Naruto vs Sasuke: The Aftermath Chapter 48: The Battle of Konoha: Finale, a naruto fanfic

Chapter 48 Summary: The siege of Konoha by Orochimaru continues and in a valiant effort to protect his friends, loved ones, and the village hospital Lee has bravely fallen to Sasuke Uchiha now in his cursed-seal two form. Meanwhile remnants of the Konoha 11 race desperately to the hospital in an effort to save Sakura, Hinata and now Lee from the psychotic Uchiha. Meanwhile other battles rage on throughout the Leaf village, as many brave shinobi fights for their lives and their home.

Naruto vs. Sasuke: The Aftermath

Chapter 48: "The Battle of Konoha: Finale"

"Senei Jashu!" (Hidden Shadow Snake Hands)

"Damn it!"

Asuma exclaimed before leaping backwards, as he brought his knuckle-duster trench knives in a crisscross slashing pattern in front of him decapitating the two large snakes that had emerged from Orochimaru's sleeves to attack the bearded Jounin. Back-flipping and landing deftly on his feet, Asuma looked up and glared at the Snake Sannin who returned an equally angry look at the son of his former Sensei. As both men paused panting heavily for breath, similar thoughts were going through both warriors minds.

'How irritating, my battle with Tsunade took more out of me than I had originally thought. And Sensei's little monkey is proving more formidable than I thought he would be as well. The old monkey has taught him well to have survived as long as he has against me.'

Meanwhile Asuma was also debating with himself about the battle.

'Damn that slithering bastard is tough to kill; I guess he wasn't named a Sannin for nothing. I've just about exhausted all the Doton techniques Dad ever taught me and I still can't seem to hurt him. One thing's for sure though, he's no swordsman. When he's allowed me to get close enough my knives have done some damage to the scaly asshole.'

As if to confirm Asuma's estimate, Orochimaru winced in pain, as his hand went up by reflex to cover a deep slash on the right side of his torso courtesy of his bearded opponent. Cursing inwardly at himself, the Snake Sannin thought with frustration.

'I don't have any more time to waste battling this pathetic fool as I have a village to conquer. Plus between battling the slug slut and now Sensei's bothersome offspring, my chakra levels have been lessened considerably. I need to end this…..NOW!'

A comparable thought was also present in Asuma's mind.

'I can't maintain this battle much longer, my chakra is almost gone. I think I've got to use that combination jutsu attack I've been working on. It may be my last chance to defeat Orochi-teme before my chakra runs completely out. I need to end this…..NOW!'

It was then Asuma heard his Sannin foe say with mocking malevolence.

"It's time to end this little monkey! My next jutsu will remove one more member of the vermin clan called Sarutobi from the land forever!"

Orochimaru then took his Kusanagi blade and began to swallow the weapon, as he needed both hands free for his next jutsu. Seizing upon the momentary opening this action created Asuma sped forward while making a series of hand-seals and shouted.

"Haisekishou!" (Burning Ash Accumulation)

A moment later a large cloud of ash was expelled from Asuma's mouth, which quickly enveloped the Snake Sannin blinding him and causing him to choke. However, before Orochimaru could do anything to combat this attack he heard his foe then cry out.

"Dorou Doumu no Jutsu!" (Earth Dome Prison Technique)

Asuma then slammed his hands downward striking the ground and causing the earth around Orochimaru to rise up around him. However, before the earthen dome closed entrapping the Snake Sannin within. Asuma clicked his teeth sending a spark into it igniting the ash within the dome and super-heating the inside to incredible levels for a few seconds before the pressure of the explosion the dome had been containing finally blew apart the makeshift earthen furnace.

As Asuma slowly approached the smoldering wreckage of the earth prison, he silently hoped that he had succeeded where his father had failed and ended the menace that was Orochimaru once and for all. The bearded Jounin stopped when a gust of wind blew away the smoke and he saw the blackened charred remains of a body still smoldering. So deep were the burns they had completely destroyed the skin, subcutaneous fat, and underlying tendons of the body. The damage was so extensive that one could not even identify what gender the person had been. Exhaling a sigh of relief, as he stared at the grim sickening visage of the charred face still locked in a death scream Asuma silently thought to himself.

'I can't believe it; I actually killed Orochimaru, the killer of my father. I hope you were watching Dad; you can rest easy now that one of your biggest regrets in life has finally met his end. I have to be sure to thank Shikamaru for that incredible memory of his in detailing in his report of the Uchiha retrieval mission the exact hand-seals that Jiroubou guy used when they encountered him. It took me months to figure out how to do that jutsu, but I finally did. Even if I couldn't duplicate the chakra draining properties that guy was able to utilize with the dome, it's still an effective way to trap an enemy. And combined with my Haisekishou technique, it's now an effective way to eliminate an enemy even if the means are a bit…..gruesome.'

However, before Asuma could savor his victory any longer, while he was lighting a cigarette he suddenly grunted in searing pain. Looking down with confusion his eyes suddenly grew wide in shock and disbelief when he saw Orochimaru's Kusanagi blade extending from the chest cavity and through the throat of the burnt body laying before him now impaling the bearded Jounin in his stomach. Dropping shakily to his knees as his cigarette fell from his mouth Asuma looked on in bewilderment, as he saw two hands suddenly emerge inside the mouth of his burnt fallen opponent.

The wounded Jounin gazed with horror as the two hands pulled aside the jaws inside the mouth and Orochimaru then emerged from said mouth, as he cast off the skin of his former body with his new body bearing no damage from the fiery attack Asuma had unleashed upon him. As Orochimaru retracted his sword yanking it painfully from Asuma's torso and swallowing the blade whole once again, he panted heavily before saying with a sneer.

"An impressive jutsu little monkey, you actually caused me pain with it, your father would have been proud of you. Unfortunately, you'll never get to use it again pathetic fool. You fought well I'll grant you that, but in the end you stood no hope of ever defeating me. Now be a good little leaf shinobi and die either from my Kusanagi's poison or from bleeding to death I don't care which. And if you see if you see that old monkey of a father of yours on the other side, give him my regards and tell him I'll be sending more Leaf village scum like yourself to him sssssssoon."

Asuma could do nothing but watch as the Snake Sannin walked away and he grimaced with pain while clutching the wound to his gut. Rolling over onto his back and bringing one of his bloody hands up to his Jounin vest pocket he pulled a cigarette out and with a shaking hand lit the tobacco stick. Inhaling and then exhaling a plume of smoke Asuma closed his eyes and gave a sad smile as he thought to himself.

'I'm sorry Dad, I gave it my best shot, but it wasn't good enough. I hope Orochi-teme is right and that you'll be waiting for me on the other side when I get there, I've missed you.'

As Orochimaru walked away from his dying opponent, his breath was labored and he grimaced in pain while sweating profusely. Though he loathe to admit it, if Asuma's jutsu had continued to burn the Snake Sannin for a bit longer than it did, it might have scorched him so deeply he might not have been able to recover from the attack even with his Regeneration Replacement technique. However, once again that technique which allowed the Sannin to experience a near total rebirth of his physical form should a significant portion of his body be damaged in battle had saved him from certain death yet again. This technique of his own creation allows Orochimaru to emerge from his mouth and cast off the skin of his former body and the new body will not bear the damage of the previous incarnation. Unfortunately, the cost for utilizing this technique is a large amount of chakra and after his battles with Tsunade and Asuma the Snake Sannin had depleted even his expansive chakra reserves, as he cursed to himself.

"Damn that slug-bitch and little monkey to Hell! Between the two of them I've had to overuse my Regeneration Replacement technique to survive my battles with them. I barely had enough chakra left to overcome that last Katon attack and now I have virtually nothing left. An academy Genin could probably take me out right now how pathetic!"

It was at that moment a platoon of about 40 Otogakure shinobi saw their Supreme Commander approaching them from a distance. The platoon leader immediately shunshin'd to the Snake Sannin and bowed before him while saying.

"Lieutenant Matsu reporting, how may I serve you Orochimaru-sama?"

"You and your men are to escort me to the Command and Tactical Operations Center Kabuto-san has set up for the battle at onccccccccce!"

"By your command Orochimaru-sama."

Matsu quickly replied, before signaling his men to take up a defensive position around the Snake Sannin. Just as they were about to embark, a hideous sounding and powerful demonic roar suddenly pierced the air causing everyone to momentarily pause including Orochimaru himself.

"What in Kami's creation was that?" Lt. Matsu exclaimed aloud.

However, no one knew who, what, or where that hellish wail had come from save for the Snake Sannin who silently mused.

'That was Ssssssssasuke-kun and judging by the sound he's had to resort to using his cursed-seal stage two incarnation. I wonder who or what could have caused the boy to have to go to that level?'

Sasuke grinned wickedly, as he took sadistic pleasure in slowly choking the life out of his former Leaf village comrade Rock Lee before he spat in a deep resonating voice filled with arrogance and malevolence at his now helpless foe he held aloft in the air.

"I can't believe an insignificant clan-less village peasant like you forced me to go to this form. I'll give you credit, you actually hurt me you fucking freak! But I'm an Uchiha, one of the elite; you never stood a chance in defeating me no matter what tricks you pulled. Now die you worm for having the audacity in thinking you did have a chance to beat….. ME!"

Just as Sasuke began to tighten his grip a kunai impaled his hand causing the Uchiha to drop Lee to the ground. As Sasuke whirled around pulling the kunai out of his hand he had to leap aside as a large white dog rushed by him clamping its jaws around Lee's arm and dragging the boy away from Sasuke before he could stop them. Akamaru quickly deposited Lee by Sakura and Hinata before turning around and taking up a defensive position between them and Sasuke. The Inuzuka canine familiar then bared its teeth and fangs, while growling menacingly at the Uchiha youth.

Sasuke ignored the frothing dog and focused his attention towards the direction the canine had come from and saw Shikamaru, Neji, Kiba, Tenten, and Ino standing in the courtyard. Tenten still poised with her arm thrust towards him indicating she had been the one to throw that kunai with such pinpoint accuracy. The transformed Uchiha merely smirked at seeing some of his former compatriots of the Konoha 12 taking up attack positions and sneeringly declared.

"Well, well, some more pathetic fools for me to slaughter!"

"Tenten hit him with a weaponry barrage!" Shikamaru ordered with authority.

The weapons mistress instantly leapt high into the air and unfurled a sealing scroll. A moment later hundreds of kunai, shuriken, needles, and various other sharp or bladed weapons exploded from the scroll to rain down upon Sasuke with deadly intent. The Uchiha youth merely furled his grotesque webbed claw-shaped wings now protruding from his back around his body forming a protective cocoon, as the weapons bounced harmlessly off its surface. Unseen by all, Sasuke swiftly ran through some hand-seals before abruptly unfurling his wings and shouting.

"Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" (Great Fireball Technique)

Sasuke then drew some chakra from his mouth into his chest and immediately exhaled it blowing a stream of fire, which erupted into a large sphere of flames, as he brought his hand up to his mouth to control and direct it towards the still aloft Tenten. The young kunoichi looked on with fright, as she was completely exposed with no way to protect herself from the onrushing sphere of flame.

"Tenten!" Neji shouted in a panic before leaping up into the air front of the vulnerable kunoichi and shouting.

"Hakkeshou Kaiten!" (Eight Divination Palms of the Hand)

Neji then began releasing a large of amount of chakra from his tenketsu points. While at the same time began to spin like a top in midair, creating a whirling vortex of chakra that acted as a 360° degree shield surrounding him. This famous Hyuga clan ninjutsu defense nullified Sasuke's Katon attack and deflected the fireball away from its intended target…Tenten. As both shinobi landed on the ground with Neji taking up a defensive stance in front of his girlfriend, a growled shout rang out.

"Don't worry guys, I'll get him!

Shikyaku no Jutsu (Four-Legged Technique)

"No Kiba…..wait!" Shikamaru shouted to no avail, as his comrade had already rushed forward consumed with a feral bloodlust that sometimes befalls an Inuzuka in the heat of battle against a hated enemy.

As Kiba raced towards Sasuke he finished his hand-seals and chakra began to emit from his body physically changing the Inuzuka heir as he took on a more canine-like appearance, while also increasing his power, speed, and agility. Unfortunately, those same gifts had been granted onto Sasuke with his cursed-seal two form and in greater quantity. Before Kiba could land a strike one of the Uchiha's hideous webbed claw-shaped wings swatted the Inuzuka aside like a bug and sent him careening away at astonishing speed before crashing into the courtyard wall bringing the majority of it down on top of him.

"Damn it, Tenten go check on Kiba, Neji and Ino form up on my position!" Shikamaru ordered with aggravation.

Sasuke smirked at the Nara's obvious frustration and announced with derision.

"Smart of you to take the weapons whore out of the fight Nara; you've already seen that her fighting style is useless against me. You should send Ino off to the sidelines as well; I don't want the two sluts to be damaged by me before I drag them back to Otogakure and grant them the honor of helping to restore my noble clan!"

"Like I'd let you get anywhere near me you freaking monster!" Ino exclaimed in insulting defiance.

"Ino-chan, I'm hurt, I thought you always wanted to be with me? You and my former annoying pink-haired slut of a teammate always fought constantly over me growing up. I would think you would jump at the chance to become one of my women and help resurrect the Uchiha clan. It would be your fondest dream finally coming true."

"Dream come true, more like a fucking nightmare come true! It might be your fondest dream to with me Uchiha-teme, but there's no way in hell I'm going with you back to Otogakure to help restore your vile clan!"

"Who said I was giving you a choice on the matter bitch!"

Upon Sasuke's declaration, the purplish black colored chakra that was emanating from his body started to swirl around in a chaotic and violent manner around the Uchiha. Shikamaru knew Sasuke was powering up to attack and quietly said to his comrade standing beside him.

"Neji get ready to attack Sasuke on my mark. I'm going to try and bind him with shadow tendrils using my Kage Nui technique. While I've got him locked in place, you Neji you hit him with your Hakke Hyakunijuuhachishou."

"That won't work Shikamaru, the Uchiha will just use the demonic chakra coursing through his body to reopen the tenketsu points I shutdown, just as Naruto did when we fought him in this very same courtyard last year."

"I know that, which is why I need to ask you something. You might not want to answer this question, but for the sake of everyone's survival here I hoping that you will. I know you and Hinata have evolved your Byakugan to new levels."

"How do you know of this?" Neji spat angrily through clenched teeth.

"Troublesome, I don't have time to explain that right now, but you needn't worry I've kept it to myself. However, I need to know if you've advanced your Kekkei Genkai to the point where you can send a chakra pulse not to shutdown the tenketsu points, but to destroy them?"

After a momentary pause as the Hyuga prodigy inwardly debated whether or not to answer Shikamaru's question he finally replied.

"Hai, I've progressed my Byakugan and can utilize it with my attacks to where I can accomplish that."

"I suspected as much, alright that's what I want you to do. I don't know if that will be enough to kill Sasuke in this form? But hopefully it will incapacitate him long enough for one of us to target vital spot on his body to kill him once and for all."

"What are you two whispering about over there? Pay attention you guy's, it looks like Sasuke is up to something with all that weird chakra swirling around him." Ino snapped at her comrades.

"He is up to something, he's powering up to attack, but Neji and I are going to hit him first."

"Well what about me?"

"When Neji and I make our move Ino, I want you to grab Tenten and Kiba and make a break for the hospital and get inside, now get ready."

"What, I'm not going to do that! I can fight just as well as you guys can against the teme!"

"Damn it you troublesome woman, this is not up for debate. Kiba might be seriously injured and Tenten can't move him by herself. I'm giving you a direct order to do this and the three of you get to the safety of the hospital. Do you understand?"

Ino was about to protest further, but the stern unwavering glare Shikamaru was giving her told the blonde kunoichi that any further objection from her would be to no avail and she begrudgingly said.

"Hai Shikamaru, I understand."

The Nara clan heir then turned his attention back to his Hyuga compatriot and asked.

"Are you ready?"

"Hai, I'm ready and thank you Shikamaru for giving that order for Tenten and Ino."

"It's troublesome, because I know if we survive this fight I'm going to catch hell from the both of them afterwards."

"Well if we live, you won't stand alone against them. On my word as a Hyuga, I promise you that."

Both Shikamaru and Neji looked at one another and flashed a wry smile before turning back to glare at Sasuke, as both of them said in unison.

"NOW!"

When Orochimaru entered the tent of the makeshift Command and Tactical Operations Center Kabuto had set up for the invasion of the Konoha. The men inside could tell by the look on the Snake Sannins face that he was not happy and all of them suddenly grew quite nervous.

"Report, I want to know the status of conquering the Leaf village right now!"

A Jounin gulped fearfully, as he knew he was the highest ranking officer and stepped forward kneeling before Orochimaru with his head down and announced.

"Jounin Sub-Commander Gorou at your service Lord Orochimaru-sama."

"I didn't ask for your name, I asked about the status of our invasion of my former homeland. Now answer me, lest you sssssssseek a quick death by my hand!"

"At once my lord, Konoha's defenders have proven most strategically adept and vociferous in their defense of the Leaf village. At the moment, both opposing forces are at a stalemate. We do not have sufficient strength to push through and gain entry into the village with adequate enough numbers to give us a tactical advantage. And Konoha's forces do not possess sufficient strength or numbers to drive away our forces."

"Hmmmm, I see what of the sssssssecond front Kabuto-kun was going to open up in the rear flank of the village? And where is my army's commander?"

"Unfortunately Lord Orochimaru-sama, the attack on the rear flank of the village has failed, as Konoha had strategically placed and utilized enough forces and defenses to repel the invasion at that position. As for Commander Kabuto-Sama, the intelligence we've received with regards to the second front is limited, but it's been reported he was severely injured in the battle by a Jounin kunoichi. However, it appears Commander Kabuto-Sama was able to gain entry into the Leaf village and escape capture. However, since then we have received no information as to his health, status, or location beyond what I've told you my lord."

"Who was the kunoichi that injured my preciousssssss Kabuto-kun?"

"Unknown sir, we only have reports that she was highly skilled in the Snake Arts."

"Ahhh sweet Anko, ever the thorn in my ssssssside aren't you my dear."

"Excuse me my lord?"

"It's nothing Sub-Commander, now what of the status of Sssssssasuke-kun?"

"Regrettably Lord Orochimaru-sama, we've received no information in regards to Sasuke-sama or the mission he was carrying out."

"That is most unfortunate; but I can only assume that both Kabuto and Sasuke-kun are inside the Leaf village, wreaking havoc and having all of the fun. I say we join them, don't you agree Sssssssssub-Commander Gorou."

"Of, of course my lord." The Oto Jounin apprehensively stammered.

"Good, now we need to break this detestable ssssssstalemate you say currently exists between my forces and the Leaf village rabble. Call in our 1,000 shinobi we kept in reserve on our eastern flank at the start of the invasion. The influx of their numbers should prove to be enough to finally ssssssssmash through my former homelands forces and defenses once and for all!"

"It, it shall be done Lord Orochimaru-sama."

As the Snake Sannin watched his Jounin Sub-Commander hastily exit the tent to carry out his orders, he sat down and exhaled a weary sigh. The invasion of Konoha had not been as swift or without the several bothersome obstacles they had met as he had planned. However, once his reserve reinforcements arrived he would finally conquer his accursed former village and its wretched inhabitants and by the end of the day sit atop Hokage Tower in triumphant glory. It was then that the Snake Sannin heard a commotion and Sub-Commander Gorou returned helping to usher into the tent another Jounin Sub-Commander who was clearly wounded.

"What is the meaning of thisssssss?"

"My apologies my lord, but this is Jounin Sub-Commander Seiji. He is the Sub-Commander of your reserve forces on the eastern flank."

"Then why is Sub-Commander Seiji here and not with those forcesssssss?"

"Our, our forces were attacked and are in retreat Lord Orochimaru." The wounded Oto Jounin stammered with a raspy voice.

"Attacked, attacked by whom? All of Konoha's forces are bottled up within the village in defense of it."

"Not, not Konoha my lord, Su-Sunagakure forces have attacked us, led by a great monstrous beast that brought devastation down upon us."

"A great monstrous beast, explain yourself Sub-Commander!"

"We were bivouacked towards the east and awaiting your orders to move in my lord. About an hour ago we suddenly felt a vibration on the ground and heard strange rumbling sound heading towards us. Then we saw it come over the horizon rushing towards our army at incredible speed."

"Saw, saw what?"

"An enormous tidal wave of sand over 60 feet tall and a half mile wide my lord, we didn't even have the time to get to safety before the wave crashed down upon us with tremendous power. I estimate we lost 100-200 men from just being crushed or buried by the sand alone. Then Sunagakure's shinobi fell upon us and engaged our forces in battle. I attempted to reorganize our shinobi to counterattack. I had our snake summoners bring forth two mighty serpents to help drive the Suna ninja back, but that is when the great demon beast made of sand rose from the ground and began decimating our remaining soldiers Lord Orochimaru-sama."

"Shukaku the Ichibi!" (One-Tailed Demon Tanuki) The Snake Sannin exclaimed with fury.

"Hai my lord, I don't believe it could have been any other creature."

"Go on."

"The Shukaku demon immediately destroyed one of the serpents by using some sort of concussive spherical wind projectile it expelled from its mouth."

"And the other serpent."

"I ordered it and several of my men to attack the sand demon, but before they could a blonde kunoichi wielding a battle fan swung her weapon towards our forces. Suddenly, some weasel type summons creature wielding a giant scythe as well as several other small sickles exploded from fan and cut down our summoned snake and rained down a huge swath of destruction onto my men."

"Damn these kunoichi's to hell, first my former apprentice and now the departed Kazekage's daughter!" Orochimaru cursed in frustration before glaring at his injured Sub-commander and added with anger.

"However, you still haven't explained Seiji why you are here and not with our men battling the Sunagakure forces!"

"I, I was injured in the attack by the kunoichi and from the initial attack by Suna to the destruction of our forces summons creatures and summoners, I estimate we lost one-third of the men I was commanding. I felt you needed to be informed immediately of this incursion by Suna's forces. Because their attack was so swift and sudden, we never had the opportunity to form a proper defense. So I ordered our forces to retreat to consolidate my force with the main force here attacking Konoha. It's a tactical withdrawal, as I have the men employing a number of tactics and strategies to further impede the Suna's progress, but at best they will arrive in about an hour my lord."

"So Sub-Commander Seiji, you thought it would be best to have the men turn tail and run, while you ran the fastest to come inform me about Sunagakure. Is that correct?"

"N-no, my, my Lord Orochimaru-sama that's not what I said."

"Ssssssstrange, that's what I heard. Are call me a liar Sub-commander?"

"N-n-no my lord, I, I would never call you a liar."

"Good!" The Snake Sannin replied with a sickly sweet smile before his Kusanagi blade erupted from his mouth decapitating the shivering wounded Jounin Sub-Commander before the man could blink an eye.

It took all the willpower Sub-Commander Gorou had to keep from losing his lunch at seeing his close friend and comrade killed so viciously in front of his eyes. However, Gorou knew that any show of weakness or act of defiance could easily see his head rolling along side that of his former friend, so he remained silent.

"Get this worthless, pathetic coward out of my sight at once and someone clean up this messssss!" Orochimaru ordered with fury.

Two Chunin quickly gathered up the head and body of the now deceased Jounin Sub-Commander Seiji and exited the tent, both men eager to remove themselves from the angered Snake Sannins presence. Orochimaru swallowed his blade back into his body and silently pondered in a rage what his next move should be. He then turned his attention to Sub-Commander Gorou and asked.

"I would like your assessment of our current military position your dead fool of a colleague has placed us in!"

The Oto Commander gulped nervously, knowing there was only one answer to that question and the Snake Sannin was not going to like it. Gorou was no fool; instead of Konoha facing a battle on two fronts the seasoned Jounin knew that it would soon be Otogakure's military forces facing a battle on two fronts instead. Mustering up all the courage he had and silently praying he wouldn't soon be joining his friend he answered.

"Lord Orochimaru-sama, I fear the battle to take Leaf village is lost. With Sub-Commander Seiji ordering a retreat of the reserve reinforcements to consolidate and link up with our forces here, we will soon be facing a battle on two different frontlines and would be in position for Konoha and Suna's forces to employ a pincer or double envelopment maneuver upon us."

"Explain this pincer or double envelopment maneuver."

"My lord, a double envelopment or pincer by definition leads to the attacking army facing the enemy in front, on both flanks, and in the rear. If the attacking pincers link up in the enemy's rear, the enemy is encircled."

"And how does that apply here?"

"When Suna's forces arrive, Konoha which has been battling from a defensive position will be able to go on the offensive and we'll suddenly be the ones fighting from a defensive standpoint, as we'll be battling on two separate fronts. So, if Konoha and Suna's forces attacked simultaneously in a pinching motion they can force our army into a centralized position in order to defend ourselves. They can then send out forces around our flanks and if they are able to link up with each other, they would surround our entire army. After that it would only be a matter of time until we were defeated either by battle or by attrition due to our supply lines being completely severed."

"What is your tactical recommendation then, Sssssssub-Commander Gorou?"

"Unfortunately my lord, I can see no other alternative if we wish to survive then for you to order a tactical withdrawal of all of your forces and return to Otogakure."

"Have my shinobi turn tail and run! Perhaps you wish to join your fellow Sub-Commander in the afterlife for suggesting that tactic to me. I will not go down in the annuals of history of having a ssssssssix to one numerical advantage over my enemy only to lose!"

"No my lord, but there is nothing else we can do because we can no longer win the battle, not with Sunagakure now intervening. Remember, we were placed in this position because Sub-Commander Seiji prematurely ordered a retreat of his forces instead of standing his ground and fighting off the Suna reinforcements thus allowing us the time we needed to finish off Konoha. The fault for this defeat will lie squarely upon his cowardice and history will show that Lord Orochimaru-sama."

Gorou could feel a bead of sweat roll down his cheek and he silently prayed to Kami, while weathering the stern hard glare the Snake Sannin was leveling on him. After one agonizing minute, which felt like an hour to the Oto Jounin, Orochimaru finally spoke up and said with bile dripping from his voice.

"Very well, make the preparations to break camp and when that is ready fire off the flare to signal our….withdrawal."

Exhaling a sigh of relief at not being killed Gorou quickly barked out the orders to various shinobi. As the veteran Jounin watched his subordinates leave the tent to carry out the preparations for departure, he knew that retreating was the correct tactic for this situation their army now faced. However, he hated himself for having to throw his fellow comrade and friend under the cart figuratively to convince Orochimaru to agree. Gorou knew he might have made the same decision to retreat and link back up with the main Oto force had he been the Sub-Commander of the reserve reinforcements. However, Seiji was dead and there was no changing that and Gorou still had family that he wished to return to back in Otogakure. Just as he was about to leave the tent to supervise the breakdown of the encampment and retreat the Snake Sannin spoke once more.

"Sssssssub-Commander Gorou, I want you to leave immediately and take command of the retreating shinobi your former comrade in arms was in charge of. Those men do to the stupidity and cowardice of their commander will bear the burden of covering and protecting the retreat of the main forces that have been attacking Konoha."

"Hai, hai Lord Orochimaru-sama." Gorou stammered before exiting the tent and dropping his head in defeat. For the Jounin realized that his chances of returning to see his wife, daughters, and son and just been drastically lessened by the Snake Sannin and he thought to himself.

'Perhaps this is my punishment from Kami for what I did to Seiji. I'm sorry my friend.'

The moment Sasuke saw his two former comrades leap up and rush towards him; he called out with a wicked grin on his darkened face.

"Daitoppa!" (Great Breakthrough)

The transformed Uchiha then brought his hand to his mouth and blew a large blast of wind from it immediately stopping both Neji and Shikamaru and sending the two young men tumbling backwards on the ground. Ino was also caught up in the forceful gust of wind but being further away from Sasuke then her two male companions. She didn't take the brunt of the hit as they did or tumble as far before Tenten was able to catch her fellow kunoichi. A moment later both the Nara heir and the Hyuga prodigy landed close by to the two young women and all of them heard a mocking laughter fill the air.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, that's just a small sample of the unlimited power I've gained from Orochimaru-sama. It's actually beneath me to use a Fuuton (wind) element jutsu instead of my clan's superior usage of Katon (fire) element jutsu's. However, it's beneath me to have to battle you pathetic heirs from second-rate clans than that of the superior Uchiha clan. But then I decided what better way to show you trash how truly inferior you are to an elite like me than by using a weak element jutsu to take you all down in one stroke. And do you want to know what's even funnier Naruto is wind element user, but I doubt even that dobe has a wind jutsu that's as powerful as mine, ha, ha, ha!"

"Uggh, what smug arrogant bastard he is, I can't believe I once wanted that asshole as a boyfriend." Ino groaned in self-admonishment.

"He always was a smug arrogant bastard Ino; you were just too hung up on his looks to ever notice anything else." Tenten asserted to her friend.

"Well, I'm not that way anymore." Ino sheepishly replied.

"I certainly hope not, because Chouji doesn't deserve it and he won't put up with that superficial crap for very long if you want to keep him."

"Can you two discuss the Yamanaka's Uchiha fan-girl status and love-life at another time? We currently have a dire situation with the subject of her former fantasy that we need to deal with right now. I can fight the Uchiha, but do you have any ideas how we fight this monstrosity Nara?" Neji snapped in query.

"Troublesome, but I don't. The closest thing we could equate this fight to would be what we had to go through when we fought Naruto last year. Unfortunately, in this battle I doubt that Sasuke is worried about hurting us like Naruto was in his fight."

"I heard about that fight you losers had with Naruto. I can't believe the dobe actually wanted to hunt me down and kill me because of what happened to the Hyuga slut last year. That idiot needs to realize I'm one of the last of the Uchiha's, the elite in comparison to the rest of lowlife mongrels. Doesn't the dobe know it would be a crime against humanity for me to suffer death? I'm an Uchiha damn it, Kami wouldn't let my life end at the hands of a mere orphaned peasant like Naruto!" Sasuke openly proclaimed, after hearing his former comrades conversation with his enhanced hearing by his cursed-seal state of being.

"What a drag! I'm an Uchiha, I'm an elite, my clan shits lumps of gold, blah, blah, blah! Why don't you shut the hell up for once Sasuke, it's all a bunch of crap! Everyone already knows that Naruto kicked your ass at the Valley of the End and if he hadn't shown you a shred of mercy, which you didn't deserve. Your elite Uchiha ass would be warming an ANBU jail cell right now instead of the snake-teme's cock!" Shikamaru mockingly declared, as he rose from the ground and brushed himself off.

"What the hell are you doing Shikamaru?" Ino fearfully asked, wide-eyed in astonishment.

"You know Nara; I was hoping that the dobe was still in the village because I was going to kill him first. But, after what you've just said insulting me and my clan I'm going to take great pleasure in hearing your screams, while I slowly rip your heart out!" Sasuke spat with venomous anger and malevolence at the Nara heir, as the purplish black colored chakra emanating from his body began to swirl around him in a violent manner.

"Yeah, yeah whatever Sasuke, you should feel grateful that Naruto isn't here you asshole. Because if he was here, you'd already be pushing up daisies because you've used up your one free pass with him back at the Valley of the End."

"I DID NOT LOSE TO NARUTO AT THE VALLEY OF THE END! THAT DOBE OF AN ORPHAN CAN NEVER DEFEAT ME…..EVER!" Sasuke vehemently screamed with rage, while his blackened chakra became even more chaotic.

"Troublesome, who are you trying to convince Sasuke me or yourself? Don't worry, I'm sure if you keep telling yourself that long enough, you might actually start to believe it one day. Oh and by the way, if you knew that dobe of an orphans true heritage, you would piss yourself Uchiha."

"Hn, what a bunch of crap, that loser has no heritage and is the most pathetic example of peasant trash in this village! I'm tired of listening to your lies and insults Nara! I'm going to kill you, but first why don't you helpless fools watch as I kill those losers over there you came here to save!"

However, before Sasuke could take a step or direct an attack towards Lee, Sakura, and Hinata a smoke bomb exploded in front of them and when the blinding mist dissipated there stood Shizune flanked on either side by three Leaf Chunin all of them with weapons drawn as she announced with authority.

"Sasuke Uchiha by order of the Godaime Hokage (Fifth Fire Shadow) Tsunade Senju, I Shizune Katou, Jounin Commander and first apprentice to the Leaf Sannin Tsunade hereby order you to surrender to be placed under arrest for all the crimes you've committed against Konohagakure and within the Land of Fire!"

"Ha, ha, ha, so you're the first apprentice and protégé of the slug-slut Tsunade. I've heard Orochimaru-sama and Kabuto speak about you and your medical expertise being second only to that of your old-hag of a master. So I already know that your skills might pose a minor inconvenience for me, but do you honestly think that you and half-a-dozen Chunin losers are going to take me down and arrest me? You've been hitting the sake that I've heard your drunken mentor is so fond of if you honestly believe you and that pathetic rabble around you can accomplish that! Ha, ha, ha, ha! Sasuke comments with contemptuous derision and laughter.

"Perhaps they can't, but I think with our help their odds of arresting you have gotten much better. Sasuke Uchiha, your reign of terror ends now!"

Sasuke quickly turned around to see the elite Jounin and leader of the Akimichi clan Chouza Akimichi standing in the hospital courtyard dressed in full battle armor wielding his clan's infamous Dokuru-kanpan (Skull-cracker) staff. Standing next to red-haired clan head was another Jounin who Sasuke did not recognize, but noticed that the shinobi was rushing through a series of hand-seals and called out.

"Jubaku no Jutsu!" (Tree Restraints Technique)

Suddenly, beams of wood began to emerge from the ground below Sasuke and wrap around his body in an attempt to bind him. Cursing with anger and utilizing his increased strength from his cursed-seal two form. The mutated Uchiha ripped apart the wood before it had a chance to tighten around him with his gruesome webbed claw-shaped wings and leapt away to land in the center of the courtyard. It was then Sasuke realized that three elite Leaf Jounin one of which was a clan leader, seven Chunin, and four Genin who after today would be promoted to Chunin due to the prowess they had already exhibited on the battlefield, now surrounded him on all sides.

"Face it you Uchiha asshole, you're finished!" The recently revived Kiba Inuzuka announced with bravado.

"You're all weak and pathetic fools and are going to die! With my cursed powers, I'm going to kill all of you and level this hospital to the ground along with everyone within it right now!"

The cursed Uchiha then flashed through a series of hand seals and was about to activate a jutsu when he suddenly cried out and doubled over in pain.

"Arrrrgh, what's happening to me?"

It was at that moment that Kabuto appeared by his side and grabbed onto Sasuke who looked up and asked in a choked whisper.

"Ka-Kabuto, what the hell happened to you and why am I in so much pain?"

Kabuto said nothing as he looked around at the various Leaf shinobi surrounding him and Sasuke before shaking his head in disgust at the position the Uchiha's arrogance had placed them. As much as Kabuto wanted to leave Sasuke to his fate, he was under strict orders from Orochimaru to make certain that the Snake Sannins vessel did return to Otogakure. Looking down at Sasuke he finally replied.

"What happened to me is I fought a rather nasty disagreeable Leaf kunoichi bitch who I swear I will kill one day."

"Damn, she did a number on you, you look like hell!"

Kabuto could only sigh because as much as he hated to admit it, Sasuke's assessment of his appearance was correct. The former Leaf village nin was now sporting several lacerations all over his body due to Anko's skill with a kunai. However, the lacerations were inconsequential in comparison to the amount of snake venom coursing through his body, which was causing bloated swelling upon his face and to various other body parts where he had been bitten. The venom was also wreaking havoc by causing severe bleeding through all the bites and every orifice on his body. Even worse were the areas where he was fighting to stave off cellularnecrosis, hypotension, tachypnea, severe tachycardia, severe internal bleeding, kidney and respiratory failure. In short, if it wasn't for the years Kabuto had spent as Orochimaru's protégé building up a resistance to various reptile venoms along with his own expert medical ninjutsu knowledge and skills, he would have already suffered a very agonizing death.

"Never-mind how I look, this is quite the little mess you've gotten yourself into aye Sasuke."

"I want to kill them all, but I can't activate any jutsu's and I'm in so much pain right now….why?"

"You're in pain because you've overused your cursed-seal powers Sasuke. Lord Orochimaru did warn you about the dangers in doing that. Now you're paying the price for it. Unfortunately, neither one of us is in shape for a fight, especially against so many skilled opponents."

"What do we do then?"

An exploding flare high above the Leaf village seemingly answered the Uchiha's question, as both he and his glasses wearing comrade knew the meaning of said flare and Kabuto answered.

"We follow Lord Orochimaru's orders and retreat."

Suddenly a shout rang out.

"Shichuurou no Jutsu!" (Four Pillar Prison Technique)

Instantly, beams of wood exploded from the ground and began to converge and combine to form a prison around the two protégé's of the Snake Sannin.

"Damn it, they've trapped us!" Sasuke shouted in a panic.

"Actually, this will prove to our benefit as they can't see us, but we have to move quickly. Take this pill Sasuke; it's a variant of the Akimichi food pill I've been trying to develop. It's not as effective as their pill, but it will grant you a momentary boost in your chakra levels. Channel that increased chakra into your legs and winged claws and we will smash through the top of this wooden cell and fly away before they can stop us."

Outside the wooden cell Shikamaru and the others raced over to Shizune, as the Nara heir cried out.

"Shizune-sama, get my Kyoufu (Godfather) Akimichi back into the hospital, he's about ready to collapse!"

As if on cue the mighty Akimichi clan leader and shinobi dropped his staff and slumped forward only to be caught and propped up by Yamato. A moment later, Shikamaru was by Chouza's side helping to keep the man upright who looked at his Tenshu-sochi (God-son) and asked in a strained voice.

"How did you know I was bluffing?"

"If I revealed to you what your tell is, my father would never be able to beat you at poker again." Shikamaru answered with a smirk on his face.

"Smart-ass." Chouza grumbled with feign annoyance before Shizune's voice called out.

"You men, help get Chouza Akimichi and the rest of the wounded inside the hospital. Captain Yamato, are you well enough to transport the two prisoners over to the ANBU detention center?"

"I believe so Shizune-sama, but I could use some escort with me just in case."

"We would be glad to assist you Captain." Neji announced for himself and the rest of the Konoha 11 not injured.

"Good, because once that's completed I want you to…."

Shizune's sentence was interrupted when Sasuke carrying Kabuto smashed through the top of their wooden prison cell and rose high in the air, as the mutated Uchiha shouted at them with vengeance while flying away.

"I will kill all of you one day; I swear it upon the Uchiha name!"

"Damn it, that prick is getting away!" Kiba exclaimed in frustration.

"We have to go after him right now! You there, Captain Yamato is it? I need you to link up with my father at the main gate and let him the situation with regards to the Uchiha traitor. Also you need to use your Mokuton abilities to take out the long range Trebuchet Catapult's that have inflicting destruction onto the village and which are probably pinning our forces down from pursuing the enemy. Once that's done you'll also need to shore up the breaches on the outer village wall and then you can rejoin our main forces."

"Son, I'm a Captain in the ANBU Special Forces, I don't take orders from a Chunin and could have you brought up on charges for it. And what do you mean about pursuing the enemy?"

"What a drag, you see that flare above us captain, I'm certain that it's an Otogakure signal to retreat, which means they will soon be on the run. Yes, you could file charges against me, but since my father sits at the head of the Military Judicial Board of the Leaf Village, I doubt I'll be convicted. However, I'll make a bet with you, if you link up with my father and he doesn't order you to do everything that I've just said, then you can file those charges and I'll plead guilty to all of them."

"And if he does order everything you've described?"

"Then for the next three months all the pay from your missions you will give to me and you will purchase and give a case of my father's favorite sake to him."

Yamato raised an eyebrow and stared intently at the confident face the young Chunin standing before him bore. The ANBU Captain was no fool and knew about the intelligence the Nara clan members possessed especially the heir to the clan. The Mokuton user wanted to turn the bet down altogether, but his pride in not wanting to lose face wouldn't allow that, so he opted to do the next best thing and said.

"One month's pay."

"Two month's pay." Shikamaru countered.

After a brief pause, Yamato finally thrust out his hand and shook Shikamaru's while saying.

"Deal!"

"Neji, Kiba, form up on me, we're going after Sasuke. Ino, Tenten, stay here and help Shizune-sama with the wounded and protect the hospital in case there are any Oto stragglers we don't know about."

"No way am I staying out of this Shikamaru! Besides, Kiba's might be conscious, but he was injured when he hit that wall and you'll need more than just Neji to kill the teme. Anko-Sensei has taught me some deadly assassination techniques, so I'm going with you guys and that's final!" Ino openly demanded in no uncertain terms, before racing off in the direction Sasuke had flown.

"What a drag! Kiba stay here with Tenten and help, Neji come on and let's catch up with that damn troublesome woman before she goes and gets herself killed."

As Kiba and Tenten watched their comrades race away followed by Captain Yamato sprinting off towards the main gate of the village the Inuzuka heir turned to his kunoichi friend and asked.

"How come you didn't argue about going with Shikamaru and Neji after Sasuke?"

"Because I know my skills are better served helping out here than going after Sasuke. I've got no way of fighting the Uchiha while he's in his cursed-seal form and I would just be a hindrance. Come on, let's go check on Lee and Hinata and see how they're doing." Tenten somberly replied.

Kiba merely nodded his head and followed the young kunoichi as they made their way over to where their friends were being treated.

When Yamato arrived at the main gate he quickly spied the Strategic Commander of Konoha's shinobi forces Shikaku Nara giving orders and mobilizing his forces. Suddenly there was a high-pitched screaming sound came rushing over everyone's head and a second later a thunderous crash erupted behind them as dirt and debris exploded into the air. After a minute, as the dust began to settle the ANBU Captain looked on grimly as where once stood a modest house had now been completely obliterated and reduced to rubble by a massive stone projectile. Yamato could only shake his head sadly at the thought of an entire family now rendered homeless before he silently commented to himself.

'It looks like Commander Shikaku's kid was right about the catapults. I'd better check in and see what else he was correct about?'

"Commander Nara-Sama, Captain Yamato reporting for duty.

"Yamato-san, it's good to see you on your feet again. I didn't get a chance to say anything to you when you returned from the obstruction and delay mission, but you performed brilliantly on it and I wanted to thank you for that."

"You honor me sir, thank you for your praise."

"You came straight from the hospital?"

"Hai."

"What of the Uchiha traitor and my son and his friends?"

"Sir, the Uchiha traitor did manage to injure three members of the Konoha 11 before your son and his comrades arrived. The Inuzuka heir was then injured, but with their help along with me, Chouza-sama, and Shizune-sama we were able to momentarily stop and capture the Uchiha along with another Leaf village traitor Yakushi Kabuto."

"Chouza, I thought he was still recovering from his Red Food pill overdose."

"He is sir, but he pulled off a masterful bluff which caused the Uchiha to give pause before attacking again."

"A masterful bluff, I guess that's possible unless you know his tell like I do." Shikaku grumbled to himself.

"Excuse me sir?"

"It's nothing Captain, now you said you all had momentarily captured the two traitors."

"Hai, they managed to escape, but your son, the Hyuga prodigy, and the Yamanaka heiress are in hot pursuit."

"Will those three be enough to stop those two if they catch them, why didn't you go with my son and his comrades Captain?" The Nara matriarch queried in a tension filled voice.

"I believe those three will be able to stop them as both traitors appeared to be seriously wounded and in pain. I was going to join them sir, but your son….suggested I come here and apprise you of the situation. He also thought my Mokuton abilities could be of service to you at the moment. How may I assist you?"

Another high-pitched screaming sound whizzed by over their heads and Shikaku groused with irritation.

It's most troublesome, but Shikamaru was right, that is what I need your help in stopping Captain. We've already taken out the snake-teme's Mangonel Catapults, but his Trebuchet Catapults are based too far away from us to get at. However, those catapults are wood-framed, so I need you to use your Mokuton abilities to take them out. Can you do it?"

"Hai Commander-Nara, I shall attend to it at once. If I may ask, why are you mobilizing our forces to this one area sir?"

We received word that Sunagakure's reinforcements have arrived and engaged the enemy's eastern flank where apparently Orochimaru was holding some men back in reserve. The Suna forces have caused those reserves to fall back and link up with their main force attacking the village. It looks like Suna's intervention caught them off guard and the snake-teme realizes he now faces a battle on two separate frontlines, so they fired off a flare earlier signaling a retreat. However, we can't press the advantage and pursue them because those troublesome catapults are keeping us pinned down. I believe that the Snake Sannin is going to use those reserves to cover the retreat of his main army. Once Suna and Konoha's forces are in position we're going on the offensive so we'll need as many skilled shinobi such as you for the attack."

"Hai Commander Nara, I understand." Yamato replied, before turning and walking away while thinking to himself.

'Damn that Nara kid is good; he almost got everything right, except for the shoring up of the breaches on Konoha's outer wall. I'm not going to bring him up on charges; I'll cut the kid some slack and take two months of his pay instead.'

"Captain Yamato!" Shikaku called out breaking the Mokuton user out of his thoughts.

"Hai Commander-Nara."

"I almost forgot, once you've completed your assignment on the catapults, I need you to temporarily shore up the breaches in the outer village wall and then you can rejoin our main force.

"Hai Commander-Nara, sir if I may ask one more question, what is your favorite brand of sake?"

"Hakushika (The White Deer), why do ask Captain?"

"Because after this is over I owe you a case of it courtesy of your son." Yamato solemnly answered before racing off to complete his missions.

Shikaku Nara stood silent for a moment, briefly confused before a wry smile spread across his face as he pondered to himself.

'Good job son, now if I can just figure out how to keep it hidden from your mother?'

As Kiba and Tenten were helping some medics tend to Lee, Sakura, and Hinata Might Gai arrived carrying Tsunade followed closely behind by some Leaf Chunin and a medic nin. Shizune looked over and saw her wounded mentor and shouted with concern before rushing over to them.

"Lady Tsunade!"

Gai gently placed the buxom blonde Hokage onto a gurney, as Shizune asked.

"Medic Daisuke, what is the extent of Hokage-sama's injuries?"

"Hokage-sama has some minor contusions as well as a deep laceration in her shoulder which I have already sutured, but that's not the injury that concerns me. Judging by her erratic heart-rate and blood pressure, I believe she has been poisoned, which is why we brought her to you posthaste Shizune-sama. You are the only person besides the Hokage herself that has the most expertise and knowledge in dealing with poisons and antidotes."

"Do you know what type of poison she was infected with?"

"Sadly we do not."

"Then I need to ask milady herself. Get me 500pg of Flumazenil diluted with .5ml normal saline in a syringe right now!"

A couple of minutes later Tsunade was roused conscious by the medication and looked about drowsily in confusion before she heard the voice of her longtime apprentice and friend ask.

"Lady Tsunade I'm here, you're at the hospital, you've been poisoned. I need know what type of poison did Orochimaru infect you with?"

"Ku-Kusanagi poison, get, get the solution we've been working on to combat demonic poisons for the antidote." Tsunade weakly answered before she looked around at the devastation in the hospital courtyard. Tears began to well in her eyes at seeing the condition Lee, Sakura, and Hinata were in as they were being placed onto gurneys before she slipped back into a state of unconsciousness.

"LEE!" Gai shouted, as he saw two orderlies lift his student onto a gurney face down. In the blink of an eye the green-clad Jounin was by his side.

The battered and burned youth craned his head around to see his mentor standing by him visibly shaken at the sight of Lee's injuries. A tear rolled down Gai's cheek when he heard Lee's choked voice say with obvious pain.

"I'm sorry Gai-Sensei, I failed you. My flames of youth weren't strong enough to stop the Uchiha. Please forgive me for my failure Gai-Sensei."

"That's not true Lee-kun; you gave everything you had to beat Sasuke. If it wasn't for you we would all be dead, you saved us all!" Sakura exclaimed in defense of Lee's actions contradicting Lee's self-admonishment from a gurney she was laying on a few feet away.

"It is true Sakura-chan, for if I had beaten Sasuke then it would be he lying in a gurney right now and not me. I failed stop him, there is no dispute in that fact."

"Oh Lee-kun." Sakura softly replied.

"Sakura's right Lee, all a warrior can do when he or she is fighting to protect those who are special to them is give everything they have in a fight until they have nothing left to give. You don't need any forgiveness, because it sounds like that's exactly what you did. Now rest and let your flames of youth set about to heal your wounds and before you know it we'll be back to training to make those flames burn even hotter and stronger for you in the future."

"Thank you Gai-Sensei that sounds great to meeeeeeeeeee." Lee answered, his final spoken word drifting away as he fell unconscious.

"I'm sorry Gai-sama, we must get your student into the ICU at once, his injuries are very severe."

A nod from Gai's head was the only indication he understood the medic nin, as the young doctor wheeled away his student. Gai looked on with growing anger and his killing intent started to rise as he watched Sakura and Hinata and the condition they were in get wheeled away with Tenten and Kiba following behind. The Jounin taijutsu master needed an outlet for the growing rage within him, as all he could picture was Sasuke's arrogant face laughing about what he had done. Then as if Kami himself had answered his silent plea, a panicked nurse accidentally ran into him and exclaimed with fright.

"I'm sorry Gai-sama; I need to find Shizune-sama at once!"

"Shizune is tending to the Hokage's injuries, what is it you need?"

"There, there's a woman with a giant snake holding Doctor No and several medic nin's and nurses hostage in the Obstetrics ward of the hospital!"

Gai immediately thought that an Otogakure shinobi had infiltrated the hospital and sending that man to hell was just what the proverbial doctor ordered to release some of his pent-up fury and he sternly ordered.

"Take me to the Obstetrics ward…now!"

A couple of minutes later, Gai kicked in the door of the obstetrics surgical room and immediately saw a huge 25ft purple and black striped python lunge at him, it's mouth agape baring it's fangs. The Leaf village Jounin didn't flinch or blink an eye, as he reared his fist back and cried out.

"Douteki-Sekkendou!"(Dynamic-Way of the Intercepting Fist)

Gai then unleashed a volatile uppercut, which smashed the lower jaw of the serpent into its upper jaw with tremendous force instantly causing the mighty reptile to explode in a puff of smoke. Whipping out a kunai Gai scanned the operating room for the Otogakure shinobi who had summoned that beast and saw no one before he heard Doctor No say.

"Unhook that woman now!"

Looking around in confusion, Gai saw a medic rush over and unhook an IV tube from Anko's arm and begin checking her vitals before he called out.

"She has a pulse Doctor No, but it's very weak."

"I'm not surprised, quite frankly it's a miracle that woman is still alive after all the blood she's donated. I just have one more suture to do on this woman and then we'll get them both into the ICU ward."

It was then that Gai noticed it was Kurenai on the operating table and stammered with bewilderment.

"Doc-Doctor, what has happened to Anko and Kurenai-san?"

"Ah young warrior, thank you for your assistance in removing that reptile, I take it you know these two young ladies."

"Y-yes Doctor, they are both friends of mine. What has happened to them?" Gai asked again in perplexity, as he watched both Kurenai and Anko get wheeled away to the ICU ward.

"I don't have time for a long explanation so I'll be brief. The young woman who was lying on the table had to have an emergency caesarean section and successfully delivered a baby boy. However, complications arose and she began to bleed internally. We didn't have enough of her blood-type available for her to survive the surgery to stop the internal bleeding. That's where the other young woman comes in. She carried the same blood type as the other woman and told us to transfuse some of her blood so her friend could survive the operation. However, we told the woman that we could only take so much as to not put her in any danger. That's when she summoned the serpent and forced us to transfuse as much of her blood as was necessary for her friend to survive. Then you came in and destroyed the summons end of story."

"I see."

"You don't seem very surprised by what I've just told you."

"Because I'm not surprised doctor, it's just the type thing I would expect Anko to do. I just have one question, did it work?"

"In a morbid sort of way yes it did. Her friend Kurenai I believe you said her name was did survive the surgical procedure and should make a full recovery thanks to the time this Anko woman bought for her friend with her very own blood."

"And Anko?"

"I don't know young warrior, the average human has approximately 10 pints of blood. Your friend gave us three and half to four pints of blood, which is on the razors edge for survivability. I wish I could give you better news, but we'll do everything in our power to save her. Now I must get to the ICU to check on them. If you would like, you can see Kurenai's new son, he's in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit."

"Another time doctor, I have Otogakure shinobi that need killing now." Gai coldly replied, as the grim affects this invasion had caused to the people he cared about was beginning to take its toll on the green-clad warrior before he turned and raced out of the hospital towards the main gate of the Leaf village.

Shikamaru and Neji quickly caught up to Ino and all three young shinobi could see in the distant sky ahead of them was the grotesque form of Sasuke still in his cursed-seal two form flapping his monstrous webbed claw-shaped wings. Sasuke had veered off several times in an attempt to lose his pursuers, but it had been to no avail. Now the Uchiha was racing to his master's location with the hope that the Snake Sannin would be able to alleviate the pain he was in. As the three Leaf shinobi were closing the distance between themselves and their traitorous ex-comrade Neji asked with curiosity.

"Shikamaru, what exactly were you trying to do back at the hospital when you were verbally insulting Sasuke and his clan?"

"Yeah, all it was doing was pissing the psychotic asshole off even more!" Ino chimed in with her opinion.

"Good, because that's what I was trying to do." The Nara heir calmly stated.

"I don't understand?"

"There is no such a thing as unlimited power like Sasuke was bragging about. I saw all of the destruction in the courtyard and knew someone or several people had put that arrogant asshole through the wringer before we got there. His cursed-seal forms are the teme's trump cards, so if he had to call upon them to save his ass, then I figured he had just about reached his limit with those demonic powers. All that was needed was to goad him into tapping into his cursed power once again and ….."

"…And it would probably shut down on the Uchiha, very clever Nara, I'm impressed." Neji admirably stated, as he finished Shikamaru's sentence.

"Don't be too impressed, it was just a theory and I could have easily been wrong in which case we would all be dead."

"It's a good thing that the Uchiha's anger and arrogance worked in our favor. He probably attempted to draw upon a great deal of his cursed power when he tried to kill all of us and to destroy the hospital."

"That's true, but what's troublesome is I expected Sasuke to revert back to his human form when his cursed powers failed him but he didn't, which means he's still got the upper-hand on us in physical strength and speed, he just can't utilize his demonic chakra right now. However, if he's given enough time to rest, he'll be able to do that again as well. So we need to take him out now, while he's still vulnerable. It looks like he's heading towards the main gate where I'm sure my father is mobilizing our forces. They should be able to knock him out of the air and between them and us finish the arrogant bastard off once and for all."

"Well then let's kick it into high gear; we can't let them have all the fun in killing that arrogant asshole off!" Ino exclaimed with zeal before putting some extra chakra in to her legs and bursting ahead of her two male companions.

"Tell me something Nara, was Ino always this demanding when she was a teammate of yours?"

"Troublesome, you have no idea Neji."

At the main gate Shikaku was mobilizing his forces of about 300 shinobi to attack the now retreating Otogakure army. The Strategic Commander of Konoha's shinobi force was nervously waiting to receive word of when Sunagakure's forces would be in position for a link-up with Konoha's forces. However, it wasn't the waiting that was making the seasoned commander and strategist nervous. It was the fact that it had been reported that Orochimaru had remained behind while the main bulk of his army had already moved out. It appeared that the Snake Sannin was waiting on something or someone and that's what was making the Nara clan leader nervous. It also tugged at the Nara patriarch's emotions that if Orochimaru was still alive then Asuma Sarutobi most likely was not.

"Commander Nara, we've received word that Sunagakure's forces will be in position in half an hour, maybe less."

A nod from Shikaku indicated he understood before he leapt up onto one of the massive stones that had been pummeling the Leaf village and addressed his men.

"Shinobi of Konoha, you have fought bravely in defense of your village and I want to say it has been an honor to serve with all of you and to be your Commander. I know you men are tired, but your efforts to protect your homeland have not been in vain. You have bought us the precious time needed for Sunagakure's reinforcements to arrive. Now I must ask you to set aside fatigue for now is the time to show this Otogakure scum the grave mistake they've made in attacking the Village Hidden in the Leaves. No longer will we be fighting merely to defend our homes, family, and loved ones. No, from this point on we will ATTACK and make our enemy pay so dearly for their transgressions against us today. That they never dare to consider attacking us again in the future, for they will know that if they do, their fate will be sealed, as it is already sealed for them today. Remember the battle-cry of our Godaime Hokage Tsunade Senju at the start of this battle and keep it with you always…. Marugachi (Total victory)!"

All of the Leaf village shinobi Shikaku had mobilized followed their Commanders example and shouted out while pumping a fist into the air.

"MARUGACHI!"

Shikaku looked on with pride at the renewed energy and desire his men now held in their hearts to make the Otogakure shinobi outside of their gate retreating back to the Rice Country with their tails between their legs pay for what they had done. However, Shikaku's gratification and respect he was feeling towards his shinobi was interrupted when someone shouted out.

"Holy Kami, what the hell is that thing?"

The Commander of Konoha's forces quickly spied the shinobi who had cried out and noticed the man pointing to something in the sky. There flying over them 200ft or more above their heads was some sort of man-bat creature carrying a white-haired Oto shinobi and heading towards Orochimaru's position as it flew over the main gate to the village. It was then that Shikaku heard his son shout out while running towards him reprimanding his men with dissatisfaction ringing in his voice

"What are you shinobi doing? Why didn't you attack that thing instead of staring at it?"

"Shikamaru, they were caught by surprise by the sudden appearance of that thing as was I! Just what the hell was that thing son?"

"That thing was the Leaf village traitor Sasuke Uchiha and Yakushi Kabuto father and our shinobi's momentary shock at seeing such a creature may have just cost us the opportunity to take them both down once and for all." The Nara heir answered with frustration.

"Kabuto-kun, Sssssssasuke-kun, good of you to finally arrive. I was beginning to grow concerned for you both. And judging by your appearances, I had good reason to be." Orochimaru greeted his two apprentices, as they flew down and landed in front of the Snake Sannin before kneeling before him.

"My apologies Lord Orochimaru."

"For what do you apologize for Kabuto-kun? Making me have to wait for the two of you before leaving or is it for your failure in opening up a sssssssecond front within the Leaf village?"

"I humbly apologize for both transgressions my lord."

"Never-mind, we'll discuss your failures later, at least you fulfilled your primary mission I tasked with you. As you can see, I've ordered our forces to withdraw back to Otogakure. I'll explain to you later the circumstances that led to this decision. Now Ssssssssasuke-kun, what has happened to you ssssssssweet boy."

"I, I don't know Orochimaru-sama, I'm, I'm in such terrible pain, ple-please help me."

"I'm sure you are in pain dear boy. It appears you've overtaxed your cursed-seal powers. Tell me, how many times today did you call upon the gift I bestowed onto you?"

"Three, three times my lord. Tw-twice going to stage one and on-once going to stage two." Sasuke stammered with pain through clenched teeth.

"Dear boy, I did warn you about overusing your gift."

"I, I know you did, but, but I had no choice, as the opponents I faced were much stronger and more sk-skilled than I was expecting."

As Orochimaru listened to the pained explanation, he couldn't very well fault the boy as he himself had underestimated the strength and skill of his foes and had been forced to overuse his own regeneration technique to survive.

"Yessssssss, I understand Sssssssasuke-kun, our homeland's occupants have proven to be much more of a nuisance than we had expected. Revert back to your human form and that will lessen the pain you are feeling. However, when we return to Otogakure we will have to see what damage has been done by your overuse of the cursed-seal."

Sasuke's eyes rolled to the back of his head and he gave off a strangled choked cough, as his skin began to resume its normal pale color and the monstrous webbed claw-shaped wings receded back into his body. After the transformation was finished, the Uchiha boy dropped to his knees panting heavily from the exertion of the ordeal. It was at that moment that Sub-Commander Gorou arrived on the scene and bowed before the Snake Sannin.

"Sssssssub-Commander Gorou, are your men in position to defend our main forces withdrawal?"

"Hai my lord, your main army has already left and is heading back to Otogakure as we speak. The reserve forces are still retreating to this position and our currently holding off Suna's forces from linking up with Konoha's. However my lord, I estimate they will only be able to do this for another 30 minutes."

"Very good, but what's to keep Konoha from launching an attack on its own?"

"We've have set up a defensive position here and have heavily barricaded the road leading to us. Also our Trebuchet Catapults are currently keeping Konoha's forces pinned inside the Leaf village. That is why I estimate that it will be at least 30 minutes before Konoha and Suna might launch a joint attack upon this position my lord. Thus giving you and the bulk of the main army the time needed to retreat back to the Rice country and Otogakure."

"Very good Sssssssub-Commander Gorou, I leave it to your capable hands to cover our withdrawal back to Otogakure. Come Kabuto-kun, Ssssssssasuke-kun we must depart, but I promise the both of you we shall return and conquer our former homeland one day, this I ssssssswear!"

Just as Orochimaru had finished threatening declaration, several high-pitched screaming sounds were heard before the defensive encampment was bombarded with several massive stone projectiles thrown by their very own Trebuchet Catapults. As the dust rose in the air, an Oto shinobi ran over to Orochimaru and Gorou and bowed before hastily saying.

"Lord Orochimaru, Sub-Commander Gorou, our catapults suddenly became alive and turned and fired off their loaded stones at our position before they exploded in a shower of wooden shrapnel. All of the catapult crews are severely wounded or dead."

"Damn these former experiments of mine, they are proving to be most bothersome to me today." Orochimaru spat with annoyance.

However, before the Snake Sannin could muse any further about not disposing of his former experiments properly. The men manning the barricade and trying to repair some of the damage it had sustained suddenly started to shout.

"What is that thing?"

"Somebody stop it!"

"It's going to crash into the barrier!"

As Orochimaru and the others looked a quarter-mile down the road where the barricade has been built, the center of the blockade fortification suddenly exploded, as a massive living 50ft diameter ball came crashing through it, while Leaf ninja flowed in from behind the breach and began engaging the Oto shinobi in battle. Soon the destructive ball began to shrink in size to reveal the form of the Akimichi clan heir. Sasuke saw it was his former classmate and his eyes narrowed with hate and rage, as Chouji joined in the battle.

Shikamaru, Ino, and Neji waited anxiously in the second wave of Leaf shinobi getting ready to enter through the breach their teammate and friend had created. Both former members of Team #10 felt a sense of pride in seeing Chouji be the one to take down the barrier and lead the charge into the enemy's defensive fortification. And even though they were no longer a team, on this day the new Ino-Shika-Cho trio was going to live again and carve out their own fearsome reputation in battle just as their father's had long ago.

As soon as they signal was given they rushed in and scanned the battlefield for their friend. A smile spread across Ino's face as she saw her would be boyfriend using his clans infamous Bubun Baika no Jutsu (Partial Multi-Size Technique) to enlarge his fists to pound several Oto shinobi into the ground at once. Chouji turned around and caught sight of Ino, Shikamaru, and Neji and smiled before giving a quick wave of his hand in recognition.

Then time seemed to stop for all four members of the Konoha 11, as Sasuke suddenly blurred behind Chouji and thrust Orochimaru's Kusanagi blade through the Akimichi's back and out his chest. The Uchiha then mercilessly ripped the blade back out and Chouji dropped to his knees before looking up and flashing his trademark grin at the two frozen members of his former Genin team and mouthed the words.

Goodbye my friends, I'll miss you.

A scant second later Sasuke swung the Kusanagi sword in a murderous swipe and lopped Chouji's head off in one swift and cruel stroke.

"No!" Neji exclaimed with horror.

"Chouji!" Shikamaru cried out in panicked terror as he leapt forward with a kunai in each hand and began hacking his way through Oto shinobi in a murderous rage to get to his friend.

For her part, Ino stood rooted to the ground with tears streaming down her face, as she saw Sasuke grin wickedly at her before maliciously laughing, as he shunshin'd away. After a few more seconds, the disbelief Ino had been trying to hang onto was finally overcome by the stark and brutal reality of what she had just witnessed and she screamed at the top of her lungs before collapsing in a heap onto the ground unconscious.

"CHOUJI-KUN…..!"

"Ino!" Neji cried out before leaping to her position to protect the fallen kunoichi from any harm.

When Shikamaru reached his best friend, he dropped to his knees at the sight before him. He already knew what he was going to find, but the Nara heir needed to see the vicious truth before his very eyes. With tears starting to roll down his face he looked to the distance and saw Sasuke with a smirk on his face return Orochimaru's sword to him. As the killing intent began to swell within him, the shadow user saw the Snake Sannin and his two protégé's melt away into the ground. Looking up to the heavens, Shikamaru screamed into the void in a voice mixed with sorrow, rage, and vengeance.

"SASUKE…..!"

Up on a distant mountainside that overlooked the Village Hidden in the Leaves and the countryside around it, two solitary figures wearing long flowing black robes that were adorned with red clouds spied through telescopes at Orochimaru's retreating army with Konoha's forces in pursuit. Heaving a bored sigh, the larger of the two individuals, a blue skinned man with shark-like teeth snapped his telescope closed and commented with sarcasm.

"Quite the bloodthirsty little psychopath you're brother has become Itachi. He's not very honorable attacking and killing his former comrade from behind like that. But I guess since he's under the loving tutelage of that fudge-packing snake now, coming in from behind is something he's gotten use to."

The double entendre of Kisame's words was not lost on Itachi and a sharp glare and flash of his Mangekyou Sharinagan towards his traveling companion let the former Mist shinobi know he was treading on dangerous ground if he continued to speak about his little brother. Itachi then snapped his telescope shut before closing his eyes and thought with sadness.

'Foolish little brother, you've become such a disappointment. I told you to hate me and become stronger. Why would you not think that the very village, which gave me my strength, could not do the same for you? To sell your body and soul to that pedophilic monster, all for the sake of gaining power that much quicker to kill me. Don't you realize that the snake can't grant to you the power you need to kill me? If Orochimaru had such power, he himself would have killed me long ago. Such a foolish waste of your life little brother and all for naught.'

"Come Kisame, we must report back to the leader at once that the Jinchuuriki container of the Kyuubi no Youko did not surface during this battle. Apparently the rumors are true and he no longer resides in the Leaf village."

"Yeah, yeah I'm coming, I have to say one thing, it surprises me that the Leaf village was able to hold off that slithering snake considering what a numbers advantage he had on them."

"Hn."

"You don't seem surprised about it Itachi."

"Let me ask you Kisame, do you know why Konohagakure is considered one of the most powerful of all the shinobi villages in the elemental nations?"

"No, I never did understand why it's regarded so highly considering that all the other shinobi villages have the leaf outgunned in shinobi numbers except Suna."

"Numbers are not what makes a shinobi village powerful, it's the talent and skill of the ninja that village produces, that is what makes it powerful. And the shinobi the Village Hidden in the Leaves produces are…..exceptional."

"Careful Itachi or one might think you actually feel a sense of pride in your former village by the way you speak about it."

"Indeed."

Author Notes: Yes, Chouji is dead and there won't be any miracle jutsu or medical technique from Tsunade that will bring him back to life for the story. It was a very difficult scene for me to write and I actually got a little choked up while doing it. I just want to say I really liked Chouji as a character. However, for the sake of giving some realism and believability to this or any story, one has to realize that not all the good guys can always survive and in war there is never a Disney ending.

Thus brings an end to the Invasion Arc of my story save for the aftermath of the invasion next chapter. Then for the spectacular 50th chapter Naruto returns! Well he doesn't return to the village but he Kakashi, and Jiraiya return with an all-new original adventure chapter devoted solely to them.

Now I wish to thank everyone both old and new readers who took the time to review my last chapter. My review totals were down 25%, so I'm very appreciative of those people who did take the time to leave a review. I don't know if it was me for making the chapter so Lee dominated? Or maybe people just don't like Lee as a character as much as I do for the down totals? For those of you who did review, you all had a lot to say about the last chapter and I'm pleased that this story has such a strong fan base with readers who actually write out well thought-out reviews. The reviews that actually force an author to think about something are the ones that are most helpful to us.

As for this chapter, boy did I have to button up a lot of storylines within it. However, overall I'm generally pleased with the result. So, I'm very curious to see what the responses to this chapter will be from everyone. I also included another subtle homage thrown in at the end with Itachi's final spoken word. Once again a cyber-cookie and milk or a cyber-beer and mozzarella sticks your choice if you can name the sci-fi character that uses this catchword and can name the sci-fi universe the character comes from. All I ask is don't write a review just answering the question, but please also say something about the chapter as well.

Anyway, I enjoy reading many of your reviews, so please leave lots of reviews, as they do help a writer get the thoughts and opinions of the fans of a story. They also can help lift the spirits of an author as well. Also, to any readers who are staff members to any C2 communities, please feel free to add my story to your community if you feel it is worthy of it. I won't mind, I swear. I'll even pinkie swear if I need to?

Breaking News!

Before we get into my views of the latest manga chapters, I have some exciting news to tell you all about, I've adopted a story….sort of? I know, I know, what am I insane? I already have too damn much on my plate when it comes to writing projects. Well fear not because the story I've adopted is one of the co-writing projects I've been working on with another author, let me explain.

If you didn't already know, I've been co-writing an amazing Naruto/Bleach crossover story with my fellow author NeonZangetsu. It's called "My Purpose? What is my Purpose?" and it started off as an original work creation by NeonZangetsu. I joined in the writing of the tale on chapter 11 and NeonZ and I have alternated writing chapters since then. He has the even-numbered chapters to write, and I have the odd beginning with chapter 11. Unfortunately, NeonZ has had some serious health issues among other major things going on in his life and has not been able to write the latest chapter for the last six months.

However, I wanted the story to have a conclusion so NeonZ and I came to agreement. We are going to leave the original story up with his account and one day life permitting he might return to the tale and finish it and I will be creating a new revised version of the story on my account. And while some things will remain the same in the story I can assure you that the new revised version I will be doing will not be a carbon copy of the original.

The story involves Naruto who had 3 loves in his life; all of them broke his heart. Life in the village becomes too much for him, as the pain and despair he feels threatens to destroy him. Leaving the village he sets off a chain of events, as friends and foes aren't ready for Naruto to disappear from their lives, and want him back at any cost. If you're a fan of the angst, drama, suspense, surprises, and romance I've done with my story. Then you should enjoy reading this tale as well, both the original version and the revised version. I plan to post the first chapter of the revised version sometime next week. So please check it out when you have a chance.

Hottest Anime Girls Poll:

I've reached my goal of having over 1000 individual voters for it and most of the positions have been locked up in the top 10. But I will leave the poll up until the release of my next update where I will post the final totals of the Top 10.

Now, onto everyone's favorite section Kingkakashi's rants on the manga yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Once again I have very few positive things to say about the last few issues of the Naruto manga!

*Warning I do give away some spoilers in my rants, so read at your own risk.

#529 – This chapter was just a continuation of the silliness of the whole Kin-Gin brother's fight against Darui and the Leaf Alliance. I won't go into the details of the fight, but I will say it was cool seeing Shikaku come up with a strategy using the new Ino-Shika-Cho trio to defeat the Kinkaku brother who had gone mini-jinchuuriki on the battlefield. That alone made this an ok chapter to read in my opinion.

#530 – This was a good chapter because Kishimoto actually decided to give the new Ino-Shika-Cho trio some more ink time. They run into their old nemesis Kakuzu who introduces them to some of his fellow Edo Tensei compatriots with Asuma being one of them. Shikaku orders the Ino-Shika-Cho team to battle their former Sensei. Unfortunately, Chouji is reluctant and seems to be having a difficult time grasping the harsh realities of battle and war. You didn't see that in my story by the way, but that's neither here nor there. We also get to see some cool scenes involving Izumo and Kotetsu fighting Kakuzu as well. The chapter finishes with Kankurou's ambush squad being chased by the Edo Tensei shinobi of Hanzo the Salamander, Kimimaro Kaguya, Chuukichi of the Mist, and Chiyo the Elder. Hanzo summons up a Salamander who unleashes a poisonous cloud onto Kankurou's ambush squad. Just as Hanzo is moving in to wipe out them out, Mifune the leader of the Samurai from Land of Iron arrive to save Kankurou and the ambush squad.

#531 – This chapter starts off with a Shoenjump poll showing that Naruto is the most popular character, which was nice to see Sasuke not winning it for a change. Hinata also finished ahead of Sakura, but then she always does, lol. Anyway the Ino-Shika-Cho trio is getting set to square off against Asuma this chapter. So of course Kishimoto breaks away from that and we go back to Hanzo and Mifune squaring off against one another. Meanwhile Kimimaro attacks the accompanying Samurai. The rest of the chapter is Mifune and Hanzo fighting while spouting about ideology, philosophy, and their history. This wasn't a bad chapter per-say, just kind of boring to me.

#532 – A continuation and eventual ending of Mifune and Hanzo fighting while spouting about ideology, philosophy, and their history. Then we switch back to the Ino-Shika-Cho fighting Asuma who wants them to defeat him and is trying to set himself up for that. Shikamaru complies and sets a trap for Asuma, but then Chouji chokes on unleashing the hit onto his dead Sensei. I just want to say that I had made my decision about Chouji in my story long before I ever read this chapter and it in no way influenced me for my story. Once again, this wasn't a bad chapter per-say, just kind of boring.

Yes, I'm still thoroughly disgusted that Kishimoto hasn't done anything yet with Hinata's confession to Naruto now reaching 95 freaking issues!

Now I'd like to give a shout out to three stories of quality work that I recommend and hope you all will checkout when you have the time.

Recommendations:

"Apprentice of The Sage" by Zentary: A brand new story from an author who always produces quality tales. He's only two chapters in so better to recommend the story in its early stages to allow people to get quickly caught up. Since as I said this author doesn't write bad stories and he promises that this new tale will not detract from him updating in a timely fashion the other fine stories he currently has in production. I'm holding you to your word on that Zentary.

"Legends Never Die" by Kyuubi123: Another quality author on this site. This story is the follow up companion piece to his smash-hit story "Naruto's True Nindo" that I've recommended in the past on more than one occasion. If you haven't read that story, I urge you to read it first before moving onto this tale. As this story is essentially a continuation or sequel of that fine tale.

"The Way It Should Have Been" by Tyr'amun: A really creative and original story I recently discovered that quite frankly deserves way more reviews then it has gotten so far. The author has done such a fantastic job of writing and developing a tale that is so different, yet he also blends the elements of the original manga within it so well that I don't want to spoil it for you by describing the story. I will say that the pairing is NarutoxHinata but it's developed in an entertaining way that I've never seen before. So if you're in the mood for something unique then this is definitely a story you should checkout and review.

Now please be kind and leave precious valuable reviews on these stories.

As always, if anyone wants to discuss my story in greater detail, just shoot me a PM. I enjoy talking about the story with any readers who really have an interest in it. I'll try to respond back to you as quickly as I can.

Take it easy and be good!

Kingkakashi

School Time:

Double Entendre

Definition: A word or expression capable of two interpretations with one usually risqué.

Etymology: French 1673

Part of Speech: Noun