Chapter 52 – Attack on Konoha I


"Talk"

'Think'


Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto sensei.


Third Round of Chūnin Exam, Dawn, Gate of Konoha

"Everyone's ready? Wished your friends good luck?" Kakashi checked on his team.

"Yes" answered the three of them. Naruto, Noriko and Tenzō had wished Sasuke, Gaara and Sai, respectively, good luck for their fights the night before since Team Kakashi was tasked on patrol duty. They were unhappy about not being able to watch and support their friends, but they knew that a shinobi must put their mission first.

"This is an important mission. Today, Konoha opens its gate for visitors who come from near and afar to watch the Chūnin Exam. As such, this is an ideal time if our enemy wants to make an attack. We are the first responder if an attack comes from outside. So treat this like an S-rank mission. Understood?" Kakashi reminded his team.

"Hait, sensei!" answered Naruto, Noriko and Tenzō grimly.


Hours later

Team Kakashi looked at the fireworks. "The final round has begun" noted Kakashi.

'Good luck, guys' thought Naruto, Noriko and Tenzō.


Two hours later

Team Kakashi were patrolling an area when Noriko said "Sensei, there are two groups of six people each about 200 metres in front of us, 15 degrees to the right and 40 degrees to the left"

Everyone immediately was on alert.

"Shinobi?" asked Kakashi.

"No visible hitai-ate. They are making a circle now" reported Noriko.

Kakashi thought briefly before making a decision "We split into two teams of two. Naruto, you are with me. Noriko teams with Tenzō", then, Kakashi and Naruto gone to the left while Noriko and Tenzō gone to the right.


As Noriko and Tenzō are about to arrive, a smoke appeared before a giant two-headed snake appeared in front of them.

Noriko asked Tenzō "Can you hold the snake while I take care of the summoners?"

Tenzō nodded grimly and they split. Noriko channeled Rajah's feet and activated her byakugan. She jumped silently and killed the nearest one with a stabbed on the heart.

The gasped alerted the others. Five shinobi turned and faced Noriko with their kunai out, while the two-headed snake started to slither towards Konoha.

Aiming for the furthest from her, she shouted "Hakke Kūshō!". Another one was downed, 'Tenzō can focus on the snake now' thought Noriko.

Seeing two of their members were taken down, one of the members took out a flute. Alerted, Noriko deactivated her byakugan and activated her sharingan as her enemy began to blow the flute. Noriko saw chakra emitted from the flute, entering a person through his ears and influencing his mind that his body is getting heavier and heavier to the point that a person is incapable of moving.

'It's a sound-based genjutsu!' thought Noriko. One of the enemy yelled "She got sharingan, boss!" which paused the boss from blowing the flute.

She shouted "Hakke Kūshō!" again but the boss jumped and smirked "You've got to do better than that, little girl".

Noriko then shouted "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!", while her clone was attacking thus distracting the enemy, she put on ear plugs subtly as precaution. Soon, her clones were all defeated.

"What else you got, little girl?" taunted the boss while the others smirked. Putting the flute on his lips, the boss began to blow his flute again.

'He doesn't care that his genjutsu hits his followers' thought Noriko. Chanelling Rajah's paw, Noriko said "Zanzō Bunshin".

The enemies' eyes widened "T-that is the Hokage's signature jutsu!" one of them shouted before his jugular vein was slashed.

"She's his niece! I heard he got a niece!" cried another before he too, died.

"****!" cursed the boss as the last follower died.

Then Noriko appeared in front of him with her sharingan blazing. "What's your aim?" she asked, attempted to interrogate.

The boss looked at Noriko defiantly and yelled "S**** you!" before slitting his own throat.

Noriko deactivating her sharingan and activating her byakugan to make sure her opponents really died before she moved towards Tenzō.


As Tenzō moved towards the two-headed snake, he noticed an enemy near to him. Then he heard "Hakke Kūshō!" and the enemy felled.

'Thanks Noriko' thought Tenzō and shouted "Mokuton: Mokusatsu Shibari no Jutsu!", he aimed for the necks of the snake. Once both necks were caught, he pressed his palm on the ground and woods appeared to immobilize the snake.

He tried to injure the snake using kunai, shuriken and exploding tags but none worked as the scale was too thick. He tried to attack the snake's mouths but that only caused the snake to trash around and broke the wood restraints.

'This IS an S-rank mission' Tenzō thought grimly. He has noticed smokes coming from the direction of Konoha 'If the snake is set loose, a lot of people can get hurt or killed. It's my duty to make sure the snake goes nowhere' he resolved to himself.

His other option is to use the new jutsu he learnt recently. For that, he needed to soften the ground to sink the snake 'But that might loosen the restraints' thought Tenzō.

'But I got to try', keeping an eye on the snake, Tenzō chanelled chakra to the ground underneath the snake and at that moment, Noriko appeared and asked "Need help?".

Tenzō told her of his plan. In response, Noriko said "I want to try something to hold the snake. Put on your ear plug while preparing your jutsu".

Noriko created a number of kage bunshin to pin down the snake with wire strings while she took out the flute she took from the boss. She jumped towards the woods that bind the snake's two necks, activated her sharingan and started blow chakra into the flute as she had seen the boss did it. For a while, nothing appeared to happen then the snake began to sag down.

The ground began to swallow the snake. Then Tenzō jumped on the snake and shouted "Mokuton: Jubaku Eisō!"

A tree appeared and its root began to strangle and push down the two-headed snake.

Noriko and Tenzō watched until the snake was completely buried and a tree stood tall on its place.


"You guys took down the whole snake by yourself? Amazing!" said Naruto. Noriko and Tenzō turned and saw Kakashi and Naruto.

"It was all Tenzō" said Noriko and asked "How about you guys?"

"I summoned a new toad called Gamahiro on top of the snake. Hahahaha! That was funny" laughed Naruto. Noriko and Tenzō smiled before asked Kakashi "What's next, sensei?"

"We return to Konoha. On the way, I want you to sweep the perimeter for incoming enemies" said Kakashi

"Hait, sensei!"


End Chapter 52


A/N: Using flute to cast genjutsu was from Shiin clan from Otogakure.


Hakke Kūshō – Eight Trigrams Air Palm

Hitai-ate – Forehead protector

Kage Bunshin no Jutsu – Shadow Clone

Mokuton: Jubaku Eisō – Wood Release: Tree Bind Eternal Burial

Mokuton: Mokusatsu Shibari no Jutsu – Wood Release: Silent Strangle Jutsu

Zanzō Bunshin – Afterimage Clone