Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Yu Yu Hakusho. Are you all not entertained by my suffering from not owning the rights to these two series? Well...then you guys are super cold-blooded, seriously not cool man. I'm going to watch John Wick 3 to ease my suffering, thanks a lot you jerks...no seriously thanks a lot I don't really need a reason to watch that movie again but damn it it's just too good.
What was the point of my rant again?
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"Talk" Tailed Beast talking.
"Think" Tailed Beast thinking.
In the chaos of the Konohagakure's invasion, over a hundred battles were being fought within the first ten minutes since Orochimaru commenced Operation: Konoha Crush. Already dozens from both sides had perished, but the main event being observed by the Gods was the one being started by Hiruzen and Naruto against Orochimaru himself.
For Naruto this was a surreal moment. Standing opposite of him was one of his targets that the Shinigami wanted dead. Because he wasn't an idiot anymore, he now knew why. Orochimaru was possibly one of the worst criminals within the Bingo Book, kidnapping and experimenting on his fellow villagers ranging from civilian children to the members of the Anbu Black Ops. His body count was sickening, and who knew what he had been up to since he defected from the village? The Snake Sannin needed to die.
Hiruzen heard the multiple explosions within his village and could only imagine the pain and suffering that was being inflicted upon his shinobi. "So, you're the mastermind behind all this. I never thought you would fall so low."
Orochimaru licked his lips. "You're to blame for all of this Sarutobi-sensei. After you ruined my experiments and ousted me from the village, my hatred has only grown by the day."
"So you killed Rasa in order to gain more soldiers for your cause." Hiruzen narrowed his eyes in disgust.
"You misunderstand. Rasa was all for allying with me to take you down after your village stole more than half their missions thanks to their Daimyo." Orochimaru said with a slight chuckle. "However, there was a slight hiccup in our relationship. He didn't trust me fully and that hurt my feelings. So I had to kill him."
"You son of a bitch, the Sand shinobi don't even know. Do they?" Naruto barked in an accusing manner.
"Kukuku, indeed Naruto-kun. The fools are dying for a dead mans fruitless cause. Just like you!" Orochimaru practically disappeared and appeared right in front of the Jinchuriki, a kunai poised to stab him. The blonde raised his right fist that was covered in rock and blocked the strike.
"Nice try snake-face. But you're going to have to wake up pretty early to get the drop on me!" Naruto taunted the Snake Sannin.
"Earth Style: Great Mud River!" His hands flying into the tiger seal, the surface of the roof under Orochimaru's feet turned into a river of thick mud that swept him off his feet and carried him down stream. Hiruzen's hands flashed to his next set of hand seals.
But Naruto was already on it. "Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bomb!" Going through the familiar set of hand seals that he was quite familiar with, he created a dragon-like head out of the mud river Hiruzen created, it opened its mouth and fired off large mud balls at their foe.
'Clever Naruto. Now let me show you how to combine these two jutsu.' Hiruzen mentally congratulated the Genin. Snapping his hands to the tiger deal, he inhaled and focused his chakra into his lungs. "Fire Style: Fire Dragon Bomb!" He roared before exhaling a powerful stream of fire from his mouth.
Naruto watched in awe as the two jutsu combined together. The mud solidified into molten orbs of destruction. The two dozen he made struck Orochimaru dead center and charred him to a crisp. But the visage of the Snake Sannin soon turned to mud.
"Striking Shadow Snake!" Orochimaru opened his mouth to to reveal a green scaled snake that shot at him like a bullet. It opened its mouth to reveal a set of fangs dripping with poison.
Raising his right arm, Naruto clutched his stone covered hand into a fist. "Eat rocks you bastard!" He yelled before firing it at the snake. It literally launched off his hand like a missile and crushed the opposing serpent's head like a bug.
"Ninja Art: Tile Shuriken!" The tiles from the roof they were fighting on rose and flew at Orochimaru. They struck his former student, and instead of hearing the sound of bones breaking, his body turned into mud.
"Kukuku, it seems you've lost a step Sarutobi-sensei. If you were five seconds faster you might have gotten me." Orochimaru taunted the older man.
"And you have stayed exactly the same." Hiruzen narrowed his eyes. A foreboding feeling hit his stomach like he swallowed a rock. "You didn't..."
"I did." Orochimaru's smile was sickening.
Naruto was confused, and his mask showed it. "What are you talking about?"
"Naruto, do you remember what my former student is wanted for?"
It took Naruto no more than ten seconds for him to realize what that meant. "No way, he couldn't have become immortal!"
Orochimaru's laugh sent chills up their spines. The Snake Sannin moved his right hand to the side of his face and tore it away to reveal something they never expected. It was not the face of a man who barely looked like he was forty, instead it was that of a young, remarkably beautiful woman with red lipstick. But whatever remained of her appearance was taken over by Orochimaru. Her eyes, they were the same golden eyes with slitted pupils, purple markings around them and had very pale skin as Orochimaru had. "Behold my immortality Jutsu sensei, you both should be honored, not a lot of people get to see it and live to tell the tale."
"Dude...that is just wrong." If Ishikawa still had a physical stomach, he would have vomited in disgust.
"I am revolted." Hayate agreed.
"So you finally became what you were on the inside...a girl?" Naruto said, causing everyone, including Orochimaru's Sound Four, the three remaining Anbu, Hiruzen and Orochimaru himself to look at him in disbelief. "What? I've seen pictures of the guy when he was younger. He had a feminine appearance, and probably had some confusion going on. So he went and became a woman after defecting."
"You little brat, that is not the reason!" Orochimaru angrily spat. Grabbing the face again, he tore it away to bring back his old face. "The reason I chose this body was because this woman was a master at kenjutsu, she was perfect for my spirit to gain possession of it. I was going to taunt the old man showing him the folly of growing old, but you ruined it!"
"Naruto is known for doing that." Hiruzen chuckled before he tore his Hokage garments off to reveal a black jumpsuit with mesh segments over the lower portions of his limbs, and a green gauntlet that covered much of his right arm. He also wore an armored hood with a bandanna-like Leaf forehead protector over it, tied with two long straps. Across the back was the kanji for "Sandaime Hokage". His hands then flashed through a familiar pair of hand seals and he bit his right thumb. "Summoning Jutsu!"
Slapping his hand onto the rooftop, a large cloud of smoke erupted, and dissipated to reveal a giant monkey. His body and tail were covered by white fur which protruded from his sleeves and pants. He had long unkempt white hair that reached his back and long sideburns and a goatee. He wore a black suit with mesh armor underneath, over which he wore a sleeveless kimono shirt with white fur trimmings, and markings reminiscent of tiger stripes on it which was held closed by a red sash. He also wore a black Leaf headband on his forehead.
"I see the treacherous student has finally returned." The monkey growled, his yellow eyes shining in anger. "This wouldn't have happened if you killed him earlier Hiruzen."
"I know Enma, that is a mistake I plan on rectifying today." Hiruzen said.
"And you brought the young jinchuriki with you? Have you gone senile in your old age?" Enma demanded.
"Oh shut up you walking carpet, I chose to be here!" Naruto yelled at the monkey king. Unsheathing Handanryoku, the blonde pointed it at the Snake Sannin. "Two against one is good. Three against one is better. And six against one would be perfect!" He yelled at the Anbu members.
Snarling, Orochimaru saw the Anbu Black Ops members snap out of watching the fight and bolted to where Naruto headed earlier. They would arrive in less than a minute. That was not good for him. "I was hoping to have a little more fun showing you how weak you've gotten. But it seems your little pet ruined that as well." His hands flew through the tiger, snake, dog, and dragon seals before clapping his hands.
"No!" Hiruzen's yell had Naruto turned his head. He watched as the Hokage threw a single shuriken and quickly ran through the hand seals. "Ninja Art: Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!" One shuriken became a thousand, each sailing towards his former student.
Three coffins emerged from the ground, taking the brunt of the attack instead. Each was made of light wood, well over six and a half feet tall, and each baring the kanji for "Shodaime", "Yondaime", and "Nidaime" respectfully.
"No...he must not release him!" Hiruzen clapped his hands together and focused his chakra into the middle coffin, canceling the jutsu and sending it back to where it came. The amount of chakra he used was enormous, it caused drops of sweat to fall from his face. "I'm sorry Naruto, but he couldn't release the Yondaime."
"I...I don't understand." Naruto whispered.
"Orochimaru...as if you couldn't fall any lower. Now you're using the honored dead for your schemes?" Hiruzen looked towards the Genin. "What my former student tried to do was bring back the previous Hokages. To disturb their rest in order to destroy what they came to protect."
Now Naruto understood. A part of him was angry at the old man for denying him the chance to see his dad, but on the other hand, Orochimaru tried to bring his dad back to kill him. And that just pissed him off more. "He is so going to die for that."
"Kukuku! So you may have prevented one of my soldiers from coming back, but I got two more. Summoning Jutsu: Impure World Resurrection is a success!" Orochimaru manically cackled as the coffin lids fell to the roof with a crashing thud.
"Son of a bitch!" Shinigami groaned. Clutching his stomach, the God of Death doubled over, expelling a horrible belch. "Oh...that doesn't feel good."
"Oh no, Shinigami what's going on?" Amaterasu asked in concern. Her fellow Gods had known their fellow Deity for millenia, but this was definitely a first for them.
"Did you eat something bad?" Fujin asked.
"I did say to take it easy on all that saki." Raijin commented.
"No...no...I'm fine, urp!" Covering his mouth, Shinigami kept the contents in his stomach from expelling. "Urgh, that son of a bitch. How dare he force the dead back from their final reward! Ahh and he gave me terrible indigestion when he tried to summon the Yondaime."
Tsukuyomi and Susanoo looked towards each other in concern. It was absolutely no secret that Shinigami, Kami, and Yami were the most powerful out of the Gods, they showed absolutely no weakness, and were the head honchos in their realms for a reason.
"Shinigami, buddy you gonna be all right? I mean...this is freaky man." Inari said.
"I'm fine, you all know what happened twelve years ago. It's just backfiring on me now." Shinigami said.
"Damn Uzumaki's and their meddling seals." Tsukuyomi openly swore. "If they didn't get into contact with you, this wouldn't be happening."
"You should not blame the Uzumaki Clan dear sister. They were masters of seals for a reason, especially with that freaky temple of theirs in the village." Susanoo said.
"It doesn't matter. What I am worried about is Hiruzen. He wasted a bunch of chakra canceling a jutsu that couldn't bring back a soul due to it being in my stomach, that could very well cost him." Shinigami said after his stomach settled down. Damn that summoning jutsu, it wasn't often that someone tried to summon a soul trapped in his belly, it completely caught him off guard. But the worst thing was that he would have to submit a report regarding how, and why two souls were ripped from their realms in the Pure Lands.
This was definitely becoming the worst Chunin Exams ever.
When the figures emerged from the coffins, Hiruzen nearly had a heart attack, and Naruto was stunned speechless.
The first figure was a tall man with tanned skin and dark eyes. He had waist-length black hair styled in a center-parted fringe that framed his face. He wore dark red armor worn over a simple black suit with sandals. The armor was constructed from numerous metal plates, formed into multiple protective guards along his body; each collar of his shoulder guards bore the Senju symbol. Proudly displayed on his forehead was a back clothed Leaf forehead protector.
The second figure was a fair-skinned man with silver, shaggy hair and red eyes. He had three red markings on his face, one under each of his eyes and one on his chin. He wore blue armor with a distinctive white fur collar over a simple black suit. This armor was constructed from numerous metal plates, formed into multiple protective guards along his body. Beneath his shoulder armor he wore two bands on each arm. This clothing was accompanied by sandals and a happuri-styled forehead protector that proudly showed Konoha's symbol.
Hashirama and Tobirama Senju stood before the Sandaime Hokage, and Naruto in their prime. It was even enough for the two ghosts following after the blonde to pause and look humble seeing such legends in the flesh.
"A summoning jutsu. Tobirama, I told you to never use this on me, not even if it was a life or death situation." Hashirama chided his youngest brother.
Tobirama turned towards the eldest brother with an annoyed look on his face. "I kept my word Hashirama. Unlike you I died on the battlefield." He turned to look around the village he once ruled, and saw so many changes, especially when they landed on his former student. "Hiruzen, you've grown old."
"Wait, is that the little Sarutobi that used to follow you around?" Hashirama asked in a friendly manner.
"The very same, I made him Hokage before I died." The Nidaime said before turning towards Orochimaru. "But it seems we're to battle now."
"I told you this jutsu was nothing but trouble, you should have destroyed it." The Shodaime said.
"Can it, I created it as a last resort technique where our village was in trouble with no way out." Tobirama harshly said before looking at their opponents. "I'm sorry Hiruzen, and I'm sorry little boy for what's going to happen."
By then the three Anbu joined them, blasting through the hole Naruto made to defend their village leader. Naruto swallowed a lump in his throat, it took several seconds before he was able to speak. "No apologies necessary, we're going to win after all."
"I sincerely doubt that." Orochimaru pulled out two kunai with tags and stabbed them into the back of the deceased Hokage's heads. They sunk into their noggins and their appearance changed drastically. Their grayish skin that showed a state of minor decay: marred by cracks and other imperfections vanished without a trace. And their eyes chanced, their sclera turned black, and their pupils turned dark brown and red. "Not when they are my perfect puppets."
Naruto had never seen the Hokage so furious before. Even King Enma looked like he was going to break Orochimaru in half. The Monkey King transformed into a giant black staff with golden caps on the end, and Hiruzen grabbed a hold of it. Even the Anbu pulled out their respective weapons.
'All right, so it's me, the old man, a monkey summon, and three Anbu operatives versus Orochimaru and two of the strongest Hokages that created this village...this is going to suck.' Naruto thought to himself.
'This sucks!' Sasuke bitterly thought as he once again dodged away from a wave of crushing sand. Ever since Naruto was blasted away, things got a little tough for him and Shino. Gaara was not giving him any room to try and punish him with any of his ninjutsu, his sand kept trying to crush him, or run him through, Sasuke swore that if he ever saw a sandbox again he would set it on fire and turn it into molten glass.
For both Kankuro and Temari they were having the opposite effect of their younger brother. Shino was using his insects to keep them at a distance, normally that would have suited the siblings fine, but this was not a normal situation for them. Using Karasu, Kankuro tried to launch poisoned kunai and needles from a distance, but Shino would block them with thick clouds of his parasitic insects. Temari would have blown them away, but no thanks to Naruto she was down a giant fan.
However, Shino could not attack them directly. From what he saw during Kankuro's fight against Kiba, he also had poison gas, and some close range weaponry; no doubt covered in poison. He didn't want to risk incapacitating himself and leaving Sasuke to fend against the three of them alone.
That also accounted for the chaos surrounding them. Many people were unconscious within the stadium, and so were many dead bodies of Leaf, Sand and Sound shinobi. How one of their enemies didn't take the opportunity to attack a lone Genin like himself was a stroke of luck.
That stroke of luck ended when a Sand shinobi struck at Sasuke's side, his kunai poised to pierce his liver. So focused was he on the kill he didn't notice the foot of a green spandex figure slamming into the back of his neck, and the Uchiha became nothing but black.
"Dynamic Entry!" Lee exclaimed as his opponent bonelessly flew away and crashed into the arena wall. "Sasuke-kun, it seems you've been backed in a corner!"
"Something like that Lee." Sasuke didn't show it, but he was actually relieved. Besides trusting Naruto to watch his back in a fight, Lee was also one of those people. His fellow Genin was skilled, and a far better taijutsu practitioner than he was. The Uchiha then noticed a flash of pink on his left side. "Sakura, you're here too?"
"I'm not going to stand on the sides again." Her hands glowing green, the pinkette placed them on Sasuke's back, pouring healing chakra into his body. "Especially when our home is being invaded."
While not severely wounded, Sasuke was suffering from some cuts and bruises, he appreciated her healing some nagging distractions. "Stick next to Lee and Shino. Gaara is something else entirely."
"I will, you just stay safe. There is no shame in making a tactical retreat." Sakura said before heading over to Shino with Lee following close behind.
"When did she get so assertive?" Months ago Sakura would have said nothing, or she would have probably shouted that he would stop this invasion all by himself. It was a real toss up with her, but now this Sakura was not a useless fangirl. He liked that.
Sasuke looked at the demonic Gaara, a smirk coming to his face. "All right, lets get this started. No more holding back." Pumping a small amount of chakra into his legs, Sasuke disappeared from his spot and appeared behind Gaara. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
Expelling a large orange-white fireball from his mouth, the jutsu roared towards Gaara, tearing up the ground as it went. Sasuke watched as his opponent raise his sand up as a shield and crossed his arms to protect his body from the fire technique.
Hook line and sinker. "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" Expelling a grand force of air from his mouth, Sasuke watched as it hit his fire jutsu, and it spread out, expanding a good twenty feet before hitting the wall of sand. The extreme heat turned the wall of sand into molten glass, passing through it, the fire hit Gaara's arms and they too started turning into molten glass.
Gaara cried out in feral rage and agony. Not once, but twice this irritating pest caused him pain! Mother was not happy with him, she was howling for his blood! Gaara detached the ruined arms from his body to reveal significant burns underneath before his monstrous sand arms regrew, crossing over his chest and flew outwards. "Sand Shuriken!"
Shuriken made of sand flew at Sasuke as great speed, cutting through the air with such force that it made a powerful whooshing sound. Sasuke had his Sharingan activated, and he used it to his advantage to duck and weave from the projectiles. Gaara didn't expect them to hit such a nimble opponent, that wasn't the point of his attack.
No, he expected him to duck, weave and jump. Gaara planted his clawed hands onto the very ground itself and growled. He broke up the foundation of rock and dirt, turning it into sand. Sasuke unfortunately landed in said sand and became trapped. "I will crush you now. Sand Coffin!" The grains of sand began to crawl up the Uchiha's legs. His grin became wider, he could sense the kill coming, the blood coating his sand. It was so close he could taste it!
But then his vision became obscured in black. He could hear the skittering of legs, and his chakra...he was losing it? How was this possible!? Gaara's feral min thought back to the preliminaries, the match between that Zaku person and that Aburame. Of course the pesky insect-user! Gaara focused his sand around his entire body and literally crushed the parasitic insects from his body allowing him to see once more.
Unfortunately for him the first thing he didn't see was the Uchiha trapped in his sandpit. Instead he saw him running away with that Aburame like a coward! How dare he!? Gaara's anger rose to unfathomable heights to the point he was literally seeing red. "Uchiha...get back HERE!" He howled, sending shockwaves of chakra throughout the arena.
Gaara tore after them, heedless of the chaos of the invasion around him. Friend and foe meant nothing to him, all he wanted to do was kill one of the people that would prove his existence! After him Uzumaki would come next, no one would stop him!
At the same time Kankuro was growing annoyed. Moving his fingers Karasu was forced to come towards him once more to block off the attempts of Rock Lee. Its hidden wrist knives lashed out at the speedy Genin, causing him to back off momentarily.
Keyword being momentarily. "Leaf Hurricane!" Starting with a backwards high kick using his left foot, the motion helped him deliver a low kick with his right against Karasu's wooden torso. Wood cracked and splintered from the force. Lee kicked off of the puppet, bounded off the ground and moved to punch Kankuro in the face.
But Lee underestimated how fast Kankuro could move his fingers. Karasu once again intercepted the punch with its head, wood caved in from the strike, locking the jaw shut to prevent it from firing its poisoned senbon. But on the plus side it malfunctioned the device that kept the poison gas in it. It caused Lee's already bug eyes to widen further and jumped far away from the uncontrollable poison spewing around the area before he inhaled anything.
Temari didn't notice any of this, she was busy having her hands full with the annoyance that was Sakura Haruno. Armed with only her kunai, Temari was fending off her fellow kunoichi with some difficulty. Due to the fact she fought with her giant fan ninety percent of the time to use her powerful wing ninjutsu, the only daughter of the Kazekage neglected to keep up her training to use other ninja tools.
As for Sakura she was using her smaller size, and her flexibility to keep herself from getting cut. While lacking in physical power than her opponent, Sakura did make up for it by using her mind to exploit any opening her opponent gave her. Her green eyes gleaming she struck Temari in the side with a stabbing thrust, but her more experienced opponent blocked the strike with her own kunai and threw a mean left hook.
Sakura barely managed to catch it in the open palm of her own left hand. Gritting her teeth, she glared at her opponent. "You're not so tough without that big fan of yours!"
"I'm still stronger than you pinkie!" Temari growled. To prove her point she began to force her kunai tightly against Sakura's and forced hers back. "I saw that pathetic match in the preliminaries, you won't get a lucky hit on me!"
Temari ate those words when a savage knee to her gut drove the air from her lungs. It left her a small opening that Sakura exploited by dealing a wicked left hook right across her face that sent her backpedaling as blood ran down the side of her mouth.
"You were saying?" Sakura smirked.
That smirk fell from her face when a purple poisonous cloud entered her vision, and she immediately joined Lee in a tactical retreat away from the poisonous cloud.
"Lee! Did you breathe in any of the poison?" Sakura immediately demanded.
"No, I managed to get away before that happened." Lee's eyes observed the battle around them. The noise was almost deafening, and the smell of blood was assaulting his nose. If it wasn't a do or die moment he would have felt overwhelmed.
That was when the two of them saw Gaara tearing after Sasuke and Shino. Due to their own fights they didn't see what exactly infuriated the jinchuriki, but it must have been something to make him lose his shit. He literally slammed into a group of his fellow Sand shinobi and turned them into bloody smears on the arena walls in pursuit of his prey.
"Shit, Gaara is going on a rampage. Kankuro we need to go after him!" Temari shouted.
"Isn't that supposed to be the point of this invasion?" Her younger brother demanded.
"Not if he is outside the village, the plan was for him to cause complete carnage in it. Grab your doll and follow me!"
Giving his sister a glare for calling his puppet a doll, he twitched his fingers and followed after her. This was such a bad idea, Kankuro couldn't fight the unease resting in his stomach.
Lee looked over at his would-be opponent. "Should we go after them?"
"We have to Lee. No one gets left behind." Even as she said this, Sakura looked to where Naruto was blown away with obvious worry on her face. She had to shake her head from any and all negative thoughts, Naruto wasn't one to be taken out that easily, he would come back fists swinging. "Follow me Lee, we're not going to let them escape!"
(With Naruto)
There was no time like the present. He came back to life and trained himself into the ground just to fight one of the people Shinigami sicced him on. Gripping Handanryoku's hilt tightly, the blonde's Kurashagan spun wildly behind his Hannya mask, and even Jagan was alert. Naruto Uzumaki was ready to fight for his life.
Tobirama struck first. Clapping his hands together he formed his first jutsu since he died. "Water Style: Water Shockwave!" Creating a spiraling vortex of water from the moisture in the air, it exploded from the top in the form of a wave. The Nidaime Hokage thrust his hands forward and the water turned into a wave that smacked into Naruto without mercy.
Not since Wave Country did Naruto get smacked by a large amount of water, sure he dived into a lake after freeing Kakashi from Zabuza, but he had not been hit by one of his jutsu before. Water filled his lungs and left him in a sputtering heap next to the Hokage, he even had to pull up his mask in order to throw up the water from his lungs.
"Kid, that was pathetic." The dog masked Anbu Captain said.
Naruto didn't reply, that was pretty pathetic. Pulling his mask back over his face, the blonde stabbed his blade into the roof and placed his fingers into the familiar cross shaped seal. "Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" In a gigantic cloud of smoke fifty Naruto clones stood on the side of the Hokage. "Guys lets kick their asses!"
The group of Naruto's charged at Orochimaru and the first two Hokages, their hands blazing through hand seals. "Wind Style: Cyclone Scythe Jutsu!" Throwing out their hands, a good quarter of the clones sent crescent blades of wind at their opponents.
"Earth Style: Falling Earth Spears!" Slamming their hands on the ground, thick spears of earth were launched from the mud Hiruzen created.
"Water Style: Water Fang Bullet!" The remaining clones created highly pressurized water projectiles from the water Tobirama created and launched them at Orochimaru in a spinning motion to cause some extra damage.
Tobirama blankly looked at the oncoming attacks and calmly went through several hand seals before landing on the tiger seal. "Water Style: Water Wall!" Once again forming water out of thin air, a thick wall of water formed around the three of them and took the brunt of the attacks. Water splashed from the wind blades hitting it, the pressurized water was absorbed into the water wall, and all three of them simple dodged the earth spears with practiced ease.
Orochimaru opened his mouth and a snake emerged from his throat to reveal the bandaged hilt of a sword that he pulled out to reveal a double-edged jian. The Snake Sannin went after the weakest link that stood in his way, killing the Kyuubi jinchuriki would put the final nail in Konoha's coffin. "Tobirama clear me a path!" He demanded.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" The Nidaime Hokage flashed through the forty-four hand seals in under five seconds, showing how skilled he was using such a technique with ease. A giant water dragon emerged from the water from his barrier, roaring with fury as it surged through the wall of Naruto's clones, crushing them into nothingness.
The real Naruto saw the giant water dragon coming. But before he could do anything, he saw a familiar gout of flame strike the opposing jutsu and turn the area into obscuring mist. He felt a strong hand resting on his shoulder and saw the white robed dog masked member staring at him.
"Don't be a hero boy, stand back and let the adults handle this." He said.
"Hell no! This is my home, even if I am beaten to a bloody smear on this roof, I am going to help the Hokage fight. What use am I as a jinchuriki if I can't even protect my village!?" Naruto really didn't want to play the Jinchuriki card, but he couldn't leave, not now.
"Geeze kid, fine." The deer masked Anbu member sighed in irritation. "Stick close to us junior, you just might learn something."
Flying through the mist Orochimaru and Tobirama struck the three. The deer masked Anbu member immediately flew through several hand seals. "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" The hurricane force of wind tore up the shingles of the roof and tried to strike the Snake Sannin and Nidaime Hokage. It failed of course. The both of them easily dodged the simple attack.
"Lightning Style: Four-Pillar Bind!" The dog masked Anbu member flashed through several hand seals. Four giant rock pillars rose up from the roof itself, slamming into the top of the barrier, surrounding Tobirama, to Naruto's amazement it shot bolts of lightning between them, immobilizing the Nidaime Hokage.
"No one is getting out from that one, good job Captain Zo." The deer masked Anbu member said before turning on Orochimaru. "Shadow Possession Jutsu!" Naruto's eyes widened in surprise seeing the shadow strike Orochimaru's shadow like a cobra. It made Shikamaru's look sluggish in comparison. "I got him!"
"No you don't." A sickening smile forming on his face, Orochimaru's features faded and he became a puddle of mud.
"Kage, to your right!" Zo shouted at his subordinate.
Kage released the seal for his jutsu and intercepted the strike from Orochimaru's jian with a kunai. Behind his porcelain mask, the Anbu members eyes widened as the blade sliced through his kunai-knife and barely managed to jump away as the tip of the sword cut through his armor. Immediately Kage's hands furiously flew through hand seals. "Shadow Stitching Jutsu!"
Kage's shadow split into several sharp needles, flying at Orochimaru with intent to skewer his opponent. Before the shadow needles struck the Snake Sannin, Tobirama, seeing his summoner in danger gritted his teeth and forced his body out of the pillars. The lightning tore through his body, tearing off chunks from his shoulders and torso to reveal grey ash underneath what was supposed to be his body.
Once he escaped the jutsu, Tobirama intercepted the strike. Naruto watched in stunned silence as the jutsu pierced through the Nidaime Hokage, but he looked to be unaffected, even as his arms and body were pierced he went through hand seals. "Water Style: Water Bomb Jutsu!"
Expelling a large quantity of water in the form of a powerful torrent aimed towards Kage. It impacted the Anbu shinobi, sending him tumbling like a ragdoll along the roof. The shadow needles disappeared from his body and the undead body healed right before their eyes, holes and cracks disappearing. Heedless of the damage done to him, Tobirama went through several more hand seals before clapping them together. "Water Style: Water Severing Wave!" He yelled, spewing out a high pressure stream of water from his mouth, aiming it at the downed man.
"Earth Style: Mud Wall!" Hiruzen appeared before his shinobi and spat out a thick amount of mud from his mouth that formed into a wall. The stream of water hit the wall and easily tore through it.
"Water Style: Water Wall!" Naruto used all the water created by the Nidaime, and the hand seals that came with performing the jutsu, the blonde created a thick wall of water around the Sandaime and Kage that took the brunt of the attack. The Kurashagan spinning behind his mask, he went through some very familiar hand seals. "Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
A giant water dragon formed out of the water surrounding them, roaring in fury the dragon surged towards both Orochimaru and Tobirama. Before it could impact the both of them Hashirama appeared in front of them. "Wood Style: Domed Wall Jutsu!" A dome made of wood sprouted from his position and absorbed the attack.
Using the cover, Orochimaru struck Naruto faster than he could keep track of, even with his kekkei genkai. His jian lashed out twice, the sharp blade slicing through the skull on the pommel of Handanryoku, as it tumbled away into the wall of purple flames, the jian sliced through the damaged right side of the mask, exposing his face, but most importantly the Kurashagan to the elements for the first time.
"I knew it! You had the Sharingan!" Orochimaru exclaimed before harshly kneeing the blonde right in the solar plexus. A sickening crack filled his ears as the jinchuriki smashed into the roof top and came to rest next to Hiruzen. "Just when I think you cannot grow more interesting you pull this off. Sarutobi-sensei, you old plotter how long have you kept this secret in your back pocket!?"
"Hokage-sama?" The bird masked Anbu questioned. It was plain as day, a black iris Sharingan with red tomoes, clutching his katana tightly in his gloved hands, he turned towards a very hungry-looking Orochimaru.
"I had my reasons to keep this a secret Tori (Bird)," Hiruzen assured his loyal Anbu. Grabbing Enma once more, the Sandaime Hokage readied himself. While his visage was remarkably serious, he couldn't hide the sweat starting to pour down his face. "Now is not the time to question what I've done."
He was right, with the village in grave danger now was not the time to question their village leaders motives. His eyes set square on their enemy, Tori attacked Orochimaru with Zo following him soon after. Swords in hand they attacked the Snake Sannin with fast, furious blows that would have taken out any lesser shinobi.
But Orochimaru was not your average shinobi. This was a man who survived the Second and Third Great Shinobi Wars, fought and survived Hanzo the Salamander and has fought off the ravages of time. And thanks to his new body, not only were his reflexes like they were in his twenties, but his skills in kenjutsu increased by leaps and bounds after assimilating his new body fully.
A wide smirk on his face, Orochimaru blocked the sword strikes with his jian, the clanging of steel echoing in the ears of every participant. Kage slowly rose to his feet, cradling his torso and feeling with his fingers the cracked body armor, he looked at the fight with a scrutinizing gaze. He quickly moved his hands through several hand seals, despite the pain in his chest. "Shadow Strangle Jutsu!"
Kage extended his shadow towards the Snake Sannin, his target was to either incapacitate or distract Orochimaru so his comrades could deal a finishing blow. Instead Hashirama took the blow, the shadow connecting with his and a shadowy hand crawled up his armored body until it reached his neck.
Unlike those of the living who needed air to breathe, Hashirama didn't need such a luxury. "Earth Style: Earth Column Spears!" Creating a few rock pillars that protruded from the mud, the Shodaime Hokage directed it at the Anbu operative.
Kage honestly thought Hashirama had him dead to rights, the earth spears came close to impaling him. But then he saw bright orange chakra clouding his view and a savage kick later the earth spears were crushed underfoot. "Kid?"
"I got this, rest up! Earth Style: Falling Earth Spears!" Naruto really had to thank the Shinigami for all the mud surrounding them, he created thick spikes of earth that surged forward faster and had a thicker density thanks to the Kyuubi's chakra to impale the Shodaime from all sides.
Hashirama didn't even blink as the jutsu came his way. "Wood Style: Wood Clone Jutsu!" There weren't any small clouds of smoke, nor any indication of clones popping in existence. Instead wood copies emerged from Hashirama himself and blocked the oncoming attacks with their bare hands, including the original himself.
While their hands were occupied, Hiruzen appeared above quite possibly the greatest Kage in the entire shinobi world, Enma clutched in his hands, and struck Hashirama with a powerful, two-handed swing. The giant-sized staff literally caved the Shodaime's head right into his chest. Like the Nidaime there was no blood, nothing but ash.
Of course it was only a temporary thing, Hiruzen knew that he only had a certain amount of time before the Shodaime reformed. "Naruto, follow me. We need to kill Orochimaru!"
"You don't have to tell me twice! Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Ten clones popping into existence with orange chakra surrounding them, their Kurashagan's spinning wildly with slitted pupils, all eleven of them tore through the tiled roof towards the Snake Sannin.
Tobirama blankly looked at the charging jinchuriki and set his fingers into the familiar cross shaped seal. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Two clones popped into existence and immediately met the barraging attack force head on.
Naruto liked to think that his control over the first real jutsu he ever learned was the best in the village. But compared to Tobirama Senju's, he was nothing more than a rank amateur. It took no more than two clones to decimate the Kyuubi-charged clones, all Naruto did was blink and it was over. The next thing he knew he was doubled over on the mans fist with the air driven from his lungs, and was launched into the the roof that cracked more than just some tiles.
"That...hurt." Naruto coughed as he slowly rose to his feet. That hurt a lot. He swore the Nidaime busted his ribcage with just one punch.
Orochimaru slipped away from Tori and Zo, literally his body took on the consistency of what looked like rubber as he contorted his body unnaturally and bolted towards Naruto. His eyes shining in for the kill as he raised his jian. The tip of the weapon poked through his vest, but it skewered through another body that took the blow for him.
Kage spat up a mouthful of blood that splattered the inside of his mask. He gripped the length of the jian with his left hand, having the blade cut deep into his fingers. "Nice try Orochimaru...but you screwed up."
"No, it's you that screwed up you fool!" Orochimaru twisted the jian that was sticking through Kage's chest, causing more damage. "The Kusanagi (Grass-Mowing Sword ) is coated in the most deadliest poisons. With each cut a different poison is entered through the bloodstream, not even Tsunade herself could cure you!"
"I'm not looking to be cured you snake...I got you where I want you." With his free right hand his shadow latched onto Orochimaru's and began to crawl up up his body with exploding tags attached to it. Kage forced a laugh through his dying body as he kept Orochimaru from fleeing. "My duty is to protect the village...even if it costs me my life. Don't you ever underestimate the Will of Fire!"
His eyes widening, Naruto retreated as the tags ignited. The Kurashagan watched as Orochimaru struggled against the Anbu shinobi, and the both of them were engulfed in a giant explosion that rocked the entire building.
Naruto recovered from the blast that knocked him prone and saw that Kage simply ceased to exist. Orochimaru's body was blasted several feet away, the entire lower half was gone, replaced by entrails and blood staining the rooftop, as were his arms, completely missing with the Kusanagi embedded into the roof several feet away from the Nidaime and the two remaining Anbu members battling with him.
But then when it all seemed to be over, the Snake Sannin opened his mouth, made a gagging sound, and regurgitated his body from his mouth. Covered in slime, and looking haggard, Orochimaru glared hatefully. At the area Kage sacrificed his life at.
"That is unfair...he killed you." Naruto angrily growled, Kyuubi's chakra beginning to solidify around him and turning crimson.
"It was a good attempt. Unfortunately, it was all in vain." Reaching out with his right hand, Orochimaru gestured with his fingers and the jian slid out of the roof. With a quick moving action the sword sailed through the air like a buzz saw. It struck the Nidaime Hokage in the side, tearing out a great gouge. Captain Zo managed to escape the deadly blade, but Tori wasn't so lucky, his head slid cleanly off his shoulders as the blade caught him right in its path.
Grabbing a hold of the hilt, Orochimaru smirked and licked the length of the blade with his long tongue to taste the blood. "Two down, three to go boy."
The red chakra surrounding Naruto's body solidified, he took on an animalistic appearance with shaggy blonde hair, pronounced whisker marks that were seen on the right side of his face, his nails growing into claws. Two tails erupted behind him, waving threateningly from both sides.
He attacked Orochimaru with nothing but murder clouding his mind. But before he could even reach the Snake Sannin he was intercepted by Hashirama. The Shodaime raised his right palm to reveal a black kanji that said "Sit" on it. "Hokage Style Elder Jutsu: Tenth Edict On Enlightenment!"
On that day Naruto learned the absolute horror of having Kyuubi's chakra taken from him. Ten pillars erupted on the roof surrounding them, and when Hashirama placed his powerful palm on his face the chakra cloak simply faded away. His now blue eyes widening in terror, the blonde saw the unforgiving dead eyes of the Shodaime looking at him.
And then he felt the pain. Hashirama grabbed him by his face mask and literally slammed him into the floor. He didn't do it once, or twice, but well over a dozen times. More than just roof and tile broke as he was literally rag dolled by the Shodaime Hokage until with a mighty throw he was chucked at Captain Zo, striking him and the two of them blasted through the roof and the twenty floors that was under it.
"Ow..." That hurt. A lot. Naruto had not been in this much pain since Kimimaro thrashed him around in the Forest of Death. Slowly he pulled himself to his feet and saw the unconscious body of Zo lying in a heap next to him. "Kyuubi...fix me up, and gimme more chakra."
"You fool, the Shodaime just threw you around like a rag doll and chucked you away like yesterdays garbage. Do you really think by using more of your chakra that you will stand a chance?" Kyuubi demanded. "Retreat for now boy, this is way beyond you."
"Shut the hell up, the old man is up there." Stubbornly, and completely against the wishes of the tailed-beast and ghosts yelling at him to stay down, Naruto forced himself to jump up the twenty floors where he saw the two openings in the roof. "That's it, I'm almost there!"
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!" Naruto didn't see what the hell was going on up there, but the two holes were covered up by thick tree roots that blocked him from entering the battleground, and further damaged his head by smacking into them.
"Fucking trees, get out of my way!" Handanryoku in his hands once more, Naruto started hacking at the thick roots. The divine katana was a powerful tool, but it literally bounced off the wood with zero damage at all. "What the hell! Why didn't I cut through this?"
"Dude, did you hit your head too hard or what?" Ishikawa stopped him from further wasting his energy. "That is the Shodaime Hokage up there, he's the God of Shinobi for a reason. I sincerely doubt that even the three Tsuchikage in their prime could take him on." He did not even need to mention that the Nidaime was up there as well, he would be more of a burden trying to fight them and Orochimaru than help.
"I have to do something!" After several fruitless swings against the tree roots, Naruto busted through the wall opposite of him and outside of the barrier that separated him from the Sandaime Hokage.
However when he got out there he was his village burning. Buildings had collapsed, bodies were lying in the streets, he could see jutsus being flung at each other and causing major damage. Even outside the village there was a fucking three-headed snake that literally just appeared in a giant cloud of smoke. Naruto forced himself to turn away from the horrible sights and made his way to the outside of the barrier.
There he saw Hiruzen staring down Orochimaru, Hashirama and Tobirama with his two shadow clones surrounded by a forest within the barrier. Before Naruto could try and tap into Kyuubi's chakra once more the old man turned towards him and gave him a look.
"Please, don't tell me to go and leave you by yourself." Naruto said.
"You're needed elsewhere and you know it." Hiruzen said, turning his head back towards his former student. "As a shinobi of Konoha, your duty is to your village. And right now your village needs you to put an end to this. Sunagakure still has their jinchuriki who will happily unleash his tailed-beast. Find him Naruto and stop him. That is a direct order from your Hokage."
Biting his lower lip until it bled, Naruto slowly reached up and undid the Hannya mask on his face and dropped it at his feet. He had no use for it now, and probably would never need it ever again. "Stay alive old man. Once I kick Gaara's ass I'm coming back for you! Remember that dattebayo!"
Hiruzen watched as Naruto took off towards the village, a small smile adorning his old face until he was out of sight. Turning his attention back towards his failed student, he lowered himself into a fighting stance.
"Kukuku, are you really so delusional that boy can stop my invasion?" Orochimaru cackled with a cruel glint in his eyes. "Jinchuriki with a Sharingan or not, he will still fail. Konoha will fall this day sensei."
"The last time someone underestimated the most unpredictable ninja in my village, they paid for it dearly." Hiruzen said with pride in his voice. "You will fail today Orochimaru, even if it costs me my life I will take you to the afterlife with me!"
"Don't make promises you can't keep old man."
"Damn...just damn." Susanoo said after watching the fight. It was remarkably brutal, not only did two members of the Anbu die, but Naruto got his ass kicked. It wasn't like his fight with Kimimaro, Ishikawa, or even Neji where he at least stood some sort of chance, he was completely destroyed by the first two Hokages. There was just absolutely no looking past that.
"Agreed." Amaterasu watched as the blonde ran towards the village. Normally she would have commented how cute his face was, but with all the death and destruction around him, it just didn't feel right to make such a statement. Slowly she turned towards Shinigami. "Are you okay?"
"No, this is terrible." Shinigami said as he looked at the entirety of the invasion. An Inuzuka and her canine companion literally tore through a group of Sand and Sound shinobi. Several civilians were being escorted by a bunch of Chunin and all were crushed underneath some buildings that were blown up by a few Sound shinobi. "I don't like seeing this."
"Big guy it isn't your fault the humans kill each other!" Fujin bellowed.
"It's been going on for so long that it's the norm, people are born, they live and they die. It doesn't matter how it happens, but it will happen." Surprisingly Raijin's argument was valid, but it certainly didn't make Shinigami feel better watching this catastrophe unfold.
Tsukuyomi looked away from the screen with disgust. "I can't watch this anymore, Shinigami just turn the accursed thing off. You have work to do now, so get at it I guess."
"Like hell we're going to look away! These people pray to us, leave offerings, and some of them are going to come into our domains." Inari protested as he turned his attention back towards the tv. "This is the least we could do."
Shinigami didn't say anything else. Inari was right, he would have to judge these souls if Handanryoku didn't absorb them first. He didn't know if Naruto remembered that his katana had a sliver of his powers to judge a soul to send them to their rightful place. Sure they all saw the skull fly off into the barrier and was incinerated, but it was more of a decorative peace than anything else and didn't mess with the sword itself. The Kusanagi was a remarkably special blade itself, next to the Raijin no Ken and the blades of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist could probably be on par with it due to...lets say special properties that created them long ago. But that was irreverent as far as what the were watching was concerned.
As much as he hated to do it, Shinigami and the other Gods sat and watched everything go on.
"Ooh, well if that isn't interesting." Inari pointed out on the screen to show something unexpected happening.
"Stay away!" Tenten screamed in anger, unfolding a demon wind shuriken she threw it with all her might at the shinobi chasing after them.
The leader of the five Sound shinobi laughed as he simple jumped over the first one. "Nice try girl, but you gotta get up pretty early to-" His words died in his mouth and blood erupted from his balaclava mask when a second demon wind shuriken that was hidden under the first one pierced through his stomach. He futilely clutched at the metal weapon to try and pull it out, but he collapsed onto his side to die slowly.
"You bitch, when we catch you you're going to wish we killed you first!" A second Sound shinobi bellowed. The man may have been as old as Gai was, but he was definitely the worst kind of human being. Of course that was why Orochimaru didn't mind him being apart of his shinobi force, so long as he followed orders he didn't care what he did.
"That's a big if!" Tenten shouted in response. After the stadium was attacked, both her and Hinata vacated to get somewhere safer. She didn't do it out of because she was a coward, she did it because the two of them were still recovering and wouldn't be much use in repelling the invaders. Apparently fleeing to take shelter with the civilians was a mistake.
Their first problem was running into two Cloud shinobi, apparently during the beginning of the exams they entered the village. And now during the chaos and confusion they were trying to kidnap Hinata. They gave the two of them a slip after Neji of all people intervened to buy them time to escape. But that didn't last long before they were set upon by Sound shinobi looking to capture them as spoils of war. Or more specifically for Hinata's prized Byakugan, Tenten didn't hold any illusions she would be treated fairly if they were caught.
"I'm sorry Tenten, if it weren't for my eyes..." Her Byakugan activated, Hinata took point in leading the two of them to somewhere that was safe. Enemies were everywhere, but they were busy fighting with other Leaf shinobi. Her only worries were the four shinobi following them now.
"Save it peepers, it's not your fault your eyes are so sought after. Don't worry about them, worry about-" Several kunai rained from above at them, forcing Tenten to fling her shuriken to intercept them. With a metallic clang she stopped the dozen from descending on them, however she couldn't stop the exploding tags from exploding and raining debris down on them from destroyed buildings.
Wood and metal rained down upon them, they dodged the major obstacles, letting the smaller, insignificant debris hit them. However, while they were busy trying to not get impaled by wood, the four Sound shinobi attacked them from behind. "Wind Style: Gale Palm!" The foursome throwing out their right hands, powerful gusts of wind struck the two kunoichi. Their combined force threw them far away from them, but their bodies crashing into an adjourning building stopped them dead in their tracks.
The four Sound shinobi surrounded them with a look on their faces that promised nothing but misery. The Sound shinobi that threatened them no more than a few minutes ago, held a kunai to Hinata's throat. "Stay still my pretty, you might just survive the destruction of your village."
While the cold steel was against her throat, Hinata knew that he failed to restrain her hands. She was not as fast as Lee with his punches, but Hinata reacted violently with a quick, chakra palmed strike to her enemies temple. With her Byakugan active she was the chakra surrounding his brain just...cease to exist. It was like a pair of scissors cutting a tangled mess of yarn, he didn't even know he was dead until he hit the ground be her side.
Before the other three shinobi could retaliate, a cold voice whispered into their ears. "Eight Trigrams: Sixty-four Palms!" A series of fast strikes assaulted the three enemies, it sounded like a bat striking a thick roll of leather, only more deadly. They fell to the ground without a sound, completely dead before hey even knew what hit them.
Stepping forwards was a Main Branch Hyuuga, Hinata could tell because of how proudly he showed off his forehead. His white eyes looked at the both of them without any sort of compassion. "Hinata Hyuuga, by the order of your father you are to come with me."
"Are you kidding me!?" Slowly getting to her feet, Tenten glared at yet another pain in their sides. "You're pulling this now of all times? Newsflash buddy, we're being invaded here!"
"And there is no one for you to hide behind anymore." The Hyuuga coldly said.
"Kiroheto...you don't have to do this." Hinata struggled to get to her feet, ignoring the pain in her cracked bones that were aggravated thanks to their mini-battle. She honestly felt sick to her stomach, whether it was from killing her first human being, the death surrounding them, Cloud shinobi were still trying to kidnap her, or the fact her father would do something underhanded when the village was in dire need, she couldn't tell. "The village needs you more...please don't."
"Hiashi-sama's orders are resolute, and I will not fail him." Both his palms glowing with light blue chakra, he activated his Byakugan. "Tenten Higarashi, your sentence is death. Hinata Hyuuga, you're coming home even if I have to carry your unconscious body."
"You won't get away with this!" Tenten unsheathed a kunai and held it in front of her. Sure she was hurting, but she wasn't going down without a fight. "Even if I die, you won't get Hinata to join you again."
"Who says they will find your body?" Kiroheto coldly said. He moved to strike Tenten down, moving at a fast pace because they were defenseless. Hinata was a well known weakling within the clan, and Tenten was nothing more than a clanless kunoichi who got by on using weapons. Victory was his.
"Vibrating Sound Drill!" Kiroheto felt a sharp pain in the back of his skull, the one blind spot within his three-hundred and sixty degree line of vision. He looked at both Hinata and Tenten, confusion on his face before he saw no more. That was because his eyes exploded, white became red chunks of useless vitreous that now stained the ground as his body flopped upon it.
Dosu lowered his Melody Arm and looked at the two kunoichi, his dingle eye glaring at them he turned his head. "What are you waiting for, the Hokage? We got to get out of here."
"Are you serious?" Tenten didn't let her guard down, not even for a second. Dosu belonged to Otogakure, one of the villages attacking her home, he was one of the more ruthless Genin that she had seen seen in her career. "You really think we're going to trust you just like that?"
"Hell no, I don't expect you to trust me as far as you can throw me." Dosu was the realistic sort, sure he may have saved their lives, but he killed a Leaf shinobi to do it. That didn't exactly scream trust me. "But you and I both know it's not safe here. Between some assholes trying to abduct your friend here, and my former allies trying to take you as spoils of war, it's either trust me or get painfully screwed."
Hinata blinked hearing that, deactivating her Byakugan to save on some chakra, she slowly approached the Sound Genin. "Former allies...you're not with them?"
Dosu gave the former Hyuuga a dull look, tore his Sound headband off with his Melody Arm, and crushed it. "No, not after learning I was nothing more than a expendable pawn in Orochimaru's game."
"You really think we can trust you just like that?" Keeping her eyes on Dosu, she gripped her kunai even tighter. "Just because you say something doesn't make it true."
"Then do you trust Uzumaki?" Dosu stopped Tenten in her tracks. "He approached me, offered me and my teammates sanctuary with no strings attached. Heh, at first I thought he was an idiot for proposing this to me. But he showed me his conviction and that is why..." He released his hand to let the ruins of his forehead protector fall to the ground. "I'm showing my worth by protecting you two. But trust goes both ways, I'm trusting you two not to stab me in the back, just like you need to trust me that I won't betray you. So, what's it going to be?"
"Did Naruto-kun really say that?" Hinata asked. "Did he actually offer to help you and your team?"
"What reason do I have to lie about that girl?" Dosu growled in irritation.
For several brief seconds Hinata looked into Dosu's single eye. There was no deceit, he was absolutely sincere. "We should have him come with us."
"Are you crazy Hinata!?" Tenten demanded.
"Far from it. Naruto trusts him, and we should too." Turning her Byakugan eyes towards her friend, and fellow rival, the former Hyuuga continued. "Don't you trust the man you claim to have feelings for?"
And Hinata had her there, a few months ago she would not have been so assertive, but now she was taking charge. It was honestly a real step forward, her dad would have hugged her if he was here at that moment. Tenten brushed some dust off her shoulder and let out an exhausted sigh. "Fine you win. But we're going where I want us to go, and the safest place is at my shop."
"Your shop?" Dosu asked. "How could you possibly be safe there?"
Hinata couldn't help but giggle from Dosu's obliviousness. "You have never met Tenten's dad."
Armageddon: Hey there you bunch of fans of mine, here is the next chapter that's...fucking later than I thought. Hey don't blame me, real life always comes first before this. I got no real witty comment besides the fact my gaggle of Army guys are busting their asses doing some real mercenary shit to bring up our revenue. Seriously, I will never forgive GI Joe for taking what is rightfully ours!
Now, it's Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy it, remember why we celebrate it, and be safe. And I hope to see more thoughtful reviews from you all.
Lt. Doom: Hold on, aren't you going to explain some stuff from this chapter?
Armageddon: Uh...no? I think it's obvious that while Naruto is a badass, fighting against the Shodaime who could control all nine tailed-beasts at once, and literally changed how their shinobi world works will show that is a very bad idea. Fighting against his brother who can make water out of thin air and created at least two Kinjutsu's is a very bad idea. And taking on Orochimaru who could have been the Yondaime Hokage himself with all his body modifications and stuff is a very bad idea. Him getting his ass kicked was the most likely scenario.
Lt. Doom:...And the other stuff?
Armageddon: Let them find it on their own and comment on it in their reviews, I'll happily reply to them.
Lt: Doom: I got nothing else. You heard the General, later folks.