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Author's Note: Man...
A Motion Too Far
- Chapter 11: Recruiting, Part II
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Zabuza and Naruto both jumped down to join Haku in the centre of all attention. None of them were surprised to see Kimimaro appear by Haku's side as well. The Kaguya Clan was famous for its healing capability anyway.
A lot of commotion was going on around them, but Zabuza focused on Haku. "Haku! Heal that Uchiha you knocked out. We'll cover you!"
Naruto and Kimimaro grinned as Yakushi Kabuto and the Sand Instructor, Baki landed in front of them. "You Mist-nins are a real pest." Kabuto let out. "This here, though, is where we accomplish our mission. I suggest you leave and do not get involved in this war between Leaf and... Sound."
Zabuza chuckled. "So, you're from the Sound, I presume? One of those moles, I'm sure. But, the Third has already signed the alliance between Leaf and Mist... Since they are our allies... we'll help." Zabuza grinned, feeling like fighting.
"Zabuza." Kimimaro suddenly interrupted. "Let me and Naruto deal with these two bastards."
Zabuza shook his head. "You two are strong, but I can sense it. These two are Jounins. You need my help as well." The Mist Kage looked up to see Leaf Jounins busy with Sound Jounins all throughout the crowd.
"Zabuza-sensei!" Naruto yelled. "Look at that!"
Zabuza's eyes narrowed at the strange purple barrier up where the Hokage and the Kazekage were seated before. He snarled. He should have taken his seat there, after all. The Third was probably in trouble. 'Sorry, old man. I can not help you, it seems...'
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"Kakashi! Look at that!" Gai shouted to Kakashi, after kicking down two Sound nins.
"A barrier..." Kakashi thought. "The Hokage's in trouble!"
"Look inside! It's Orochimaru!" Gai wanted to say more, but got interrupted as a few Sound Nins rushed at him.
Kakashi moved his gaze from the barrier to the other side of the stadium. The Sand Siblings that had participated in the Chuunin Exam were also attacking Leaf Nins. Except... for that Gaara kid. He was currently jumping down towards the fighting area. Where Sasuke was. "Gai! I'll leave things here to you, Kurenai and Asuma! There's some serious fighting down there! And one of my students is in the middle of it!"
"Haa!" Gai screamed as he broke a Sound Nin's nose. "Very well, eternal rival! Go help your student!"
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Zabuza, Kimimaro and Haku didn't turn at the sound of someone landing behind them. His feel of Chakra told them enough.
"You are from the Sand, Sabaku no Gaara." Zabuza commented as he stared at Kabuto and Baki. "Seeing as your sensei is standing next to that spy, I can only think you are with the Sound."
Naruto turned and glared at Gaara. "Are you our enemy?"
Gaara glared back, before focusing his attention on Haku, who was healing Sasuke. "I am the Sand's ultimate weapon." He uttered slowly. "Without me, they will lose this war."
Zabuza chuckled. "Then that means we are enemies after all." Kabuto grinned, ready to attack.
"No." Gaara replied. "I hereby lend my power to the Mist... I couldn't care less what Sunagakure thinks of me." He then glared at Baki. "Report me a Missing-nin... if you come out here alive!" Gaara yelled as he rushed forward, sand flowing with him, intent on taking Baki down.
Baki's eyes widened and jumped backwards, jumping out of the stadium, followed by Gaara.
Naruto, Kimimaro and Zabuza looked at each other and grinned. "Well, that's good to know." Zabuza said as Kakashi landed behind Kabuto.
"Looks like we have a Leaf traitor in our midst." Kakashi said as he gazed as Kabuto's back.
"Oh? You noticed, Kakashi? That I was the one who performed the Genjutsu?" Kabuto asked, feigning innocence. "Truly, you are such a genius."
"You are outnumbered, the Mist have become our ally." Kakashi said as he revealed his Sharingan. "Give up or we will bring you down."
Kabuto shrugged, before slumping down to the ground as mud. As he left, he uttered "You've prevented major damage, but... you won't be able to save your Hokage..."
All of the Mist Nins looked angry. "Coward..." Naruto snarled.
"Hey, you fucking bastards!!"
Kakashi's eye widened at the Mist-nins, who all turned terrified at the sudden voice behind him.
The Mist-nins looked terrified, but then they all groaned.
"Do you know how angry I am?! Travelling all the fucking way to Konoha, only to find that you're having a whole lot of fun!! Look at this wonderful war!! You knew this without telling me, didn't you?! DIDN'T YOU?!"
Zabuza sighed. "Look Hidan. I didn't know." Then his eyes widened as an idea popped in his head. "Hidan! You see that?" He pointed to the purple barrier above the stadium. "There are really strong people in there! But we'll die if we enter through that barrier. You, on the other hand, are practically invulnerable, you can pass through!"
Hidan narrowed his eyes at Zabuza. "You better not be lying. Jashin-sama's looking for some strong sacrifices these last few days..."
Zabuza shrugged. "Sheesh, you never change, do you. Just go already."
Hidan snorted before jumping off.
Kakashi was frowning at the man who appeared and just left again. "Invulnerable?" But there was another. "Who's this?"
Zabuza and his subordinates looked at the remaining Mist-nin who had arrived. "Fancy seeing you here... Sasori..."
The name rang a bell in Kakashi's head. He turned to look at the young man, who was standing there. His expression was... truly unreadable, even for his Sharingan. But, his Sharingan did show him that there was no Chakra running through his body. Not a single sign of any Chakra...
"A war, Zabuza-san?" Sasori asked. "It seems interesting, especially because Orochimaru-san was always interested in destroying Konoha..."
Kakashi's eyes widened. 'They know Orochimaru?!' He then turned to a flash from up above.
All turned to see Hidan entering through the barrier, burning his entire body...
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Orochimaru, the First Hokage and the Second Hokage all looked at the sudden arrival of a man in a Jounin Custom and wearing a Mist Hitai-ate. "Who are you?" Orochimaru asked in a threatening manner, ignoring the smoke coming off of the man's body.
"That was a pretty pitiful barrier." Hidan said. "I've walked through much more painful barriers than that." He dusted himself off before grinning to the four Shinobis in front of him. "The name is Hidan, a faithful server of Jashin-sama!"
"Jashin?" Orochimaru repeated. "Never heard of it." With a motion of his head, he made the first Hokage hit Hidan hard in the face with his superhuman strength., the Shodaime followed up with a mean thrust of a Kunai through Hidan's chest.
"Urgh!" Hidan coughed. "That's kinda painful, damn it..." Hidan's eyes widened then. "This guy... he has no blood!" He yelled as he had grabbed the scythe off his back and had pierced the first Hokage's shoulder with it. In reaction, Hidan simply punched him into the ground and rushed for Orochimaru instead. "These things remind me a lot of Sasori's puppets! Which means you are the one controlling them!"
Orochimaru's eyes were narrowed as Hidan rushed towards him. 'So many openings to choose. His stance is so sloppy... Who is this guy?' Orochimaru thought as he moved towards Hidan in higher speed and kicked him backwards. 'But that blow the First gave him, and that Kunai wound... It should have slowed him down.'
The Third Hokage was still entrapped by many trees as he watched the things unfolding before him. 'A Mist Shinobi! One who can walk through this barrier...' The Third quickly finished the Jutsu he already started before he got trapped by the First's Mokuton Technique. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
Orochimaru snarled. "A troublesome one came out..."
The Second Hokage immediately rushed towards the Third, but the summoned ape smashed him through a few summoned trees, before freeing his summoner.
The Third grinned at Orochimaru as he stood next to his summon, the Great Ape, Enma. "Enma, you keep those Hokages busy... I have to talk to that Mist Shinobi."
"What about Orochimaru?" The ape asked as he steadied himself. He saw how the First picked himself up from the ground.
"Orochimaru won't move too much. The Edo-Tensei has taken a lot of Chakra from him, and it still requires a lot of his Chakra as the Jutsu is still active. But to be sure, I won't let my guard down."
The Third jumped down towards Hidan, who was itching to run towards Orochimaru. "Mist Shinobi! Halt your movements!"
Hidan's eyes widened in insanity as he looked at the old man. "Why should I listen to you, you old man?!"
The Third seemed a bit unnerved by the man's attitude. "Listen, our chances of winning this battle will grow if we deal with those people.." Sarutobi said as he pointed towards Shinobis holding up the barrier in every corner.
Hidan just noticed them and chuckled evilly. "Interesting..."
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Kakashi's eyes widened as the barrier was relinquished by the Mist-Shinobi. 'What is that ability?' The Copy-nin thought as any normal Shinobi would be out for the count after receiving so much damage.
"In case you are wondering." Zabuza spoke as he stood next to Kakashi. His subordinates were all looking for Gaara, who was fighting his old sensei. The Sound nins and Sand nins in the stadium were all already defeated. "He simply... can not die."
"It is interesting." Sasori said as he stood behind the two. When Hidan told him that he was going to Leaf, Sasori was bit interested in seeing Orochimaru's old Village. His eyes had gleamed, though, as soon as he saw Orochimaru inside of the Barrier. "Excuse me, Zabuza-san, Kakashi-san. Orochimaru is an old acquaintance of mine. I have some business with him..."
As soon as Sasori jumped up to join Hidan in the battle, Zabuza chuckled. "I pity Orochimaru now... Hidan and Sasori, are like me, S-ranked Missing-nins. But they are much more powerful than I am..."
Kakashi sighed. "I'm going up too. I have to protect the Hokage against Orochimaru and who knows who else is up there."
Zabuza nodded his head and was left alone. 'After this, we go back to Mist. I wonder what Uchiha Sasuke is going to do...' Said Uchiha was also following after Gaara, with his subordinates. 'But seeing as he is now surrounded by Mist-nins, he's probably asking a lot of questions.'
'I wonder what he'll choose?'
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"He ran."
Naruto, Kimimaro, Haku and Sasuke found Gaara, standing by himself in the middle of a clearing. A lot of fighting had occurred, was obvious.
"I am coming with you, to the Mist." Gaara declared. "A place where I won't be held back..."
Those words hit Sasuke in the head.
"Hehe, I knew you would come around, Gaara!" Naruto chuckled. He turned to Kimimaro and Haku. "But man, I didn't expect Hidan, or even Sasori-sama to show up like that!"
"Yeah... the Leaf sure is lucky they signed the alliance. If they hadn't, we might have joined the Sand and Sound in the destruction of the Leaf..."
Haku nodded. "Konoha is fortunate indeed."
"H-hey!" Sasuke suddenly yelled. "So Gaara is joining the Mist, just like that?"
They all regarded Sasuke. "Seeing as the Sand is having a war right now, it'll be easily declared as a Missing in Action. But, I don't think Gaara has a problem with being a Missing-nin." Kimimaro explained.
"Do you have a problem with being a Missing-nin, Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
"I..."
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Orochimaru's eyes widened as Sasori jumped into view. Behind him, Kakashi landed.
The Third was panting because of exhaustion, his summon already gone, while Hidan and several ANBUS were fighting against the Sound Four, even though Hidan told them all to get lost and let him handle it himself.
The First and Second were fighting against elite Jounins from Konoha, but they were all being pushed back.
Everything changed, though, as soon as Orochimaru saw Sasori. 'Sasori!? Here?! Is the Akatsuki here?!'
"Orochimaru-san." Sasori said. "We have some unfinished business. Do you think I wouldn't notice you taking out the control I have over Yakushi Kabuto?"
Orochimaru threw many smoke balls on the ground and fled the scene, along with the Sound Four. The Second and First Hokage fell down to the ground as unknown Sound nins, the Jutsu uplifted as soon as Orochimaru left.
Sasori's expression didn't change as he said. "Coward..." His face turned to Hidan. "Hidan, this war is over. Let's head back."
"So annoying! I couldn't even use my techniques, damn it!!" Hidan cursed. "We should be on the lookout for other wars!!"
Kakashi watched the two head for Zabuza and then turned to the Third. "Are you okay, Hokage-sama?"
Jiraiya softly landed behind Kakashi. "Orochimaru, hm?"
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Many weeks passed after that,
The Chuunin Exam had met its conclusion, making all the Mist-nins Chuunin, and from Leaf Nara Shikamaru was given the promotion as well.
Zabuza, in the Mizukage's Office, was signing a few reports when Sasori and Hidan entered his office.
"Zabuza. I have reports from my spies that... two of the Akatsuki are nearing this Village. Do we counter?" Sasori asked.
Hidan chuckled. "I don't know much about this whole Akatsuki-thing, but rumour has it, they only recruit S-Ranked Missing-nins, right?"
"They are after both Uzumaki Naruto and Sabaku no Gaara, within this Village." Sasori explained. "I have stepped out of that organization when my partner, Orochimaru, did the same. The Akatsuki didn't give me satisfaction without being able to experiment as much without Orochimaru. Now, as a Mist-nin, a Tokubetsu Jounin, I hold privileges to do so with permission even."
Hidan shrugged. "Whatever. So, we get to fight, right?"
Zabuza sighed. "Two, huh? Which ones?"
"One with a Sharingan." Sasori said. He had spies, puppets, all around Mist for protection and surveillance. "My spies have fought them and only one managed to get back here to the Mist. If it is Uchiha Itachi, the other is Hoshigaki Kisame. Two very powerful Shinobis."
Zabuza chuckled. "Kisame, huh? The three of us will fight them, along with Kaguya Kimimaro and Haku. Gaara and Naruto will stay in the Village..."
Hidan chuckled. "This will be interesting!"
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"This brings back memories!" Kisame hollered as he got rid of another Shinobi who just up and attacked them from underground. "I haven't been here in a long time!" The shark-kike man said as he looked around him, recognising the place where he spent a large part of his life.
Kisame looked towards Itachi and saw he had dealt with six Shinobis in lesser time he had dealt with the one unconscious in front of him. "You really impress me every time, Itachi. I wonder who's the stronger one between us?"
Itachi ignored Kisame and saw new Shinobis approaching them behind him. "It seems the Mist knew we were coming. The ones coming for us are... quite powerful, Kisame. You can use your Jutsus at times like this."
Kisame chuckled and quickly performed many handseals. "Hahaha! Five, no six of them?"
"We have fought these Shinobis before, but..." Itachi held back a snarl as he noticed Sasori. 'Ex-Akatsuki? His presence complicates things.'
"I know your Jutsus, Kisame." Sasori said. "It will do you no good against us."
"Let me deal with Kisame, I also am familiar with his techniques." Zabuza said as he stepped forward.
"Kisame." Itachi suddenly said. "They outnumber us. Other than that, they hold too much information about us to hold any advantage. Cancel your technique, we will retreat."
"You will fail in your mission, Uchiha Itachi, Hoshigaki Kisame." Sasori let out. "The Jinchuurikis are already quite powerful. They are in the Mist, a place where even the Akatsuki will have trouble breaking in."
"So, is the boring speech over now?" Hidan interrupted. "I want to kill these two."
"The Uchiha has an ability that can break you, Hidan." Sasori said. "It would be wise to pick the right opponent."
Before the fight could begin, however, Itachi and Kisame were already gone.
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The Third Hokage looked at the signed treaty form before him, on the desk and couldn't help but grin. Even though the Mist carried a lot of questionable Shinobis in their Village, they were still a very powerful ally to have. But the form that required his signature in front of him wasn't Mist's.
"What do you two think?" The Sandaime asked Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura. "After this war, mentioning things like manipulation, do you think they're not setting us up?"
Homura and Koharu looked at each other. "I think the best thing to do, is sign the treaty. Through this, we can expect their back-up in times of need, seeing that those days are now, with our Village partly in shambles." Koharu said. "If your hesitation lies within your trust, then there is no need to worry. The war was not as devastating as Orochimaru had planned, thanks to the help of the Mist allies. We should still be able to overcome the betrayal of the Sand, should it come."
The Third nodded his head. "I will think things through. I have also heard that they've lost their ultimate weapon."
The two elders nodded. "Sabaku no Gaara has not been seen since the war."
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"I… am not familiar with this."
Naruto grinned as he walked beside Gaara through the Mist Village. "Heh, I know how you feel. When I was young, everyone in my Village hated me, tried to hurt, mentally and physically. But that stopped since I came across Zabuza. For you, it stopped when you came across us."
Gaara simply stared at Naruto, unsure of how to respond. "You said Zabuza is no longer training you?"
Naruto grinned. "Well, Sasori-sensei was training me. But thanks to the alliance with Konoha, I have another teacher added in the mix!"
Gaara frowned.
"Jiraiya, one of those legendary three ninjas!" Naruto let out enthusiastically. "I'm currently undergoing this really difficult training… But I can feel that it's making me a lot more powerful."
"More powerful." Gaara murmured. "Then, I can follow this training as well?"
Naruto snickered. "I was wondering when you were going to ask that. You see, you are, like me, a Jinchuuriki. Jiraiya is the best man to handle the training of someone like us, he says. So I figure it would be easy for you to join me!" He explained. "Kimimaro and Haku can't join this training, he said. I kinda feel sorry for them."
Gaara nodded his head, although he didn't really feel sorry for them, or anyone.
"But they're being taught by Sasori-sensei, Zabuza and Hidan, anyway!"
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"Sasori joined the Mist…" Itachi said as he and Kisame were sprinting over gigantic boulders, heading back to wherever they had come from. "I never expected him to enter a Village, though."
"That Sasori, I never did understand him." Kisame added. "But those others seemed pretty powerful as well."
Itachi nodded his consent. "We will ask Zetsu to join us next time. He'll be of use, then."
Kisame chuckled. "You sound so harsh, whatever you say… But, I guess I am like that too!"
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Sasuke looked at the scorching stone in front of him, as if it was telling him 'Was that your best shot?'
Two Chidori shots, and still, the boulder was not completely destroyed. He fell to his knees, hating himself for panting so much. 'I have to get stronger! Stronger than those Mist-nins! Stronger than the Kakashi! Stronger than the Hokage! To be able to defeat and annihilate my brother!' He thought as he tried to rise again, performing seals for a Fire attack instead.
'Konoha has given me this one powerful attack, the Chidori.' Sasuke remembered how easily Haku had handled him as he had his Chidori activated. 'For one to be able to take care of me with the most powerful attack Kakashi taught me. For one of the Mist, it was easy.'
'Gaara joined the Mist, just like that… How easy it was for him.' He watched as the fire left his mouth and embraced the rock in front of him with massive power. 'Will it be as easy for me?'
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"Sa… I have a few missions I have to take care, Sakura." Kakashi said. "Why don't you try and find Sasuke? Perhaps he might help you or train with you?"
Sakura hesitated. Ever since the Forest of Death Sasuke had even been more distant than usual. And angrier too. "Well…"
"So…" With that Kakashi opened the door to the Hokage's Office, to reveal a Chuunin just planning on walking out. Kakashi nodded to the Chuunin and closed the door behind him.
Sakura looked at the Chuunin and smiled gently. "So, you've been promoted to Chuunin?" She shook her head. "I didn't really expect you to get this rank so quickly."
"It's too troublesome to think about it. Anyway... I have something important to ask of you." Shikamaru looked more serious than Sakura had ever seen him. "Yesterday, your teammate left this Village…"
Sakura's eyes widened.
"I am ordered to take as many Shinobis with me… to take Uchiha Sasuke back to Konoha."
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"Orochimaru-sama…"
"What, Kabuto?" The Snake Sannin replied as he was walking through one of the corridors of his centre building, located in the Sound Village. "Have you come to assure me of my victory against Konoha? I will destroy it… But the Mist have Sasori and two Jinchuurikis in their midst. Very… agitating, really."
"Actually, I've received word that Uchiha Sasuke… is on his way to the Mist since yesterday." Kabuto let out slowly and hesitatingly.
"WHAT?!"
"I have already dispatched the Sound Four after him." Kabuto quickly tried to remedy. "Do you-"
"You go as well!" Orochimaru ordered.
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"Mizukage-sama!"
Zabuza sighed and put his sword back on his back, his sword practice ended. He opened the door to reveal a Mist Chuunin panting. "We have received word from Konoha!" Obviously, a message-bird from the Leaf delivered something interesting.
"Oh? What's wrong?"
"Uchiha Sasuke has left Konoha and might be on the way here!"
Zabuza chuckled. "Is that so?" He then put his hand to his chin. "Let the two Jinchuurikis, Kimimaro and Haku go and scan if he really is heading towards here…"
The Chuunin nodded his head. "Yes, Mizukage-sama!"
"Oh, and Dosu? Why don't you go and join them as well? Take one other with you and split in teams of two!"
Dosu nodded. "Yes, Mizukage-sama!"
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Author's Note:
Ah yes, Dosu Kinuta is alive!! Kimimaro didn't kill him in Chapter 7 after all! So your question might be… 'Then why did Kabuto saw Dosu's head and body separated in the Forest of Death in that chapter?'
It'll be explained in a flashback in the next chapter.
And yes, the fight between the Third and Orochimaru and the revived Kages was rushed, but… I didn't deem it important for this Story… and this way… Orochimaru can summon those two Kages again!
And what is Shikamaru going to ask Sakura, anyway?
Well, hope you enjoyed this chapter!!
Seeya!
