Author's Note: Naruto nor the characters of the story belong to me unfortunately and belong rather to Kishimoto Masashi. All I am doing is writing another version of his story according to my creative vision.
"What? My match was moved! Oh man, this is so troublesome." Shikamaru complained.
'Damn, this isn't good at all. I can't unveil Karasu's hidden mechanisms in such a trivial fight. I guess I have no choice...' Kankurou thought. "Proctor, I withdraw." Kankurou said and this got more boos from the audience and caused Shino to be angry.
"Well, that's not my problem. Alright then, the next fight will be between Nara Shikamaru and Temari." Genma said.
Temari smirked and then got on her fan and landed on the battle arena.
"Well, you're in a hurry to fight. Alright, final candidate, get down here." Genma said.
'Maybe I should withdraw too...' Shikamaru thought.
"Get your ass down there and fight, damn it!" Sasuke said and kicked Shikamaru off the railing and into the arena floor.
'That's gotta hurt.' Temari thought.
'Damn that Sasuke bastard.' Shikamaru thought.
Namikaze Hokage
Chapter 14: The Howling Wind
The crowd was booing and throwing garbage at the boy.
'It looks like they were looking forward Naruto's match and now they have to watch some no-name's match. So now they're like, "Who the hell! Get out of here!" There's just no point in fighting a match when no one one expects anything from it.' Shikamaru thought.
"What's this?" Temari asked as she smacked her fan on the ground, "You're going to give up as well?" Temari smirked.
'Oh for kami's sake. Another girl?' Shikamaru thought as he looked at Temari.
'Then again, he never had any interest in doing anything from the moment I met him.' Asuma thought.
"That damn Shikamaru better do something or else I'm going to beat the crap out of him!" Ino growled as her hair started to move.
"I don't think that's the right way to motivate someone." Sakura said with a sweatdrop.
"Look Shikamaru, I don't care if you kick her ass or she kicks your ass, just fight already! I'm bored!" Sasuke roared.
"If you're not going to attack then I will!" Temari said and then grabbed her fan and ran toward Shikamaru.
"Man, she seems really excited about this." Shikamaru said as he went to his pockets to take his kunais.
Temari jumps up and slams her fan down while Shikamaru tried to counter with his kunais, and a loud noise is made as her fan hits. She grins for a while until the smoke clears and Shikamaru was nowhere to be seen.
"I'm usually the last guy who likes to fight and to be honest I don't really care about becoming chunnin but despite that, there's no way I'm going to lose to a girl. So, while I'm still motivated, let's have some fun." Shikamaru smirked as he had used his kunais to stand up on the wall.
This angered Temari and she swung her fan to unleash powerful winds at Shikamaru but when the smoke cleared, Shikamaru was nowhere to be seen. She then turned her head and saw the tree by the shadows.
'This guy's quick at running away.' Temari thought with a smirk.
'But I can't really hit a girl too.' Shikamaru thought as he hid behind the tree.
'That guy uses shadows as his weapon like he did against that sound girl.' Temari thought as she recalled Shikamaru's last fight. 'He's probably trying me into the trees where the shadows are abundant. Hmm, like I would fall for such a lame trick.' Temari added mentally.
'Damn it, why am always the one who has to fight a girl. Makes me look sexist.' Shikamaru thought.
"That's the way Shikamaru! Now beat the crap out of her with your 16-hit combo!" Ino said as she cheered for her teammate.
'Since when did Shikamaru have a 16-hit combo?' Sakura thought.
"Can I sit next to you?" Chouji asked as he had arrived, munching on some chips.
"What? Your stomach is okay already?" Ino asked and Chouji nodded. He then sat down next to her and took another chip.
"Huh? Why is Shikamaru fighting now? I thought Naruto was supposed to be next?" Chouji asked.
"Don't say that!" Ino said as she tried to keep her friend quiet but it was too late as Sakura heard and went into a depressed mode, "Don't worry Sakura, I am sure Naruto will come soon." Ino laughed nervously but that did nothing as Sakura was still depressed, 'Okay, that didn't do anything. Man, she's really taking it hard.' Ino thought.
"But I would never think Shikamaru would be fighting in the finals. He is lazy after all." Chouji said as he ate another chip.
"Don't say that. Shikamaru is very good at devising strategies and it was thanks to him that we survived all the way to the preliminaries. Besides, before you came Shikamaru actually jumped down into the arena. I've never seen him this motivated before. BEAT HER UP, SHIKAMARU!" Ino yelled.
"Man this is so boring, I'm going to sleep." Sasuke said and went to sleep.
'Man, the clouds are so nice, all peaceful and free. To be honest, I have no motivation to begin with, all I wanted was to be an average ninja and then marry an average wife, have children who become successful and retire.' Shikamaru thought as he looked at the clouds. 'But I guess things don't always go your way. Mendoukse.' Shikamaru thought as he stood up and grinned.
'What's up with that stupid grin? Is he mocking me?' Temari thought, "Ninpou Kamaitachi (Ninja Art: Sickling Winds)!" Temari yelled and then swung her fan and unleashed a flurry of sharp winds toward Shikamaru and even the crowd felt it.
'Now I see how she deflected my weapons. Next time, it won't be the same!' Ten-Ten thought.
Temari smirked but then saw Shikamaru's shadow technique head for her and she did a couple of flips to get farther away from it. When the shadow reached its limit and retreated, she then traced a line on the ground with her fan.
'Kagemane No Justu (Shadow Imitation Technique). I've figured out its nature. Looks like there's a limit to how you can stretch, shrink, and transform your shadow. No matter how you much you want to stretch or transform it, you can only stretch it as much as its surface area. Isn't that right?" Temari asked as she finished her explanation.
"Correct." Shikamaru replied with a smirk.
'Even if I assume that he used the stage wall's shadow to increase his shadow's range, this is as far as his shadow stretches; 15 meters and 32 centimeters.' Temari thought as he put her fan on the line.
'She used her fan to measure the shadow's range and on top of that Temari is better with long-range combat than close combat. She's practically got this in the bag.' Kankurou thought.
Shikamaru leaned against the wall and then looked at the girl before then closing his eyes and put his hands together in the form of a seal.
"What kind of seal is this?" Kurenai asked as she was sitting next to Asuma.
"That's no seal." Asuma said as he recognized it.
"Then what is it?" Kurenai asked.
"That's a habit of is, he does it every time he needs to think of a plan. You see, Shikamaru thinks like an old man and likes to play shougi and board games against me. Every time I had him cornered, he assumed that position to come up with a counter-attack and I've never beaten him." Asuma said.
"But this isn't a shougi game, this is real-life combat." Kurenai countered.
"But I've heard that the pieces used for devising war games eventuall ended up in games like that. So in layman's terms, Shikamaru is like a clever strategist." Asuma said.
"But when I looked at his grades during the Academy, he was dead last." Kurenai said.
"Hmm. That's because he said it was too troublesome to move his pencil in the academy written test and as a result, he always slept during the test. But because he was so good at strategy games, it didn't make sense to me so I decided to give him a test in terms of a game to test his intelligence." Asuma said.
"And how did he do?" Kurenai asked.
"He's clever all right, he possess an I.Q of over 200." Asuma said.
"200?" Kurenai repeated, stunned.
Shikamaru then opened his eyes, ending his pose.
"He's now going to begin!" Asuma said.
"Hmm, it looks like you are a bit motivated." Temari smirked and then fired off another attack and Shikamaru took out a kunai and ran off, "Oh no you don't!" Temari said and made her attack follow Shikamaru, who then had to take off his vest.
"Are you sure he has a plan?" Kurenai asked and Asuma didn't know how to answer.
"Come out already!" Temari yelled and fired her attack once more.
Suddenly, two kunais came at her one over the other but she was able to dodge them as one below struck the ground close to her while the other one above flew further away. Then another from a different direction flew at her and she also blocked it but then Shikamaru's shadow technique headed straight for her.
'It's useless, it won't reach me. Wait!' Temari said as she then realized that the shadow was going to reach her and thus she backed away a bit more to be out of its range.
"So you figured out, huh?" Shikamaru asked.
"So you were killing time to wait for the sun to set in order to extend the range of your shadow. When the sun sets down, shadows grow, correct?" Temari said.
"Damn, he was so close!" Ino complained.
"Bur how can he use his shadow?" Chouji asked.
"As long as there is light, there will always be a shadow inside a shadow. You really don't know a thing about Shikamaru." Ino said, reprimanding the boy.
'Calculating the sun's height and his current attack range, he cannot go further than this.' Temari thought.
"Temari! Look above you!" Kankurou yelled out.
"Huh?" Temari said as she looked above.
'Brilliant.' Shino thought.
"What the?" Temari said as she looked up while at the same time a shadow was starting to form right next to her. 'Shit!' Temari cursed mentally as she finally noticed the forming and shadow and then started to back away.
"I won't let you get away!" Shikamaru yelled.
"I'd never guessed he would use his vest as a parachute to give himself more shadows to work with. This guy is really something with his shadow attacks. He forced me to keep my attention on the ground so I wouldn't be able to focus on his parachute and now...if I focus on the parachute, I'll be distracted from his ground attacks. What a nasty tactic..but now it's crystal clear what the Kagemane No Jutsu is truly about. The technique is like a flexible glue-trap where you can change the shape of your shadow as long you maintain its natural surface area. Plus you can use any other shadows in the path of your shadow in the path of your shadow to extend its length.' Temari thought. She finally was able to outrun the shadow attack as it stopped and she looked at Shikamaru with a sneer on her face.
"You managed to dodge me again, huh." Shikamaru said.
"It doesn't look like his plans are working that well." Kurenai said.
"The problem is that his opponent is also a good strategist." Asuma said.
'If i don;t get this over with his advantage will keep growing.' Temari thought and she then put her fan to the ground, 'I'll use the bushin technique to create a clone and make him jump at it. Then while he's doing that, I'll build up my chakra to the maximum level and then hit him with a full force Kamaitachi.' Temari thought. She then saw his shadow retreating and then started to go for the bushin technique when her eyes suddenly widened, 'My body. It can't move!' Temari thought.
"Kagemane Mokushi No Jutsu (Shadow Imitation Spot Technique) success." Shikamaru said.
"Kagemane Mokushi No Jutsu?" Everyone asked.
"The Kagemane Mokushi No Jutsu is a jutsu that is used in conjunction with the Kageten (shadow spot), a creature created out of the shadows. My family over the years became so good with shadows that it enabled them to even create weapons or creatures out of them and the Kageten is one. You see, it is a sort of symbiote that can capture others by gluing itself into their shadows." Shikamaru explained.
"But that doesn't explain how you were able to capture me?" Temari asked.
"You remember that time when I threw three kunais at you? Well, there were two that I threw first and one landed next to you while the other landed further ahead and guess where you are?" Shikamaru smirked, and turned his head and so did she andwhen she did, she saw a huge spot over her shadow, "That's the spot where the kunai landed and that kunai was actually the Kageten in the form of a kunai that I threw over the other kunai so I can miss you so that you would think I overthrew you when in reality, it was because I was actually throwing it at a spot to trap your shadow with, hence the parachute diversion." Shikamaru said.
"Wait, you mean to tell me that the parachute was a diversion?" Temari asked in disbelief.
"Yep. The parachute was a way to keep on moving you until you were close enough for the kageten to do its trick. Just like in chess, you win or lose with the first move." Shikamaru said.
"However, I'm going to have to forfeit this one." Shikamaru said.
"NANI?" Everyone yelled.
"What did you say?" Temari asked.
"Listen, all of these moves I did used all of my chakra so I can only hold you for ten seconds, and after going through 200 moves, this is the only viable option. Besides, one match is enough for me, having to do another would be way too troublesome." Shikamaru said.
'What a weird kid.' Genman thought, "The winner is Temari." Genma announced.
"So Shino, what happened?" Sasuke asked as he woke up.
"Nothing, except that Shikamaru forfeited due to lack of chakra despite having the startegic advantage." Shino replied.
"I see, typical Shikamaru." Sasuke smirked.
"I can't believe he actually gave up!" Ino yelled.
"I told you he would give up, guess you don't him well enough." Chouji said as he was munching on his chips.
"Even despite giving up, he definitely has the make-up of a chunnin. His intellect and strategy-making are beyond that of a genin and if this was a real mission, he would have succeeded." Kurenai said.
"And on top of that, his lack of motivation actually allows him to be extremely calm and composed in missions, thus making him even more successful." Asuma added.
"That Shikamaru kid is unlike the others. He definitely could have won if he didn't give up sooner though but unlike Sasuke or Neji, he thinks like a chunnin would, not a genin." Izumo said.
"Definitely." Kotetsu said.
"Geez Shikamaru, did you really have to give up?" Sasuke asked.
"Like I said, one match is enough and besides that, it would be too troublesome to fight either you or Naruto." Shikamaru replied with a sigh.
'It looks like Naruto still hasn't appeared.' The Hokage thought.
"So, do you think he's coming anymore?" Kankurou asked as Temari returned to the waiting room.
"Yeah, he'll be here. In fact, he's already here." Gaara said with a smirk and then shunshined all the way to the arena. At the same, a tornado arrived on the arena and revealed itself to be Naruto, who had on the same clothing as before except
"Show-off." Sasuke smirked.
"No way, it's really him." Ino said.
'Naruto-kun...you made it.' Sakura thought.
"You're lucky you made on time, I was about to disqualify you." Genma said.
"Gomen nasai, but I had things to take care of first." Naruto apologized with a foxy grin.
"Do you feel it Shinji?" Haku asked.
"Feel what Haku-chan?" Shinji asked.
"Naruto-kun's chakra...he's gotten even stronger than before." Haku said.
"Who is this Naruto anyway? What's so good about him?" Suigetsu asked.
"He's the one that defeated me." Haku said, surprising the swordsman.
"If that is the case then we should definitely pay attention to this match so we can see his skills." Izoa said.
'Namikaze Naruto...hopefully you will be able to me why you were chosen as the leader of the new Ninja world.' Kyo thought as he looked at the young boy.
"Hey Kyo, what's up?" Shina asked as she entered the stadium.
"Yo, Shina-chan?" Kyo said and was about to hug when she punched him on the head, knocking him to the ground.
"I told you not to call me that, ero-Uchiha." Shina growled.
"Shina? Is that really you?" Kakashi asked he was surprised.
"It's you...Kakashi-kun." Shina said, startled, and lightly blushed.
"How come you never told me you were in town?" Kakashi asked.
"Well, I mostly came here to meet my nephew Naruto. I'm sorry I didn't tell you I was in town, Ka-kun." Shina replied, using her nickname for Kakashi.
"Wait, if Naruto is your nephew then that would make you his aunt, right?" Sakura asked.
"Yes, that would. My name is Uzumaki Shina, and you are?" Shina asked politely.
"Oh, gomen. My name is Haruno Sakura." Sakura replied.
"Sakura, Sakura. Oh yeah, I remember now, you're the girl Naruto mentioned when he wanted to get stronger so he can protect his precious people during training." Shina said.
"Naruto-kun really did?" Sakura asked and when Shina nodded, she started to blush, 'Naruto-kun really cares about me.' Sakura thought as she looked at the blond.
"So by the way Shina-chan, do you know who trained Naruto?" Kakashi asked.
"I do, but I can't tell you." Shina answered.
"Why not?" Kakashi asked, wanting to know who trained Naruto.
"Because they told me not to. Besides, you'll find out on your own later." Shina grinned.
'So he's the son of that wretched bastard, huh? I'll make sure to personally kill him in the near future.' The Kazekage thought.
"Okay you two, I'll keep it short. You win by either defeating, killing or making your opponent forfeit, and if I see fit, I will step in to stop match. With that said, begin!" Genma said and then backed away from the two youths. Naruto immediately got into his stance while Gaara's sand started to leak from his gourd.
"My my Naruto, you look so tense. Are you that scared of fighting me?" Gaara asked with a smirk.
"Actually, I'm excited about the prospect of crushing you to the ground, Gaara." Naruto replied with a smirk.
"Not if I kill you first! Sand Graveyard Cut!" Gaara yelled out and then a sand wave split the ground and headed for Naruto who dodged it by disappearing and reappearing in the air.
"It looks like he started to use his Tenkazedou." Kakashi said.
"Yeah but that level of speed is nowhere near as fast as Lee's." Gai said.
"Fuuton: Kaze Ha Otoshi No Jutsu!" Naruto yelled out and used his favorite technique but Gaara's sand was able to block the attack.
"Is that all you've got? Suna Shuriken!" Gaara yelled out and then unleashed sand-make shurikens at Naruto who once again used his Tenkazedou to move out of the way and reappear a few feet away from Gaara.
"Sunaryuu (Sand Dragon)!" Gaara yelled out and form a dragon out of sand that shot toward Naruto, who saw it coming and went through his own seals.
"Fuuton: Kazerouga (Wind Element: Wind Wolf Fang)" Naruto yelled out and then shot from his hands a wolf-headed wind attack that collided with Gaara's dragon and caused both attacks to cancel each other.
"Wow, this match is intense." Ino said.
Naruto then used his Tenkazedou to disappear and reappear in front and threw a right straight but Gaara's sand was able to move to block it.
"Ha, unlike that other guy, this is the kind of speed Gaara's sand can keep up with. There's no way he's hitting Gaara with that." Kankurou said with a smirk.
Naruto then smirked and suddenly, Gaara was hit by an powerful unseen force that was so powerful that it knocked him straight into the wall of the arena.
"Holy crap, the force behind that attack was incredible but what was that?" Sasuke asked in awe.
"What just happened? Gaara's sand should have blocked that easy!" Temari exclaimed in surprise.
"Can someone tell me what did Naruto just do?" Ten-Ten asked.
"I see what he did now." Kakashi said and everyone turned to listen in, "He practically shot a high-speed wind pressure that basically tore through Gaara's sand like it was nothing and struck him." Kakashi revealed.
"But how is that possible? Wind is fast but that not that fast and Gaara had that sand of his up?" Sakura asked.
"Now I get it. He basically used his Tenkazedou to speed up his arm movement so he could punch faster but not only that but during that time of movement, he was also molding his chakra into winds that he could release through his punch." Gai said as he saw through what Naruto did.
"Sakura, you remember that demonstration I did about chakra in the mission to Wave, remember? Well, it's the exact principle Naruto used in this attack. Wind itself is fast but like you said it's not that fast. But what if that wind was released by an even faster force? Essentially, Naruto used his Tenkazedou to speed up his arm so that it is already moving at high-speeds by the time he shoots that powerful wind attack from his fist." Kakashi explained.
"So basically, Naruto turned his arm into a wind cannon, his arm acting like the cannon and the wind as the cannonball." Sakura said as she understood what was going on.
"Exactly. While the Tenkazedou is not that fast in terms of movement, it makes it up by giving Naruto total body speed instead of just movement speed and with that technique mastered, Naruto was able to then use it as the main cataclyst for his new attack. Against that, Gaara's sand is powerless." Kakashi said.
"So Gaara, how do you like my Tenkazedou: Ranjinsoku (Heavenly Wind Body: Swift Storm)" Naruto asked with a smirk.
"NAMIKAZE NARUTO!" Gaara yelled as he got back up, his sand armor on.
"That sand armor, huh? I'll break it to pieces!" Naruto said and then used his Tenkazedou to move toward Gaara. "Rajinsoku: Shippu Ken (Swift Storm: Hurricane Fist)!" Naruto yelled out and then brought his fist up like an uppercut and even though Gaara had his shield up, Naruto was able to unleash a powerful hurricane that sucked up Gaara, and cut him all over, leaving him floating in the air.
"Now you've made me mad! Suna Bakaretsu (Sand Explosion)!" Gaara growled and then gathered massive amount of sand energy into a ball and fired it at Naruto who moved out of the way. The ball struck the ground and cause a great explosion resulting in a crater.
Naruto was about to run after Gaara when he stopped as he saw a large ball of sand with a small hole in it.
"What is that?" Naruto asked.
'Don't tell me that he's going to use that jutsu?' Kankurou thought.
'That ball of sand, it's probably a much higher defense than his sand shield and it's probably automatic as well which means I might be risking an injury if I rush like that and I also doubt my previous attacks will work judging by the composition of this defense which means, I have to use that jutsu!' Naruto thought, and then created a clone.
"Why is Naruto creating a clone now?" Sasuke asked.
'I'm sorry big brother, I didn't mean for this to happen, but don't worry, I'll finish him off with this technique. Oh yes, there will be blood, lots and lots of blood. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!' Gaara laughed as he was talking to his 'big brother' and then started to chant some seals.
"Is he actually thinking of using that now?" Kankurou asked, trembling.
"But what about the plan? If he uses this now, it will mess up everything!" Temari said.
'Plan?' Shino thought as he overheard the two siblings.
"Okay, let's do it like we practiced!" Naruto told his clone who nodded and then started to do some fast hand motions and as he did, a ball of chakra and wind started to form in Naruto's right hand.
"What is Naruto doing with that clone?" Ino asked.
"It's like he's using to mold chakra into his hand." Sakura said.
"Masaka! He actually mastered that jutsu!" Kakashi exclaimed in surprise.
"What do you mean by that jutsu, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked.
"If it's truly what I think it is, you'll see what I mean." Kakashi replied.
'Wait, this can't be? Did he actually master one of his father's jutsus?' The Hokage thought as he recognized what was happening.
"Okay, here we go!" Naruto said as the jutsu was finished and then he started to run toward Gaara and he did, there were spikes that protruded from the ball of sand, 'Like I thought, he had a defense!' Naruto thought as he avoided them.
"Eat this! FUUTON: RASENGAN! (Wind Element: Spiraling Sphere)" Naruto yelled and then struck the hole with his jutsu. The attack was so powerful that it destroyed the ball of sand and knocked Gaara back into the wall, making a large explosion.
"GAARA!" Kankurou and Temari yelled out.
"So he did master it after all, the Rasengan." Kakashi said.
"The Rasengan?" Sasuke, who had joined his teammate and teacher in the stands, and Sakura both repeated.
"Yes, the Rasengan. The Rasengan was one of the two ultimate techniques created by the Yondaime Hokage. It is the pinnacle of chakra control as it requires immense talent in it to create that technique and it's not just the control of the technique that makes it great, it's the immense power of it. It's so powerful that it causes massive external and internal damage and can even destroy a boulder. Compared to this, my chidori is nothing." Kakashi explained, 'And not only that, but he was able to take one step further than sensei by adding his own nature element into it. Naruto, you're incredible.' Kakashi added mentally.
"Woah." Both genins said.
'But now that I know that he can use this jutsu, I know exactly who trained him during the break.' Kakashi thought.
'Who would have thought that there would actually exist a kid in Konoha capable of doing this to Gaara?' Baki thought.
'Did I do it?' Naruto asked as he look at the hole in the wall.
Gaara came out and stumbled to the ground, coughing blood as he was clutching his stomach in pain.
"Gaara!" His siblings yelled.
"Damn you Namikaze!" Gaara growled.
'Looked it worked.' Naruto said.
"I'll kill you!...Argh!" Gaara said and stood up only to clutch his head in pain.
"What the hell is going on now?" Naruto asked.
"Please big brother, just let me have one more chance! I can kill him! I can..." Gaara started to say but then stopped and his head went down.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Gaara then hollered, startling everyone. He then stopped laughing and looked at Naruto with colder eyes than before. He also let go of his stomach, who had no marks on it.
"What the?" Naruto exclaimed in disbelief
"What the? It did nothing to him?" Sasuke exclaimed in disbelief.
'That kid could survive the Rasengan head-on? Who the devil is he or what is he?' Kakashi thought.
"Do you feel it Shina?" Kyo asked.
"Yeah, I do. Something is different about that kid, something much stronger." Shina said.
"Hello Namikaze Naruto. My name is Sabaku No Shin(true) Gaara. I've heard so much about you from little brother but I'm glad we can finally meet face to face." Gaara said in a much deeper tone.
"Something's changed about him." Gai says.
"He's a totally different person from before." Kakashi said.
"That kind of reaction...that guy has a double personality!" Ino said as she realized what was going on.
"A double personality? You've got to be kidding me!" Sasuke said.
"I'm not. My father made me study about mental cases and split personalities are one of them, and the way he acted fits the case for split personalities. Besides, he mentioned little and big brother, basically indicating the are two Gaaras, and that this one, the big brother, is the real one." Ino explained.
'So, the true Gaara is finally out.' Temari thought.
'This is not good! I hope he only comes after that kid and leaves.' Kankurou thought in fright.
'So that's the big brother he was talking about. The big guy and now he's finally out.' Naruto thought.
"I am impressed that you were able to do so much to little brother, not many have been able to do so in such a long while so you can see I haven't fought in a while." Gaara said.
"Thank you and I'm glad you're out because then I know I have truly defeated you." Naruto said.
Suddenly, bird feathers fell from the sky into the stands, causing some of the audience to fall asleep.
"Everyone, this is a genjutsu, cancel now while you still can!" Kakashi said and he, Gai, Ten-Ten, Sasuke, Sakura, Kyo, and Shina were able to cancel it.
"Well, shall we get going?" The Kazekage asked and then his men threw smoke bombs.
'Operation commence!' Baki, Temari, and Kankurou all thought.
Outside of the stadium, huge snakes suddenly appeared and started to go through the walls of the city. Back in the stadium, the anbus jumped in to start intercepting the attack.
"Li team above, Ro team below. Protect the ministers." The anbu leader in the beige cloak said and they were going to into the smoke when suddenly the Kazekage's bodyguards jumped at them.
"Get out of my way!" The anbu leader said and cut both men in two.
"GWAA!" The voice of someone in pain was heard by the anbus and Kakashi and Gai as then the Kazekage had taken the Hokage hostage and jumped in the roof and also, four shadows sneaked out of the two bodyguard bodies, and landed on the four corners of the roof. One had six arms with a ponytail and dark skin, one was a red-haired girl, the other was large orange-haired man, and the last was a gray-haired man with a strange stump on his back. All wore strange purple costumes but one thing they had in common is that they had sound forehead protectors.
"Do it." The Kazekage ordered
"Ninpou: Quad Purple Flame Wall!" All four said as they activated a large rectangular barrier around the roof.
'Oto-nins.' The Hokage thought as he recognized the ninjas.
"For the sand to betray the leaf..." The Hokage said.
"An alliance is just a camouflage to make the enemy relax their guard. The stupid fighting games end here...from now on, history changes!" The Kazekage said as he had a kunai near the Hokage's cheek.
"You want to start a war, Kazekage?" The Hokage asked.
"Exactly." The Kazekage replied
"We should avoid fighting each other through needless wars and negotiate with each other while there's still time, Kazekage-dono." The Hokage said.
"Heh...do we become peace-loving fools when we age, Sarutobi-sensei." The Kazekage said.
"So it's you..." The Hokage said as he realized who it was though he somehow already knew.
"What the hell is going on here?" Suigetsu asked.
"It seems the sand and sound have joined forces to attack the leaf. Mizukage-sama, what should we do?" Izoa asked.
"I didn't really expect the leaf to be attacked but we can't squander this opportunity to prove ourselves to the leaf." Haku said.
"So what are you saying Haku-chan?" Shinji asked.
"We'll fight alongside the leaf." Haku answered.
"Hold on a sec, you're the Mizukage, your safety should be of the most utmost importance!" Izoa countered.
"Don't think I'm a defenseless little girl, Izoa. Besides, there are a few jutsus I would like to try out." Haku smirked.
"Oh yeah! We're going to fight, fight, fight, fight, FIGHT!" Suigetsu hollered and then headed out.
"That Suigetsu-baka, getting all overexcited because of a simple battle. Though, me and my blade have been itching for a fight since it's been a while since we fought the Mizukage and his swordsmans and this is shaping up to be the perfect battlefield to fight." Izoa said with a bloodlusted face, and then also headed out.
"My, these two sure are bloodthirsty," Shinji said as he saw the two leave, and he then turned to Haku, "Well Haku-chan, shall we get going?" Shinji smiled.
"Hai." Haku nodded and then took off her Mizukage robes to reveal her old combat attire and then she and Shinji headed out.
"Gaara, don't forget about the plan!" Baki said as he and the three siblings jumped down to the arena.
"It seems that this arena will not be enough for us so why don't we move to a more fitting location, Namikaze Naruto?" Gaara asked, completely ignoring Baki.
"GAARA! We don't have time for this, we have a plan to get started." Baki yelled out.
"And who are you to tell me what to do, Baki? I have set my eyes on my target and I will not stop until this target's existence has been devoured by my own. Besides, I doubt you will have problems killing such weak foes, Baki and if you do, I'll just have to come back and clean up the mess like I always do." Gaara replied.
"So Namikaze Naruto, shall we get going?" Gaara asked.
"Go Naruto, I'll hold these guys off. We're in a war and is your enemy and it is your duty to defeat him. Besides, you are already chunnin material so go." Genma said as he saw the blond look at him worried.
"Understood. Let's do this Gaara." Naruto said and both vanished out of sight using shunshin.
'Naruto...' Kakashi thought as he saw the young blond leave.
"Damn that Gaara!" Baki growled.
"What are we supposed to do, sensei?" Temari asked.
"You help out in this battle like I will. We're in a war, remember." Baki replied.
"But what about Gaara? We need him for this!" Kankurou protested.
"Right now, he's focused on that Namikaze kid so he's out of the plan for now. You'll just have to do this on your own until he returns after he's done with that kid since I doubt that kid is strong enough to defeat Gaara. Now go!" Baki yelled and the two genins understood and went off to join the fight. Unberknownst to them, two people in the shadows saw them move and then vanished, heading after them.
"So, is the leader of this party...Orochimaru?" Genma asked.
"Who knows? Let's just have some fun." Baki said and then both jounins rushed toward and collided in battle.
'Nice, now Gaara will be able to crush that Namikaze now that he's at full strength.' The Kazekage thought.
"I see, so that's how it is." The Hokage said.
"Your foolishness has caused the leaf to fall further behind. I have won." The Kazekage said.
"I thought I told you that it wasn't over until it was over...Orochimaru." The Hokage said.
The Kazekage then took off his face to reveal the face of Orochimaru.
"I knew this day would come but don't think that you will get my head so easily." The Hokage smirked.
"I told you that you should hurry and pick the Godaime because today is the day you die, Sandaime!" Orochimaru said and licked his kunai with his tongue.
Kakashi and Gai were about to rush in to help the Hokage when the anbu that knocked out Kiba appeared in front of them.
"What are you doing here? Go help the Hokage!" Gai said.
Then, six oto-nins appeared, three on each side of the anbu.
"So he's a traitor, and the one who activated the genjutsu." Kakashi said.
"Yare, yare, and here I thought this village's security was supposed to be air-tight." Kyo sighed.
"And there's no way we can enter that barrier ninjutsu and on top of that, Orochimaru is with the Hokage." Shina said, and everyone looked at inside the barrier and saw Orochimaru there.
"Orochimaru? That snake bastard is here!" Sasuke growled as he remembered the snake sannin.
"This isn't good at all." Gai said.
"Hey sensei, what should we do? What about Naruto?" Sakura asked.
"I've got a plan but first, let's cut the enemy's size down a bit." Kakashi said as he took a kunai and then he nodded to Gai, Kyo, and Shina and they all dispersed, taking the enemy ninjas around.
Back in the barrier, Orochimaru was looking off at the carnage with tears in his eyes, causing the Hokage to chuckle.
"Are you actually crying because you're so happy or because you are saddened by what you are about to do, Orochimaru?" The Hokage smirked.
"Not at all." Orochimaru said and then stabbed his own hand with his kunai and yawned. "I was feeling sleepy but now I'm awake." Orochimaru added.
"That's what I thought. You're not one to hold a grudge nor do you have a goal for this." The Hokage said.
"Well, I wouldn't say that. I do have a goal. You see, I like to see things in motion. While people like to see things still and actually find them quite beautiful, I however detest them." Orochimaru said as he took off the Kazekage hat.
"You sure haven't changed at all, I see." The Hokage said.
"Sakura! Sasuke! I'm glad you guys are still awake. I want you two to go and wake Shikamaru for me." Kakashi said as he and the others took out more ninjas.
"What for sensei?" Sakura asked.
"It's simple. You guys are going on a A-ranked mission." Kakashi said.
"NANI?" Both yelled.
To Be Continued...
"Yo, the name's Suigetsu here and I'm doing the preview this time"
"How fantastic, I'm pretty sure they'll be greatly informed by your great linguistic skills."
"Urusai Izoa-teme! Anyway, Sakura, Sasuke, Shikamaru, and Kakashi's dog Pakkun are going on a mission to find Naruto and help in battle against that freak Gaara but they won't be the only ones fighting as us swordsman of the mist are going to also help out and battle three swordsman employed by Orochimaru known as the Sadist Brothers and also, Orochimaru and the Hokage are about to battle it out, all that more next time on Namikaze Hokage!"
"That wasn't so bad after all for a baka."
"URUSAI!"
Next time: Sand, Sound, and Swords