Welcome to the next chapter.
TheGreatGodzilla; I can't say about Hiruzen, we'll have to wait and see what happens. Yeah, he'll have to face down his Mother, and we'll see how that goes now. Pakura's going to be going through some stuff now yeah. Pakura could do that yeah. I can't say what's gonna happen with Orochimaru and the others.
joharasbel; Thanks!
Skull Flame; She does yeah. He has yeah, and she was, but she's highly skilled.
nashawnbest; She's in it yeah.
ShadowUzumaki55; Yeah, quite intense between them. Yukine's the senior student since she's Minato's generation of Ninja so she's older than Anko. Pakura does yeah. Maybe she could be.
LezarioFanficio; Thanks! Yeah, I'll have to go over the stat stuff that others have and then write them down.
Silver crow; Thanks. We'll see what happens. Kabuto is yeah. They don't know if Orochimaru hired Ameyuri, or if she's there on some other orders. It isn't that they don't know she doesn't have a choice in the sense of what her village wants, they're aware something more is driving Pakura based on what she's said and how she's acted. Ryouta was being respectful by calling her Pakura-san. Haku didn't yeah. Hiruzen did yeah. Orochimaru said it himself, he's quite greedy so he'd want both. If Ameyuri is going for him, he's got reasons for doing what he's doing. Yeah, compared to life, they're quite nerfed which works well in Hiruzen and Ryouta's favour. Yeah, they'll have a brief back and forth. Yeah, could be for RWBY. That would be cool for One Piece. Healing flames could be a thing. Gaara's going to be going through something's yeah. Tsunade will hear some stuff yeah. I'm sure Obito will be yeah.
Guest 1; It is yeah, her summoning really is heartbreaking to Ryouta. Lets hope yeah.
Guest 2; Yeah, very heartbreaking. Pakura's going through so much. Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. Ooh yeah they are, Kabuto and Orochimaru better watch out. Pakura's reasonings shall come out pretty soon. Ameyuri's got her job yeah. Yeah, thankfully they aren't nearly at the power level they are in life, otherwise it would be extremely difficult for Ryouta to fight, but yeah his nerfed Edo's are enough for Ryouta to fight off with his eyes assisting him. Hashirama and Tobirama will have some comments. Ryouta's definitely going to be more determined than ever to fight them off. Thanks for the harem suggestions!
GuoYaohui; It's definitely going to be a very tough battle. Yukine will definitely know about it, I'm sure both the First and Second Hokage's will know with their times with Madara and such. Haha, yeah it definitely would have done that.
Hinata fan; Yeah, it's so hard for Ryouta to see his Mother in such a state. Ryouta was let into the barrier as was Pakura since Orochimaru wanted him to witness this. Yeah, Gaara's not gonna be so cooperative with Shukaku. Thanks for the harem suggestions.
Guest 3; She could do yeah.
Andrew123456; The same as they are in the current part of canon, since it was said they weren't nearly as strong when Orochimaru summoned them during this part of the story.
LordofWaves; Thanks! Yeah, it's going to be a cool battle. He'll be in some danger yeah.
Guest 4; That would be an interesting kind of story to do with Star Wars, thanks for the suggestions!
JustAFan; Thanks! Here's the fight!
War Sage; Thanks! Yeah, Kabuto was definitely shocked. Yeah, some have used it to communicate in the main series before. Kabuto really has done yeah. Ameyuri seems to be yeah~ It is, Ryouta's really going through quite a bit huh. It's going to be quite the battle. We'll learn some stuff about her yeah. Thanks for the suggestions!
With those reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
Mother and sons battle
Looking over his Mother, as a Zombie, Ryouta's mind raced.
He felt so happy to finally see his Mother. The first time ever, seeing her in the flesh.
Yet at the same time, it felt so painful to see that she was being used by Orochimaru.
Pakura from the side, silently was angry at Orochimaru as well.
She didn't know that this was going to happen.
"How cruel, summoning the boys Mother to fight against him. How disgusting you are Orochimaru, you truly are a hateful being that deserves to be punished for eternity for what you've done to others. But, I'm also involved in this, I have done so much to help you, I have to take responsibility for my actions as well. And this child's tearful eyes...Ryouta-kun, I'm so sorry."
Pakura felt immense guilt for her actions in this.
She felt as if she had to repent for her part in all of this, even if not directly responsible...she still felt responsible partly for allowinf this to happen.
"It isn't Shisui, but I brought dear Mommy back from the grave for you Ryouta-kun. Can you see that impressive power? If you come with me quietly, then I'll bring back your Dad, and your brother as well."
Ryouta felt ill at the look that Orochimaru was giving him.
Full of sadistic pleasure.
Orochimaru then walked over to each of them as they looked to be in a sort of daze.
"This technique surely is the one that I had made up, but it also feels a little different at the same time..."
Tobirama spoke up, with Hashirama's eyes going towards Ryouta and Hiruzen.
When seeing Ryouta, Hashirama murmured "Madara..." Ryouta blinked, but then Hashirama exhaled.
"No, you aren't him, but you feel a bit like him, though you are an Uchiha, I guess that would make sense and the chakra feels a lot kinder than Madara's, still there's something about you..." Leaving Ryouta perplexed, Hashirama turned back to Hiruzen. "Hiruzen, it seems that age has taken a hold of you. We must have been gone for so long."
"First-sama..."
Hiruzen's pain transmitted through his voice, it was very clear that he was having so much emotion inside that it was escaping to the surface.
Tobirama looked towards Ryouta, and furrowed his brows.
"You're an Uchiha?"
"Yes Second-sama."
"...There's something different about you, your eyes are different to other kind of Uchiha's that I've seen before."
Ryouta tilted his head as Tobirama overlooked Ryouta, his mind racing at the sight of the young Uchiha.
"My son...you've grown so much, this must be what...twelve, thirteen years since I died..." Yukine's eyes looked towards the two Hokage's. "Great, been brought back with an inferior Jutsu, not learned how to properly use it Orochimaru?"
"Yukine-chan, you're so kind as always." Orochimaru mocked, and walks closer, as he did, the First and Second Hokage's turn their eyes towards him. "Sarutobi-sensei, you're weeping right now, is it because you know you don't have a chance in this fight? With only a boy as backup, can you honestly-"
"Hiruzen." Yukine called, catching his attention, and cutting off Orochimaru. "Right now, we all aren't at our top performance, Orochimaru did the Jutsu on a weaker level. Even then, we can still regenerate from damage, and we might not be up to what we were in life and our chakra levels aren't as high as in life, First-sama will have his Wood Release, Second-sama with his Water Release prowess and Jutsu knowledge, and my own skills. If I could move right now, then I could get out..."
Before she could finish, Orochimaru took a kunai and forced it into the back of her.
As he did, Hiruzen furrowed his brows, and pondered what she was going to say.
"Even now Yukine-san, despite being summoned in such a manner, you're still thinking of others and how to help. But she said something then...get out, she could get out...could she get out of Orochimaru's control? She was an expect in Jutsu's, she might have knowledge on how to release control. But how can we get that knowledge…?"
As Hiruzen thought about it, Ryouta's angry eyes shined brightly.
"Leave my Mother alone you bastard!"
Orochimaru's sadistic grin aimed towards Ryouta.
"Ryou-kun, I know this is the situation you'd probably hate the most. But I'm showing you right now, this is the best kind of fight for you to watch. Sarutobi-sensei is going to die, then you're going to come back home with me."
"I will never go anywhere with you, you heartless monster!"
"Such harsh words, are you trying to hurt my feelings right now?"
As he said it in a mocking tone, Hiruzen looked at the lifeless eyes of Yukine.
Too cruel, he truly thought that this was something out of a bad reality.
Tobirama's eyes looked towards Ryouta.
He was an Uchiha, and he didn't trust Uchiha…
But something was different about this Uchiha.
Hashirama at the same time looked towards Yukine and then towards Hiruzen.
"You have to take care of us Hiruzen, I'm sorry that it has come to this."
Hiruzen had a regretful expression on his face, as Orochimaru repeated the process, placing kunai's with tags inside of their skulls.
"That's some kind of contract seal Hokage-sama."
"Good eye Ryouta-kun. What your Mother said then, I believe in her knowledge so even if we damage these soldiers, they will keep coming back. But we have an advantage of them being weaker than they were in life."
"Hokage-sama, they have Kage level skills, even if their powers diminished."
"Indeed, this battle is going to be tough. Ryouta-kun, this kind of fight shouldn't have to happen to you, so for that I apologize. But right now, I need you to help me in this fight."
Ryouta didn't hesitate, knowing he'd have to do his best for Hiruzen.
"Yes Hokage-sama. Even in this battle...I will back you up."
"Thank you. Also Ryouta-kun, when you seize an opportunity, use your Genjutsu on your Mother, take control over her actions. You can do that, can't you?"
Hiruzen said in a hushed tone.
Ryouta became perplexed, wondering what was going on in Hiruzen's mind.
"Given enough time then yes. But for what purpose?"
"She's a Master of Jutsu. Command her to do a Jutsu that will sever the contract between her and Orochimaru. If anyone knows it, then it is her. I think she was trying to communicate that to us, so we have to do our best right now and see if she can. If she was on our side, the fight would be more even."
Ryouta didn't know if it would work, but he knew that Hiruzen thought it would be best, so he was going to do what Hiruzen had said.
Ryouta then nodded, as Hiruzen got into a fighting style.
Orochimaru ran a hand through his hair, and chuckled.
"Now Sensei, it's time for you to die."
Pakura looked on, seeing that this fight was going to be deadly serious.
But what she was going to do...she truly didn't know.
As that was going on, seeing Ryouta being taken away, and then seeing Gaara also going, Satsuki felt many emotions going through her.
Rage, worry, fear, she didn't know what she was supposed to settle on.
She felt that conflicted.
She wanted to chase him down to make sure that he was safe, she cared for him.
She looked to her Mother, who gazed at her back.
"I know sweetheart, I know you want to go."
"Then I'm going-"
Before she could finish, Mikoto finished her line of thought.
"Not without assistance. Four of them are there Satsuki, you need a team with you. You can't take them all on by yourself. I appreciate that you want to help Ryou-kun, I do as well, but right now we have to think tactically, okay?"
Satsuki understood.
It did seem like a move that they'd have to make in a smart manner.
Satsuki looked around, and saw that Haku was moving, so was Shino.
She also saw Sakura, but also thought about what would happen later on and how she could be used better.
"I'll take those two, send others to come and assist us afterwards. The least we can do is slow them down, right? Sakura can wake up some of the others and they can come and follow us. She's smart, if she's with the other group she can use her mind to help think tactically. If it is just those four, we can detain them for enough time for you to come, right?"
Mikoto wasn't against the idea, she could hear her daughter speaking tactically, thinking about the strength of those around her.
Like Sakura, she wasn't as strong as Haku or Shino, but she was smart, and she could very well benefit a team that would be supporting another team, so she agreed with what her daughter said at that moment in time.
"...Okay, but remember, be very careful. We don't know what this enemy could do, Satsuki. Orochimaru is out there as well...if I could leave with you, but a bulk of the enemies forces are coming here as we speak."
"I know Mom, leave it to me, and the other two."
"Right."
Mikoto made a hard decision, but she did it, and allowed her daughter to go.
So she did just that, and went towards Haku, while ushering Shino closer.
"We're going right now, you, Haku and myself, we'll go and stall them for time if we can't win, until others come and assist. Alright?"
Haku didn't have a problem with it, and thought it was a wise decision.
"Yes Satsuki-san, I think we as a team would make a good group together."
"I concur, I shall lend my assistance to this fight."
Shino added, so Satsuki looked towards the location that Kabuto shot off in.
"I'm coming Ryou, wait for me."
Together with Haku and Shino, Satsuki took off after Ryouta, wondering if he'd be okay.
Back with Ryouta and the others, no one made a move, as Yukine's arms began summoning snakes, but hidden from the naked eye as they buried themselves into the cracks within the building they stood on.
The first to make a move was Tobirama.
He cupped his hands together, and began summoning water around him.
More and more torrents of water, that began cracking the rooftop they were on fully.
"Water Release, Water Dragon Jutsu!"
Summoning water from out of nowhere, thanks to his chakra, the water formed a massive water Dragon in the air, and shot for the pair of them, so Hiruzen weaved through some hand signs himself, and then spat out some mud onto the ground.
"Earth Release, Earth Wall!"
Creating a massive earth wall from that mud alone, the giant water Dragon smashed against it, as Yukine weaved through two different hand signs. She used one hand for one, and the other hand for the other, something Ryouta was shocked by.
"Wind Release, Great Breakthrough! Lightning Release, Wave of Inspiration!"
Ryouta and Pakura both were stunned when she did that.
"She used two Jutsu's at once...there wasn't even a lag either...to use two different elemental natures, without having to pause between them or have a Shadow Clone provide the other elemental release, and it isn't even a Kekkei Genkai either, is that really something she has achieved? What kind of Master is she with Jutsu's?"
Pakura couldn't hide her astonishment as the wind and lightning combined together with the destructive force of the water. Ryouta and Hiruzen gasped, and leapt up the giant earth wall, as the water Dragon shattered it into pieces.
The water enhanced by wind and lightning kept going for them, so Hiruzen weaved through some hand signs.
"Ryouta-kun!"
"Yeah!"
Hiruzen finished his hand signs first, as Ryouta continued his own.
"Fire Release, Dragon Flame Bomb!"
Shaping the flames into three separate attacks, it came from the left, right and in the centre to combat the intense wave of power shooting for them.
Ryouta then finished his Jutsu.
"Fire Release, Running Fire!"
Creating a flame in the form of a circle, Ryouta launched that, and then created three exploding clones, throwing them as he and Hiruzen were still in the air, to each of the locations that Hiruzen had bombarded the technique with.
Combined with the flames that Ryouta sent out, it split across the three streams that Hiruzen produced, and together, the technique fully detonated, destroying a good portion of the technique that Tobirama and Yukine sent out together.
However, it still persisted for them, cutting through even their combined attack, Hiruzen gritted his teeth, and then weaved through some more hand signs.
"Earth Release, Earth Dragon Bullet!"
Producing mud from his body, it formed a Dragons head before him, and shot off multiple high speed moving projectiles, bombarding the technique of the two reincarnated people as Ryouta spat out some fire onto the mud, increasing its destructive capabilities.
Thanks to their combined efforts, they powered through to the point that the attack of Yukine and Tobirama lost its stability, disappearing in the air all together.
Hiruzen and Ryouta landed on the ground, with the older of the two took a deep breath.
"We're lucky they weren't fully powered up, that combination could have killed us."
They didn't have time to rest however as the First Hokage came speeding towards them.
Moving so fast Ryouta was surprised. If this was nerfed, then he didn't want to know what the full power he truly did possess.
"No!"
Hiruzen tried to intercept when Yukine closed in the distance, and weaved through two hand signs at the same time for two different Jutsu's, ejecting fire and wind out of her mouth, powering the flames with the air, caused a massive whirlwind of fire to go for Hiruzen who didn't have a choice but to dodge out of the way.
Tobirama then shot up for him, readying his fist, but Hiruzen planned for that, and threw what looked like a smoke bomb, blinding the man for a few moments, but that didn't stop his amazing sensing, and shot off a high pressured wave of water to rip through the area, Hiruzen managing to dodge, but now was left to deal with Yukine and Tobirama, while Ryouta fought Hashirama alone.
Ryouta saw Hashirama appear before him.
Coming in fast, the First swung his fist out for him, when Ryouta pivoted back and swung his blade for Hashirama.
But it did little to stop him as the blade missed his body so the boy leapt away.
Running across the ground at super high speeds, Ryouta exhaled and then breathed out flames in a bid to slow the Wood Release user down.
"My Ryouta-kun, are you trying to fight the man that is your First-sama? I thought you'd show more respect."
"He's a Zombie, you've turned him into your puppet."
Ryouta replied, as he saw the flames that he produced didn't slow Hashirama down. He tanked them with his arms, and then when getting close, he came at Ryouta with a number of accurate slashes to break his stance.
Ryouta managed to parry the attacks, even Orochimaru was surprised.
"You are well trained with a blade, I am happy to see-"
Before he could finish, Ryouta tossed a shuriken at Orochimaru, which then became many thanks to the Shadow Shuriken Jutsu, Orochimaru snickered at the sight, and simply blocked it with a Wind Release blast.
But doing that, allowed Ryouta to slip in an explosive tag, and blasted Orochimaru close by.
Unfortunately, he managed to avoid it, while Hashirama came in fast and heavy, his sword swings pressuring Ryouta more and more, then he saw Hashirama place his hand out, and trees shot out of the ground for the young man.
Ryouta scaled the trees as they tried to bind him fully, each time he managed to dodge, he laid a paper bomb on the side of the branch that tried to capture him, and thankfully because of the wealkened state of Hashirama, when he released the explosive power of the tags, they shattered the wood into small chunks that rained down, giving Ryouta time enough to propel himself for the First Hokage.
"Have this!"
Swinging out his sword, he clashed heavily with Hashirama's blade, sparks lit up the area they were in.
But Hashirama pushed his blade to the side, and delivered a swift kick to Ryouta's stomach, with enough destructive force that Ryouta spat out bile.
"Gwaaah!"
Hashirama then grabbed him by the neck, and suspended him in the air, his blade aiming towards Ryouta's upper body in order to pierce through him.
Ryouta looked at Hashirama's eyes who looked at him for a brief moment, but that was all Ryouta needed, and cast a Genjutsu on him.
Chains erupted from the floor, binding his neck, legs and arms. Below him, it began dragging Hashirama down into an endless abyss of water.
The deeper they went, the smaller Ryouta and the others became.
Bubbles came from his mouth, as if he was drowning by such an illusion.
Hashirama was taken in by the Genjutsu, the power behind it being enough to pause his movements for a short time.
As he snapped back to reality, Hashirama saw that Ryouta had gotten free from his hand, and was coming at him with his sword, so he intercepted with his blade, only for Ryouta to exclaim "Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!" which with the casting of the Jutsu, snakes erupted out of his sleeves, and wrapped around Hashirama's arms.
"So he even knows that Jutsu huh? That's very impressive indeed, Anko, you've been teaching him haven't you..."
Orochimaru was surprised as he saw the snakes fully bind Hashirama, which allowed Ryouta to slice across his hands, not having to worry about killing him as he knew he'd regenerate, which allowed the sword to be dropped out of Hashirama's hands.
Ryouta caught it with his foot, and in one sweeping motion, shot the blade for Orochimaru.
The snake like human caught the blade between his fingers, and chuckled.
"I can't wait for you to become my vessel, seeing the skills that you have, I'm sure you'll have plenty of time to contemplate that as I take over your entire being."
"Even if you attempt it, I will fight you all of the way, I'll never let you get what you want you horrible monster. And now that you've used my Mother, I will make sure that you end up dead."
Orochimaru was taken back.
Seeing the strong sense of justice from him.
"You must hate me."
"On the same level as Sugaru. All you do is cause pain and misery to those all around you. And your old Sensei, making him suffer by fighting those that he looked up too after all of the kindness that he's shown to you, how can you be so heartless?"
"For my goals, he needs to die."
Ryouta shook his head again and again.
He was an unapologetic monster that he knew he'd have to deal with sooner or later, preferably sooner so he didn't have the chance to harm anyone else.
Orochimaru then waved his hand.
"You may continue, we'll have time to talk after Sarutobi-sensei is deceased."
Ryouta watched as Hashirama getting ready to fight.
"Just dodging isn't going to be enough. Good thing he isn't as strong right now that I have read in the history books, being able to down a Tailed Beast with his Wood Release, it doesn't seem to be on that level. Still, Wood Release is really dangerous."
Ryouta, thanks to his Sharingan and speed was able to somewhat avoid the attacks Hashirama sent his way. He also noticed that the punches themselves seem to have no real plan behind them, probably because Orochimaru had robbed them of all free will, therefore dulling his movements somewhat.
But then he comes in from the right, and manages to punch Ryouta in the face, the force of the punch caused Ryouta to spit out some blood as he went flying across the battlefield.
However, Ryouta returned to his feet in a single bounce, and then weaved through hand signs.
"Fire Release, Great Fireball Jutsu!"
Shooting off the mass of fire, Hashirama weaved through some hand signs himself, before putting his hands out, creating a wooden shield for himself, which tanked the fire blast, then wood shot for him at high speeds.
Taking his blade, Ryouta carved through said wood, but then Hashirama charged chakra into his fist and fired himself off towards Ryouta. Increasing the chakra within his feet, Ryouta burst to the side, as Hashirama's fist obliterated part of the rooftop they were on.
Ryouta saw his chance and saw some of the rooftop coming up, so he dashed and slammed his foot into them, firing them off like projectiles, only for Hashirama to simply summon wood out of the palm of his hand, catching the projectiles, and slammed them down into the ground.
The wood continued on and went for Ryouta himself, wrapping fully around his form and binding him.
"Ugh!"
"Good First-sama, now bring him to me!"
Orochimaru gleefully yelled, while Pakura tightened her hand.
It was hard for her not to do anything.
But a face came to her mind as she did think about doing something, a face of someone that needed saving as well.
Growling, the wood fully wrapped around him, binding him in place. He even felt his chakra beginning to dwindle from the woods power.
"Wood Release...it can even do things like absorb chakra..."
Try as he might, Ryouta knew there was only one way out of this now...
"Ryouta-kun!"
Hiruzen tried to move, but Yukine got before him.
Tightening his hand, he thrusted it out for her, but she did a one hand sign, and created a barrier before her, blocking the attack, and it felt like he had just punched steel, so his fist was damaged from the attack, all the while she tightened her own fist, smashing it into Hiruzen's face, firing him across the rooftop and slammed him hard into the barrier around them.
Ryouta gasped at the sight, as Hashirama began scaling the wood that he had created.
As he did, Tobirama released a Jutsu that condensed water into a thin beam that would slice through most things. Hiruzen forced himself to his feet, and began dodging out of the way from the attack, which sliced across the rooftop, and continued for his body.
In the middle of dodging, Yukine appeared behind Hiruzen, and held a single hand out. He saw that it was a Fuinjutsu on her hand, meant to seal him, and the other hand she had created a barrier, intending to fully seal him away.
"No!"
Hiruzen produced an explosive tag, and released it into the air, causing it to explode in his close proximity.
Even then, while the blast forced him back, it didn't stop Yukine who kept going for him.
Hiruzen rolled onto his feet, and prepared his Jutsu.
"Fire Release, Dragon Flame Bomb!"
He shot out his flames for Yukine.
But Tobirama got in the way, and clasped his hands together.
"Water Release, Water Wall!"
From thin air, a wild wave of water appeared, and formed a spiraling vortex of water, completely encasing the pair of them, protecting them from Hiruzen's attack, which produced a large amount of steam.
"Hokage-sama! She's coming for you! It's like she knows your exact location!"
Ryouta said as he witnessed it with his Sharingan eyes.
Hiruzen watched as she cut through the steam, and then placed her hand on the ground. From her hand, Hiruzen saw that the ground itself began to be manipulated, using an Earth Release that caused several large spikes of earth to shoot through the building they were stood on.
Hiruzen widened his eyes trying to dodge, but he ended up having his leg sliced all the while Tobirama sent his thin sharp blast of water for Hiruzen to fully bisect the old Hokage.
"Hokage-sama...!"
Ryouta panicked, seeing that Hiruzen was going to deal with the water, when Yukine shot off a mass of water from her mouth that looked to be taking the form of separating bullets, bombarding the old man so Hiruzen performed his own Jutsu that created a wall of flames before his body to stop her assault, but even then the water bullets were going through the flames, putting out the fire enough for another bullet to go through and barrage the old man.
Ryouta then saw that Hashirama got in close, and swung his fist for the young man.
"I have to use it...I have to be tactical in using this..."
He knew he didn't have another choice, so he summoned his Susanoo, from his now activated Mangekyou Sharingan.
Summoning a single rib, the First smashed his fist against it, Ryouta noticing that he had managed to crack it with a single punch.
But that didn't stop Ryouta from summoning Susanoo's hand, moving it fast enough to catch the Kage, and wrapped his fingers around the man's entire body.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Reeling the fist back, as he squeezed tightly to cause the Zombie to regenerate so it couldn't hinder him for a few moments, Ryouta then launched Hashirama down towards Tobirama that managed to get his water very close to Hiruzen's upper body to cut in half.
Smashing the two Kage's together, Orochimaru's eyes shot for Ryouta, and saw Susanoo's other arm emerging from around him.
"He's using that damn ocular power of his. With that, he could keep up with these people for a short time. But I know that will drain his chakra fast, so what he plans to do, is something that I'd very much like to see."
The bright light of his Susanoo shone, and he grabbed the wood, before ripping it apart, freeing Ryouta from his binding.
He then leapt between Hiruzen and Yukine's high pressured water bullets that were destroying the defensive flames that Hiruzen had deployed around him to protect himself, the rib cage formed around the pair of them, protecting them from Yukine's assault, enough to allow them to land on the ground.
Hiruzen looked at Ryouta's eyes, seeing blood coming from them.
"Such a burden I'm asking of someone so young. If I was younger, then I'd be able to fight even more. But as it is, I can feel my chakra levels weren't what they once were, and I am beginning to grow a little tired. But I can't quit now, this young man is fighting with everything that he's got, so I have to do the same thing."
Hiruzen thought with a sombre expression on his face.
Ryouta turned towards him.
"Hokage-sama, it seems that we are at a disadvantage right now."
"Yes, it seems that even when aren't as powerful as they were back then to the point, we have to still think of ways to get around their abilities."
"That's why, I've got a plan Hokage-sama."
Hiruzen was intrigued, and raised an eyebrow.
"What's that?"
Ryouta quickly whispered to him.
Hiruzen showed a soft smile.
"I see, it's so crazy that it might actually work. Are you up to such a task?"
"I will be Hokage-sama."
Ryouta hoped it would work, as they'd only have a single shot at it.
The Hokage's of past, and his Mother, they truly were dangerous opponents that they'd have to turn the tide of battle against somehow.
As that was going on, Kabuto with the fake Ryouta in his arms, was rushing away with Gaara in hot pursuit.
Sand whirled around her, before she extended her hand, shooting off her sand in a strong burst.
"Give him back!"
Her voice was a mixture of demonic and her normal voice.
A natural split between them.
The sand came in fast, leaving little time for Kabuto to actually dodge out of the way.
He saw the tree that he was standing on only a few moments ago, utterly destroyed, leaving nothing behind, showing how truly angry Gaara was, how she was going to murder Kabuto if he slowed down for even a moment.
As that happened, Karin rushed through the battlefields, doing her best to avoid fighting as she knew she had a task to do, and that was get to the others, to explain what's going on.
Feeling all of the clashes of chakra, it weighed on her heavily that she felt people dying.
On her way, she sensed Satsuki, Haku and Shino shooting off together.
"Where are they going...wait, Gaara's over there...that chakra also feels like Ryou-kun, but there's some flaws to it...are they going towards that? And I can sense that damn Kabuto over there, what is their trick exactly?"
Karin pondered it as she kept running towards the stadium for assistance.
Coming up to the stadium, she sensed Anko inside, so she rushed as fast as she could do.
Getting inside was an easy task, but she was then jumped by an Oto Ninja that came at her with a reversed kunai grip.
Pulling back, she brought her leg out, and kicked him in his, dropping his lower body to the ground enough for Karin to slam her knee into his face, sending him flying up into the air.
"The school of Anko-sensei's Taijutsu at its finest."
Karin continued on.
She then saw Anko, and rushed over.
"Sensei!"
Anko paused, and turned to Karin.
Relief came over her, and she jumped down to meet her.
"Karin, you're alright. I was getting worried."
Karin smiled softly.
"Ryou-kun saved me."
"Then that's how he got captured by Kabuto?"
Karin shook her head.
"No, he wasn't captured by Kabuto. Did you see the fake one then?"
Anko looked suspicious.
"Fake...so the one we saw was a fake..." Karin looked confused so Anko gave a brief explanation. "As we fought, Kabuto came with a heavily injured, what looked like Ryouta. But it seems that it isn't. It seemed enough to fool the Sharingan as Satsuki was convinced that it was. Orochimaru is sly, he must have been able to make a near replica or something."
"Whatever the mechanics are, Sensei, it was Pakura-san. She caught me, and then she did the same to Ryou-kun, but right now, I can sense that he's with Hokage-sama. And the weird thing is, there's four other signatures with them and Pakura-san. Ones Orochimaru, the others...one feels a bit like Tsunade-san, the other does too but to a lesser extent, and the final one feels a good deal like Ryou-kun. It's weird...but they also don't feel as if they're there, if that makes sense?"
Anko nodded slowly.
"I think it might, and if that's the case...then Kabuto could be leading them all into a trap...damn it, we have to hurry Karin!"
"Also Sensei, one more thing."
"Geez, more things. What is it?"
Karin chuckled awkwardly.
"Ameyuri is here, in the village."
When Anko heard that, she almost fell over.
Ameyuri...in the village right now.
What was she doing?
Working with Orochimaru?
Or was it for another reason?
"Damn, this gets more complicated. But that doesn't matter right now, we have to get to the others."
"Yes!"
Together with Karin, Anko went to go and inform Mikoto of the situation.
Back with Ryouta and Hiruzen, staring down the three Kage fighters, Ryouta opened one of his eyes fully, and took aim, whispering "Nakisawame." which released a deadly acid that shot forward at lightning speeds.
Hashirama clapped his hands together, creating a barrier of wood before him. But even the acid ate through the wood as if it wasn't even there, shocking Orochimaru as the acid kept going for the four of them.
"Water Release, Water Wall!"
Tobirama yelled, and allowed a barrier of water to come around him.
But even then, the water was no match for the acid that kept going forward, wrapping all the way around the water wall and caused it to rain down acid onto the three of them to the point that it was easily melting through their bodies.
"This is it!"
Hiruzen shot forward, and then leapt into the air, were he weaved through some hand signs, taking aim down below, before shooting out a wave of wind which went for Orochimaru, while Pakura stood off to the side, seeing how deadly the acid truly was.
"Get lost!"
The wall of wind was blocked by Orochimaru's own, but that only did enough to distract the snake like human for a brief time, which allowed the river of acid to get in close, to the point that Orochimaru was having flashbacks to the way it was used back in the forest.
But this time he saw that the acid was eating through the barrier that was around them as well.
A double fold attack that allowed them to escape and to attack him at the same time.
"No!"
Orochimaru watched the acid destroying his barrier, so he quickly yelled "Drop the barrier and form it again!" so the Sound Four did just that, but that only gave Ryouta enough time for him and Hiruzen to blitz their way forward with the acid protecting them from being attacked directly.
"Good plan my boy, this way they have to deal with the constant attack while we can get towards your Mother."
"It's simple, but not even Orochimaru has the power to fight this acid off so easily in such a confined space."
Ryouta expressed as Hashirama released his wood to try and combat the acid. But as his current level, the acid ate through the wood, and melted it down, even the wood barriers that he had formed around Orochimaru on his orders.
Ryouta saw that Yukine was able to shoot into the air as the acid neared her, and summoned a barrier within said air, which she stood up on, avoiding the acid completely.
"She's hovering on a barrier that isn't connected to anything, like a platform in the air..."
"She's using Wind Release with the barrier, so she has a platform to stand on and ride around on. I remember she used to do it to gain advantages in a battle for those that didn't have long range attacks, or one's that simply couldn't fight in the air so easily."
Ryouta was amazed.
Seeing how his Mother was able to do such things.
Hiruzen then exhaled, and summoned a Shadow Clone.
"Ryouta-kun, we're only going to have one shot, are you ready?"
"Yes Hokage-sama, I'll summon more acid."
"And I'll deal with them, I'll keep them off you, just get to your Mother, and use your eyes."
Ryouta nodded, he knew this task was what could mean the difference between life and death.
Ryouta opened his eye, and summoned acid to wash towards Orochimaru and the others, causing his eye to bleed while Hiruzen and his clone powered their Jutsu's, as did Yukine at the same time.
Ryouta saw that Hashirama was able to get Orochimaru to a safe place, so he shot more acid for them, forcing Hashirama to block with his weakened Wood Release, while Tobirama wasn't able to fully avoid the acid, and ended up being melted a good portion of his body due to the sheer amount, and the very isolated area, which worked in Ryouta's favour.
"Make this shot count Ryouta-kun."
"Yes Hokage-sama."
Hiruzen shot off a mixture of fire, and wind elements, while Yukine shot off water and lightning elements off together, and they clashed in the middle, a shockwave ringing out, which shook the barrier they were in.
"Now Ryouta-kun!"
"Right!"
Ryouta leapt up into the air while Yukine was kept busy by Hiruzen.
However, as that happened, Yukine suddenly clicked her fingers, and vanished in the air so Hiruzen's attack went fully through the air, as a very tiny snake appeared from a crack in the ground, and coming out of its mouth was Yukine herself, who waved a hand through her hair, Ryouta seeing on the snakes tongue a seal he was familiar with.
"...So she used a Reverse Summoning on herself...as expected of Yukine-san."
Hiruzen murmurs as Ryouta widens his eyes.
"She can remotely activate a Reverse Summoning like that...?"
"Yes, she must have released many snakes around so she could reverse summon herself to any given desired location. It's less chakra consuming than the likes of the Flying Thunder God, and she can have the snakes move around to where she wants them to go. But because these snakes have a good camouflaging ability thanks to Yukine-sans Jutsu's, they're very hard to detect in a heated battle, she can remotely have them activate the Jutsu, allowing her to use it effectively in battle to avoid attacks or to catch opponents off guard."
Ryouta grit his teeth, as he landed on the ground.
Seeing his Mother, he had to do this.
He knew Hiruzen's stamina wasn't the best, and though it was painful to fight his Mother...
He knew he had to do this for the good of Konoha.
Even if it truly was painful to his heart.
"Hokage-sama...I'll fight her, please make sure the others don't get involved."
Hiruzen bowed his head.
It must have been a hard decision to fight his own Mother.
"Ryouta-kun...I'll make them stop for as long as I can. Use the time wisely my boy."
"Thank you...I'll do it Hokage-sama, I wont let you down." As he spoke, his Mother pulled forward as she tilted her head. "Mom...I'm sorry..."
Ryouta inhaled, and exhaled as the young woman got into a fighting stance.
Yukine with the blank look on her face, charges Ryouta, so with his sword in hand, he does the same thing.
Getting before her, he swings out several times, but as he did, she simply avoids it with the subtlest of movements, then she raises her fist, swinging it out for Ryouta, but he uses his Body Flicker to disappear in a burst of speed.
"Fire Release, Dragon Fire Jutsu!"
Appearing behind her, he flies through hand signs as he pulls out wires, and launches them.
As he swings out wires that wrap around Yukine, he sends a burst of flames around himself, attaching to the wires, and all were sent towards his Mother to hopefully stun her long enough for him to fully control her, but that wasn't the case.
As the flames neared her, suddenly the wires unraveled around her, with Ryouta's eyes noticing that a thin blade of wind was escaping her mouth and bending all the way around her...cutting very finely to the point the wires wouldn't be such a bothersome thing to her anymore, freeing her to turn and weaved through two different Jutsu's on her separate hands.
"Water Release, Wild Water Waves. Lightning Release, Waves of Inspiration."
Combining the two different elements at the same time as they both erupted out of her mouth, already combined together, the attack shot right for Ryouta. The destructive force of the attack caused the area they stood on to begin shaking, which had already seen better days as half of it was already destroyed since the battle had begun, but this was something that Ryouta knew could seriously injure if not right kill someone if they took it head on.
The young man grit his teeth, and then created a Shadow Clone.
"Fire Release, Great Fireball Jutsu!"
As he shot off his flames, he caused his clone to go forward, an exploding clone.
Knowing that he could potentially divert the attack with that kind of tactic.
But his Mother weaved through a hand sign, and placed her hand out, which allowed a barrier to form around her own attack. The flames and the exploding clone hit the barrier she made, and shattered it with the combined force, but it didn't stop her attack that gained ground instantly, so Ryouta didn't have time to dodge out of the way.
"Aaaaaah!"
Ryouta took the attack head on, but managed to summon Susanoo to mitigate the damage as much as possible, but received some burns to his arm as well as to his upper body, along with the jolt of electricity, causing Ryouta to grit his teeth at the feeling entering his body.
Pakura winced when she saw Ryouta being in pain.
It was too much.
Her heart was aching.
This isn't what she wanted...she wished that she could do something, anything, but she knew if she did, then Orochimaru...
She then saw Ryouta place his hands to his body and began healing his wounds with Medical Ninjutsu, which for the heat of battle, was rather remarkable in her eyes.
"Wind Release, Great Breakthrough."
Yukine shot off a strong burst of wind for Ryouta, who this time wouldn't allow her to do it, so he launched several smoke bombs before himself, creating a large cloud that was blown away with Yukine's Jutsu, but Ryouta had vanished.
But as if knowing his location, she turned around and reached out, her hand grasping his throat, suspending him in the air, her hand beginning to crush his windpipe.
"M-Mom..."
He tried to speak.
But he couldn't.
She was rather strong.
He brought up his sword to try and slice her arms off of him.
But barriers appeared, blocking every sword swing that he gave, she only needed one hand to cast Jutsu's.
Orochimaru looked on and released a breath.
"She really is such a talent, a very wonderful student of mine. Fighting off Ryouta-kun with him using his fastest speed, and his Susanoo, this is a girl that truly I am glad that I did decide to bring back after all."
Hiruzen was disgusted with Orochimaru.
Ryouta continued to get strangled, while Yukine kept her hand on his throat.
He could feel his consciousness fading all the more.
Like he was going to disappear all together...
But then he suddenly erupted in an explosion.
Orochimaru's eyes widened as Yukine managed to escape the blast before it touched her, only to see that Ryouta was behind her, his sword swinging for her head, but she bent forward, avoiding the sword that went above her body, and slammed her foot into Ryouta's chin, the force of it sent him flying up into the air, and smashing into the side of the barrier.
"Gwaaah!"
Ryouta spat out bile.
But she wasn't done as she jumped up, summoning fire and lightning once more, and shot it up towards Ryouta.
He didn't have a choice, so he called "Susanoo!" with Susanoo's hand wrapping around himself, blocking out the attacks together, but even then felt that she began barraging the hand with more and more attacks to try and break through his Susanoo.
Hiruzen wished he could help, but all he could do now was keep Hashirama and Tobirama from interfering with using Wind Release and other techniques to keep them bathed in acid by blasting them into it since he himself didn't have a way to manipulate said acid, the same for Orochimaru, which was a difficult task in of itself.
As she bombarded Ryouta's Susanoo, the young man opened his eye, and created acid that shot right for her in hopes that would stop her for a few moments.
But as she had done before, she warped out of the way before she could be affected.
It didn't help Ryouta as she vanished to appear a good distance away with a tiny snake appearing briefly.
Ryouta leapt down, and got onto the ground, his sword pointing towards her.
"Ryouta-kun, it is futile, your Mother is simply too powerful for you. If you give up, I'll call her off."
"Don't do me any favours Orochimaru."
Ryouta spat out, with Orochimaru chortling.
"Then it is your funeral."
"No, yours."
Ryouta activated the Body Flicker, and vanished.
Managing to get above her, he summons flames to his katana and stabs downwards, but with a hand signs, she summons a pillar of water, more and more water surged as he swept the boy up into the air, the thrashing of the water began sweeping all around the young boy.
He tries to escape...
But sees that there's a binding seal on his moments.
He saw it spreading across his flesh quickly.
"Mom sealed me as she summoned the water...no, the seal was in the water already as it formed, she must have used her other hand to do the sealing technique, and my eyes were focused on the waters. She's so good at combining techniques together, it seems to be specialty, her ability to adapt techniques for personal use. Amazing Mom...simply outstanding..."
While being worried about what this would do to him, he had to admit that her skill was fantastic, she didn't waste any movements at all, and if she was at full power...it truly would have been scary.
Then Yukine directs her hand downwards, causing the pillar to move down as well, smashing Ryouta into the ground.
Hiruzen looked worried...
But saw Ryouta had locked with some Susanoo ribs around his back which cushioned the fall considerably.
Pulling himself up as the seal vanished, he panted as blood ran down his cheeks from his eyes.
"Not yet Mom...I wont give up...!"
Appearing to the right of her, he comes to try and slice her down, but she simply grabs the blade with her hand, with a small barrier around her fingers and palm so the flames don't bother her, bringing him close, and kneed him in the stomach, Ryouta coughed up bile as he hunched over to the ground, his eyes going around the battlefield.
Ryouta pulled himself back, and landed on the ground.
Placing his hands together, he concentrated.
"Nakisawame!"
Unleashing the power of the acid from his Mangekyou, it came like a waterfall for Yukine.
Yukine wasn't able to negate the acid, so she opted to warp via her snakes.
Ryouta knew this would happen so he summoned his Susanoo hand, and as she appeared next to him, he wrapped the skeleton looking hand around his own Mother, shocking Orochimaru.
"Why did she teleport there?!"
"Because that's the only one she could teleport to. How you use these zombies, they don't have much, if any, awareness and act more on your command than their own thoughts, I noticed it during the fight. They're strong and deadly sure, but their minds weren't there fully, they were being ordered by you remotely, right?"
Orochimaru grit his teeth.
"Tch...you little...do not trifle with me!"
Ignoring the rage Orochimaru had, Ryouta stared strongly as he brought his Mother closer.
Orochimaru was beyond shocked, as he saw what had happened, he saw the snakes eyes having been controlled by the Sharingan, so it was clear Ryouta made the snake go to his desired locations, and knew he must have taken care of the other snakes so Yukine had to use that one to transport to, he presumed when everyone was looking at the clone being captured, that's when Ryouta made his move to disable the snakes, and he was exactly right.
Orochimaru began to shake uncontrollably, his anger building too much within him.
Seeing him being outdone by Ryouta...
It truly did enrage him.
"You really have surprised my Ryouta-kun...to even capture your Mother..."
"She might be able to use amazing Jutsu's and is amazingly strong, but you've taken my Mother's mind away, and if what my brother told me about her is true then it is her knowledge that makes her very dangerous, her tactical mind. You took that away from my Mother. Now, I'm going to return Mom back to who she is, she's not your puppet anymore."
As Ryouta finished off, Orochimaru felt ill, while Hiruzen's lips curled upwards.
Seeing Ryouta being able to outsmart Orochimaru with his own knowledge and skills was something Hiruzen really thought was fantastic. He thought thanks to Ryouta's quick thinking and ability to adapt, they had managed to gain an advantage.
Pakura also thought it was outstanding.
"He did this...he managed to trick even Orochimaru...he is talented...and smart, his mind was able to help come up with viable ways to deal with stronger enemies, and controlling the snake, that was a great plan to do to make it bend to your will. This boy...he really is someone to watch out for..."
As she thought, Hiruzen couldn't hide his happiness as he spoke to Ryouta in praise.
"That's my boy. Now do it Ryouta-kun!"
"Yes sir!"
Ryouta, thanks to his Susanoo, forced her face to come close to his, in order to make eye contact with him.
But he saw that she was using her strength to begin pushing against Susanoo's hand, something he found incredible.
"Sorry Mom...but I have to do this...!"
Ryouta pushed on, and while she looked at his eyes, Ryouta allowed his Genjutsu to take full control over her actions. Doing his best to send the information to her, for her to recall the knowledge and then do what Hiruzen had asked.
He hoped it would work.
He prayed it would work.
So when she began moving her hands in accordance to what Ryouta wanted, Orochimaru became shocked.
"No, a Genjutsu from you Ryouta-kun is working!?"
"Yes, this boy is exceptional in Genjutsu."
Hiruzen's reply frightened Orochimaru, as if Yukine got free...then it could all be over.
So he shot his snakes from his sleeve for Ryouta, Hiruzen tried to intercept, but was forced to stop as the Second Hokage shot off water in a thin beam so Hiruzen combatted that, while the First Hokage was using his wood to try and pause the acid as much as possible.
Ryouta winced as it came close...
But suddenly saw that they turned into shriveled up husks before being destroyed.
Orochimaru was perplexed, he didn't see Pakura lowering her hand with some Scorch Release within her palm, showing that she had protected Ryouta.
As Yukine finished the Jutsu, she snapped back to reality.
"What the..." Her eyes looked towards the other two brought back Hokage, the acid around them. "So, Genjutsu took control over me..." As she said it, she bent down to the snake, seeing it being controlled by Ryouta's eyes. "Controlling my snake with Genjutsu, what a good move indeed."
As she said it, she twitched her arms out, and called some snakes to the battlefield that spread out below her and into the areas foundations itself.
Her eyes looked towards Orochimaru, who was sweating bullets at this point.
"Have you been dabbling in things that you shouldn't again Orochimaru? Or should I say Sensei?"
Ryouta looked mildly surprised, but it also made sense why she had an affinity for snakes as well.
"So that's why she used snakes...she was once his student."
Hiruzen confirmed it with a nod of his head.
"Yes, that's right. Long ago, she was once his student, a very powerful young woman, and thanks to your Genjutsu and quick thinking, she's now on our side."
Ryouta was impressed, he saw that Orochimaru looked intimidated by the presence of his Mother.
Orochimaru grit his teeth, while Yukine looks at him darkly.
"...So you even progressed it far enough that you can release my control?"
"Yes, thanks to my son, he helped me release myself of your control."
Yukine smiles, as she is allowed out of Ryouta's Susanoo's grasp.
She then walks over to the fearful Orochimaru, who wondered how much knowledge she had on the Impure World Reincarnation.
Orochimaru shook as she moved, seeing the tiles below her feet cracking with the release of her dense chakra.
She then cracked her knuckles, causing Orochimaru to feel worried.
"Calm down..."
"Ooh don't worry Sensei, I'm about to release my anger, so in a sense, I will calm down."
Orochimaru quaked.
Her eyes displayed dread.
"Shit!"
He tried to escape, but Yukine used a powerful Wind Release to blast Orochimaru who dodged, and had the other two Kage come and fight, but Yukine erected a barrier before they could do, pausing their movements long enough for her to do what she wished to do.
Getting before Orochimaru with Reverse Summoning herself to his location via a snake she released, she grinned.
"I've been wanting to do this for a while."
"Shit-"
His plea was cut off as she simply balls her hand into a fist, smashing it into Orochimaru's face, his face bent around her fist, blood erupted from his face, his nose bending to the point it broke, as he went flying back into the barrier, he let out an unholy scream at the impact as she showed a small cute smile on her face.
"Orochimaru, first, using me in your little mind games against my own child, and Grandpa Hiruzen, seriously...I'm gonna have to pound you into the ground until your bones become dust!" Ryouta and Pakura were taken aback by that, Orochimaru looked afraid. "Besides, it feels to me that you haven't come close to mastering this Jutsu. I feel so weak right now compared to when I was alive. The same for the other two."
"..."
Orochimaru looked on with worry, feeling the blood running down his face.
Yukine then saw that Hashirama and Tobirama went to move, so she flew through two hand signs, one that summoned some kind of seal, and the other that caused the ground to erupt into four pillars and bind the two for a few moments.
While doing that, she used a Wind Release like Hiruzen did, using her sons remaining acid to combat the attacks of wood and water that the First and Second had sent out by using the winds to blast them right towards the acid, Ryouta thought how she adapted so quickly was something he was amazed by.
But in those few moments, she cast the other Jutsu which spread a seal across them, inhibiting their movements completely.
"It will only last a few seconds, but I've disrupted his control over them so they're mindless puppets, now it's time to seal them for a little bit. Thanks for the acid my boy, that helped me out a good bit, otherwise it might have been annoying dealing with Wood and Water Release."
As Yukine thought it, Ryouta was immensely impressed with his Mother's abilities.
Yukine slammed her hands onto the ground after flying through two different Jutsu's, one on each hand, and a barrier appeared around the two Hokage's, and a seal ran across it as well.
"That will hold you at your current levels for a few moments. Good thing Hashirama-sama's Wood Release isn't full power...geez, that would have been a nightmare to deal with."
Yukine dusted her hands, and began walking towards Hiruzen and Ryouta.
She glanced at Pakura, who pulled back ever so slightly.
Yukine then tilted her head.
"What are you doing here?"
"...What do you mean?"
"I think you know what I mean, there's a reason you're on this battlefield yet haven't made a move, such confliction is in your heart. More than what I'm able to feel...hmmm, such pain in your heart reflected in your eyes, this must be so painful for you right now. Whatever it is that is forcing you to this battlefield, it really hurts you, doesn't it?"
Pakura couldn't say, as Yukine hit the nail on the head, that's exactly how she was feeling right now.
Yukine then turned her eyes from Pakura and Orochimaru, towards her son.
She looked over him, before approaching him.
"My son...I finally get to hold you...after so long..."
"Mom..."
Ryouta watched as Yukine wrapped her arms around him, so he did the same thing.
Tears flowed from both of their eyes.
The affection Ryouta never got to know from his Mother, the Mother that never got to raise her child, all cultivating in this, a hug between two people that never got the chance to do it in their lives so they used this chance to finally be able to do something they both had wanted to do for so long.
End chapter!
So this chapter focused on the fight between Hiruzen and Ryouta vs Hashirama, Tobirama and Yukine with some Orochimaru in the middle since Pakura was busy dealing with her own internal conflicts, and despite the three Edo's being significantly weaker than when alive, they each still showed some cool stuff, with Ryouta's Mom showing why she's pretty strong with how she uses her Jutsu's by instantly combining them together, and her mastery of many to the point she had knowledge on how to break Orochimaru's contract seal on her, and by working together, Ryouta and Hiruzen, with last second assist from Pakura secretly, managed to free her, so now Yukine's on their side.
Meanwhile Satsuki, Haku and Shino have taken off to go and confront Kabuto, while Karin arrived back at the stadium and informed them of what was going on.
Well, until next time, thanks for reading!
Ryouta; Satsuki, Sakura, Naruko, Hinata, Gaara (fem), Ino, Haku (fem), Kurotsuchi, Karin, Konan, Mei, Anko, Samui, Hanabi, Mabui, Temari,