Ibiki is trying to put Eizo down for his afternoon nap. Unfortunately, the T and I department is under attack by Sand Shinobi trying to rescue their jinchuuriki. Ibiki has Eizo on his shoulder and a kunai in his hand, ready to kill any Sand shinobi who DARE prevent Eizo's afternoon nap.
"Sing-song," says Eizo, sleepily, leaning his head against Ibiki's shoulder.
Ibiki is mortified. The kid wants him to sing a lullaby?! Ibiki does not sing. Ah well, he does know a lullaby, and if it will put the kid to sleep despite the invasion…
Crash. The doors of the T and I department crash open. Ibiki and his minions prepare themselves to beat back the attackers.
Ibiki takes a deep breath and starts to sing the only lullaby he knows all the words to:
"Natsuhiboshi, way are you so red?
Because I had a sad dream last night.
My eyes are red from the tears I shed,
Swollen as I cried."
Ibiki's minions and the invaders clash. One breaks past the first line of defence and Ibiki has to stab the guy in the face himself. Ibiki and his minions continue to fight off the invaders. Eizo snuggles into Ibiki's shoulder, yawning and closing his eyes. Ibiki keeps singing:
"Natsuhiboshi, why've you lost your way?
I'm searching for a child who's gone afar.
He can't be found, though I search all day,
My sad dreams come once more."
Eizo is asleep now. Ibiki is glad of that, he is sure his minions are not too keen on hearing their captain sing. The Sand ninjas see the sleeping baby and start fighting much, much quieter. As well they should. They do not want to wake the baby.
Deputy Kinoko Uchiha arrives at the South Patrol to find five members of the village patrol already there. "Where's the rest of your squad?" Kinoko asks.
"They went to the stadium to inform the Chief of the developments," reports one of the patrolmen. "Lord Jiraiya is here, and he defeated the entire South Patrol for us. Then he went to go and I quote "protect the lovely ladies bathing at the hothouse from the nasty snake summons lest they know of the invasion and are frightened'."
"Of course he did," sighs Kinoko. "You lot had better go and make sure he is actually doing that, and not peeping."
"Yes, ma'am!" the five village patrolmen shunshin away.
Kinoko heads to the stadium at top speed. She needs to be sure the situation there is under control. With Orochimaru aware of the full plan, there is no telling what measures he went to to thwart it. As Kinoko runs through the chaos, she hears a strange sentence spread through the shinobi ranks.
"The Kazekage is defeated and Orochimaru is dead, the plan has failed," the Sand and Sound shinobi are saying.
What happened at the stadium? Kinoko picks up her pace. All around her, Sound ninja are fleeing and Sand ninja are surrendering.
All the enemy ninjas fled or surrendered. Now that Hinata is not in any danger, Naruto flies back to his Grandparents, leaving Sparky to keep an eye on Hinata. He stops halfway when he sees a strange woman in the arena with Mr. Nice Police Chief and the Kazekage. The Kazekage is lying on the ground all beat up and Mr. Nice Police Chief is kneeling on the ground beside him. Naruto flies over to investigate. Maybe Mr. Nice Police Chief needs a hug.
"Hey!" Naruto calls as he swoops over to Mr. Nice Police Chief. "Did you kill Gaara's Dad?"
"No," says Mr. Nice Police Chief, looking up at Naruto.
"Oh." Naruto is a little disappointed. "Well, I guess beating him up will have to do." Mr. Nice Police Chief looks really sad, so Naruto gives him a hug. Grandma says hugs are good when you are sad. "It's okay," Naruto says, patting Mr. Nice Police Chief on the back. "You can cry if you want to." Then Naruto himself bursts into tears.
"So what happened?" asks The Strange Lady.
"Sasuke's dead!" Naruto wails. "And we just became friends!" Naruto bawls his eyes out, getting tears and snot all over Mr. Nice Police Chief.
Mr. Nice Police Chief pats Naruto's back awkwardly.
Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves is not happy. Why is he not happy? Because someone reanimated him! He thought he sealed that jutsu away in the Hidden Leaf's equivalent of the Temple of Joe. Maybe he should've just stuck it in the actual Temple of Joe. Oh hindsight, you are a cruel, cruel taskmaster.
Tobirama looks at his student, Hiruzen. Hiruzen looks so old. Like REALLY old. Hashirama is grinning and walking over to Hiruzen , who seems ready to fight and die for some reason. Doesn't he know the battle is over?
Oh right, he doesn't realize that when Rain removed the control tags, Hashirama and Tobirama got their free will. "Hiruzen, we are free from that" -Tobirama points at the guy who summoned him with his OWN JUTSU - "thing's control. You do not need to fight us. You are, however, stuck with us until I figure out how to dispel the jutsu."
Hiruzen sinks to the ground, relieved. "Oh thank goodness."
Tobirama sees the barrier seal keeping them on the roof. He marches over to the nearest of the four jutsu casters. "Oi, brat!" he snaps. "Beat it."
The kid turns to look at Tobirama, then past him at the guy that summoned him. The kid pales. "ABORT! LADY OROCHIMARU IS DEAD!" All four kids release the barrier, then they run for their lives. As well they should.
"So who was that guy that summoned us with the reanimation?" asks Hashirama.
"That was my fallen student, Orochimaru," says Hiruzen.
"How long have we been dead?" asks Tobirama, looking up at the Hokage monument and seeing four carved faces. "And where is the Fourth Hokage whose face is on the monument?"
"It has been around 40 years, I think," says Hiruzen. "I lost track. The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, is dead. He died defending the village after the Nine Tails got loose and wreaked havoc."
"He better have died failing the Master's Test in an effort to seal it away," says Tobirama, firmly.
"He did." says Hiruzen. "Now I have something I need to check on." Hiruzen stands and heads to the edge of the roof. He jumps down and Tobirama, Hashirama and the cloaked man, Rain, or whatever they called him, follow.
Tobirama is surprised to find himself in the chunin exam arena. But not nearly as surprised as he is to see an Uchiha kneeling in the dirt cuddling a crying child.
"Konan!" says the cloaked man, walking over to the purple haired woman standing beside the unconscious man in dirty Kazekage robes. "How did you get here?"
"We forgot to take me off the rinne-summons list, didn't we?" the woman says dryly.
"I see you left the Kazekage alive," comment Hiruzen.
"If he were to kill the Kazekage, war would be inescapable," says Konan. "I will not allow a war to break out."
"Good for you!" says Hashirama, grinning from ear to ear. "It's nice to see the quest for peace has not ended!"
Tobirama cannot get over the fact that the Uchiha is letting the kid use him as an oversized handkerchief. "Why is that kid blubbering?" asks Tobirama.
The kid lifts his head off the Uchiha and whines, "My friend died!"
"You poor baby!" says Hashirama, throwing his arms around the kid and hugging the stuffing out of him. "Did this just happen? What's your name, kid?"
"Yeah, Sasuke just…waaa!" the kid breaks out into fresh sobbing.
"That's Naruto Uzumaki," says the Uchiha. "He'll be crying for a while."
"CHIEF!" a voice yells, and a woman in a Konoha Police Force uniform lands in the dirt beside them. "You were right, Kyabetsu was planning something - he sold the village out to Orochimaru."
"Did you capture or kill him?" asks the Uchiha, apparently the Chief. "How many were working alongside him?"
"I captured him. The 11 working with him are dead. Jiraiya helped us fight them, and Orochimaru's summons. When did you get rinnegan and why is The Mustache Drawer crying?"
"Good. Why so many?" the Chief closes his eyes, pulls out a pair of sunglasses and puts them on. "Naruto is crying because...because…" the Chief turns away, his shoulders shaking.
Tobirama wonders what is going on.
"Sasuke…" sobs Naruto.
"What happened to Sasuke?" demands the Policewoman.
"She's dead," says Hiruzen sadly.
"No!" the police woman recoils in horror. "Not little Sasuke! She's such a sweet kid!"
The Chief falls to his knees, the sound of sobbing coming from him.
"What's his deal?" wonders Hashirama, who is still cuddling the crying Uzumaki.
"Sasuke is his daughter," explains Hiruzen.
"Wait a second!" says the Policewoman. "You're the First Hokage! And you're the Second Hokage! How are you here?"
"I should've burned all records of the Reanimation Jutsu," says Tobirama, crossing his arms and shaking his head. It seems everyone here knows that when an Uchiha starts crying, you do not touch that Uchiha. Unless you are its mother.
The Chief gets himself under control and stands. He turns to face them, his face still damp. "Lord Second. Lord First," The Chief says, and bows to the two former Hokage. "Lord Third, I have apprehended the Kazekage." The Chief picks up the Kazekage by his collar and holds him up for Hiruzen to inspect. "What shall we do with him?"
"We shall take him to Ibiki," says Hiruzen. "But first we had better make sure the rest of your family is alright."