Chapter Twelve

Anakin grabs his head suddenly to the shock of Shino and Hinata. He drops to a knee holding it in pain. "Anakin, what's wrong?" They ask him.

"I'm not sure. The Force feels like it is screaming at me. Something terrible is about to happen," He explains to them. Temari and Kankuro look at each other with concern. White feathers start to fall prompting Temari to send a wind attack towards the Leaf genin. The three crash through the wall as the two Sand genin rush to the field for their brother. Anakin sees them grabbing Gaara and leaving with a blonde trailing them. He quickly gets up with a grunt in pain and clicks his tongue, "Tsk. Damnit Naruto, don't go playing hero by yourself!"

Shino and Hinata join him. Hinata then asks him, "Should we follow Naruto? He's going to need help."

Anakin takes a look around to assess the situation. Currently there are numerous people asleep with Leaf ninja fighting both Sand and Sound ninjas. He sees the rest of their genin with their four jonin a few columns away. After thinking for a moment he comes up with a plan. "You're right, however there is something I need to do so I won't be able to go with you."

Shino looks at his teammate puzzled, "What do you mean? You're obviously our best fighter and your friend needs help. Sure Hinata and I can go back up Naruto, but that would only end up with each of us fighting one on one and that Gaara guy looked too unstable and dangerous to be handled alone."

"You're absolutely right Shino," Anakin agrees. He looks over to see Sasuke and Kiba not far away. "Hey you too, come over here!" The two look confused but listen. Anakin then continues, "Take these two with you. Kiba and Akamaru will help you track them and can provide you with extra muscle. Sasuke has the Chidori which would be much more helpful piercing Gaara's sand than I would. Plus he also has the sharingan so he can easily fill my role." Sasuke is surprised by the praise, but takes it in pride. "Now then there is one other person you should take with you. Where is he…" Anakin scans the bleachers looking for a certain Nara until he finds his target on the floor. He walks over to the 'sleeping' genin and pulls him up. "Come on up, the ground is no place for a shinobi during a battle."

Shikamaru swats his hands away once he is standing upright, "Tsk. I was fine with laying there and waiting the battle out doing nothing tiresome."

Anakin scowls and grabs him by the collar of his shirt, "Listen to me and listen good. Others may just write off your laziness like nothing and I overlooked it during things like school or training, but we are currently at war! Our home is under attack and you think you can just act like you're sleeping?! Well guess what? You signed up to be a shinobi so you better know damn well that you will be worked for it! Cut your lazy shit and get in gear if you wish to make it through the day! Orochimaru is the one leading this attack and I'm willing to bet the ones surviving under him will burn this village to the ground and won't think twice to make sure you remain on that ground. If your goal is to die, I suggest you just march yourself up there," Anakin points to the Kage box where the Hokage and Jiraiya are fighting the snake sannin, "And have him just kill you then. If not, you will go with the group to help Naruto fight the genin team from the Sand. Even if you forfeited you still managed to beat Temari in a fight and I will have you do it again, but with some help."

Shikamaru matches Anakin's eyes until he sighs in defeat, "Troublesome Uchiha. Okay, fine. But I'm going to complain the whole time."

"Thank you." Anakin tells him as he lets go. "Since you have a tactical mind greater than any of us, I suggest you take the lead with them."

A group of five Sound chunin approaches the group, "Look what we got here? A group of genin from the Exams. This should be quick."

Anakin reaches for the sword on his hip, "Go! I'll deal with them."

"Are you sure?" The Nara asks him.

A grin forms on the Jedi's face as his eyes light up in red, "Of course. The Exams are over so I no longer have to hold back on killing. These poor fools just gave me a target rich environment." He pumps both chakra and the Force into his legs and blimps from everyone but Kakashi's sharingan eye. Seconds later he reappears and flicks the blood off the sword. The attacking ninjas fall into pieces soon after. Shikamaru shakes his head and takes his group after Naruto.

Sakura comes up to her boyfriend, "Ani, that was terrifying. I still can't believe you can move that fast even after seeing your fight with Lee."

He shrugs, "After some training, you can do that too. Which reminds me," Anakin looks around to see who is left. "Tenten, Choji, Ino; I need you as well." They all rush over. "I'm going to attempt to do something I haven't done in five or six years and I'm going to need Sakura to help me with it. Can the three of you act as bodyguards for us?"

The three look at each other before answering, "Sure."

"Make that four!" A new voice shouts and the group turns to see Neji walking towards them.

Tenten lights up a little and runs to him, "Are you alright?!"

"Yeah, luckily fate hasn't left the knee damaged too badly for me to sit out the fight as long as I don't attack with it." Neji replies before looking at Anakin, "I'll help protect you while you do whatever it is you are doing. I doubt I'll be in much shape to help much on the front lines, but protecting you should prove useful."

Anakin nods in acceptance, "I'll take it, thanks. Follow me!" He rushes off with the others following behind him. He unclips the scabbard from his belt and tosses it to Sakura. "Here, you'll need it more than I." They travel through the village bobbing and weaving through the chaos and the rumble. They see a group of Sand ninjas attempting to attack civilians and Anakin begins to weave hand signs, "Great Fireball Jutsu!" It burns the unaware ninjas to a crisp and the civilians thank them before running off.

"Since when did you learn that?" Sakura asks him as they trek the village again.

"Since my fight with Sasuke. I try not to copy jutsus from fellow Leaf shinobis, but I find that I'll do it without noticing at times." Anakin answers. He continues leading the group until they come to the rooftop of a building in the lower district. "This will do. I doubt the attackers will focus much forces over in the slums, but that is what you four are here for in case they do."

"So what are you going to be doing?" Tenten asks what's on their minds.

Anakin sits cross legged and motions Sakura to do the same. "There's a Force ability I rediscovered in my past life called Battle Meditation. It boosts allies' morale, stamina, and combat abilities to perform at maximum efficiency while also reducing the enemies combat effectiveness and lowering their will to fight."

They all look at him in surprise. Sakura sits with her mouth open, "You're going to have me help you in that?! I haven't even trained in it or tried using the Force since my fight."

"Well this is your first improv lesson. Your role will mostly consist in you helping me extend the range of it by supplying me with your Force energy. Don't worry, I'll be right here to walk you through it." Anakin explains and reassures. "Now close your eyes and empty your mind." Sakura closes her mind and tries to empty her mind, but the sounds of fighting keeps her from doing so. Anakin feels this and opens up their bond, "Close out the distractions."

Sakura jumps in shock. "Sorry. How do you do that?" She asks to the confusion to everyone watching.

Anakin keeps his eyes closed, "Just focus on us. Start again." She takes a breath and does what he says. "Good, now do you feel that connection between us?" Sakura nods even though their eyes are closed, but he knows her answer anyhow. "Now venture your mind towards it." She tries but the distractions keep her out. Anakin reaches his hands out and grabs hers. She blushes slightly, but it gets the desired effect. Sakura is now focusing on the two of them instead of what is happening. "Now you're almost there. I can feel your emotions more easily, but try sending it yourself."

Sakura concentrates her thoughts on it, "This… This is embarrassing…"

"That's it! You're doing it!"

Sakura now feels Anakin's feelings rushing through the connection. "I can feel it. Your emotions are easy to read! It's filled with pride and relief."

"Of course it is. You are now my student and your accomplishments are mine. I'm also glad that you caught on fairly quickly. Now just follow along as I do and remember these words as we go through it. Do or do not, there is no try. So do not try to follow along, do your best to follow."

As Anakin is walking Sakura through the meditation, four enemy ninja come across the group. "Aw, look at this. The kids are over here holding hands and trying to hide from us." One of them says.

"Kids or not, they wear those headbands, they die." Another tells the first. The four protecting genin get into a fighting stance and then start to feel themselves filled with motivation.

"This energy," Choji starts, "It must come from Anakin and Sakura. I haven't felt this good since the all you can eat night at my favorite smokehouse!" He flexes his hand and expands it in a punch onto the attacker that talked first. She is sent flying away in a flash.

The attacking ninjas lose their resolve and look a little worried. "On second thought, I'm not so sure these kids are going to be easy." The previous ninja says.

Tenten unseals a ball and chain and wraps it around one of them while Ino transfers her mind to another and has him attack the remaining ninja. Neji takes the opportunity to attack the distracted ninjas and puts them out of commission. The Hyuga flexes his injured leg, "You're right Choji. It's almost like my fight earlier didn't happen. If this is the power of the world Anakin is from, perhaps I need to reevaluate who really is the strongest in the village. There is no doubt Anakin will pass his power onto his children and make the Uchihas even stronger. Hinata-sama may be right about what she said. I must follow her example and learn to change to not be held back from the strict traditions of my clan."

Tenten reseals the weapon back and goes to the Hyuga prodigy, "You know I was seriously considering abandoning the possibility of actually having a decent relationship with you because of your standoffish uptight attitude. But if you are really wanting to change and become an actual teammate and friend then I will help you."

He looks at Tenten for a moment before bowing her head, "I'm sorry for how I've acted thus far. I know I have a long way to go to change, but if you'll be patient with me then I'll be able to get there eventually."

She smiles and lightly punches his shoulder, "Of course and I know that Lee and Guy-sensei would love to help as well." He smiles back and the four resumes the watch over the two mediating.


Kurenai pulls his kunai out of a dead shinobi as he and the other jonin finish clearing the stadium off enemy combatants. The four come together as she speaks, "This energy has Anakin written all over it."

"No doubt. He continues to show us that the Force is a power with many uses." Kakashi agrees.

Genma joins them, "That kid definitely impressed me the most out of the genin. The moment the attack starts, he takes command of the other genin without hesitation and comes up with a plan for all of them. Before even being promoted, he is acting like a leader."

"That is no surprise to me," Kurenai tells him. "He told me in his previous life he died during a galaxy expanding conflict and had taken multiple leadership positions before his death. An attack of this size must seem small compared to a galaxy."

"These kids make me feel old," Asuma says, lighting a cigarette.

Kurenai takes it before he gets a drag off it and steps on it. "Don't get ahead of yourself. The stadium might be won, but the village still needs help."


"Shit!" Tenten yells out. Neji and Choji tackles Anakin and Sakura down as a giant snake summons crash into the building.

Anakin groans, "Damn. What the hell is happening?" He looks around to see numerous bodies scattered along the rooftop and on the street below.

Ino crouches to pick them up, "All you know. Just that some of the attackers figured out where the source of the energy came from and tried to stop it, so nothing much. Now come on before we become snake food!" They quickly get up and jump away before a second snake crashes into the building and makes the whole thing fall. They retreat to a rooftop a block away and watch the snakes rise back up. "So what's the plan Anakin?"

The Jedi watch the snakes rise well above the builds and begin to search for the group. He sees that there are quite a few snakes running amok uncontested by everyone but the clan leaders who are already panting fighting a purple and black snake that towers threes . "Well since our Toad summoner is currently busy helping the Hokage, I guess I need to step in and fill those shoes."

"Do you even have a summons that big?" Sakura asks him. "I know the rancors are decently sized to take out the smaller ones, but that one fighting Ino's, Choji's, and Hinata's father is freaking huge!" Anakin replies with a smirk. With a bite of his thumb, he summons a thirty meter tall goliath. The beast is covered in fur with only its face uncovered. It has a humanoid body and big pointed ears, slit nostrils, bushy eyebrows, and sharp teeth. It wields a primitive ax made of a branchless tree for a handle and a stone head. Tenten curses again and the boys take a step back from it. Sakura facepalms, "Of course you do. Why did I ask?"

Anakin stands on the top of its head with an amused smile. "A gorax will have that impression on you, especially one of this size. I have bigger summons, but it costs a great deal of chakra and I don't want to destroy the village with a krayt dragon." The genin flinches after hearing he has even bigger summons. "I'll deal with the snakes, you guys go around and see if you can find any stray enemy stragglers around the village."

Tenten pulls out a few scrolls and tosses them to Anakin. "Here are some explosives and a claymore. That should help take a few of them down."

"Thanks!" Anakin turns to the two snakes that eye the beast before them. "Alright gorax, let's show them why your species are the apex of your planet!"

The gorax roars with confirmation and charges at the snakes. It swings its ax and chops the head off one. The other tries to bite the gorax, but it catches the snake and bites the head off of it instead. Nearby snakes realize there is a bigger challenge to them and begin to head for the goliath. Anakin supports the gorax by holding the snakes back with the Force and prevents them from biting it. He unseals the claymore and notes it is heavier than his or Sakura's sword. He leaps down and stabs the frozen snake in the eye and makes it disappear in a cloud of smoke. The gorax catches Anakin with its four fingered hand and brings him back to its head. The two leave a trail of snakes as they make their way towards the clan leaders.

"Who's the one that's been killing all of my kin?!" The purple and black snake calls out and sees the gorax. "You? Well, never would I have thought to see a summons that would rival the Toads. You will make for an excellent meal." The giant snake then looks to the others of his species, "This one is mine. Do not interfere!"

Anakin kneels down to speak to the gorax, "By what the Toads have described, this one seems to be the Snake boss summons Manda. He will prove to be the most challenging. No doubt he is venomous as well. Let's be careful." The gorax grips this ax with both hands tightly.

Manda makes the first move by aiming for a bite but the gorax swings its ax and smacks the snake with the flat side of the weapon. It then stomps on Manda's backside to keep him from running. Anakin flies off the head of the gorax and lands on the snake. He then starts to hack at the snake's scales with little result. Manda tries to shake him off, but the gorax keeps the boss's attention on it. Anakin then tries slipping the claymore under one of the scales and pries it up. It creates a small opening and he places one of the explosive seals underneath it. Manda then swats Anakin off of his back with his tail. The genin is sent flying in the air and the freefall becomes uncontrollable once the explosives go off. Manda hollers in pain as Anakin is propelled even faster head first into a building. His fall is stopped before he touches the ground and he sees that Inoichi was the one who caught him.

"I got you kid," The Yamanaka clan head tells him as they land on the building and Anakin is put down.

"Thanks Inoichi-san," Anakin tells him as he stands.

"You're ballsy, I'll give you that kid," Shikaku says with a grin. The Nara head then looks back to the snake boss as he recovers from the blast with a furious expression. Manda whips his tail to crush the building, but gets the tail chopped off by the gorax's ax. The snake then wraps himself around the goliath and the two begin to wrestle on the street. "Honestly it's what we needed. Manda is a foe only Jiraiya, his Toads, or the Hokage could have handled, but luckily you showed up with that thing. Now we might have a chance to send him back where he came from."

Inoichi looks at his former teammate, "Does this mean you've come up with a better plan than our previous one? I know we walk with death in our line of work, but I'm in no rush to meet Kami just yet."

"It depends," Shikaku looks towards Anakin, "Can you summon much more?"

Anakin shakes his head, "No. Between the Exams, the attack, and summoning the gorax, I'm lucky to have a quarter of a tank of chakra left. So unless you want a wolf or something that size, I can't do much to help."

"What about your senjutsu?"

Anakin takes a moment to consider it, "Maybe but at the moment I'm limited on how long I can use it and I'm unable to use the Force with it without breaking out of Sage Mode."

Shikaku nods, "Alright I wasn't holding my breath on that one anyways. Can you at least do that empowerment you casted on us a while ago? With that and your gorax, we should be able to force Manda back to his home."

"Yeah I can at least pull that off. But I don't have Sakura to help focus it enough to send it to a lot of people. It's an ability I haven't trained this body in doing yet." Anakin answers after turning off his sharingan.

"If you need help connecting to people, I can easily fill that role with my telepathy jutsu." Inoichi tells him. "Connection and communication is also one of my clan's roles in the village."

Anakin nods to the clan head then looks to Shikaku, "Alright with Inoichi-san's help I should be able to pull it off. Just give us cover as we do it."

"Seeing as how Manda is currently concerned with your gorax, that shouldn't be much of a problem." Nara replies.

Anakin and Inoichi sit across from each other, but Inoichi hands the genin a soldier pill before they start. "Here, something is telling me you're going to need the boost in chakra before the day is done. Just know after the effects wears off, you'll feel even more tired from chakra exhaustion than usual. So I'd suggest using it later when your tank is almost empty instead of exhaustion hitting halfway through a fight." Anakin takes the pill and places it into his pocket. The claymore lays a few inches away from him just in case. Anakin begins his meditative state as Inoichi places a hand on the boy's forehead. Within moments the clan leaders begin to feel the empowerment they have previously received.

Shikaku quickly gives out his orders, "Choza get out there and help untangle Manda from the gorax. We can't let the goliath be sent away." The Akimichi expands his body to the size of twenty meters and wedges his hands between Manda and the gorax. "Hiashi, you and your clan try to see if you can loosen and take some of those scales off. We're going to see as many soft targets as we can." The Hyuga clan head jumps onto Manda with a few of his members and starts scanning the snake for possible openings. "Tsume when those scales come off, you and your daughter make that snake bastard have as many holes as swiss cheese."

The Inuzuka's leader grins viciously, "We'll gladly tear through that son of a bitch and show him the strength of our pack!" The dogs around her and Hana, her daughter, barks in agreement.

Manda gets annoyed with the amount of people trying to gang up on him and starts to roll on the ground to get the Hyugas off him. The gorax grabs the snake from behind and places the ax in his mouth to prevent Manda from biting anyone. Choza also grabs hold of the snake and tries to keep the snake still as the Hyuga works on removing the scales. Shikaku warps his shadow jutsu into Manda's shadow to further keep the boss summons from escaping the hold. The Hyugas finally create an opening large enough for the Inuzukas to drill their way into the snake's body. "AAAHHHH!" Manda roars in pain as the Inuzukas drill in and out of the snake's body with the Hyugas tearing away at his scales. "You ants are beginning to piss me off!" Sparks begin to appear on the snake's body and Shikaku's eyes go wide.

"Everyone get out of there! He's about to send a lightning jutsu through his body!" The Nara head quickly shouts. Everyone scrambles to get away before a cage of lightning is shown all around the snake. The gorax and Choza weren't quick enough to get the snake off them and took the brunt of the attack. The goliath falls hard and disappears in a cloud of smoke and Choza shrinks back down to his normal size.

"Tsk, there goes my big meal. I'll just make do with humans." The snake boss proclaims. He isn't able to fulfill his plan as the ax of the gorax flies through the air and chops into Manda's back. The snake roars in pain. "You bastards! Eating you isn't worth the damage I've received! Orochimaru will have to give me a huge compensation before he summons me again!" Manda disappears in smoke as the ax falls onto the ground and quickly disappears as well. The other summoned snakes see that their leader is gone and leaves as well.

Shikaku turns around to see how the ax got there and hears Anakin breathing hard with his hand outstretched. Anakin collapses back to the ground and Inoichi catches him again. "Easy there kid," The blonde man tells him. "I didn't expect you to break your meditative state so you practically resisted my mind as you threw that ax. It's no wonder you're tired."

The Inuzuka girls arrive on the rooftop with Choza around their shoulders and sit him down. "He took a bit of a shock, but he should wake up soon."

"Thanks Tsume," Shikaku tells her and nods to the Hyugas as they arrive back as well.

"The plan seemed to have worked," Hiashi states before looking at Anakin. "But not without some last minute revisions."

"You're welcome," Anakin says.

"I acknowledge I may have misjudged your strength during the council meeting, however I'm still in the mindset you don't bring with you a valued mind. It seems as if my daughter has inherited abandoning one's clan from being around you. No doubt her relationship with the fox furthers it. I knew she was weak, but to disgrace myself and my clan with slander in front of not just this village, but others as well is nothing but pitiful. No one would blink an eye if she disappeared." Hiashi spits out.

Anakin stands with a scowl and the air around everyone darkens and feels noticeably more heavy. "Talk shit about me all you want, but threaten my friend one more time and I'll follow in my clan member's footsteps with your clan disappearing one night."

Shikaku takes a step back in surprise for a moment. Is that killer intent Anakin is letting out? No, I've felt it numerous times and this is not it. It's as if the energy around him is reacting to his anger. Is this another ability of the Force? To drastically affect things around him? If what he said in the council meeting is true, then not teaching it to people who live off hatred like Sasuke is currently doing is probably a smart choice. However, first I have to deal with the problem before me rather than the future ones. "Shadow Possession Jutsu!" His shadow extends to both Anakin and Hiashi to keep them still. "Now I know it seems like the two of you have some issues with each other, but our village is under attack and we can't be fighting among ourselves."

The two glares at each other for a moment before Anakin breaks it, "You're right. As long as Hyuga stays away from me and my friends, I'm willing to pretend he doesn't exist."

"What a coincidence, pretending you and your friends don't exist is what I wish to do." The Hyuga snarkly replies.

Shikaku sighs and releases the jutsu, "Well you aren't killing each other so that is an improvement." He then addresses the group, "We still have a village to protect here so let's head to the walls and give them our support."

Anakin's eyes widen and he Force pulls the claymore quickly to his hand, "Sorry Shikaku-san. It seems like I'm needed somewhere else." Before the Nara can ask, Anakin disappears in a cloud of smoke.

Hana waves her hand over her face and coughs, "There's more smoke appearing here than from Lord Third's pipe."


Anakin finds himself on a rooftop covered with trees and wood. Beside him is the Third Hokage in his black armor wielding a staff and on the other side is Jiraiya with toad like features and the toads Ma and Pa fused on his shoulders, all of which seems worn out. In front of them is Orochimaru with a shit eating grin standing behind two figures Anakin recognizes from the pictures hanging in the Hokage Office. One is Hashirama, the First Hokage, and beside him is his brother Tobirama, the Second Hokage. Anakin dust himself off before saying, "I never expected you to call in that summoning contract I have with you so soon Pa."

Pa looks a little regretful, "Sorry lad but when fighting against two Hokages back from the dead and Orochimaru, we can use the extra help."

"I told you I can deal with this using the Reaper Death Seal." The Third puts in.

"And I told you that it would only invite Danzo to take over the village after your death." Jiraiya tells him. "There is no way I'm allowing him to become Hokage with his militaristic mindset. Hell your grandson would be a better option than that man. We'd probably at least get a free ice cream day with that kid as Hokage."

"Would you two hush up about things that won't matter when I destroy this village?" The snake sannin calls out then looks to Anakin. "Ah and thanks for bringing me a sharingan so I won't have to waste my time searching through the rubble for his or Sasuke-kun's body."

The Second raises a brow, "A sharingan? There's a whole clan filled with them, why concern yourself with just two people, especially one from a kid." He looks at Anakin, "No offense of course."

Anakin shrugs it off, "None taken and you raise a good point which I can explain. One of my clan members wiped out the Uchiha Clan in one night leaving myself and one other as the only survivors."

The two former Hokages widened their eyes. "Truly? Surely the kid jest Hiruzen. Our clan had been at war with the Uchiha for many years before the peace and I cannot believe it." Hashirama asks his former student.

The current Hokage shakes his head, "I'm afraid not Sensei. The boy speaks the truth." He then pats Anakin on the shoulder. "Anakin here does well living up to the expectations one would suspect from his clan and never fails to surprise me." Anakin faintly blushes at the praise from his village's leader.

Ma then speaks up from Jiraiya's shoulder. "Sorry to interrupt the moment, but are you able to help us out Anakin?"

Anakin pops in the soldier pill he received earlier and nods. "Sure, do we have a plan?"

Jiraiya explains, "Well we don't need you to kill Orochimaru or one of the Hokages if that's what you assumed. You see, he used a forbidden jutsu called Edo Tensei to bring the two Hokages back from the dead. He almost brought back the Fourth Hokage, but Sensei managed to stop that from happening. Anyways when those brought back are called, they are given bodies that can take any and all damage given to them. So the only way to stop them is to seal them away and get the caster, Orochimaru, to release the jutsu." Jiraiya pulls out a couple of unwritten seals from his pocket. "I can write them up, but being constantly attacked by them stops me from doing so. All we need you to do is to distract one of them."

"Alright, but that still leaves the other Hokage and Orochimaru to interrupt you," Anakin points out.

Jiraiya waves off the concern, "Sensei will distract the other Hokage and I can deal with keeping my former teammate at a distance with the help of Ma and Pa while I write up these seals."

Tobirama steps forward, "If that is your plan then I wish to be the one to test the young Uchiha. As the clan hangs in the balance of your and the other's hands, I want to make sure the village will be in good hands. Plus I wish to see what it is that impresses my student so much."

Anakin tightens his grip on the claymore and steps forwards, "I accept your challenge Lord Second."

"Alright kid, when I get done writing up the seal I'll make my way to ya first. Good luck," Jiraiya tells him.

Anakin nods and jumps away with the Second right behind him. They get to a part of the roof far enough to not be interfered by the First or Orochimaru. The Second quickly takes notice of the claymore and asks before they start fighting, "You a kenjutsu specialist? I've noticed that its use has started to fade with each generation which saddens me since I myself have also used it."

"That I am," Anakin admits, "though I assure you that you haven't seen the style I use before."

"Is that a challenge?" Tobirama asks. "Because if all you have is a sloppy style you yourself have created then I'm afraid you'd just disappoint me."

Anakin activates his sharingan once again, "I assure you that the styles Jedi have created over thousands of years are anything but sloppy."

"Jedi? What the hell is that?"

"Allow me to show you," Anakin tells him before sending a powerful Force push and sending the surprised Hokage flying into one of the wooden structures. Anakin doesn't allow the Second a moment as he grabs the claymore with both hands and speeds off towards him. He uses his Djem So style to keep Tobirama from forming jutsus but also allowing himself to fend off against the Hokage's greater taijutsu. The sharingan is running at full power as he tracks the Second's moment and pumps both chakra and the Force to move his body. "The stories were no joke when they said you were fast, Lord Second. Am I glad you didn't get brought back with a weapon."

"Your speed is equally impressive given your age along with your skills with a sword." The Second compliments. "Had you been alive during my era, you would have easily risen through the ranks during the wars."

"Funny, today just so happens to be the day of the chunin exams finals which I was part of." Anakin comments ducking from a punch.

The Hokage gives a light chuckle, "That is actually a little funny." He blocks a swing from the sword and pushes Anakin back. "Well spill it Uchiha, how far did you get?"

Anakin throws a couple of shurikens before closing the distance again, "I only was able to get one match in before this all happened. I was pinned up against the only other Uchiha in the village and won."

"Well if you have the attention of my student I wouldn't expect anything less than the best of what's left in your clan." Tobirama uses his immortal body to let the sword go through his hand and grabs it. He yanks it away from Anakin and kicks the genin away. "While I am compelled to fight you, I have at least partial control over how I fight you." He then pulls the sword out of the hand and tosses it away. "I created this jutsu anyhow so there are ways around it. Luckily for you that man only wishes for you to be captured for your eyes, so you don't have to worry about me fighting at my full power. However I am not done testing you. Let's see how you fare against ninjutsu." The Second, being able to use water jutsus without a water source, creates a water dragon out of nothing and sends it after Anakin.

Anakin creates a giant fireball to block the attack and the dragon turns into mist after taking the fireball. "Sadly my ninjutsu is currently in need of work. The Great Fireball Jutsu is my strongest attack while the rest of my jutsus are mostly D rank at best. Well, except for one other, but I'm not in a position to use it."

"That is unfortunate, however consider this an impromptu lesson in it. I know you can copy jutsus with your eyes and I fully give you consent to copy any jutsus I use. You'll need it if you wish to compete against me long enough for your ally to seal me and keep your eyes." The Second then fills the area with water and forces the two to water walk it while also giving Anakin a water source. Instead of shortening the hand signs, he uses the full version to give Anakin the best chance to copy it. With the sharingan's predictions, Anakin is able to match Tobirama's hand signs at the exact same time. They both create water dragons and they cancel each other out when they crash into each other. "I know water jutsus are probably the hardest for Uchihas to use since Fire is very common in both their clan and this village. I hope this doesn't drain your chakra too much."

"One would think that, but my reserves haven't gone down as much as I thought using it. Granted it still took quite a bit, but I can handle some more." Anakin admits.

"Really?" Tobirama asks with interest. "You might have a secondary affinity for it then. It's rare for a fire user to have water for a second, especially for an Uchiha."

"Actually I don't even know my affinity. I was only able to finally properly use chakra a couple months ago and learned the basic academy ones."

The Second blinks in surprise, "That's… Um… I'm not sure what to say to that. A late bloomer perhaps, but if you are able to use the Uchiha's prized fireball and copy my water dragon just months after molding chakra then that is a testament to your skill with it. I suggest you learn more about ninjutsu if you survive this day." He then starts weaving his hands again and they continue again. Water crashes many times between the two. Anakin doesn't try to use every jutsu Tobirama does because he knows his chakra isn't high enough to compete with a Hokage.

Anakin feels his sharingan strain from the amount of jutsus he is seeing, not to mention his chakra depleting as well. He decides to switch tactics, "Hidden Mist Jutsu!" The roof around them is covered in a thick mist.

"Trying to obstruct my view? You do realize it will do the same for you right?" Tobirama asks aloud. He then ducks under a kick from the right of him and Anakin ends up flying into a wall of wood that shatters into pieces from the impact. He turns and quickly grabs the boy from the throat and holds him in the air. "You say you have heard stories about me, then you should know that I am a sensor as well and that this mist doesn't block that."

The genin smiles, "Of course I know you are a sensor. This was merely part of the plan." Anakin then begins to liquefy and the body breaks a part into water.

"A water clone?" The Second asks amused. "I didn't expect you to actually implement one during our fight other than me showing you it, but you have my attention. How will you get past my sensor ability?" A piece of wood floating in the water bumps his leg. He thinks nothing of it at first, but his sensor goes off on it with the wood changes into Anakin. Substitution? Clever, however you approach me with no weapon and your fist will do nothing. What is your plan? He gets his answer when he hears the sounds of birds originating from the lightning in Anakin's hand.

"Chidori!" Anakin shouts as he plunges his hand into Tobirama's body. The attack strikes true in the chest, but Anakin doesn't stop there as he then sends a Force push from within his body. The jutsu then spreads throughout the former Hokage's body and explodes into dust and ash from within. The mist is also pushed away and the area clears itself.

The ash then groups back up and reforms Tobirama a few meters away. "Impressive, I'm guessing that is the other jutsu you know that only works close up?"

The Jedi nods regretfully, "Yes. It's a jutsu Master Kakashi made and I copied it unconsciously when I fought my clan's mate who is his student that he taught it to."

"Please do not be so hard on yourself for doing so. Jutsu were created to be used, not hoarded. I'm sure if you explained yourself to your sensei, he would not be that upset about it. Now let's move on to the next part." Anakin watches as the Second weaves more hand signs not knowing that he is to be attacked by a genjutsu this time. The genin's vision fills with nothing but blackness anywhere he looks. "This genjutsu is called Bringer of Darkness. It blinds the target and as you can tell, is really effective against an Uchiha. I've not seen anyone breaking this jutsu yet, but you are welcome to surprise me. Let's see how good you are without your sharingan."

Anakin deactivated his sharingan and cracks a smile with his eyes closed. "Please Lord Second, fighting blinded is one of the first things we are taught at the Jedi academy." He stretches his senses around him and allows the Force to guide his actions. Anakin then jumps backwards as he hears a crater form in front of him. He then takes out a kunai and throws it to his left and hears it deflects off metal.

"You do not lie Uchiha," Tobirama tells him to Anakin's right now. "I was over ten meters away and you threw that kunai with such accuracy that it hit my happuri. There is a power you have that sets you apart from others in your clan, and this world by that matter. Does it have to do with this Jedi thing you speak of?"

Anakin ducks as he feels drops of water fly right over him. "It does. You aren't the only one who has died before. The only difference between us is that I was given another chance to live a new life after my death."

"There must be a reason for you to have been brought here. Reincarnation is practically unheard of, even with the multitude of jutsus created in this world."

"That there is." Anakin grabs the punch to his face, but is then thrown. He repositioned himself in the air to land on his feet. "There is a powerful evil here capable of both destroying this world and ruling it. I have been sent to stop it and I will do it even if it means giving up my second chance of living to at least twenty."

"That's both admirable and reckless. Do you not value your life?" The Second continues to attack Anakin while he is unable to see.

"I do. I have great friends and an amazing girlfriend. I've come to love this village and very much call it home. However I knew the risk of becoming a shinobi when I entered the ninja academy. I do not wish for death, but I have too much to protect to live to see it disappear. If my sacrificing myself leads to saving my loved ones and leading them to peace, then I will do so. Though not before my girlfriend berates me for my mindset as she has already done." Anakin lands an elbow to the gut before Force pushing the attacker away. He waits for another attack, but hears a scuffle in the distance and the genjutsu fading. When he regains his sight, he sees Jiraiya standing over Tobirama with the latter having a seal placed over his head.

The Second gives a small smile before being sealed away, "It's pleasing to know the Will of Fire still burns brightly with the new generation. I wish I could watch your career with great interest, but I will leave that to my student. You passed my test, good luck on your task Anakin Uchiha." His body falls lifeless to the ground.

"Wow, getting a praise from the Second Hokage. With what people assume about his feelings towards Uchihas, they would think they were under a genjutsu." Jiraiya says after making sure the seal is working properly. "How are you holding up? I can't imagine fighting against a Hokage left much left on your chakra."

Anakin sighs, shaking his head. "I used my sharingan a lot and copied most of his jutsus. The Chidori took a massive drain in my tank most of all. I hope you aren't expecting any big fancy jutsus from me here on out."

"Not at all. You still got that Force power and we only have the First Hokage to seal. After that, Sensei and I can deal with Orochimaru ourselves while you can take a break. He is after your eyes anyways and it'd be best to keep you from him, especially if he is planting Curse Marks on people." The Toad Sage explains. "Come on, let's go help our current Hokage to stay alive." The two then rush off to see the Third fighting off both Orochimaru and the First.

"Well it's about time. I was close to just say screw it and use the Reaper Seal," Hiruzen tells the two.

"Sorry about that, Sensei. Lord Second wanted to say some last words to our genin here." Jiraiya replies back.

Hashirama looks over to Anakin with a smile, "So you survived my little brother's test? With what Hiruzen has been telling me about you, I'm not surprised. Tobirama can seem crude or harsh, but he truly does have a heart and cares for the village. Now hurry up and seal me!"

Jiraiya hands Anakin the seal note. "Here, when you get the chance, place this somewhere on his body. I made sure to create a couple extra seals, so don't be afraid to use it or lose it if you see an opportunity. Pa, let's create a path for us to burn through."

"Rightly said lad," Pa's mouth puffs up and he spits out oil as Jiraiya shoots out fire. The combined attack forces the First to create a dome of wood and the pair increases their power to burn right through it. The First reinforces the dome more to shield himself from the flames.

Hiruzen points Enma, who is his personal summons and is currently transformed into his staff, at his former student and extends it at the snake sannin. Orochimaru pulls out the Sword of Kusanagi from his mouth and deflects the attack away. He then charges at his sensei with all the desire to kill him. Anakin pulls the claymore back to him and Force jumps in the sannin's path and blocks his sword. "Lord Hokage, go help Jiraiya seal Lord First! If Orochimaru wants a lesson in swordplay, then I will give him one."

"Be careful Anakin. Orochimaru poisons that sword is poisonous and one considerate cut can be the end of you. It can also slice through anything, so aim for the flat part of the sword. I'll be back as soon as I can." Hiruzen tells him before joining his other student.

Orochimaru grins, "Oh Anakin-kun. How nice of you to bring your eyes right to me. They aren't fully developed yet, but that is of no concern. I only need them to copy jutsus anyways and they will serve that purpose just fine."

"Over my dead body!" Anakin shouts, pushing Kusanagi away.

"Preferably I would rather keep you alive and take over your whole body myself, but plans can change and I can easily arrange to extract your eyes from your corpse later. I still have Sasuke-kun's body available if you die. It's always good to have a backup." The sannin forces the offensive with the snake sword in his grip.

Anakin switches his stance to Soresu as he studies the sannin's own kenjutsu while also allowing him to conserve his chakra by keeping his sharingan deactivated. Anakin admits to not being a master of the form, but having been trained under his uncle who trained under the master of Soresu, he knows enough to keep himself alive longer than most. He notes after many swings and attacks from Orochimaru, the snake sannin isn't really that great in kenjutsu. The man most likely just picked it up to keep people at a distance while he uses ninjutsu. Knowing this, Anakin changes the current flow of their battle. He locks the claymore with the hand guard of Kusanagi and Force pushes the sannin away. Anakin then closes his eyes and focuses on absorbing the energy around him.

Orochimaru is curious at first, but quickly works out what Anakin is trying to do. "Fire Style: Fire Release Jutsu!" The sannin blows out a stream of fire that shoots towards the genin and engulfs the impact area in flames. The other three on the roof momentarily stop fighting after hearing the impact and feeling the heat of the flames. When the flames die down, there is nothing but charred roof and wood in its place. The sannin realizes he missed and looks around for Anakin. A barely visible blur shoots towards him and in a split second, Anakin appears from the blur with white markings on his face and in his sharingan eyes. He slices Orochimaru from the waist and kicks the body parts away. Snakes come out from the cut places and fuse together to piece the sannin back together as he lands back on the roof. Anakin uses his increased power and speed to now adopt the Ataru style and use his acrobatic abilities to the fullest as he presses the advantage.

The First Hokage looks to his current opponents, "He is able to use a human Sage Mode?"

Ma and Pa smiles with pride, "With a little help from us. The lad picked it up like a tadpole learning to swim."

"He trained under the Toads? Then why isn't he exhibiting any toad-like features instead? Mount Myoboku is supposed to be filled with toad infused energy."

"Well I think I can answer that," Hiruzen says behind Hashirama who turned to him "Before he finally learned to use his inner chakra, he has told me many times he is able to feel the chakra around us and I believe he was trying to use natural energy instead. So he was unknowingly training with senjutsu long before he even used ninjutsu." He then extends Enma and strikes his predecessor in the stomach. The First flies backwards towards Jiraiya who has the seal in his hand and places it on his back. "It was nice talking to you once again, but you deserve to rest once again."

Hashirama smiles, "It was nice to talk again, Hiruzen. Go help that kid and find a new person to take the Hokage hat. You deserve to rest as well." Jiraiya places the First's body down and leads the Third to go deal with their former teammate.

Orochimaru rejoins his left arm after getting it chopped off. "Tsk, you are getting annoying now." When Anakin goes for another swing from above, the sannin doesn't move to block the attack this time. Instead, he moves his sword upwards and manages to slice the genin on his sword arm as Anakin strikes his shoulder. Anakin falters as the poison moves up his arm and lets go of the claymore. Orochimaru grins and grabs the boy from the air. "Did you forget who I am? I'm a sannin and will be the master of every ninjutsu!" He pulls Anakin down and crushes him to the roof. With the same grin, he raises his sword and points it towards the genin. "Looks like I'll have to settle for just your eyes. It's a shame to waste your body with the power you have, but I know when to cut my losses." The sannin thrust his sword downwards.

Anakin's eyes widen and his white markings disappear as he sends an unfocused Force push outwards. It is strong enough to get the sannin to fall backwards and Anakin holds his injured right arm as he shuffles away from him. Jiraiya and Hiruzen make it to Anakin and sit the genin up as they inspect the wound. "How is it Ma?" Jiraiya asks.

Ma unfused herself from the Toad Sannin and checks Anakin over. "Hmm, it's not life threatening. There's only enough poison to stop the arm from functioning, but it's nothing medical extensive jutsu can't fix once we are done." Ma then sticks out her tongue and lick the wound. Anakin feels the poison stay within his arm and hurt less. "That will stop the spread for now, but it will do." She hops back onto Jiraiya's shoulder and fuses back into it.

"Well Orochimaru," Hiruzen calls out. "It seems your plan has failed and you are back to where you started. Except this time you must have considerably less chakra from constantly supplying the Hokages earlier."

Orochimaru pulls the claymore from his shoulder and slices it apart with Kusanagi. "Please, you must also be running low as well, Sensei, as well as Jiraiya, and Anakin-kun is no longer in a condition to help any of you." He then swallows Kusanagi.

The Third's face hardens and he points his staff at the snake sannin. "You are no student of mine. Do not call me 'sensei' again. Jiraiya, Enma, and I are far from out of the game. Surrender and stop this madness at once! This is your final chance. If you refuse, I will end your existence like I should have done years ago!"

"What you did that day letting him live was a mistake," Enma comments in his transformation. "However I'm fully willing to help you correct it this day."

Jiraiya cracks his knuckles, "I'm with you Sensei when he refuses. His evil should no longer plague this world. It is my responsibility, just as much as it is yours, to put an end to this." The two elder toads nod in agreement.

"You all overestimate your chances." Orochimaru tells them. He looks past the barrier around the roof and grins. "Just one call and Manda can easily help me deal with you all in moments." He points towards the outskirts of the village to a giant toad and a sand tanuki fighting. "Gamabunta is too busy dealing with the One-tails to help any of you."

The two elder toads look over in shock, "He is?!"

Jiraiya worries for a moment, "I didn't summon him, so that means…"

"That Naruto is out there fighting it as well." Anakin finishes. "Have faith in him. He's got half of our genin class with him to help. Plus Naruto always comes up with unpredictable plans that tend to work."

The Third and Jiraiya share a look, but relent. "You're right, kid. I've seen first hand already that he can make miracles happen. I'll trust him to handle it."

Orochimaru slow claps and gets their attention. "Aw, isn't that just touching? Too bad it won't matter. Once I'm done with you, I'll make sure to deal with the Nine-tailed brat afterwards. I know a group who would just love to get their hands on the fox." He then bites his thumb and does a summoning, "Manda, come!" They wait for a moment and a smoke cloud appears. Orochimaru viciously grins as the smoke clears, but all that is revealed is a wriggling worm. Anakin starts chuckling after seeing this. The sannin's grin falters for a moment. "What's so funny? I obviously didn't put enough chakra into it." He tries again but to no effect.

Anakin tries to cover his mouth with his good arm and shakes his shoulders. "Sorry, but I don't think that plan will work out as you hope."

"Oh, and why is that?" The sannin asks with a furrowed brow. "He has already been summoned to the village and no doubt has already gotten his hundred sacrifices for it. Manda must be busy chowing down on your friends to answer. I can just summon other snakes to deal with you until he is available."

"Well it's just that he and his kind have already been dealt with." Anakin tells him as he gets on a knee.

The entire grin fades now, "Already been dealt with?!" Orochimaru looks around and searches for any snakes in the village but finds none. He whirls back to Anakin mildly annoyed. "How did you accomplish this?! He is one of the most powerful summons in the world, and you just beat him?" The Hokage, Jiraiya, and the Toads also look to Anakin with interest.

"Well not without help," Anakin admits. "As you have learned already with the rancors, I have my own summons. And with some help from the clan leaders, we turned Manda into swiss cheese. He ducked his tail and ran, but not before saying you owe him a huge compensation for his injuries before you even attempt to summon him for a fight again."

"Tsk. Annoying but no matter. I'm perfectly fine with dealing with you all without him. I'm not out of tricks." Orochimaru threatens.

Anakin pushes himself up and holds his left arm in front of him as his right arm limps downwards. "Neither am I. Playing support for my Hokage and Jiraiya works just fine with me. Even if I'm as useful as a broken clock right now, I'll still be useful one or two more times."

"Ani, can you hear me?" A voice calls through Anakin's force bond.

"Sakura-chan?" Anakin turns towards the barrier and sees Sakura with the their genin task force along with Kakashi, Kurenai, Guy, Anko, and other Leaf ninjas and clans. "What are you all doing here?"

"Well, other than Naruto's group finishing up with the team from Suna with help from Asuma-sensei, the fighting out here is pretty much done. Suna surrendered once they found the body of their Kazekage dead and realized that Orochimaru had been impersonating him. There are some pockets of resistance from Otogakure left, but our forces are already cleaning them up. The rest of us all gathered here waiting to back up the Hokage once this barrier goes down." She tells him. He sees her look at Shikaku standing next to her and them speaking to each other before she looks back at him. "Shikaku-san says we already have people trying to figure out a way to disable the barrier so that we don't have to wait and hope you all survive. So please be careful in there, help is on the way!"

Anakin gives her a smile, "I will be careful Sweetness. I'll send your message to the others." He turns to Orochimaru. "It seems your operation here has ended. The Sand Village has already found out your plot and surrendered while the Sound Village is being rounded up. It's only you left and our best shinobi have surrounded the barrier."

Hiruzen looks at his shinobi with a proud smile. He continues to point his staff towards Orochimaru. "There truly is no escape for you here. Even if you somehow kill the three of us, not even you can take on an entire village worth of ninjas. Plus I'm also willing to bet that Suna will be wanting revenge for what you did to their Kazekage. So make that two villages worth of shinobi outside that barrier. You have a choice: you can surrender and be tried for your crimes which will result in either your death or life in prison, or you can die trying to escape the village. I can only promise that the former will result in a quicker and painless death. I can't guarantee the latter will be."

Orochimaru just gives them a crazed laugh. "Don't go counting your eggs so soon Sensei. I told you I'm not out of tricks just yet." He then starts weaving through signs that are similar to Hiruzen and Jiraiya earlier.

"Another resurrection?" Jiraiya asks disappointedly and he whips out another seal tag. "Do you honestly think that will help you now? It will only drain you of chakra and drag out your defeat. Just give it up."

"Oh you won't have to worry about my chakra for this one." He continues as he directs his attention to the genin. "I got this one from our mutual acquaintance and it cost little chakra to rise. In fact, you can say this one doesn't even use any chakra at all and only needs a little Force out the door."

Anakin widens his eyes in shock, "What? You mean he gave you…?"

The snake sannin's smirk grows wide. "Yes I do." He finishes and slams his hand on the ground. A coffin rises from the roof and Hiruzen tries to prevent it from raising like he did with the Fourth Hokage, but to no avail. "When I told him about you, he gifted me with a body that has the same power as you have in hopes of ridding you from the world." The coffin's lid falls down and a figure steps out of it.

Anakin's eyes go even wider as he falls to the floor. "Impossible…" He says which makes the Hokage and Jiraiya grow worried by the actions Anakin is making. The toads share a look with concern as well. "I'm supposed to be here to defeat him, so how did Orochimaru get his body?"

"Anakin," Hiruzen calls out. "Just who is this? Why has he gotten you so freaked?"

Anakin watches as the figure scans the area. The resurrected man has an aged face with red hair fading to white. He wears a dark robe and has yellow stained eyes that seem to burn and glow. Anakin recognizes exactly who this is from his parents. "Palpatine…"


Author's Note: "But you said you weren't going to split arcs into chapters." Yes I know I said that, but that was before I started writing this. Turns out my Konoha Crush arc is a lot longer than I anticipated. Seriously, I have already written so much more after this (this chapter is 10k words and I have another 5k words for this arc I haven't posted) and I'm not even close to being done with it. I'm going to go back to writing it after I post this chapter, but I am weirdly feeling stressed because I haven't released a chapter for you all to read yet. So a good comprise is to just spilt this chapter up, and apparently go back on what I said. This also allows me to also not feel as bad about having a longer extended ending/wrap-up of a long arc if it is in multiple chapters. Easier to digest I guess you could say. About doing my usual explanation for things that happens, well this note would end up rivaling the chapter's length. Plus I feel like I have already explained it in the chapter. If you have questions however, I'm more than willing to go into more detail. Although I did say I will use more from the Ewok movies. (Hint, hint, Gorax, hint.)

DS2010: The fights were definitely something (I could have probably delved more into jutsu which I have been attempting to do in this one), and Anakin using justice instead of revenge is definitely a Jedi trait and a great one. We all have seen where Sasuke's revenge ended him up towards the end of Shippuden. He was one steps away from not redeeming himself if it wasn't for the others.