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A week later, it was time to skin the snake, and Jiraiya had suggested a plan, which wasn't much of a plan since all they planned was to lure Orochimaru and his lackey away to the plains outside Tanzaku Gai and go all out.

Now, Hikari and Jiraiya were hidden in the trees near Tsunade who was sitting at a rather secluded bar with Shizune, at the edge of the village. The younger blonde and the white haired man were both hiding in the trees while surpressing their chakra along with the Mesaigakure no Jutsu, so Orochimaru would have to know where to look to even notice them.

Fortunately that wasn't the case. The woman nodded to Shizune and they both stood up and walked towards the alley, which was visible to Jiraiya and Hikari.

As soon as Tsunade and Shizune stopped at the middle of the alley, Orochimaru and Kabuto appeared in the blink of an eye. The bespectacled man's presence surprised Hikari since she knew him from the Chunnin Exams, but she filed it off for later and decided to go with what they had planned.

The Hebi Sannin asked, "So, Tsunade, what is your answer?"

Tsunade kept silent for a while before she spoke, "Shizune."

Her apprentice immediately whipped out her senbon launcher and launched a volley of poison coated senbon at the two Snake summoners.

However, none of the needles actually hit their targets as Kabuto stood in front of Orochimaru, a kunai in his hands and the senbon right at his feet.

Orochimaru spoke, disappointed evident in his voice, "I had hoped you would choose the right side. It seems I overestimated you. And here I was going to revive Dan and little Nawaki."

Tsunade just glared at him before she appeared right in front of the two of them. The two snake summoners' eyes widened as Tsunade had her right leg raised, poised to kick.

Orochimaru and Kabuto jumped up just in time to dodge the devastating drop kick, which had created a massive crater on the ground.

The two men landed on one of the stone fences, Kabuto thought, 'Holy fuck! She's a fucking monster!'

Orochimaru spoke, nervousness in his voice, "Kabuto, we need to move. In the village, she'll probably destroy the place along with us."

Kabuto nodded and they jumped up to run before Tsunade yelled, "I'm not the only one you two need to look out for!"

Right as she finished that sentence, Kabuto and Orochimaru's eyes widened as Jiraiya and Hikari appeared in front of them, a Rasengan in each of their right arm.

The two snakes thought as Kabuto reinforced his body with all the chakra he could to enhance his regeneration while Orochimaru prepared to shed his skin, 'Fuck!'

Hikari slammed her Rasengan into Kabuto's abdomen while Jiraiya slammed his Rasengan into Orochimaru. The attacks sent the two not-so-poor men flying out of the village boundries into the fields as the four of them quickly chased after them.

As the four landed on the ground, Orochimaru and Kabuto got up stumbling, their injuries vanishing quickly. Orochimaru growled, "Kabuto, take the Jinchurikii and Tsunade's apprentice, I'll have a little reunion with the other two."

Kabuto nodded, "Yes, Orochimaru-sama."

Jiraiya smirked, "You girls heard him."

Tsunade chuckled, "Yeah, let's go."

Hikari, Shizune and Kabuto leaped away as Jiraiya and Tsunade faced Orochimaru. The white haired man's face turned serious, "Orochimaru, we will end you here."

Tsunade nodded, "Yeah, today, there will be one less Sannin!"

Orochimaru smirked at them, "Oh, so we're finally getting serious. Very well, I've wanted to kill you for some time, Jiraiya, Tsunade."

Jiraiya just stared at the man who he once called a brother, "Enough, let's do this."

Without warning, the three dashed forward. Orochimaru flashed through handseals and yelled, "Ninpo: Mandara no Jin!"

He pushed himself onto the ground as ten thousand snakes crawled out of his mouth. Jiraiya and Tsunade were both really grossed out by the technique and countered quickly.

The slug sannin slammed her fist onto the ground, causing a huge tremor which sent the snakes into the air as the toad sage flashed through handseals and yelled, "Katon: Karyu Endan!"

A huge concentrated stream of flames shot through the air, barbecuing the snakes alive. The snakes fell to the ground, all burnt to crisps as Jiraiya and Tsunade charged forward.

Orochimaru cursed at how simply they countered his jutsu and flashed through another set of seals, "Fuuton: Dai-"

He was cut off as he was forced to jump up to avoid a drop kick from Tsunade. The snake summoner cursed as he crossed his arms to block a heavy punch from Jiraiya, the impact sending him flying onto the ground.

Orochimaru cursed and bit his thumb, smearing his palm with blood and flashed through handseals, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

He summoned two giant snakes that shot towards Jiraiya and Tsunade. The man grinned at Tsunade who nodded as they charged the snakes.

Tsunade raised her arms to grab the mouth of the huge snake, pushing against it as the snake tried to sink its fangs into her or engulf her entire being. The snake clearly underestimated her as Tsunade used her herculean strength to push the snake's jaws open.

Tightening her grip on the snake's jaws, Tsunade grunted as she pulled the snake and lifted it up. She saw Orochimaru charging at her at the corner of her eyes and flung the snake at him.

The traitor of Konoha's eyes widened as the snake crashed into him, sending him skidding across the field with the snake which returned to its realm as soon as they stopped skidding.

With Jiraiya, he dodged the first few strikes from the snake before he leaped up to dodge a swipe from the snakes tail.

The snake saw Jiraiya leaping up and opened its jaws to swallow the man, but Jiraiya was quick to act and went through a set of seals, "Ninpo: Hari Jizo!"

Jiraiya's hair extended and hardened as it wrapped itself around him. The snake closed its jaws around Jiraiya just as the jutsu took place. Then, Jiraiya pushed more chakra into his hair, causing the spikes that were his hair to extend, skewering the snake from the inside out, causing it to poof out of existence.

Orochimaru growled as he got up and glared at his two former teammates. Jiraiya and Tsunade glared back with equal if not more intensity before the three former teammates charged each other.

Meanwhile, Kabuto faced Hikari and Shizune some distance away from the three Sannin. Kabuto spoke smugly, "Give up, you two can't possibly hope to win. I am as strong as Hatake Kakashi himself, what can the two of you do?"

The two kunoichi just glared at him. Hikari asked, "Kabuto, I thought you were a ninja of Konoha, why help Orochimaru?"

Kabuto blinked before he palmed his face laughing, "My god, I guess my cover was too good."

He pulled his hand away from his face and smirked evilly as he pointed to his Oto headband, "I was and still am Orochimaru's spy, I am his right hand. All that Konoha shit was just a lie, and going to the Chuunin Exams was just a disguise to gather info on several people."

Hikari glared at him before she conjured chakra chains in her hands, "I see, then we're enemies."

Kabuto chuckled, "Yes, unfortunately for you."

The man immediately charged forward, forming chakra scalpels as he closed the gap between them quickly. Hikari didn't allow him to get any closer as she swung her chains at him, causing him to lean aside to dodge the chains.

Kabuto tried to push forward to use his chakra scalpels, but he found Shizune in front of him with her own chakra scalpels. The man cursed as the two medical ninja exchanged blows, the chakra scalpels cancelling out each other each time they met.

Then, Shizune went through a set of handsigns, "Hikari, hold your breath now! Ninpo: Dokugiri!"

She spat out an amount of purple chemicals which turned into a cloud of poison smoke. The woman held her breath and turned, quickly grabbing Hikari and jumped out of the cloud.

The woman let out a breath as she stared at the cloud of poison smoke, not letting her guard down as she hoped it would be enough to take down Kabuto.

Hikari asked, curious, "Shizune-san, what is that?"

Shizune replied, not taking her eyes off of the cloud, "Poison mist, its a jutsu that converts chakra into a chemical in our lungs which turns into poison gas once its breathed out. Inhaling even a bit can kill you."

Hikari nodded in awe, "Wow, that's cool..."

Shizune giggled, "I guess it is. But it requires a really high amount of chakra control."

Then, a voice spoke from behind them, "An impressive technique, but sadly, not enough to kill me."

The two women turned to see Kabuto alive and well, his chakra scalpels poised to strike. The two kunoichi quickly leaped away just in time to dodge the attack.

Hikari growled, "Why can't you just stay dead?"

Kabuto chuckled, "Why? Because I am stronger than you, its simple."

Hikari just glared at him and ignited a Chidori in her right arm. Then she charged and swung her lightning clad arm at Kabuto. The man simply leaned back to dodge the attack before he leaped away and mocked her, "I've seen through your moves, you can't even hit me."

Hikari growled before they heard Shizune's voice, "She's not your only opponent!"

Kabuto tch'd as he leaped back to dodge a kick from Shizune. The two women then proceeded to punch Kabuto around before the man landed some distance away from them.

Hikari growled slightly in her mind. While they managed to hit Kabuto several times, she never managed to hit him with her Chidori or Rasengan.

Then, the girl heard the Kyuubi chuckle in her mind, "Girl, if you can't hit him with a close ranged technique, make it a long ranged one."

Hikari sighed, 'Easier said than done.'

The Kyuubi smirked, "And that's why you have me here, follow my instructions."

Hikari nodded and formed a Chidori in her arm, then, following the Kyuubi's instructions, she thrust her hand forward, pushing more chakra into her arm.

In an instant, the Chidori extended and shot forward in the form of a long straight blade. The new form of the Chidori surprised both Jounin and the blade embedded itself into Kabuto's shoulder.

The Kyuubi roared, "Now skewer him!"

Hikari nodded and charged more chakra into her arm, causing the blade to discharge the electricity stored in it.

The result was Kabuto being electrocuted for some time before he managed to substitute with a log. The smoking man growled, "It seems I underestimated you."

Hikari just stared at him as she thought, 'That was awesome, I'll call this the Chidori Eiso.'

Kabuto growled, fighting the two women was harder than he initially thought. He had totally underestimated them, especially Hikari, and she wasn't even using the Kyuubi's chakra!

Shizune stood in her stance and prepared to charge when they all heard Orochimaru yell, "Kabuto!"

The three looked towards where the three legendary ninja were fighting to see all three going through handseals before they slammed their palms on the ground, yelling in unison, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

Kabuto quickly caught on and bit his own thumb, going through his set of handsigns, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

In an instant, with a huge cloud of smoke, five collosal beings appeared. One was Gamabunta, the boss of the toad summons, one was Katsuyu, the boss of the slug summons, the third was Manda, the boss of the snake summons, while the other two were boss level snake summons, but not on the other three summons' levels.

Kabuto stood on one of the snakes he summoned tiredly. Summoning both snakes had almost taken every bit of chakra he had, he was literally running on fumes now. The man popped a chakra pill into his mouth, deciding to deal with the consequences later as he stood up.

Orochimaru grinned in glee, Kabuto had done well in summoning the two boss level snake summons. While they were not as strong as Manda was, they were more reasonable and could hold their own against Bunta or Katsuyu.

But the Sannin's musings were cut off by a low hiss, "Orochimaru, why have you summoned me?"

The man smiled wickedly, "Manda-sama, as you can see, I'm having a reunion with my teammates, it's time to end them."

The snake glanced at the two other boss summons before he noticed two of the snakes beside him. Manda glanced up at the man, "Fine, but I expect a hundred sacrifices after this."

Orochimaru nodded, a hundred sacrifices was a cheap price. He had more than two hundred experiments to be disposed of anyways.

With Jiraiya, Gamabunta spoke, "Jiraiya, what's this, a reunion?"

The white haired pervert spoke seriously, "Yeah, its time to skin the snake."

Bunta hmph'd, "So you're finally doing it, took you long enough."

Jiraiya nodded, "Yeah, let's do this."

The toad placed his arm on the hilt of his sword as he stared at the two snakes.

With Tsunade, the slug asked, "Tsunade, what happened?"

The woman replied, not taking her eyes off of Orochimaru, "Its time to kill him, I need your help, Katsuyu."

The summon nodded, "I will assist you in whatever way I can."

The woman nodded her thanks as they glared at the three snakes in front of them.

Kabuto smirked as he looked down at Hikari and Shizune, "This will be a battle of the titans, there is nothing you can do now."

Hikari glared at him and bit her thumb, smearing her palm with blood as she went through the handseals. The girl then slammed her palm on the ground, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

In a huge cloud of smoke, a familiar grey dragon appeared, with Hikari and Shizune standing on its shoulder.

Bahamut grunted as he looked around, noticing the five other summons, "Hikari, so, what have you gotten yourself into this time?"

The girl replied, "Those three snakes are the enemies, Bahamut-sama, the toad and slug are allies."

Bahamut chuckled, "I see. Very well then."

Gamabunta just nodded at the dragon, who nodded back as Katsuyu bowed her head slightly. Manda hissed at the three boss summons in front of him with the two other snakes.

Bahamut spoke, "I'll take the big and purple one, you two take the others."

Jiraiya wanted to protest, but he could feel the power Bahamut exerted and wisely shut his mouth. Tsunade just nodded as she and Katsuyu faced one of the other two snakes.

Gamabunta wordlessly faced the other snake as Bahamut glowered at Manda. For a moment, the snake summon wanted to run, but his pride to prove that snakes were the better reptiles won over and he glared back with equal intensity.

Then, Bahamut opened his mouth, energy gathering in it. Manda quickly slithered out of the way as the mighty dragon let out a massive blast of chakra that destroyed the ground where Manda was.

The snake quickly slithered towards Bahamut and tried to wrap himself around the grey dragon, but Bahamut was faster. He grabbed the snake by his neck and flung him upwards.

Then, Bahamut gathered chakra in his mouth once again and released a huge wave of flames towards the snake.

The flames exploded upon contact with the snake, seemingly burning both Orochimaru and Manda alive. But the dragon and Hikari both knew better, and Shizune just tried her best to stay on board.

As expected, Manda and Orochimaru landed on the ground unharmed, with burnt skin landing on the ground, showing that Manda had shed his skin to dodge the attack.

Bahamut roared at the snake and he charged, barely aware that Shizune was trying hard not to stop screaming while Hikari was trying to stay on his shoulder.

Manda tried to put on a brave front and charged the obviously superior reptile. Then they clashed.

Meanwhile, Gamabunta and Jiraiya were facing off against one of the two other snakes. The toad readied his sword and stared at the snake, ready to act at any moment's notice.

Then the snake shot forward. Gamabunta leaped up in response, flipping his body so that he was facing downwards as he knew the snake would follow after him.

The toad was not disappointed. The snake had its jaw wide open, ready to eat at least Jiraiya. But the two of them weren't gonna let the snake get an easy meal.

Gamabunta yelled, "Jiraiya!"

The man smirked as he went through a set of seals, "Yeah! Katon: Gamayu Endan!"

The man shot a stream of flames out as Gamabunta spat out a huge amount of toad oil from his mouth. The snake hissed as it couldn't dodge in time, so it did the next best thing, it shed its skin.

Like what happened with Bahamut, the two saw the burnt skin as they barely caught the snake drilling into the ground.

Gamabunta landed before he jumped again to avoid a stab from the snake's tail. The toad spun and moved to throw his sword, but he was too late as the tail shrunk back into the ground, leaving a huge hole in the ground.

The toad landed on the ground, careful to avoid any attacks. Gamabunta growled lowly, "Fucking snake, I can't sense it."

Jiraiya nodded, "Me too. Be careful, Bunta."

The toad grunted, "Yeah."

The toad then felt the ground rumble as a sharp tail shot out from the ground. Gamabunta acted quickly and moved backwards, allowing the tail to shoot pass him.

Then he grabbed it, and the toad pulled hard. With the toad's superior strength, he managed to fling the snake into the air, "Jiraiya!"

The man nodded and leaped up, "Yeah! ODAMA RASENGAN!"

The mentor of the Yondaime Hokage made the largest Rasengan he could without using Sage mode, which was roughly the size of a boulder. Then he slammed it into the airborne snake.

The effect was instantaneous. Jiraiya unleashed the chakra compressed in the sphere and sent the snake flying upwards with an exploding Rasengan in its gut. As soon as it reached a certain height, the snake exploded in a rain of gore and blood.

Jiraiya landed on top of Gamabunta's head as the the rain of blood soaked his clothes. The man sighed, "I really need a shower after this..."

Bunta laughed, "You and me both. My wife is gonna kill me if I don't."

Jiraiya just laughed before Gamabunta spoke, "Well, do you still need me? I mean that dragon should be enough to kill Manda."

Jiraiya nodded, "I don't doubt Hikari's abilities, nor do I doubt that dragon, but Orochimaru is a snake after all."

Gamabunta nodded as they turned towards where Manda and Orochimaru were fighting Hikari and Bahamut.

Meanwhile, Tsunade and Katsuyu were facing off against Kabuto and his snake. The man smirked at the woman, "So I'm facing the legendary sucker. Let's see how I fare against you."

Tsunade didn't bother replying, "Katsuyu."

The slug nodded and spat out a wave of acid slime at the snake. Kabuto just smirked as his snake swiftly avoided the attack and charged the slug.

The snake quickly tried to wrap itself around the slug, but Katsuyu quickly dissolved into a thousand smaller versions of herself, escaping the snake as she reformed some distance away.

That was when Kabuto noticed that Tsunade wasn't standing on top of the slug anymore. The man's eyes widened as he turned to see the blonde behind him, her fist right in front of his face.

The man barely had time to enforce his body with chakra as Tsunade slammed her fist into his face, sending him crashing straight into the ground.

The man groaned painfully. For the first time in years, Kabuto was grateful for Orochimaru's pain endurance training, which he really hated. He was also grateful for his regeneration factor, or he would need plastic surgery to fix his face.

The white haired man threw his broken glasses away as his chakra painfully healed his broken face. He had underestimated Tsunade, but then again he did deserved it for thinking he could actually beat her easily, even if the woman was rusty.

The man quickly focused chakra into his eyes, only to see Tsunade in front of him again. The man spat out blood as the woman slammed her fist into his gut, sending him flying upwards.

The man shot straight upwards, barely remaining conscious as his healing factor did its work, healing his organs as he slowly decelerated.

As Tsunade looked at the falling figure of Kabuto, she noticed something wet on her cheek. Curious, the woman touched it and saw blood.

Instantly, Tsunade started to hyperventilate. Memories of Dan and Nawaki's deaths resurfaced in her mind as the woman stood there, her face expressionless.

Katsuyu yelled in concern, "Tsunade-sama!"

The slug cursed as she dodged a swipe from the snake and spat a glob of acid at it, trying to send it back to its realm.

To Kabuto, the man groaned as he got up from the ground, wiping the blood from the edge of his mouth. He really wanted to kill the woman now.

Then he noticed Tsunade standing there motionlessly, staring at her hand, fear evident in her eyes. Then Kabuto saw it, the blood on her fingers.

The man blinked a few times before he started to laugh, "Oh my god, haemophilia? The so called greatest medic has haemophillia?! This is rich!"

Kabuto quickly closed the distance between them and punched the woman hard, sending her onto the ground. The man spoke mockingly, "I suppose, its because you failed to save them, right? Kato Dan and Senju Nawaki."

Tsunade didn't show any visible reaction, but hearing their names had sent her further down.

Kabuto smirked as he kicked the woman's face before stepping on her head, grinding his shoes on her cheeks, "The strongest woman in the world, reduced to this with just a speck of blood. I guess in the end, you fail as a medic, you couldn't save anyone after all."

At those words, Tsunade's eyes widened. The woman remembered why she became a medical ninja in the first place. She remembered Minato and Kushina. She remembered Hashirama, Tobirama, Mito and her family. Tsunade remembered Dan and Nawaki's dreams. More importantly, the woman remembered her goddaughter who was fighting an enemy far stronger than the one she was facing.

Kabuto's face turned serious, "You didn't accept Orochimaru-sama's invitation, even when he was so generous to give you a week to decide. I will end you here."

The arrogant man raised his arm, forming a chakra scalpel. But before he could even move, Kabuto was blown away by a strong wave of chakra.

Kabuto shook his head groggily as he regained his bearings. The man looked up to see Tsunade standing, with a furious expression on her face, her diamond seal on her forehead glowing.

The woman yelled, "Who the hell do you think I am?! I am Senju Tsunade, the best medic in Konoha, more importantly, I am a godmother!"

Kabuto tch'd as he stood up, reforming his chakra scalpels. The man was running really low on chakra and it would be a miracle if he left the place alive.

Tsunade knew this, and she channeled chakra into her forehead, "Sozo Saisei Infuin: Kai!"

The seal on her head glowed and started to expand over her face and her body. Kabuto knew what was happening, the chakra in her seal was released, increasing every regeneration or healing factor by a hundred times, maybe more. More importantly, it was what he based his regeneration factor on.

Tsunade glared at the man, "You may be Orochimaru's right hand, but you forget one thing, I am far stronger than he is."

Kabuto's eyes widened as Tsunade was suddenly in front of him. He could barely even gasp as Tsunade grabbed his neck, lifting him up.

Then she slammed him onto the floor, creating a huge crater as Kabuto spat out blood. But Tsunade wasn't done, the blood also didn't seem to affect her.

The woman tightened her grip and flung Kabuto straight towards the snake which was wrestling against Katsuyu. It barely noticed its summoner flying towards it before Kabuto slammed into the snake's eye.

The impact was so huge that the snake was immediately sent back to its realm. Kabuto barely had time to force a chakra pill into his mouth to restart his healing factor before he was lifted up by Tsunade again.

The woman grunted as she threw him at a boulder, as hard as she could. The Kabuto-bullet smashed through the boulder head first, shattering the huge rock into pieces until he skidded to a stop, unconscious but still alive with his healing factor working overtime.

Tsunade huffed as she waited for a bit, half expecting the man to stand up and charge her again. But Kabuto just continued to lay there, not dead and only unconscious.

The woman wordlessly turned to Katsuyu, realising their little fight had taken them quite some distance away from where Hikari and Orochimaru were. Tsunade spoke, "Katsuyu, come on, hopefully Hikari is done with Orochimaru already."

Back with Hikari, Shizune and Orochimaru, the snake Sannin was furious. The dragon was thrashing Manda like the boss snake was nothing. Hell, it was a miracle they were still alive now.

The man growled and decided to aim for Hikari, not caring for the consequences of killing her anymore. The man drew the Kusanagi from his mouth and extended the blade towards the girl, aiming right for her throat.

Hikari never saw the sword coming, nor did Bahamut or Shizune, and the sword would have pierced right through the girl's throat right there. But instead, the Kyuubi's chakra cloak suddenly formed around her and a chakra arm grabbed the sword midair.

The Uzumaki was suprised at the sudden chakra cloak and the sword before she heard the Kyuubi's voice, "Focus, Hikari. You're up against a snake."

The girl had the tendency to smile sheepishly as she thought back, 'Thanks, Kyuubi.'

The bijuu sighed, "You're welcome, now, we've grabbed his sword. You know what to do."

Hikari grinned and nodded. The girl looked towards the sword and channeled lightning chakra into it, using the chakra arm as a link. The effects were instantaneous as Orochimaru was elctrocuted, along with Manda.

The man gritted his teeth as he substituted with a mud clone, escaping the attack as he stood on Manda's head, panting. But before he could recover, Bahamut took advantage of Manda's shocked state and breathed out a huge wave of chakra that immediately sent the snake back to its original realm, creating a huge smoke screen in the process.

Orochimaru cursed as he thought over his options. He could feel Jiraiya and Tsunade heading towards his direction, and he had severely underestimated the girl. The man knew he couldn't possibly take on a dragon boss summon, two Sannin, one Jounin level Jinchurikii and another Jounin.

The snake summoner decided to quickly leave, summoning a small snake to collect Kabuto as he vanished with a discrete Shunshin.

Soon, the cloud of smoke dispersed as Jiraiya and Tsunade landed on the ground to find Orochimaru's lack of presence.

Jiraiya sighed, "He got away again."

Tsunade nodded as she looked up at Hikari on Bahamut's shoulder, where Shizune was sighing in relief, "Though, that's quite the goddaughter we have."

Jiraiya chuckled, "Yeah, she managed to beat Orochimaru of all people in a summons battle. That's not an easy feat."

Tsunade only nodded as Bahamut let Hikari and Shizune down. The dragon spoke, "If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving."

Hikari beamed at the dragon, "Thanks, Bahamut-sama."

The dragon chuckled before vanished in a puff of smoke. Hikari then looked at Jiraiya and Tsunade, "Sorry, Orochimaru got away."

Jiraiya laughed, "What are you talking about?! Orochimaru RAN from you!"

Hikari blushed in embarrassment as Tsunade and Shizune nodded in agreement. The girl didn't think beating Orochimaru in a summons battle would mean so much, since it was Bahamut who did most of the fighting.

After that, they all headed back for some well deserved rest.

A while later, in an unknown base, Orochimaru threw the still unconscious Kabuto onto a sofa. The snake sannin growled as he slumped onto a chair. The man thought, 'Fucking bitch.'

He glanced down at a seal he was working on, a seal that would amplify chakra coils. Orochimaru thought, 'I suppose I should get ready to collect Sasuke-kun and Kirito.'

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Done. So that marks the end of the Tsunade arc. So, the next chapter will be the beginning of the 'Sasuke/Kirito Retrieval' arc. Should Kirito join Orochimaru? Or should he help Hikari fight Sasuke? Please tell me your thoughts on that. So yeah, until the next chapter. Review please.