Sum of our Parts
Return of the Legends
***I do not make any $$$ on Naruto. ***
"Le gasp!" normal talking
'das fuken?' normal thinking
"set-you-on-fire-no-jutsu" Jutsu and other techniques
"I will murder you!" Tailed beast talking
***SooP***
"Wh-what the hell are we going to do now?" Anko muttered out, feeling a terrible fear crawl down her spine as she faced two of the most legendary warriors of the past twenty years.
"Alright here's the plan, Hinata should be able to disable them with her Juken if we can get close enough and then…"
"We will hold them off while you three go after their summoners. There is no guarantee that we can stop them, especially if they are improved in any way from the last ones we faced." The redhead commanded, while her sister nodded in confirmation.
"The hell you are! I am not leaving you two here to fight them by yourselves!"
"We don't have any other options Jiraiya, Anko and Hinata won't be able to defeat those two alone and you know the snake bastard better than anyone. You just need to finish him off or force him to release the summoning before they can kill us."
"Let me stay with you at least, or Hinata she can…"
"No they are right… damnit… Minato and Kushina are at levels above all of us. They only chance we have is to force Orochimaru to break the Jutsu, assuming that you can't figure out a way to seal them Akane-chan." Jiraiya interrupted the snake summoner, hesitation obvious in his eyes.
"Then get going Jiraiya-Sensei… and be careful."
The three nodded before running out a different door, noticing that the two revived Ninja hadn't even made an attempt to intercept them.
***SooP***
"Oh my my my Jiraiya that was quite the bold move leaving your two precious goddaughters to fend for themselves."
"They will be fine Orochimaru, all I have to do is pound your face in for a bit and everything will be right in the world again."
"Ku ku ku ku, always the optimist Jiraiya. I did tell you that they are my finest work yet though didn't I? Aren't you curious about what that means?"
"Not really you sadistic bastard, plus if anyone can handle your two monsters it is those two girls." Anko interrupted with a growl.
"You really should reconsider your stance on that Anko-chan, my newest creations are a step above all the other reincarnated soldiers you may have encountered. They are not just following orders blindly but instead they are zealous in their mission. I have put a mind controlling array onto their seals so that they truly believe what I have told them."
"Orochimaru... what did you do?"
"I wonder Jiraiya, how you would have reacted if your parents looked at you with hatred in their eyes? If they said truly terrible things to you, if they gave their all to killing you in the worst ways possible?"
The three allied Ninja stared on in horror at what the man had just proclaimed.
"Kabuto, please deal with our young guest. Rumor is that she was trained by Tsunade which means you are more than adequate to deal with her. I will be taking care of my failed apprentice and teammate."
"As you wish Lord Orochimaru."
With that the white haired boy and Hyuga left for a separate room to avoid any conflict with their allies.
"Now then, let's see if you can finally live up to all the hype Jiraiya, or if you will fail like so many time before."
The white haired Sanin glared in rage at the pale man before giving a nod to Anko.
***SooP***
The two siblings stared into the faces of their parents.
Their parents stared back with malice filled eyes.
"Let's get this over with, no sense in wasting time with failures." In an instance the blonde former Kage had thrown out dozens of tri-pronged kunai across the room.
An instance later, roots tore through the surfaces, dragging the special weapons back into the walls and ground with them.
Minato frowned in annoyance as the older female sprinted forward with incredible speed. She had hoped to take care of the troublesome blonde before her Mokuton could cause any further problems. The redhead intercepted her before she could reach though.
Ducking under a surprisingly swift slash Kushina struck out towards the opposing girl, who just barely dodged.
Any further pursuit was interrupted by a series of Air Bullets from the remaining child.
The Yondaime threw another kunai towards the blonde, this time aiming for a direct attack rather than just opening up his maneuverability.
The weapon met an earthen barrier which raised up, before sinking back down and taking the weapon with it.
The girl was good, at least at removing any of his instruments before they could be properly utilized.
That only left him with his natural overwhelming speed, vast knowledge of Jutsu, Kage level experience, and sheer lethality in all forms of Ninja combat. The Namikaze smirked slightly before sprinting forward while flowing through hand signs.
***SooP***
So far Akane had been able to keep her mother on the defensive using her own blade, the woman only resorting to kunai at this point. How much longer that would be the case was one of the questions edging the younger Kunoichi's mind; that and how to end the fight so that she could aid Natsuko.
Finally the 'Bloody Smile' found her opening and closed the distance gap. Akane had seen the attack coming, and just managed to parry the smaller blade before pushing back with a rush of adrenaline and stabbing forward with the Uzumaki's blade.
She hadn't counted on her mother actually catching the sword.
"Do you really think you can hurt me with my own blade you whore?" The woman smirked, before ripping the sword from her daughter's hands and delivering a vicious kick to the poor girl's stomach.
"I heard all about your escapades in the village, offering yourself to anyone willing. I wonder if you got down on all fours for the Kyuubi as well."
Akane ignored the insult, and the sudden urge to tear her parent's throat out, before taking stock of the situation.
Natsuko was holding her own, albeit barely, against their father and now their mother had her prized weapon back.
With a slight gesture the teenager activated a seal on her arm, before bringing out another katana, this one was solid black with red trim along the edges.
She barely had time to raise the blade before her opponent's clashed with her own. Apparently their parents shared their belief in ending a battle as quickly and efficiently as possible.
"Strange, that should have split your sword in two."
"Seal Forged weapons are indestructible."
"I am aware of that bitch that is why yours should have… unless you have one of your own, but how? Uzushiogakure was already destroyed in my life time and the processes lost."
It was the daughter's turn to smirk this time.
"I figured it out on my own."
***SooP***
"What is the end goal here Orochimaru? What do you think all of this will accomplish in the end?'
The two Sanin continued exchanging blows in a ferocious Taijutsu match, while Anko dealt with the man's snake summonings.
"Ku ku ku ku, you always were shortsighted Jiraiya. Can you truly not see what the end result of this war will be? A thoroughly weakened 'united' Shinobi Alliance; the Akatsuki nearly, if not completely, destroyed; and Oto stronger than ever. We will decimate whatever remains of the victor and claim this world for our own. Imagine it, an entire battlefield of dead soldiers just waiting to be claimed by me for research!"
"That isn't going to happen, not while we are around you bastard."
The snake Sanin chuckled, ducking under a blow with inhuman agility and landing a powerful strike on his opponent's chest, throwing him backwards.
Before the traitor could follow up, his hands already starting the hand signs for a powerful fire Jutsu, a fireball flew in from his flank, forcing him to abandon his plan before it could bear fruit.
Giving a scowl the man noticed that his former apprentice had finished up earlier than anticipated, thus freeing her to interrupt the battle with his old teammate.
"It was foolish of you to come here Anko-chan, now I will show you the error of your ways." The man made a single hand sign, thus activating her cursed seal.
What he hadn't counted on was the girl smirking in response.
"Oh did I forget to mention? I got rid of that old tattoo you gave me, really clashed with my eyes you know?"
Anko made note to give the redheaded Uzumaki a big hug once this entire situation was over.
***SooP***
The former Kage weaved among the wooden projectiles as he advanced on his target. He idly wondered who would finish their battle first, him or his wife? Sure he was more talented in the overall arts but she was absolutely terrifying when it came to melee combat.
In a battle between blades he wasn't sure if he could defeat her.
This only further hastened him. He would never hear the end of it if she managed to kill her opponent before he was able to.
When he came with ten feet of the other blonde the girl raised a series of large earthen spikes, presumably to slow him down, before leaping backwards to put distance between them once more; a pointless gesture against one of his speed.
He was in front of the girl in a moment, a Rasengan already formed in his hand as he prepared to crush the girl into paste.
Just as the man's attack reached her she poofed into smoke, a Kage Bunshin no doubt. Glancing to his flank he saw the spinning shuriken-like attack coming ever nearer.
Irritation once more fluttered across his face.
Minato pushed against the ground, shooting backwards at incredible speeds and easily avoiding the lethal Jutsu.
"So you have Mokuton and 'perfected' my Rasengan. I wonder if there is anything you can do that you haven't copied from another Ninja. Do you have any original techniques in that useless brain of yours? Or would you rather just call yourself an Uchiha and be done with it? Of course your sister probably slept with most of the clan already so I wouldn't be surprised if she already gave birth to a few bastard children."
The girl growled in response, before her eyes became slitted and feral.
"Ah the Kyuubi how original, already you are depending on someone else's strength because you have none of your own."
The girls charged forward nonetheless, at speeds that Minato noted were fairly impressive for a younger Ninja.
After dodging a few enraged swipes the girl stumbled and fell to her knees, confused and slightly winded.
Glancing up she noticed the golden chains that had torn their way up through the walls, and now lined the room.
"Surprised? I was the previous host for the Kyuubi after all. Looks like neither of you two failures were able to harness the Uzumaki bloodline though. These chains completely suppress all Biju Chakra in the area that they contain." Kushina called out, after delivering a few rapid blows to Akane's torso and launching the girl across the room.
The blonde's smile once again stretched across his face, "Now then where were we?"
***SooP***
"So you are Tsunade's apprentice?"
"And you are Orochimaru's play thing."
The white haired boy growled at the insult before replacing it with his normal creepy smile, "Oh my, seems as if you have taken on the normal tactics of a woman. You insult to try and break your opponent's guard since you cannot win on your own."
"It's not that, I was simply pointing out the obvious just like you were. I have no doubt in my own skills. I wonder if that nasty burn woke you up to your own flaws though?" Hinata pointed to the man's horribly burned face. She knew from the reports that it had in fact been inflicted by Itachi Uchiha during the attempted retrieval of Sasuke.
"Lord Orochimaru has greatly increased my power since then, now let us see once and for all who the better apprentice is."
The boy's hands began to glow as he activated his patented Chakra Scalpels while Hinata glared in response. Sure she knew that medical Jutsu could be used in combat but it was supposed to be a last resort.
***SooP***
The 'genius' Sanin mentally swore as he dodged another Rasengan wielded by his former teammate, only to be blown back from the explosion of a fire Jutsu cast by the other snake summoner.
This battle was beginning to become tedious for him. Sure Jiraiya was a powerful warrior but he should have been able to defeat the man in a one on one fight fairly quickly.
No the problem was that any openings he could find in the man's strategy were covered by the Kunoichi.
Any attempts against her showed, rather painfully, how bad of an idea it was to turn one's back against a sage.
This wouldn't have been a problem if Kabuto would just hurry up and finish his own battle, the boy should have won over the Hyuga brat long ago and come back to take care of his former student.
Instead the leader of Otogakure was being made a fool out of by two failures.
The man still had a few tricks up his sleeve though, and a few hand signs were followed by a Jutsu which allowed him to spew forth a massive cloud of poisonous gas.
Sure the woman would survive, she was virtually immune to all poisons by now, but the other Sanin was not.
Jiraiya merely took a deep breath, before flowing through a few hand signs of his own. Moments later he was engulfed by the deep purple cloud.
As the fog dissipated Orochimaru looked on in shock as the man emerged, covered in what appeared to be a coating of water. A moment later the protective armor fell apart, revealing the man to be completely fine.
"That was a neat trick that Hinata Hyuga taught me. One of your own soldiers was defeated by it years ago during the Chunin exams."
Before the man could reply a large column of oil fell from the ceiling, created by a Kage Bunshin that had been formed when the man was hidden in the miasma.
Moments later the Sanin was ignited by his former apprentice, burning his skin and eliciting a scream of pain from the man.
After the flames subsided the man stood, heavily injured but alive, before he began a slow chuckle. This quickly turned into a roaring laughter as Orochimaru began to shed his skin, his body stretching and molting in a terrifying fashion.
***SooP***
With the Kyuubi being suppressed, and therefore it's healing ability nullified, Natsuko was beginning to show signs of fatigue and injuries at an alarming rate.
Along with that Akane was sustaining more serious wounds as well.
The redheaded sister had little doubt that if they weren't already fully aware of what their parents were capable of that they would be dead by this point. Still they were losing quite badly.
Something had to be changed or else…
She saw it, just for a split second a flaw in the Kenjutsu master's defenses.
The experienced Kunoichi would overextend herself by a fraction of a second when she would thrust forward. But in the Ninja world that was enough to be taken advantage of.
The younger girl waited patiently, ignoring the two additional cuts that landed on her arm from prolonged battle before her mother once more thrust her blade forward. Akane dodged out of the path, before striking back with as much speed and ferocity as she could muster.
It was a mistake.
A flash of yellow was the only indication that something was wrong before a tri-pronged kunai embedded itself into her side.
'How?'
Then she saw it, and swore at her own stupidity. A Hiraishin seal was on the woman's flesh just as she had placed on Natsuko.
Why hadn't she taken that into consideration as an option?
Before any further damage could be dealt, a mass of wood ripped from the ground, separating her from the two reincarnated Ninja.
Natsuko was by her side a moment later.
"Akane-chan! Are you okay? I'm so sorry! I didn't see where he went until…"
"It's okay Natsuko I was stupid enough not to take their plan into consideration. The Uzumaki must have been giving herself that flaw on purpose to lure me in… stupid of me."
"You're not stupid! You are…"
"A mistake"
The blonde gasped as the two older Ninja walked out from around the obstacle.
"You both are you realize that right? We never meant to have children it just sort of… happened. Even then we were all hoping for a boy. We were going to name him 'Naruto' after one of Jiraiya's characters. He was so disappointed when we learned of your gender. That is probably why you were abandoned like Orochimaru said." The blonde finished his statement as he twirled a kunai lazily with his finger.
"He didn't abandon us! He protected us even when…"
"When you became useful Ninja, you two are just a tool to him you know. A means to an end, he just needs to get you on his side so that when it is finally time for you to continue our legacy you won't resist. Him, Tsunade, Hiruzen, Mikoto, Kakashi… they are all in on it after all." Their mother cruelly continued on, chuckling at the tears threatening the blonde's eyes.
"Th-that's not true!"
Any further protest was interrupted by the cruel laughter of their father, "Of course it is you little bitch. The only thing you two will be good for is continuing our bloodline. After that you can be discarded and go back to living in the streets like the trash you are."
Natsuko faltered, was what they said true? It certainly would explain everyone's attitudes towards them until they had actually become Ninja. If their guardians really were concerned about them then they would have helped when they were growing up, not after they had finally gotten to the point of self-defense.
The blonde glanced over to her sister, who was busy glaring fiercely at the two elders.
It was then that a fierce resolve found itself within the normally happy girl. It didn't matter if it was true or not. It didn't matter whether everyone was simply manipulating them or not. All that mattered was protecting those that did care.
And she knew that Akane would die for her without a moment's notice.
That thought alone was worth fighting for.
"Life Release: Earthen Soldiers"
Both of the Kage-level Ninja were forced to leap backwards from the blade that sprung from the ground, and the soldiers that came with them.
"Tear them apart"
The warriors charged forward, ignoring the kunai, Wind Bullets that tore into them.
It was nearly impossible to kill something that had no internal organs, that drew no breath, and that had no heart.
***SooP***
Kabuto grimaced in pain as another wave of wave impacted his leg, causing severe bruising and hindering his mobility.
His lord had guaranteed him an easy victory against the girl, but then again he had also promised to help him in his own body alteration research... and that had never occurred either.
The remains of the 'Sound Four' hadn't been recovered as Orochimaru had promised they would be. Add to that the fact that the Sanin had been far more preoccupied with his own testing and development, along with the reincarnated army, and the medical Ninja was beginning to think that his master wanted him to fail.
But that couldn't be right, he was still useful, still able to help his master with various techniques and aided in the acquisition of his new body, along with performing the ritual necessary to summon the returned soldiers.
Still...
The boy Shinobi was brought out of his musings as he was forced to dodge a wide arcing band of electricity.
He had not been completely able to do so, however, and the shock made itself known as he began losing feeling in his extremities.
Cursing he pushed himself back a good distance, while summoning a mass of snakes, trying to buy time to heal his wounds.
"What's the matter Kabuto? I expected more than a few snake summonings from the apprentice of a legendary Sanin." Hinata mused as she sent a wave of water to flush the creatures from the vicinity.
"Lord Orochimaru has gifted me knowledge beyond compare. Soon I shall become a perfect being like him and then..."
"Perfect being? How exactly do you figure that is going to happen? After Anko-Sensei and Jiraiya-Sama smash him into the ground he isn't going to look very perfect after all."
"You are a fool to believe such things. Lord Orochimaru is immortal and soon all shall understand his true..."
"Immortal? If he truly was immortal then he wouldn't need an army to help him win wars. He wouldn't need an apprentice to keep him alive with medical Jutsu, and he sure as hell wouldn't be living in a dingy cave. Face the facts Kabuto, he is just a terrified human being like anyone else. He is so afraid of death that he hides away to avoid any potential conflicts. It's the same reason that he didn't trust himself to take on the Third Hokage alone."
"YOU ARE WRONG! LORD OROCHIMARU IS FLAWLESS! ONCE I AM DONE WITH YOU I WILL TURN YOU INTO A TEST SUBJECT!" The boy roared out as he charged forward, ignoring the injuries he had sustained thus far. His hands began forming seals, throwing forth a wave of earthen spikes towards the girl.
Hinata responded instantly, spinning around with the same technique that Neji had taught her but adding in her own elemental ability to the technique. Kabuto was met with a sphere of electrified Chakra which tore into him and threw him backwards, along with reversing the projectiles that he had previously launched.
Hitting the opposite wall the gray haired boy slowly dropped to the ground, his body torn apart and impaled with half a dozen spikes.
"Seems as though we have our answer." The traitor chuckled, blood already pouring from his mouth as his eyes dimmed.
***SooP***
It had taken far less time than Natsuko had hoped for their parents to discover a counter to her self-created style of Jutsu.
She had been told that their mother was skilled in Fuinjutsu, much like her sister was, but to face someone who could adapt to such things with almost instantaneous skill… it was frightening to say the least.
Once more the young blonde reaffirmed her notion that if she ever was forced to face her sister in combat that it would be the redhead who would emerge victorious.
Watching as the false soldiers crumbled into dust, after the application of a small piece of sealing paper, the two sisters began planning for their next strategy to at least slow down the two older Ninja.
***SooP***
The young blonde immediately noticed the danger before it occurred. The former Hokage had remained stationary for far too long, with their mother covering him from both girls.
Sure enough when the man opened his eyes next his pupils were horizontal bars, with pigmentation around the edges of his eyes.
The Yondaime leapt forward, an enhanced Odama Rasengan formed in his hand upon instinct.
The redhead instantly teleported next to her sister, and linked fingers with her.
Natsuko instantly knew her plan and began forming a Rasengan in her hand.
Just as they had practiced the other Uzumaki added in a small amount of her own, unstable, Chakra.
The two charged forward to meet their father's signature technique.
"Uzumaki Rasengan!"
A normal Rasengan would grind through objects.
The two sisters had discovered that by combining their Chakra very delicately they could create an entirely different kind of sphere. Instead of grinding it would burn its way through, superheating the target to the point where it instantly melted through.
It was like the power of the Sun in created in their hands.
The two attacks clashed, the past clashed against the present, against the future.
The combination attack finally won out, burning its way through the older man's attack and forcing him to dodge out of the way at the last possible moment.
***SooP***
The redheaded Kunoichi leapt backwards once more, dodging another root that tore its way from the ground.
Thus far she had been put on the defensive against the witch.
Kushina Uzumaki did not enjoy being on the defensive against anyone.
Reaching forward she sent forth her Chakra Chains, a technique that was one of the stables of being an Uzumaki, something that neither of the two younger girls could claim to have inherited.
The two attacks met, each one tearing into each other in a destructively alarming pace.
Roots were ripped to pieces, chains were shattered.
The floor and walls shook with the force, and the other two combatants were forced to duck out of the area to avoid any sort of collateral damage.
Unfortunately Natsuko had been using far more Chakra throughout the fight, thus she began to tire and was forced to break her effort to try and launch a different attack. That was when Kushina made her move.
A chain ripped from the floor and wrapped around the girl's leg, placing Fuinjutsu seals anywhere it touched.
The teenager was only able to escape further escalation due to activating her Sage Mode.
"Yet another one of your 'achievements' falls apart. Any seals that might have been placed on your body have now been overridden and neutralized. Your sister truly is a failure compared to a true Uzumaki Seal Master." The woman taunted, earning a growl from the young girl.
"I am really not surprised though, after all neither of you were able to awaken the Uzumaki bloodline. Though you might be worth something for your Mokuton, your sister on the other hand seems completely useless."
At this point Natsuko made herself a silent promise, that even if they did fail she would at least kill this woman.
The Kyuubi growled in agreement.
***SooP***
Minato Namikaze and Akane Uzumaki began a lethal dance of high speed kunai driven combat.
Both stood no more than a few feet apart, both wielding a small blade in one hand while slashing and stabbing at each other at incredible rates. Neither gave an inch. Their empty hands were used to parry the others attempts at offensive, giving up any idea of simply inflicting bruises.
Finally the girl had had enough, and locked their weapon arms together before grabbing his free arm with her hand. Ink began making its way down her arm, and onto his at a rapid pace, quickly forming various seals along the way.
She would completely bind his body and then do the same to her mother, thus ending the Edo Tensei threat once and for all.
What she hadn't counted on was the laughter, before the devastating head butt knocked her backwards.
"Did you really think that would work? It is a somewhat neat trick to be able to move the ink with your will but Kushina-chan placed counter seals on both of us before you arrived. We are both immune to Fuinjutsu at this point."
Akane swore again. This was the second underestimation she had done during this battle. Undoubtedly she would not survive a third.
***SooP***
Kushina continued dodging out of the attack path of the various roots that tore through the floor. Begrudgingly she had to admit that the change in tactic had been a wise one from the two sisters, Akane had little chance of defeating her in a straight melee duel and the blonde was simply not fast enough to keep up with her father.
Now though they had a decent chance of surviving for more than a half hour.
The redhead dodged another wide scale Mokuton attack before charging towards her target.
A handful of kunai were instantly thrown from the experienced woman but impacted harmlessly on a raised earthen wall.
Just as she had anticipated, really what were they teaching Ninja these days; their moves were so predictable.
Leaping over the obstacle Kushina caught sight of the faint wisp of smoke, obviously a Kage Bunshin, as the girl looked set to take her on in close combat. She couldn't see any other traces of her target, which meant she was probably under the floor and thought that she could spring some sort of trap.
Foolish
This time the projectiles thrown were wrapped in special sealing paper, sending powerful volts of electricity through the ground and forcing the blonde to emerge shaking in pain.
The older Kunoichi landed next to her daughter, before violently kicking her across the room.
"We had such hopes for you. Mokuton, perfecting the Rasengan, that Life Release technique you have shown... but really you are a pathetic excuse of a Kunoichi. All you have ever done is depend on your worthless sister to save you time and time again. Hell you even depend on the Kyuubi to assist you in battle. Have you ever fought for yourself? Have you ever had to stand alone against an enemy and truly discover what you are capable of? Of course not, because if so you would not be standing here right now. You are a joke and now everyone will see it. Everyone expected you to live up to our legend and you failed... miserably. I can't believe that we gave up our lives to try and protect you two, what a waste." The woman taunted, further breaking down the younger girls spirits.
"And now... well it's time we say goodbye. See you in hell bitch." The 'Bloody Smile' raised her katana, preparing for the killing blow.
***SooP***
She saw the blade being raised from the corner of her eye. Saw her sister lying on the floor in defeat. There was no way for her to intercept the attack in time without using her trump card. A technique perfected over the years to a terrifying degree.
Luckily she had already had time to prepare it.
As Minato's Rasengan streaked towards her, the young redhead vanished.
The man's eyes widened, how had she used the Hiraishin? The seal on her sister had been disrupted and she hadn't made any others, he or his wife would have noticed.
He saw her appear in front of his love instantly, her blade already in motion as her eyes took on the Sage quality.
"Hiraishin: Third Step"
The woman had no time to avoid the attack.
Luckily the Namikaze did, and was able to teleport to her and then away just in time to dodge the blade.
In his rage at seeing the love of his life so close to being harmed he retaliated with a flurry of kunai that the girl would not be able to dodge in time.
They would have ended her life, had her sister not leapt into the path, blocking the deadly barrage with her body.
Natsuko coughed up blood, before falling into her sister's arms.
"I am going to kill you both." The redhead growled out.
The girl's sister gently brought her down, before flashing forward, attempting to split the man who had harmed the happy young girl in half.
Instead a blade pierced her from behind, before her mother kicked her across the room to where her sister laid.
The two Uzumaki had lost.
***SooP***
The two experienced Konoha Ninja looked on in horror at the monstrous form that the traitor had taken.
"Orochimaru… what the hell have you done to yourself?"
"Isn't it obvious Jiraiya?" the raspy corrupt voice seemed to slither into the air around them, making the Ninjas' skin crawl in response, "I have achieved perfection. The body you saw before was merely a vessel for this state. Now you bear witness to my true power!"
"I thought you were a creepy ugly asshole before but now…" Anko muttered out in shock.
"ENOUGH! Now I shall feed!"
The sickening creatures rushed forward, its mouth open wide as it tried to devour its opponents.
Luckily the two leapt out of the way before it could. What they had not been expecting was how maneuverable the creature seemed to be. It stopped near instantly, before changing directions and striking out towards its former teammate.
Jiraiya went through a few hand signs, and launched a large fireball towards the creature.
Instead of dealing any damage Orochimaru merely ate the attack.
"Ku ku ku ku, don't you see my perfection Jiraiya? My entire body is able to absorb Chakra, meaning that none of your Jutsu will have any effect on me. Not only that but my skin is stronger than steel. You have no hope for victory!"
Rushing forward it once more tried to kill the other Sanin, only for the man to raise a rock wall at the last minute, forcing the creature to slam through it and stunning him momentarily.
"Any ideas pervert? He's undoubtedly immune to all poisons at this point and if he's right about the skin thing then kunai won't do anything. The only thing we might have is some explosive tags."
The white haired man nodded before the two raced towards their target, both taking handfuls of the small explosives
Just as the abomination recovered it felt the tiny impacts as its potential victims began applying the notes.
"Fools!"
Opening its mouth even wider Orochimaru spewed a massive geyser of poisonous snakes which surged towards the two warriors.
"Well that is just gross…" Jiraiya muttered before leaping out of the path and letting loose a wave of fire to incinerate the reptiles.
Just then the other snake summoner finished with her task and leapt backwards, activating the explosives as she did so.
Orochimaru cried out in pain as he was consumed by the detonations, leaving a thick cloud of smoke and his fate unknown. At least until it cleared, showing that while he had been grievously injured his wounds were already in the process of healing.
"Now do you see the futility in your actions? Even if you can injure me I will simply regenerate. I am flawless, and once this war is over I shall devour all those that survive and become a living God!"
Considering you can't even manage to defeat us I highly doubt it Orochimaru."
The monster lashed forward, with shocking speed, and finally managed to bite down onto his former comrade's arm. The white haired man yelled out in pain, while the monstrosity merely smirked.
Just then a crazy idea ran through the sage's mind, and with his one free arm he activated a handful of seals located on his chest.
Moments later the traitor broke his hold, and fell backwards crying out in pain. Confusion filled the purple haired woman's mind, before she saw exactly what was happening. The creature's skin was turning to stone.
"A neat little trick that my granddaughters taught me you sick bastard. Natsuko's idea but Akane's design a storage seal that simply contains natural energy. I have several of them placed on my body just in case and since you absorb Chakra…"
The atrocity once more cried out in pain before its petrification finished, leaving it no more than a large statue.
Anko shattered it a moment later with her last remaining explosive tag, just to be safe.
***SooP***
The Yondaime blinked in confusion as his senses became clear. It felt as if he had been walking through a dense fog for so long that he had forgotten it was even there.
Looking to his right he noticed that his wife seemed to be in a similar state, as if awakening from a dream, before she gasped in shock and horror.
He returned his gaze forward, and felt his heart break.
Both of his daughters were severely injured, one with no less than a dozen of his own kunai sticking out of her torso.
The other was glaring at them with a hatred that froze his blood.
What had they done?
***SooP***
"A-Akane..." Kushina weakly attempted to call out to her daughter, before a dozen kunai embedded themselves in various points of her body, including her throat. The woman gasped out, trying to draw breath despite the blood that poured from her wounds.
The rage that fueled the young redhead saturated the air in a way that forced even the Kage to pale.
She was on him in an instant, slamming his head back into the ground before she began smashing her fists into his face, turning his skull to mush beneath her over the course of a few moments.
Panting in rage and exertion the young girl stood up, striding over to her mother, whose face was frozen in pain, not only her own but for what she had obviously done to her daughter.
Picking up the woman's sword she brought it down before the woman could attempt any further speaking, beheading her instantly.
She followed up by impaling the corpse with its symbolic blade, slamming it down to the hilt and pinning the remains to the ground.
"I told you that I would kill you."
The young Kunoichi gave one last glance back as she gently placed her sister's arm over her should to try and support her weight.
Both older Ninja were already showing signs of regeneration, and neither girl wanted to be around when it completed.
"H-hey Akane-chan... did we win?"
The redhead gave the blonde a warm smile, before nodding at her.
"Yes Natsuko, we won."
***A/N***
Hopefully this battle was sufficient for everyone. I wanted it to be the most important one of this story and I rather enjoy how epic it was.
Yes Orochimaru and Kabuto's battles were a bit... short. But Kabuto was really only a major threat once he had all those body modifications, which I don't really see Orochimaru helping with if he had been alive.
As for the snake himself... well I wanted the chapter to focus on the parents vs children so it was shorted a bit... sorry.
Next chapter is going to be a lot of angsty goodness, in fact I don't know if there will be any actual combat.
I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter!
