Rising Sun

by ToniMan and Hisoka316

Well Chapter One was done by ToniMan with me editing and yeah, I screwed up especially with missing a letter in Byakugan. I apologize for any screw ups since that was my first real time acting as a beta. Well Chapter Two is done by me, Hisoka316. Also as mentioned in Chapter One if you liked this fic check out Feared The Exiled, Life Long Fight by ToniMan and Choosing One's Path and Protecting That Which Is Precious by me, anyways on with chapter two.

Chapter 2 : Warriors Of Honor?

"I've come to take evil's head. Prepare yourself for death." Kotetsu said as he prepares for his assault. Meanwhile Shino and Neji prepare to face off against enemies of their own.

"So what are you after?" Neji asks as the samurai drew his katana.

"I don't answer to shinobi scum." The man said as he got into his battle stance.

"Very well, then I might have to force you to talk." Neji said.

"BYAKUGAN!" Neji yells activating his blood limit and getting in his own battle stance.

The samurai attack with a fierce forward thrust the blinding speed of the attack barely gave Neji enough time to dodge as he moved to his right, Neji charges in and throws several forward thrusts at his opponent the first two attempts are simply dodged, the third attempt is actually blocked by the man's sword. Neji attempts to land a spin kick, the samurai ducks the attack and then pushes himself back away from Neji's reach. The samurai gets his footing and charges in with a downward swing, Neji easily dodges and attempts a counter attack, both men take turns attacking. The samurai tries several attempts to stab Neji with forward slashing attacks, Neji continues to dodge as the two back away from each other.

"I see I'll have to use more advanced methods to defeat you." The samurai says as he draws his other sword and makes a cross with the two swords and begins to glow a light bluish color.

"What? What's going on? I sense chakra from him all of a sudden, how is this possible? Are these guys so disciplined that they can even hide their life forces from their enemies? If this is the case, then we may have a severe problem on our hands." Neji thought has his opponent prepares for an attack.

"Juuji Waru Kenjutsu!"(Cross slash sword technique) the samurai says as the blades begin to glow and then fire off a cross shaped attack that sends shockwaves through the ground, then the attack hits Neji and blasts him throwing him into the air and sending him crashing hard into the wall.

"Is this all you shinobi have to offer? If that is the case, we'll wipe you all out very quickly." The samurai says to Neji.

"You'll find we don't fall that quickly." Neji says getting up and charging in with several attacks, all of which are dodged. Neji spins around his foe and lands a thrust into his back. The samurai staggers forward.

"What was that attack just now? You barely hit me, and I've taken damage?." The samurai asks.

"You're about to find out the strength of Konoha's strongest clan, the Hyuuga clan!" Neji says as he gets in his stance.

"You're in my range of division. Hakkeshou: Rokujuu Yonshou!" Neji yells as he charges at the samurai with his attack ready.

"Nishou!" Neji yells as he starts the attack.

"Yonshou! Hachishou! Jyuurokushou! Sanjyuunishou! Rokujyuyonshou!" Neji yells as he finishes the attack. Neji then spins around the samurai again still standing in his fighting pose. The samurai stands for a minute before his sword drops.

"Damn ninjas and there cheap tricks" He said just before his body followed his sword to the ground.

Meanwhile Shino is being attacked by his foe, he dodges several sword swings. Shino pulls out a kunai and the sword collides with the kunai. The two exchange a few punches and then clang metal to metal once again.

"Hokage-sama may need my help, so I'll finish with you quickly." Shino says to the man.

"You shouldn't look down on me; it'll be what gets you killed." The samurai says with a smirk as he drops and uses the hilt of the sword and drives it into Shino's gut causing him to gasp and then drop to one knee.

"You're dead!" The samurai says as he brings his sword straight down through Shino's head. The samurai watches Shino's body drop in separate directions and then sheaves his sword and stands once again.

"That was really quite pathetic." The samurai says but then is shocked as Shino's body turns into thousands of bugs.

"You're right, that was quite pathetic. Your performance should have been worth more of an effort." Shino says appearing behind the swordsman. Shino's bugs begin to cover the samurai as he drops to the ground and rolls around trying to get them off. After trying to fight the bugs of for several minutes the samurai's movements stop and he loses consciousness.

As Neji and Shino finish their fights Tsunade must contend with the samurai's leader, a man named, Tamashii Kotetsu.

"What is it, what do you want hear in Konoha that you dare interrupt us?" Tsunade asks the man.

"Weren't you listening to what I said? We're going to purify this world. We're going to rid the world of the evil shinobi." Kotetsu says to Tsunade.

"We're not evil. We do what we have to do to maintain our existence and peace. And we've done a fine job. We don't need you people intruding on our land judging us and trying to kill us for your own selfish goals. You're not that much different than us, shinobi." Tsunade says to the man.

"We don't fight for money, we fight for honor, and we fight for the good of our people and our lord!" Kotetsu says.

"WHAT HONOR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU COME INTO OUR COUNTRY AND SNEAK ATTACK US!" Tsunade yells as she begins to get quite angry at the man.

"We gave you fair warning. I am I man of Honor. If we wanted to, we could have killed you before you had a chance to act." The man says to Tsunade with a confident smirk.

"Now, it's time for you to die, you can hold on to what little honor you have and commit seppuku or I will have to kill you my self?" Said Kotetsu

"Take my own life, what kind of idiot does that?" Tsunade asked with a smirk.

"Very well as you wish" Said Kotetsu as he started his sword drawn attacks Tsunade who doesn't have any weapons on her. Tsunade dodges several swift attacks. The speed of the man's sword is amazing, and with every swing he seems to get faster.

"Impressive, you're able to dodge my attacks." Kotetsu says trying to break Tsunade's concentration.

"I am the Hokage after all!" Tsunade yells as Kotetsu attacks, Tsunade dodges and actually counters by punching the sword knocking it in the opposite direction allowing Tsunade to charge in and firing a punch to Kotetsu's gut, but before the punch can land, the skilled samurai pulls his other sword from his belt. Tsunade's hand is cut severely as she connects with the blade instead of the man's midsection. Tsunade tries for a spin kick; the force of her leg hitting the ground causes it to crack. Tsunade continues to fire in punches which Kotetsu easily dodges. Kotetsu spins around Tsunade and manages to slash her back up and the Kotetsu firing in a barrage of forward thrusts, the speed of the attack is almost too much for even Tsunade to dodge as the man manages to cut her right arm, left leg, and across the midsection. Tsunade also receives a small cut on her face from the wind pressure of the sword attack.

"Is this all the great Hokage-sama has?" Kotetsu arrogantly asks.

"Don't you worry; I've got more than this." Tsunade says with a smirk of her own as she increases her speed. Kotetsu tries to unleash another barrage of slashes but Tsunade quickly catches the blade with her hands. Kotetsu then pulls out his second sword once again and tries to attack with his free hand while Tsunade's hands are holding his katana. Tsunade dodges the attack but flipping upward, while still holding onto the katana. As the second sword misses Tsunade comes down on top of the sword forcing it into the ground under her feet. Kotetsu has no choice but to let go of his Wakizashi. Tsunade pushes him back and releases the sword and charges in drops to her knees and unleashes six blindingly fast punches to Kotetsu's gut, Tsunade then jumps over his head and lands a kick to the back of his head that knocks him on the ground. Kotetsu retrieves his wakizashi and along with his katana, he prepares to attack when suddenly they're interrupted.

"HOKAGE-SAMA!" Gai yells as he along with Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai, Anko, and Genma all appear between the two.

"Hokage-sama, are you alright? We got here as soon as we could." Kurenai says to the older ninja.

"I'm fine. We were just discussing some matters and the talks turned ugly." Tsunade says with a smirk.

"What is this, interrupting a fight to the death between two warriors? That is unacceptable! YOU SHINOBI HAVE NO HONOR! We shall return to crush you soon enough." Kotetsu says angrily, on cue all the other samurais gather around him carrying there wounded, he and all of his samurai disappear in a puff of smoke.

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Several hours later at Konoha Hospital, the injured fighters are getting treated. Tsunade is also being healed while the jounin all gather.

"Hokage-sama, what was that all about?" Gai asks sitting next to Lee's bedside.

"Why are we suddenly being attacked by the other countries?" Kurenai asks as she checks on both Hinata and Kiba.

"They believe we shinobi are evil. Because we accept money for task and earn a living to maintain peace. They believe we are evil and lack honor. I don't understand it all myself yet really." Tsunade says to the group.

"Neji, Shino you two did very well." Tsuande tells the two.

"Because they think we're evil? That's a stupid reason to start a war" Kurenais stated.

"Not really, wars tend to erupt for the minor of reasons, food, land, women, honor, this time it started because of a way of life, the reasons are all the same, but always who starts the war says the have the right to, this one is no different from any other" Tsunade answered.

The Shinobis stay silent until interrupted by an injured warrior.

"Thank you Hokage-sama, I apologize for not getting back to you sooner." Neji says to the older woman.

"It's quite alright." Tsuande replies.

"From what I saw of their abilities, these samurai are quite skilled, I say all that attacked are at Jounnin level, They're nothing like the ronins(A/N:Ronin: Samurai who has abandon there bushido or lord, missing samurai) from other countries who basically fight as mercenaries." Kakashi says.

"Yes, that man... Tamashii Kotetsu was indeed very skilled. I'll be honest, I wasn't sure I could beat him. He wasn't even being totally serious when he fought me. I wasn't either, but that's not really the point." Tsunade says.

"These guys will be trouble but I'll beat them next time!" Kiba says awakening and startling the jounin.

"I agree with Kiba-san." Lee says as he wakes up as well.

"I was careless; I'll admit it... but even so... I was defeated with little effort. These guys are really skilled". Lee added.

"Not careless, just impulsive you charged with out knowing the full facts of your opponent and from what I saw, they're fighting style turns your own power against you, and since no one uses more power than you it must have hurt" Shikamaru who was leaning against the wall said.

"SHIKAMARU WHERE WERE YOU DURING THE FIGH!" Ino who had woken up yelled startling every one and making a chill go down Shikamaru's spine.

A sweat drops on Shikamaru's fore head. "I stayed behind, I was examining the attackers' strategies and fighting style, I wasn't going to simply jump in and attack with out knowing what I was up against"

"Liar…you were afraid…" Sakura said who was holding her head.

"How troublesome…" Shikamaru said in a low voice.

"Where were you Kakashi-sensei…I bet you got to the fight late" Sakura said with a small smile on her face.

"Yes Sakura I did get a bit late there, after the explosions me and the other senior jounnins went to check it out who would have thought it was just a distraction" Kakashi stated with a serious tone.

"It's okay Kakashi-sensei, but those were samurais right?" Sakura asked.

"Yes" Kakashi answered.

"But we fought against Samurai in the wave country, Naruto beat them, then why are these so much stronger?" Sakura asked once again.

"Yes but same as ninjas they have levels, those were very low level swordsmen…these weren't, they had true skill" Kakashi said with a serius voice.

"The fact that someone snuck up behind me and Akamaru should let you know their abilities are above average." Kiba says.

"Yes, we will definitely need to be serious on this matter. We can't afford a war at a time like this. If the other countries hear we are being attacked, then they might turn against us as well." Tsunade says.

"HOKAGE-SAMA!" A jounin yells appearing before the group.

"What is it?" Tsunade asks the man.

"It's horrible, Hidden Sand is..." The man starts but stops to take a deep breath.

"What about Hidden Sand?" Kakashi asks the man as everyone faces him with very serious looks on their faces.

"Hidden Sand is being attacked!" The man says causing the group to gasp with shock.

END CHAPTER

Well that is all for chapter two. Hope you enjoyed it. ToniMan is next up with chapter three. It should be really interesting.