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Shadow 465 – Solomon was a former King Of Isreal somewhere between circa 970BCE to 931BCE or something close to that but basically he's a Servant in Fate/Grand Order and so I don't spoil anything for anyone playing the NA version of the game the current antagonist of Fate/Grand Order and the current Grand Caster.

In history it is said that he was the last true King of Isreal before it was split into the Northern Kingdom Of Isreal and Southern Kingdom OF Judah.

To put it simply the dude is referenced by multiple religions including Christianity, Muslims, Jewish and even Freemason texts so to say he's a pretty important guy haha.

Also an interesting thing to note is that his Father David is also a Servant in Fate/Grand Order.

Now when it comes to King Hassan I was surprised when I decided to look up a little info on them and it turns out that he was the founder of the real life version of the Assassin Brotherhood which I'm sure like 90% know based off of the videogame.

So yes it turns out that King Hassan and all subsequent Hassans were in fact either the Grand Masters or Master Assassins from the Assassin Brotherhood hell the Syrian Brotherhood was even based out of Masyaf you can't get better material if you tried!

So hopefully that gives you some idea as to who they were though I'm sure there is a wealth of info you could find if you wanted to look for it.

Emerald Rose nee Potter – Thanks for the praise I do try to stick to a certain quality of work but I'm bound to miss stuff in editing though I've been slowly going back through Vol I and editing chapters but even then it's still possible to miss stuff but it is a massive story to get through so I can only say I'll do my best!

As for my drive I've come this far I don't think it's possible to lose it especially when I can already see things happening several volumes from now and as for my upload schedule it's kind of weird but you can expect at least one chapter a week possibly more it's kind of debateable.

Anyway on with the story!

I do not own Fairy Tail, Naruto or the Nasuverse.

On The Hunt For A Slippery Snake

/Natsu's POV/

Natsu groaned as he rolled onto his side clutching his throbbing head, the events of the previous day hitting him like a train as he slowly opened his eyes.

"Why me …"

After laying on his side for some time Natsu finally managed to muster up the effort to get himself into a sitting position and immediately noticed Mordred blissfully asleep and unaware that she was drooling all over his leg.

"I wonder which parent she got that from?"

Looking over to Nobu he froze at the sight of several weapons circling above her head as she used her sword like a conductor to manipulate them as she continued to mutter something incomprehensible.

"Well as strange as that is I suppose there could be worse."

As Natsu moved his leg that Mordred was currently using as a pillow a frown marred her features as she began patting around her vicinity for it until finally punching a hole in the floor forcing him to put his leg back much to the sleeping Mordred's delight.

"If only I could record this I would so use this against her in future," Natsu sighed as the door was pulled open by Yugao who took in the odd sight with varying emotions before finally levelling a blank look at Natsu asking him to explain.

"We all almost died yesterday, I'm surprised I'm the first one to wake up considering I took the most damage but then again it's me we're talking about."

"Well I'm guessing that's where the blood and gore came from then?"

"Yeah I want to go take a bath but Saber punched a hole in your floor when I took away her pillow, a shame too since she's drooling on me."

"And what about her," Yugao asked motioning towards Nobu's little gun show.

"I have no clue but I wouldn't go near her just to be safe."

"Well you'll have to get up soon we've got a mission to go on soon, Tsunade is planning on attempting to either capture or kill Orochimaru over at Tenchi Bridge."

"How soon before we're due to see her?"

"No later than midday I would think, Kakashi won't be coming on this mission because he's been forced to cover Asuma's squad since he's away in the Fire Capital meeting with the Fire Daimyo."

"Right I'll see about getting these two up and washing this crap off of us and we can head on over."

"I suppose I'll round up Naruto and Sakura then and meet you at the entrance to the Hokage Tower then."

"Sounds good," Natsu sighed as Yugao walked away to get ready for the mission. "Alright then let's see about getting these two up."

Since Mordred was the closest to him Natsu began jerking his leg in an annoying way immediately bringing a frown to her face. Said frown remained until Natsu accidently kneed her in the face and her eyes shot open in alarm.

"What's the big idea!"

"Well as much as I wanted you to drool all over my leg we have work to do, hopefully you've recovered enough from yesterday."

Looking at Natsu's leg Mordred at least had the decency to blush from embarrassment before pinning Natsu to the ground since he had no shirt to grab.

"You tell anyone I drooled all over you …"

"Upon penalty of death I swear I won't tell a soul save Nobu since she'll see it anyway," Natsu replied as Mordred released him and got up to have a stretch.

"So," Mordred yawned as she turned her attention back to him. "How are you feeling today after getting slapped around like that?"

"Oh I feel absolutely brilliant!"

"Smartass bastard I'm being serious!"

"Oh well in that case I feel like Death and trust me I died once and almost died on countless occasions and it does not feel pleasant."

"See was that so damn hard to admit?"

"Admitting it to you, yes it was," Natsu teased prompting Mordred to pout childishly.

"Why do you have to constantly tease me like that!"

"Because it's funny, now go get yourself cleaned up while I wake up Nobu."

Mordred snorted and left the room just as Natsu tossed a piece of the broken floor at her prompting the guns to immediately begin firing at him as he barrel rolled out of the room.

"Who the hell is trying to attack me!"

"Settle down Nobu it's just me!"

"Huh, why were you trying to attack me," Nobu asked as Natsu poked his head back into the room.

"I just chucked a piece of the floor at you to wake you up that's all."

"Oh … well don't do that again just call me or something, where's Mordred?"

"Getting cleaned up; you can go after her if you want."

"Honestly I think you should be the one to go next have you even seen yourself in a mirror?"

"Covered in blood and guts yeah I know but I'm being polite," Natsu replied with a small grin. "But if you insist I'll go next."

A few minutes later Mordred walked back into the room and practically shoved Natsu into the bath as he began to remove his clothes. Looking at his form he was surprised to see bruises from where Solomon had hit him, damage from using all his power he was expecting but from fighting Solomon he most certainly wasn't.

"I wonder if he was using one of the auras and I just couldn't tell?"

Hopping into the boiling hot water Natsu sighed as he released the power keeping his fake leg intact and splashed some hot water over his face. Closing his eyes he could feel his damaged organs struggling to repair themselves which appeared to be only part of the price to pay for mixing Anti with his regular powers without easing into it properly.

"Beats being dead though doesn't it?"

"Right you are Aava but it doesn't make it hurt any less."

"I know it might be a bit much to ask but perhaps you could refrain from fighting too much to give your body a better chance to heal. You can win just as many fights through a good defence as well as offence."

"I want to dispute it but it's a fair point, can I risk using the guardian in my current condition though?"

"Like I said as long as you don't overexert yourself you should be fine in a few days near as I can tell."

"Fine I promise I won't overexert myself without a reason."

"Well hopefully you don't but if it makes you feel any safer your body has grown stronger from the experience of using your max power and the surviving the fight against Solomon. Considering how powerful most beings in this world are I doubt you'd need even half anymore so the guardian should be more than enough."

"That attitude is what got Achnologia tossed into the Ravine Of Time Aava, never underestimate the power of an underdog else you find yourself on the receiving end of a fatal attack like your predecessor did."

"I suppose that's fair but even still keep in mind you gained quite an increase in power regardless."

"I will but on the topic of power what did you think of the Demon God Pillars?"

"They were weaker than what Achnologia's memory portrays them as," Aava replied immediately as Natsu hummed in response.

"Even though Tiberius condensed himself into a humanoid form he felt weaker than when I fought him during the Alvarez War. When I last fought him I was in my Perfected Hybrid Form which means either he's suffered a massive decrease in power or-."

"Solomon purposely weakened them when he summoned them in perhaps?"

"That's one likely scenario however I believe each pillar summoned in must have some sort of cost. By summoning in as many as he did Solomon must have wanted to save his strength in case he was forced to fight someone like King Hassan."

"Well in the end it worked in our favour but I doubt it'll happen again and I don't doubt that Demon God Tiberius will be out for our blood even more than before after what we did to him."

"Well let's hope it doesn't happen until after I've recovered eh," Natsu chuckled as he slowly pulled himself out of the bath regrowing his fake leg and drying himself off with a burst of flame. "Now let's get out of here so Nobu can get cleaned up and we can go find snake face."

As he took a step forward Natsu winced as pain shot through his body from his injuries. Quickly summoning his clothes to him Natsu hobbled out of the bathroom and taking a seat in the living room where Mordred was waiting patiently for him.

"You don't look too good."

"I don't feel too good either but we've got work to do, Nobu's getting cleaned up now so we should be good to go in a few minutes."

"So about yesterday what the hell happened to you?"

"Nothing much to say really aside from myself, Altera and Artoria getting decimated by Solomon," Natsu sighed. "If he is the one responsible for this Grail War we have A LOT of catching up to do strength wise, the guy was moving so fast I was barely able to block his attacks and even then it didn't matter since the force from his blows blew right through my defences anyway."

"Well we have allies for the moment so at least we have something on our side though aiming to find some of these Grails would be a good idea. You aren't a Servant but you could grant a Grail to either myself or Nobu to give us what is called a Grail Buff which is about as broken as it sounds, granting us a specific power up by holding the Grail within ourselves."

"Is that so …"

"Yeah she's right and judging by what happened yesterday I'd say we need all the help we can get," Nobu said as she walked into the room drying her hair with a towel. "Can you heat up the room and dry my hair quicker?"

"Sure, so you two want this Grail Buff I'm guessing?"

"It would be advantageous to our cause and would provide us with a means of safeguarding them from hostile Servants who would wish to take them for themselves."

"Alright I suppose we'll keep an ear out for any sign of Grail activity and go out looking in our spare time. In the meantime you two can decide who gets the first Grail yourselves alright?"

"Got it."

"Yeah yeah."

Natsu nodded as the three left Yugao's and made their way to the Hokage Tower where Yugao in her ANBU gear, Naruto and Sakura were waiting.

"Whoa Natsu Sensei you look like crap!"

"Is it that obvious," Natsu sighed as he massaged his temples. "If you must know I was almost killed yesterday so I'm still recovering from that."

"Who the hell has the power to almost kill you!"

"Quite a number of people actually," Natsu said slightly amused at Naruto's dumbfounded expression. "I'm not the top of the food chain you know even Kurama could probably kick my ass if he went all out though it's debatable since I've been getting stronger lately."

"Anyway don't we have to see the Hokage," Yugao cut in as the group nodded and made their way inside walking right into Tsunade's office without knocking.

"Ah there you all are- Natsu are you all right," Tsunade asked in alarm noticing Natsu's drained look.

"I'm fine just a little beat up it won't affect going after snake face I promise you that much."

"Are you sure?"

"I promise you if push comes to shove I'll obliterate the bastard and the entire surrounding countryside, deal?"

"Well you don't have to do that …"

"I'm content to let the brats take point on this anyway since they need the experience, Neko, Saber, Archer and I will be the support."

"I don't know if that's such a good idea Natsu we can't afford to let Orochimaru get away after what he did."

"I doubt he'll get away and even if he does he'll be worse off for it, now let's get going this meeting should be starting soon shouldn't it?"

"Yes and I'm sending along someone who will be disguised as Sasori, he should be in position at the bridge ready to make contact as we speak."

"Very well then," Natsu said as he opened a portal. "Let's move out!"

The team walked through the portal and arrived in a small clearing near the bridge where a lone figure who looked like Sasori in his puppet form stood waiting. Naruto, Sakura and Yugao immediately vanished in order to conceal their presence.

Mordred and Nobu vanished leaving Natsu alone in the small clearing where he decided to simply lean against a tree and wait. It wasn't until half an hour later that the supposed contact would arrive and to say Natsu was surprised would be an understatement.

"That kid looks pretty good considering what Naruto did to him the last time we saw him."

"No doubt Orochimaru found a way to fix him right up, unfortunately."

The disguised ninja burst into smoke revealing a Leaf nin with a rather blank looking face who wore the standard Konoha Jonin attire. He jumped back to the far side of the bridge as the smug laughter of Orochimaru hit everyone's ears.

"Well well I wasn't expecting the Leaf to believe me so foolish as to allow a rat within my own fold, at least not one whose true allegiance lay with me."

"Indeed, Lord Orochimaru is the only one with whom I would willingly throw my lot in with. The rest of these shinobi don't have the stomach to do what it takes in the name of medical science," Kabuto added.

"Well isn't that just nice," Natsu said with his voice tinged in amusement and wiping the smirks off of Kabuto and Orochimaru's faces. "Hello there Kabuto you look a great deal better than the last time I saw you, of course having a face that looked as rough as sandpaper probably wasn't ideal for you but I digress."

"Natsu Dragneel …"

"Orochimaru of the Sannin how are those arms of yours doing, oh wait that's right the old man took them away from you didn't he?"

The smirk made its way back onto Orochimaru's face as he raised his arms up into the air as he began laughing giving Natsu pause.

"How did you regain the use of your arms, the pieces of your soul required to use them were trapped within the Shinigami's stomach?"

"Now that would be telling," Orochimaru teased as he licked his lips in an almost disturbing way. "A true scientist has to keep some of his secrets after all."

"Well I'll be sure to extract them from you soon enough, you alright there?"

"Yeah I wasn't expecting them to already know of Sasori's defeat, you can call me Yamato by the way."

"You might as well tell the rest to come out of hiding I know you would've brought the Nine Tails Jinchuuriki and the fan girl for my Sasuke."

Sakura and Naruto appeared at the opposite end of the bridge cutting off Orochimaru and Sakura with Yugao appearing on the side with Natsu and Yamato.

"Oh and an ANBU as well, Tsunade must really want to bring me in if she's sending this many after me. Such a pity I don't have the time to waste on all of you so I shall have to even the odds a little, Summoning Jutsu!"

Ten large snakes burst forth from the smoke directly at the group putting them on the defensive.

"Natsu what do you want us to do?"

"You and Nobu help out the others here while I go have a little chat with a certain Uchiha, I can sense him nearby. Orochimaru is going straight for Naruto no doubt wanting to test him but I think he'll be pleasantly surprised at just how much he's grown."

"Alright we'll help out here then, try not to take too long with the avenger brat," Mordred replied as she withdrew from their shared connection.

Snapping his fingers Natsu ducked into a portal just before one of the snakes could attempt to bite him and he reappeared inside a dimly lit hallway with snake carvings all along the walls.

"So this is Orochimaru's hideout eh?"

Walking over to the nearest door he kicked it in as its sole occupant launched out of bed, sword in hand and assumed a defensive position only to falter when he saw who it was that kicked in his door.

"You-!"

"Hello there Sasuke how's life been, killed any Danzo's for me lately?"

"How did you find me!"

"Oh Sasuke still as naïve as ever I see," Natsu sighed as he ripped his sword from his hands using his Gravity Magic and examined it. "Interesting choice, quite similar to Naruto's own though his is slightly shorter."

"Why are you here?"

"Have you looked into what I told you about two years ago Sasuke regarding the Uchiha Massacre? Have you even bothered to try and hunt down Danzo to avenge your clan?"

"Danzo isn't here, no one aside from Orochimaru and maybe Kabuto knows where he is," Sasuke said after he finished glaring a hole into Natsu's head. "Now can I have my sword back?"

"I suppose you can," Natsu replied tossing it back to the Uchiha who caught it with ease. "I'm glad to see you were also smart enough to find a focus for your elemental chakra, figure out that stunt back at the Valley Of The End could've killed you did ya?"

"Figures you'd be there, why didn't you interfere after I nearly killed Naruto?"

"Because it wasn't my place, even now I can't interfere with what's happening here which is half the reason I chose to come here instead. Right now Naruto's about to fight Orochimaru in a one on one fight and it's a fixed point I cannot even be remotely near otherwise it'll be more than just my head on the block."

"I'm guessing the Leaf is trying to get me back again?"

"The primary objective is to eliminate Orochimaru but Naruto and Sakura did come for you," Natsu admitted as he paced the room examining various scrolls and objects scattered around much to Sasuke's annoyance.

"So why come to me?"

"Well I figured I'd ask if snake face altered the seal at all but I can tell it hasn't been touched, for a genius he really isn't all that smart when it comes to his seals. By the way I don't know if you've seen his body yet but something about Orochimaru isn't quite right have you noticed anything strange about him lately?"

"He constantly complains that his body is deteriorating faster and that he'll need to … change bodies soon," Sasuke said with a slight frown as Natsu hummed in response.

"You do realize that you'll be the one he tries to body change with right? My advice to you is milk him for all the skills you can and kill him when he's at his weakest."

"That was my plan although I had planned on trying to steal some of his power as well."

"It's up to you how you choose to handle the situation I'm just giving you a heads up, once Naruto's done with him I'd expect a summon to wherever he stays within a day or so."

"You don't seriously think Naruto could wound a Sannin like that do you, sick or not Orochimaru is still a Sannin?"

"I trained Naruto personally so I can vouch for his power, old snake face is in for a surprise to say the least," Natsu smirked.

"I plan on going after Itachi soon and since you're here you wouldn't happen to know where he is would you," Sasuke asked shifting the conversation as Natsu hummed in thought.

"He's currently at a certain place you might know, sorry but I can't say too much more its up to Fate to decide how things proceed from here and there is still much for you to do yet."

"I see …"

"Well anyway it was nice seeing you again but I plan on destroying this whole facility so you might want to consider getting out of here," Natsu sighed as he made his way to the door. "Good luck and remember that Danzo must die the moment you find him Sasuke."

"I know."

Natsu smiled and left the room wincing slightly as each step shook several of his damaged organs. The pain was only a minor inconvenience and he'd dealt with far worse before however it had been quite some time since he'd been forced to deal with long lasting pain thanks to his regenerative powers.

"Guess that's what overreliance on something gets you," Natsu chuckled to himself as he vanished further into the lair of the snake.

/Naruto's POV – Several Minutes Earlier/

Naruto watched as Natsu slipped away into a portal and frowned, he had a fairly good idea as to where Natsu would be going but for the sake of the mission he would keep his mouth shut for the moment.

"You know that he's got a good reason for going to see the Uchiha right?"

"I still don't see why Sasuke can't go after his brother and still be part of the village," Naruto mentally sighed as Kurama shook his head.

"Things aren't as simple as you think Naruto and deep down you know this. Being part of a Hidden Village restricts ones movements and ability to act as necessary, the rules of Konoha bar him from doing whatever is necessary to reach his goals."

"I doubt anyone in the Leaf would object to him going after Itachi nor would they object to the means as to how he went about it, he is the precious last Uchiha if you remember."

"Like I said before things aren't always as black and white as you believe them to be," Kurama sighed. "Now I believe the snake is coming right for you Naruto."

Naruto's attention snapped back to reality as he ducked to avoid Orochimaru's outstretched arm that had morphed into three snakes and turned to face the Sannin who was licking his lips and eyeing him almost hungrily.

"It has been quite a long time since we've last seen each other Naruto, Chunin Exams I believe?"

"Yeah and you killed old man Third," Naruto replied with a frown as he pulled out a scroll, channelled some chakra into it and with a puff of smoke had his sword in hand ready to engage the Snake Sannin.

"I had assumed you'd grown since we last met but believing you can engage me only proves you still have a long way to go yet, perhaps you'd be better off learning from someone like me who can educate you on the finer points of battle?"

"As if I'd even join you."

"Well it was worth a try though I do have to wonder which of the two of you is stronger, is it you or my Sasuke?"

"Sasuke isn't yours Orochimaru he's his own man and a far better person than you could ever hope to be," Naruto growled as two clones appeared by his side and vanished almost instantly being replaced by two logs as Naruto charged forward intending on attacking the Sannin.

"Yes I have time to play a little," Orochimaru said as he slinked backwards and retreated into the forest.

"Do you have a plan for him, remember even Natsu during the Chunin Exams couldn't actually kill the bastard?"

"I have a few ideas," was Naruto's reply as he pursued Orochimaru through the forest.

Leaping through the trees Naruto suddenly found himself purposely letting his foot catch on a branch and used it to spin himself back around as he brought his blade up to defend himself from the Sannin's own blade.

"Impressive, to think you could actually sense me when I was actually trying to conceal my presence!"

Channelling chakra into his foot Naruto let the branch explode which propelled him to the ground. The moment his feet touched it he immediately jumped and avoided a series of kunai landing on the side of a tree with Orochimaru standing opposite.

"I must say you've gotten better at dodging since our last encounter so I suppose I should kick things up a notch."

Naruto watched in surprise as Orochimaru lunged at him; jumping out of the way he wasn't expecting the man's neck to literally extend in an attempt to bite him and as a result channelled Wind Chakra into his sword.

"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"

Orochimaru was surprised at the size, strength and speed of the attack as he snaked his way around it and landed on a tree branch with his usual smirk still firmly planted on his face. Flashing through a series of hand seals of his own, Orochimaru sent a series of fireballs at Naruto who took to dodging and using the trees as momentary cover to avoid them setting the portion of the forest they were in ablaze.

"Is that it Naruto? A jutsu and a few blocked attacks and you're done," Orochimaru taunted as the two landed in a small clearing. "I expected more from the Leaf's Jinchuuriki though under Tsunade I suppose it's a miracle you turned out as good as you did."

"He's obviously trying to goad you into losing your cool."

"Where would I be without your keen powers of observation fuzzball?"

"Dead back on the Wave Mission probably," Kurama snorted.

"Should make out like we're rising to his bait or …?"

"Just act like a reckless idiot and let loose some of my power and maybe that'll seem convincing enough."

Orochimaru smirked as he saw Naruto's eyes turn red and he adopted a more feral like snarl with his whisker marks becoming more defined, red chakra swirling around him as he let loose a low growl.

"Does it anger you that my Sasuke can put up a better fight than you Naruto?"

"Don't talk about him … like you OWN HIM," Naruto roared as he vanished from his current position and reappeared next to Orochimaru delivering a powerful blow to his head sending the Sannin flying through several trees before wrapping himself around another tree and slinging himself back towards Naruto as he began to laugh.

"That's it Naruto feed the fires of anger within you, it's the only way you can beat me and reclaim my Sasuke!"

"Oi Kurama watch this," Naruto snickered as he let out a loud cry and picked up one of the nearby trees and threw it at Orochimaru who sliced through it using his blade before charging towards the Sannin and engaging him in a bout of Taijutsu.

His initial punch was blocked however Naruto managed to land three blows to Orochimaru's chest before being blown back by a powerful gut punch.

"Well he hits pretty hard for a guy who is supposed to be a snake."

"He's a Sannin so of course he hits hard!"

Naruto dislodged himself from the tree he'd found himself embedded in narrowly avoiding a horizontal slash from Orochimaru's blade which sliced the tree in half as he landed on another nearby.

"Is that the best you can do with all your anger Naruto!"

"He's not yours Orochimaru! Fire Style: Fox Fire Jutsu!"

Orochimaru grinned as nine massive tail shaped streams of flame ripped through the forest as he flashed through a series of hand seals.

"Earth Style: Greater Dome Jutsu!"

A massive shield of earth emerged around Orochimaru just as the attacks neared his position with the crimson flame crashing against the earth scorching it black.

"Hehehe not good enough-!"

The blade of a sword pierced through the top of the dome with it bursting into crimson flame and moving down the left hand side slicing it open like butter. Without sparing even a moment Naruto released fire into the opened section of the dome charring everything within black.

Turning on his heel Naruto deflected a kunai barrage and jumped off the dome as it began to heat up and explode with Orochimaru emerging from a hole in one of the trees. The Sannin rushed forward and the two locked blades in midair as they landed on the side of another tree.

"How very interesting but I'm beginning to grow tired of this little game."

With speed that surprised even Naruto Orochimaru began attacking with sharp and precise strikes with the two soon finding themselves in another clearing. Jumping forward Orochimaru landed on his face and began slithering forward as his legs fused together almost giving off the appearance of an actual snake as his head once again shot forward in an attempt to bite him.

Naruto dodged the strike however another Orochimaru that had been concealed on a tree shot forward and stabbed him through the back and out through his chest with a satisfied smirk.

"You did well Naruto but it appears that you are mine!"

"Is that what you think?"

Naruto suddenly exploded sending the Sannin flying backward in surprise as another Naruto emerged coated in a crimson aura that kicked him hard in the side sending him crashing through several trees landing right onto a painted seal.

"WHAT-!"

The two clones Naruto had summoned at the beginning of the fight appeared alongside the real one as they surrounded Orochimaru forming a triangle with all three flashing through a series of hand seals.

"Uzumaki Style: Tri Element Barrier Seal!"

A blue triangular barrier formed a small cage around Orochimaru, the cage was only just as tall as he was forcing the snake Sannin to hunch slightly as he struggled to hide his shock at the expert use of Fuinjutsu.

"Where did you learn this!"

"Not that it's any of your business but I learned this from my homeland and no there is no physical copy of this jutsu so you can't just go try and steal it, assuming you could even reach Uzu without dying that is!"

"It seems I've underestimated you Uzumaki," Orochimaru said as his smirk began to return. "You've proven to be quite the interesting opponent I don't believe anyone has forced me to use this particular jutsu since the Fourth Hokage."

Orochimaru began flashing through a long series of hand seals before biting his thumb and placing it at the centre of the seal.

"Fuinjutsu Art: Lifeblood Reversal Jutsu!"

Naruto was shocked as the barrier shattered and Orochimaru stood free across from him with his usual smirk firmly in place.

"How did you break free!"

"A lost form of Fuinjutsu that lets you trade your body's lifespan in exchange for reversing a seal, quite useful for someone like myself."

"You bastard …"

"Now that you've proven to be a legitimate threat I think it's time I finished you off before you get the chance to pull something like that again," Orochimaru said as he flashed through a series of hand seals before biting his thumb and slamming his palm to the ground. "Summoning Jutsu!"

A massive cloud of smoke momentarily clouded the form of a colossal sized snake with Orochimaru standing at its head once again laughing as the snake hissed menacingly.

"Orochimaru! For summoning me like this I shall demand one hundred sacrifices, no less shall satisfy or it shall be YOU who I feast upon this day!"

"Of course Manda now I want you to kill the Jinchuuriki down there!"

"Don't order me!"

"Kurama lend me some more power!"

"Right," Kurama growled as he let his power flow through Naruto which didn't go unnoticed by either Manda or Orochimaru as Naruto flashed through a series of hand seals before biting his thumb, slamming his palm on the ground setting off a large puff of smoke of equal size to the one Orochimaru had.

"Course I get summoned right as I'm about to have a good drink, this better be good kid!"

Orochimaru was no longer smiling as the Chief Toad Gamabunta stood defiantly across from him smoking a massive pipe with Naruto atop its head.

"Sorry Chief but as you can see I kind of need a little help with this one, you mind lending a hand?"

"Well well well if it isn't the scum of the forest Manda no doubt hungry for more babies and virgins!"

"Gamabunta," Manda hissed in anger. "To think I must bear to look at your wart covered hide for but even a moment, one thousand sacrifices Orochimaru and not a sacrifice less!"

"Kid you've got my help on this but how the hell did you end up fighting Orochimaru of all people!"

"It's a long story Chief so it'll have to wait until the next drink up at Myoboku alright?"

"HAH that's what I like to hear kid I'll be waiting to drink you under again! So what are your orders?"

"Kill the snake," Naruto replied simply as Gamabunta cracked a grin.

"Oho now that's an order I've been waiting over fifty years to hear, Jiriaya might be one of the best summoners we ever had but he's too soft. I'll gladly rid the world of this filth kid you just focus on Orochimaru alright!"

"Got it Chief!"

"Alright then kid hold on," Gamabunta cried as he began hopping towards Manda drawing a massive knife from his back as the snake ripped up the forest as it rushed towards the duo. Naruto and Orochimaru jumped off the heads of their respective summons just as they clashed with both locking blades once again as the battle escalated.

Hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you in the next one!