Fugaku stares down Rasa, wondering which of his newly acquired powers he should use. Should he pull out Rasa's soul? Ooh, how about the Almighty Push/Pull? Nah. He will definitely absorb whatever Rasa throws at him, though. What to do, what to do… so many choices…

"Looks like the kids have vacated the arena," says Rasa. "How about we take this down there?"

"Sure, why not," agrees Fugaku. "All the more room for me to kick your butt in."

Rasa and Fugaku leap down into the arena. They face each other and take fighting stances. Fugaku notes that the proctor is up in the stands, defending the knocked out audience.

The Summoning! Fugaku always liked summons. Now he has some new ones through the rinnegan, so why not use one? "Well Rasa of the Gold Dust," grins Fugaku, excited to test his new power. "Let's see if your fighting prowess is worth its weight in gold."

Rasa sneers at Fugaku. "You're awfully cheerful for a man who just watched his kid get murdered in front of him."

"LET ME COPE BY KILLING YOU!" Fugaku screams, his hard-won self control slipping. "Rinnegan Summon!" He slams his hand down, calling on the most powerful of the rinnegan summons.


Deputy Inspector Kinoko looks at the six Uchiha traitors with her Mangekyou Sharingan. She can see their chakra better than with her normal sharingan. Kinoko has had the Mangekyou for a long time, but she has never really used it. She read the sacred tablet with it, of course, but she has never used it for anything else. However the village is in danger, so Kinoko will use the power her dead family left her. She is not really sure what her unique power does.

"You are outnumbered, and soon the village will be overrun," says Kyabetsu. "I suggest you surrender." He flips backwards, freeing his blade from hers.

Kinoko frowns in surprise. Black lines erupt all over Kyabetsu's body, lines that decode his entire fighting style and predict his next 400 movements, right down to the slightest muscle twitch. Is this her power? The other traitors adjusts their stances and weapons. The same black lines appear around them, telling Kinoko exactly what all six are going to do next.

Her eyes are not just predicting what these idiots plan on doing, they are decoding her enemies' entire fighting styles. What an appropriate power for a detective. Kinoko grins and intercepts Kyabetsu's attack - an attack she should not have been able to predict, let alone counter.

"How…?" Kyabetsu asks, jumping back as soon as his sword touches Kinoko's. The Mangekyou re-analyses his next movements before their blades have met and parted.

"Nothing is hidden from my eyes," says Kinoko, stating the truth. She stabs behind her, killing the traitor who had the bright idea to attack her from behind while Kaybetsu had her distracted. "Stay out of this," she adds, turning to the Village patrol, which was about to step in and help. "I can read every move they are about to make."

"But Deputy…!" the patrol leader protests.

Kinoko's Mangekyou is already decoding the five remaining members of the North Patrol. "Go and apprehend the South Patrol! Inform everyone they are traitors! Get a message to the Chief-" here she spins and cuts off Kyabetsu's arm as he tries to run past her and stop the Village patrol from leaving. "-this is of the utmost importance, now go!" She kicks Kyabetsu in the head, knocking him out.

The village patrol runs off and Kinoko attacks the remaining four members of the North Patrol. Within seconds they are all dead. She turns back to Kyabetsu and kneels down beside him, checking to see if he is still alive. He is. Kinoko pulls out some bandages and stops the bleeding from his severed arm. Then she drags him off to the Torture and Interrogation department. On the way she passes a few medics rushing a child to the hospital. It seems casualties are already mounting.

Upon reaching the T and I department, Kinoko leaves Kyabetsu with Ibiki's minions, along with the names of the other traitors. Ibiki is feeding the Chief's baby his lunch. Is it really midday already? Kinoko leaves to help fight back the invaders.


Hiruzen Sarutobi, Third Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves stares at his predecessors. Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, and Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, step out of their coffins.

"Why Orochimaru?" asks Hiruzen. "Why are you doing this?"

"Well," says Orochimaru, smiling. "I was on my period and felt like destroying the Leaf. So Kabuto and I made some plans - yes, Kabuto works for me - and we got in touch with the Sand. The Kazekage was willing to help us because he thinks the Leaf is taking all his business. But then my period ended, and I didn't really want to invade the Leaf anymore. (Must've been hormones. One of the downsides of wearing a woman's body.) It seemed like a shame to waste all that planning though, so I decided to roll with it. Originally, we were going to invade during Gaara's match, but I was on my period again - obviously it's gone now that I'm back to being a man - and I really wanted to see the whole tournament. Kabuto wanted to fight all the way to the final round, so I told him he could, that's how the invasion force knew of the delay. Kabuto passed on the message."

"You…" Hiruzen cannot believe his ears. "You decided to invade the Hidden Leaf because of PERIOD HORMONES?!"

"Pretty much," says Orochimaru. "The female body is a confusing thing. I've been wearing one for nearly nine years now - this is my fourth one - and I still haven't finished analysing it."

"Wait…" Hiruzen is not sure what to think of this. "Are you wearing a female body for science?"

"Among other things," says Orochimaru, pulling out two tagged kunai and slipping them into the backs of the two reanimated Hokage's heads. "Now let the battle begin."

The tags are to control the reanimated Hokages. Hiruzen has no choice but to fight them.


Jiraiya is researching his next book. He had a dose of inspiration and now he must research his idea. And yes, that does mean investigating different female body-types at the hotsprings. No, he is not shamelessly peeping. It is research!

Jiraiya hears a crash nearby and turns to see what is going on.

The village is under attack by giant snakes. Jiraiya leaps to his feet and summons a few toads to defend the hot springs! Oh, and the village too. Can't forget the village.

But the lovely ladies at the hotsprings shall know nothing of these snakes! Jiraiya fights with all the pizzazz he can muster and beats back the snakes. The snakes vanish in puffs of smoke. Summons.

Orochimaru.

Jiraiya surveys the area in search of more threats to his research. Not far off he finds a group of police fighting each other. What is going on? Jiraiya heads over to investigate. "Hello! The great Jiraiya is here!" Jiraiya announces himself. "Why is the esteemed police force fighting amongst itself?"

"Lord Jiraiya!" one of the police squeaks. "What's he doing here? We didn't plan for this!"

"Lord Jiraiya!" one of the other policemen says, bowing. "Please help us! Members of our clan have turned the village over to Orochimaru!"

"Eh?" this does not make sense. "I thought you Uchihas were faultlessly loyal to the village."

"Well, not really…" the Uchiha asking for help blushes. "Not all of us...not all the time...Please help us! We cannot beat these six with just five of us, and the Deputy isn't here yet, and…"

"Calm down," says Jiraiya. "I've got this. Which of you are on the village's side, and who's on Orochimaru's side?"

The Uchihas divide themselves up, five scuttling over to hide behind Jiraiya, and the remaining six repositioning themselves in a tight formation, ready to fight him.

Jiraiya thinks of the girls, happily bathing in the bathhouse nearby.

These noobs are going down.


Tenzou is right at home juggling a baby and killing all the enemies that get too close. Kakashi is nearby, fighting back to back with Gai. Mikoto is beating up a Sand jounin with a cloth covering half his face. Shisui is still shunshinning around the stadium, killing all the enemies no one else has gotten to yet. Itachi is right there, beside Tenzou, fighting.

Or rather: staring her enemies in the eye one by one, somehow causing each one to scream and pass out.

Her hands clasped, Tenzou erects shields around the passed out audience. Some are ninja who fell for the genjutsu. Tenzou protects them all: civilians, shinobi - everyone. This is what she missed: having a purpose. Fighting to protect the Hidden Leaf. Sure, having a family is nice. There is nothing wrong with that, it's just….

This is far more straightforward. Kill the bad guys. Protect the people who cannot protect themselves. Wood Style techniques. Leaves blowing in the wind as she stands for the Will of Fire.

No second guessing herself.

Tenzou lays her baby in Kazama's lap and gets on with defending her new friends.