The scene starts with a woman running through a dark hallway. She's panting and watching her back, as if she's being followed. Then the sound of something being thrown is heard. She manages to dodge it in time. The object thrown is attached to a type of string. As the water around the weapon clears it becomes obvious what it is. A rather unique scythe.
'Who is she?' Naruto asks. He points to the woman on screen.
'I'm not sure.' Kakashi says. He certainly hasn't seen her before.
'Well girl, you did pretty well but,' a man says. 'then again, my attack speed is the slowest and my aim worst among the Akatsuki, so I probably can't hit you anyway.' A close up appears of the man's hand. He's wearing a ring on his left pointing finger.
'We don't know these guys yet.' Ino says. She's already checking the guys out. The silver haired one is kind of handsome, but the other doesn't meet her expectations. The girl is definitively the best.
'I hope we get some names.' Shisui agrees. He's ready to take notes.
'Just as I suspected. You are from the Akatsuki.' The woman they were chasing said. She's still quite young and from the Cloud village.
'No wonder we don't know her. If she's a jinchuuriki and from another village, it's likely they kept her hidden.' Itachi says. He keeps his eyes out on anything that might tell them when this happens. He's trying to create a timeline.
'She doesn't seem that old yet.' Shisui agrees. He would guess her to be around Kakashi's age in this moment.
Then another voice, the other's partner, starts speaking. 'She's all yours.' His voice has a strange tone to it. He too is wearing a ring, but this time on his left middle finger.
Then the shot changes to view both character in the full. One of them is wearing a mask and only his eyes are showing. Not only that his eyes are a strange color. The other man is still quite young, silver hair. The first is from the waterfall village and the other is from the hot springs village.
'That guy with the mask seems familiar.' Hiruzen says. He's sure he's seen him before.
'From what?' Hiashi asks. If they could get information things would be a lot easier.
'I don't know.'
'Me? You're usually the doer.' The man with silver hair says to his partner.
'She's the jinchuuriki of the two-tails. Be careful, Hidan, or you'll die.' The man with the mask says. Somehow his tone is a bit mocking.
'Of the two tails. Does that mean they've got the eight-tails already?' Itachi asks. Not many of the jinchuuriki are known. They only know about B because of his efforts during the previous war.
'I doubt it. B is quite proficient with his power, and due to his closeness with the Raikage I doubt they would go after him before her.' Kakashi explains. He's heard his teacher talk about the man. He's not someone to take lightly.
'That makes sense.'
'Oh, come on Kakuzu, I'd like nothing better than to be killed.' The newly named Hidan speaks.
'Kakuzu and Hidan. They don't sound familiar.' Shisui grumbles. Many of these Akatsuki people are not guys they are familiar with.
'Unbelievable.' The Hokage's eyes are wide.
'What?'
'Kakuzu has been around for a long time. He fought the first Hokage and got to live.' He explains. He had only seen a snippet of the fight back then, it was the talk of the town that week.
'He did what?!' Iruka is shocked. That guy must be nearly a century old and he looks in such a good shape.
'That's not good.' Sasuke says.
The woman meanwhile readies herself. She knows these people are dangerous.
'Let's do it.' Kakuzu says, ready to start attacking but his partner stops him.
'Hold on. I need to confer with my god first.' Hidan takes out a necklace and holds it up to his face. His eyes are closed. The woman is not sure what to think about the man.
'He's religious?' Kiba blinks. That's not what he expected from a criminal.
'Might be something worth looking into.'
'You and your god. Always such a bother.' Kakuzu complains.
'It's bothersome to me too, but the commandments are strict, so I have no choice.' Hidan explains to his partner, it's like they forgot the woman was even there.
She sees this as her chance. 'You think you chased me in here? Actually,' she makes a seal with her hands, 'I lured you here!'
'Go strange lady!' Naruto cheers on the woman. He likes her already. Something about her just makes him want to root for her. Maybe it's the fact that they both are being targeted by those strange guys.
Then an explosion-tag she stuck on the wall behind the men explodes and they are trapped in the room with her. And it's not just the exit behind them, it's all of them lining the walls.
'Now that I know you are Akatsuki, I'm not letting you get away.'
'Oh dear, we've been shut in Kakuzu.' Hidan speaks but he doesn't sound concerned in the slightest.
'No problem, it's better this way.'
'This won't be an easy fight for her.' Shikamaru points out.
'Upon my name, Nii Yugito of Kumogakure, I swear I will kill you!' She's determined to get away from these guys. If they get her then she will die.
'We got a name!' Shisui cheers. Now he can write that down.
'You swear to kill me?' Hidan scoffs. 'You know, when people say such things to me I get irritated. And when I get irritated I lose my temper. And when I lose my temper…'
'Shut up Hidan.'
'Whatever.' Hidan shrugs of his partner. 'But you know, when I lose my temper I start thinking, who cares about the mission, it's time to attack.' Hidan's expression doesn't change but it somehow gets more terrifying with each word he speaks.
'These two are quite the duo, aren't they?' Iruka blinks. He wouldn't put people like that together.
'I wonder why they've been paired.' Fugaku agrees. There must be a reason.
'Deidara and Sasori wasn't much better.' Sasuke points out. Remembering the conversation about art that they had.
'That's right.'
'Enough Hidan. The mission is absolute.' Kakuzu scolds his partner.
'But these assignments just don't fit with my belief system.' Hidan laughs. 'Total slaughter is the motto of the church of Jashin. There's even an actual commandment that prohibits half-killing.' Yugito narrows her eyes. 'So, I really don't feel like doing a job that requires me to break a commandment. Despite how it might seem I'm a pretty pious man, and since it's so bothersome not to be able to kill you, perhaps we could settle this through negotiation?'
'The church of Jashin…' Shikaku is racking his brain in search of hints.
'Does it sound familiar?' Chouza asks. He noticed the concentrated look on his friends face.
'Not at all. Might be something to keep in mind.' He explains. 'The man looks still young, I would think early twenties, if this takes place around the time that Naruto is older, which I think it is, then he would be around the same age as Itachi right now.'
'Recruit him before someone else does, huh?' Kakashi could see the use in that.
Yugito frowns. Who does this man think he is. 'Negotiation?' She asks, clearly still suspicious.
'Just surrender, why don't you?' Hidan responds as if it's an actual good deal.
'As if she would.' Sasuke snorts.
'Nobody would just lay down their life like that.' Shino agrees. He certainly wouldn't.
Yugito is not amused and starts powering herself up. Blue flames surround her. 'You must be joking.' she screams. The blue flames are decorated with black flames.
'Do I get to do cool stuff like that too?' Naruto asks the adults. Of course, he would ask something like that.
'I'm not really sure. The previous jinchuuriki of the nine-tails hadn't been trained in using the power that much.' The hokage explains. He doesn't know how else to put it.
'Then I'll do my best and master it!' Naruto resolves.
'I'll take that as a no then.'
'Are you an idiot Hidan?' Kakuzu is not amused by the fact that he now has to fight the two-tails.
'At least someone has common sense.' Shikamaru snorts.
The giant cat monster appears in front of them. It's as large as the Kyuubi and makes the men look like tiny little ants.
'I have to admit, I like this one better than the Kyuubi.' Shisui says. Maybe that's because it's a cat, and Uchiha are known to like cats. Or maybe it's the fire, which Uchiha are also known to like.
'He doesn't like you saying that, according to him, he's the best.' Naruto says. The rest of the group widens their eyes. Is Naruto talking to the beast?
'Should we be worried about this?'
Hidan retrieves his scythe. 'This jinchuuriki host has completely turned herself over to her tailed beast!'
The cat goes for an attack with its paw but Kakuzu jumps in front to stop it. He manages to hold it back with pure strength alone.
'Do you think they could take her?' Itachi asks. He's only ever seen one Bijuu and it scared him enough to fear their power. To think they would stand up to them with just two of them.
'Kakuzu is rumored to be immortal. If that's true they might actually stand a chance.' Kakashi says. He's heard of the man before, he's a known bounty hunter.
'Shit.'
The sounds of the area around them breaking requires Hidan to recompose himself, since the cat doesn't stop. Now it's firing a fire ball at him. The impact of the fire ball hitting the walls around them causes the entire building they're in to collapse.
Hidan gets himself from out of the rubble and speaks. 'Hot! I thought cat tongues couldn't tolerate heat.' He hides himself behind a rock. 'So, this is the two-tailed demon that's been called a wraith.' He starts laughing. 'I guess this makes me a trapped mouse then. Heh. What a joke.' Then the screen turns black for a second. Before a hand appears on the screen.
'Huh, time skip?' Jiraiya blinks. He was hoping to see some good action, to get an idea on how to train Naruto.
'We don't get to see the best part?!' Naruto screams out.
'Tch.' Sasuke agrees with him. He too wanted to see a good fight.
This hand is black with white striped going down it. Judging by the position of the ring one can conclude that this is Hidan's hand. Then the black starts to fade and return to its natural color.
'Might this be a technique?' Chouji asks. He's never seen anything like it.
'I think it is.' Shikamaru says.
Then the shot changes to Hidan laying in some sort of circle with a rod through his body, blood is coming out of him in various places. But he's still alive as is shown through his breathing.
'How the heck is he alive! That rod should have killed him, it pierces through his heart!' Shisui screams out. This is totally unfair!
'This is not looking good.' Itachi agrees with him.
Then the shot changes to Yugito hanging by her hands, dead and bloodied.
'No! The pretty lady died.' Naruto sobs. He didn't want it to end like that.
'It's been 30 minutes, are you done yet Hidan?' Kakuzu asks his partner.
'Shut up! Don't interrupt the ritual!' Hidan shouts. He starts sitting up and takes the rod out of his body.
'Could he also be immortal?' Inoichi suggests.
'That would be a problem if we were to face them in the future.' Shikaku says. He's already trying to come up with ideas on how to deal with someone like that, nothing so far.
'No kidding.'
'You perform that vulgar ritual each and every time, can't you abbreviate it at all?' Kakuzu has a piece of paper in his hand but from the distance you can't see what's on it.
'I find it tedious, but a commandment is a commandment. It must be obeyed. And how dare you mention abbreviating it! That's blasphemy!' Hidan shouts at his partner but Kakuzu is not paying attention. He's staring at the map in his hands.
'His religion is rather strict.' Sakura says. She's seen cultists before, and they always have to obey by super strict rules.
'Like most clans aren't.' Shikamaru scoffs. He too has to obey way too many rules.
We still have one assignment left. It's like finding a needle in a hay stack.Kakuzu turns to his partner. 'The land of fire is next.' And that's where the scene ends.
'Are they going to go after Naruto?' Kiba asks.
'That might be.' Hiashi says. He could not come up with anything else that they could possibly want.
'Please let me live.' Naruto quivers.
'That was at least enlightening.' Iruka says. After so many scenes with no future progression they finally got something worth noting.
'Not important on our side, but it does reveal a bit on the enemies we are to face.' Shikaku says. His hand is on his chin, stroking his beard.
'Two supposedly immortal people. I wonder how we're going to deal with that.' Shisui mutters. He wouldn't be the one dealing with it, since he's probably dead by that time. He just wishes he could help out.
'Like we always do. Rushing in without a plan and making things up as we go.' Itachi says. Dealing with enemies like this it might be the best option. They are strong after all.
'I wonder what's next.' Naruto mutters. He hopes it's something a little happier.
'Four familiar faces.' The screen reads as it lit up.
'I wonder who the familiar faces are.' Kiba says.
'To be fair it could be anyone.' Shikamaru points out. It could be four random ninja they know and still make sense.
'That's true.'
The scene starts with a shot of Sasuke's face. He's surrounded by three other men. They're standing in front of a building with the Uzumaki spiral engraved on it.
'These are not really familiar faces.' Sakura points out. She's looking at the group, the only one she recognizes is Sasuke. The others are not familiar in the slightest.
'I recognize Sasuke and Orochimaru. I don't how to feel about that.' Mikoto says. She doesn't want her boy hanging out with someone so vile.
'Me neither.' Her husband agrees.
'So, this is it?' Sasuke asks his companions.
'This place seems to be untouched.' Orochimaru speaks.
'It's in shambles.' The guy with white hair says. Like the dude with orange hair he's barefoot.
'I wonder who they are.' Ino says. She looks over at the boys, but none of them are particularly her taste. Sasuke is still the best.
'I think they're Sasuke's friends.' Chouji munches on his chips.
'He doesn't sound very happy though.' Hinata says. Her voice is soft like always but everyone still heard it.
They walk up to the temple. 'Well, I suppose it is way outside the village.'
The group walks inside. They are standing in front of a wall covered in masks. 'Which one is it?' Sasuke asks.
'They're in the Uzumaki temple.' Kakashi says. He's only been there once, with Kushina. She was showing the place to him.
'Those masks are creepy.' Shisui shudders. He's seen a lot of stuff, but masks still freak him out for some reason.
Hiashi nods. 'Not to mention dangerous.' The Uzumaki were feared for a reason.
'Let's see, it should be around here somewhere.' Orochimaru says. A snake slithers out from his arm and closes on a particular mask. The snake takes it of the wall and brings it over to the group.
'This place gives me the creeps.' The guy with white hair says. He has pointed teeth, like many ninjas from the Mist. 'If we found what we're looking for, let's leave this place.'
'He must be from the Mist.' Iruka says. Only people in the Mist sharpen their teeth like that, something to do with power.
'It certainly looks that way.' Jiraiya says. The mist is in quite the shambles at the moment, maybe the kid escaped.
'I wonder how he knows Sasuke.' Sakura mutters. He doesn't really look like the type Sasuke would like to hang out with.
'Let's go.' Orochimaru says. 'To where all the secrets sleep.'
The next shot appears in a destroyed part of the village. All the building that used to stand there have been reduced to rubble. A rumbling sound emanates from the ground. Sasuke is unsealing a hidden door within the ruins.
'Sasuke…' Fugaku looks at his child, sternly.
'What?' Sasuke glares back at him. He can't change his future self's actions.
'Don't reveal clan secrets that easily.' Shisui had to agree with that.
Kiba laughs. 'You're all dead anyway.' Which brings the mood back down. The Uchiha's in the room would like not to be reminded of that.
'The place is completely destroyed.' Itachi points out. The buildings are brand new, they would not be destroyed by time that soon.
'Maybe something happened.' It's the most likely conclusion. Nothing else could have brought it down.
'You use a jutsu to remove the entry stone?' the one with white hair says.
'There's not even a trace of the Uchiha's Nakano shrine.' Orochimaru says.
'The exterior doesn't matter. What's important is what's beneath.' Sasuke tells his companions. He's in control. He gestures for the others to follow him as he goes below ground.
'What are they going to do?' Tenten asks.
'That's what I wonder as well.' Shikamaru says. His guess is as good as hers. They must be there for a reason though.
'With Orochimaru… I doubt it's anything good.' Fugaku watches patiently. He can't come up with something that would require them to enter the room, it's more ceremonial than anything.
The next shot is of the group inside the room. Sasuke lights the room up.
'So, I'm going to get started.' Orochimaru says. He walks up to the altar and takes of his cloak. 'It's best if you stand back.' He tells Sasuke. Sasuke doesn't reply but moves away.
Orochimaru puts on the mask. It takes a second for something to happen but when it does it happens. Orochimaru is surrounded by blue chakra, it's painful for him as he starts screaming. Eventually he stops, and the ghostly figure of the Shinigami appears above him.
'He looks familiar.' Naruto says. The people in the room look at him strangely.
'He does?' Sasuke asks. He's never seen that thing before.
'I don't know where I've seen him before though.'
'It might be the night of the sealing.' Hiruzen explains. 'It's the Shinigami of the reaper death seal.' Nobody can guess why they are summoning that creature, but they must have a reason.
'How does he have a memory of that?' Iruka wonders. As far as he's concerned people don't remember things from the day they are born.
Sasuke looks at the creature with his sharingan and narrows his eyes. They are still both the sharingan.
'He doesn't have the rinnegan yet.' Sakura points out. The other blink. She's right.
'He must have gotten it later.' Shisui says. Ready to take notes.
'It gives us at least a reference for some time line.' Itachi too is taking notes, but on a timeline. Little things like that help him a lot.
'In order to perform what is written in the scroll, first the Shinigami mask is necessary.' Orochimaru explains. 'Then one must allow the Shinigami of the reaper death seal to possess oneself and guide it forth. Slice open the Shinigami's abdomen and the seal will come undone.' Orochimaru explains. The knife is taken from the death god's mouth and stabbed into its stomach. 'Though I shall then end up a human sacrifice.' Blood comes forth out of Orochimaru's stomach.
'Ew.'
'Orochimaru willing to give up his own life?' Jiraiya is shocked. 'That can't be.' That man did everything to keep himself alive for as long as possible. It's something out of character for him.
'He must have something to get out of it.' Tsume says. She's seen the man only in passing but knows enough to agree with Jiraiya.
'However, it will also allow me to get back both my arms from inside the Shinigami's belly.' A couple blue spirits appear from the stomach, two of which go to Orochimaru and settle inside his arms. They're back. 'And if I can regain the power that lies in those arms, I can perform Edo Tensei. Yes, I can revive those four.' The screen cuts to four spirit floating in front of them. 'Of course, you are well aware of what will then become necessary.' Orochimaru explains.
'I wonder who those four are.' Ino is tapping her desk. They better be handsome, or useful. The handsome part is better though.
'One of them is the fourth Hokage. He used the seal during the sealing of the Kyuubi.' Hiruzen explains further.
'That's one of four.'
'You're planning on using us as sacrifices for the Edo Tensei, aren't you?!' the one with white hair screams at Orochimaru.
'That's not such a bad idea, but we've actually got something even better than you guys. Though it's still invisible to you yet.' Flashback Orochimaru tells them.
'What could that be?' Kiba asks. He doesn't see anything.
'Must be something.' Shino agrees. Kiba gives him a shove. How dare he be mysterious like that.
Then we cut back to present Orochimaru. He takes of the mask. 'Jugo, Sasuke, Suigetsu, get ready!' he tells the other boys. Orochimaru is sweating slightly.
Then the orange guy, Jugo, turns his arm grey and walks over to Sasuke. 'Alright.' As he puts his hand on Sasuke he starts shrinking and white globs appear from Sasuke's body.
'What?' The group watches in awe and disgust.
'That's gross.' Ino doesn't even want to think how these got stuck on Sasuke.
The globs eventually turn more humanlike but are missing half their faces. 'And when you do, the Zetsu that Tobi stuck unto Sasuke to watch him should respond and rise to the surface.' Six of these Zetsu appear from Sasuke.
'Zetsu.' Itachi goes through everything he's learned. 'Never heard of them before.'
'They look strange.' Shisui says. Somehow, he thinks these creatures are more important than they look. Better not that down.
'Damn it! How did you?' one of the creatures speaks.
'I know your Hashirama cells inside and out from my experiments.' Orochimaru explains to them. He's panting. 'Including how to detect you, of course.' Orochimaru looks at them. 'Six of you, huh? Tobi sure wasn't taking any chances.' A snake appears from his body and holds the creature down. 'I possess those four's DNA as well, since I love collecting and storing knowledge too.'
'Hashirama cells?' Jiraiya has heard of the term before. His teammate Tsunade has done a little research into her grandfather's cells. Not enough to create something like this though.
'I might have a clue as to what they are, but I hope that isn't the case.' Hiruzen agrees with him.
Four Zetsu are laid down on the ground, surrounded by symbols of a seal. Suigetsu and Jugo are holding the other two down. While Sasuke just watches.
'Suigetsu, Jugo, take care of the remaining two.' Orochimaru commands them.
'Okay, Orochimaru-sama!' Suigetsu says as he opens the mouth of the Zetsu wide.
'What's he gonna do?' Naruto watches. This scene might not have him in it but it's still interesting.
Jugo just absorbs the essence of the creature, which allows him to return to his normal size once again.
'That boy has some strange powers.' Tsume whistles. She would love to know what else he can do.
'I think I might have heard of something like that before.' Shikaku mutters. He can't remember where exactly though.
'Edo Tensei no jutsu!' Orochimaru screams as he puts his hand down.
The jutsu is activated. The four souls enter the Zetsu bodies and a paper like substance starts covering the bodies. The grow higher and higher eventually transforming into a human shape.
'This is really freaky.' Sasuke watches in amazement. To think he would watch that as he grows older.
'Reviving dead people that easily. That's just strange.' It goes against everything Kakashi knows.
'Now, here I come!' Orochimaru transforms himself into a snake and enters the remaining Zetsu's body. This allows him to live once again. 'They who are all-knowing.'
'Figured as much.'
The shot changes to Sasuke, who's expression hasn't changes one bit. Then to the people they've revived. All four Hokage. Going from one to four.
'Oh dear.' Mikoto hold her hand in front of her mouth.
'How did they get into the stomach?' As far as Jiraiya is aware they died not in sealing.
'Should I be worried that I'm one of the revived.' The hokage says. He's going to die. That's not what he was hoping to learn. It's not entirely unexpected though. He's old.
'Welcome to the club.' Shisui says. Dead people have to stick together.
'The previous Hokage!' Orochimaru shouts.
The shot moves over to Hashirama the first Hokage. 'That's the First Hokage?' Suigetsu asks. 'The real Hashirama who's been touted as a God of Shinobi.'
'Very impressive.' Naruto laughs. They'd seen the guy as a kid, and he wasn't that impressive.
That's when the Hokage seem to regain themselves.
Tobirama starts speaking. 'Don't tell me it's that shinobi Orochimaru again!'
'Again?' That worthy to note. Shisui has his pen on paper. They would learn a lot.
'Maybe that has something to do with why they were in the stomach.' Kakashi theorizes. It's strange seeing his teacher again after so many years.
'Could be.'
'What do you mean?' the first asks his little brother.
'I suspect he undid the Reaper Death Seal that has been keeping us sealed away. And then performed the Edo Tensei.' The third Hokage explains.
'No way. You found out how to undo that sealing jutsu?' the fourth is surprised. 'How did you do that Mr. Orochimaru?'
'Of course, he doesn't know.' Jiraiya pinches the bridge of his nose. One wouldn't want to explain that to the guy.
'Doesn't know what?' Naruto asks.
'Orochimaru's betrayal.'
'That makes sense.' Orochimaru betrayed the village not long after the sealing.
'You underestimate me, Minato.' Orochimaru smirks. 'Originally a sealing jutsu of the Uzumaki clan. I've been researching the ruins and scattered documents of the now extinct clan ever since I lost my jutsu.'
Minato then turns to the other Hokage. 'Lord First. It appears we've been called back to the world of the living.' He explains.
Hashirama inspects this newcomer. 'Who the hell are you?' he asks Minato.
'Am I allowed to laugh?' Kiba asks, already laughing. He's not the only one.
'Go ahead.'
Everyone turns to look at Minato. 'Oh, uh, I'm the Fourth Hokage, sir.' He turns around to show the awesome embroidery on his back.
'Oh? The Fourth you say? I see.' Hashirama nods. 'So, the village has remained stable!'
'Why is he so cheerful all of a sudden?' Sasuke glares at the man. Something about him is familiar, it also rubs him the wrong way.
'We saw him as a child before. It's strange to think that he retained that part of himself.' Itachi is grinning as well. As much as the tales make the man seem scary he's just a giant puppy.
'An odd man indeed.' Fugaku says. He always thought the man must have been like his brother, stern and strict. To learn he's not like that at all… it's a little strange.
'Well, I'm not actually sure if it has or not.' Minato explains. 'Because I dead and was sealed away much earlier than Lord Third.'
'Huh? Is that so… In a separate incident than when I was sealed away with Sarutobi?'
'That confirms it.' Shisui nods. Already putting it down on paper.
'Orochimaru did something, the other two hokage were revived and then sealed away by the current Hokage. That's the most likely conclusion.' Shikaku says. He took in consideration everything they know so far.
'I don't like that.' Naruto mumbles. His Jiji is one of his precious people.
Minato rubs the back of his head. 'Yes, a completely different incident.' He dares to look sheepish.
'He looks like Naruto.' Kiba points out. Most of the adults go still.
'You think?' Naruto blinks, he did not expect that.
'Eh…' No comment is said further on the topic. Shikamaru looks at the crowd and already made his own conclusion. The others are just stupid enough not to notice.
'So, who's the fifth Hokage?' Hashirama asks Minato. But Minato doesn't know.
'I wonder.'
Orochimaru steps in to explain. 'Your granddaughter, princess Tsunade.'
'That makes a certain amount of sense.' Jiraiya blinks. After it was revealed that she does come back to the village he always thought it would be for a reason. This does make sense.
'I studied under a Hokage.' Sakura mutters.
'You're not the only one.' Kakashi eye smiles. Jiraiya smiles as well.
'I'm going to be one!' Naruto cheers on.
The mood immediately shifts. Hashirama is in one of his depressive moods again. 'Tsuna, huh? Is the village okay?'
'Why isn't he happy?' Fugaku is confused. The man should be happy that one of the Senju took over once again. Yet he's not? He doesn't get him. Not that he particularly minds Tsunade as Hokage. She's not affiliated with the rivalry, instead dismissing it before he was even born.
Minato laughs. 'Is there something to be worried about?'
'She was my first grandchild, so I spoiled her rotten! In the end, she even picked up my gambling habit…' at the end he starts laughing, as if it's something to be proud of.
'That's where she got it from.' Jiraiya accuses the man. He always wondered.
'A terrible influence he is.' Hiruzen agrees. Hashirama might have died while she was only three years old but the influence was enough to last.
He's not what I expected of someone considered to be the God of Shinobi.Suigetsu has to do his best to keep himself composed. How do I put it? Even Orochimaru has a little sweatdrop on the back of his head.
'The reanimation Jutsu again… I can't believe the jutsu I devised would be used so casually.' Tobirama says as he inspects his body.
'I don't think anyone expected that.' Iruka says. Reviving the dead is not something anyone would just use.
'It's not a complex jutsu. However, you should not have created it in the first place.' Orochimaru begins. Tobirama is curious to see what he's getting at. 'Many of your policies and jutsu that you developed ended up causing problems later on down the line. Even now…'
'For once I have to agree with him.' Fugaku mutters. This fragment is really starting to surprise him.
'Why you!' Tobirama points at Orochimaru. 'Are you planning on attacking the Leaf again?'
Hiruzen looks at his student. 'I took away you jutsu in exchange for my own life. Yet you still,' He says. 'And this time you revived me, your former teacher, to pit me against the Leaf!'
'That confirms the theory.' Shikaku says.
Hashirama puts his head in his hand. 'Conflict, no matter the era. It certainly cannot be called that great a jutsu. Tobirama that's why I told you that time to…' but before he can end his sentence he's interrupted.
'Will you be quiet, brother? I'm trying to talk to this stripling right now.'
'But I.'
'Shut up!' And Hashirama is depressed again.
'They're an interesting pair.' Kakashi watches. This was certainly not what he expected the first to Hokage to be like.
'You wouldn't want to know how many times Tobirama-sensei had to rush in and stop his brother from doing something stupid.'
'I can guess.' Judging by what they are watching. A lot.
He's not so dignified for the God of Shinobi!Suigetsu screams in his mind.
'Please do not misunderstand. I don't have any more leanings in that direction. Haven't you noticed that I'm not suppressing your personalities?' Orochimaru explains. 'There are certain circumstances at play this time. I'm merely creating a stage for discourse per his strong desire.' Then the scene ends.
'Oh, come on!' Naruto yells.
'Ending at the best part!' Sasuke says too. This thing is really starting to bother him. The previous scene skipped the fun part as well.
'Stupid thing.' Kiba mutters.
'I suppose it was going to show something we do not have the luxury of knowing yet.' Shikamaru explains. Trying to put reasoning behind what the robot is keeping from them.
'It's still stupid.' Naruto glares.
'At least we know how the First was alive in that one fragment.' Shisui points out.
'It didn't explain Madara however.' Itachi says. Does that mean someone else revived him?
'Bit and pieces.'
'We'll get there eventually.' Shikaku is certain. This device can take however long it wants and they wouldn't notice it in the real world. It would help them tremendously.
'What's next?'
The screen light up. 'A blue beast and a Tanuki fetch some bones.'
'Lee and Gaara again?' Naruto blinks. Why doesn't he get the spotlight some more!
'Probably.'
'What is the bone part about?' Kiba wonders. Akamaru likes to fetch bones. No offence to Lee but he doesn't seem like the type.
'We can only guess at this point.'
The scene starts with Sasuke running away from something.
'What's got you running Sasuke?' Shisui teases the boy. Sasuke shrugs and leaves it at that.
'Sasuke wait!' Naruto yells out at him but Sasuke disappears inside the forest. Naruto with his limited speed isn't able to catch up to him.
'What is going on? I thought we were going to see Lee and Gaara again.' Tenten complains.
'I think we'll get our explanation soon.'
Then something appears behind him. 'Forget it… in death!' a voice speaks behind him. It's a guy, probably a couple years older than Naruto, with white hair and two red dots on his forehead. He reaches out to slash Naruto's neck.
'Who's that?' Naruto asks but he doesn't get an answer.
'Konoha hurricane!' a voice yells out and manages to stop the guy from hitting Naruto. It's Rock Lee!
'Who?' the boy is confused.
Rock Lee however isn't intimidated in the slightest. 'Konoha's handsome blue beast is back. The name's Rock Lee!'
'Talk about entrances.' Kakashi is not impressed. Gai had a habit of doing much worse.
'I wonder who the other guy is.' Shisui mutters. He hasn't appeared anywhere before.
'He kind of looks like the flying lady from the before.' Naruto points out. The rest of the group takes in his appearance. The white hair, as well as the zigzag split in his hair are features they both shared.
'I can see the resemblance, but I thought we already decided she's a Hyuuga.' Shisui points out. He's pretty sure that's what he wrote down.
Hiashi doesn't agree. 'We did not.'
'Alrighty then.'
Naruto looks at his friend, concerned about something. 'Bushy brows. How's it you're… I thought…'
'Naruto! I'll handle it! Just get to Sasuke!' Lee yells out. Naruto nods. 'Leave this guy to me!'
'I wonder what happened to Lee.' Sakura watches in concern. He did get hurt previously.
'I think we already saw what happened.' Kakashi explains.
'Ah.'
The white-haired guy observes the newcomer. He's not as easy as the others.
'Careful, Bushy Brow! He uses his bones to attack.' Naruto explains.
'Bones?' Lee is confused until the boy transforms one of his bones into a sword.
'Bones, huh?' Shikaku says.
Chouza looks at his friend. 'What is it?'
'There is only one known clan that uses their bones, but I thought they were all gone.'
'Who?' Inoichi too hasn't heard of anything like that before. Then again not everyone knows everything.
'The Kaguya.'
'I heard about them before. They used to be a rather bloodthirsty clan.' Of course, Itachi would know them. He knows these kinds of irrelevant things.
'One of them managed to live, huh.'
'He's super strong.' Naruto tells him.
'What are you doing! Go! Now!' Lee yells at him. 'Naruto remember you played the nice guy and promised Sakura. I'll beat this guy. That's my promise!' Lee gives him a thumbs up. Naruto smiles and turns to run away.
'Is Sasuke running away?' Ino asks.
'Why would he?' Chouji blinks. He doesn't see any reason for Sasuke to run away.
'I don't know but it's the only explanation I can come up with.'
Then the scene changes to the hospital. Tsunade is talking to a distraught Gai. 'What about Lee? How is he? Tell me!' Tsunade smiles and pats his back.
'His surgery was a success. If he's limited to jutsu training, he can start as early as tomorrow. But it wouldn't hurt to take it easy for a while.' She explains. Gai is crying happy tears until a couple other medics come rushing in.
'Good for him.'
'Lady Tsunade! We've got a problem back here. Rock Lee is missing!' They rush to his room which is empty.
'He ran away from the hospital…' Mikoto sighs. This is way too typical.
'Oh dear, it must have been last night, when I was treating Genma and Raido.' Tsunade sighs.
'It's amazing, this whole time you hardly left his side, yet the moment we take our eyes of him, he slips away.'
'Sound familiar? Kakashi?' Hiruzen stares the young man down.
Kakashi does his eye smile. 'What are you talking about?'
'That fool. He's gone chasing after them. See what kind of a hurry he was in, he grabbed my own bottle instead of his medicine.'
Gai's eyes widen. This is not good. 'Oh no.'
'What is it?' Lee wonders. Does that mean he's going to die?
'Tsunade likes drinking alcohol. I can only guess what's going to happen.' Jiraiya explains.
'What's wrong Gai?' Tsunade asks, now concerned.
'If he drinks even one drop of that, terrible things will happen!'
'Terrible things?' Tsunade is shocked, this is not what she expected to hear.
'Does he get drunk or something.' Shisui laughs. It would be funny to see.
'He's still a kid.' Naruto yells back.
The shot changes back to the fight of Lee and the other guy. 'Konoha Great Hurricane!' Lee yells out as he attacks the other boy. The other manages to dodge with ease. Lee goes for another attack which get dodged as well.
'Your agility surprised me, and your style is singular.' Lee complements the other. It's amazing I can't land a single kick.
'Is it me or are his attacks less impressive than before.' Sakura says.
Tsume cuts in to explain. 'If he just got out of surgery it would make sense.'
'Your manner is far too direct.' The other speaks, no emotion in sight. 'Ready?' the boy asks.
'One moment please!' Lee holds up his hand to stop the other, which the boy does for some reason. Lee goes into his pocket.
'This is great!' The people in the room start laughing or smiling.
'Who actually waits for his opponent?' Itachi asks, between his fit of giggles.
'Far more than you think.' Kakashi smiles.
'Experience?'
'Who knows?'
'Yes?' The boy doesn't know what to expect.
'I'm sorry but it's time for my medicine, excuse me!' Lee takes out the bottle and uncorks it. 'I've never been much of one for medicine but…' then he proceeds to gulp the entire thing down. The other boy watches, slightly fascinated. 'This is the worst one yet.' Lee says as he makes a strange face. Then he starts hiccupping.
'He IS drunk!' Naruto yells out.
'Oh my.'
Then the shot changes back to the hospital. 'You see once we went out to celebrate and Lee accidently downed a cup of someone else's alcohol. Then things started to get out of hand. When he came to, the place was a disaster,' Gai speaks as Lee is shown wobbling around the field he's in.
'Disaster?' Tsunade asks.
'When Lee drank the drink,' Lee is shown with a large blush on his face, completely drunk but still in a fighting position, 'He went berserk!'
'Don't tell me he unlocks some sort of secret power.' Neji is utter dumbfounded by this ridiculousness. He can only hope that at some point he'll get to see himself do something cool.
'That would be funny.' Sasuke laughs. Neji scoffs.
Tsunade is even more shocked. 'What?'
The other boy is just as surprised. What in heaven did that boy drink? He finds himself wondering.
'It must seem like some sort of steroid to the guy.'
Then Gai starts speaking again. 'I'm saying he's a natural born user of the drunken fist!'
'Drunken fist?' Iruka hasn't heard of something like that before.
Kakashi explains. 'It's a… how do you say it, strange fighting style. I thought it was just a myth but to actually see it happen.'
'Someone gets drunk and they start fighting at their best?' One of his eyebrows is raised, a bit skeptical.
'Something like that.'
Lee's eyes are not completely open, and he can't stand still but he takes a fighting position nonetheless. He hics once again but then rushes at the other in a super speed. 'Hyeeer I comah!'
'He's so drunk.' Naruto laughs.
'I'm so drunk.' Lee looks a little down. He's being made a fool off.
He goes for a punch but the boy dodges, then comes a kick, but it gets dodged again. Lee continues his assault before he finally manages to land a hit. The boy flies back by the sheer force of it. Before he can compose himself Lee spins at him and hits him once more.
The boy is stumped. He's too hard to predict, moreover, too fast!
'No wonder, he's drunk.' Tsume is watching but still laughing. This got to be the funniest fighting style she's ever seen.
Lee puts his hands on the ground and goes for a kick to the head, the boy manages to stop him with one of his bones. Then it's time for the boy to start attacking as well. 'Camellia dance!'
He keeps stabbing in Lee's direction, but he isn't able to land a hit. Lee is able to dodge them all without effort. Then Lee goes to grab the bone the boy is holding. Then for his knee, and finally kicks him in the shins. Which causes the boy to fly back, once more.
'He's not dodging, he just gets out of the way fast enough.' Tenten says. This is actually quite fun to watch. Even if it doesn't include any weapons.
'Isn't that the same thing.' Hinata looks at the girl. Tenten shrugs.
Lee goes for the attack again, then the boy goes again. It goes on like this for quite a while until Lee gets a hit right in the chest of the boy. 'Hic!'
The boy is at a slight loss. I can't read his moves. He hit me. That taijutsu is something else. The boy starts exposing his chest. There is a strange pattern on it. I'm left with no choice. He cracks some of his bones, audibly, before they start emerging from his skin. The places where the bones are broken are obvious. 'My abilities stem from my bones. You were warned by your cloning friend, no?'
'This is slightly disturbing.' Ino doesn't like him. He's gross. Not dateable at all.
'To break your own bones… on purpose.' Kiba shiver. He's broken plenty of bones already and it's never a pleasant experience.
'Just gross.'
Lee tilts his head to the side. The boy goes to attack once again, but Lee still manages to prevent getting hit. He's still smiling. That is until bones start emerging from the boy's rib cage. They manage to scratch his face.
'Ew.'
'Unorthodox, aren't I? This is my bloodline limit.' The boy explains. Lee is on the ground, blood dripping down his cheeks. 'Looks like you've pulled yourself together. My bloodline limit grants me complete control of my osteoblasts and osteoclasts, with it I regulate my calcium mass and concentrate it into bones.'
'Thank you for the info!' Shisui cheers as he goes to write that down, then doesn't do it because it's too difficult.
Lee stands up again.
'The human body is composed of just over two hundred bones, and yet for me that number is not fixed.' He pulls back the bones into his ribcage. Lee sees this as his moment to attack. As soon as he gets close the boy yells out: 'Larch dance!' And all the bone and more emerge from his chest once again. Lee is shocked. He actually got poked that time.
'Ouch.' Naruto winces. That must hurt.
'C'mon me.' Lee watches himself. How is he going to get out of that? He hopes alive.
Lee is panting, that hit was painful.
'You still awake?' The boy asks, almost mocking.
'For some reason I don't feel so good,' Lee says as he starts standing up once again, 'well, anyway, this is where the real fight begins.' He is sober once again. Right now, my job is to hold him as long as I can. So, I guess I should avoid any moves big enough to, well, kill me. I just got out of surgery, so I can't go crazy, but maybe I can just open the first gate, that would be enough.
'Don't, it will only hurt you.' Sakura yells at the Lee on screen.
Lee stands up and starts circling the boy, fast. The other is surprised, he didn't think Lee would have it in him. 'Forward Lotus!' Lee screams as he goes for the attack. He hits the boy in the chest, but nothing happens. The boy managed to catch Lee in his ribcage.
'This is not looking too good.' Jiraiya says. That Kaguya boy is not someone to take lightly.
'Impressive speed but it stops here!' The boy puts his hand near Lee's face. But he gets interrupted as someone else joins the fight.
It is Gaara.
'Gaara!' Naruto cheers. He's happy to see his friend. Even if they haven't met before.
'He comes back to save Lee!' Ino has stars in her eyes. They would make such a good couple.
'Friendship!' Lee yells. Ino glares at him. No way it's just friendship.
Gaara looks at the person in front of him. 'Gaara of the Sand.'
'Gaara is your name.' The boy spreads his arms and launches a buttload of bone bullets in their direction.
Gaara stops the rain of bullets with his sand. It's not that difficult for him. 'You're impatient.' Gaara says to the boy but then turns to Lee. 'When we last fought you were faster and sharper than this.'
Lee composes himself. 'Thanks for reminding me. Not that I hold a grudge, but you really did a number on me.' Lee explains.
'We could see. That wasn't an injury to take lightly.' Kakashi mutters. That he was able to be restored in an amazing feat.
Gaara's face is not shown. 'I see.' He sounds a tad disappointed, maybe even regretful.
'He learned.' Sasuke points out.
'Something must have changed him.' Shikamaru says. He means what he says. Such a personality change doesn't just happen.
'Anyway, why are you here?' Lee asks.
Gaara thinks. 'I owe Konoha a great debt.' Naruto is shown running through the forest.
'Maybe it's what happened between Gaara and Naruto that made the connection between them so strong.' Mikoto suggests. She knows all too well that friendship can change a person.
'If our theory is correct, which it likely is, then that could make them closer as well. As jinchuuriki.' Shikaku agrees, he can't believe he's discussing friendships now.
'I wish I could meet all the others.' Naruto yells out.
They get themselves ready for the next attack. 'I'll handle this.' Gaara says but Lee disagrees.
'No! Please back me up instead!' And Lee sprints forward. But then he falls to the ground once again. Gaara had put a hand of sand around his ankle. 'C'mon let go!' Lee screams but then he winces in pain.
'Gaara looking out for Lee in his own strange way.' Ino is squealing at the amount of possible material she's getting. They are such an OTP.
'You're in no shape to fight.' Gaara explains. 'I'll handle this.'
'Gaara of the Sand. So, as the name suggests you are of the sand.' The boy analyzes the newcomer.
'He's good.' Naruto says in all seriousness.
'He just analyzed the obvious.' Sasuke says, bursting Naruto's bubble.
'He attacks with his bones. Like you saw, he fires them or juts them out of his body. It's as amazing as it's disturbing.'
Gaara lets some of the sand escape from his gourd. While the boy lets his bone retract.
The sand defends him like a reef, this man is no melee fighter.The boy splits his fingertips open. Approach, I see will be task.
'What's he gonna do now?' Sasuke wonders out loud. This battle is really intriguing.
'We'll see.' Neji scoffs.
'This is getting good!' Naruto is bouncing in his chair again. It ticks of the people next to him who try to calm him down, but it doesn't work.
The boy jumps up and spins while sending another array of bullets in Gaara's direction. Gaara doesn't have to do anything for the sand to come rushing out to protect him.
Lee watches in amazement. There's no waste in his movement, he's a master.
'It doesn't take any effort whatsoever.' Itachi is impressed. Someone like Gaara would be a worthy opponent. His mind is already coming up with strategies.
Gaara sends more sand to the boy who dodges, and again, and again. It gives the boy enough time to properly analyze the attacks. Offence and defense in one, but the sand in his control must be limited to what's in that gourd. Then he starts taunting Gaara. 'A foolish stage name, reliant on only sand.' And betrayed by the size of his store. Then Gaara sends a rain of sand bullets at the boy. But the boy is not impressed. What a one trick phony.
'That's what you think! Gaara is way better than that!' Naruto yells at the screen.
'Yeah!' Lee agrees with him.
The boy was prepared to jump away but finds he can't. Gaara has used his sand to grip onto his legs.
'So long as I have sand I can do anything.' Gaara explains. The sand around the boy's legs is creeping up. 'Tell me again who's stupid, making sand from soil is no art.' Then the sand encases the boy completely.
'That's very true.' Shisui has done it before. One a mission. That he came back from covered in mud.
'You got him!' Lee cheers.
'Not just yet.' Gaara says. Then he crushes the sand, blood comes out of the cocoon. Then a hand with strange marking on it and then the rest of the boy's body.
'That looks awfully deadly.' Tsume winces. No one would like to be caught in that.
'No kidding, gruesome.' Mikoto agrees with her friend.
'More bones, huh? He's a real freak, isn't he?' Gaara says.
'He's certainly a nuisance.' Lee agrees.
'That pressure was a feat. Without this layer I created underneath my skin, I would have been dead meat for sure.' Lee and Gaara could see that underneath the skin of the boy a layer of bone is protecting him. 'I underestimated you and yet your sand won't hold me twice.' The boy growls, his skin is darkening.
'What's happening?' Sasuke asks. No one has an answer for him.
'I don't have a clue.'
Gaara acts. 'Sand tsunami!' And a tsunami of sand appears in front of him. It covers the boy entirely. The entire valley in front of them is covered in sand.
'You did it…' Lee says, impressed.
'Not yet!' Gaara says as he puts his hands on the ground and pushes the sand down. The pressure underneath the sand must be strong enough to hurt the boy. Gaara scoffs. 'Won't he ever give up?'
'Holy heck.' Gaara had gotten a lot stronger since the previous fight. That much is obvious.
'That's one jutsu I don't want to be caught in.' Naruto shivers. Gaara is awesome but dangerous. Better not piss him off.
A hand comes from underneath the sand and then the rest of the boy. Gaara doesn't waste another second and encases the boy once again. But the boy is still managing to get out.
His skin has darkened a lot and the bones coming out him have tripled in size. Not only that he's rushing at them with some impressive speed. Gaara doesn't let himself be surprised and makes a wall in between them but the boy manages to get through with ease. He hit Gaara and Gaara flies back.
'He unlocked some secret power.' Iruka watches. This is not a fight he would like to participate in. Let him do the normal stuff. The others can deal with Bijuu and people like this.
'What could it be?' Neji wonders.
'That's the question isn't it?'
'Is this all there is to your so-called defense? What a joke.' The boy's voice has changed, it's rougher, corrupted. Gaara's sand armor is breaking. 'So, you coat yourself with sand.'
'He's not your only opponent!' Lee screams as he's behind the boy. 'I'm here too!' he kicks the boy in the side of the head. He was about to kicked back by the boy's tail? But Gaara stopped the assault with his sand. But the impact is still enough to send Gaara flying. My body's still, I'll only get in the way.
'Just sit this one out. It's good for you.' Sakura tells him.
'Yes ma'am.' Lee yells at her. Smiling. Sakura is such a pretty girl, and she's kind too.
The boy also has some strange markings on his face. 'This sand's a nuisance, you're the first to go Gaara!' The boy puts his hand on his back and slowly rips his spinal cord out of himself. The tearing of skin is loud enough for the others to hear.
'What the hell!' Naruto yells.
'That the weirdest sword I've ever seen.' Shisui says.
Tenten glares. 'I don't think that qualifies as a sword.' She says. 'It's more of a lance.'
'Iron flower dance!' He screams out as he slashes at Gaara. Gaara puts up another sand barrier. Gaara has to put in all his strength to defend himself. 'My bones have calcified as far as they'll go. They'll pierce through your body along with the sand shield.' But then the boy coughs, blood is coming out of his mouth. I guess time is running short.
'That power must be taking a toll on him.' Hiashi says. He's observing the battle. If that boy really is a Kaguya then…
'No wonder, if his strength increases that much.'
Gaara sees this as his change to counter. 'Total sand defense Shukaku's shield!' A miniature version of Shukaku appears to protect Gaara. Then the shot changes again.
'That is Shukaku!' Jiraiya yells. That confirms it. Gaara is a jinchuuriki, 100%.
'Kabuto how much longer will Kimimaro last?' A raspy voice says. It's a familiar voice, Orochimaru's.
'What does Orochimaru have to do with this?' Iruka asks. That came out of nowhere.
'He should be fine for a while yet.' Kabuto says, he too has white hair but does wear glasses as well. 'I treated him the best I could but there's just too little information on his body.' Kabuto explains. 'If only I had his clan's medical history, or treatment data, things could be a lot different. The only thing I could dig up was an account of how he found himself the last of the Kaguya clan. It's just the last stop in a bloody history.'
'I said so.'
Orochimaru doesn't say anything.
'The whole foolish clan was wiped out when it challenged the great nation of Kirigakure on their own. Then you rescued the most promising of the young.'
Orochimaru leans down. 'The Kaguya clan was a clutch of rabble, knowing only the thirst for war. By what I saw of them, the battlefield was the only place they could find their peace. But the era of bloodthirsty beast herds has long passed. The times have changed. Fighting against a well-governed body, with only the weight of force to show for yourself is the final task of a fool rushing to his own well-earned death.'
'Poetic.' Shisui scoffs.
'Orochimaru always had a way with words.' Hiruzen tells. He remembers the various, rather gruesome, poems the boy wrote during childhood.
'And yet you thought it a waste to let him die.' Kabuto says.
'Who could resist his bloodline limit, the skill to form and deform bones.'
'Wait!' Naruto yells out. 'Does that mean Sasuke is going to Orochimaru?'
'It's the most logical conclusion.' Shikaku agrees with him.
'It also explains why he's with him in the previous scene.' Shikamaru adds.
'Could Jugo and Suigetsu then also be from Orochimaru's labs?' Sasuke wonders.
'Could be.'
Then we turn back to the fight of Kimimaro versus Gaara and Lee. Kimimaro pushes his spine through the sand of Gaara's defense. It's about evenly matched, until Kimimaro's spine breaks into pieces.
'I pulled together the densest minerals in the soil, used my chakra to apply pressure and kneaded them into the sand.' Gaara says. 'This move of yours is a bloodline limit, yes?'
Naruto is rooting for his friend. 'C'mon Gaara! You can do this.'
'It is of the Kaguya clan, a power I alone possess.' Kimimaro explains.
'You're the last of the Kaguya, that means today the clan perishes.'
'I like Gaara.' Ino nods.
'A lot more than in the previous scene.' Chouji agrees. Gaara in the previous segment was scary. This one is helpful.
'Indeed, it may be so, my body is ravaged with illness, my days on earth are numbered. And yet I will not be extinguished. For I am not alone. I am an arm of Lord Orochimaru's ambition. I carried out my part. For that I shall forever remain in his heart.'
'Somehow I doubt that.' Jiraiya says. Remembering the betrayal.
'You're not the only one.'
Gaara looks at the boy. 'Orochimaru brainwashed you. How sad.' He makes a sign and starts moving his sand so Kimimaro is slipping underneath. I've done too many big moves, chakra is getting precious. This is it.
Lee watches in amazement. How much chakra is he using?
Kimimaro is being dragged in. 'You are indeed formidable.'
'This must be the end.' Itachi says. Watching as the attacks of the boy slowed down a lot.
'It doesn't look like he'll be able to keep up much longer.' Kakashi agrees with him.
'I'm sucking you down and burying you two hundred meters down. With that sand pressure on every inch of your body you won't be able to move a finger.' Gaara explains. Then the boy disappears in the sand.
'You did it, this time you really did it.' Lee watches, still on the ground.
Then Kimimaro starts speaking from underneath the sand. 'Bracken dance!' And a flurry of bones appears from within the sand. Lee manages to dodge it just in time.
'That's one powerful move!' Kiba yells out.
'Not one I would like to be caught in, that's for sure.' His mother agrees with him for once. While their family always finds treasure in bones, this is not something they would want to encounter.
Then we move back to Orochimaru and Kabuto.
'Shouldn't he be here by now?' Orochimaru asks the other boy. 'I'm getting impatient.'
'A watched kettle never boils.'
'Kabuto do not patronize me.'
'I'm sorry, it's just that, you know. It doesn't matter who stands in his way, there's nobody who could overcome Kimimaro.' Kabuto says.
'Hah! You think.' Naruto yells.
Then we move back to the battlefield.
'You saved me. I never imagined you could do something like this.' Lee says to Gaara as they are floating on small platforms of sand.
'Now that looks like a move I want to try out.' Shisui tells the group. Flying is everyone's dream.
'It does seem fun.' Itachi has to agree with him.
'No matter, I can fly in the future!' Naruto yells. Sure flying like that looks cool, but nothing beats actual flying.
'This is the same sand I'm always throwing around. It's just in how you use it.' Gaara explains. The ground under them is completely covered in bones. 'He was one tough opponent but that should be the end of him. He'll never get out of that.
'I'm not brainwashed! He's the only one who truly understands!' Gaara and Lee turn around to see Kimimaro coming out of one of the bones, spear made from his hand. 'You know nothing!'
'Watch out!'
But the spear doesn't hit them. Blood trickles down onto the ground.
Gaara's eyes are open wide. 'He's dead.' Blood is all over his chin. Then the scene ends.
'That's how it ends?' What's with the rushed endings all of a sudden.
'Certainly interesting.'
'I do agree that Kimimaro over there looked a lot like the flying lady from before.' Shisui says. He doesn't quite know what to put down about her.
'I can see that.'
'But she also has the Byakugan, which would imply a connection to the Hyuuga.'
'This would be the time to explain.' Hiashi says. 'There are records in the clan that explain that, once upon a time, maybe seven centuries ago, that we were in fact the same clan.'
'What happened?' Itachi can't help but ask. Things like that are interesting to him.
'The bloodlines began splitting, eventually the clan's ended up splitting because of some disagreements.' By the confused faces he continues. 'Mostly regarding temperament.'
'From what I heard I can see why.' Kakashi says. Once ticked off Kimimaro was quite… distraught.
'She could be a shared ancestor then?' Shisui puts that down on paper.
'She could very well be.' Iruka agrees.
'That would be crazy.' Sasuke says. 'Imagine being descendent from a literal goddess.' Yet somehow deep inside him there is something telling him it isn't that strange.
'And, luckily, not that weird one from Hidan.'
'Thankfully.'
Notes:
Crossdressing boy - mystery man
Madara (with rinnegan) & dead Hokage are alive
Hokage revived by Sasuke and Orochimaru and the gang.
Madara and Hashirama met as children (the idiots)
Madara can't pee with someone behind him - weakness
Red cloud organization Akatsuki
Members: - Deidara
- Sasori
- Itachi ?
- Kisame
- Hidan
- Kakuzu
Captured a random dude with red hair Gaara (Naruto cares about that guy)
Killed Yugito
Goal: possibly collecting bijuu - might have to do with Juubi
Mizuki is evil
Kakashi's real face is still a mystery :(
Kakashi is teacher of Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura
Weird socially inept boy is part of Naruto's team as well as Tenzo (he's rude)
Sasuke might have a thing for Naruto and vice versa
Kakashi and Sasuke are missing at some point in the future (but still alive)
Sasuke runs away to Orochimaru
People to watch out for:
- Madara
- Sakura (don't piss her off, don't forget)
- Red cloud people
- Flying lady
- Gaara
Itachi killed of the entire Uchiha clan, except himself and Sasuke. (Where am I?)
Two brothers were fishing before chakra was a widespread thing.
Strong people are weak against naked people of the preferred gender. (Naruto takes advantage of that)
Sasuke has the mangekyo and rinnegan?
Naruto is glowing
Sakura has a thing on her forehead
Kakashi has two normal eyes
Strange half white dude?
Goddess flying with black creature thing in her arms (has byakugan, and a third eye on her forehead) (according to Kakashi a god)
Possible ancestor to the Hyuuga and Kaguya
The Kyuubi kind of likes Naruto
Ibiki is troll
Hinata and Naruto are so going to get married and have children. Don't let Hiashi convince you otherwise.
Bijuu and Jinchuuriki
One Gaara
Two Yugito
Three Mizukage 4
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight b
Nine Naruto
Tsunade is the fifth hokage (the first doesn't like that, because of gambling addictions)
The third died during something in which he sealed away Orochimaru's arms and the first hokage. They all end up in the Shinigami belly
Kimimaro is a Kaguya and dangerous
Itachi's attempt at a timeline
Ashura and his brother
Hashirama and Madara meet river
Kurama's first sealing
Kurama's second sealing
Kurama's third sealing
Uchiha massacre
Naruto learns about the Kyuubi
Naruto and Sasuke kiss
Around the same time (no discerning timeframe available)
- Crossdressing boy
- Kakashi's mask
- Kisame and I come to get Naruto
- Lee Gaara fight and the rest of the chunin exams
- Fight Kimimaro (after chunin exams)
Another set of around the same time
- Deidara and Sasori capture Gaara
- Orochimaru unlocks the reaper death seal
- Naruto promises Kurama to save him from his hate
- Emotionless boy insulting Naruto and Sakura
- Sakura and Naruto face off against Kakashi
Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, and mystery man fight a flying lady
No time frames
- Hidan Kakuzu kill Yugito
'What's next?' Naruto asks. He looks to the screen and watches it light up.
'Falling rocks.' It reads.
'What could that be about?' Sasuke wonders out loud.
'I don't know, only that I have some rather horrible memories regarding falling rocks.' Kakashi says. It better not be about that.
Another lengthy chapter. But I got it done! Woohoo!
Everytime I'm writing a scene with new character they don't know yet, it's like, please say your name, so I can use it. The struggle. I don't want to keep referring to hidan and the silver haired guy.
Again thank you to everyone that suggested scenes. And special thank you to Reakor who suggested the Sasuke retrieval arc as a whole, StandUpKeepMovingForward who suggested the Kimimaro fight and the Yugito scene, GiuliaDark for the hokage revival, LadyCielP for the same scene.