The Shinobi Hunter: Invasion
By gorutovssageta
Disclaimer: I do not own anything but the story itself.
Tobi stood side by side with Sarutobi, Orochimaru in front of them.
"Fire Release: Fireball Technique!" Tobi roared as he sent a massive fireball at Orochimaru, who free fell out the window behind him to avoid it, the fireball dispersing as it flew toward the sky. Sarutobi dived out the window to follow Orochimaru as Tobi teleported out the room to pursue him. Orochimaru fell toward the ground, slitting his finger with his teeth as he wiped the blood on the base of his hand.
"Summoning Jutsu!" Orochimaru roared as a giant snake appeared on the battlefield, catching Orochimaru before he could touch the earth. Orochimaru looked up as he stood on the top of his summon snake's head, Sarutobi closing in on him with the Enma staff in his hand. A sword slid from Orochimaru's mouth as Sarutobi gained more momentum, the Enma staff and Orochimaru's sword crossing as the former teacher-student duo stared each other down on top Orochimaru's summon snake's head. Tobi reappeared before Orochimaru's summon snake, which he was currently in the midst of his own stare down with. The snake hissed loudly as it struck Tobi with it's tail, the tail phasing through Tobi's body as it made contact. Tobi scratched his head as the snake struck him again, this time with more added force. But the same incident as before occurred. Tobi snickered as he used the Fire Release: Fireball Technique once again, which hit the snake in the chest, causing both Orochimaru and Sarutobi to shift as they stumbled on top of the snake's head. Sarutobi used this opportunity to strike Orochimaru, pressing the Enma staff into Orochimaru's chest, but Orochimaru was replaced with a log. Sarutobi glanced back as Orochimaru was above him, prepared to stab him with his sword. Sarutobi blocked the attack with the Enma staff, Sarutobi slowly pushing Orochimaru back with all his strength. Orochimaru growled as he knew he would soon be succumbed to the Enma staff, which was quite powerful. But he knew that Sarutobi was old, not as he once was. He could use this to his advantage against the old man, who he knew was only a matter of time before he ran out of his limited chakra. But Tobi, who was fighting his snake at the moment, was another task. He did not know who this man was, he never seen this man when he was allied with the Akatsuki. But he had the Sharingan, something Orochimaru hungered, and also feared. This made the situation difficult, especially with the disappearance of Kabuto, who was supposed to have returned by now with the upgrade so Orochimaru could use the Sage. Had Kabuto been attacked, or even possibly betrayed him? Too much was in the air right now… As Orochimaru struggled to hold back the Emna staff with his sword, he pulled back in the nick of time, narrowly avoiding the staff's inevitable impact.
"Your breath is getting ragged… old man," Orochimaru observed gleefully as Sarutobi took a deep breath, beginning to feel his age catch up to him quicker than the old Hokage expected. Orochimaru's smile faded as his summon snake's tail wrapped around his body, squeezing him tightly. Orochimaru groaned as Tobi teleported in front of him, his Sharingan eye studying Orochimaru's face.
"Where is it, snake?" Tobi asked as Orochimaru chuckled in response.
"You'd like to know, wouldn't you Uchiha?" Orochimaru choked out as the snake's grip grew stronger. "He is nearby… awaiting my summoning. Once he is resurrected, you cannot stop him. Your feeble Sharingan will be nothing in response to his might! So cling to your wretched life while you still exist on this plane."
"Fool, I will not die to your Sage," Tobi assured Orochimaru, who's chuckle transformed to an all out laugh.
"You must be some type of fool if you think you'll defeat the Rikudo Sennin!" Orochimaru roared as Sarutobi's eye's widened at the name. "You or your Akatsuki trash! I'll bury all of you!"
"Orochimaru, you've fallen even lower than you once were," Tobi remarked as his Sharingan eyed the snake. "It is time to sleep… Tsukoyomi."
Orochimaru tried to pull out once more before he was victim of the Tsukoyomi, remaining silent as his head fell to his chest.
"What did you do to him?" Sarutobi asked as Tobi undid the trance he had on the summon snake, forcing it to disappear.
"I placed him under my Tsukoyomi," Tobi responded as he glanced at Sarutobi with his only visible eye. "I must go, Orochimaru is no longer of any interest."
"Madara, I've found Kakuzu and Hidan," Pain announced as he met up with Tobi.
"Excellent, are they in fighting shape?" Tobi asked as Pain shook his head no in response.
"They've received a substantial amount of damage, but they're currently under a genjutsu," Pain answered. "Kimimaro is also currently missing."
"How could they be put under a genjutsu?" Tobi asked himself out loud. "It must have been a Sharingan user… intriguing. Alright, let's go Nagato. Kimimaro is a loyal servant, he's appear when it is time. We shall meet again, Hiruzen Sarutobi. But next time, it will mean your death."
Tobi and Pain disappeared via body flicker as Sarutobi tried to absorb in all the information he just received. Supposedly that man was Madara Uchiha, Orochimaru was in control of the Rikudo Sennin, a Rinnegan user is allied with Madara Uchiha, who is also the leader of a criminal organization called the Akatsuki. Sarutobi sighed deeply as he took all of this in.
"We are in the midst of a battle we've never seen before…" Sarutobi stated as a soft rain began to fall over the devastated village.
"Kakashi, are you alright?" Gai asked, his face tight with concern. Though Kakashi tried to act if it wasn't a big deal that he lost his Sharingan, Gai could tell it was really weighing on the shinobi. His movement seemed sloppy, nothing like someone of Kakashi's caliber.
"I'm fine, just a little tired," Kakashi insisted as he took a breath. "Give me a second, I just need to take a quick break." In actuality, Kakashi was not fine. Ever since he lost his Sharingan, Kakashi felt useless. Less than dirt compared to the man he used to be. The mental stability of the shinobi was beginning to waiver, causing the famed Mirror Ninja to doubt himself. The whole reason he even left the hospital was to prove himself he could still be Kakashi Hatake without the Sharingan, that he could hunt down the Red Demon of Konoha, and take him into custody. But would he be able to do such a thing against such an opponent? Kakashi shook off that feeling as he tried to clear his mind. This was not an opponent, it was a delusional child. A boy with an appetite for destruction. A boy that needed to be stopped…
"There is some people approaching Kakashi!" Gai whispered loudly as Kakashi took cover, using the tree above him as cover. Gai went into a shrub, both shinobi watching as a group of shinobi approached them.
"Damn, where are you taking me Anko?" I complained as Anko pulled me down the trail.
"Don't let that bastard get to you Naruto," Anko said firmly as she glared at me. "He's not normal… he's something on an entirely different level than you and me."
"But…" I began as I suddenly picked up the scent of shinobi. "We're being watched Anko… one's in the tree and the other's in the shrub. It's the Mirror Ninja and some other idiot…"
Kakashi's visible eye widened as Anko sent a kunai at his body, which he dodged by using the substitution jutsu, which switched his body with a log. Kakashi leaped to the next tree, where he found himself face to face with Haku, who smiled brightly at him.
"Hello Mirror Ninja, it's been a while," Haku greeted Kakashi warmly as Kakashi's eye widened once again.
"You… you're the one who took Zabuza's body that day," Kakashi choked out as Haku's smile increased in size. "A Leaf Jonin, a rogue Mist ninja, who else is on your team Red Demon?"
"Did you meet my associate Itachi Uchiha?" I asked with a malicious grin as Itachi walked to my side. He glared coldly at Kakashi without speaking a word, Gai too shocked to even utter a word at this point.
"You've certainly grown in strength demon," Kakashi admitted as his fists balled up at his side angrily. "But I can't let you get away with what you did… I will take back my Sharingan. I don't care that you're a child. You're a beast that needs to be put down…" The sound of a thousand birds chirping filled the sky, Kakashi's right hand beginning to spark violently with electricity.
"I've seen this jutsu, it's the famous Lightning Blade that Kakashi was famous for when he was in the ANBU," Anko stated as a grin spread across her face. "I remember seeing it in action when I had a brief stint with the ANBU… found out I was too hardcore for em though."
"ANBU, such useless shinobi," I said as I reminisced on when I was chased by ANBU out the village. "I was just a little kid and I was able to escape from full fledged shinobi… how pathetic is that?"
"Pretty pathetic," Haku agreed as Kakashi's anger reached his boiling point, causing the cool, calm, and collected shinobi to lose it. Kakashi let out a beast like roar as he ran at me as fast as he could, his right hand sprawled out, aimed at my chest. I watched him run with the Sharingan, using this to avoid the attack as it entered my radius. Kakashi flew past me as I side stepped, the shinobi turning around quickly as he prepared to run at me again. I appeared by Kakashi's side in an instant, prepared to place a Hiraishin marker on Kakashi's side, but Kakashi managed to avoid my hand as it homed in on his torso.
"I was trained by Minato-sensei, you'll never be able to use that jutsu against me," Kakashi stated as he took my outstretched hand, pulling me in toward his right hand. My eyes widened dramatically as Kakashi pushed the Lightning Blade into my chest. As the Lightning Blade made contact with my body, my body disappeared in a cloud of smoke. The real me fell from the tree behind Kakashi, holding a Rasengan in my palm. Gai spotted me, attacking me with a strange kick, which was intervened as Gai's outstretched right foot was about to connect with my side. A fireball hit Gai head on, causing him to go flying across the trail. Gai emerged from the small fire the fireball created in it's aftermath, his outfit not so clean as it once looked. It was now covered in dirt and grime, along with several burnt areas around his body.
"Itachi Uchiha, I've trained a long time to battle against the Sharingan!" Gai boosted as Itachi did not say a word in response. "I will defeat you…"
"Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu)" Itachi stated as he sent another fireball at Gai, who did a cartwheel to avoid the fireball. Itachi took off at Gai as he did the cartwheel, Itachi attacking Gai with several quick taijutsu attacks, which seemed to surprise Gai. But Gai's shock turned to confidence as Gai went on the offensive, blocking each of Itachi's attacks, then following up with a quick kick to the chest, which caused Itachi to slide back slightly. Gai took off at Itachi as he did, which Itachi disappeared in a flock of crows as Gai went in for the strike.
"W-What?" Gai stammered as he realized he was in a genjutsu. "B-But when… h-how?"
"When you dodged my attack, I got you to look up near my chest, which is just the range that I need you to look in order for me to place you in a genjutsu," Itachi's voice explained from a crow's mouth. "I realized you were looking at my feet the entire battle, which was quite simple to overcome. You didn't expect me to have knowledge on taijutsu, so this surprised you when I attacked. But you overestimated yourself, this is why you are now in a genjutsu…"
Blood rolled down Gai's mouth as he looked down, a sword pierced through his chest, the shinobi finding himself now on a stake. Several hooded men watched him as he struggled to get free.
"It's useless, you'll be here with us for a while," one of the hooded man stated as he advanced slowly, placing his sword through Gai's arm. Gai roared in pain as he looked at the men with one eye open, one eye closed.
"Dammit…" Gai murmured as he felt another sword go through his kidney. "Dammit…"
As Kakashi and I went into a western stand off, I glanced over at Itachi just in time to see Gai fall over to the ground.
"W-What the hell did you do to him?" Kakashi asked as he tried not to look into Itachi's eyes.
"Itachi, let me handle this one," I told Itachi, who looked prepared to take on Kakashi,
"Make it quick, we don't have time to dawdle," Itachi stated as I nodded in response. I turned to Kakashi, letting out a roar as I unleashed my Nine Tailed Chakra Form, my skin incinerating off my bones as it was replaced with Master's chakra color. Kakashi readied another Lightning Blade as I readied my Final Rasengan.
"I will not lose to you, monster," Kakashi vowed as he poured all the power he could into this Lightning Blade. "I will redeem myself… even if it's just to make my own self feel better… I must defeat you…"
"Then enough talk, let's just end this!" I roared as I ran forward, Kakashi mirroring me. We both ran forward, both attacks homing in on each other. In the midst of this, I didn't realize that my Final Rasengan was shrinking, and the chakra was disappearing. I didn't realize until the Rasengan was completely diminished that something was wrong, my body feeling slightly exhausted now. My eyes widened as Kakashi's Lightning Blade went past my empty hand, now aimed at my chest. I couldn't respond with anything as the Lightning Blade burrowed through my chest, Kakashi's hand sticking out my back when he was done. I felt my body go numb as the Lightning Blade took effect. I felt like almost going unconscious as my body went limp, Kakashi pulling his arm out my chest. He had nearly missed my heart, the attack so fast I wasn't able to use a jutsu to avoid it. Plus, it felt like my whole chakra system went numb for a moment.
"How does it feel, little whelp?" Master asked as I found myself in my mindscape.
"T-This was you?" I stammered as Master chuckled, his blood red eyes glaring at me amusingly. "W-Why…?"
"Not only did you allow that Uchiha brat to take our kill, you disobeyed me when I told you to kill that bastard father of yours!" Master roared as spit hit my face from his mouth. "You better remember who's chakra you're using brat. You best next time do as I say, or it will happen again."
"Y-You son of a bitch!" I roared back as I glared at the old fox angrily. "I could have died! If I didn't move in the nick of time, he would have pierced my heart! Why the hell would you do something like that! We are supposed to be teammates!"
"Little fool, I have no interest in being your partner," Master stated with a sneer. "We have a deal, that is all I care about. And once I get out of here, there will be nothing else to say. Now I'm going back to sleep, don't bother me."
I fell into darkness, my body unconscious at the moment. As I drifted in the darkness, I saw the image of a boy that looked just like me, who was wearing a goofy orange jumpsuit. He was holding back a snake from someone who looked just like Sasuke.
"W-What is this?" I murmured as I fell deeper into the darkness, unable to see the image anymore.
The second battle between Naruto and Kakashi has been decided, with Kakashi the winner this round! Will Naruto be able to bounce back? And what will happen to Kakashi? And will the Kyuubi get away with his betrayal of Naruto? And what is this image Naruto is seeing? Stay tuned to the next chapter of the Shinobi Hunter!
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