Chapter 8-Sins of the Father

Shao Kahn sat on his throne, an orb similar to what each Kages of the five major villages had was in front of him, and he watched three of his most hatred heading his way. The orb being supported by a stand looked to be made from a dragon's hand, which he had a craftsman make for him, was actually the one held by the Uzumaki Clan in Whirlpool Country. Shao Kahn had gone there to see his homeland on his bitch for a Mother's side of the family and could hear the souls, feel the souls of the dead crying out to him. The place was not one filled with life, but one of death, as it had fallen during the Second Shinobi War, and Konoha had been the ones to let it happen. They got a message from the Uzukage asking for the help of the Leaf's forces to flank the enemy and save them from annihilation.

Naturally, Konoha got the message, Shao Kahn saw enough memories from the souls of Root ANBU he killed to know Danzo was there when the message reached the Sandaime Hokage. Only for the two along with Koharu and Homura to decide it was in Konoha's interest to ignore it. Why save the Uzumaki Clan when they were more trouble than they were worth? They already had Uzumaki Mito and a young Uzumaki Kushina to take the woman's place in being the Kyuubi Jinchuriki. As far they were concerned, the Uzumaki Clan was now expendable, and any that did survive its destruction could be picked up later for possible recondition.

When Shao Kahn told them who he was, the souls of the Uzumaki around him rejoiced at hearing their avenger had come. To that end, the former Emperor of Outworld called on his dead kin to give him their souls, to empower his body, and bring the strength of the entire Uzumaki Clan down on the heads of his enemies.

They didn't hesitate to join him.

With their knowledge of the Sealing Arts, Jutsus, and other various secrets of their clan kept secret even from Konoha...Shao Kahn let out a laugh that echoed throughout the land. Taking what had not been discovered since the fall of the Uzumaki Clan, the new Wave Daimyo returned home victorious, and planned to use this newly acquired power to his advantage.

"So they've come to kill me. Just the three of them. Such arrogance!" declared Shao Kahn with narrowed eyes while they glowed with rage.

"Do you want us to intercept them Daimyo-sama?" asked one of the Suna Shinobi in the castle.

"No. These three particular Leaf Shinobi are all in their prime. Experienced a hundred times your years the world over. Alone, they could easily decimate each represented Shinobi village of our alliance here with ease and together...they could do worse to this country's people. Your duty is to protect them while I deal with my enemies who are here only here for me," commanded Shao Kahn, as he rose from his throne, and walked out of the room with the various Shinobi from each village in the alliance looking nervous.

Sure, the new Wave Daimyo had done a great deal for them, and the Alliance during the war when it seemed Konoha would win. But this was different! This was Jiraiya of the Sannin, the Yellow Flash, and Son of the White Fang this man was about to take on. It was hard to say what kind of mindset Shao Kahn was in when they heard the order that he would take those three legends on alone.

Could he really pull it off?

(At the Great Naruto Bridge)

"These demon loving ingrates. It was bad enough I was here defending the bridge builder at the time, but now I'm back here, and they still have his name on it," muttered Kakashi, as he frowned at the name of the bridge, and frowned behind his masked face.

"That won't matter after today Kakashi. Once my son is killed, we kill the majority of the people here, and enslave the rest as servant to the nobles that will setup homes here. The Fire Daimyo will have his new port while repairing the old one and we can launch a new fleet from here to help reestablish our dominance once again over the seas before striking Water Country," explained Minato since he intended to crush his son and take the country in the name of the Fire Daimyo.

"Is it me or is there an unnatural mist setting in?" questioned Jiraiya with Kakashi's one natural eye narrowing.

"This is the Hidden Mist Jutsu. He's here," whispered Kakashi with the trio now getting ready for a fight.

"Coming here on such a foolish errand. Though I expect nothing less from the three of you," whispered a voice that all three Shinobi recognized instantly.

"Shao Kahn," whispered Jiraiya with Shao Kahn's laughter echoing throughout the mist.

"Its been quite awhile hasn't it, Ero-Sennin? Still peeping on women and writing your smut filled books? When was the last time you were with a woman? And without the requirement of money exchanging hands?" questioned Shao Kahn through the mist.

"Why don't you come out and face us? Too much of a coward to fight all three of us at once?" taunted Minato while trying to provoke his son's pride.

"As if you are one to talk my so called Father. Besides, I thought it was the Shinobi way to strike from the shadows?" challenged Shao Kahn with Minato gritting his teeth.

"You're not a Shinobi. Not anymore," replied Kakashi in the hopes the insult would make their enemy angry.

"You're right Hatake. I'm not a Shinobi anymore. I'm...a Conqueror!" stated Shao Kahn proudly from behind Kakashi before swinging his Wrath Hammer horizontally at the man's head and struck true.

"Kakashi!" exclaimed Minato at seeing his last remaining student go flying harshly into the side of the bridge.

"His line of vision always was narrow. Just like his mind...and like his teacher," remarked Shao Kahn with a grin while seeing Kakashi slump to the ground unconscious.

"Damn you!" exclaimed Minato, as he moved fast to strike Shao Kahn with his sword, but the Wave Daimyo batted him away with the back of his hand.

"Let's see you take me on. You never did see me fight or at my full strength. There was a reason Itachi has always feared me," commented Jiraiya with Shao Kahn eyeing him with malice.

"Itachi fears me more. Considering what I did to Kisame and his sword...he has every right to be afraid," remarked Shao Kahn before throwing a Light Spear at Jiraiya, who dodged, and summoned both Ma and Pa to go into Sennin Modo.

"So its true. You absorbed the soul of Kisame and made his weapon lost to the world," said Jiraiya with Shao Kahn nodding.

"Yes. I took his soul and I broke Samehada with my bare hands. It screamed rather loudly before its death...just like its Master," added Shao Kahn with Jiraiya looking surprised at the last part.

'He broke Samehada? With his bare hands? That's...impossible!' thought Jiraiya before leaping away to dodge another Light Spear and barely dodged a punch to his face when Shao Kahn moved in front of him.

Jiraiya found himself instantly on the defensive, as Shao Kahn proved to be faster than he originally anticipated, and found his strength in Sennin Modo to be outdone when he had blocked some of the strikes. It hurt when he did and it was even worse when Shao Kahn made contact with a vital part of his body. His punches were harder then Tsunade's ever had been when he upset the woman and the Sannin was sure quite a few of his ribs were broken right now.

As for Shao Kahn, a solid uppercut from him sent Jiraiya flying back before the Sannin was able to land on his feet, skidding back while trying to gain his footing, and spitting out blood when he finally stopped. Behind Shao Kahn, the former Yondaime Hokage appeared, his sword raised, and it seemed Minato would finally put down his son like he planned to from the start.

Only for chakra chains to erupt from the giant's back and wrap around Minato before slamming him into the ground.

"Chakra chains? But...how?! Only Kushina and Naruko have that power!" demanded Jiraiya with Shao Kahn letting out a chuckle.

"I maybe a demonic monster, but I am of Uzumaki descent. Not to mention I went to the ancestral homeland of my kin in Whirlpool and absorbed the souls of the Uzumaki Clan that Konoha betrayed," replied Shao Kahn, who without even batting an eye away from Jiraiya, moved his chakra chains around like a whip, or tentacle even before slamming Minato down onto the ground.

Repeatedly,

"You desecrated the Uzumaki Clan by taking their souls!" accused Pa and Ma on Jiraiya's shoulders while Shao Kahn scoffed.

"Took their souls? HA! My fellow Uzumaki Clan members gave me their souls willingly! Like them, I was betrayed by Konoha, and I promised them their revenge against the Leaf for their treachery!" exclaimed Shao Kahn before throwing Minato violently to the side next to land next to Kakashi.

"You had no right to do that to them. Hopefully, once you are killed here, the souls of the Uzumaki Clan will be freed from your control," said Jiraiya with Shao Kahn frowning at him.

"Like you care what happens to my kin. You don't even care about my so called sister or Mother if they weren't so useful and loyal to Konoha. Admit it Ero-Sennin. You would sooner sell them out than help them if they were to call for help and they held no form of value to the village," challenged Shao Kahn with Jiraiya frowning.

"Sacrifices have to be made when the time comes," commented Jiraiya, who leaped away when the chakra chains flew toward him.

"Says the one not being sacrificed," countered Shao Kahn, who watched Jiraiya dodge all of his chain except one, and was thrown down violently onto the bridge.

"Rakiri!" exclaimed Kakashi suddenly, as he saw Shao Kahn was focused on Jiraiya, and giving him time to prepare the Jutsu to strike the man's defenseless back.

Or what he thought was the defenseless back of his enemy.

One of the chains snaked around the extended arm, draining Kakashi of his chakra for the Lightning Jutsu, and squeezing the limb painfully in the process. The Jounin cried out in pain, as the chain squeezed tighter, and tighter until finally...!

SNAP!

SQUELCH!

Kakashi's arm was removed at the shoulder from the rest of his body.

"Kakashi!" exclaimed Jiraiya while trying to attack Shao Kahn, dodging the chains, and getting close enough to hit the enemy with a palm thrust to the chest.

Shao Kahn however, dodged the attack with ease, and moved away from Jiraiya since he saw the seal on the man's outstretched hand. Being an Uzumaki, as well as having a small army of Uzumaki souls within his body gave Shao Kahn a major understanding about the different kinds of seals out there, and what they could do to someone when touched. The seal on Jiraiya was designed to paralyze him by causing a disruption between the energy within his body's various internal systems. Mostly in his nerves and muscles to cause zero to little movement, which would give the Sannin, and the other two Leaf Shinobi to plot what to do next with their prize. Return with Shao Kahn alive? Or kill him to save them the trouble of dealing with a future break out and trouble later on?

Shao Kahn wasn't going to let either possibility happen.

"Nice try old man, but I have far more years fighting that you could ever hope to have, and I will not be defeated so easily," remarked Shao Kahn while Jiraiya narrowed his eyes at him.

'Damn it! I just need to get close enough to put this seal on him,' thought Jiraiya, as he had planned to use his seal empowered with nature chakra to disable Shao Kahn, and render the man helpless.

"I see the Toads are still loyal to you. Even after all this time and your actions done over the years. Though what would one expect from those that live in filth and excrete slime?" remarked Shao Kahn with Jiraiya scowling at him.

"You'll pay for that insult brat!" exclaimed Jiraiya before rushing forward again, trying to hurt Shao Kahn while also making an attempt to nab him with the seal.

Something that was proving difficult on both counts.

Deciding enough was enough, Shao Kahn grabbed the hand with the seal on the palm, and used the ability he got from Samehada to drain Jiraiya of his chakra. The Sannin soon felt the drain before his eyes went wide and tried to hit Shao Kahn with enough force to let him go. Unfortunately for him, Shao Kahn was draining Jiraiya of his nature chakra, and usual chakra too fast for him to break free. All the Sannin could do now was fall to his knee while looking up at those victorious crimson eyes and feel his strength getting sapped away. The Ma and Pa had no choice, but to leave Jiraiya out of fear of their own power being completely drained, and went "poof" back to Mt. Myƍboku. When that happened, Jiraiya lost his ability to form a connection with nature chakra, and went out of his Sennin Modo form.

"How does it feel to be helpless Jiraiya? Can you feel it? Closing in all around you? The whispers of death itself licking its chops in anticipation of your life coming to and end? I know I did all those years ago as a child. One day after another I was beaten. Stabbed. Poisoned. Left to die in an alley, blood pooling all around me, my next breath possibly being my last, and the people responsible for it finally getting their long awaited wish to see me dead. You cannot imagine how I longed for death to take me in my younger years before I became a Shinobi. It wasn't until I was made aware of your betrayal to me and the betrayal made by my own family did I realize my purpose in life. Do you know what that was or rather still is, Jiraiya?" asked Shao Kahn while Jiraiya was barely conscious in front of him.

"Enlighten me," replied Jiraiya while seeing Minato struggling to rise out of the corner of his eyes.

"The purpose of my life, is to end the lives of those in Konoha, and all they hold dear! To take from them what they cherish! What they love! What they have taken for granted and more importantly...what I yearned for and could not have in Konoha because of fools like you!" exclaimed Shao Kahn right in Jiraiya's face before punching the man repeatedly in the face before kneeing him in the stomach and finally landing a massive head butt that broke the Sannin's own horned helmet head covering in the process.

The man was out cold.

"Rasengan!" exclaimed Minato, as he charged forward, and hit his son in the back with the deadly orb.

Only for an energy shield to appear and block the attack to the man's shock.

"A bold yet ineffectual attack from a desperate man I have the unfortunate pleasure of calling my Father," remarked Shao Kahn before backhanding Minato away.

"You're no son of mine! Not that I wanted a son. You would have held me back from achieving my new level of power when I was a Jinchuriki. You would have always been pestering me for something while I was training or researching what I could do with my powers. Its why I was glad we had a girl for Kushina to look after when we left Konoha. It made my life a lot easier and your Mother was happy. Everyone was happy until you decided to try and be something great! You tried to rise above your condition. To rive above the life we set for you. We dictated what was meant to happen and you tried to break through the barrier we made sure were in place. Your purpose was to be controlled, restrained, and die when we saw fit to end it when the barriers were being broken. Don't you see? Your life belongs to us! It will always belong to us! We own you! Konoha owns you! Kushina owns you! I own you! You are not a man! You are property! Nothing more!" exclaimed Minato furiously at his son while letting his words sink into Shao Kahn in the hopes it would hurt him on some emotional or mental level.

"You think I didn't figure that out when I was about to die? I knew you and everyone else thought of me like that long before I was taken out of my cell to be executed. It wasn't hard to figure out considering the way everyone was boasting about what they did to me when I was growing up, how you explained your plans regarding my life while I was in that cell, and what was to happen following my death. Any idiot could see you and the rest of Konoha saw me as an expendable asset to throw away as you saw fit. All of the mindless sheep in Konoha never cared if I lived or died so long as they weren't the ones in my place. Its so sad its pathetic," replied Shao Kahn with Minato frowning while he winced in pain.

"In what way?" asked Minato while seeing Kakashi clutching his arm and Jiraiya was out cold.

"Isn't it obvious?! HA! You're even more blinded by your arrogance than even I thought possible! They suck up to you, they praised you, and the others for doing this to me since they weren't going to be the ones to suffer in the future. Not one of them would be made into a Jinchuriki and you were already planning to turn your loyal daughter into one with the expressed desire for the two of you to be seen as heroes. The people already loved you and openly making your daughter a Jinchuriki in the future following my own death wasn't going to be an issue. Why would it? She was strong, loyal to you, to Konoha, and would one day be among those joining the higher-ups in the seat of power once the Leaf was the uncontested Shinobi village throughout the Elemental Countries. Though all things considered in what all I've done since my return...your plans for her have been removed from play," replied Shao Kahn with Minato scowling.

"Not if I can drain all your power into a seal and transfer into Naruko. I can still do that," said Minato with Shao Kahn laughing.

"Go ahead and try fool! She won't have the strength to hold all the power within me. And even if she did, do you really think all those souls of the Uzumaki Clan within me will let her? They would tear her apart! She is not an Uzumaki in their eyes just as my Mother is no longer one to them in their eyes either. Your plan would fail before the ink on the seal you placed on Naruko to hold my power was completely dry," said Shao Kahn before he shoulder tackled Minato and sent him flying back.

'Damn it! I don't have the strength fight anymore. Maybe...Maybe I can still use...it! I may not have Obito's eye, but the Sharingan I do have might be able to pull it off if I focus my mind to command it,' thought Kakashi, as he focused his Sharingan Eye on Shao Kahn, trying to command it to change so he could perform the Kamui, and kill their enemy in one last surprise attack.

Sadly, the eye would not do what he commanded. In fact, Kakashi was sure the eye was rejecting him soon after implantation. This was always a possibility, but Tsunade had assured him it would work long enough to be useful before removing, and trying another eye. The Gondaime Hokage was sure Rin had done something different when it came to the transplanting of Obito's eye into Kakashi, but was unable to find out since the woman was dead, and her knowledge on what she did at the time died with her. No one had ever transplanted a Sharingan Eye into someone who was not an Uchiha simply because there was more than a strong chance of rejection. Kakashi was the only successful implantation to date aside from Danzo, but only because of Orochimaru's own means of using genetic manipulation mixed in with Hashirama's own cells. Tsunade could risk tampering with Kakashi's genetic structure, but she felt it would do him more harm than good, and the Jounin felt trading out one eye later for another was a far better choice.

IF he survived this day.

As for Shao Kahn, he was walking toward his Father, who was on his back, bleeding, had broken bones, and completely exhausted from his fight. The former Yondaime Hokage could not remember the last time he had fought so hard against such a strong opponent. Most of the time, his enemies ran away at the mere sight of him, and he just killed those who ran while sparing a few to be brought back for interrogation. He barely used a lot of his strength these days, mostly because the Kyuubi's chakra was in his body, and Minato felt invincible with it. However, with it removed by his son, Minato knew his strength had declined dramatically, and his own pool of chakra had also declined since he rarely used enough of it to beef up his reserves.

In short, the man's strength was much lower, and had lost a lot of the edge a man of his experience normally had in battle.

"Your strength is gone Father. Whatever power you had to call your own has left long since you became reliant on Kyuubi's chakra when sealed inside your body. You have used a power that was not your own too much and for too long. It never occurred to you that this might happen because the very idea of someone ripping out that very power you love using so much from your body was considered ludicrous. In your mind, you believed no one had the strength to match you in battle anymore, and those who did were simply too terrified of everyone else in the inner circle you've created in Konoha. Not that it matters when you think about it. Kakashi will soon be dead. So will Jiraiya. After I kill you, I will make my move against the Akatsuki, and then finally...Konoha itself will fall at my feet!" remarked Shao Kahn in a taunting way before bringing his foot down on the man's chest.

"Bastard! You would kill your own sister? She is innocent in all of this. We made her believe she was the superior sibling. Naruko doesn't deserve to die!" exclaimed Minato with Shao Kahn looking down at him with un unreadable face.

"I will determine that for myself Father. In the meantime, you should be more concerned about yourself, and what will happen to my Mother once I burn Konoha to the ground," said Shao Kahn before grabbing the man and pulling him close.

"You won't kill your Mother. Kushina brought you into this world!" said Minato defiantly while Shao Kahn grinned.

"Kushina gave birth to Uzumaki Naruto. I am Shao Kahn! A big difference if you ask me. Besides, we both know she would have no problem killing me right now, and you would no doubt do the same if our roles were currently reversed. Am I wrong?" said Shao Kahn with Minato not looking him in the eyes.

"You may defeat the three of us here, but not even you can stop a whole army of Konoha Shinobi from coming here. They will descend upon you like a flood, drowning your forces here currently defending Wave, and wiping everything off the face of the map!" declared Minato with Shao Kahn grinning.

"Let them come. I look forward to the battles I will be engaged in when the time comes to face Konoha's so called wrath. Your village has gotten fat, lazy, relying on you, and the other so called 'heroes' of legend in Konoha. I've seen into the souls of the other Shinobi from Konoha I've killed. They are dependant on you and the power you once wielded when you were a Jinchuriki. Without that power and Tsunade's medical knowledge in combination with it, Konoha is in for a rude awakening when the truth is revealed. The moral of your village will fall...hard!" replied Shao Kahn before laughing and punching Minato before backhanding him, which repeated multiple times.

With his face bloodied, bruised, a few teeth now missing, and a lot broken facial bones Minato was tossed aside. Shao Kahn moved to the struggling Kakashi currently trying to manipulate his new Sharingan Eye, but found it would not obey him. The Leaf Jounin knew he was truly doomed when the massive form of his enemy stood tall over him with the Wrath Hammer in hand.

"I don't suppose you will give a dying man a last request?" asked Kakashi with the image of Rin and Obito standing on either side Shao Kahn.

And they were both glaring at him with each saying one word apiece silently to the Leaf Jounin.

Traitor.

Murderer.

"Would you in my place and I was in yours?" countered Shao Kahn with a question of his own.

"No. I guess not," answered Kakashi before he was surprised when Shao Kahn grabbed his head, the massive thumb poking the Sharingan Eye, and making the man scream out in pain at losing it...again!

"I don't know where you got your new Sharingan Eye Kakashi, but I know after today, it won't be an issue for you. Ever!" exclaimed Shao Kahn before ripping out the man's soul and absorbing it into his body.

"No!" exclaimed Minato, as he saw his student get his soul absorbed into Shao Kahn's body, and the demonic giant relishing the moment like it was rare sake.

"Kakashi's soul and well over two thousand Jutsus are now...mine!" declared Shao Kahn before letting out a cruel laugh that echoed throughout the bridge.

"Jiraiya, we need to retreat now!" exclaimed Minato with the Toad Sage nodding before the two tried to retreat, but Shao Kahn was just simply too fast for their two beaten, and broken forms to handle.

"Not this time Father. You have a debt to pay," said Shao Kahn, as he had knocked the two down, and picked up his Father before repeatedly beating the man's body over and over again.

This wasn't going to be a simple beat your opponent until he was weak enough to rip out his soul. No! This was more than that. This was pent up frustration that was literally years in the making with the rage, the pain, and anger aimed at the former Yondaime Hokage. A man, who Shao Kahn had once admired before learning the truth, and then hated all these years. The hate, the pain, and rage were building within him since becoming Shao Kahn at the hands of Onaga. The injustice of it all. Of how his life's purpose was to be used by this man and the others for their goals in manipulating the world they wished to claim while ruling over it as pseudo-Gods. And to make matters worse, he had become the servant of another as the price for his continued living while being unable to fulfill the promise made prior to his escape.

Years of suffering!

BAM!

Years of hatred!

CRUNCH!

Years of endless fighting for what was always out of his reach!

SPLAT!

Shao Kahn looked down at his defeated foe's barely recognizable form, which was barely alive though one could argue otherwise. Breathing heavily for reasons unknown, finding his throat was parched from yelling with rage, Shao Kahn silently took the Namikaze's soul from his body, and threw it over the bridge to let it rot in the water below. For a long moment, the Wave Daimyo just stood there, his eyes looking at something no one else could see, and ignored the shocked Sannin barely ten feet from him.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" yelled Jiraiya angrily from what he just saw.

The yell snapped Shao Kahn out of his thoughts and he barely managed to dodge the hand with that seal on it before grabbing the extended limb. Without hesitation, the Wave Daimyo crushed the arm at the elbow, making Jiraiya cry out in pain, and once more fall to his knees.

"Where is your strength now Jiraiya?" mocked Shao Kahn before letting out a chuckle at seeing the Sannin in this state.

"Fuck you brat," replied Jiraiya defiantly before being forced to look at the giant demonic man holding his limp form like it weighed nothing.

"It must hurt you deep inside knowing your student, who was considered a son in your eyes was slain by his own child. That almost makes you my Grandfather in some weird manner," taunted Shao Kahn with a grin on his face.

"You have no idea," remarked Jiraiya bitterly to himself, but Shao Kahn heard it, and chuckled once more.

"That's where you are wrong fool. Remember, I have my Father's memories when I took his soul just now. I know the truth about his parentage and real connection to you," said Shao Kahn with Jiraiya looking at him shock and gritting his teeth in the process.

"If you're expecting me to beg for mercy simply because I'm your Grandfather, then you are seriously mistaken brat!" exclaimed Jiraiya defiantly before being punched in the face by Shao Kahn.

"I don't want you to beg Jiraiya. I want you to die! To think no one, not even Orochimaru or Danzo knew you had a child, and with Tsunade no less. I can see why she put him up for adoption though at the orphanage. Both of you were unmarried, he was a bastard child if there ever was one, and the only person who knew the truth was Hiruzen. Blonde hair from his Mother, but it was spiky like yours, and it explains why my Father was so good at sealing. He inherited the skill from you and from what Uzumaki traits passed down to him from Tsunade on her Grandmother's side of the family. The Uzumaki Clan side of the family," stated Shao Kahn with Jiraiya sneering at him with blood leaking out of his mouth and staining his teeth.

'If he knows about that, then he know about...,' thought Jiraiya with wide eyes with Shao Kahn's grin increasing.

"If only Tsunade's so called 'lover' Dan knew the truth as you and I did. Honestly Jiraiya, you shouldn't have told your son everything because now I know everything he did when it came that night. How you used your spy network to secretly sell Dan down the river to the Leaf's enemies, as he was getting too close to Tsunade for your liking, and was just as naive about being the next Hokage as I had once been in my youth. You and Hiruzen had no intention of him taking the hat since you both knew the man would never approve of half the things done under the old man's orders. You believed that if Dan took the mantle of Hokage, the very strength of village would decline rapidly, and decided to take him out of the game. You had to go through Tsunade to do it, but considering she was already cheating on Dan behind his back with you, and soon became pregnant with my Father...it didn't really bother her so much like she led everyone believe. Oh her tears for him were real, but we both know the tears she shed were not of sadness. They were of joy! Tsunade didn't use her skills as a medic that night to try and save him like the official story has been portrayed in the past for years. Rather she used such skills to speed up his death, and covered up the fact her skills had done it," stated Shao Kahn with Jiraiya scowling at him.

"Dan was too soft hearted. He would have made Konoha weak. His nativity would have ruined us!" exclaimed Jiraiya with Shao Kahn narrowing his eyes at him.

"Just like Nawaki? Tsunade's little brother showed that same nativity as Dan did. You knew it, Hiruzen knew, and Tsunade knew it. Though unlike with Dan, she never agreed her little brother should be taken out so soon. She felt he could be turned, but you were not so sure, and Hiruzen wasn't going to take that chance. So the two of you, Danzo, and Orochimaru made sure the woman never knew of your plan at the time to take him out as well. Even if Tsunade had found out soon after, the woman was already in too deep, and wouldn't be able to break free from the path she was walking. You knew this when you were conspiring to take out Nawaki. What was it you called him? Future dead weight, correct? A disaster waiting happen was another term you called the boy. So naive. So innocent. So pure. You took the light of the Senju Clan that would have been its redemption and snuffed it out in fear that that the price of such redemption would be Konoha's strength weakening. You feared these people would take Konoha as you know it and turn the village upside down. That they would make the Leaf into a perverse version of what you love and bring all of your terrible sins to light in the process if he was given the chance," said Shao Kahn, as he had the souls of Konoha Shinobi, who were there for these meetings, and his Father's memories from when he was told the truth by Jiraiya.

"Naive children and people can't be Hokage. A Hokage must make hard choices. Hard life changing, life ending choices, and feel nothing for the lives they take. You could never have done it. Dan could never have done it. And Nawaki would never have been able to do to be Hokage. It took some doing, but Tsunade eventually came around to see reason, and while she mourned her brother...she also knew it was in the best interest of Konoha," explained Jiraiya with Shao Kahn snarling at him.

"And people called me a monster back in Outworld," mumbled Shao Kahn before he felt Jiraiya had lived long enough and snapped the man's neck after putting his large hand on the Sannin's head before giving it twist to hear a loud "SNAP!" that echoed throughout the area.

The man's soul was soon absorbed into Shao Kahn and the Wave Daimyo found himself not enjoying his victory like he first thought. The man had just killed three of the people on his top most vile humans on his list of those he hated with all of his being and yet felt none of the joy in it.

Maybe it would come later? When all of the guilty people involved fell by his hands and nothing of Konoha remained? Yes. That was it. Once his revenge was complete would he feel the satisfaction his heart long desired.

Three major Konoha Shinobi powerhouses down...an entire village filled with arrogant fools left to go.

But first...he had a certain Jinchuriki hunting organization to destroy.

(Konoha-At the Moment)

Naruko was walking through Konoha, her training was done for the day, and she felt like walking about to do some random things. Talk to people. Buy things. Maybe a prank or two just because she could and help life up the moral of Konoha.

But mostly to distract Naruko from the current thoughts surrounding her big brother, who had single handedly turned this war against Konoha, and dealt several major blows. Her Mother had told Naruko about what was happening at the various meetings Minato had with the others about the current situation of the war, the losses taken since the return of their remaining family member. They never expected the weak, scorned, hated, abused, and neglected family member to fulfill his promise after escaping his execution. It was as if this was some form of karma based retribution by the Gods themselves as their way of saying they were not going to stand for Konoha's warmongering.

As she thought about this, Naruko felt herself stop in mid-step, as a sudden sense of dread filled her stomach. Like someone had dipped molten lava into her belly and wondered why she felt this way right now? Was it some kind of premonition? Possibly instincts of some kind? Her Father had left the village recently with Jiraiya and Kakashi.

'Could they have been...killed?' thought Naruko with the sense of worry and dread over losing those close to her now building up even further.

And she wasn't the only one either. Kushina, Tsunade, and Shizune were all feeling this too. They felt like something or rather someone had just ripped out a piece of them and crushed it without hesitation.

'Its Shao Kahn. He's done something to them,' thought Tsunade, Kushina, and Shizune at the same time with a sense of realization reaching each of them in that single moment.

Shao Kahn had won yet again.

(A/N: YAY! I updated. Sorry its not longer. I felt this was as far as I could go with this kind of chapter. Hope you enjoyed it. Until next time...PEACE!)