!" Ino said.