Hey! So I actually managed to get the chapter ready in the same week hehe, I have to admit that I am kind of proud of myself, but anyways.
I wanted to address a couple of reviews, so if you want to jump right to the chapter, feel free to do so. Alright, first of all, I wanted to thank Jawisian for his review, as that's the type of review I want, not because it is positive but because it is specific and explains itself very well. I also appreciated the review from Emrys Akayuki and from a guest a while ago. What I want to make clear here is that if you think I made a mistake, I would need to know what it is to, you know, actually be able to fix it if I consider it to be a mistake (as it could also be that it's something that will get explained or shown later in the story).
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The security of the arena consisted of the jounin guarding the arena itself and several ANBU scattered between the audience, as well as some others standing behind the seats. Asuma, who planned to go and get his student, turned back and noticed how one of the ANBU made a hand sign. This alerted the jounin, who informed everyone close to him to repel the jutsu he was about to make.
The mysterious ANBU heard this, but he did no more than to turn before a feather rain started. Everyone in the audience started to fall asleep, although those who followed Asuma's advice managed to repel the jutsu. The jounin in the audience figured almost instantly what was happening as they saw a red light ignite from the balcony of the Hokage.
"An invasion." Asuma said, throwing his cigarette down and then stomping on it. "We should get moving." He turned at Kurenai and Guy, who wasn't that far away. "Our students should go to the nursery and get the others, then try to reach Gohan too."
The genin present nodded in understanding, already gathering and preparing to leave. On the other hand, Kurenai and Guy joined the other jounin to clear the audience area from any possible enemy. Chouji, Hinata and Tenten were suddenly stopped by Genma, who took his two students to them.
"You're going to the nursery, right?" He asked with a relaxed tone. "Then Nobuyuki will be save there, take care of him!" He swiftly moved and eventually reached Asuma and the others.
"Alright, then, let's go and find the others." Tenten said as she beckoned the rest to follow her, noticing that Yakumo would need more time as she was carrying her teammate. "Need some help?"
Gohan intended to grab the redhead before he fell down from the wall, but just as he was starting to fall, something appeared in his energy. The half blood saiyan noticed this in little to no time. Some even greater energy popped out from his own, but it seemed to be just as unstable as it was powerful. He got distracted, though, as Gaara screamed before something began emerging from his body. Gohan quickly ran back to the medical ninja, urging them to leave to the nursery, and just as he did, a great monster appeared from what used to be Gaara of the Sand.
"Now this will be a problem." Gohan murmured while still beckoning the medical ninja to leave. As they finally ran away, he turned to the creature, measuring its energy and increasing his own considerably, although it didn't seem to need a big part of his base power. "Alright, how do I deal with this?" He asked to himself as he adopted his fighting stance.
Suddenly, several leaves raised from the floor by the force of a gust. Between the leaves, Kakashi and Sasuke stood still. Hatake had no real physical change, but his student did. His hair was slightly longer than before, while his clothes now consisted of a black version of his previous outfit. They finally appeared, and Gohan could not help but to cringe at how late they'd been.
"Oh hey, you're late." Gohan said with a big smile on his face. "And in not the most convenient of times hehe."
"So the village is being invaded..." As he spoke, the giant creature broke through the walls of the arena. This caused the east part of the audience area to collapse entirely and resulting in the death of hundreds of civilians.
"Kakashi!" Hayate yelled as he ran towards the silver haired jounin. His way towards him was interrupted, though, as a jounin from the Sand attacked him.
Hatake observed as the jounin of the turban turned to look at him. "Kids, try to get that monster out of the village, I'll help Hayate take care of that guy and then we'll go to deal with that monster."
"Just don't even try to attack him, that monster is just too strong for some genin." Hayate said as he stood up again.
"Actually, can't you summon one of your guys to help them with that?" Kakashi said as he remained expressionless. "Maybe some of the big ones."
"Oh, yeah right." The lizard lover bit his own thumb, gestured several hand signs and finally put his hand down. A seal appeared in the floor, from it appearing a giant lizard accompanied by a cloud of smoke. "Hey, do you think you can help those two?"
"Hmm." The lizard wore a gray haori, carrying two giant kunai at opposing sides of it. It turned to look at the kids, his yellow eyes examining them and noticing something different in the half-blood saiyan. Both of the genin noticed how the lizard was slightly smaller than the wall of the arena. "What exactly do I have to help them with?"
Hayate looked up and then pointed towards the part that had been broken. "Go that way, you'll reach it in no time." The green lizard thought about it for a minute before nodding.
Gohan observed the lizard closely, feeling his energy and noticing how it was really great compared to Hayate's. The lizard extended its hands to both of the kids, inviting them to get on them. Once they did, he took them up to his head, then getting on its four legs before quickly following the path of destruction left by the monster. The speed made it difficult for the genin not to fall.
The walls of the Hidden Village in the Leaves rose high, surrounding it almost completely. Several towers had been built in these walls, starting in the entrance of the village and finishing just before connecting with the Hokage Rock, in which the faces of all the Hokage were carved in the mountain. In each tower, a squad of shinobi-either chunin or jounin-watched over for any possible threat.
In the third east tower, a really young squad of chunin had been assigned for just a couple of days. It had been quite calm in the recent days, which was why they were playing with cards instead of being totally concentrated on the outside. One of them stood up for a moment to go to the bathroom, and it was then when he noticed. The last thing he heard was the sound of the tower collapsing.
"Let's destroy as much as we can!" A girl with long and untamed dark pink hair said. She turned to look at her other four teammates before beckoning them to enter through the now destroyed wall.
"Destroy? I thought the objective was helping lord Orochimaru to kill the old Hokage." A fat boy with three tufts of orange hair on his head, a mohawk in the middle one, questioned.
"Lord Orochimaru had told us to destroy as much as we could while on our way to the arena." Kidomaru, a boy with brown skin and long black hair on a tail, explained. His clothing was almost the same as his teammates, consisting of a black shirt under a beige tunic bearing a white symbol that was tied up with a purple rope-like belt, as well as some black pants and black sandals.
"Whatever, let's not lose anymore time." Another one of them said. His light blue hair covered half of his face.
The fifth one of them simply jumped over the debris left after the wall was blown up. His uniform was slightly different, consisting of the similar clothes as his teammates, although his tunic was long-sleeved and considerably more loose. His long, white hair made it easier to notice his green eyes and the two scarlet dots painted on his forehead. Behind him, the previous four followed and left space for many more shinobi to enter the village. These other shinobi joining the invasion were from the Sand, the Sound and the Grass-all three of them having signed an alliance to conjointly attack the Leaf.
The civilians that lived in the houses nearest to the walls were the first ones to see the horde of shinobi getting closer. Many ran out of their houses at the greatest speed they could reach, but they were mostly still caught and slaughtered without much trouble. The shinobi from the Grass stood up between the rest, though, as they tended to torture their victims before finally killing them. For now, the other shinobi tolerated this, but they wondered how much they would.
Building by building, the five shinobi that led the invasion advanced, leaving a path of blood and destruction as they advanced. However, the white-haired one just evaded any civilian or shinobi from the Leaf that got on his way, proving to be concentrated in fulfilling his main objective: help lord Orochimaru.
"Come on, Kimimaro, do something apart from running," the pink-haired girl said as she tried to keep up with his pace, "you're so boring."
Two kunai clashed, sparks appearing from between. Hayate stared directly at his opponent before being thrown back by the jounin of the turban, who swiftly turned to block Kakashi's attack. The silver-haired ninja was kicked away, giving enough time and space for the sand jounin to attack with the kunai. His attack was blocked, but he then aimed a punch at the ribs of the apparently sick man, which actually landed, although it didn't seem to be enough to actually break any ribs. Hayate took his kunai and nailed it deeply on the man's arm while he grabbed it with his own.
The jounin of the turban took the kunai out of his arm after his arm was released from his opponent's grip. For his surprise, Kakashi was already running towards him, aiming a kick at his head once he reached the sand jounin. The kick was successfully evaded, but Hayate quickly jumped on him and aimed a kunai at his chest. He evaded the attack once more, but he was finally hit by a kick also from Hayate, who had quickly regain his posture after trying to nail the kunai. Behind him, the silver-haired jounin ran towards his opponent, a kunai on both of his hands.
Baki also decided to take two kunai, one in each hand, but he surprised the famous copy-nin by throwing them directly at him. The silver-haired jounin blocked the kunai without much trouble, but he was unable to block the tackle from the enemy, which pushed him back and even made him fall down. His ribs started to hurt.
Hayate saw the tackle and didn't waste a single second in reaching the sand jounin. Once he reached the enemy, he aimed a kunai at his head, which seemed to be about to be easily deflected. This was at least until he gave the man of the turban a low sweep and, while he fell, managed to nail the his weapon on his left shoulder. After doing so, he jumped back and grabbed his sword from his back.
"I was wondering if you were going to use it." Kakashi said as he stood up, his plain tone being interrupted by slight struggle. "He's tough."
"So, old man, ready to die?" The man with the snake traits said, licking his lips with his long tongue.
"I'm bringing you down with me," the Third answered while taking his hat off, "if you manage to actually kill me." He finally grabbed his tunic, quickly taking it off and throwing it down the building along with the hat, revealing a black jumpsuit with pieces of armor covering his forearms. He also wore a black helmet with a forehead protector that had the symbol of the village, as well as black sandals.
Orochimaru laughed at the elder's arrogance. He licked his lips once again before getting into his fighting stance. "Amazing that you keep that enthusiasm of yours at your age, old man."
"Shut up and fight." Hiruzen ordered as he started to gesture hand signs.
The tiles of the roof of the Hokage balcony, in which they were standing, rose up, seemingly being controlled by the Hokage. Orochimaru saw this with great interest, although he did not have much time to do so as the first tiles started to get thrown at him. The man with the snake traits jumped and contorted to evade the tiles, not showing struggle while doing so. The Third made several hand signs once again.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone jutsu!" He exclaimed after throwing five shuriken, which turned into at least 20 more. He continued to throw tiles afterwards to keep his opponent busy.
Orochimaru made several hand signs as fast as he could, taking a couple of hits from the tiles and shuriken before getting into the surface of the roof as if it were some kind of mud. Hiruzen looked at every possible direction, not finding him until he heard his voice directly in his ears.
"Hey, old man." He sinisterly said, to which the Third quickly reacted by jumping away. Orochimaru licked his lips while his glance showed total enjoyment and pleasure.
As the Hokage finished his hand signs, a river of mud appeared in the roof out of nowhere, seemingly consuming the man with the snake traits. Anyhow, he got out of the floor just as he'd previously done, away from the mud river. A snake seemed to go out from one of Orochimaru's sleeves, aiming for a bite on the old man's neck. Suprisingly for a man of his age, not only did Hiruzen take it, but he also managed to grab the snake and throw it away as if nothing had happened.
"Impressive." Orochimaru said with a mocking tone.
"I'm only getting started." The elder answered as he rubbed his neck.
Alright, so that was it for this chapter! What did you think? This is actually half the length of last chapter, and this actually made me wonder what you liked the most. Do you prefer longer chapters like the last one or shorter ones like this one? Maybe a bit of the two? Let me know either through the reviews or through PM, whatever you prefer. This is for me to not be nervous about whether this will bother anyone.
Anyways, having no more to say (or ask), see you soon with the next chapter! Bye!