Followed footsteps

Jiraiya was instantly alert.

He was in a place where there were many moving objects, though none were moving towards him.

He cracked an eye open, and saw that he was lying on a pile of hay. The room was otherwise empty. He looked up, and saw that there was a hole above the door, about shoulder height. He stood up and looked out the hole.

He was in some sort of horse stall, and there were many women walking around.

This is either Naruto's greatest prank ever, or we got sucked in by those weird blue flames. Jiraiya thought to himself.

Jiraiya walked cautiously out of the stall. One woman noticed him.

"What are you doing in the royal pegasus corral? ! ?"

"Uh..." Jiraiya thought frantically.

"Let me deal with this one." A dark haired slender woman walked forward. She had hard, cold eyes. "Who are you, and why are you here?"

"Uh, my name's Jiraiya, and-" Jiraiya was cut off.

"The author?" The second woman asked.

Jiraiya raised an eyebrow. "You've heard of my books?"

The woman picked up a spear. "Yep." She tapped the spear against her hand menacingly.

"Not good..." Jiraiya thought aloud.

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Orochimaru slowly picked himself up off the ground. His face hurt, but he could ignore it for the most part.

He was in a grassy plain about knee deep, and only one person was in sight. There were many mountains in the distance.

"On whose authority to trespass on the lands of Goldoa?" The man asked with a booming voice.

"You're barely worth killing." Orochimaru said flippantly.

"You will resist, I take it? Very well." The man pulled out a yellowy golden stone, and he glowed blue. The shape grew to about 15 feet tall, and sprouted wings. The shape resolved into a massive reptilian figure, with a very angular face.

Orochimaru merely blinked. "Well, you don't see that everyday..." He flicked through the hand signs for the summoning technique, and pressed his hand to the ground.

Nothing. The blood merely trickled down his hand.

Orochimaru frowned. It was a mystery to figure out later. He grabbed Kusanagi from his waist, and jumped towards the dragon. The dragon made no attempt to dodge, and was actually surprised when the blade cut through his scales.

The dragon reacted quickly, however, and immobilised the blade from either being removed, or cutting deeper. The dragon inhaled, and breathed a jet of liquid flame on Orochimaru, who quickly passed out from the pain.

The dragon reverted, and hauled the upstart away.

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Tsunade woke up in an unusually comfy bed.

She looked around, and saw a room with 5 men, all with wings of varying colours.

"...Ok, maybe I did have too much to drink last night..." Tsunade rubbed her eyes.

"I didn't know alcohol enabled beorc to fly." The one with green wings said with a raised eyebrow.

"I don't remember any flying..." Tsunade knitted her brows in drowsy concentration.

"I have to agree, I never saw her flying." The one with dark brown wings said. "Only falling." He raised his arms to show his arm casts.

"Yeah, quit your whining. You've had worse before, Ulki." The one with light brown wings jeered.

"What do we do, Your Majesty?" The one with brown wings that hadn't spoken yet asked.

"We can't do anything until we know where she came from." The man with green wings spoke next. Was he the king?

"Konoha." Tsunade said simply.

4 of the 5 people present had a slightly shocked look on their faces. The one who didn't was the one who said 'Your Majesty'.

"Damn, that complicates things..." The one with green wings frowned.

"Tibarn, we can't reach Konoha through any safe means." The man that had white wings rose from his seated position.

"Yeah, you're stuck here." Tibarn, the king told her.

Tsunade blinked. Damn, this dream is vivid.

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The sannin arrived when Yune glowed in the previous chapter, and their placement has a significant impact on later events.

Konoha will be all but ignored for the rest of the story, but so that everyone knows, Danzo was placed in charge, with Shikaku Nara acting as a sort of head for the clans, ensuring Danzo doesn't try anything too stupid.

The Daein arc is also drawing to a close, however plot twists that don't exist in canon are scattered throughout the rest of the arc. Nothing is what it seems, at all.

I warned you.