A/N: Next chapter's right here. This one came a little quicker. You should be happy.

Chronicle 6: The Sannin Showdown

Tsunade looked back at the new arrival. "How did you find me here?"

Dokuja sighed. "Felt an odd presence and saw you with him," He glared at Orochimaru. "Why shouldn't I be here?"

"Did anyone else come with you?"

"Sorry, I'm alone."

"Good. It's better that way. I didn't want Shizune getting in my way. I didn't want you either, but you can help more than I know, considering if the rumors are true anyway."

"It's him." Kabuto said to his master. "That kid. I've heard about him. I've seen him fight, but compared to what you told me he's far better than meets the eye."

"This brat can be quite tiresome, when it comes to his feeble pleas and his attempts to get my daughter away from me and bring me down. He's a persistent brat. We have a large problem if he can show his true power again."

"That's not necessary, I can handle him."

"I must warn you, he's much more troublesome than he seems. He can take you and me and still live to fight another day. The only reason I got away the last time was because his 'comrade' gave a helping hand in my favor. That's the only reason I'm still here. Stay on your guard if you want to go against him."

"Well, what are we waiting for? We going to do this or not?" Dokuja said to Tsunade.

"You're right." Tsunade replied, ditching her green jacket. "Why wait?" She clenched her first and thrusted it at the wall Orochimaru was hiding behind. She seemed to have startled them because they jumped back onto the tree they just were forced off of.

"She hasn't lost any of her strength." Orochimaru stated to his partner. "It wouldn't go well for you if she ever connects."

"Well this area is a little cramped to what I think would be beneficial in this kind of fight."

"Are you suggesting a change in scenery?"

"Yes, I think a change would be wise. We'll have more room for gaining distance if we had a more open area." One of Dokuja's blades cut the branch they were standing on again as they went to flee away from the town. Tsunade stepped forward to the wall she recently shattered and picked up a chunk of rock.

No you don't, I'm going to finish this! She thought, crushing it in her right hand. Dokuja was already sprinting after the escapees.

"Are you going to stand there all day? They're getting away!" He called back. Tsunade gave a light grin.

It's hard to believe that kid has that much fight in him. Even when he's way out of his league he keeps on going. No matter what the odds. He's a lot like Sarutobi. The same with that other kid with the blonde hair. She went to catch up to her comrade and followed their enemy's in pursuit.

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A few minutes later Orochimaru and Kabuto turned around and stopped, facing their opponents once again. They were now in a large, endless fiend of grass, and a few rocks here and there. Dokuja and Tsunade took a short skid after seeing them stop, getting into a battle ready stance.

"Do you think you have a chance against me? Just because you have that brat with you over there doesn't mean you still have a fighting chance." Orochimaru spat.

"I wouldn't take the kid lightly. After all you experienced first hand what he could do to you." Tsunade replied.

Orochimaru cackled. "The only reason he could give this kind of injury to me is because he had help from that feeble old man Sarutobi."

"And now I'm with him. Why would it be any different?"

"Have you forgotten all about your fear of blood?"

Tsunade paused, speechless.

"Yeah, so what? It's not like you'll have a chance to shed any of ours."

"Thinking like that, you're death is all but assured, boy. In a matter of time, you'll be digging yourself a grave right next to Sarutobi's."

"Come and try it."

Orochimaru turned to Kabuto and nodded, signaling his turn to attack. Kabuto sprinted forward, withdrawing a kunai. Dokuja grabbed his sword from its case to defend him. Kabuto threw his kunai. Dokuja whipped his sword around, whacking the kunai away. He then sliced at Kabuto, as he ducked, and attempted to counter as each of them punched each other's fist simultaneously.

"Taijutsu isn't really one of my strong points, but…" Kabuto mocked. Dokuja kicked him in the jaw when he was off guard, sending him back a few feet as he made a few hand signs.

"Energy Clone Jutsu!" He shouted, as a bolt of red lightning struck Dokuja out of nowhere and smoke filled the horizon. Once it cleared, Kabuto was surrounded by hundreds of clones.

"You think this can stop me?" Kabuto filled another kunai and whip it at a clone to his left. It hit him in the heart, as red electricity, similar to the lightning bolt that came down earlier, started to surround his body. The cloned dissolved, and the energy spiked out forward, hitting Kabuto's lower left leg, bringing him to the ground.

Ah, now I see what the child has up his sleeve. Orochimaru thought. When Kabuto hits one of the clones, it sends a small fraction of the lightning that came down and struck Dokuja earlier, towards where the attack came from, hitting the man that struck it. If you want to get out of this situation, you must hit the real one and the clones will disappear. However, the chances of that without a ocular jutsu like the Sharingan, are slim. That brat's a sly one, I have to admit.

"Now," One of Dokuja's clones muttered. All the clones clapped their hands together simultaneously.

"What is this?" Kabuto asked himself. He stared at the clones as they pulled their hands apart, revealing a neat, strait stream of red voltage. They brought their hands farther apart and the voltage floated midair as they each grabbed it in their right hand and took their aim. Kabuto panicked, throwing kunai in every direction at random clones all around, only to get hit by the effect of them.

"It's useless!" Another clone shouted, bracing himself to throw what he now wielded. "Lightning Style: Energy Spear Bombardment!" All the clones threw their weapons at him at the same time, as the impact of each went off and the dirt from the ground was picked up high into the sky. Once it was out of the line of sight, all what the clones could see was a bunch of pebbles lying on the ground. It was a Substitution Jutsu. The clones looked in all directions carefully to detect any presence of their fleeing opponent. One found him seconds later and pointed him out. But it was already too late. Kabuto already made the hand signs ending in a tiger seal. There was no question he was planning a Fire Style attack. As soon as Dokuja spot this he was already under a sea of burning carnage. The flames gorged through the army of clones in seconds.

Kabuto pulled a risky move, Tsunade thought. If Dokuja was in that crowd, of course the jutsu would be called off. But if not he'll get hit by all those clones' energy in one shot.

The flames were clearing up. Kabuto was searching for Dokuja's body, but found nothing after several moments. In seconds after the fact an enormous cloud of energy spikes were coming straight for him. No way! He thought as he endured the blows that awaited him. They hit in several places. His arms, legs, head, gut, neck, everywhere at once. When the last one finally took its toll, he was sent flying backwards. Five more clones came up and one gave him a kick to the jaw, sending him higher into the air as the others came into position around him. The one that gave the first blow went higher up than the rest. The lowest down gave him a punch to the gut, sending him to the second one. The next gave him a roundhouse kick up to the third on the opposite side of him, witch gave him another up to the fourth, and the fourth gave an uppercut to his chin to the last. And finally the last gave a drop kick similar to Naruto's with his version.

"Dragons Barrage!" Dokuja shouted, as Kabuto was sent crashing into the ground. "I'm a lot better than you think I am."

"Enough, Dokuja!" Tsunade shouted. She calmed down with a heavy breath. "You take the real problem. I'll handle him from here on."

Dokuja looks at his new opponent. "This is it. This is the day where I bring him down and get her back… and no one is going to stop me!" He said to himself.

"If you want a fight boy, you've got one." Orochimaru croaked. "Come."