Chapter 4: Sasuke's Strategies, Jiraiya's Finisher
Itachi stood there staring coldly into his brother's eyes, two Sharingan users who one had a hatred for the other so much that he obtained something that was legendary in the Uchiha clan. The method he used could have easily been obtained Itachi thought, but he decided to kill his best friend, his mentor. Sasuke, with his blood boiling began to attack Itachi with everything he had but to no prevail of even hitting his brother. "You're too weak, Sasuke, you'll never defeat me like that." "Shut up!" Sasuke shouted as he continued to attack.
Once again the legendary three were upon their summoning beasts in another show down just like they were three years earlier. "Naruto, go help your friends, we'll take it from here. Go!" "But…" was the only word he could say before Tsunade cut him off and told him to go! Naruto understood that Jiraiya and Tsunade had to take care of Orochimaru and that he couldn't interfere in their fight. Naruto took off and went to look for his friends who were taking care of Kisame.
With every move, every attack Sasuke made towards his brother, nothing was working let alone hitting. He figured the only way was to use that technique, but within him, he knew that there was a huge sacrifice that was needed. To use a combination technique of that caliber would take a large amount of chakra. Also in order to use that technique, he needed to trap Itachi which was easier said than done. Sasuke thought of a plan and decided to use it but there would only be one way to trap Itachi and Sasuke needed to call him for help. Sasuke knew that if he could get him to release his powers, it would give Itachi a moment where he would be trapped and then, Sasuke could attack him most likely killing his brother. But the fact that I already denied his help was now the problem, if I asked for his help; it would make him think that I always needed it and that I wasn't strong enough to take down Itachi myself. Sasuke decided that he would continue the fight alone, but if worse came to worse, he would ask for his help.
Naruto running quickly to where Kisame had released the water jutsu on his friends to find out that there was a huge lake there now. Naruto balancing on top of the water didn't see his friends in sight; in fact he thought they were under water let alone somewhere safe. "Damn it! Where is everyone?" While Naruto searched, he heard a faint voice that sounded familiar except it sounded like bubbles. Eventually, Naruto found out that Kisame had summoned the great shark of the mist, a prized summoning beast given to those who are worthy of mastering the Samehada. He saw behind Kisame that he had captured all his friends using the water cage technique with water clones. "Naruto, hand your kyuubi powers over to us and I'll release your friends, unharmed." Naruto didn't know what to do when Sakura, within the bubble told him to run. However, Naruto being the bonehead he is didn't understand a single word she said. Naruto told everyone that he'll save them one way or another. With that he used the kage bushin no jutsu to attack Kisame's water clones to free his friends from the cages. But Kisame wisely put a water barrier around them keeping them in the cage even though there were no more water clones holding the cages up. "I guess I have to use his powers." When Kisame heard those words, he was happy and smiled that he'll be able to see the full wrath of the kyuubi.
Naruto began charging up his kyuubi powers as it seemed to be the only way to save his friends. He had to get Kisame's attention away from his friends and on him; so Naruto thought of an idea. Kisame made water clones to hold up his barrier around the Konoha ninja and jumped on top of the beast of the mist to surf his way across to Naruto. Naruto had already transformed to a full powered kyuubi but with no tails, yet. Kisame charged in to use Samehada's ability to absorb chakra but Naruto was too fast for Kisame to even catch him. Kisame couldn't see Naruto anywhere in sight and commanded the beast to search under the water for him. The beast dove into the water and shortly after, the beast came right back out! Kisame confused at what had happened went over to where the beast had been flung, eventually a dark shadow rose out of the water and Kisame saw that Naruto had summoned Gamakichi who was now as big as the Gamabunta. Kisame threw Samehada at Naruto like a boomerang to find out the Naruto on top of Gamakichi was a clone. Kisame turned around to see that the real Naruto has freed his friends from the water prison and at the same time, got rid of the beast of the mist. "What's wrong Kisame? Fish out of water not a good thing?" Naruto exclaimed as he grinned. Kisame began to get angry as the Konoha ninja were once again together.
"Sasuke, this is utterly pointless, even with the Mangekyou Sharingan on your side, you still can't beat me." "There's no chance that I'm giving up, I didn't leave Konoha to train under Orochimaru for three years for nothing, and I swear I'm going to kill you!" "I guess that leaves me no choice, I'll have to kill you now since you are almost as powerful as I am, I'm going to finish off the Uchiha clan like I was suppose to 12 years ago!" Sasuke charged right for Itachi once again with another attack combination of taijutsu techniques and simple fire techniques, again to no prevail. Itachi laughed at the fact that Sasuke was using such mediocre techniques to kill the man once praised as the future of the Uchiha clan. Sasuke continued his simple attack formations then he used the first and only technique his father taught him. "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu." The attack hit a near by tree and set the surrounding forest with a great orange and red flame. Sasuke used the technique a second time aimed for Itachi but Itachi easily dodged the attack. Sasuke tried once more but from the air and aimed the technique at the ground. Itachi once again dodged it and the attack created a crater in the ground. Sasuke fell into the smoke and when the smoked cleared, "Kuchiyose no jutsu", Sasuke had summoned a large snake to the battle as an aid. The snake asked him why he had to fight; "Shut up you, I'm giving you the ultimate sacrifice, my brother." The snake overjoyed by the fact that he might get to eat an Uchiha set his mind straight to fight. Itachi stood back and stared at the huge snake eyes as they were red as blood.
"So it seems you learned how to summon beasts and since you trained with Orochimaru, snakes seem to be all that you can summon. However, even with that power on your side, you still won't beat me." "We'll see about it then!" Sasuke and his snake began their attack as the snake's swift movements were enough to catch up with Itachi's normal speed. Itachi decided that the snake must go and called upon the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan. "Amaterasu!" the black flames engulfed Sasuke's snake and when the debris cleared, Itachi saw that the saw shed it's skin. Itachi could feel the movement as the snake was trying to come from underneath him and barely dodged the snake's viscous fangs. Sasuke put his hands together and preformed the kage bushin no jutsu combination with the snake and created multiple snake clones along with Sasuke clones to go with them all. Itachi saw through the technique as if it were nothing and countered the attack using his old anbu sword accordingly. With only so many clones left, "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu", Sasuke and his clones all used the technique at the same time and tried to trap Itachi in the flames. "Doton: Yomi Numa!" Sasuke created a swamp below the flames and once again burned the ground to harden it.
After all the smoke cleared, Sasuke saw that Itachi had once again escaped. Sasuke looked all around for him but couldn't see him at all. Then all of a sudden, Sasuke's clones all disappeared! Itachi came from behind the steam barely hurt. "Sasuke, that was a nice combination but it still isn't good enough to beat me." Sasuke tried to think of another plan but only thought of that one technique to beat him and he needed help from the one person he didn't want help from.
"Tsunade, I'm going to use that technique to finish this fight, it seems to be the only way." Tsunade with a confused look on her face looked over at Jiraiya's face to see his serious look. She knew that he taught him to use that technique but Jiraiya never tested it himself as he couldn't. Orochimaru staring at his former teammates seemed to have no idea of what Jiraiya was talking about but knew that it was important. Orochimaru commanded Manda to strike Gamabunta first then immediately go after Katsui. Gamabunta pulled out his blade and tried to cut Manda in half as Manda charged at him but with his speed Manda was able to get around Gamabunta and warp its tail around his body squeezing the life out. Manda added more pain as he bit into Gamabunta's skin infecting a poison. Jiraiya had no choice but to release Gamabunta before he died and he quickly summoned another frog to the battle, the armored frog. Manda tried biting into the armor frog but couldn't pierce through the armor even with his sharp fangs. Jiraiya used a technique to make the armor frog's metal plates thicker and Manda's fangs were beginning to sink into the metal. "Doton: Yomi Numa!" Jiraiya created a swamp under Manda to keep him in one spot. With Manda stuck, Jiraiya jumped on top of Manda. With Orochimaru and Jiraiya staring down at each other, Orochimaru extended his tongue to grab Jiraiya by the waist and pull him closer. Jiraiya using the opportunity quickly charged a Rasengan attack and hit Orochimaru. Orochimaru inflicted with pain released his tongue. Orochimaru got back up and struck Jiraiya with the hidden snake hand technique to hold his arms down but from behind, Jiraiya had created two clones who charged up their own Rasengans in their hands which hit Orochimaru's arms from behind. Orochimaru felt his hands burning due to the attack and couldn't move them very well. Orochimaru used his tongue to destroy the clones while Jiraiya once again hit Orochimaru with the Rasengan using both hands and drilled them into Orochimaru. With that, Jiraiya grabbed Orochimaru by the shoulders and released his final attack, "Fuuinjutsu:Shikifuujin." Orochimaru seemed scared after hearing Jiraiya call out that technique.
FLASHBACK (thoughts): "it's just like when I killed the Sandaime, he used that technique and I couldn't do anything about it. Is it going to happen again? Am I going to lose my arms or my entire soul? Will I perish from this world, no, I won't let it happen. I didn't let it happen last time and I'm not going to let it happen now!" END FLASHBACK
"This is the end, Orochimaru." With that, the death god once again made its appearance and recognized that Orochimaru was his prey again. Hahaha was all the death god had to say as the seals formed around its arm and the death god took his blade in the other arm. The death god pierced through Jiraiya and got a hold of Orochimaru's soul. Orochimaru scared began to see the death god again. "No way am I going to let you take me! The Sandaime couldn't, you think you can?" "There's no harm in trying but there is another who can do this technique and she'll sacrifice her life if she has to in order to extinguish your life from this world." Tsunade standing behind Jiraiya told him that you must do this for the sake of Konoha. Jiraiya told her he understood and now feels how the Sandaime felt when he used this technique. Tsunade put a gem on Jiraiya's back and began using her healing jutsu to force chakra into the crystal. Jiraiya told her "It's useless since this move will kill me. It doesn't matter how good a medical specialist you are; you can't cheat death." "Trust me; I can do something about it." Jiraiya understood and continued his technique to pull out Orochimaru's soul. Orochimaru screamed in pain as his soul was slowly coming out of his body ready for consumption.
A/N: Jiraiya is using the technique that was used on the kyuubi by the Yondaime, on Orochimaru's arms by the Sandaime; will Jiraiya succeed in completing the task that the Sandaime couldn't even do? Sasuke has successfully learned the Kuchiyose no jutsu and has a secret technique. What is the secret and who does he need help from to complete it? Will this technique be enough to kill Itachi as Sasuke says? Naruto and the rest of the Konoha ninja are ready to face Kisame, will their strength and abilities together be enough to beat the former Shinobi Swordsman of the mist? Find out in the next chapter!