Chapter Ten:
Dogs, Snakes, Toads, and Medics… An Epic Battle!
As the battle of the former teammates was about to resume, two separate battles were already taking place, Kakashi, the Copy Ninja and Kabuto, the Sound Medic and also, two of the three legendary Sannin, faced off, Jiraiya and Orochimaru. Two Sannin faced off on top of the two giant carvings that lead into the Valley of the End. Meanwhile, Kabuto and Kakashi were in the forest, trees, grass, and a lake was the atmosphere that the two were facing off on.
"Kabuto, shall we begin?" The Konoha Jounin asked his rival.
"Yes, I think we should Kakashi-san," Kabuto said as he focused his chakra in his hands, and Kabuto then launched his attack, charging in with lefts and rights. Kakashi uncovered his eye immediately and began dodging the attacks. Kakashi on the defensive was backed up against a tree. Kabuto thrust his hand forward, but Kakashi ducked and Kabuto cut through the tree.
"It's as I thought Chakra No Mesu. He's using his hands like kunai, with chakra focused like that; he could probably cut through just about anything," Kakashi thought to himself.
"I've got to be very careful, Kakashi can no doubt copy any move he desires from me, if I screw up, I could have my own techniques used against me," Kabuto thought to himself gauging the situation. Kabuto continued to strike with his hands. Kakashi ducked again and used a nearby tree to run up, and then did a flip, and landed behind Kabuto, and connected with a spin kick, which sent Kabuto back.
"Dokugiri!" Kabuto yelled as he turned and emitted a poisonous mist from out of his mouth.
"Damn! Poison! I bet it's even capable of going through my mask!" Kakashi thought to himself as he performed several hand seals. "Suiton: Suijinheki!" Kakashi yelled quickly creating a barrier of water to wash away the poison mist. As the water settled, Kabuto fired kunai at Kakashi who swiftly dodged. The two exchanged a around of taijutsu moves before they back off and rethought their strategies.
Meanwhile, the two Sannin faced off.
"So Orochimaru, want to start this off big?" Jiraiya asked grinning at his former teammate.
"You read my mind," Orochimaru said, as he performed several seals and fired off an attack. "Katon: Karyu Endan!" Orochimaru fired off a super powerful blast of fire.
"Ah, I'll see that, and raise you this! Suiton: Suishuuha!" Jiraiya said as he fired back creating a huge tidal wave. The water collided with the fire canceling out each other. The two exchanged attacks, and then quickly backed off. Orochimaru immediately performed several more seals and attacked once again.
"Fuuton: Daitoppa! Orochimaru fired off the jutsu creating a vicious windstorm.
"I don't think so Orochimaru," Jiraiya yelled performing several seals. "Doton: Doryuudan!" Jiraiya finished as a dragon made of sand, dirt, and mud emerged from the ground and began firing off missiles made of earth. Jiraiya continued with another set of seals. "Katon: Karyuudan!" Jiraiya finished as he fired missiles made of fire from his mouth as they combine with the earth missiles, the attacks collided with such force that the two attacks exploded. The two Sannin jumped out of the way of the blast, and the two immediately began with another set of seals to perform attacks. This time Jiraiya fired first.
"Suiton: Teppoudama!" Jiraiya began firing balls of chakra infused water at Orochimaru. Orochimaru quickly countered.
"Doton: Doryuheki!" Orochimaru yelled as a large stone wall arose from the ground and stopped the oncoming attack.
The two Hokage level ninja continued their attacks; meanwhile Kakashi and Kabuto resumed their battle exchanging another set of taijutsu moves. Kabuto however, managed to slip by Kakashi and hit both Kakashi's left arm and left leg with his hands infused with chakra. Kakashi immediately dropped to his knees as his arm and leg went limp, and now Kakashi was on the defensive trying his best to avoid Kabuto's attacks. Kakashi managed to catch Kabuto off guard by fully swinging his body around and landing a hard kick to Kabuto's head with his limp left leg.
"Now, before he recovers, I've got to regain movement in my limbs," Kakashi said to himself as he closed his eyes. "Eight gates, first initial gate release. Second, heal gate, release!" Kakashi searched deep within him and opened the first two gates. Immediately chakra began to flow heavily, Kakashi quickly channeled chakra into his arm and leg, and has now regained full mobility.
"What? He opened two of the gates? I never guessed he learned how to open any of the gates," Kabuto thought to himself as he received a spin kick to his head, which the force sent Kabuto spinning and landing hard on the ground. Kabuto moved in time to avoid oncoming kunai. But Kabuto wasn't able to avoid the shuriken as four of them struck him. Three hit his right shoulder and one stabbed his left leg. "Damn, got to come up with a distraction," Kabuto said to himself as he performed several hand seals and then slammed his hand on the ground. "Kuchiyose No Jutsu!" Kabuto said as he summoned a giant snake. Kabuto quickly jumped away from the snake as it attacked Kakashi, trashing around striking anything in its way. Kabuto immediately began healing his wounds. Meanwhile, Kakashi kept avoiding the snake and then performed several hand seals of his own.
"Doton: Yomi Numa!" Kakashi said as a large swamp of mud appeared underneath the snake drawing it in. As Kabuto finished healing, Kakashi was already rushing in, Kabuto prepared by channeling chakra in his hands once again, but as he started to charge, Kakashi finished another set of seals. "Doton: Doryuu Taiga!" Kakashi finished as river of mud formed underneath Kabuto causing him to slip. Kakashi took this time to race in with kunai in hand, but Kabuto regained his footing and managed to hit Kakashi in the chest with his chakra-powered hand. Kakashi was pushed back; his breathing began to get heavy as he dropped to his knees desperately trying to catch his breath.
"Kakashi-san, it looks like I got you," Kabuto said slowly approaching the injured ninja. "Too bad, I was hoping for a glimpse at the Copy Ninja's real strength," Kabuto grabbed Kakashi and struck his neck, slicing Kakashi's head right off. "That was disappointing," Kabuto said with a smile, but the smile didn't last long as the falling body turned into a log. "Damn! Kawarimi No Jutsu! I fell for such a basic attack!" Kabuto cursed at his foolishness as an injured Kakashi appeared behind him landing a kick that sent Kabuto flying into the shallow lake. As the Sound ninja got up Kakashi was already behind him performing hand seals.
"Suiton: Suiryuudan No Jutsu!" Kakashi finished as a dragon made of pure water arose from the lake. The dragon lifted Kabuto into the air and slammed him into the ground hard as the force of the water beat down on him. Kakashi then prepared one final attack. "Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!" Kakashi yelled producing five clones that all surrounded Kabuto. Kabuto staggered to his feet and looked on in horror as all the clones were performing the same seals as chakra formed in Kakashi's hand. "Raikiri!" The Kakashi's yelled as all of them charged at Kabuto.
"Not yet, I've got something I need to do before I die," Kabuto said to himself as he performed several seals and then disappeared in a puff of smoke. The clones stopped as Kabuto vanished leaving Kakashi alone. Sensing his opponent was gone he leaned his back up against a tree to try and rest.
"D-Damn, he got me really good," Kakashi said aloud grabbing his chest. "I'm sorry, I-I won't be able to help anyone for a while," Kakashi fell unconscious.
The two legendary ninja now stare each other down.
"It's a shame Orochimaru!" Jiraiya yelled.
"What are you talking about Jiraiya?" Orochimaru asked.
"Sarutobi-sensei really thought the world of you. It really is a shame he wasted so much time on you and you still never learned the basic lessons of life. You care about your jutsus and gaining power. But you have no idea what true strength is. The Fourth, he knew. That's why he was chosen," Jiraiya said to his former teammate.
"Jiraiya, trying to preach your garbage to someone who doesn't care is just a waste of your breath. If I'm not the proof that strength comes from what you're able to master, then what about our apprentices. Your brat lost to Sasuke-kun, they're fighting now and Sasuke-kun is still winning," Orochimaru said with an evil smile.
"Yes and why were you coming all the way to Konoha again? Oh, to kill Naruto right? It's because you're scared of him. You're scared of him because he's the Fourth's legacy. Everything you hated about the Fourth is what you see in Naruto. You weren't able to kill The Fourth, so what better than to kill the next best thing. You want to kill The Fourth's legacy. It's quite laughable," Jiraiya said annoying the Snake-Sennin further.
"Jiraiya... Shut up!" Orochimaru yelled as he performed several seals and attacked again. "Katon: Karyuu Endan!" Orochimaru yelled firing the powerful attack off again.
"You're so boring! You've already used this move!" Jiraiya yelled "Katon: Karyuu Endan!" Jiraiya yelled performing the exact same move. The attacks collided and canceled each other out. Jiraiya quickly emerged out of the smoke and laid into Orochimaru with severe taijutsu. His kicks and punches landed with such force Orochimaru was literally being flung around. Orochimaru finally stopped the momentum by expelling poison gas from his mouth like Kabuto had done in his fight with Kakashi. This caused Jiraiya to back away until he was safely free from harm. The two waited for the gas to clear before they began again.
The Sannin were about to finish their fight, Naruto and Sasuke, were about to restart theirs, the fate of two great ninjas from the past, and the future were about to be told.
Jutsu List
Chakra No Mesu - Chakra Scalpel
Dokugiri - Poison Mist
Suiton: Suishuuha - Water Style: Water Collision Destruction
Fuuton: Daitoppa - Wind Style: Great Breakthrough
Doton: Doryuudan - Earth Style: Earth Dragon Missile Jutsu
Katon: Karyuudan - Fire Style: Fire Dragon Missile Jutsu
Suiton: Teppoudama - Water Style: Gunshot
Doton: Doryuheki - Earth Style: Earth Release Wall Jutsu
Doton: Yomi Numa - Earth Style: Swamp of the Underworld
Doton: Doryuu Taiga - Earth Style: Earth Flow River
Kawarimi No Jutsu - Substitution Jutsu
Suiton: Suiryuudan No Jutsu - Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu
Raikiri – Lighting Blade