Hello guys, I wanted to say thanks to all the people that has followed, 'favorited' or replied the story, you are a really great motivation
If you think Orochimaru went down too easily, that was because I wanted to get him out of the way before edo tensei, that technique is unfair and the outcome is too predictable (sealing). I just hope you like this chapter (specially the fights)
About Naruto's love life, to the people that know my style, I try to keep it a secret as long as possible (You are welcome to play 'Guess who?')
I'm starting a new job so i have a LOT of work, but after some days, I hope things get normal again to write as usual
Chapter 3
Naruto was training his team when Jiraiya appeared, he knew the old toad must be aware of some news so he left the kids with a shadow clone to talk with his godparent/sensei
"Hello Jiraiya" greeted Naruto when they were alone in the yard of his house
"Hi kiddo, I must say congratulations are in order" answered Jiraiya with a light hug, making Naruto smile, he knew the toad sage loved him a lot, he was a very important figure in his life and they had a very close relationship "We need to celebrate!" exclaimed Jiraiya proud of his godson
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Sunagakure ninjas were a little confused, they were supposed to attack the leaf with Otogakure, but with Orochimaru's death nodoby was in charge of the ninjas from Oto and they had no way to know if the plan was still working or not
"Kazekage-sama we should forget the attack, I doubt we could win against Konoha without Orochimaru" said Yura, one of the ninja councilors
"You are a young fool" argued Chiyo, the old puppeteer "This is an one-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we could take Oto and attack using our forces combined" advised the old master of puppetry
The Yondaime Kazekage was thinking hard, they heard about Orochimaru's death and it's killer the new star from Konoha, Naruto Uzumaki, son of the Yondaime Hokage, the kid was obviously a powerful ninja, if Jiraiya was in the village for the exams, Konoha would have 3 S-rank ninjas and without Orochimaru he was the only with S-rank status in Suna, and while Gaara could face a powerful ninja, against one of these three his chances weren't that good, The old Chiyo was S-class but she was off-duty, she retired around ten years ago so he couldn't order her around but she was interested in this attack so maybe he could manipulate her to join forces for this
"Keep the ninjas on guard, I'm going to Oto!" said the Kazekage "I'll let you know my decision when I come back" stated the fourth wind shadow, making his people lower their heads before getting out of the room
This was an opportunity, he could wipe Konoha out of the map, or he could cripple Suna for good, with the recent actions of the wind daimiyo they were in a dire position, but this was a very big gamble
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That morning was a slow one, Naruto had a very big hangover thanks to Jiraiya, so his team was doing some stealth training making as little noise as possible, in this moments Shino and Hinata were quite good at stealth, while Kiba was louder but not that much
The Inuzuka knew he and Hinata needed this ability more than Shino, while the Aburame could attack with his bugs from some distance, they were taijutsu specialists so they needed speed and stealth to get in strike-range
The next Hokage was very confident in his team's chances of promotion, the three of them were good fighters and had the potential to lead another ninjas, he gave them basics and foundations to the future and as long as they remembered them
Naruto was doing some training of his own in the free time, so he was quite happy with his own power, but he had some room to improve to ensure Konoha's safety for a really long time, his only concern was the talk he needed with Itachi, the Uchiha massacre was a mysterious topic and so was Akatsuki, the jinchuuriki needed all the capable fighters he could get
And with many things in motion, the month prior to the third phase of the Chunin exams finished and today was the great day, the day Konoha, Kiri and Suna would show his strength to the wealthiest people in the elemental continent
That day, Sarutobi greeted the Kazekage and the Mizukage, who went there to watch the performance of their ninjas "I'm surprised to see you here Yagura-dono" said the Yondaime Kazekage to the jinchuuriki from Kiri 'this is going to make things more difficult' thought the Kazekage to himself
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"Hello everybody, I know there is a lot of people who wants to see the best of the new generations of ninjas that Konoha, Kiri and Suna have to offer, but I'd like to make an announcement before that…Just like a little more than twenty years ago, I feel too old to face all the responsibilities with the Hokage's robes, so I'm stepping down and from this moment the Godaime Hokage is Uzumaki Naruto" stated Hiruzen with a happy face, Naruto appeared at his side after being named and people burst into applause, Naruto was a legend and all of them knew this would happen soon
Naruto took the main spot "As the new Hokage, I welcome all of you to our village, enjoy the matches and let the third and final phase of the Chunin's selection exams begin!" cried the Godaime, letting the fights begin
Genma Shiranui was the judge and announced the first match between Shino Aburame and Meizu from Kiri, one of the demon brothers, most ninjas heard of them because when the civil war started, they stood with Zabuza to try their luck with Yagura, now they were back in kiri, under Mei's tutelage and while their teamwork was superb, their individual combat skills could use some improves
The special Jounin started the match, getting out of the genin's way, Meizu knew the Aburame clan used insects to fight at long and medium range, so he run to Shino trying to turn that in a hand to hand combat, the clan heir avoided the poisoned claw, getting hit by that was an unnecessary risk so he avoided the first strike and then he saw the hidden chain coming from the inside of his hood and slashing his arm
Meizu thought he had some advantage, the poison would weaken his rival so he did some handseals "Kirigakure no jutsu" said before starting to condensate the water around into a dense mist, the ninja from Kiri was trying to make some time for the poison to make effect
"Lightning release: Bug-net" said Shino in a whisper in the middle of the mist, so when his opponent was trying to take him down, the insects around Shino formed an electrical perimeter, shocking the people that touch it, letting him stun Meizu long enough to absorb most of his chakra
After some minutes, the mist dissipated itself because his caster was unconscious, seeing this Genma declared Shino Aburame as the winner, getting the support from the crowd, the medics took the Kiri ninja and the second match was announced, now was the turn for Haku from Kiri against Kankurou of the sand
Both ninjas were facing his rival on the field, Kankurou had thought about forfeiting, but his father commanded him to fight if told to, they had to show good performances from Suna ninjas, "Hajime" cried Genma before getting out of the battlefield
None of the genin moved a muscle, both were giving hard glares to the other, so Haku was the first to move, he did some one-handed seals surprising everybody, even Kankurou "Hiding in Mist Technique" murmured very quietly, suddenly the field got full of a thick and cold mist, the spectators could even see some snow
Kankurou knew he had to do something, the trick with the puppet and hiding his real body wouldn't work if he couldn't see where did the attack came from to surprise his enemy with a counterattack, so he "released" his real body out of the bandages, Hake knew there were two figures inside his mist so started to throw his senbon needles
When the suna ninja felt the first batch of weapons, he crouched and knew he had to do something before he was taken down, so he made his puppet to exhale a poison cloud to protect him
Haku was aiming for his enemy, when he felt a little dizzy and realized he was being poisoned so he jumped out of the mist before throw some needles as cover for his retreat, when the Kiri ninja stepped out of the mist, the people was intrigued for the outcome of the match
Kiri's ninjas were able to feel or hear their opponents while they were inside the mist, but now this was a dangerous place for Haku, thanks to kankurou's poison so now the thick and cold mist was like a big shield for the suna ninja, the Kazekage has satisfied with his son's thinking because turning a weapon against its owner was the best way to win a fight "Don't underestimate me" said Haku in a monotone voice before doing more single-handed seals "Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death" and suddenly the mist dissipated because the Kiri ninja condensed the water and turned into ice, to have Kankurou completely surrounded "My aim may be off, but if I attack from everywhere at the same time, there is no way I'll miss" added before making the ice needles going for Kankurou who cursed his bad luck before taking a scroll and surround himself with a smoke cloud
When Haku was able to see his opponent again, there was a new puppet on his place, this puppet lifted its cloak showing a barrel-like structure protecting the puppeteer, before opening Black Ant threw some poisoned needles from its mouth
The Kiri ninja was quite fast so he didn't have much trouble dodging the needles, before doing more seals "Certain-Kill Ice Spears" and instantly ice spears raised from the floor impaling Kankurou's puppet, and forcing him to get out
The suna ninjas was in bad shape, he had bleeding holes on his right arm, left thigh and in the lower part of his abdomen, but he could still control a puppet with his left hand, he tried to use Crow to stab his opponent, but Haku made two ice mirrors, one behind him and the other behind Kankurou, he went inside the mirror behind him to avoid the puppet slash and got out from the mirror behind Kankurou, the people thought it was over when Haku came out of the mirror senbon in hand, ready to strike, but the kiri ninja shot his needles two meters at Kankurou's left before falling to the ground victim of the poison, surprising to the crowd for the unexpected outcome, Genma got closer to Haku and before he could declare Kankurou as the winner, said ninja fell to the floor too, making it a draw
The people in the stands cheered both ninjas, this was a great fight, Haku and Kankurou showed good techniques and the ability to take another strategy in the middle of the fight so both of them had chances of promotion
The next fight was between Kiba and Temari, both genin came to the field and faced each other "Aren't you worried about your little puppy to get hurt?" asked Temari in a mocking tone
Akamaru started marking angrily at the kunoichi, but Kiba patted his head "Don't worry Akamaru is going to show you its power" said Kiba surprisingly calm with Temari's provocation
"Hajime" said Genma in loud voice, before jumping away. Kiba quickly got his hands together with Akamaru on his back "Beast Human Clone" said before Akamaru transformed into a carbon copy of him
Temari wasted no time to swing her fan and throw a gust of wind to Kiba and his dog, but said warriors got on four "Four legs technique" said both at the same time, getting fast enough to dodge Temari's attack
Both Inuzukas started to run for both sides approaching Temari, who was trying to keep the distance with her fan, but the bestial ninjas were too fast and agile to get hit by the wind, Naruto was a better wind user than this girl so they were able to avoid these kinds of attacks
When the blonde saw one of her rivals get close to her, she tried to hit him with the fan, but the feral combatant took a step backwards and said "Earth Release: Earth Bullet" and from Kiba's mouth came many earth bullets, hitting Temari on his chest, hands and legs doing some light damage, then Temari felt a chakra nearby and saw the other Kiba exhaling a very big breath of fire coming at her
The blonde tried to run, but her hands were a little numb so she almost drops the fan, the kunoichi was trying to find a way to attack him, this kid and his dog were too damn fast and her long range attacks were useless, but if she tried to fight at close range, he was going to overpower her easily, he was a good fighter
"Is that akamaru exhaling fire?" asked a very surprised Tsume Inuzuka, who couldn't believe his son was using an elemental jutsu while his dog was doing another
"It seem Naruto really has a knack for elemental ninjutsu" said Hana, Kiba's sister next to her
Naruto's elemental proficiency was well known in the village, but being able to teach lightning jutsus to an Aburame, and even fire jutsus to a young Inuzuka dog was something else
Temari tried to compose herself, she leaped away from the boys and molded her chakra for another jutsu "Wind Release: Great Task of the Dragon" exclaimed the Kunoichi making a tornado between both ninjas, Kiba was fast enough to get away, but Akamaru wasn't so in that moment the Inuzuka came up with a plan and jumped inside the tornado surprising everyone on the stands
The girl thought Kiba was mad, but then from the tornado came a very big flame, a big spinning flame, and after that came a lot, a really big lot of earth bullets hitting her and the field many times, before the flames ignited this earth that resulted a very good combustible
Temari got caught by the flames and her biggest problem was being surrounded for more flames, forcing her to give up, Genma hurried the medics who came to help Temari, while Kiba and Akamaru used their Fang Passing Fang to get out of the tornado and not being hurt by the rotation
After the kazekage's daughter was taken from the field on a stretcher, Genma declared Kiba as the winner before letting all the people to congratulate him
Naruto was on the VIP box with the other kages, he was very proud of his students, Shino and Kiba had fought very well, and they showed power and intelligence so he would be able to promote them without any complain
Finally the last match of the first round was about to start, it was between Hinata Hyuga and Gaara no Sabaku, even Naruto was a little worried, suna's jinchuuriki was a unstable sociopath with no remorse whatsoever and despite Hinata's abilities, she was no match against an enemy that powerful
Hinata activated her Byakugan while Gaara looked bored, he was underestimating the cute girl in front of him, but Hinata was used to be assumed as a weak ninja, the Hyuga heiress jumped and got in front of Gaara, trying to attack him using her Juuken strikes, Hinata was showing a great ability in the Hyuga style, but even with that, Gaara's automatic defense was too much for her
The jinchuuriki didn't even need to command his sand to block Hinata's palm, and after some minutes of this unproductive fight Gaara tried to grab Hinata with his sand, failing due to the kunoichi's speed
Hinata realized Juuken would take her nowhere, so she opted for the next thing she could do "Water Release: Gunshot" said Hinata, before shooting many water spheres with her mouth, Gaara just saw the jutsu get blocked by his automatic defense
Most people thought Hinata was just delaying the inevitable, but the Hyuga and some others ninjas saw something, usually Gaara's sand was fast and blocked the attacks to get back in the gourd but after blocking Hinata's water jutsu, the sand started to fall to the ground
"Water Release: Large Projectile" said Hinata this time, attacking Gaara with a very big blast of water from her mouth, and just like previous times, the automatic defense stood in place…at first, but after some seconds the sand got wet and fell to the floor, leaving Gaara exposed to the water stream
The suna siblings and the Kazekage were quite surprised, Suiton users were very uncommon in Suna so Gaara had never got hit by a water jutsu, and this was the first time someone pierced his automatic defense
Even Gaara was confused, his mother was supposed to protect him as long as he gave her the sacrifices she demanded, and this little and fragile girl was able to hit him for real, now he was past mad and his eyes were murderous so he went to attack Hinata controlling his sand with his hands, but he realized he had very little dry sand, and the wet one was slow and sloppy
Fortunately he could make sand from normal earth and despite not being in the desert, Konoha's battle field had many minerals so he could transform it to sand, Hinata was dodging all the sand attacks, but she could see clearly that Gaara didn't have so much sand now. Gathering some resolve, Hinata decided to fight head on and leaped to Gaara's side trying to capitalize his current state, but event without so much sand, the redhead was still able to block Juuken strikes, so she tried with water ninjutsu again "Water Release: Eight trigrams defense" and a ying-yang seal was visible on the floor before a little mass of water was visible at Hinata's feet
Gaara tried to attack her, but a water whip blocked and wetted the sand rendering it useless, Hinata used the Juuken again, but this time the water whips were attacking too, so the jinchuuriki was hit on his chakra network and a lot of water whips cracking his sand armor and throwing him away
The Hyuga heiress gathered most of his remaining chakra to say "Water Release: Rising Water Slicer" and then a jet of water sliced through the field reaching the prone form of Gaara, who took a good hit
The people was cheering and supporting Hinata, so far her fight had been excellent, she analyzed her enemy and then tried a way of dealing with his defenses, but when the people on the stands was clapping, a weird voice was heard "Blood…!" Gaara exclaimed very loudly, "My blood!" cried again, before starting muttering something
Most seasoned ninjas felt the chakra spike before another being spoke "I'll kill you" said a half possessed Gaara, throwing a sand-made arm to Hinata, this was so fast that the girl wasn't able to react, the water technique used some whips to stop this attack, but this time the chakra was more powerful and the water was passed trough
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Naruto was about to jump, when Genma got in the way and neutered Gaara's attack "Kazekage take care of your jinchuuriki or I'll do it, permanently!" said Naruto with a harsh tone surprising to Sarutobi and Yagura who were used to the happy and calm Naruto
The Yondaime Kazekage looked at the blond eyes, seeing his resolve "Ok, I'll take care of him" the wind shadow said, before taking some space and doing some hand-seals, but instead of bind Gaara or subduing him, a big blast of gold sand appeared and adopted an arrow-like shape on the sky, in that precise moment, everything changed and Suna ninjas started attacking Konoha, its ninjas and citizens
"Kazekage, what is the meaning of this?" asked a confused Sarutobi who wasn't expecting something like this
"Just what it seems, we're wiping Konoha from the map" said the Yondaime Kazekage before gathering all his golden sand around him to fight, Meanwhile Naruto was watching his village, his first concern was Hinata who was facing Suna's jinchuuriki with Genma, the people on the stands who were being attacked while his ninjas tried to protect them
Before Sarutobi could answer, Naruto faced Gaara's father "I'll only say this, stop this now and your life will be the only lost this day" warned Naruto before dodging a sand attack from the Kazekage
"You don't even know what you are fighting against" replied the Kage from Suna, who had planned a very solid attack
Naruto did some communication seals common between ANBU before a masked man appeared at his side "Orders sir?" asked this ninja "Kill every ninja with a Suna Headband" ordered the new Hokage, surprising Sarutobi and then many ANBU ninja came out of nowhere fighting for Konoha
"What was that Naruto?" asked the Sandaime Hokage who didn't know this ninjas. "That is Danzo's Root" said Naruto before putting his eyes on the Kazekage
"What can I do Naruto?" asked Yagura offering his help "Take care of Gaara, but try to not kill him" answered Naruto before taking his kage robe off, showing a monk-like attire, his arms and shoulders were covered by a red leather, his torso was naked showing his muscles and from the waist to the feet there were loose white pants with a scarf-like red belt showing the Hi no kuni emblem
Sarutobi knew that the Kazekage was Naruto's enemy, so he tried to help to the people on the stands, the blond Godaime exhaled a very big fireball to his enemy, who blocked it with his sand, Naruto used the sand as a cover to move and then did some hand-seals "Lightning release: Chidori Sharp Spear" said Naruto before shooting an electric spear to the Kazekage who avoid it quickly
The Kazekage was an experienced fighter, and his mastery with the gold-dust was superb, he was able to mold little surfaces to avoid hits, to jump in midair or to change his direction while running, so despite not having a body that fast, he was quite agile
He tried to grab Naruto's feet with some sand, but the jinchuuriki jumped with a blast of wind from his foot and started firing a lot of wind blades, the Hokage was known for his powerful wind mastery so he had to jump away very fast to avoid those attacks, he didn't know if he would be able to block one of his wind techniques
Naruto knew he was more powerful than the Kazekage, but he was tempted to leaving alone and help in the village, but doing this the other kage could kill anyone, he took some seconds to look around, aside from Gaara the most dangerous ninja was another puppeteer, an old woman named Chiyo who was facing Kabuto and a root ANBU, suddenly something caught his eye, it was a white bird and it was carrying two ninjas, two ninjas wearing Akatsuki symbols, then they were attacked by a water blast coming from Jiraiya 'damn…I wanted to fight against them' thought the new Hokage before chasing his enemy
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The Kazekage reached what looked as a public park, it had some grass and seats, but suddenly everything was on fire, he looked and saw Naruto behind him, and then he realized his frightening ability, the blond could use practically any elemental ninjutsu with an enormous power behind
Naruto did a single tiger seal and the fire around the Kazekage seemed to be alive because it took the form of two dragons and chased the Kazekage with their jaws, the sand ninja used his sand to fly some meters on the sky to get away, but Naruto released the fire and begun shooting lightning bolts to the other Kage, who was amazed at Naruto's elemental proficiency, but none of the bolts landed because of his magnetic release, it allowed him to divert these electrical attacks
When the blond fired another bolt, the Kazekage made his move, he wanted to get away from the stadium to make more sand, here in the open he could gather minerals from earth to get more sand, he made some kind of golden golem around him and then he started to attack Naruto
The blond avoided the hits while he was looking for a weakness in this jutsu, the construct was huge and he didn't want to drestroy his own village throwing elemental jutsus all over the place, after moving around the golem dodging the hits he realized where to strike
Naruto did four clones and put them in cardinal points around his enemy, the Kazekage tried to hit one of them, but Naruto did a water blade to cut off the whole arm before it reached the clone
"Fire release: blaze inferno" said the original, while the four clones exhaled a huge fire blast, surrounding completely the giant golem
Naruto saw the creature move around to get away, but the fire was too intense, when he tried to hit the clones, the original cut some appendix off and the four of them melted the whole thing, forcing the Kazekage to take the construct down, he couldn't breathe inside the thing
And that wasn't the worst part, when the suna kage was jumping from the golem he missed a shuriken-like chakra construct "Wind Release: Rasen Shuriken" said Naruto at the moment his jutsu exploded, hitting the Kazekage with thousands of micro needles, completely destroying his chakra network and not just the core as with Orochimaru, said opponent fell to the ground and couldn't get up
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In the center of the village Jiraiya was facing two Akatsuki ninja, one of them was unforgettable, Sasori of the red sands, the guys earned himself a name with his puppet mastery "This is not going to be easy" said the loyal sanin looking at his rivals, while the sanin was thinking how to reach them, another white bird was visible, but over it was a masked ninja who made appear two more birds, which flied to the Akatsuki guys before exploding, forcing them to go down
'That must be one of the root ANBU he told me the other night' thought Jiraiya looking at the weird but useful support ninja that came to help him "Well guys I have to show you why you can't mess with Konoha" said Jiraiya assuming a battle stance
Jiraiya knew Sasori was a puppeteer, and this was a powerful armor-like puppet, he heard of something like this from Tsunade in the last war, so he knew he had to take the puppeteer out, while keeping an eye on the other kid "Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique" said Jiraiya after doing some quick seals, making a great fire-dragon that made the Akatsuki ninjas scatter
The sanin rushed to the puppeteer, who wasn't expecting this speed from and old man, the sand ninja tried to hit Jiraiya with his tail, but he was able to get away and hit him from behind "Rasengan" cried Jiraiya, making Haruko explode in many splinters
Jiraiya was surprised to see Sasori so young, but being Orochimaru's partner he knew forbidden techniques allowed to preserve the youth, he just had to find how this jutsu worked, but just then some white insects flied to him, Jiraiya of course knew insects weren't white so he realized there was a trap, before said animals exploded practically on his face "Katsu!" exclaimed Deidara
'good thing I had the Needle Jizō ready just in case' thought Jiraiya hiding from the Akatsuki ninjas
"If Orochimaru is that weak as that old guy, getting the ring back is going to be a walk in the park...yeah" said a confident Deidara, who was looking at his explosion
"Don't be a fool, that is nothing for a ninja like Jiraiya…you really know nothing…not even art" replied Sasori, warning him of the still present danger, Sai took that moment to attack and many ink-lions were falling in their direction, Sasori knew if the birds were any indication, this animals were made of explosive ink too, so they tried to avoid them and get closer to the masked ninja
The problem with that was none of them realized Jiraiya was hiding in Sasori's shadow, so the moment the puppeteer put his eyes on Sai, the sanin came out with his technique ready "Odama Rasengan" shouted, before hitting his enemy full force
After dying Sasori's body turned to be a not-known Konoha ninja 'this must be some kind of manipulation or duplication technique' analyzed Jiraiya
When Sasori was killed Deidara got serious and took from his pouch a bigger piece of clay and after throwing some small bombs, he got the C3 ready "hahahaha stupid old man we're paid to cause as much destruction as possible and this is going to take care of the job" shouted Deidara before dropping the white bomb
Fortunately Jiraiya realized this guy wasn't very good in history or he wouldn't leave his special attack that vulnerable, the sanin quickly summoned the toad belly around the bomb and sealed it away, before Sai in a very stealthy move stabbed the guy in the very hearth, the Iwa ninja shouted a little before dying and becoming a dead Konoha ninja
"Thanks for your help kid" Said Jiraiya loudly before looking at the village, fortunately this two didn't make any mess in the village, but they drove him away from the Suna ninjas
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In the center of the village Kabuto and a Nara ANBU guy were fighting against Chiyo, so far the medic faced the old puppeteer while the masked ANBU provided the ranged support, even when the woman landed some cut or stab, Kabuto took the wounded tissue with his scalpels and regenerated the place, it was very frustrating for her and just then she realized after so many years off from the battle fields, maybe there was some truth about that saying about the new generations
This was a young guy, no older than twenty five and yet, he was giving her as much problems as Tsunade at forty
The fight wasn't flashy or anything, but any misstep and the responsible would die, Chiyo was saving her ace just in case any powerful ninja got into the fight, but then, all the fighters were surprised when a barrel-like puppet came out of nowhere taking the old Chiyo inside before vanishing in a poof of smoke
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An angry Naruto got into the stone head of his father, a place with an excellent sight of the whole village, but now he was looking to the damage the invasion made, while holding the Kazekage from his neck
Some ninjas took notice of this for the amazing amount of chakra Naruto was flaring, making most of the fights stop for some moments "Tell your people to give up" ordered Naruto to the weak and powerless kage "never" spat the wounded and destroyed ninja from the desert
Most suna ninjas didn't think any Hokage would be able to murder a defenseless person, but when facing a war inside the village, the Hokages made anything to save their village, even if that means sacrificing your life or setting an example "Ninjas from Suna, this is what happens to any who dares to hurt Konoha" said the blond before stabbing the Kazekage's heart with a lightning blade that went through him completely
In that moment, almost all ninjas from suna lost their fighting spirit and were quickly dealt by ANBU and Konoha's forces as a whole, showing to them and the world, why they had emerged victorious from the previous wars
In the end, Konoha withstood the attack, they lost around eight hunder ninja, while suna lost almost three thousand, including his kage and his jinchuuriki, because Naruto asked Yagura to keep him prisoner in Kiri, he didn't want to kill a fellow jinchuuriki, but he needed to be punished and Kiri's moisture would take some of his power away
The Hidden Sand Village was demoted from the great five ninja countries, said village was economically weak with the daimiyo's decisions, but this was a fatal blow, if it weren't for the desert they would have been invaded now, but that meant to lose too much time and resources
Konoha showed its power to the world, while Naruto had a praised performance in that conflict, even the feudal lord congratulated him and wished him a good future for him and the village
Naruto thought about asking to Jiraiya to bring Tsunade back, after the invasion there were a lot of poisoned people, but Kabuto was a very capable medic and was able to find antidotes for most of poisons, letting the doctors duplicate them and heal most of the wounded people
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"Naruto, I'm quite proud of you" said Jiraiya to the young Hokage "You defeated another Kage without even using sage mode" added to explain his first argument
"Well, the old man said many times" remembered Naruto from his time under the Sandaime teachings "Raw power doesn't win so much as a keen mind" cited the lesson "He couldn't make gold dust from Konoha's ground, the sand he made wasn't so strong, but even considering that, the golden golem was though, my attacks didn't have enough power to bring it down, so after I took some time to look I realized he had no place to breath so I forced him to get away combusting all the oxygen around and then a shadow clone I did some time ago hit him with a full powered rasen shuriken" explained Naruto his thinking during the combat
The sanin was smiling proud of his godson "Did the people from Kiri said something?" asked Jiraiya
"Yagura actually thanked me, he said that using the Sanbi to protect an ally would probably be good for his image" answered Naruto surprised for the outcome of that "His help was very much appreciated, he dealt with the Ichibi extremely well, that just proves he's not a kage for nothing" added praising Yagura's style