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Rank Mission, Battle of Shishu Han Pass!
Shikamaru, Kiba, Chouji, Lee, are preparing to leave for redflower pass when Kiba asked,
"Shouldn't We Get Hyuga Neji?" Kiba asked
"I have been told by Tsunade Sama that Neji has taken 60 chunnin's and jounin's to defend our eastern border because Anbu have sent in a report saying that the eastern front of konoha will be attacked simultaneously as soon as redflower pass is attacked, so neji cant help us right now." Shikamaru replied
"Well my comrades, we should get going so we will arrive in time to save the fortress!" Lee told the group
"I agree lets move out now" Shikamaru ordered and instantly everyone moved out.
6 days away Hyuga Neji with his 60 strong shinobi are preparing for the stone's invasion. They have dug in several trenches and watch towers and are on high alert.
"Neji kun, are you sure the stone nins will attack us here?" A jounin asked the tall elite Hyuga Jounin. Neji has grown almost as tall as Shikamaru. He also grew out his hair and is one of Konoha's strongest Byukgan users. He looks out across the desolate open field, ready to react to anything.
"I'm am sure they will be here soon" Neji replied, as soon as he finishes the sentence, a huge boulder comes out from what seems to be nowhere.
"Everyone Dodge!" Neji yelled as the leaf nin's dodged. In the distant field they hear the sound of Dokudo's voice.
"Attack!" Dokudo bellowed
"Everyone get ready, they are here!" Neji ordered. Everyone prepared for the onslaught, they go to their proper trenches and wait, then Neji orders for oil to be poured between them and the enemy and to do it quickly before the stone nins reach their lines. Instantly gallons of gasoline are poured onto the field.
"On my command, once they get within 100 yards of our front line, use Katon Gogyaku Geshi No Jutsu and aim it at the ground!" Neji giving the final order
"Yes sir!"
The stone nins charging are within a 120 yards of the leaf nins, however they do not know that the ground beneath has been soaked with gasoline and as soon as they get withing a 100 feet of the front line, Neji gives the order.
"Now!" Instantly everyone began performing the hand seals while shouting Katon Gogyaku Geshi No Jutsu (Fire Element; Inferno Flame Blast) aiming at the ground. The ground now instantly flares up as the first wave of stone nins are instantly scorched and a thick long line of fire now separates the stone nin army from the leaf nins. From behind the fire under the command of Neji all the leaf soldiers instantly begin throwing kunai's shiruken, while attacking the stone nins who are unable to get throught the giant wall of fire. The stone army is taking very heavy losses and retreats back to their lines and the battle for sure looked in favor of the leaf's however now their luck has run out, as soon as the stone nin's retreat, a rainstorm begins instantly putting out the flame wall. Neji now know the time has come to fight , he prepares his troops for combat, and gives one final stirring speech.
"Alright soldiers, the time has come for you to do your duty to the leaf, we all may die here, however it has been my honor to lead you all today, in my eyes your are the elite and history will remember us, I say this to you now Death Awaits Us! But I say we make Death Wait A Little Longer!" The speech inspires the soldiers as they cheer in agreement. Now ready for anything the Leaf's will meet the stone army head on and fight like they have never fought before.
"Finally, Alright men attack and completely wipe them out!" Dokudo ordered as they charged with Dokudo leading the front with his gigantic war blade.
"For Konoha!" The battle cry of the shinobi and they charged led by Neji with his byukagan in the front, they met the stone nins head on and the battle of shishu han pass is about to commence. Now both sides are withing 3 feet of each other and a thunderous clash is heard as both smash into each other.
The battle Of Shishu han pass was indeed bloody. All over the field both sides systematically began to kill each other. Hyuga Neji is at the front killing every stone nin who is with his reach and who attack him. Dokudo with his gigantic war blade swipes and kills leaf nins as fast as Neji kills the stone nins. Neji seeing Dokudo instantly charges at , Dokudo seeing Neji coming at him also charges, both commanders engage in a bloody duel.
"64 Hands of Hakke!" Neji shouts as he attempts to shut of Dokudo's charka, Dokudo however laughs and says.
"That wont work against me because I am wearing a special stone armor which prevents the enemy or myself from draining my charka!" Dokudo replies and then counterattacks neji with his warblade and Neji manages to dodge the attack however Dokudo's blade manage to slash his leg. Dokudo seeing the wound on Neji smirks and charges the Leaf jounin intending to finish him off, but Neji has other plans.
"Stone Blade Style, Dance of the Death!" Neji instantly sees the attack coming and even with the pain in his leg he manages to release all of his chakra using the Kaiten Heavenly Spin, which instantly blocks Dokudo's attack and Dokudo surprised is thrown back several feet.
"How did you do that?" Dokudo asked, Neji smirked and replied
"Oh I forgot to tell you, I can release all of my chakra throughout my body, which renders all physical attacks useless against me, but you shouldn't be concerned with that because you die Now!" Neji replies and in a blinding flash pulls out a kunai and gets behind Dokudo and stabs him through the back with the kunai point coming out of his front side.
"Ugh!" Dokudo has collapsed on the ground and with his last breath replies to the tall jounin.
"Heh I underestimated you" with that Dokudo dies, a leaf nin runs up to Neji and Neji orderes the jounin to take the head and charge at the stone nins with head of their commander on a pike. The stone nins see their leaders head on a pike and sees the leaf's charging and instantly begins to waver. They start running away however, the leaf's catch up and kills everyone one of them, leaving none alive. The losses were staggering on the Stone's side. 130 stone nins out of 130 strong army perished in that battle, along with their commander, The leafs lost only 25 shinobis, the fields of shishu han was literally covered with bodies and the river ran red with the blood of the fallen ninjas and the storm began to die down. Neji collapses exhausted from his battle with Dokudo, he wraps his leg with a bandage and then walks over to the Leaf army. Days away Shikumaru and the others are almost nearing Redflower pass.
"Hey shikamaru, are we there yet?" Kiba asked
"We are almost their so lets speed up to get their quicker" Shikamaru replied
"I wonder how the others are doing?" Kiba asked the group
"Naruto, and Sakura san are okay I can feel it, as for Neji, I have seen him fight and he is more than able to take care of himself" Lee replied
Naruto, Kakashi, and Sakura after 4 days, finally return to Konoha. They quickly rush to Tsunade's office.
"Finally you guys are back" Tsunade told the Jounins
"We heard of the Stone village invasion" Kakashi grimly replied
"Yes well I just received a report from Hyuga Neji, they defeated the stone army at the eastern at Shishu han pass" Tsunade replied
"Ah, that's good to hear!" Naruto replied
"Yes well Kakashi, I am giving you 3 a very dangerous super A-Rank mission" Tsunade now serious replies. " You are to travel to the border between Konoha and the Hidden Stone Village, and cross into their territory and get as much info as you can, then return, if you are all identified, be sure to get out of their immediately!"
"Understood" Kakashi replied
"So…Naruto, Sakura, you guys ready" Kakashi asked the jounins
"Hell Ya!"
"Then lets get going" With that they leave
Back at the Village Hidden In Stone, the Tsuchikage has been informed of Dokudo's defeat.
"What! You mean to tell me that the army at Shishu han pass lost and Dokudo is dead!" The Tsuchikage screamed
"Y-yes-s Tsuchikage Sama" the scared official replied
"Hmm…I underestimated the leaf, however I must end this soon or the other villages will take action and most likely they will side with the leaf' the Tshuchikage told himself
"Very well….You!"
"Me Sir?" the scared official replied
"Yes you…send a message to Raidyu and tell him to recall his forces, prepare our elite stone jounin assasins to assassinate the Godaime of Konoha!"
"Yes Tsuchikage Sama!"
"Kazekage sama! We have received intelligence that Konoha defeated the stone nin army at Shishu han pass!" A messenger told the Kazekage
"I see, so Tsunade managed to hold off the eastern invasion, How is our army progressing?"
"They are almost ready for combat!"
"Very well we will make a move soon, but under no circumstances, are you to attack the stone nins till I give the order, Is that Understood?" Gaara asked the officials and generals
"Crystal Clear!" they replied at once
There ya go! Hope you enjoy chapter 4.
Chapter 5 preview: Hinata appears, so does the Atsuki and Orichimaru with Guess who, more battle blood and chaos! read and review