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Chapter 18: Konoha Crush!
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|Stadium|
As illusionary feathers fell from the sky, Naruto suddenly began to feel sleepy but Kurama sent out a pulse of his chakra dispelling the genjutsu. The Uzumaki mentally thanked the demon fox and glanced around the Stadium.
The Konoha shinobi were locked in combat with both Suna and Oto forces preventing them for reaching the civilians who were being evacuated. Three days ago Kurama had informed him that some heavy duty fights will be going on today but still…
Naruto jumped to his left avoiding a powerful gust of wind which surely would have sent him flying backwards. The Sunagakure Jonin, Baki frowned at his miss. Beside him were Temari and Kankuro who wore impassive expressions.
The Suna Jonin shoved the thought of his miss to the back of his mind and studied the condition of their Jinchuriki, "Temari! Kankuro!"
"Yes sir!" The two replied.
"Take him away from here." He pointed at Gaara who was still in pain. "Find some secluded place where he can calm down. Once he's recovered from his pain and shock, get out of there so that he can release Shukaku!" Baki said eyes turning towards Naruto. The Uzumaki watched as the two picked up their brother then used shunshin to leave.
"Why is Suna invading? I thought we are allies." Naruto calmly asked, Baki stared at the boy responsible for Gaara's current condition, the Uzumaki had actually managed to physically harm the Jinchuriki and came out unscratched, in Sunagakure such a feat is considered impossible. With that in mind, the Suna Jonin glared at the boy while making some hand seals.
"Allies you say? How can we be allies when Suna is being sucked dry by Konoha." Baki commented coldly before releasing a gust of hurricane winds at him.
Luckily someone came to his rescue erecting an earth wall which intercepted the wind attack, when the wall fell Baki was no longer in sight.
"Coward." The Uzumaki heard someone mutter, glancing around his spotted the Proctor Genma approaching, "I have a mission for you."
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|Kage Box|
"I see your village is being invaded Hokage-dono." Atoniji said calmly. Before Hiruzen could gave a reply, the 'Kazekage' made a hand seal and blasted away all the bodyguards of both Kages off the balcony with a powerful gust of wind.
"Activate the barrier!" The two 'Kazekage' bodyguards dropped their disguises revealing themselves to be four Oto shinobi, the four ninja leapt to one of the four corners of the roof and simultaneously made the same hand seals.
"Ninja Art: Four Flames Formation!" They shouted as a purple barrier rose up, trapping the Kages inside. They then created a separate barrier to protect themselves from being attacked.
"Happy to see me Sarutobi-sensei?" The 'Kazekage' asked as he peeled away his disguise, revealing himself to be Orochimaru.
"No, I'm actually ashamed for letting you live, Orochimaru." Hiruzen replied, leveling him with a hard glare. "I also knew you were disguised as the Kazekage the whole time."
"Ku ku ku, so you knew all along." The Sannin chuckled lightly.
"It was confirmed when you acknowledged Atoniji's presence, Rasa never does that."
"You did know about the invasion, didn't you Sarutobi-sensei? You knew this whole time." Orochimaru noted as a grin developed on his face. "Quite interesting. I wonder who clued you in, Sarutobi-sensei."
Hiruzen ignored the words from his former student and turned his head to face the Yosokage. "My apologies Yosokage-dono, but informing you of the invasion from Oto and Suna would have tipped them off if you started acting strangely."
"I guess you're right, it would have been strange if Arashigakure shinobi were suddenly brought into the village." Atsushi sighed before glaring at the Snake Sannin, "At least let me lend you a hand, for Orochimaru has been trying to get his hands on my people ever since the Third war ended."
"Could you blame me, Atoniji?" Orochimaru shrugged, "The Nisankugan is an interesting bloodline, if all things go according to plan I will be experimenting on your daughter by tomorrow's end."
The Kage saw red, "If you there lay a finger on Himari-chan's hair I will…"
"Summoning: Edo Tensei!" Orochimaru interrupted summoning two coffins which opened up revealing their contents, both Kages gasped at who were inside. In the coffin marked with the kanji of 'fire' and 'one' was a man with waist-length black hair and tanned skin. He wore dark red armor over his body and had on with black pants. In the coffin marked with the kanji of 'fire' and 'two' was a man with white, shaggy hair and had red markings underneath his eyes. He wore blue armor over his body with black pants and also wore facial armor that covered his ears and the side of his face. There was also white fur on his armor that covered his neck.
"What trickery is this?" Atoniji whispered as he stared at the First and Second Hokages. Both of them had cracks running along their bodies and seemed to be in a comatose state before their eyes gained a light to them and they looked around in confusion.
'Hashirama and Tobirama-senseis!' Hiruzen thought as he stared at both individuals.
"Trick? This is no trick. This is the Edo Tensei. It's a jutsu designed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju himself. I figured he, along with his brother would enjoy seeing the jutsu in action." Orochimaru explained with a chuckle.
"You really perfected this Jutsu, didn't you?" Hiruzen glared at his former student.
"Perfected? No, there is still room for improvement but I did perfect the other jutsu!" Orochimaru replied with a grin on his face.
Now Atoniji was curious, "Which jutsu?"
"My Immortality Jutsu of course."
Hiruzen paled. "You... you completed that dreadful Jutsu?!" he roared.
Orochimaru chuckled as he reached up to his face and pulled it away, revealing the face of an attractive woman underneath. "Why are you so surprised? You did allow me to escape and finish my work," He explained in a feminine voice.
The Hokage was sickened. "… How many innocents have you taken...?"
"This is my third body, and I've already taken steps to acquire my next body, one that will allow me to further my goals of learning every jutsu with unsurpassed ease."
"Sasuke... Uchiha..." He watched the man smile in confirmation. "He is a shinobi of Konoha. I won't let you take him!"
"Ku Ku Ku... You can try." Orochimaru then put his real face back on and smirked darkly at the two shinobi before him. "But you won't succeed."
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|Waiting Box|
Shouts of "Kai!" rang out in the small room as those inside realized what was happening and dispelled the Genjutsu. It was a good thing they acted so quickly too because four Oto nin crashed through the door.
"Capture the Uchiha and Kishida but kill the rest!" One of them ordered.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Sasuke instantly breathed out a fireball which separated the enemy into two groups of two men each.
"Shadow Possession Jutsu!" Two of them suddenly founded themselves rooted on spot as Hinata and Lee appeared in front of them.
"Eight Trigrams: 32 Palms!"
"Leaf Hurricane!"
Both Genin unleashed a devastating combo of Strikes, Punches and Kicks on the two rendering them unconscious.
The Captain cursed at how easily his men fell and drew his blade intent on slashing the Genin closest to him. Atsushi using his right hand blocked the slash with his Wakizashi, but was soon being overpowered. The Jonin smirked at this but the smirk was replaced with shock as Atsushi's blade suddenly became electrified and sliced his in half, jumping backwards back to avoid being beheaded the Jonin didn't realize that someone was behind him until Himari bashed him with her staff on the head sending him to sleepy town.
"Water Style: Water Encampment Wall!" An Oto Chunin called spewing out a watery barrier which put a stop to a fire style jutsu launched by Eito. The Kishida then switched to lightning and released a Thunder Strike from his katana which the Chunin dodged then retaliated by using 'Water Style: Gunshot!' to spit out some globs of water at the Kishida.
Eito rolled over avoiding the globs before coming to a halt beside Sakura, the Haruno then tossed a Kunai at the Chunin who was about to dodge but halted as the Kunai in a puff of smoke become twenty, knowing that he wouldn't be dodged them all the Chunin spewed out another water wall while praying that the Kunai wouldn't pierced through.
Then the strangest thing happened, as the hail of kunai projectiles met the Water barrier they all faded away except of one which pierced through and impale the floor between his feet. [1] Confused the Chunin looked up only to see Eito's and Sakura's smiley faces as the latter made a hand seal activating the tag on the kunai.
BOOM!
The now unconscious Chunin was blasted backwards covered in second degree burns.
"Is everyone okay?" Sasuke asked once the commotion had died down, the Uchiha received replies ranging 'Yeah' to 'I'm good'.
Noises of battle attracted their attention outside, stepping out of the room they witnessed their various Jonin-senseis locked in combat with either Oto or Suna Shinobi.
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|Konoha Wall|
Outside the village walls a huge cloud of smoke rose up as an enormous three-headed snake plowed through it and directly into the village wall, creating a fissure as it passed through. It stopped just inside and looked around at all the tasty treats standing on the rooftops.
"Hit it with everything you've got! Don't stop until you have to!" Came a cry from one of the men as the ninja surrounding the snake cut loose with all the jutsu and weapons they had. It was futile though as the snake just shrugged them off and began snatching ninja up in its massive jaws.
"Summoning Jutsu: Food Cart Destroyer!" A voice echoed through the chaos as another plume of smoke rose and the snake writhed in agony under the giant toad that now sat on its back. "The Toad Sage has arrived better say your prayers!"
"Jiraiya-sama. You're timing couldn't be better." Ibiki said as he landed next to the man on the amphibian's head. The presence of the gallant Toad Sage seemed to increase the morale of all Konoha nin present as they fought bravely to defend their village.
"Ibiki. Where's Sarutobi at?" Jiraiya asked the head of Konoha's T&I department.
Ibiki pointed solemnly towards the center of the village. "He's at the stadium." It was all he needed to say as they could clearly see the purple barrier from where they were, along with exactly where it was positioned.
'The Four Flames Formation, huh?' Jiraiya thought as he stared at the barrier, some seconds later the Sannin suddenly made a cross hand seal for the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Jiraiya pointed at the barrier then handed a scroll over to his doppelganger who nodded then proceeded to ran towards the Stadium.
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|With Naruto and Genma|
"Okay, mission accepted."
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata's voice drew both males attention, turning around they located her, Sasuke, Atsushi, Sakura, Shikamaru, Lee, Eito and Himari heading towards him.
"Are you alright?" Hinata asked frantically after catching up with him.
Naruto nodded, "I'm fine but I need your help with a mission." That got him some raised brows and confused expressions. "It's Gaara, he is about to release his Biju on the village and we need to stop him."
Upon hearing those words the reaction was expected as they all paled at the thought of a rampaging Biju.
"It's an A-rank mission and Naruto is in charge." Genma explained, "Sakura and Eito stay back and help with the evacuation process while the rest of you will join Naruto." They all nodded and set out with Genma returning back to the fight, Sakura and Eito heading towards the Stands to help with the evacuation while the rest headed towards the exit while avoiding any enemy nin along the way.
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|Outside Stadium|
Upon exiting the stadium the group of seven quickly ran towards the forest as Naruto detected four chakra signatures in the area and one of them was definitely Gaara's.
"Guys we got a problem?" Naruto suddenly said alerting the others.
"Has Gaara unleashed his Biju already?" Sasuke asked.
The Blonde nodded negatively, "No, we are being followed by seven different chakra signatures."
Hinata activated her Byakugan and took a look at their chakra levels, "Six of them are Chunin level while one is Jonin level, at the pace they're moving it will take a minute or so before they intercept us." She informed.
"… Then Lee, Sasuke, Himari and I will handle them." Atsushi spoke up; the others turned their attention to the Konoha born Kishida. "The rest of you should go on."
"You sure about that, Sushi?" The Kishida nodded in reply.
Naruto, Hinata and Shikamaru exchanged a glance among themselves, "Okay but you guys should be careful." Naruto replied.
The four nodded and came to a halt as the remaining three went on after the Sand Siblings.
After a minute had passed seven Otogakure shinobi appeared from the trees, the Jonin looked down at the Genin and smirked lightly, 'All of Orochimaru-sama's targets are here.'
"Surrender yourselves peacefully and nobody get hurts." The Jonin said while his men sniggered.
The four Genin shared a look among one another then nodded in silent agreement, Lee opened the First Gate, Sasuke activated Moeruken: Body Flare Armor while the both Kishida activated their Sankugan.
The Jonin frowned at their answer, "Capture the Uchiha and the Kishida but kill the green weirdo."
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|Hidden Leaf Forest|
"Kankuro-sama! Temari-sama!"
Kankuro and Temari looked back in surprise at the sound of the voice. Daichi, a Sunagakure chunin and chakra sensor, was rushing up behind them. The man was breathing heavily, showing that he had worked hard to catch up to the two siblings.
"Daichi, what are you doing here? You should be helping the invasion forces like the rest of the shinobi!" Temari informed him sharply.
"… I came to warn you that you were being followed." The Chunin informed after catching his breath.
That silenced the two genin, they hadn't thought of the possibility of someone following them.
"… How many shinobi are pursuing us? And how far away are they?" Temari asked.
"I sense seven… no, three chakra signatures following us. Four of them seemed to have stopped moving." Daichi shrugged in response. "Nevertheless, three are still following, and one of them has an extremely high chakra signature. At the pace they are going, they will eventually catch up to us."
"Shit. Gaara hasn't recovered yet. A battle occurring around him right now would only make things worse." Kankuro hissed at the realization.
"… Then I'll stall them." Temari suggested firmly.
"Temari, what are you suggesting? Three against one is not good odds at all!" Kankuro nearly shouted at his sister.
"Probably not, but I can stall them a little bit. You two keep moving and get Gaara away. That is our orders and it's what needs to be done for Suna! I'll hold them back for you two." The blonde exclaimed. She then loosened her grip on Gaara, allowing Daichi to come and take her place in carrying him.
"… Fine." The puppet user sighed, shaking his head slightly at his sister's actions. "Just don't die Temari."
"I won't." She reassured her brother.
Kankuro nodded before him and Daichi, carrying Gaara, continued to rush ahead through the forest. Temari jumped on a tree branch waited, looking for their pursuers. She gripped her fan tightly in her hands, waiting to attack at the first sight of Konoha shinobi.
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|Stadium Rooftop|
Upon being released from their coffins, the consciences of Hashirama and Tobirama started to return. The two men looked around the land-of-the-living in confusion. Their eyes then focused on the men in front of them: Hiruzen, Atoniji, and Orochimaru.
"Sarutobi… Monkey… Is that you?" Hashirama questioned with a sad-smile on his face.
"It is. It's been a long time, hasn't it Sensei?" Hiruzen replied, returning the man's sad-smile with one of his own.
"It really has. You've grown old." The First Hokage chuckled.
"Yeah, I have."
Tobirama who had been silent observing his surrounding, turned his head and asked his student a question, "Saru, why are you still Hokage at that age? You should have chosen your successor years ago."
"My successor had died thirteen years ago when the Kyubi attacked Konoha." Hiruzen replied.
The deceased Hokage raised an eyebrow, "Was its seal weak?"
Hiruzen nodded sadly, "Yes during childbirth and the Fourth died sealing the Kyubi away once again."
The Second nodded then glanced at the other two men, "And they are?"
"Fourth Yosokage, Atoniji." The blue-haired Kage answered.
"Ah, it's good to see that the alliance between the two villages still holds strong."
"Thank-"
"I hate to break up this little reunion, but we really must get this moving long, I do have a village to destroy." Orochimaru interrupted.
Tobirama then glared at the Sannin. "So, you are the one who summoned us with the very technique I designed." He noted with disgust.
"I am. I must say, you designed a marvelous jutsu which I am still working on improving. There's so much potential with it, after all." Orochimaru chuckled as he pulled out two kunai knives with tags attached to them.
Tobirama recognized them immediately and turned his head towards the Kages: "One of you needs to destroy those! Now!"
No soon had he said that a water whip lashed out knocking the kunais out of the Sannin's hand and into the barrier where they proceeded to burn.
"Fast reflexes Atoniji-san." Orochimaru complimented, "Your bloodline limit may pose a problem, so I will be more cautious around you." The Snake Sannin then made a hand seal, causing the two deceased kage's bodies to stiffen. Hiruzen and Atoniji immediately prepared for battle.
"Now that the numbers have changed a little in favor, it's about time we had some fun." Orochimaru said making another hand seal.
Both Hashirama and Tobirama charged at Atoniji, who jumped backwards to place distance between him and them. They then followed him to another area of the balcony to do battle. Orochimaru and Hiruzen remained alone in the center with the latter glaring at the former.
"I'm surprised you sent my predecessors after Atoniji. Do you really think you can take me on by yourself, Orochimaru?" Hiruzen spoke coldly to his former student.
"Perhaps I'm feeling a bit overconfident. I did intend on fighting you with them. I suppose I can call them back here if I do need a little extra help when you prove more of a fight than I expect. But I guess, with the opportunity presented to me, I'd like to try and take you on myself." Orochimaru chuckled. "This invasion's primary goal was to make sure you die after all, Sarutobi-sensei. It'd be more fun if I was able to kill you off by myself."
"You can try, but nothing you can do will help you kill me." Hiruzen replied, glaring at his former student.
Orochimaru's chuckling stopped as a snake extended from his mouth. The snake's mouth opened up, spitting out the Kusanagi Sword. The Third Hokage, seeing his student pulling out his own weapon, bit his finger and made a series of hand seals before slamming his palm on the ground. A few seconds later passed before a tall monkey with white fur wearing a black suit and a Konoha forehead protector appeared next to the Hokage.
"Enma, it has been a while since the two of us have been in combat together. I need your help today more than ever." Hiruzen spoke to the monkey.
Enma looked directly at Orochimaru and nodded his head: "It's about time this fight happened. Let us make up for your mistake years ago and kill this man."
After saying this statement, Enma transformed himself into an adamantine staff. Hiruzen grabbed the staff and swung it around for a few seconds before turning his attention to Orochimaru.
"Enma is right, Orochimaru. It's time I did what I failed to do years ago and finally bring you down myself." The Third Hokage spoke, determination evident in his voice.
"I'd like to see you try!" Orochimaru taunted, gripping the Kusanagi tightly in his hands.
The former teacher-and-student charged at one another, gripping their weapons tightly in their hands.
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|Hidden Leaf Forest|
"Temari…" Hinata recognized the girl who stood in between them and Gaara.
"Sorry but you pursuit of Gaara ends here!" The fan user declared sharply as she swung her fan, sending a large gust of wind in their direction. The three Leaf nin were forced to jump onto separate branches to avoid the attack.
"It's obvious that she's just trying to get us to waste time." Shikamaru spoke up, "Something we can't afford to do… so I will fight her while you two go on."
Both Naruto and Hinata looked at the Nara in surprise, "… Are you going to be okay, Shikamaru?" Hinata asked worriedly.
"I'll be fine." The Nara answered, eyes locked on Temari. Naruto stared between the two and noticed that Temari wasn't paying attention to either him or Hinata, she was purely focused on Shikamaru.
'What's going on between these two?' He narrowed his eyes in thought.
"Naruto-kun?" Hinata called gaining his attention, "We need to keep going with our pursuit."
Naruto nodded then gave Shikamaru one last look which said that he should be careful before taking off with Hinata. At the sight of their movement, Temari prepared to swing her fan but stopped at the sight of kunai knives approaching her. The Suna kuniochi used her fan to deflect all the weapons then stared at the remaining Konoha Genin.
"I know it's a drag," The Nara began drawing a Kunai, "But it can't be avoided."
Temari nodded grimly, "I guess you're right." Her grip on her fan tightened, "It can't."
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|Stadium Rooftop Battle, Yosokage vs. Deceased Kages|
Covered by the white chakra shroud of the Nisankugan second state, Atoniji battled against two powerful individuals in Konoha's history. The deceased Kages weren't revived at full strength but they were still strong enough to keep him under constant pressure.
Luckily for Atoniji the decreased Hokage still had their consciousness so they warned him of their attacks.
"Be careful again, this next jutsu is a devastating one." Hashirama warned as he ran through another set of hand seals. "Wood Style: Wood Dragon Jutsu!" The wooden dragon rushed forward and attacked, opening its jaws to bite down.
The Arashi leader jumped away to avoid being eaten.
"Destroy its head with any strong technique you know and you'll destroy the dragon!" Hashirama shouted his advice.
The Yosokage nodded in understanding, "Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Missile!" He spewed out a large stream of flames which took the form of dragon. The flaming dragon collided head on with its wooden counterpart creating a massive explosion.
"Watch out! Water Style: Severing Wave!" Tobirama sent a high-pressured stream of water towards Atoniji who was forced to jump out of the way as the attack tore up a good chunk of the roof.
"Earth Style: Earth Dome!" Massive walls of earth and rock formed around Atoniji and adsorbed the damage from the blasts of water, shielding him.
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Creation!" Hashirama shouted as he felt his body make a series of hand seals.
Trees started to grow underneath the battlefield. Under seconds, the battlefield was covered in trees and resembled a dense forest. A few trees had formed from underneath the Dome. These trees ended up destroying the dome and revealing Atoniji to the world. Seeing as their target is now open, they charged towards him.
"Shit!" Atoniji cursed as he began to spin, "Wind Style: Great Spinning Breakthrough!" He released wind chakra outwards from his body, resulting in a whirlwind around him. Unable to stop their momentum, the two revived Kages charged into the whirlwind and were blasted backwards with numerous cuts and gashes on their bodies.
The Yosokage stopped spinning and glanced at the deceased kages, upon seeing their downed figures a small smirk found itself way on his face. But that soon turned into shock as the two stood up and their wounds began to heal, "Your wounds are healing?"
"It's the regenerative properties of the Edo Tensei." Tobirama answered as he stood back up, "You will need to use a powerful jutsu that will completely obliterate our bodies or at least restrain us until a Fuinjutsu user can seal us away."
Atoniji scowled, "Easier said than done." He mumbled to himself.
"Move!" Hashirama warned as he sent a barrage of wood spears.
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|Stadium Rooftop Battle, Hiruzen vs. Orochimaru|
"It seems as if your predecessor, Hashirama, was forced to use his kekkei genkai and create a forest battlefield." Orochimaru noted with a smirk.
Hiruzen did not reply to Orochimaru's comment. Instead, he focused solely on fighting off his former student.
The two were engaged in close-combat as Orochimaru and Hiruzen attempted to strike at the other with their sword and staff respectively. Both were locked into a stalemate. Each of them had occasionally landed strikes at each. Orochimaru's body was starting to bruise heavily as a result and Hiruzen had many cuts from the Kusanagi. Still, both men ignored the pain and their injuries. They focused solely on landing a decisive hit that would kill their opponent.
Orochimaru swung his sword at Hiruzen, causing the Third Hokage to block the attack once again. This time, however, a snake appeared from underneath Orochimaru's sleeve and charged straight toward Hiruzen. He was forced to jump backwards to avoid the snake's bite, placing distance between himself and Orochimaru.
"Multi Striking Shadow Snakes!" Ten, large snakes shot out from Orochimaru's sleeve and charged at his former teacher. Seeing the approaching snakes, the Hokage ran through a series of hand signs.
"Fire Style: Dragon Flame Bombs!" Hiruzen breathed a large stream of fire from his mouth right as the snakes reached him. Immediately, the snakes screeched in pain before their bodies melted under the intense heat of the flames. The fire continued as it approached Orochimaru. The Sannin smirked as he made a hand seal.
"Wind Style: Devastation!" The flames were snuffed out by a powerful gust of wind.
Seeing that his initial attack had failed, Hiruzen made a singular hand sign, turning the balcony titles around him into mud.
"Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullets!" After a series of hand seals a dragon head rose up from the mud and proceeded to spit bullets made of mud at Orochimaru. The Sannin was hit-head on by the jutsu but his body melted, turning into a pile of mud and revealing that Orochimaru to be an earth clone. Realizing this, Hiruzen turned around just in-time to see Orochimaru attempt to cut him with the Kusanagi. Once again, Hiruzen used his staff to block the attack.
"Your reflexes have not dulled at all in your old age." Orochimaru commented with a smirk on his face.
"Age hasn't made me weak, Orochimaru. I'm still strong enough to defeat you, as I was when I first met you when you were a Genin!" Hiruzen informed his former student sharply.
"Such confidence you have there, Sarutobi-sensei but will you be able to match it up?" The Sannin replied.
"I am confident that I can, because the life of the village is in my hands. In a moment like this, I can't lose. Even if I were to die here, I'd save Konoha and take you with me!" The Third Hokage exclaimed.
"I like to see you try."
"Oh, I will!"
With those words, Hiruzen pushed harder with his staff, managing to knock Orochimaru off balance. Seeing an opportunity, the Third proceeded to swing his staff again directly towards Orochimaru's chest. Unfortunately, the Sannin managed to squirm away, using his flexibility to duck underneath Hiruzen's attack. He then jumped backwards and gripped his sword tightly, ready to continue their battle.
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|Stadium Arena|
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" Kakashi Hatake called before releasing a comet sized fireball at approaching Oto and Suna ninja. Many of them were unable to evade it and got hit head-on by the jutsu dying almost immediately. The few who were lucky to avoid the jutsu were about to avenge their fallen brethren when-
"Raidenka!" [2]
A green and dark blue blur crossed them, accompanied by the sound of buzzing before coming to a halt revealing Areku who held a spinning buzz saw of electricity in hand. The silver-haired Jonin then stared back at group of foreign ninja and found them lying lifeless on the ground, some had their heads separated from their necks while others were sliced at the mid section.
Kakashi resisted the urge to gulp at the brutality, "So you finally managed to create that Jutsu?" He finally asked after some seconds of silence. Areku just smiled and generated another buzz saw.
"Rakurai!" [3] He said tossing the circular saw at Kakashi who merely raised a brow then shunshin out of the way. An unsuspecting Oto nin who was trying to sneak up on the Cyclops got nailed by the attack and died instantly.
"Thanks." Kakashi said appearing beside the Kishida Jonin, "Years ago when you said that you will create an equivalent to my Raikiri I didn't believe you could it." Kakashi confessed tossing a shuriken at some Oto ninja, "Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!" The shuriken in a puff of smoke become fifty.
"Well it took me seven years to perfect it, Lightning Style: Laser Gun!" Areku revealed then blasted a Suna ninja with a beam of electricity, "Atsushi at the age of six stumbled upon my notes and learnt the watered version of the Rakurai which later become his signature move ever since."
"Looks like I will have to step up my game."
Areku chuckled lightly, "Afraid that I may surpass you?"
"No, I'm afraid our students will."
"Yeah, I believe it's time to drop the lazy sensei attitude."
"… I will."
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|Outside the Barrier|
The ANBU squad could do nothing but watch the exchange inside as they waited for any sign that the barrier might be weakening. They had tried everything they could think of to break through, from firing jutsu to throwing kunai at the four keeping the barrier up. All they got in return were laughs at their futile attempts. A small cough behind them made them spin and drop into their fighting stances. The danger they now faced was one they hadn't expected. With arms crossed, a Jiraiya shadow clone stood across looking at the barrier. "Jiraiya-sama?"
"What's the condition inside?" C. Jiraiya asked, walking towards them.
"Hokage-sama is locked in battle with Orochimaru while Yosokage-san is up against the reanimations of the First and Second Hokages." The captain answered making the clone's eyes to widen.
'He revived the past Hokages using Edo Tensei?'
C. Jiraiya then tossed a scroll to the Captain, "Inside are numerous seals and instructions on how to apply said seals on the barrier temporally disabling it for the five of you get in and help."
"But Jiraiya-sama?" Another ANBU called, "Won't you be joining us?"
C. Jiraiya nodded negatively, "Sadly no as I'm merely a shadow clone so I won't be of much help than to activate the seals." The other ANBU nodded in understanding, the Captain began to hand out seals which his subordinates began to apply round the barrier.
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A/N: Naruto and Hinata are still after Gaara, Shikamaru is going up against Temari (Again!), Atoniji is trying to keep his ground against the Senju brothers while Hiruzen is trading blows with Orochimaru.
Luckily reinforcements are on the way.
[1] – Kunai Clone Jutsu (D-rank): Sakura throws a Kunai at her opponent then casts a genjutsu on it giving her opponent the impression that the Kunai multiplied while in reality it hasn't.
[2] – Raidenka (Lightning Charge) (A – S-rank): Areku creates a spinning buzz saw (3 curved blades inclined at 120º degrees to the other) of electricity in hand then charges at an opponent, its cutting power is almost equal in terms of Kakashi's Raikiri.
[3] – Rakurai (Lightning Strike) (B-rank): A tossed version of the Raidenka, since it is tossed its cutting power is greatly reduced while it's instability increases as a result it cuts then explodes on contact. Atsushi's version is called the Thunderbolt (Still Rakurai if translated) and is C-rank since it isn't as powerful as the original.
Chaper 19: Is it over?
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