Disclaimer: Same as the last ten chapters
Author Notes: And Child of Two Worlds is finished, without the Epilogue. Thanks you've all been great.
Chapter Eleven: Battle's End and Celebrations
Tsunade knelt at her nephew's side; she was checking Naruto over before they could begin the procedure that would rid the boy of his cursed seal. "How is he?" Iruka ventured, quietly; Tsunade looked up at the dark-haired Chunnin and sighed.
"We must remove this seal quickly" Tsunade replied. "it's killing him. Looks as though if Orochimaru can't have the power of the Ginmegan then we will not have Naruto in this world much longer". She stood and looked at the field Captain, seriously; "What Jutsu is it tha you want to use upon him?"
"Something I was taught we I was very young" Iruka replied. "My parents may not have agreed with what the Elders taught but they did teach me the little Jutsus that my Clan has kept secret from everyone". Tsunade nodded and gestured for him to continue; "Do you remember Naruto's prophecy? About how the Child of Earth is the key that willl unlock the flames . . . My family's Jutsu that will be used will release Naruto's ture potential". Tsunade nodded and knelt, her hand glowing a soft blue and pressed it onto the black seal; Naruto hissed and tried to move to get away from the burning sensation. "Temari, help Tsunade . . . allow a small bit of your Chakra to enter Naruto's body". The Sand Kunoichi nodded and proceeded to do what Iruka had told her; Iruka took several deep breathes and slowly created a series of complicated seals. "Tsuchi . . . Kaze . . . Hi: Fuuun no Hikari, Houmen za Hisaki! (Earth . . . Wind . . . Fire: Elements of Light, Release the Flames)".
Naruto's back arched; his silver eyes snapping open as Tsunade and Temari jumped back as Silver flames engulfed his body. Iruka staggered and collapsed to his knees; he gasped for air and heaved. It had been a wall since he had done any Jutsu of that caliber and for that he was feeling the full-effects; Tsunade and Temari watched in awe as the flames grew brighter and brighter. There was suddenly a flash of silver and everything died away; Naruto was sitting up in bed, blinking his silver eyes. "Naruto?" Temari inquired, quietly; the silver-blonde nodded and was immediately glomped by Temari, who buried her face crying into his shoulder. "Oh, I missed you!" she pulled back and planted kisses all over his face, before giving him a long passionate kiss on his lips. "Love you".
"Love you too" he whispered, giving her a quick kiss on her lips; he looked over at Iruka and Tsunade, smiling. The Hokage was trying her damnest not to cry but she broke down when Naruto, after removing himself from Temari's embrace, hugged her close. "Sorry, I worried you, Obaasan". Tsunade pulled away and pressed a kiss to his forehead; Naruto looked over at his Aniki, "Anbu, and you never told me?"
"Field Commission" Iruka stated, tiredly. Naruto reached out and grasped his hand, sending him gentle waves of replenishing Chakra. "Thanks".
"Not a problem" Naruto replied. "After all, you save my life . . . that's two I owe you, Aniki". Naruto looked at Temari and Iruka, "What say we give Orochimaru hell?"
"I couldn't agree more" Temari said, gleefully and unstrapped her Fan; Iruka gave Naruto two thumbs up. Naruto looked to where Inari was now standing, the fox gave his companion a foxy grin.
"Better call up your animal guides" Naruto replied. "You'll need them".
"Animal guides?" Iruka echoed. That was when was aware of a prescene at his side; he gazed down at the black wolf sitting patiently at his side. Temari had a falcon sitting on her shoulder, nibbling on her hair.
"Those animal guides" Naruto said, smiling. "It would seem Ookami and Taka decided to appear anyways. Come on . . . give my apologizes to Sousobo and Jiraiya". With that Naruto phased out of sight with Iruka and Temari following; the animal companions disappeared with them. The battle's end was drawing near.
Kakashi rested up against a building as Asahi hurried tied off his wound. "Damn, Orochimaru must be pissed" Kakashi gritted out. "How many injured?"
"Too many" Kage replied, appeared from the shadows. "Many of the younger Chunnins have all ready been evacuated from the village it is only Jonins, Anbu and Hunter-nins that are still fighting".
"It's Naruto-Sama! Kage-San, Naruto-sama is here!" The three Nins turned to see the young blonde standing there with Iruka and Temari; strange animals were at their sides.
"What is he doing?" Kakashi demanded. His former pupil was standing in the middle of the two warring sides. Then suddenly it hit him as rocks hit water; they were fulfilling Naruto's Prophecy.
"Ah, My Little Fox has returned to his Master" Orochimaru said. "Come".
"Try again, Snake-Face" Naruto said, arrogantly. "I don't have your beautiful seal anymore . . . My mind is my own now. And it's time for you to meet your end, once and for all!"
Orochimaru sneered at the Blonde and launched at him. Naruto back-flipped and managed to strike the Sennin under the chin with his foot before kicking him in his face; Orochimaru staggered sideways. "Iruka . . . Temari, you lead the Alliance against Sound and the Traitors of Shadow" Naruto ordered, sternly. "Orochimaru is mine".
"Understood".
"Be careful".
The two Nins disappeared and reappeared with their side. "Why don't we go somewhere we won't be interrupted" Naruto said, "The Forest of Death". The two Nins phased out of sight just as Orochimaru's followers launched their final attack upon the Alliance between Leaf, Sand, Shadow and Air.
The greatest battle in the history of Ninja History was to be fought.
Naruto perched on a tree, watching Orochimaru in another tree; "Winner takes all" Naruto said. "No Rules, all's fair". Orochimaru smirked and phased out of sight; Naruto's hands flew through a seal. "Tsuchi Wana: Hashira no Tsuchi! (Earth Trap: Pillars of Earth!)". Nine pillars of Rock encased Orochimaru's body; Naruto turned to face him smiling. His pure silver eyes at their greatest max. "Did you forget that I possess the Juginmegan? The Pure Silver eyes?" Naruto jumped from his perch just as Orochimaru managed to escape the prison with theSuiton daibakufu no Jutsu (Water Explosion technique). Naruto slipped calmly into the Taijutsu stance of the Odori no Hi Kaiten; Orochimaru would be prepared for his mother's Taijutsu but he wouldn't before the Dance of the Fire Spin, his father's art.
Orochimaru launched himself at Naruto, who had predicting that the Sennin would make the first move. The Sennin was overconfident about his abilities merely because he was still young and thought to be inexperienced; but Naruto was far from young or inexperienced. The Blonde forgone the first two stages of the Dance and went for the last—the Hi Kaiten Odori (Fire Spin Dance). Naruto spun out of Orochimaru's grasp and connected his heel with Orochimaru's jaw; He then swung upwards, his fist connected with Orochimaru's cheek. The Sennin was thrown backwards as Naruto returned to the first stance; Orochimaru rolled over and spat up blood, glaring at the calm and collected Naruto. "You will pay for that with your life, Brat" Orochimaru hissed.
"I remember Zabuza saying the same thing, he's dead" Naruto replied. "And all of my other enemies that wanted to have me six feet under". Naruto glared at the Snake Sennin; his Silver eyes narrowing and darkening. "Get to your feet, Snake, and let's dance".
Orochimaru flipped up, his hands flying through a seal. "Atokaka: Manto no Akumu! (Shadow: Cloak of Nightmare)" Orochimaru shouted. Naruto smirked and his own hands flying through a Jutsu.
"Mizu no Hikari: Sutra-Raito! (Water of Light: Starlight!)" Naruto shouted in the pitch black darkness. Suddenly, the shadows evaporated leaving an angry Orochimaru behind. "You want to do something. Do it right! Atokaka Wana: Me no Ankoku! (Shadow Trap: Eye of Darkness!)" Everything faded into darkness, leaving Orochimaru whirling around in all directions. "You won't escape this prison, Orochimaru . . . Your time is coming. Kori Mizu Shinkiro: Sen hari! (Ice Water Mirage: Thousand Needles!)" Orochimaru screamed in agony as thousands of lacerations appeared on his skin.
"Hi Butokai: Taiyo Bakuhatsu! (Fire Ball: Solar Explosion!)". The darkness evaporated; Orochimaru looked around the clearing, trying to locate Naruto.
"Rasengan!" Orochimaru managed to leap out of the way as Naruto buried his first into the ground. He countered with Gokakyuu no Jutsu but Naruto easily dodged it; Naruto perched in his tree again; "Inari, now! Ikimono aibou: Hisaki no za Kitsune! (Animal partner: Flames of the Fox!)".
Inari appeared Orochimaru and engulfed him in silver flames; the Snake Sennin screamed in agony. He collapsed to the ground; his serpentine eyes gazing at Naruto. "I will be back!" he hissed.
"I have no doubt about that" Naruto replied. "But it won't as you suspect". Naruto's hands flew through a seal; "Seishin-teki reberu: Kokoro Oshitsubusu! (Spiritual plane: Mind Crush!) Orochimaru jerked and fell to the ground; Naruto knelt, compelling to fulfill what he had seen in his vision before he had given forth the prophecy. Him carrying a baby from the Forest of Death.
The Alliance cut through the defense of the Shadow and Sound Nins as Iruka and Temari led them to victory; Taka and Ookami tore through their opponents that had dare to try and harm their newly discovered human partners. Suddenly, both sides froze at the brilliant light that emitted all around them; the turned to see a large fire-shaped Pheonix that was emitted from the Forest of Death. The Alliance Nins were healed of their wounds and felt vigor renewed to their attacks; even their thought dead companions rose to their feet, surprised and confused as to what had brought them back from beyond the veil.
"Tengoku Fushicho Hi: Saisen (Heavenly Pheonix Fire: Rebirth)" murmured Asahi as he once witnessed the same Jutsu long ago. It was an inherit trait amongst the Uzumaki Clan but to only the pure of heart; "Naruto". The heavenly light disappeared and everything was quiet; everyone waited with an abated breath as they gazed around. Ookami's head jerked toward the sound of footsteps, Iruka followed his direction and saw Naruto appeared from the hovering dust carrying something wrapped up in his black jacket; Inari trotted at his side.
"Naruto!" Iruka shouted. Heads whirled in the direction of the young Clan leader and gapped at him; he was untouched by his supposedly fierce battle with Orochimaru. Naruto stopped before the two groups.
"Leave, you have lost" Naruto stated, simply. "Your leader has fallen".
"You lie!" shouted a Sound Nin.
"Do I?" Naruto inquired, he pulled back the jacket revealing the dark-hair of a sleeping baby boy. Everyone gapped at the child; "As I stated before, Leave . . . Those that are traitors to the Mei Clan are hereby exiled by Pince Naruto Mei-Imahitotsu-Uzumaki. Unless of course, you want to face fully recovered Fighters in greater numbers then your own?" With that the Followers of Orochimaru disappeared; Naruto looked around as his family crowded around; Naruto gave them smiles but spotted his aunt and Jiraiya. He pushed his way through and walked towards them; he eased the baby into his aunt's arms. "There, you can raise him properly" Naruto said, smiling. He gave Jiraiya a shove towards his aunt, "together. Ne, Obaasan . . Ojiisan?" Naruto dashed off as Tsunade turned to look at Jiraiya, surprised; Naruto was tackled by his Uncles and Great-Uncles. Hugged and squeeshed, he was passed along the lines until he stood before Temari; The Sand Nin smiled and threw her arms around his neck and planted a kiss on his lips. Wolf whistles and cat calls issued from behind them but Temari flipped them off.
"For the Love of God, Temari!" Kankorou cried, covering his face. The couple pulled back, laughing.
A few days later a huge celebration was held for Tsunade and Jiraiya had married and Leaf was accepting Shadow and Air into their Village; Gaara danced around with Yasashii as the Shadow nin had kept her promise and presented him back to his family. Sasuke and Tenten waltzed by as Sakura and Lee tangoed passed. Kiba was being lead around the dance floor by Hinata; Chouji was chowing down at the buffet table while Neji was chatting it up with one of Naruto's female cousins of Shadow; the girl, Tsukiyo, was in fact Kage's younger sister. Speaking of Kage, he was currenly dancing with Anko, who looked positively delighted. Kakashi and Iruka had journeyed off to the ancestral home of A-Su Clan; they would be returning in another week, when the A-Su Clan would formally join Leaf Village with Iruka as their Clan Leader. Naruto smiled from his perch, everything was perfect; "What are you doing up there?" came an inquiring voice.
"Just gazing, you wanna join me?" Naruto looked down at Temari, who smiled up. She hopped into the tree and sat beside him; her head resting on his shoulder. "See, nice, isn't it?"
"Yeah . . . Who would have thought that your aunt would ever marry Jiraiya" Temari said, shrugging. "Oh, well . . . At least, she'll cut him off his dirty habit".
"That and they now have their own baby to look over" Naruto said. "I'm glad I gave Orochimaru another look on life".
"You're talking different . . . more like the rest of us" Temari commented.
"When Aniki undid my Seal" Naruto began, "he relinked the missing half of my soul, besides you". Temari nodded, understanding; she turned his face to her and leaned in, kissing him.
"Can't you two ever stop!"
Laughter rang through the group.
The End