Chapter Nineteen: Akatsuki strike!
"Final Round!" C yelled with his arm raised in the air.
Naruto took in a deep breath as he looked across the arena. To his far left stood Sakura and to his far right, Orochimaru.
Naruto blew out his breath and the light in his eyes suddenly seemed to go out, 'No risks. I won't let him escape this time.' Naruto thought seriously.
Sakura felt a shiver go down her spin from Naruto's sudden killing intent, 'I hope he remembers I'm here to help.' She thought as she enveloped herself in her armour completely, since apparently everyone knew who she was.
It was at this point Tsunade stood up, yelling at the top of her lungs, "Naruto! Live up to your reputation! As the Final Flash! Rebirth of Kages!" she yelled out across the arena.
As the whole crowd gasped and talked at the declaration, Naruto nodded, "Hai Hokage-sama." He said, his skin beginning to tinge grey all over his entire body.
Orochimaru smirked slightly as he glanced around the arena to four rocks, they were completely normal rocks. Unless someone was to look at the seal work on the base of them.
C's arm dropped, "BEGIN!"
Naruto and Sakura instantly slammed their hands on the ground, "WOOD STYLE: FOREST DESTRUCTION!"
"EARTH STYLE: EARTH SPEARS JUTSU!"
Orochimaru began leaping back as huge thick roots began to tear up through the ground on their way to him from one side while a volley of stone spears approached from the other side.
He formed hand seals before bringing his hand to his lips, "FIRE STYLE: FLAMING VIPERS!"
One flaming snake took the wood jutsu head on, burning it to a crisp and thus stopping its approach while Orochimaru made his other snake explode just as the spears were passing over it, throwing the spears away as he knew that his snake would most likely not be able to stop all of them.
In the cover of the two jutsus colliding, Orochimaru had thrown a seal tag to land on the rock on this side of the arena.
Orochimaru then ducked, just as Sakura appeared mid-kick behind him. His own foot shot out, aiming to hit her in the stomach, but she was too fast.
She used the momentum of her first kick to lift herself into the air, bringing her other foot down towards Orochimaru's head.
The snake used a substitution, not realising that Naruto was manipulating the wood in the area for that exact moment.
Orochimaru swapped with a log and appeared right in front of Naruto, his eyes widening as Samehada was moving right at his chest.
The snake used his literally inhuman flexibility and agility to limbo under the sword strike and punch at Naruto's face with one hand while his other went behind his back.
Naruto used his own snake like manoeuvre to dodge while spinning, bringing his sword back around in a wide arc.
*CLANG!*
Just in time to connect with Kusanagi.
Naruto's attack was deflected since he was caught off guard and Orochimaru used the chance to slash at his side.
*POOF*
In Naruto's free hand appeared one of his shuriken, which he span quickly as he moved it between him and Orochimaru.
Because of Kusanagi's sharpness, two of the blades of his shuriken were cut clean off, but at least it managed to knock the blow aside.
Which is when Sakura's voice rang out, "FIRE STYLE: PHOENIX FLOWER JUTSU!" she yelled.
Orochimaru pushed himself behind Naruto to give himself a second to plan, but Naruto just dropped underground with his head-hunter jutsu active after a single handed seal.
Orochimaru quickly leapt back, buying himself a few seconds to form a few hand seals, "FIRE STYLE: EXPLOSIVE FLAME!" he yelled.
The small cloud of red hot embers shot forward, the moment the first mini fireball hit the cloud, it exploded outwards, defending Orochimaru while launching the jutsu towards Sakura's prone form.
Naruto popped up in front of Sakura, bringing up a wall of water with him from the river nearby, "WATER STYLE: WATER WALL!"
Orochimaru tossed his sword lightly into the air as he grabbed two more tags from his pockets, flinging them at the two closest rocks, 'Only one more.' He thought with a smirk.
The water fell to the ground just as Naruto activated his foot funnels, bringing himself high into the air, "Nee-Chan! Combo 2!" Naruto yelled as he began forming His chakra around his fingers.
Orochimaru leapt up into the air barely dodging Sakura's first kick, just like she wanted.
"SHOCKING BURST BULLET!"
Orochimaru lifted his sword as a defence, thanking whoever made it that Kusanagi was completely indestructible. But Sakura's kick launched him all the way across the arena, embedding him in the wall with a loud
*BOOOOM*
Naruto then launched his jutsu, "Got ya! BLACK LIGHTNING STYLE: HELL STAB: FOUR FINGER NUKITE TECHNIQUE!"
Naruto torpedoed downwards at the snake, only to notice something he really didn't like.
The smirking Orochimaru opened his swordless hand, dropping a tag that landed on the fourth stone underneath him.
Orochimaru barely dodged Naruto's attack with a substitution before smirking as four extremely white skinned naked 'men' appeared from the ground next to each rock.
They yelled in unison, "SEALING ART: FOUR FLAMES FORMATION!"
Sakura appeared next to Naruto as the blonde stood, "So, it begins for real." He muttered.
Sakura swallowed nervously as she recognised the seal, 'This is the one Orochimaru used back in the Chunnin exams! But we aren't on a rooftop so it won't be that simple to break out.' She thought.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
Both Sakura and Naruto looked to their right as a huge explosion happened in the center of the village, giving Orochimaru the few seconds he needed to form his jutsu.
"FORBIDDEN TECHNIQUE: SUMMONING: REANIMATION!"
Naruto and Sakura's attention immediately snapped towards the three coffins rising from the ground, luckily Naruto had the knowledge of the Third Hokage in him.
The blonde formed a single hare seal as his chakra enveloped the third coffin, "NINJA ART: JUTSU SUPPRESSION!" he yelled.
Orochimaru scowled as his ultimate weapon was sucked back underground, 'No matter, these two would still be a challenge for even the five Kage!' he thought as the two coffins opened.
Sakura's eyes widened as they coffin lids hit the ground, she turned to Naruto, who was shaking in rage, "Nii-san, what do we do?" she asked.
Naruto locked eyes with his Mother and Father, both of whom had just stepped out of their coffins, "I…I don't know." He whispered.
Minato looked at Naruto and after a moment, smiled widely, "Naruto? Is that little Naruto?" he asked himself.
Kushina seemed to snap into realisation, seeing the whisker marks and blonde hair just like her husbands, "Naruto-chan?" she asked with a hopeful smile.
Naruto was really shaking now, tears of rage pouring down his face, "You bastard!" he yelled at Orochimaru.
The snake smirked as he formed another seal, and suddenly the two revived ninjas stood into battle positions, Minato in his Hokage outfit pulling out a tri-pronged kunai and Kushina in a standard Jonin outfit, letting her chakra chains drop free from her sleeves.
Minato lifted his head in panic and sudden realisation, "Naruto! This is the Edo Tensei! You can't let this person use us to destroy everything! Be careful!" he yelled as his body began to move.
"Now now Minato," the blonde Hokage's eyes widened a he recognised the voice, "No more talking." Orochimaru said as he formed another hand seal.
Kushina's tear filled eyes met Naruto, "I love you my son, I always will! Please Naruto-chan! Just don't-" her words and tears were cut off as her expression became blank, her eyes dead, just like her husband's.
Naruto started breathing heavily as he tried to suppress his rage, Sakura's hand on his shoulder helped him, "Nii-san, I know I'm fast but your old man is on a whole other level. I think you should handle him." She said quietly.
Naruto nodded, "Sakura-nee-chan, be careful against mom, she became an ANBU captain and then a Jonin sensei before her and dad were expecting me to come along." He warned before he thrust his left hand forward, his right holding Samehada to his side.
"DECAPTITATING AIRWAVES!"
Naruto used his wind funnel to stop Minato's kunai before blowing it back towards the blonde Hokage.
But to his shock, Minato flashed out of the way of the jutsu.
Without the use of a kunai.
Naruto dove to the side as Sakura quickly dashed at Kushina, hoping to take her out quickly and painlessly.
Minato appeared behind Naruto's previous position, thrusting forward another kunai that he held in his pouch.
Naruto rolled with his dive and brought up Samehada, knocking the blow aside before thrusting forward a rasengan, meeting another rasengan dead on.
The two jutsus grinded against each other for a moment before Minato simply flashed behind Naruto somehow, still pushing his rasengan at Naruto's back.
"LIGHTNING STYLE: LIGHTNING ARMOUR!"
Naruto's lightning armour protected him from the damage even though he was still pushed a few meters away. Naruto stood up, his lightning armour rippling as Minato tossed his kunai up into the air before catching it once more.
'Damn Orochimaru! Damn Akatsuki!'
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'LOG DAMNED AKATSUKI!' Tsunade thought as her punch fazed right through Tobi.
Said mask wearing ninja, now back in his Akatsuki attire, merely laughed like a child, "Hahaha! You can't hit me! Hahaha!" he sang as he ran at Tsunade.
The Hokage grinded her teeth as she brought her arm up to defend from whatever it was that Tobi was about to summon from thin air.
"KATSU!"
Tsunade was hit from behind by an explosive as she was shot forward, phasing right through Tobi before she used chakra to stick to the ground. Throwing off her set on fire Kage cloak, she turned to see the attackers.
A huge bunch of vines seemed to be holding the Raikage and Tsuchikage to their chairs still, but Tsunade was strong enough to rip her way free before the vines began to eat her chakra.
She was panting as she faced her now three opponents, standing on top of the roofs of the arena stadium.
'So, Deidara is hard enough as it is since I'm a close range fighter, but with this Tobi fellow I'm nearly getting destroyed here. And that flytrap man hasn't even lifted a finger after placing those vines.' She thought as she analysed her options.
"Hokage! Yo!" Killer B said as he landed by her side, pulling out three swords as he got into an odd stance.
Tsunade's eyes shot to him, "B! Ahe plans called off! A can't help us at the moment so I need to get him free, but we can't risk you being captured!" she yelled.
B scoffed, "You think I'm that weak? Ima bust the bomber's cheek. Just so you can see, the strength I got in me! Fool ya fool!" he rapped confidently as he charged forward.
Deidara began throwing bombs in the shapes of swallows at the two ninjas, but Killer B handled them with surprising ease.
The lightning chakra running through his blades seemed to cancel the out the chakra in the explosives since they were mostly earth based, and the few that got past him were dodged by Tsunade with little effort.
B moved to hit his closest target, Tobi, just like the Akatsuki member planned.
Tobi's barely visible eye flashed red and just as B's sword was about to cut through him, "KAMUI!" Tobi yelled as the two of them disappeared in a swirl of chakra.
Tsunade stared as Deidara began laughing, "That's one down!" he yelled as he flew high into the air, escaping Tsunade's range as he left the village, dodging the random jutsu thrown at him every now and again.
Tsunade turned back to the flytrap man to see him sinking into the ground, "Don't worry Hokage-sama, Really it's your village you should be worrying about." He said in two different voices.
Tsunade leapt at him, her hand slamming into the roof a mere second after he disappeared into it, travelling down through to the ground and out of her range.
Tsunade was practically growling as A and Onoki finally got free, joining her on the roof, "What the hell Tsunade?! You call yourself a Kage?!" A yelled in anger after seeing his brother disappear.
Tsunade was grinding her teeth as she thought over the battle, until something clicked in her head, 'Kamui? But that's…' she thought as her head suddenly snapped up.
A was still ranting but Onoki knew the look Tsunade had on, "What are you thinking Princess?" Onoki asked.
Tsunade stood, brushing A aside, "Look here, if you want to get your brother back you have two options and the first one just isn't possible right now. In that case, we need to find Kakashi!" Tsunade declared.
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"What the hell are these things?" Tanuki asked as he crushed three of the white plant men with his sand.
"RAI-SENGAN!" Kakashi yelled as he slammed his jutsu through a whole line of the plant men, "I'm not sure exactly, but according to my Sharingan they all have the exact same chakra signature so I think they're clones of some kind." Kakashi informed before looking off to the side.
Kakashi's eyes widened as he spotted the Hyuuga representatives, "I'm off Gaara!" Kakashi exclaimed as he leapt further into the stands, intending to stop what was about to happen.
Hiashi used a Kaiten to blow back about twenty of the plant men that had cornered him. Just as he planned, half of them hit the Four Flames Barrier and disintegrated, or were flung towards Hinata who was using her Protective Eight Trigrams Sixty Four Palms to slice them into pieces.
Another plant man was dropping towards Hiashi from behind, directly in the Hyuuga head's blind spot.
"LIGHTNING BLADE!"
Kakashi shot over Hiashi, slamming his technique into the attacker's chest and killing him instantly, "Hiashi-dono, are you alright?" Kakashi asked as his Sharingan eye observed the area around him.
Hiashi nodded as Hinata landed by his side, "Quite fine Copy Ninja. Do you have a plan?" Hiashi asked before stepping between the two.
"EIGHT TRIGRAMS: SKY PALM!"
Hiashi's chakra thrust burst straight through the chests of three of the plant men before slamming into a pillar that crushed the front section of a large wave of them.
The remaining ninjas from the arena appeared around Hiashi, Hinata and Kakashi as Kakashi began to talk, "They seem to be some kind of plant! Anyone who knows fire or wind techniques, let em rip!" he yelled to the crowd as he began forming his own seals, facing what was about three hundred of the approaching plant men.
"FIRE STYLE: FIREBALL JUTSU!" Kakashi yelled as he launched his technique.
As Kakashi launched his technique, other fire techniques were launched as well as a fair few wind techniques, creating a huge blanket of flames that began to burn through the enemy at a high rate.
"Kakashi-sempai!"
Kakashi looked up to see ANBU Bug flying towards him, "Tsunade-sama needs you up there now!" Bug yelled while holding out her arms.
Kakashi hesitated as he wanted to stay and help fight.
"Go Kakashi!" Danzo yelled as he appeared in a wisp of wind in front of the group, hacking the front line of the enemy force with a single breath of sharpened air.
Kakashi nodded before leaping up towards Fuu, who caught his arms in a monkey grip before spinning, throwing Kakashi as hard as she could towards Tsunade and the other Kages, narrowly falling past the barrier which Kakashi got a look inside as he fell through the air.
'Minato-sensei?! Kushina-sama?!' he thought as he recognised the two ninjas going head to head against his students.
Kakashi landed and ran the last thirty or so meters to the Kages, "Tsunade-sama!" he said as he slid to a stop in front of her.
Tsunade turned to him, "Kakashi, explain your Kamui technique to me." She ordered.
Kakashi's eyes widened, "I-it's a Mangekyou technique, it's unfortunately the only I am, capable of doing since this is Obito's eye and it's his technique." He said.
Tsunade's eyes widened, "Obito? So he's the only person other than you who can use it right?" she asked, clarifying her theory.
Kakashi nodded, confusion on his face, "Yes, that's right." He said hesitantly.
Tsunade swallowed deeply, 'Oh my god..' she realised before putting up a serious front, "Kakashi, activate your Mangekyou and look around." She said, hoping that Kakashi may see something she can't.
Kakashi nodded before channelling the chakra to his eye, feeling it morph as everything suddenly became infinitely clearer.
But what Kakashi's attention, was the cracks that seemed to be sitting in midair right behind Tsunade.
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*FLASH*
*CLANG*
Naruto once more slashed with Kubikiri, keeping Samehada in his other hand as he stood defensively while facing his father, 'If I can work out how he's using the Hirashin without seals, then I can totally win this! But right now…it's fifty-fifty at best.' Naruto thought as Minato landed away from Naruto, forming hand seals.
"LIGHTNING STYLE: THUNDERBOLT!" Minato yelled.
Naruto instantly swung around Samehada, taking the chakra from the jutsu and absorbing it before completing his spin, throwing Kubikiri at Minato.
*FLASH*
Minato appeared behind Naruto, stabbing him in the neck with his kunai one more, only for the Kunai to not be able to make it through Naruto's grey tinged skin.
Naruto kicked out, but Minato flashed away again, this time holding his kunai in front of him, "HIRASHIN: PORTAL!"
Naruto's eyes narrowed as a portal appeared between the two of them and another appeared in front of his still airborne Kubikiri Bocho, resulting in his own sword being flung right at his face.
Naruto slapped his hand on the ground before jumping up, a spire of wood following his movement and catching Kubikiri as the sword lodged itself in the wood.
Naruto span in midair while forming hand seals, pulling water from the stream below the two of them, "HIDDEN MIST JUTSU!" Naruto yelled.
*FLASH*
Naruto landed softly as Minato seemed to disappear, Naruto knew he wouldn't be causing Sakura any trouble since her Scouter Sight made it possible to see Kushina through the mist.
Naruto closed his eyes and knelt quietly as he felt outward with Zabuza's, Akamaru's and Juugo's abilities, feeling exactly where Minato was.
And better yet, Naruto could feel that way the chakra moved inside the barriers.
Naruto's eyes snapped open in realisation, 'Those rocks that Orochimaru set up earlier! They're like the Hirashin seals but the four of them together create a field that a Dad can teleport anywhere inside that he wants!' he thought as he slowly stood.
Naruto smirked as Minato slowly came closer to Naruto, doing his best to feel his son's chakra even though sensory abilities were not his forte, 'And now that I know that.' Naruto thought as he sent his own chakra out, connecting it with the seals on the rocks.
'I can do it too!'
*FLASH*
Minato turned as Naruto appeared right behind him, Samehada swinging at the back of his head.
*FLASH*
Minato appeared behind Naruto, aiming a Rasengan at the Chunnin's back.
*FLASH*
Naruto disappeared, but Minato felt his son's chakra behind him once more.
*FLASH*
Minato appeared expecting to Rasengan the back of Naruto's head, but instead he slammed his attack into the broadside of Samehada, just in time to see Naruto's fist mere centimetres from his chest.
"PISTON PUNCH: UNIVERSE!"
*BAM*
Naruto's super punch literally caused Minato's chest to collapse entirely while launching the man far back. Just as Kushina shot through the air as well, slamming head first into Minato's airborne form from behind.
*FLASH*
Naruto appeared next to Sakura, ripping her arms free from the chains that were holding her tightly around the chest, "You good?" Naruto asked as he hefted Samehada onto his shoulder.
Sakura nodded, "Yeah, I've had the upper hand for most of this. Well, until she started using her chains." Sakura said while glancing back at the Hokage and his wife.
Minato and Kushina stood, the lower half of her face regenerating from dust while Minato's torso seemed to move back into a normal position by itself.
Naruto hummed, "Can you use the Ultima Phoenix techniques yet?" he asked.
Sakura chewed her bottom lip, "Well, most of the time I guess. I'd say it works like, every three out of five." She explained.
Naruto nodded, "I think those flames are the only things that can truly stop them, or at least hold them for a while." He said to her.
Sakura leapt up into the air while Naruto defended with Samehada. She dodged the large red chains that were aimed at her while Naruto's sword easily absorbed the chakra that created them.
*FLASH*
*FLASH*
Minato appeared in front of the airborne Sakura, blinding her with the sudden light as he struck at her. But within the same second, Naruto appeared between the two of them mid-swing with his sword.
Rather than be cut in half, Minato lifted his legs, letting the sword cut them off before the upper portion of his body was thrown across the arena.
Naruto and Sakura landed as Sakura's right gauntlet glowed, "Go Nii-kun!" she yelled before blurring at Kushina.
Naruto turned to Minato to see his father's legs had regenerated just before he landed on the ground, not even for a second.
*FLASH*
Naruto brought his sword to block the kunai that Minato was swiping down at him with, 'Shit! He's kept me on the ropes almost constantly with only like, two or three techniques! He isn't even using the flash steps that Sakura knows!' Naruto thought as he and his father entered a quick bout of kenjutsu.
Naruto swung wide, forcing Minato to jump up over the blade, just how Naruto wanted.
He span as he yelled, "Samehada!"
The blade came alive as Naruto let go of the handle, but Minato just disappeared in another flash, dodging the airborne sword, just like Naruto had planned he would.
*FLASH*
Naruto felt the Rasengan slam into his shoulder, it was incredibly painful having the small sphere dig into his grey armoured skin, it even managed to draw blood before Naruto was launched away.
Naruto rolled with the momentum of the attack, coming up to his feet as he aimed his hands at his father, "BONE BULLET!"
Minato leant right and flared his chakra to activate his Hirashin, only for the area seal to not work, letting the bones drill through his chest and left shoulder.
Naruto grinned as he took the chance to glance at Samehada, who was able to eat through the chakra barrier and eat the chakra from the Hirashin seal, 'Good work girl.' Naruto thought as he turned back to his father, his eyes narrowing as he noticed the man getting to his feet again, the holes healing over in seconds.
Naruto ran a hand past the seal on his leg as Minato threw his kunai forward, Naruto ducked under the kunai while swinging up with his battle shuriken as it passed over him.
*FLASH*
Minato appeared next to the kunai only to have his arm chopped off at the elbow thanks to Naruto's shuriken.
Naruto kicked his father in the stomach, forcing his body to stay airborne as Naruto quickly aimed his palms upwards, "DECAPITATING AIRWAVES!" Naruto yelled.
Minato was sliced up as he was launched ridiculously high into the air, causing Naruto to smirk for a moment.
"ULTIMA PHOENIX ART: ETERNAL FLAMES OF THE HEAVENS!"
Naruto turned and his expression dropped as he saw the opposing flames of Amaterasu slam into his mother, the pure white flames that were said to not stop burning until their target was nothing but ash.
His eyes clenched shut as his mother's body was consumed completely by the fire, 'Sorry, Mom.' He thought sadly before turning to look up at his father.
Minato's arm was reforming at a fast rate as he fell towards Naruto, a large rasengan forming that was a darker blue than Naruto's basic rasengan.
Tears came to Naruto's eyes as he pulled his hands to his waist, fire chakra forming in between his wind funnels.
"RAAAAA-SEEEEEEEEEEN!" Naruto started, the fire becoming extremely bright vibrant red as the rotating strings set alight.
Minato thrust down with his massive rasengan as he fell the last few meters towards his son, not that Naruto could ever know it, but Minato was still capable of having thoughts of his own even while his body disobeyed him.
'Little Naruto, you've become a truly amazing ninja. By the looks of things, you've even mastered my rasengan…I'm so proud of you, my son.' Minato thought as his body began to flex it's chakra.
Naruto thrust his palms towards his falling foe, "NOVAAAAA!" he yelled, launching the spiralling flame tornado up towards Minato.
Minato smirked slightly, 'It's a shame you don't pay attention to your surroundings.'
Naruto couldn't even see past his flaming attack, but he was sad, knowing that his jutsu was at least fifty times more destructive than his father's slowly disintegrating blue sphere, 'By…Dad.' He thought before with a shout of effort, he pushed more chakra into his attack.
*FLASH*
Naruto barely had time to register what happened as Minato, with his massive rasengan, appeared over the kunai that he had thrown earlier, held in the grip of his cut-off limb.
*BOOOOOOOOOOM*
Minato's rasengan slammed into Naruto's back and exploded, launching him across the arena painfully.
Naruto quickly took action, seeing as he was flying towards Kubikiri Bocho, he reached out, gripping the handle and bringing himself to a stop as he hefted the sword up, quickly channelling a large amount of healing chakra to his shoulder, ribcage and spine.
Naruto looked up to see two things: one, Minato already throwing his Kunai towards Naruto. The other, Sakura in midair, forming a long series of hand seals while her wings slowly started to glow brighter and brighter.
Naruto swung Kubikiri into a reverse grip despite its massive size as his free arm turned bumpy and clawed. He used Juugo's transformation ability to stretch his limbs, knocking the tri-pronged Kunai down before his arm reached past his father, wrapping around the handle of Samehada who had just ate its way back inside the barrier after eating all four of the Hirashin seals.
Minato seemed to sense the danger of the weapon approaching from behind as he teleported in a flash to his kunai before leaping in a backflip, dodging Samehada as Naruto returned the weapon to his side.
Naruto flipped around Samehada into a standard grip as he stood low before spinning, "WIND STYLE: UPGRADE BLADE! WIND STYLE: DUEL SLASH: TSUUGA!" Naruto yelled as he shot towards Minato in a wide green tornado that seemed to suck in all of the excess chakra.
Minato formed hand seals, "LIGHTNING STYLE: LIGHTNING BARRIER!"
Naruto's attack dug into the barrier and too Minato's shock, seemed to absorb the attack thanks to Samehada while the Tsuuga itself became electrically charged because of the electricity that struck Kubikiri Bocho.
Naruto slammed into Minato, completely shredding his arms and chest, leaving only the lower half of his legs and his head to fall to the ground as Naruto passed by, skidding to a stop underneath his airborne sister as Minato's kunai was launched from the impact zone of Naruto's strike.
"Go Nee-chan!" Naruto yelled, the last tear in his eye falling.
"ULTIMA PHOENIX ART: ETERNAL FLAMES OF THE HEAVENS!" Sakura yelled, launching the jutsu at the slowly regenerating remains of Minato.
The fire burned for a few seconds before Sakura landed next to Naruto, the both of them silently agreeing that the fire was burning faster than Minato could regenerate just like with Kushina.
The two Jonin-elects turned to face the snake sannin who was scowling at his techniques defeat. Naruto let his two swords fuse into one before resting the blade on his shoulder and kneeling.
Naruto picked up his father's tri-pronged kunai and spun it a few times as Sakura's armour began to glow, "I think it's time you die, Orochimaru!" Naruto yelled before Sakura blurred at Orochimaru while Naruto's kunai followed along behind her.
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"I've got it Tsunade-sama!" Kakashi said as his eye throbbed, his hands gripping at the air itself.
A placed a hand on Kakashi's shoulder while Tsunade did the same on Kakashi's other shoulder before turning to Onoki, "As Raikage-dono has said, take charge of the moment. Get rid of these white plant men then have all active ninjas report to the arena. Tell them what's going on." She said.
Onoki nodded with a smirk, 'Youngsters these days, telling me what to do as if I don't already know.' He thought as he watched Kakashi forcibly rip open the 'scar' that Tobi made earlier, the three ninjas instantly getting sucked through the rip in space.
"KAMUI!"
Onoki frowned when the three were gone, 'Now, we need to capture Orochimaru.' He thought as he rose into the air, analysing the barrier seal with his own eyes.
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Tobi's head snapped up, the illusionary forms of Pein and Konan glancing at him at response, "What is it Tobi?" Konan asked.
Tobi glanced to the side, seeing that as ordered by Pein, Deidara was waiting outside as a last line of defence, "Kakashi Hatake, he's arrived through my technique." Tobi growled.
Pein's eyes narrowed, "How is he able to use your jutsu?" Pein asked.
Tobi shrugged it off, "It is a Sharingan technique. He has a Sharingan." Tobi said simply.
Konan nodded, "This is why you arrived on the other side of the clearing? You knew this would happen?" she asked.
Tobi tilted his head, his persona suddenly becoming innocent, "Na! But anything is possible! Haha!" he laughed.
Pein finished his hand seals, "SUMMONING JUTSU: GEDO STATUE!"
From underneath the three Akatsuki members, a large statue appeared, picking up the three Akatsuki members on three of the fingers as Pein began forming more hand signs, "White Zetsu, get the secondary army ready. Have Deidara lead the attack." Pein ordered.
The Flytrap man from before appeared from the roof, "It will be done," his white half said, "Would you like me to help with the sealing?" his black half said.
Pein nodded, "Yes Black Zetsu, even with the four of us it will take three days or so to do this correctly." Pein said.
White Zetsu nodded and closed his eye for a moment while Zetsu's body fell from the roof, landing on the right thumb of the statue as he held up a single seal with the black half of his body.
Pein finished his hand seals as the other Akatsuki members held up a two handed version of the same seal that Zetsu was holding, the statue came alive.
Tobi's single eye glowed as the process began, 'Soon…only three more left.' He thought with a chuckle.
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Kakashi came out of the portal and fell to his knees, while Tsunade and the Raikage landed easily behind him.
A grinned, "Kakashi! If you mastered that technique, you could truly become something special!" he exclaimed.
Kakashi nodded and pulled his headband down over his eye to conserve chakra, "Yeah, I guess so." He said softly.
Tsunade got their attention, "Get up. We have a bit of a battle on our hands." She said seriously.
A and Kakashi looked over where she was looking, A was the one to respond with a raised eyebrow, "The hell are those things?" he asked.
The White Zetsu Army were running at the trio, each of them with a kunai in one hand, and above them, Deidara stood on top of one of his birds.
Deidara smirked, "Well! Two of the five Kages and a Sharingan user! I've always wanted to make that eye into a piece of art!" he said as he threw forward some small sparrows.
"KATSU!"
A appeared just in front of the explosion, his lightning armour taking all of the damage from the small explosion, "Tsunade! Kakashi! Let's go get my brother!" A yelled before blurring forward, using his lightning enhanced fists to take out any and every Zetsu that came near him.
Kakashi grabbed his kunai scroll, which held his thousands of kunai in his possession in a single handy location, unsealing kunai after kunai that he threw, intercepting Deidara's explosives that were launched at him and the others.
Tsunade punched the ground, quaking the ground underneath the Zetsus while uprooting rocks to flip away the nearby plant men.
A grabbed a Zetsu's head and threw him up at Deidara from behind him, but Zetsu exploded himself so as to not impede Deidara's attacks.
Tsunade saw this and scowled, 'This is gonna be impossible! If he hits any of us just once with his technique we'll be dead, but we can't reach him at all!' she thought as she punched a Zetsu into three others, killing at least two of them and making sure they couldn't get to Kakashi.
Kakashi meanwhile spent his time continuously stopping Deidara's explosives with his kunai while throwing as many as he could through the air at the Zetsu army.
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"FIRE STYLE: FLAME WALL!" Orochimaru yelled.
His jutsu stopped Sakura's approach but he nearly growled as he saw Naruto's wind upgraded blade pass through the wall, moving past Orochimaru.
*FLASH*
Naruto appeared with his lightning armour active and instantly took action, his high speed from the lightning allowed for him to react faster than Orochimaru and thus ended up punching Orochimaru once in the stomach.
Orochimaru spat blood as he was basically folded in half, but Naruto wasn't finished.
Naruto dropped his elbow into Orochimaru's spine and with the accompanying loud snap, Naruto grinned.
He shoved Orochimaru slightly before kicking him with his lightning speed, launching the snake through his own flaming technique, setting himself of fire as he approached Sakura.
"EXTERMINATING BLAST BULLET!"
***BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM***
With the entire combo happening in less than a second, Orochimaru had no time to form his chakra until the end of the combination, so Sakura's kick obliterated a poor defenceless log instead of Orochimaru's chest.
The snake man appeared before jumping into the river, putting out the fire while he formed hand seals underwater.
Naruto used the time to look around the barrier as he was still hidden from what remained of the flame wall, 'Samehada can eat through it, but she had some burns which means that the walls are layered, probably fire-chakra-fire.' he deduced thanks to Hiruzen's skills.
Naruto's eyes moved to the Zetsus holding the barrier in place, 'Samehada can get to them, but unfortunately they will probably be more than able to avoid her, after all she is a sword.' Naruto pondered as Orochimaru's flame wall fell completely, forcing Naruto to pay attention once more as he sheathed his swords and placed his father's kunai in his seal pocket.
Orochimaru came out of the water as Sakura appeared nearby, attacking what she thought would be Orochimaru.
Naruto's eyes widened at her actions, 'He's hit her with a Genjutsu!' Naruto realised as his lightning armour kicked in before shooting at Orochimaru.
Said snake sannin was grinning as he began to swing at Sakura from her side, 'One down!' Orochimaru thought in victory.
*CLANG*
Orochimaru gritted his teeth as Naruto appeared, from his left hand a Bone Spear enhanced with lightning armour knocked Orochimaru's blade upwards, causing it to move over Sakura.
Naruto was at the same time, continuing to run past while his right arm stayed extended in line with Orochimaru's head, "LARIAT!"
Orochimaru barely managed to dodge the majority of the attack, but his forehead still received a glancing blow as his body was hit with electricity.
Naruto shot past Orochimaru and Sakura as the snake sannin tried to get back in control of his body, which seemed to be just as Sakura realised she was in a Genjutsu.
"KAI!" Sakura yelled, her world rippling into reality.
Seeing Orochimaru on his knees in front of her, Sakura leapt back while forming a few short hand seals, "PHOENIX ART: OVERHEAT!"
Orochimaru clenched his teeth in pain as the Sakura's flame extended from her wings and hit his back, but only for a second as Orochimaru finally was able to shake off the electricity, forming a quick substitution.
And arriving on fire right near Naruto who used his manipulation over the wood in the area to limit Orochimaru's choices on substitution logs.
"RASENGAN!"
Orochimaru looked up in shock and anger as the jutsu of his long dead rival slammed into his side, the crushing force snapping his left forearm before the jutsu expanded, launching Orochimaru across the arena towards the flaming barrier.
The White Zetsu in the corner that Orochimaru was flying towards scowled as it saw what he thought of as the snake's defeat, 'I guess Tobi was right, I gotta save this weirdo and convince him to help with the final stage.' It thought before slamming it's hand on the seal underneath it's rock.
Naruto and Sakura's eyes widened in shock as the barrier fell, allowing Orochimaru to flip around and land on the wall of the arena using his chakra, the snake glared at Naruto as Sakura landed next to him.
Two of the white Zetsu appeared with a hand on either of Orochimaru's shoulders. The snake's eyes didn't leave Naruto's but his words were meant for Zetsu, "What do you think you are doing?" he practically growled.
The Zetsu on his left spoke, "Pein-sama has company, he needs the extraction process to be sped up. And only you know how to use this method since you won't tell anyone else." It said in an annoyed tone of voice.
Orochimaru gritted his teeth as he glared at Naruto, "…Fine, I'll take care of these two another time. When I can finally get my Sasuke-kun's eyes." He said, his glare turning into a grin.
The Zetsus nodded before the trio began sinking into the arena wall to escape.
Naruto's eyes widened, "NO!" he yelled as he pitched his wind enhanced kunai at full speed.
Sakura was about to launch off as well but the other two White Zetsu jumped on both Naruto and Sakura's backs, holding them in place just for a second.
*FLASH*
Naruto appeared just above Orochimaru, pile-driving the White Zetsu that was now in his grasp into the arena wall just as Orochimaru and the other two Zetsus disappeared.
With the neck of the Zetsu he had pile-driven into the wall snapped, Naruto yelled in anger at losing his target before turning around, his eyes widening once more at what he saw.
The white Zetsu that had gripped Sakura from behind was holding a kunai to the gap between her helmet and her armour, the tip touching her neck.
Naruto gritted his teeth as the Zetsu grinned, "Uzumaki!" Zetsu yelled, "You will disarm yourself right this second or I will kill your teammate!"
Naruto closed his eyes for a moment and formed a hand seal as he held his breath.
"EIGHT TRIGRAMS: SKY PALM!"
Naruto's eyes opened as Neji's attack hit Zetsu from the side, knocking him off of Sakura as Naruto's jutsu activated, "FIRE STYLE: DRAGON FLAME BOMB!" he yelled before spewing the crimson fire forward.
With a loud scream, Zetsu was burnt to a crisp within moments from the super heated jutsu.
Neji glanced over at Naruto, "Tsunade-sama, A-sama and Kakashi-sempai have headed off to get back B. we have to-"
"They actually caught B?" Naruto almost yelled in shock.
Neji nodded, which made Naruto scowl once more before his eyes lit up in realisation, "Wait a sec, Baa-chan is over there right?" he asked for clarification.
Neji was about to answer when the arena wall blew up, causing all of the Shinobi to pause as about one hundred or so white Zetsu poured through into the arena.
All of the remaining Shinobi leapt down into the arena as Onoki came to a stop at the front of the group, "Danzo of the Leaf! Take your ninjas and empty out this Akatsuki scum from the area! Darui of the Cloud! The Kage tower and the upper district are being overridden since the ANBU had no time to prepare! Get them that needed time! My Stone ninjas! We will drive them from the civilian area and off of these mountains! Let's move!" Onoki said as he formed hand seals, a small cube appearing in his grasp with a sphere in it.
"PARTICLE STYLE: ATOMIC DISMANTLING JUTSU!"
Onoki looked over his shoulder at the gathering of ninjas as his technique removed eight of the Zetsu, "Go now!" he ordered as the Shinobi fought for the village.
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'SNAKE STYLE: VENOMOUS CHAKRA PUSH!' Orochimaru thought as two dark blue snakes bit him underneath his clothing.
Pein nodded as Orochimaru suddenly seemed to be able to do the sealing at the pace that four more people would be needed to achieve.
Pein glanced over the group, "Tobi…give me some of your chakra for the clone technique to help Deidara since he is your partner." Pein ordered.
Tobi didn't move or respond, causing Orochimaru to grin, 'Guess there is some friction in the way this little group is run.' Orochimaru thought with a quiet chuckle to himself.
Pein's eyes narrowed, "Tobi." He said sternly.
Tobi hesitated before nodding, "Hai Leader." He said in a low deep voice before excess chakra began to leak out from his system for Pein to use.
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"KATSU!"
*BOOM*
A gritted his teeth as he punched through the Zetsu, 'Damn! I hope Tsunade can handle those bombs!' he thought before being put on the defensive once more against a ridiculously large amount of Zetsu clones.
The smoke cloud cleared to show Tsunade wiping blood from her forearm, apparently using only the one limb to stop the explosion from damaging her too bad.
Tsunade punched the ground as hard as she could, lifting stones and rocks into the air before she began kicking them up at the airborne Deidara.
Deidara frowned, 'For a close range fighter this bitch is damn resilient, hn.' Deidara thought as his bird narrowly dodged between the large rocks and boulders.
His bird ducked once more to dodge a large boulder when he felt a chakra pulse, "EARTH STYLE: BOULDER BARREL BLAST!" Kakashi's voice rang out from the other side of the airborne rock.
The center of the boulder suddenly shot free from the rest of it, hitting the wing of his bird and causing it to explode, launching him out into the air.
Deidara yelled in pain as he was slammed into another airborne boulder, coughing up a small glob of blood.
"HEAVENS KICK OF PAIN!"
Deidara's eyes shot open as Tsunade dropped at him from above, her kick being strong enough to completely obliterate the boulder upon impact.
Tsunade landed heavily on the ground, just next to the recently grounded Kakashi, "Can you see him?" Tsunade asked as she watched the cloud.
Kakashi's Sharingan span as he looked for a chakra signature in the dust cloud, but the only thing he saw was a scar in the air.
Kakashi frowned, not that anyone could tell, "Tsunade-sama, we have company." He said.
A swirl appeared across from them, revealing a bruised Deidara next to a seemingly excited Tobi, "Sempaaaai! You're hurt!" Tobi yelled worriedly.
Deidara stood with a scowl, "Damn right I am moron! Why are you so late to help hn!?" he yelled back.
Tobi stepped back, "U-Um, cause I not really…here." Tobi said nervously.
Deidara's eyes lit up in realisation before he was covered by a shadow.
The two Akatsuki members looked up before Deidara leapt away, "Uh-oh." Tobi said.
"LIGHTNING BLADE!" Kakashi yelled.
*BOOM*
Kakashi's technique went straight through Tobi, destroying a chunk of earth as Tobi chuckled, "Wow! You kinda suck don't ya?" he said with a laugh before pulling out a kunai.
Kakashi stepped back as he pulled out his own kunai, clashing with Tobi as the two locked eyes.
Kakashi's eyes widened as his own Sharingan met Tobi's, "Let's get some privacy…Kakashi." he said cheerily, before his voice dropped as he said his enemy's name.
Kakashi shivered at the way Tobi said his voice before his world started to warp, 'This technique!' Kakashi realised as Tobi's eye morphed.
""KAMUI!"" Tobi said in a dark tone as his Mangekyou Sharingan met Kakashi's who yelled the technique as well. The two disappeared in matching swirls as they forced the other to disappear.
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Tsunade scowled as Deidara landed, 'Well, at least it's one on one now.' She thought as Deidara got to his feet, reaching a hand into his pouch in the process.
Tsunade slammed her hand into the ground again, causing a small earth tremor to move through the area and the huge group of Zetsu clones.
A grinned as he was given the opportunity to get out of the group of plant clones, tearing apart another five or so in the process.
By the time Deidara threw forth another large bird, the Raikage was punching the bird as it neared Tsunade. Causing it to explode violently with he was protected by his lightning armour.
As the explosion cleared, A blurred into existence next to Tsunade, "Tsunade, I reckon we should switch." He said gruffly.
Tsunade frowned as the large group of Zetsu reformed themselves, "Cause I'm better at widespread damage while your armour protects you from the explosives." She said with a nod, "Yeah I get it." she finished before running forward towards Deidara's next flock.
A flashed in front of her, letting them explode against him as Tsunade pulled back her fist again.
"UNIVERSE!" She yelled as her fist impacted the ground behind A.
The Raikage hopped as he heard her yell, letting himself lift into the air just as her fist shook the earth.
A punched out the last bird just before he landed before blurring again as he leapt upwards towards Deidara, while Tsunade leapt forward as well, her fist exploding the Zetsu that it collided with before she brought her foot around in a roundhouse kick, causing the next three Zetsus' chests to explode with the force.
*BOOOOM*
Tsunade looked up at the debris as A fell away from the latest explosion, 'This is the chance, we must save B and rid the world of this army they somehow have!' she thought before punching the ground once more, knocking back the surrounding Zetsu with the shockwave.
"Well come on then! Let's end this!"
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""FIRE STYLE: FIREBALL JUTSU!""
The two massive fireballs collided, before one seemed to be prevalent, stronger than the other by far.
Kakashi leapt to the side, rolling across a grey platform before sliding under a floating cube of something, effectively using it to block the explosive tagged kunai that hit it.
Kakashi rolled to his feet, bringing up his arm and knocking Tobi's kick to the side before punching back, hitting Tobi's stomach and knocking him back a meter or so.
Tobi slid to a stop before standing tall, dropping his childish façade, "Kakashi Hatake, known as the famous copy ninja…you don't know who I am do you?" Tobi said.
Kakashi was shaking, "The Mangekyou, it's the same as my-"
"IT IS NOT YOURS! YOU STOLE IT FROM OBITO UCHIHA!" Tobi yelled angrily.
Kakashi was taken aback, 'Does that mean…he's not Obito?' Kakashi thought, feeling disheartened at the thought of once more losing his old teammate.
Tobi chuckled, "It is just another Sharingan technique after all, and I am a master of them all…my true name…is of no importance." He said.
"LIGHTNING BLADE!"
Tobi chuckled as Kakashi phased straight through him, "You are worthless Hatake. The only reason I came after you instead of that Senju girl is that I am only a clone. I am only at thirty percent of my full strength…" Tobi said before sighing as Kakashi stood behind him, a kunai plunged through his chest.
Tobi turned, facing Kakashi fully, "You know, that is starting to get annoying." Tobi said as he calmly walked forward.
Kakashi shivered as Tobi phased through him before he heard a metallic rattling. Looking down, Kakashi saw a chain wrapped around his stomach.
Kakashi was pulled up into the air before the chains let go of him throwing him near twenty meters before he used chakra to stick to the side of a tall rectangular prism.
Kakashi looked up as Tobi leapt high into the air, his body beginning to disappear in a swirl of chakra, "I will see you another time…Hatake." He said before disappearing.
Kakashi panted heavily as he let his chakra go, falling to the ground and landing heavily on his feet, Kakashi got to his feet and looked up at the scar that Tobi's technique left behind.
'I needed my hands to rip that open last time and only because of my…no, Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan.' Kakashi thought as he walked over to stand underneath the dimensional scar.
Kakashi sighed, 'Great. I need to wait for my chakra to recharge so I can have a chance at activating the Kamui again…at least I have time to work out how I can get up there.' He thought before sitting down and closing his eyes, meditating to increase his chakra flow.
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"WIND STYLE: VACCUUM BLAST BARRAGE!"
Danzo's technique split a gap in the group of Zetsu in front of him who leapt aside to dodge, "Go Naruto!" Danzo yelled.
Naruto was up in the air above the group on the opposite end, his jutsu formed as he launched it at Danzo's balls of air pressure, "FIRE STYLE: PHOENIX FLOWER TECHNIQUE!"
The two semi-weak techniques collided, causing large amounts of small but strong explosions, killing a few of the Zetsu and clearing a large gap while launching more than a few to either side of the arena.
Hiashi landed on one side of the group as Neji landed on the other side, ""GREAT ROTATION!"" the two of them yelled, killing those who were launched towards them and forcing the group of Zetsu to be stuck in the center of the arena as every Konoha Shinobi landed around the edges of the arena, trapping the remaining seventy or so Zetsu inside.
Danzo used the shunshin no jutsu to appear outside the circle with his arm raised, "Konoha Shinobi!" he yelled, glancing at Naruto.
Naruto was floating up in the air holding the snake hand seal as he suppressed the movement of any wood and plant life in the area so that all the Zetsu suddenly froze in place, nodding to Danzo who in turn smirked.
"FIRE!" Danzo yelled.
***BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM***
Every Shinobi launched their strongest techniques at once and for the few who knew no distance techniques, a handful of explosive kunai were thrown. Completely obliterating the battalion of Zetsu.
Naruto smirked as he landed near Danzo, "Go help the others Danzo, I have a grandma to find." Naruto said before he closed his eyes.
Danzo stepped forward and began narking orders to all of those who would listen as Naruto felt outwards with his chakra to try and find a Hirashin kunai that he was unfamiliar with its location.
After a few minutes and the majority of the Konoha ninjas leaving the area, Naruto's eyes snapped open, 'Found you grandma!' he thought with a grin.
*FLASH*
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Sorry again for the lateness, I might go back and redo this chapter later but I am happy with it for now.
Motivation, time, internet connection and energy. Four of the components I need, none of which I have haha.
Anyways, please R&R. Peace out.