The Leaf's Full Strike

Chapter 3

Four Clone Armies

Tsunade knelt over the body of Shizune with several ANBU squads gathered around her. Zen headed to the front of the crowd and made his report. "Hokage-sama, in the Akatsuki's attack with four of their members, one of the enemies was killed. However, we have lost Might Guy."

Tears dropped into the hole through Shizune's heart. "Shizune… Guy… what sort of leader am I?" Konoha's Hokage sobbed. "I don't deserve this. It's time I do what's right!"

Tsunade stood up with eyes filled with rage and hissed, "I won't stand around useless anymore. I won't give orders this time. Instead, I'm going out to destroy the Akatsuki once and for all!"

"Idiot!" yelled a voice in the crowd. The ANBU stepped aside to leave a walkway for Koharu and Homura. The female elder slapped Tsunade across the face and spat, "What are you saying?!? And to think that we see you as our leader? Stuck in the middle of all of this, your apprentice near death, and the entire village in peril. And all you can do is talk about stopping the enemies who are long gone?"

"Near… death…?" Tsunade cried as she turned back to Shizune. "Shizune… please forgive me!"

"You couldn't even go find those who went out and fought against our biggest threat. Instead you sit here sobbing! Because of that, our restless boy has already gone off to get himself killed!" Koharu screamed.

"Naruto!" Tsunade cried. "You mean he went after the Akatsuki?!?"

"Idiot! What do you…" Koharu started, only to have Homura step in the way.

"That's enough Koharu. Tsunade is doing the best she can as a Hokage. Let her take care of Shizune now."

Tsunade understood what was to be done, as she instantly got down and began her jutsu. Homura turned to the ANBU and said, "Naruto Uzumaki has left the village to fight off the Akatsuki. Sakura Haruno, Kakashi Hatake, and Rock Lee, along with Sasuke Uchiha standing neutral, have gone after him. The five of them stand no chance if they get caught up in battle. Our village, however, is in a wretched state. Your job is to help out the villagers in need. Make sure two squads are sent to retrieve the team that was put up against the Akatsuki, and there must be medical ninja among those squads. Get to work now!"

The ANBU squads instantly disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving Homura and Koharu with Tsunade. Shizune's wound was being sealed up, and there was a slight flicker from her eye, leaving Tsunade with one last tear – a tear of sorrow and apology, yet a tear of joy.

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Whoosh! The clone armies began to move, hurling millions of kunai and shuriken at the five who tested Konoha's strength. Tobi created a second chakra barrier around his group only to find a Rasengan floating upon one shuriken. The chakra sphere quickly tore down the chakra barrier, leaving the remainder of the projectiles to carry on towards the Akatsuki.

Pein's response with a chakra wave left the projectiles frozen in the air. Suddenly, they began to multiply, eventually forming an amount so great that even the chakra wave was surpassed.

One clone army charged forward while the second formed a massive wind current. The third clone army, carrying the fourth, was lifted into the air, and they flung the clones down at their enemies from all sides.

This time, the whole Akatsuki group reacted with an even sturdier barrier. Suddenly, the armies came sliding from the sides.

The first: "U!"

The second: "ZU!"

The third: "MA!"
The fourth: "KI!"

All five members were jerked into the air as the four clone armies zoomed above and formed one mass. Tobi and Pein groaned – they were unable to stop themselves!

The clone mass suddenly formed into a massive chakra sphere. 'Shit! They've focused their chakra so that it will exit any part of the body! That's why they were able to form a chakra sphere!' Itachi thought.

The clone sphere finished it with a downwards kick, releasing all the chakra around them. "UZUMAKI RASE-RENDAN!" The greatest explosion occurred, larger than even several fifth-seal summons occurring at the same time.

Sasuke let loose a stream of fire, though the extreme chakra waves sent the jutsu back at himself. Kakashi and Lee were saved by the large trees behind them, yet the bottle holding Sakura cracked open and released the kunoichi back into her original form.

"Kakashi-sensei! What's going on!" Lee cried.

Kakashi had a worried look on his face. 'That much chakra being released at once… it's unimaginable. I haven't even seen the demon fox's chakra do this. Could it be possible that Naruto has almost released the demon within him? Or is it merely a number of summons?'

Sakura gasped as a chunk of earth came flying at Lee from the side. She leapt into the way, cracking the mass before Lee could be crushed. "Lee-san, we need to get going!"

Naruto's clone army slowly began to disperse as the real Jinchuuriki stepped towards the colossal crater formed from the combo. "It's over. I finished you all in one shot. That's good enough revenge for killing Ero-sennin and Guy-sensei."

An open scroll flew out from the smoke and began twirling in the air. Naruto was swept back by another chakra wave as the Akatsuki emerged from the crater once again. Pein's eyes were bloody red, and Tobi's body was beginning to crack. Itachi and Kisame had several cuts throughout their uniforms. Oddly, Zetsu was the same.

Pein began to spin, sending small whirlwinds at Naruto. The Jinchuuriki was tossed into the air as Zetsu came from above to absorb his life force. Naruto sacrificed yet another clone to save himself, only to fall into Tobi's view. The area around the hero began to twist and spin. 'Genjutsu!' Naruto thought. 'No!'

Itachi punched Naruto in the stomach as Kisame brought him down to the ground with Samehada. "Leader, I think it's time we sealed the last of the demons!"

Naruto managed to get up, but the entire Akatsuki group was charging towards him. His vision was blurring. His life was coming to an end…

Another explosion occurred, and as the breeze came to move the smog away, four shinobi stood in the Akatsuki's way.

Rock Lee – his whole body was facing Kisame as he prepared to avenge his sensei.

Sakura Haruno – Zetsu was interested in the idea of facing the kunoichi who stopped Konan and Sasori.

Sasuke Uchiha – he wasn't planning on any hesitation – Itachi was a waiting to be killed.

Kakashi Hatake – 'Tobi… that name… it sounds familiar… could this really be him?' he thought.

Naruto – "There's no stopping now. This is the one moment we take out the Akatsuki… once and for all!" he shouted as he focused his chakra to his arm. 'Father, I will defeat Pein!'

Five on five… the big battle! Lee VS Kisame, Sakura VS Zetsu, Kakashi VS Tobi, Sasuke VS Itachi, Naruto VS Pein!

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Thank you for reading. Please submit a review! Also, here is a list of who-killed-who (Akatsuki) – based on prior stuff, like I'm saying that before this story started Jiraiya died, and taking other facts from manga and this story.

Jiraiya – (dead, killed by Pein) killed Pein's body #3

Kakashi Hatake – killed Kakuzu

Shikamaru Nara – killed Hidan

Sasuke Uchiha – killed Deidera and Orochimaru

Neji Hyuga – killed Konan

Sakura Haruno – killed Sasori

And some mystery characters that will be revealed in the next story:

Mira – This female, coming from the mysterious Village Hidden in the Whirlpool, decided to meet Tsunade. Her decision was to return to her village, though she gets caught up in some business with the Village Hidden in the Leaves and some dark organizations.

Kitsun – A friend or foe? Most likely a foe – an assassin hired by Pein, and said to have come from the Village Hidden in the "Bloody" Mist. What connections does he have with the Akatsuki, the Village Hidden in the Whirlpool, and the Village Hidden in the Leaves?

Shushon – An old nonsocial man. Few know much about him – none know his origin. He is said to hold a dark secret of the Village Hidden in the Whirlpool.

Tefushi – A female from the Sand Village who keeps a private message for a certain hero only to get caught up in trouble.

The next story, I haven't finished the idea, but it will be about a secretive visit by Pein and Zetsu, along with Kitsun, to the Land of the Whirlpool, and Tsunade's response by deploying a team of five to investigate. Sorry to have spoiled it, but PEIN DOES NOT DIE IN THIS STORY!