1130, Uzumaki Manor, Konoha Zone Nine
"HAHH!" Tsunade roared with the ferocity of a lioness as she delivered a devastating punch to the face of a Berserker, an elite soldier of the hidden Sound village. There was a sickening crunch of bone, a spurt of blood, followed by a scream as the berserker was hurled back to his casket drop pod, the force of the blow snapping his neck like a dry twig.
The Senju cracked her knuckles. Had the circumstance less critical, the Sannin might have been amused that these dead berserkers arrived in their own coffins and, all ready for their own funerals. You just need to cast a simple fire jutsu for cremation.
But she already knew better at her fellow Snake Sannin's idea on using caskets as drop pods- psychological warfare that his elite soldiers were bringing deaths. The legendary ninja-medic was not a sensor, but she could tell many seasoned Leaf ninjas were unnerved at the sight.
Their combat skills were mediocre, but they made it up with their raw strength and speed and fought like rabid beasts. Unless you took out their legs or removed their heads, they just kept coming at you, completely oblivious to the damage that had already been done to them. As a med-nin she had to admit the biology of these things was rather fascinating. However, she had not time to play doctor. Right now she needed to focus on her people.
Five Leaf ANBU and more than sixty chunins and genins were killed, and a hundred more wounded, in exchange for fifty dead Berserkers during the fight at the Uzumaki Manor, Konoha temporary headquarters.
"Lady Hokage!" Natsu Hyuuga shouted with her Byakugan active. "At least a hundred Buzzards are approaching here!"
A full swarm of Fu's shadow clones guarding the Manor fled toward the incoming hostile Combine fliers. The Sky ninjas fired their M-47 kunai launchers at the flying shadow clones and the Leaf ninjas at the ground. Thirty shadow clones were immediately destroyed and several Konoha ninjas were hit, but the Leaf forces immediately retaliated with large volley of explosive kunai tagged with Uzumaki Havoc seals. At least 60 Buzzards exploded in metal, meats and bones.
Tsunade grabbed a rock with her right hand and used her super-strength to crush the rock to pebbles before she threw them at the enemy at high velocity. The pebbles penetrated a dozen Sky ninjas and they dropped like flies. The surviving Buzzards retreated and Leaf ninjas at the Uzumaki Manor made a small cheer.
"This is just their advance forces; they will come back with larger numbers. Everyone stays frosty!" Tsunade Senju ordered and everyone was back to their guard. The situation was getting dangerous and desperate by minutes. There had been hope for the outnumbered Konoha could hold against the Neo-Combine when the Leaf champion- Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze wrecked heavy casualty on their first and second waves and was going to install a new Firewall barrier dome. Then the table turned against the Leaf when the enemy aerial fleet arrived and stop the fuinjutsu process.
"Shadow Legion!" Fu casted the Advanced Mass Shadow Clone Technique. The newly created 100 shadow clones didn't wait for the smoke to dissipate, and each quickly picked up a small scroll titled "Havoc Kunai" in front of the jinchuuriki. There were hundreds of Havoc Kunai scrolls piled up in front of the Nanabi jinchuuriki.
The new shadow swarm flew out to join the fight against the Snow cruisers. At the Hokage's order, Fu's shadow swarms focused on the four Yuki zeppelin-cruisers- one swarm against a cruiser, while the other 547 shadow clones engaged over a thousand Sky Buzzards. It was teal-haired jinchuuriki's fifteenth time to use this jutsu and she was tired.
'We need to distract those Combine air forces and buy time for our artillery units!' Fu thought at the Hokage's strategy. She looked at the four Snow zeppelin-cruisers, there were some smokes coming out from the hulls. Several of her shadow clones had hit the ships with powerful Uzumaki Havoc explosive seals before destroyed by the Snow ships and their Buzzard escorts, and it proved one thing- the Combine ships could be brought down by concentrated firepower, like the super-trebuchets.
Konoha's heavy artillery was almost wiped out. Out of 500, only 72 super-trebuchets and 42 super-ballistae remained. The Leaf artillery ninjas were ordered to come to the most fortified Uzumaki Manor for re-deployment. Fu's shadow swarms would distract the Combine, and escort and protect her fellow Leaf ninjas. The Nanabi jinchuuriki took a food pill and would use this jutsu in the next three minutes.
In the meantime, the teal-haired genin and the Fifth Hokage along with everyone else looked up at the flying fortress- Ancor Vantian. It was still dropping Berserkers while moving towards Zone 5, more and more of these caskets were dropped to the destroyed Konoha Chunin Exam Arena like rains. The number was more than the one dropped at the Uzumaki Manor, and it must be more than 500 Berserkers there.
"Lord Naruto is still there!" Natsu shouted, and everyone's eyes widened in horror- their greatest champion was going to fight those monsters all alone?
Tsunade was greatly worried, and she was contemplating to go help her nephew before an earthquake and Santa Yamanaka interrupted her thought.
"Lady Hokage! There are countless of Neo-Combine ninjas on the Hokage Monument coming toward here! They must be at least ten thousand, ETA nine minutes!"
The earthquake was very unusual, something big were on the march and the Slug Sannin sensed something very familiar.
Natsu Hyuuga's report confirmed her suspicion. "I see many gigantic snakes coming with them too, including Manda!" Her voice was trembling. Every Leaf ninja paled and was shaking at the mention of Orochimaru's infamous boss snake summon. No one wanted to be those snakes' brunch.
"Shit," the Slug Sannin cursed and gritted her teeth at the fact she couldn't go help Naruto, she had hundreds of thousands of people to protect. Orochimaru's flying fortress had killed more than a thousand innocent men, women and children at a Zone 5 shelter. The legendary ninja-medic didn't want this tragedy to happen again.
"Sensei, Kazekage, Shikaku," the Fifth Hokage spoke to them through Katsuya clones. "At least 10,000 strong enemy and Orochimaru's snakes are going to attack us from the Monument! Our forces have stretched too thin, we need to pull back to the village rear section."
The three high commanders in charge of the village vertical sections thought about the Slug Sannin's strategy. Those 8 Sky destroyers accompanying their aircraft carriers had become artilleries and shelling Konoha front section, killing a few still exposed Leaf ninjas there. But the Sky ships couldn't hit most of the rear section as the area was too close to them. Thanks to Naruto, the Konoha defenders didn't need to worry much about the Combine's artilleries outside the walls, that could bombard Konoha Zones Seven, Eight and Nine, since most of them were destroyed along with much of their soldiers.
"Understood," Hiruzen, Rasa and Shikaku all responded. They all agreed that their forces were spread too thin and needed to concentrate to face the enemy coming from behind.
The Forth Kazekage, however, raised a question. "What about the people sheltered at the front sections? The enemy can capture and kill them if we don't defend them."
"Thanks for your concern for my villagers, Kazekage, but Konoha shelter entrances are reinforced with Uzumaki Deadlock seals. Only selected ninjas of ours can open the gates. In case there is no one able to open the gates, the Deadlock seals expires in 9 months and there are enough food and supplies in each shelter." Tsunade explained. "So don't you worry Kazekage."
"I see."
"Shikaku," Tsunade spoke to the high commander on the village middle section. "All units except Battalion J come back to Zone 8. I want Jinnouchi's unit to provide support for Naruto against Orochimaru's Berserkers."
"Understood. Shikaku out."
"Hiruzen out."
"Rasa out."
Tsunade looked at her fellow ninjas before she spoke. "I'm gonna have that Manda and his goons for dinner."
Lines appeared on the Senju's skin and she cracked her knuckles again. She looked at the Zone 5 direction, particularly the destroyed Chunin Exam Arena. She was greatly worried for her nephew, but the boy was of miracle.
"Naruto, I'm sure you will slaughter them all by yourself."
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1130, Destroyed Konoha Chunin Exam Arena, Zone 5
The eight Berserkers closest to Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze had been intimidated by the latter's swift killing of their comrade in a blink of an eye. However, they quickly regained their courage, when their leader Jugo and 500 more Berserkers arrived at the scene.
These guinea pigs on the senjutsu experiment all transformed completely to hideous monsters and let out malicious laugh. Wanting to claim fame and wealth, these 500 Orochimaru's elite soldiers charged toward Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, who charged as well. The blond jonin swung his Arashi katana towards the Berserkers with Futon Vacuum Broadsword Destroyer Technique, the jutsu that wiped out Gato's army in Wave Country in one hit.
"HA! He is hitting air!" Berserker #1 laughed. "What an idi-" His words were cut short when the Vacuum Broadsword Destroyer's very thin, yet large arc of wind blade passed through his mouth and squadmates #2 and #3. The wind blade travelled 100 meters and made short work on the other 30 enemies. The killed berserkers' upper bodies dropped to the ground and their blood pumped a meter high.
"What the?" Berserkers #4 and #5 were shocked to see their target suddenly appeared in front of them. The duo felt huge pain on their chests, and they looked down and saw a katana deep in their chest respectively.
Seeing Naruto's swords embedded in his comrades' hearts, #6 used this opportunity to attack Naruto. He dashed towards between his dead comrades with his Piston Fists, aiming at the blond's head. The Golden Slayer immediately released his hold on the Arashi and Thunder God katanas and sidestepped to dodge the powerful punch and launched a counterpunch.
'I can withstand the brat's punch, then I'll get him and kill him!' #6 thought. The berserker's thought proved dead wrong, when the incoming fist suddenly had two serrated blades in wind chakra. The Wind Claws penetrated his left temple, the force was so powerful that his left eye popped out.
#7 and #8 rushed to the blond's both sides and had transformed their hands to long swords. #7 had crossed his sword-hands for a horizontal attack and #8 raised his sword-hands high. The Leaf jonin rammed to #7 with brute force, and his Wind Armour Duel Mode shredded much of #7's arms.
#8 ignored his comrade's scream and struck down at his prize-enemy from behind. His eyes widened when the blond span around and blocked his attacks with his sturdy right arm guard. The Combine soldier felt a sharp pain in his abdomen and saw his intestines and guts coming out. Naruto looked coldly at the berserker desperately tried to keep his intestines from coming out and died while he deactivated his Wind Claws.
"Wow, you dropped them within nine seconds without using my chakra, incredible," Kurama said. The Golden Slayer's action alarmed Jugo Yagami, the leader and the sanest of the Berserker Corps.
"Surround him!" Jugo ordered aloud, and 500 Berserkers soon encircled Naruto in 100 meter-radius. Then they charged at Naruto. The whiskered blond coldly grabbed the living #7 by the throat and threw him at one group. They made no attempt to dodge their comrade and didn't know #7 was rigged with a Havoc seal.
BOOM! At least a dozen enemies and #7 were killed in the blast. Naruto threw a tri-pronged kunai high in the air directly above his head and disappeared half a second later.
The Berserker army halted to raise their head and saw their target 400 meters above the ground. Many of them laughed manically.
"Haha! The brat must have lost it when he sees us. He made a big mistake by tossing his Hiraishin kunai to the wrong direction! We overestimate the fool!" Lots of them knew that a powerful ninja could make mistakes in panic, but not their greatest and dearest leader Lord Orochimaru.
"It's either he falls to death or severely injured, we will rip him apart!" Everyone transformed their arms into blades.
"200 meters, 190… 180…" Naruto counting as he was freefalling in stable, belly-to-earth position, he saw the enemy like ants congregating at the same spot. Every single berserker was eagerly waiting for him to land on his face and they would tear him to pieces.
"100! Hammer of Dawn!" The Kyuubi jinchuuriki activated his Kurama Avatar, whose golden light shone on the berserkers below like a sunlight. Their vicious smiles turned to shock and horror. It was too late even for those that could activate their Jet Booster Jump to escape the incoming death from above.
CROOM! The gigantic Naruto-Kurama body slammed on hundreds of Berserkers; they became nothing more than red pastes on the ground. Jugo wasn't in within the Hammer of Dawn strike area. The crash created a powerful earthquake across the village and most nearby were knocked off their feet.
"NO, NO NOOO!" A berserker screamed as Naruto rolled his Kurama Avatar like a steamroller toward him and others. More deaths and red pastes in the destroyed arena, over 400 elite Sound soldiers were claimed.
As the Kurama Avatar got up, a dozen Berserkers with wings took off, a few of them flew in front of Kurama Avatar's face and fired their chakra cannons on their transformed arms. It took more than several shots to get at Naruto inside the avatar, and the jinchuuriki counterattacked by clapping on them like annoying mosquitoes with his both hands.
Naruto spotted a Snow zeppelin-cruiser nearby and attacking a pinned down Leaf J-Spade company who were holed up in a supermarket. While the Kurama-Avatar was opening its mouth for its big gun, Naruto unsealed a special javelin that was tagged with a Hiraishin seal and a label "Hiraishin-BFG."
"Evasive maneuver! Activate all the emergency thrusters on the left side!" Captain and Snow Jonin Fubuki Kakuyoku ordered her operation officer.
The emergency thrusters on the Snow ship's left side were on, pushing it aside to avoid an incoming Bijudama. The Yuki kunoichi wiped the sweats off her forehead and sighed in relief, like everyone did so. The chakra absorption devices might absorb the Bijudama, but she didn't want to find out the result at the cost of her own life.
There was a loud cracking sound that pierced through the air. Everyone on the bridge looked at the source of the sound and saw a javelin pierced to the window. In a second a Tailed Beast Bomb appeared on the javelin. The chakra absorption devices were proven unable to withstand a Bijudama as they were overloaded and destroyed before the ship was obliterated to bits, leaving no survivor.
"FUBUKI!" Nadare Roga and Mizore Fuyukuma shouted at their fellow Snow comrade.
Even Doto Kazahana was shocked and stunned. "How did that Bijudama teleport back to the ship?"
"Hiraishin BFG-9000!" There's a smile on Naruto's face. This Bijudama Flash Grenade Nine Thousand Jutsu was his own Flying Thunder God Technique Version Two, it was the combination of Hiraishin and Tailed Beast Ball; the former teleported the latter in a surprise devastating attack. Nine Thousand means the chakra in this Bijudama amounted 9,000 jonins' chakra in total. This was Naruto's superweapon of mass destruction that he planned to use against Madara Uchiha, his parents' murderer.
The Kurama Avatar again opened its mouth and fired a Tailed Beast Micro-Bomb towards a squadron of one Sky aircraft carriers and its escort destroyers behind Zone 9. The 4 Sky aircraft carriers and 8 destroyers had landed behind the Hokage Monument and become airfields and artillery batteries. The Kyuubi jinchuuriki carefully attacked them, targeting the ships on the right side, because half of the K-15 were also in the Hokage Monument forest, close to the Neo-Combine forces there.
Chomei had told Kurama and Naruto that half of the platoon landed behind the Hokage Monument and the Neo-Combine forces there. Chunin Tenten Mitashi, the K-15 third in command, had been rallying the Leaf Raiders who had landed there. The Micro-Bijudama was far away from Tenten's squad, and it vaporized a Sky aircraft carrier and two destroyers.
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All the other Berserkers, numbered 200, that scattered across the village had arrived here at their master Orochimaru's order, they had to help their surviving 100 brethren. To their surprise and confusion, Naruto turned off his avatar, and this invited the 300 senjutsu-enhanced warriors to charge at him.
"I'm gonna take a great joy at ripping you apart!" Many other berserkers said eagerly. Their target- Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze setup a new and small Firewall dome around him.
"You yellow bastard, do you think this little barrier could protect you?" A berserker shouted as he pounded the dome with his Piston Fists. "The dome won't stop us. We will destroy it, drag you out, and rip your to pieces!" Many transformed their arms into Lotus Nonself Cannons.
Suddenly there were many explosions in the destroyed arena, and many berserkers were blown up- dead or mortally wounded.
"Is that teal-haired bitch!?" Jugo was searching for a target in the sky with his cannon-arms, but there was no single flying shadow clone above them. "Then who the fuck is bombing us?"
"IT'S OUR OWN FUCKING ARTILLERY BOMBING US!" A berserker realized when he saw the bombs were of Iwa Mayhem. "Someone with radio tells them to STOP IT!"
A berserker with a radio tried it and to his horror, it was static. "It isn't working! WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK!?"
An electrical jammer Chaos fuinjutsu was glowing on Naruto's left armguard, that sealed and disabled all the electricals in the arena, even his own radio. The berserkers were getting helplessly bombarded heavily by the 6 Sky destroyers, who wanted revenge on Naruto for the destruction of their three ships.
Several rounds hit on the newly built small Firewall dome and the barrier shimmered with bright orange and flickered. The Leaf jonin, however, began to burrow deep and move underground by clawing the earth, fearing that flying fortress might attack him again with that powerful beam cannon.
"Clever kid," Kurama had watched the whole scene through his host's eyes. "You let the enemy commit fratricide and let them kill each other, saving you the effort. Not to mention you relieve the besieged Leaf ninjas at the same time. You never cease to amaze me!"
While chaos and panics ran amok, nine pairs of chakra arms emerged from the ground and grabbed nine berserkers into the underground forcefully. A second later, blood sprang out of the holes.
"Shit!" Jugo immediately activated his Jet Booster Jump to escape, when he saw a pair of chakra arms were one second before grabbing his legs. While dodging the Sky shelling in the air, the Yagami saw his soldiers nine by nine got pulled into underground and slaughtered.
"HOLD FIRE! HOLD YOUR FUCKING FIRE!" Shinno shouted at the Sky destroyer captains. "YOU IDIOTS ARE ATTACKING OUR FRIENDLIES!"
The Sky's bombardment immediately stopped. The bombing lasted for one minute, but over 200 Berserkers were killed, either by Sky or Naruto.
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Ancor Vantian, directly above the Uchiha Compound, Zone 4
In the observation chamber, Orochimaru, the Supreme Commander of the Neo-Combine had been observing his elite Berserker Corps fighting the boy since that Hammer of Dawn strike.
Many television networks had shown the battle that Naruto fought against his own clansmen and sealed them including his mother. The Sound leader had seen it, and throughout the entire spectacle he had smirked. The part that he had enjoyed the most the final scene- the "special gift" he left to the orphan boy. He had actually laughed at the boy's tears.
As the Snake Sannin was watching his Berserkers getting slaughtered, he did so with an indifferent silence. He was not upset at the loss of his powerful soldiers. To him, these Berserkers were nothing more than rabid animals and powerful cannon fodders to create chaos and panics among enemy ranks.
Even if the enemy forces managed to defeat the majority of Berserkers their own forces would be so depleted and sapped of energy, they would not be able to organize much of a defense once the rest of his army arrived.
'When this village falls, and it will certainly fall, there will plenty of subjects I can use to create new Berserkers as long as Jugo lives.' Orochimaru thought as he tapped his fingers on his command desk.
Of course he had to be careful not to let anyone know his true intentions on this friendly fire, he would later use it as a political leverage against the Shinno and his Sky forces. He turned to face his Kaguya bodyguard. "It's obvious that Jugo can't win against the Namikaze, so Kimimaro, I want you go down to extract Jugo."
The Kaguya bowed respectfully. "As you wish, my master."
"Take as many men you need, but under no circumstances are you to engage the Golden Slayer. Jugo's retrieval is top priority at all cost." The Snake Sannin needed Jugo to continue his research on senjutsu and many other areas.
"Hai!" The Sound ninja bowed again and hurried off to save his friend. However the moment he reached the door, Orochimaru's voice spoke out again causing him to pause.
"And Kimimaro, if Jugo is not returned to me alive… then don't bother coming back." The Snake Sannin said in a menacing tone.
The Kaguya stood there for a moment, absorbing his master's words then he forced his body to move again, after exiting the observation room he started to run.
Orochimaru then eased back into his command chair as he took stock of the situation. "The boy is definitely more powerful than Itachi Uchiha, he even survived a direct Yamato Cannon hit. I would not have been able to survive that." His snake-like eyes narrowed slightly as he smiled wickedly. "He is the perfect hybrid of the Uzumaki, Senju, and Namikaze clans. He has all the strengths and none of their weaknesses from them…" He began to entertain an idea: "If I breed Uchihas with the boy, the bloodline forged from it would be more powerful than any in existence. Such children will no doubt be incredibly powerful, they will be ultimate-prefect bodies for me!"
The idea itself was tantalizing, uniting the bloodlines that were descended from Indra Otsutsuki and Asura Otsutsuki who themselves were descended from Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
"I would be that much closer to the Sage of Six Paths!" Godhood and immortality were literally at within his grasp, and now he was more determined to have a dead Naruto. He also thought about Izumi Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha, the latter was 36 years old, but she could still make babies for him.
"Time to bait the boy. Sakon and Kidomaru, you two bring that Uzumaki girl to the arena." He ordered his other three Sound Four bodyguards. "Jirobo, you get the camera crew to the arena."
His bodyguards bowed and then went off to perform their separate tasks, then the Snake Sannin walked to the Ancor Vantian arena.
"Everything is almost in place… just a little longer and they will all be mine."
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Around 100 Berserkers were still alive, but they were severely battered and exhausted. 'The entire corps was here, and we still couldn't harm the brat and we suffer high casualty. Lord Orochimaru is going to be furious!' The idea of their supreme commander's wrath and punishment sunk their morale lower.
Naruto emerged from the ground with an Uzumaki version Fuma Shuriken on his right hand, it was a spiral shape. He threw it at the berserkers. Most blades couldn't cut berserker's monstrous thick skin, and those that could end up chipped or damaged. The Uzumaki blades were different story though, and their shurikens including these giant ones were serrated. His razor-sharp wind chakra made the Uzumaki's super shuriken deadlier.
After throwing the first one, he threw a second one with his left hand, and more than 30 Berserkers were sliced.
"70 more to go," Naruto said, and he looked at Jugo. "That dude must be their alpha. He can transform more stuff and has more chakra than the others, Orochimaru's pet… Shadow Legions!"
200 shadow clones appeared around Naruto, who issued them an order: "Kill them all!"
Despite the odd, Jugo Yagami let out a terrible roar before dashing towards Naruto with all his nature chakra at max. An enraged and mentally unstable Jugo Yagami was not an enemy to trifle with, even to a jonin or even a kage, but they would rather fight that Jugo than a furious Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze.
The blond had seen the Yagami's speed with Jet Booster Jump- he noted it could rival his mother's and the Fourth Raikage's, and it was fine by him. The berserker charged at the Leaf jonin with Piston Fist Style One hoping to shatter every bone in the damned yellow bastard.
The Leaf jonin jumped in the air in a feigned surprise knee-jerk reaction. Jugo chased him up in the air, not knowing it's a trap. The Golden Slayer drew the Arashi katana from his back and used this speed and force to slash vertically a powerful Vacuum Broadsword Destroyer.
Whoosh!
"That's close!" Jugo remarked as he narrowed dodged it with his Jet Booster. The vacuum slice created a deep crevice on the ground and several dead broken berserkers. As both landed, both charged at each other.
"Finally got you!" Jugo smiled as his Destroying Axe Fist clashed against Naruto's Arashi katana. "Your toy sword will be shattered in seconds blondie!"
Naruto was pushed back nine centimeters, but he pushed back and held his sword firmly with his both hands against the enemy's enlarged axe-fist. He showed no expression except cold blue eyes and determination.
The duo didn't move and didn't pay attention at the battle between the other berserkers and the shadow legions. The berserker number dwindled one every second. The standoff between the Uzumaki and the Yagami began to change when the last and the 69th berserker dropped dead and the victorious shadow legions quickly left the area.
"WHAT!" Jugo's eyes widened in horror as his strong axe-arm started to wither. Naruto's had activated his Shield seals on his armour, and it was cancelling the Berserker leader's senjutsu chakra. The Uzumaki's Arashi blade cut through the Yagami's arm and the latter screamed in pain at the loss of his right arm.
Jugo threw his clawed left hand at Naruto, who easily dodged the slash before used the Arashi katana to cut off the Yagami's index and middle fingertips. The Sound ninja screamed again in pain and he jumped backward to escape, the Leaf ninja gave chase by throwing a kunai at him. The berserker easily dodged it, but he didn't know it was another deadly trap.
VROOM! Four javelins came to him and pinned his limbs to a wall. Jugo screamed and he was having a very, very bad day.
"Stick around," Naruto said. "Legions, burn those dead freaks. They could be some sort of plague." The two returning shadow legions begun to burn the dead Berserkers either by fire jutsu or Hellfire seals.
"I love the smell of crispy monsters in the morning," the Golden Slayer put his katana on his shoulder casually and looked at the burning berserkers. Underneath though, he was denying a certain warhawk from accessing the senjutsu enhancement materials. Shadow clone Black had infiltrated the ROOT headquarter and had reported to Kurama that Danzo and that pompous Fire Crown Prince had holed up in a bunker along with their allies, hiding and protecting themselves while everyone else was fighting for their lives and village. The kage bunshin now reported back that Danzo Shimura angrily damaged the floor with his cane and his friends were cursing at him. A grin appeared on Naruto's face.
"Smells like victory."
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1200, The Destroyed Konoha Chunin Exam Arena
"FUCK!" Jugo swore at his troubles. First his quick chance to get healed was denied; he was going to use Cellular Regeneration Absorption on his dead comrades once he got out of those damned javelins, but that yellow bastard burned all of bodies in the arena. He was still struggling to get out of his predicament, painfully. He heard quick footsteps and saw an approaching Golden Slayer with his katana drawn.
"You son of the bitch!" The Yagami swore at the Uzumaki in defiance, and suddenly the temperature dropped a few degrees and a massive killing washed over him. He shuddered when he looked at Naruto's eyes.
It was less than an hour ago Naruto had no choice but sorrowfully sealed his mother's soul, and the pain was still very, very fresh. The berserker's calling him a SOB made him snap. Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze charged towards the pinned Berserker at the fastest speed, he's going to chop his head off without mercy nor pity.
"I am Karin Uzumaki. Lord Naruto Uzumaki, I am your fellow clan woman, SAVE ME PLEASE!" The girl spoke through the PA system on Ancor Vantian, everyone in the village could hear her desperate and shaking voice.
Naruto skidded to a halt and turned around to face Ancor Vantian in disbelief with widened eyes. He took out the Uzumaki Reclaimer ruby necklace that was used to find scattered Uzumaki people. To his shock it was indeed radiating brightly and burning hot.
A stake with a two-way communication console landed in front of the blond Uzumaki, who quickly turned off his Chaos seals.
Karin's cry for help had even reached the Hokage Tower underground Operations Center, Guren and her team heard it loud and clear. It was the signal.
"Turn on the village TV broadcast system!" Guren ordered. "I want all those tree-huggers to see it and fear Lord Orochimaru!"
In a second all static televisions in Konoha came to life, including those in the shelters. The screen was split into two, the right half showed Naruto- the Leaf's champion. Everyone gasped at that they saw on the left half of the screen- a naked red-haired bespectacled girl was coiled by a giant python, although her private parts were covered by the snake. The screen showed that the girl was reading a script trembling with tears raining down her face.
"I am Karin Uzumaki, daughter of Nori Uzumaki who was a survivor of the Fall of Whirlpool. I am held captive by the Neo-Combine and their supreme commander Lord Orochimaru. Lord Naruto if you can hear this, PLEASE I BEG YOU TO SURRENDE-" Orochimaru's smiling face suddenly appeared on the TV screen.
"Naruto Uzumaki, now you hear your clanswoman crying for help. Kukuku, will you leave her to die?" The Snake Sannin asked rhetorically in a sadistic voice, and turned and nodded to his python, who licked Karin with its long-forked tongue, as it was tasting the girl.
"AAAHHH!" The poor girl screamed and cried. The view now focused on the python which looked very eager to devour her. Most watching the scene were very terrified.
"…." The blond Uzumaki proved to be a disciplined ninja as he showed no emotion, except his eyes were getting extremely murderous and he held his Arashi katana tighter, as he patiently listened Orochimaru continuing his words.
"If you don't want this little girl to become my pet snake's food, then you lay down your weapons and surrender to m-"
"HAHA!" Jugo had finally managed to break free of the javelins. Taking the opportunity Naruto was distracted, he charged toward him with a Destroying Axe Fist on his left hand. The blond appeared right before him before he could blink. Without a word, Naruto in Biju Mode grabbed the Berserker and arm-locked his neck before slapping the Yagami's forehead with a seal.
"Now you got an incendiary bomb on your head- Hellfire seal! Rigged to go off when anyone tampers with it and I have the detonator with me!" Naruto looked at Orochimaru on the console murderously. "Now this freak leader is my prisoner and we are even! We can do a hostage exchange!" He took out and opened a Brig seal and violently tossing Jugo into it.
The console showed the Snake Sannin's displeased expression. "You are making a grave mistake here brat. You are in no position to make such demand. Do you think you can defeat me?" Orochimaru threatened and flicked his fingers. The python enlarged its mouth a few centimeters before poor Karin's face.
The Uzumaki girl screamed in horror with eyes widened to the max. "NOOOO! PLEASE DON'T EAT ME!"
"Whatever you said Orochimaru," Naruto had a Mini-Bijudama on his left hand. "Mark my words: if Karin dies, this berserker pet of yours will become crispier than Konoha Fried Chicken! I'll make that flying palace of yours a firework! Even if you somehow manage to escape, I will hunt you, find you whatever hole you hide in, and become your greatest nightmare!"
Naruto saw Four Dragons with Kimimaro onboard were approaching the destroyed arena.
"You want me lay down my weapons?" He asked before throwing the Mini-Bijudama at a Dragon transport, the explosion caught the other three. "COME AND GET THEM! Call me whenever you are ready for a prisoner exchange!"
The Uzumaki then ended the conversation by slicing the console in half. Unfortunately for him, he didn't see the Snake Sannin's panicked expression when Kimimaro's transport went down.
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After Naruto destroyed the console, Orochimaru immediately activated his COM. "Elite Chunin Sasame Fuma, what is the status of Kimimaro?"
"Lord Kimimaro is alive and fine," the Sound Elite Chunin kunoichi reported, certain that her master would be pleased. She was right, she heard a little sigh of relief.
"Excellent. Also, have you located that brat's Hyuuga girlfriend and his two Uzumaki girls?"
"Yes, my lord. That Honoka girl is at the Uzumaki Manor helping the Hokage. Hinata Hyuuga is in Zone 3 heading to the closest Leaf forces, and that Tayuya Uzumaki is in Lord Kimimaro's vicinity."
"Good," The Snake Sannin smiled sinisterly. The Golden Slayer was provoked to assault Ancor Vantian, everything was on the plan despite the little hiccup that the destruction of Kimimaro's Dragon. "Sky Special Jonin Amaru, I want all the Ancor Vantian's bays secured with extra security. That boy might steal one of the Dragons to come here to rescue his clanswoman."
"Hai!"
Unbeknown to everyone, the Snake Sannin used this beefed up security to hide a real trap for the blond Uzumaki and the two still-free Uzumaki girls. Based on the Kumo's records, the boy was creatively tactical and had used different approaches to reach his objectives and succeeded. The Sound leader was certain that Naruto and Honoka would come to rescue Karin, and this time they would fail, then he would have a dead Naruto and his DNA materials, along with three young Uzumaki girls. Capturing both the Uzumaki and Uchiha clans he could create powerful Uzumaki-Uchiha hybrids, and more powerful ones with Senju-Uzumaki-Namikaze-Uchiha genes.
"What is the status of the Yamato Cannon?" He inquired.
"It will be ready in 44 minutes," the Sky kunoichi replied.
"Good, once it is primed and ready, target the Uzumaki Manor. I want it destroyed and the Leaf Command residing within it to be annihilated!" The Neo-Combine supreme commander spoke to the Fuma kunoichi again.
"Sasame, tell Kimimaro his objective has been changed- capture Tayuya Uzumaki but he has to hold it until I say so." The Snake Sannin's face became sadistic. "And send the Hyuuga girl's location to him. Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, you are going to die defeated this time and your testicles are going to be my personal property!"
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1230, Uzumaki Manor
"WHA!" Many people jumped up in surprise when Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze arrived at the entrance inside the Uzumaki Manor by Hiraishin. Everyone quickly gave way for him, either out of respect or fear, or both. They had saw everything through televisions, the battles against Satori and Shingen Hattori, the undead Uzumakis, the Sound Berserker Corps, and the destruction of a Sky ship squadron, as well as the hostile interaction with the infamous Snake Sannin.
A Leaf chunin wanted to tell the blond elite jonin that he had overstepped his authority on the hostage exchange, but he kept his mouth shut after seeing the blond's murderous eyes. His survival instinct told him not to get in the Golden Slayer's warpath.
"You alright kid?" Kurama asked his jinchuuriki concernedly. The boy had been through a lot, and the fox was very sympathetic.
"No" was Naruto's honest answer. "Kurama, please issue a command to at least two legions to jack those so-called Dragon transports and tell every legion captain to find out which village this Karin Uzumaki is from."
There were 28 Naruto's shadow legions across the battling village, that meant 2,801 shadow clones including Black. Naruto's Shadow Legion Technique was much better than Fu, he was the inventor after all. One Naruto's legion was always 100-strong. As long as a legion captain wasn't destroyed, the captain could create replacements with Kurama's help.
It wouldn't be a difficult task to find out where this Karin Uzumaki from, and Naruto had some "questions" to her shelter village. The blond elite jonin had noticed the bites on Karin's body, she had the Heal Bite bloodline limit like Tayuya. But there were too many bite marks around her, the blond Uzumaki now had taken a personal interest to make that village pay for all the abuses on his clanswoman.
He wanted to pick up Hinata Hyuuga, who was in Zone 3 along with Shino Aburame, Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru, that was good news. They were heading toward a friendly area. But the bad news was that the Hiraishin seal on her calf was damaged during the landfall to escape the Ancor Vantian's Yamato Cannon. The Hyuuga's Hiraishin tagged arrows were also lost during the cannon attack.
Time was critically essential, he had to rescue his fellow Uzumaki before that snake ate her. Naruto thought as he was picking up scrolls at the Uzumaki Armoury, quietly and quickly rearming himself. "The future of the Uzumaki clan is in your hands" His mother's last words echoed in his head. He swore he would save Karin.
"Naruto!" Tsunade Senju stormed into the armoury. "Is that Karin a real Uzumaki?"
Honoka Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, an unmasked Takuma Hyuuga (due to the Yamato Cannon attack) arrived at the armoury too. They were the only K-15 members who landed in Zone 9 and made it back to the Uzumaki Manor.
A little smile appeared on Naruto's face. The Hokage didn't come all the way to reprimand him for the prisoner exchange, she cared about her fellow Uzumaki people too. That's why he returned to Konoha willingly with Hinata, Honoka and Tayuya after escaping Kumo, the busty Hokage would ensure their welfare in the Leaf village.
"Yes, the Reclaimer ruby confirms she is, and so that snake bastard is confirmed on that flying fortress." Naruto turned around and saw his aunty covered in gores and blood.
Karin's broadcast distracted Tsunade and it gave Manda a golden opportunity to swallow the Slug Sannin. It was a fatal mistake for Manda, whose head "imploded" when the Hokage punched her way out. The boss snake summon was impregnable outside, but its inside was still flesh and blood.
The blond seal master tossed a small scroll to his gore-covered aunty. The moment she grabbed the scroll, it was immediately activated and the Sannin glowed brightly for a second.
"What is this?" Tsunade asked surprised as the gores and blood on her were all removed. She was very clean, she felt that she just had a shower. "Another fuinjutsu invention?"
"Uh-huh," Naruto was picking up another two scrolls with no further word.
"Thanks, kid. We are going to launch Operation: Skyfall, and I add rescuing that Karin girl as a mission parameter to you, Elite Jonin Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze." Said blond jonin turned around to face her with questions on his face. "We need to neutralize that flying fortress threat at utmost priority. Based on the intelligence from captured Sky ninjas, that flying fortress is called Ancor Vantian and has chakra absorption technology. That cannon is called Yamato Cannon and will be ready in around 30 minutes. We have to take it out before it takes us out. This operation includes neutralization on the Sky aircrafts and artillery on the Hokage Monument. Chunin Tenten has gathered every K-15 members who landed behind them. I have assigned her squad to destroy the Sky ships grounded there."
The Fifth Hokage looked at Naruto. "And I assign you not only rescue Karin, but to cut off the head of the snake, figuratively and literally, then destroy that flying fortress to stop this invasion. You will need extra hands, Mikoto is on her way here. She has a hawk summon that can help you."
"Yes, Naruto, and I will come with you!" Honoka said.
"You two won't be enough for this task, let me help you!" Sasuke Uchiha volunteered.
Sakura Haruno took a step forward. "Me too! We have to rescue that poor Karin girl!"
"Don't count me out!" Takuma Hyuuga announced.
Naruto looked at four of them with a smile. "Good, welcome to Team Naruto. Feel free to pick up any scroll you need here." He then unsealed a scroll, and a javelin popped out. He handed the javelin to Tsunade. "Lady Hokage, how far can you throw it?"
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1245 (Three Minutes Later)
"Summoning Technique!" Mikoto Uchiha put her hands on the ground, and a moment later a big hawk named Tatsumaru appeared on the Uzumaki Manor garden lawn.
"You take this," Naruto handed over the Reclaimer ruby necklace to Honoka. "In case Karin and Orochimaru are separated. I can still find her without the ruby anyway."
The Uchiha matriarch mounted on Tatsumaru, then Sasuke, Honoka, Sakura, and Takuma followed suit.
Naruto looked at his team. "Takuma Hyuuga, you are the second in command here. In case Karin and Orochimaru are not in the same place, you will lead the team to rescue Karin and evacuate immediately no matter what happened then, one of my legions will assist you. I will deal with that snake and his flying palace myself." The elite jonin laid out his plan. He put his right hand on Tatsumaru's chest. "I'll create openings on Ancor Vantian. You can land after I soften up the enemy there and aunty Mikoto's hawk brings you closer to the fortress."
"Once you all infiltrate the fortress, I will stay in the sky providing surveillance and the exfiltration." Jonin Mikoto Uchiha said to Team Naruto.
Hokage Tsunade Senju held a javelin tightly and barked an order. "All artillery! Open fire at that flying fortress on my mark!" All Leaf artillery aimed and held their fire at Ancor Vantian until two seconds later the Hokage shouted "MARK!"
Hundreds of Leaf explosive projectiles were launching at the Sky flying fortress, the Fifth Hokage threw the javelin into the sky at sonic speed. The artillery fires masked the javelin, as Naruto had said "Hiding a leaf among trees," and an attack from above was the last thing Ancor Vantian would expect.
Three seconds later, Team Naruto along with Mikoto and her hawk disappeared.
"Good luck to you all," Tsunade said and she returned to defend the village rear section against a large host of incoming invaders.
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Everyone had two prepacked oxygen Rebreather mini-scrolls into their nostrils, and they didn't have breathing problem when they teleported nine kilometers above the ground.
High above the ground, the Karin Rescue Team could see the entire Konoha and its surrounding lands. All, particularly two young genins Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno, were shocked at what they saw at the entire Leaf village- explosions everywhere, many places were burning, and fierce dogfights between Fu's shadow clones and the Sky Buzzards.
'We have to fight hard- for home, village and family!' Sasuke and Sakura shared the same sentiment.
Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze disengaged from Mikoto's hawk and activated his Biju Mode. He launched himself downward to Ancor Vantian- head towards the ground and legs up at terminal velocity.
When he was at altitude five kilometers, he clearly saw two lines of people fighting each other- top was the Neo-Combine, and the bottom line was Konoha. The top line was more dense- more soldiers and giant snakes. He fired a Bijudama and shouted "Tailed Beast Meteors!"
The Tailed Beast Bomb diffused into nine smaller Micro-Bijudama and hit the Neo-Combine third wave, just like what he did to the second wave before. Most of Orochimaru's giant snakes and thousands of Neo-Combine ninjas were killed by the Tailed Beast Meteors.
At four kilometers, another Micro-Bijudama was fired and this time it was at a Snow cruiser. Mizore Fuyukuma's ship was blown up, he and his crew ceased to exist.
At three kilometers, he fired a volley of nine smaller Mini-Bijudama at the Yamato Cannon.
"That should destroy their cannon or at least disable it," he looked at smokes around the Yamato Cannon. Thirty seconds later, he again fired another volley of nine Mini-Bijudama on top of the Sky flying fortress- creating entrance options for his team. He crossed his arms in X-shape as a shield as he passed through a blasted hole. It took nine floors to slow down his speed. The Leaf elite jonin flipped and landed by kneeling with one knee on the floor. His boots and knee guards all had impact absorption seals; a large spiral-shape crack appeared on the floor in 3 meter-radius. A small group of Sky ninjas spotted him.
"Intrude-" the Combine ninjas were struck with shurikens before they could raise the alarm.
The blond then created a shadow legion. "Go raise some hell boys!" He pulled out Uzumaki tantos; katana was not suitable for narrow corridor combats. "Karin, I'm coming for you!"
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Zone Five
"Why did Naruto say those things to Orochimaru? He is a Sannin and it's not good talking down to him." Neji Hyuuga asked and then added "Naruto has made things worse!"
"No, it would be worse if Naruto backed down like a wimp, you dummy, you are a chunin for fuck's sake. Guess I'll outrank you very soon!" Tayuya responded in a bit annoyance. "Konoha's morale would drop like shit if he did. Naruto is indeed fighting fire with fire, not only this is the Uzumaki way, but he also has a hostage and a good leverage to threat back that snake bastard, the leverage is that he had beaten many powerful foes- the Fourth Raikage, Itachi, Kisame and Jiraiya. He has to show that he cannot be intimidated or blackmailed otherwise there would be more assholes coming at him in the future. He gotta send a message that anyone who fucks with him is going to get fucked in the ass. Orochimaru is going to have the shittiest day in his life for all the shits he's done to us Uzumakis, particularly Naruto!"
The duo was running toward the Uzumaki Manor at full speed. They had seen the broadcast, and needless to say that Tayuya was furious too. It scared the Hyuuga how terrifying a pissed off Uzumaki was when she vented her anger on several mid-level Grass ninjas on their way, butchering them with her flute only. The Gentle Fist genius made a mental note that never piss off the Uzumakis.
Tayuya and Neji both knew Naruto would launch a rescue for that Karin Uzumaki, except that it's already launched. Their running now came to a halt when they saw Kimimaro standing in their way.
"Tayuya Uzumaki, you can either come with me peacefully," Kimimaro said emotionlessly. "Or I will have to use force."
"You want to take me as another bargaining chip against Naruto?" Tayuya asked as she readied her combat stance. "Well, fuck you and your master Orochimaru!"
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Zone Three
Hinata Hyuuga, Shino Aburame, Kiba Inuzuka and his ninken partner Akamaru carefully ventured through the dark streets in the abandoned Zone 3. Enemy ninjas and samurais were everywhere; Konoha forces had left the whole front section in order to fight the enemy coming from the Hokage Monument.
Hinata had seen the broadcast too along with Shino, Kiba and Akamaru. The Hyuuga knew her love would no doubt rescue his clanswoman, and she knew the rescue operation had been launched. She cursed at the fact that she lost all her Hiraishin seals at the Yamato Cannon attack.
"Watchout!" Kiba warned as he smelled of something. "Someone powerful is approaching us at lightning speed!" Akamaru inside his jacket smelled this too and was terrified by the power this person had.
Everyone sensed a presence in the air as well as a shadow on the ground was growing. The team immediately left the spot, which was landed with a powerful punch. The ground was destroyed 3-meter radius, and dust was everywhere. Hinata, Shino, Kiba quickly took combat stances and when the view was clear, they were shocked at the person they saw.
The Fourth Raikage, the Kumo culprit of the Namikaze-Hyuuga Incident, the mastermind who kidnapped Hinata and Naruto to breed Byakugan, Chain Release and Hiraishin.
"You come back with me!" A demanded, his Lightning Armour was active. "You belong to Kumo."
The cursed Naruto was not here, but Orochimaru promised him Naruto's testicle, so his plan on the Uzumaki-Hyuuga could resume. This Hyuuga girl was an easy target to take without the damned Uzumaki-Namikaze, who ruined the hidden Cloud village.
"Konoha is my home and I'm already back," Hinata looked at the Raikage with hatred in her eyes. She noted the Raikage's scarred face that rivalled the deceased Ibiki, their Chunin Exam first proctor.
"Now I understand why Naruto said he will like to play tic-tac-toe with you- on your face. I will like to, too." The Byakugan Princess calmly took out her Uzumaki daggers and activated her own Lightning Armour, ready to fight like maelstrom.
"You will pay for stealing my ten years with my family!"
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1300, ROOT Headquarter, Zone 3
In the radio room deep within the underground bunker, ROOT and Fire Court officers were listening to radio chatters from both sides and then relaying the information to their operatives who were still on the surface.
In the map room, another group of ROOT and Fire Court officers was examining the war situation by constantly repositioning two different coloured blocks representing the Konoha and the Combine forces respectively on a model layout of the village.
In the armoury, ROOT ninjas and Fire Court samurais were preparing their own weapons and the Uzumaki fuinjutsu, the latter was stolen by Sai. The ROOT operative in the K-15 platoon ostensibly volunteered the responsibility to look after the platoon's backup Uzumaki Advanced Individual Combat Kit scrolls, but he secretly used his ink animals to bring them back to his master. Now here over a thousand ninjas and samurais were properly armed, and they were in their ready rooms waiting for the green light to carry out their orders.
Yet all these coordination and effort were actually not to aid their own comrades in the battle that was raging on above them at that very moment.
In the private conference room, the top-ranking officials were having an impromptu meal; courtiers of the Fire Court were serving sake or small finger foods to these leaders while ninja guards stood in the corners and outside the room for security.
"The Kyuubi jinchuuriki must be tamed, he has overstepped his authority to do a prisoner exchange! Only the Hokage or the village council can authorize such a thing. He must be courted-martial!" Hideo Hyuuga, the Hyuuga clan High Elder, said in a fake-angry tone as he smashed his sake cup on the table.
The more he discredited the boy, the more he could access the Uzumaki clan for the good of the Hyuuga clan. The Hyuuga clan, particularly himself, would become the new masters of Whirlpool, an entire state under the rule of the Hyuuga would significantly increase the power and prestige of his clan in the world.
"Not to mention he also broke the Material Retrieval Protocol by burning those Sound Berserker corpses; we could have studied and used them to enhance our soldiers." Danzo Shimura added as he stamped his cane onto the ground for affect, he refused the offer of both food and drink. "I will personally put him on trial as my first act as Hokage."
"Once the boy defeats Orochimaru first, of course," Hideo added to which Danzo nodded.
"Of course, once he has dealt with that traitor, we will immediately radio and order him to seize control of Ancor Vantian for us." The loss of the berserker corpses was regrettable, but if they captured Ancor Vantian intact, it would more than make up for it.
"We will need you to issue the command to him directly, Your Grace." Danzo said and looked at the new Fire Daimyo Masashi Madako.
"Yes! I will order that brat not to destroy that flying fortress and that last berserker. With them and the jinchuurikis, I can turn Fire Country into a hyperpower state as the Fire Empire!" Masashi said excitedly. "Every other country will submit to me or face total destruction!"
The new Fire Daimyo was on his fourth cup of sake, his face already developing a red colouring from the alcohol. Danzo Shimura bowed his head.
"Of course, Your Grace." He said aloud though mentally he was thinking 'idiot child,' it took every ounce of his will power not to strike this pompous spoiled princeling. However, the prince was useful, and it would be worth it in the end. He knew how to play people like Masashi, flatter them with praise, give them ideas and let them think it was their own, and just enough lead so they could strut and puff themselves up.
The idiot could sit on the throne but in the end Danzo would be the real power behind, ruling from the shadows as he always had.
Masashi meanwhile was drooling at the prospect of becoming the first Fire Emperor with all other states united under the Fire banner. As an Emperor, he would be able to have a harem, hundreds of beautiful concubines to pleasure him whenever he desired. He sniggered with giddiness as he called for another cup of sake.
"Assholes. All of them," Kurama commented on these leaders. The biju was a millennium old and he had seen most human leaders corrupted and self-serving, just like these three. Now they were scheming to takeover Tsunade and Naruto once the fight was over. They had shown the worst parts in human beings.
Through shadow clone Black, the Kyuubi no Kitsune had seen what they had been plotting on. They were so certain Konoha would win the war at pyrrhic victory and everyone would be exhausted, then ROOT would just waltz out of the shadows and take over. With their forces hidden away and at full strength, the battle wary survivors even Naruto could not stop them.
A team would storm the Uzumaki Manor for two purposes. First, ROOT head scientist Tanuki Shigaraki and his squad retrieve the ancient demon Satori's remains for their Nue Project. The second squad included several members of the Fire Royal Guards would seize the Wind Daimyo, who was sheltered at the most fortified Uzumaki Manor. The daimyo would be the first country leader to swear allegiance to the Fire Empire.
Tsunade Senju would be replaced by Danzo as the Sixth Hokage, under the reason that she failed to protect the Fire Daimyo and Lady Shijimi.
"These cowards hide and don't help the village, and yet have the gall to blame the kid and the Fifth Hokage for everything!"
Danzo, once he had taken over the office of Hokage, would then be appointed as Master of War by the new Fire Daimyo and given a blank cheque to conquer all the nations to create a Fire Empire. Other military ministers had wanted this top position. However, they didn't dare to challenge the Konoha's Darkness, better to simply support the Shimura and pick up any scraps he was willing to toss them.
Black had finally found the Kumo evidence files that were supposedly in the Fire News Network studio vault, hence the Konoha elder was confirmed the culprit and the instigator of this war. Kurama was furious; this man was responsible for countless deaths in this Neo-Combine attack on Konoha, all in the name of Konoha and the so-called peace, and yet he and his soldiers and associates didn't come out to help the fighting that was raging outside. People were dying and these cowards hid in the darkness chortling and making a mockery of everything that people were sacrificing their lives for.
"Hypocrites. Chickenhawks. Lickspittles."
Also, another team formed by young Hyuuga Traditionalists would seize Hinata, they would put a Caged Bird Seal on her in order to control Naruto.
Kurama became worried when Hiashi and Hitomi were incapacitated and were put into their Medivac scrolls, and, through Black, he kept an eye on Danzo and his friends, particularly these Hyuuga Traditionalists. The Hyuuga High Elder became bold and intended to usurp the Hyuuga leadership. Hideo Hyuuga had ordered his son Naoki to accompany the Uzumaki Manor team with a secret mission to destroy Hiashi's and Hitomi's scrolls, so the father and son would become the next Hyuuga clan heads. The clan elder honestly believed that once he and his traditionalists seized power, they would lead the clan into a new golden age of prosperity and power.
The fox however believed that Hideo Hyuuga would sell his daughters, if had any, just as he had done with Hinata and then call it "for the good of the clan." The Fire Crown Prince was a lecherous man and had banged many young women and got away with it just because he was a crown prince. Hideo knew that the prince wanted Hinata, so he ordered his Hyuuga team to bring her to the new Fire Daimyo after putting a seal on her. The elder was certain this would greatly please that spoiled piece of shit prince, who would grant more privileges and power to the Hyuuga clan.
Yes, indeed. Masashi happily promised Hideo the position of Imperial Admiral of the Fire Fleet when the latter said he could arrange to give Hinata over to the crown prince for a night.
"Would you go lick his ass for the good of your clan, Hideo, huh?" The Kyuubi said with snarl. "No, you'd probably make someone else do it while you watch, and you actually sacrifice nothing."
It was this display of greed, corruption, and apathy that made him hate certain humans. People called him a monster, but no, it was people like these who were the true monsters.
The Konoha elder Danzo Shimura, the Fire Crown Prince Masashi Madako and the Hyuuga High Elder Hideo Hyuuga all disgusted the biju. They all wanted to benefit themselves by shitting on the other people. They were parasites, the lot of them, claiming glory and power off the sacrifice of people braver than themselves.
"But all these will not happen- no Fire Empire, no Fire Emperor, no Masashi Madako the Fire Daimyo, no Danzo the Hokage, no Hideo the Hyuuga clan leader." The Kyuubi no Kitsune said, as a shadow legion led by the deadliest kage bunshin Grey was on the way here.
"Because all you assholes are going to die in this dark little rat hole very soon."
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Author Notes:
Beta: Knight-Bishop.
Proofread and consultation: Ookami88.
Reviews please! They will motivate me better.
Stay tuned for the fights: Tayuya and Neji VS a very healthy Kimimaro, the showdown between Hinata and the Fourth Raikage, as well as the duel between Naruto and Orochimaru.
Also stay tuned for Operation: Skyfall, the severely outnumbered and outgunned Konoha's last chance against the Neo-Combine.
I've been very busy this and last years. I hope I can publish at least a chapter per season in 2020.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone!