The battle between the two groups was intense. Sparks flew through the air as sword met sword and kunai met kunai. The small cramped space there were fighting in made it that much harder to gain any real edge over there enemy. But in the end Ashina's group had won out. "Yunacan you feel anything"? Ashina asked as he cleaned himself of the blood that had landed on him. "I can feel two chakra signatures just down the hall a ways, one is weaker than the other". Yunasaid as she took the lead. The others soon followed her into the inky darkness of the underground base.

Meanwhile Mifune eyed the ongoing battle from atop a nearby hill. The loud reports of the cannons reverberated through the evening air. The ninja on the walls had slowed considerably in there defense of the village. He could even see a fair few of them being taken away due to fatigue. He couldn't rightly blame them. Hours of this would make even the best of them tired after firing off one powerful jutsu after another for hours on end. Just than a man ran up. His uniform marking him as one of the cannoneer's. The man had a look of worry etched on his face. As if the next few words he uttered could very will be his last. "What is it that troubles you Kazuki"? Mifune asked turning to face the younger man fully. Kazuki upon hearing his name shot to attention. "Sir we are nearly out of ammo for the cannons". Kazuki said before once again having the very same worried expression return to his face. "Your nearly out of ammo". Mifune said utterly confused. "Didn't you unload the cannon ammo yourself"? Mifune asked the younger man. "I did but I didn't unload the whole load. I was under the impression we were invading and not this holding them in place business sir". Kazuki replied. Mifune wasn't sure on what to do. On one hand he could send him back to unload the rest of the cannon ammo. But that would mean nearly half of the cannons would fall silent for an hour or more. On the other hand he could push into the village. That however wasn't part of the plan. But it was the most sensible of the two choices presented to him. He would need to meet with his command staff to discuss how to proceed. "Return to your men Kazuki". Ashina said before he began walking over to the command tent. As he did so he hoped Ashina and his group were having better luck on there end.

Jiraiya and Tsunade had finally been able to disembark from the transport ship. As soon as they were off they took to the trees. Tsunade was in the lead while Jiraiya was some distance behind. He like his life-long teammate wasn't sure on how to take the news. But he was sure of one thing. The invasion was by no means a coincidence. But for the life of him he couldn't figure out who his beloved sensei had contacted in his last living moments. That fact alone wounded his pride not only as a ninja but as a spy master. It wasn't long before both could hear the sound of cannon shot in the distance. The sound was a constant reminder of what lay ahead of them. But hearing the sound was one thing seeing it was something else altogether. The whole area was filled with tents, men and cannons. "My god look at the size of this, there must be thousands of them". Jiraiya said shocked by the size of the army attacking his beloved village. But just as the two highly skilled ninja were about to enter the open field a samurai on horseback rode up. His sword already drawn and at the ready. "State your business". The masked samurai ordered. I'm Jiraiya and this is my teammate Tsunade, we came for Naruko and Naruto". Jiraiya said in a calm tone of voice. He was a ninja. A sword to his neck was nothing new to the skilled ninja. The man eyed the two before him long and hard before returning his sword to it's sheath. "Lord Mifune would very much like to see you. His tent is the biggest one at the base of the hill". The samurai said before turning around and riding away at high speed.

Danzo was livid. The men he had dispatched to retrieve his :prize: hadn't returned and he was done waiting for them. If they hadn't returned yet than they were as good as dead. So he would deal with the invaders himself. As he left his office he took what would soon be his undoing. The dragon summoning scroll.

Ashina and the others had been walking down the hallway for what felt like an hour. "Dear when you said a ways down the hall I was expecting a few more minutes not this marathon". Ashina said giving his daughter an annoyed look. "Sorry father but it shouldn't be long now". Yuna said as she walked down the hallway. After another ten or so minutes she stopped. "Is something the matter"? Ashina asked. "No everything's fine. One of these jail cells is the one we need everybody start looking around for them". Yuna said doing just that. Ashina had looked through what felt like hundreds of jail cells all to no avail. He had lost all hope of ever finding them until he heard the sound of a girl crying. It was extremely faint and nearly imperceptible even to his ears but he had heard it. So running to the sound and firing a very focused blast of chakra he removed the lock and opened the door. What he saw inside that jail cell made his blood boil with rage. Naruko was nothing but skin and bone and her brother wasn't much better. Who...are you"? Naruto asked still trying to protect his baby sister even in his weakened state. "My name is Ashina, Ashina Uzumaki and i'm your uncle.