Chapter Twenty Two: Red Clouds in the Leaf Village
"Ibiki!" Yamato yelled as he saw his friend get stabbed through the shoulder from behind.
The paper sword was ripped sideways through the interrogator's chest before it was ripped upwards, causing the head to fall to the ground and roll across the roof to stop a few feet from Yamato.
The wood user looked up with enraged eyes at Konan, was calmly turned and threw out a wide spread of paper shuriken that flew faster than any he had seen before, instantly killing a hand full of ninjas as she continued her twirl.
Yamato yelled as he formed hand seals while charging at Konan, "WOOD STYLE: WOOD LANCE!" Yamato screamed in rage as he stabbed at Konan.
The paper using ninja calmly faced Yamato just before she was stabbed through the stomach, causing Yamato to grin in victory until he saw the calm look on Konan's face.
"SHINIGAMI DANCE!" Konan said before her body turned completely to paper, hacking up Yamato's arms before the wood user escaped with a substitution.
The paper reformed into Konan who had grown wings to fly up into the sky, her wings spreading wide as she looked down at the ten or so ninjas standing alongside Yamato.
Konan smiled softly, "To know our pain…that is the will of God." She said with a regretful look in her eyes as a large amount of paper began to surround her raised arm, "ANGELIC RAIN!" she spoke quietly.
Yamato went to use a substitution again, only to feel that it hadn't worked, 'What?' he thought before looking up as the paper approached him.
He quickly slammed his hands on the ground, "WOOD STYLE: HALF TURTLE SHELL!" he yelled, defending him and the few around him, unfortunately not stopping the projectiles from killing everyone else nearby.
"FIRE STYLE: FIREBALL JUTSU!" an ANBU yelled from behind Konan.
Yamato's eyes narrowed as for a second, he noticed the briefest flicker of hesitation before she dove at the massive ball, using a paper cone to form a small shield as she dove through the fireball, exiting through the other side with the paper cone barely protecting her, 'Is she prone to fire style attacks?' Yamato thought before Konan disappeared in a flurry of paper, which moved over the village quickly.
Yamato pointed after the paper cluster, "Don't let her es-"
Yamato was cut off as Deva appeared in between the massive group of ninjas from a small alleyway between the rooftops that were acting as the battlefield.
"SHINRA TENSEI!"
***BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM***
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"Gah!" Kakashi sputtered as Naraka kicked his stomach, pushing him back into a building and in another quick move, kicked him through the wall.
"DYNAMIC ENTRY!" Gai yelled as he entered through the opposite wall, his skin blazing red as his foot kicked Naraka hard in the face.
Kakashi shook off the pain as he stood, "Gai!" he yelled as he glanced upwards.
Gai's quick look followed and he grinned at who he saw midway through hand seals, "Oh yeah! Elite Trio!" he yelled as an intense heat came from above.
"FIRE STYLE: FLAME SERPANT!" Anko yelled from the rooftop opposite, launching her jutsu at Naraka's back.
At that time, another pain appeared falling through the air, his hand absorbing the jutsu in seconds and causing the Konoha ninjas to frown as they prepared for a hard battle.
Preta looked up, "So, the Elite Trio versus an opposing duo…you really think you will win?" he asked with a chuckle.
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"Sakura!" Sasuke yelled as he saw the girl clash her executioner's blade with a chainsaw sticking out of Asura's arm.
The pink haired girl suddenly disappeared in a blur, causing Asura to stumble as Sasuke attacked from it's blind side, "UCHIHA FIRE STYLE: BLAZE BALL!" Sasuke yelled, launching a fully compacted fireball from behind.
Without even turning, Asura flipped at exactly the right time for the ball to move underneath him and fly through the air, hitting a building and causing a massive explosion.
**BOOOM**
Sasuke held up an arm to cover his eyes from the debris as Sakura blurred next to him, "What can you see?" she asked.
Sasuke's Sharingan span as he looked through the dust cloud as a sudden bright light began zooming at them, "Move!" Sasuke yelled as he jumped, barely dodging the missile that exploded where he stood.
Sasuke looked up as he felt a chakra pulse from above.
"SUMMONING JUTSU!" Animal path yelled, summoning a huge panda that began falling towards him.
Sasuke threw down a sealing capsule, using the smoke-cover provided to burst out of the way of the impact zone on his board, forming hand seals as he cleared the area.
The moment Sasuke could see Animal path falling back towards the ground, Sasuke launched his jutsu, "FIRE STYLE: PHOENIX FLOWER JUTSU!" Sasuke yelled.
Animal glanced at Sasuke before turning away, just as Asura appeared, holding a large shield that protected him from the mini fireballs.
In that moment, Sakura appeared in midair already punching at Animal's stomach and landing a hit instantly.
Seeing his chance, Sasuke used his Sharingan to implant the idea of using a powerful jutsu into Sakura's mind. She began forming hand seals just as Animal slammed into Asura from behind.
Sakura's wings materialised and began flapping as she formed hand seals, "PHOENIX STYLE: PHOENIX HURRICANE!" she yelled before blowing a strong but small wind underneath the two Peins.
As they looked down, Sasuke's Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan appeared, "AMATERASU!" Sasuke yelled as his board resealed itself.
The black flames appeared just as Sakura's phoenix chakra exploded upwards in the form of a controlled hurricane, turning black with the spread of Sasuke's flames.
The two Konoha ninjas smirked as they watched the Peins disappear amongst the flames but in the last moment, Animal's voice rang out.
"SUMMONING JUTSU!"
And a second later.
"SHINRA TENSEI!"
Sakura and Sasuke were blown back along with all of the buildings and ninjas in the area thanks to the powerful gravity technique.
Sasuke rolled to his feet and looked up with his Sharingan before leaping up into the air over another missile, just as a deformed bird flew at him.
*POOF*
Bringing his board back out, Sasuke found himself doing all that he could to balance on his board on the point of the bird's beak, one slip and he would fall down it's throat in seconds. So Sasuke threw himself upwards again and hovered as the bird began to fly under him, just as his board pulsed with chakra.
"SEALING ART: CHAKRA SHOT!"
The bird was knocked from the air before it dispelled. Sasuke looked down through the smoke to see the recently summoned Deva aiming a hand at him.
"BANSHO TENNIN!" Deva yelled as he pulled back.
Sasuke's Sharingan span into it's EMS form, taking in the view of everything around it as Sasuke glanced from side to side.
From his left Sasuke saw a Rinnegan wielding huge bee flying at him on an intercepting course while on the left Sakura had just shot a fireball at Asura, who dodged and let the fireball head straight at Sasuke.
In a poof of smoke, Sasuke's board was switched with his kusarigama. Sasuke span through the air with Pein's technique to let the two ends spin around him as he activated one of his weapon techniques and sent chakra into a seal on the end of the weight of his weapon, "WEAPON ART: CUTTING EDGE! SEALING ART: FULL SUCTION!"
The blade cut the fireball in half, causing the two airborne flames to move past either side of him before his seal took effect, sucking the two flames back together just in time to hit the bee's body, forcing it to dispel in a second.
Turning back to face Deva, Sasuke's kusa solidified into it's scythe form as he channelled his lightning chakra through it, "CHIDORI: DEATHSTROKE!" he yelled as he swung his blade through the air.
Deva sucked under the strike with apparent ease before he placed his hand just in front of Sasuke's face, "SHINRA TENSEI!"
Sasuke was blasted back, slamming into Sakura as the two of them careen through the air, slamming into the wall of another building.
Asura glanced at Deva, who nodded before he began to float up into the air slowly as Asura leapt off towards a large cluster of chakra signatures.
As the dust settled on the top floor of the building, Sakura's expanded wings unravelled to show her and Sasuke safe from damage. Sasuke got to his feet with a sigh as he looked out the window, seeing Konan materialising with paper wings as the she came to a stop next to the slightly airborne Deva Path, "Thanks Sakura-chan, how do we take these guys down?" he asked himself.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
Both of the Konoha Shinobi looked over with wide eyes as part of the Outer wall Naruto made was blown up and from the smoke came running about five hundred Shinobi.
Sakura's Scouter Sight activated, "Rain ninjas, all of them are around Jonin level and above!" she proclaimed.
Sasuke frowned as he thought over everything as quickly as he could for a few seconds. Seeing with his EMS the amount of people who were obviously more concerned with the Akatsuki members than the Jonin Shinobi, he made a decision, "Sakura-chan, you are the best at taking out large numbers, do you think you can go help against the Rain Shinobi?" Sasuke asked.
Sakura nodded, "Got it Sasuke-kun, I'll come back to help you when I'm done." She promised as her entire body began to glow rainbow.
Then, she was gone.
Sasuke shivered as he saw the pink blur move the entire distance in about fifteen seconds, 'What's this horrible foreboding feeling?' Sasuke thought to himself before looking out of the hole in the building, seeing Konan alongside Deva fighting off ninjas with little difficulty.
Sasuke's teeth clenched, 'Gotta stop them!' he thought as he leapt out, his curse seal covering his skin in black markings as he began forming hand seals.
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"WIND STYLE: VACCUUM BLAST BARRAGE!" Danzo yelled as he launched his jutsu into the oncoming enemies.
His jutsu gave him a few seconds to look behind him, 'My Shinobi can handle this Pein character, though we will account many losses I can't risk dying at this point in time.' Danzo thought before turning back, looking out at the many Rain Shinobi still running towards the main wall of the village.
Danzo took a deep breath before blowing out onto a kunai he withdrew, "It's time to show why I'm Hokage!" he declared before he began slashing his kunai through the air, launching wind blade after wind blade at the oncoming army.
"Danzo!" Sakura said as she blurred to his side.
The mummified man smirked, "Very good. Sakura, we shall hold them off with jutsu while taking out as many as we can but once they hit this wall," he said between slashes, taking another deep breath to keep himself in control, "You go full speed Taijutsu while I'll focus on knocking them back down to you. The ANBU will be here to help soon." Danzo ordered as his wind chakra ran out from the kunai, causing him to throw it forward with an explosive note into the fray.
Sakura nodded, "Got it!" she declared as her wings flexed and she formed hand seals, "PHOENIX FIRE STYLE: SEA OF FLAMES!" she declared, sending a large swath of flames over the center of the oncoming battalion.
A few seconds later, Danzo finished his own hand seals, "WIND STYLE: WIND BULLET!" he yelled, sending a massive orb of wind into the center of the fire and forcing it to explode, sending the burning flames over the entire front half of the battalion.
Danzo smirked, "That should slow them down." He said confidently.
Sakura frowned behind her mask, "Not for long, they ARE Rain ninjas after all." She said as lots of the capable ninjas appeared with water covering them to protect them from the flames.
Danzo frowned before noticing Sakura forming more seals, "Which is why we should do things like this! EARTH STYLE: EARTH SPEARS JUTSU!" she yelled as she slammed her hands on the top of the wall, causing it to launch hundreds of the spears at the oncoming ninjas, spearing the ones who were unable to retreat or dodge.
Danzo nodded as he freed his bandages arm, "Then it looks like I really will have to go all out!" he declared as he showed his arm to the world.
Sakura's eyes widened, 'Those are-!'
"WOOD STYLE: FOREST DESTRUCTION!"
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"ASAKUJAKU!" Gai yelled as he obliterated the oncoming swarm of demonic looking birds.
Anko clashed her kunai against Naraka's chakra pole, 'Dammit!' she yelled in her head as she was being overpowered.
Luckily, Kakashi's chakra had finally moulded into what he needed as he kicked Preta to give himself some space. His eye locked onto the back of Naraka's head "KAMUI!" he yelled.
Naraka began to warp into the small black hole before he suddenly disappeared into a poof of smoke, wasting Kakashi's chakra and giving Preta the opening to grab him around the neck, "Time to die, Kakashi Hatake." Preta said as he began sucking out his chakra and strangling him.
"Back off!" Anko yelled as she stabbed at Preta, who leaned away to dodge while dropping Kakashi.
Kakashi landed heavily and rolled into a Taijutsu position, breathing heavily from suddenly having more than half of his chakra depleted. Anko came to a stop back to back against him, "Okay, so one of them is gone but this one is more dangerous. What's the plan?" she asked.
Gai finished his technique before landing in a crouch in front of Kakashi and Anko, "Wolf!" Gai said while looking to their right.
"DISTANCE!"
All three of them turned as the mechanic Asura path shot a ball of chakra at the three of them. They dispersed and let the explosion happen behind them when Animal path appeared alongside Asura.
Naraka grinned as he landed next to animal, having being summoned to safety earlier, "You three have been deemed the largest threat as of this moment and we will deal with you quickly." Naraka said.
The three Jonin took an offensive stance as Kakashi took charge, "We still don't know what that one's powers are. So we should take it out first." He said just as Animal placed her hand on the ground.
"SUMMONING JUTSU!"
In a huge plume of smoke, a winged dog appeared and was about to charge the trio when Yamato appeared, "WOOD STYLE: ENTRAPMENT!" Yamato yelled as he slammed his hands on the ground.
A large cage appeared around the winged dog before the cage instantly shrank, crushing the dog and forcing it to dispel as Gai suddenly appeared kicking at Asura at high speed and launching the mechanical man up into the air before following.
Anko finished her hand signs as Gai got out of range, "FIRE STYLE: FIREBALL JUTSU!" she yelled, launching the jutsu at the remaining three ninjas.
Preta stepped forward and began absorbing the fireball, but Gai's speed was amazingly off putting. "LEAF FALLING BRANCH!" Gai yelled as his foot slammed into Preta's neck, snapping it and making him fall dead.
A second hesitation and Kakashi had struck, "EARTH STYLE: FANGED PURSUIT JUTSU!" his voice carried out as he slammed a scroll into the ground.
A group of dogs came out of the ground, biting into the remaining Paths of Pein that were on the ground as Anko lashed out with the finisher, "NINJA ART: STRIKING SHADOW SNAKES!" Anko yelled, each of the snakes from her sleeve biting their venomous fangs into each of them.
The Peins merely stood still as the venom coursed through them, and then Asura fell to the ground, flipping at the last second to land on his feet as his back opened up.
Kakashi, Anko, Gai and the newly arrived but heavily injured Yamato stood side by side as they stared down Animal and Naraka both of whom suddenly began falling forwards. The leaf ninjas began to breathe a sigh of relief until they noticed Asura's stance and the line of missile aiming right for them from along his spine.
Kakashi quickly ordered the group, "Scatter!" he yelled before disappearing underground with the head-hunter jutsu.
Gai blurred to safety as Yamato and Anko began running in opposite directions, but they were caught off guard when Animal's voice rang out, "SUMMONING JUTSU!"
A large ogre appeared already mid-swing with it's club that slammed into the stunned Anko, launching her through the air as Kakashi came up to attack Asura from behind.
Kakashi's eyes widened as he saw Anko cough blood before she landed and began to slide down the road in an obviously painful matter, "Anko!" Kakashi yelled with wide eyes.
Asura's hidden tail ripped free and swiped at Kakashi, who used a substitution to dodge while getting closer to Anko.
Gai appeared and slammed his overpowered fist into Naraka's face, feeling the crunch as the bones underneath his face were crushed, launching the man through multiple buildings which collapsed on him.
Gai kicked at Animal, who took the hit while using her chakra to stick to the ground, sliding back into the leg of her ogre and coming to a stop there, she placed her hand on the ground, "SUMMONING JUTSU!"
Gai quickly threw himself forward, kicking into the summoning smoke in hopes of dispelling whatever had been summoned before it could reorientate itself, but to Gai's horror, his whole body was stopped cold.
Deva's Rinnegan glinted, "SHINRA TENSEI!"
Gai was blasted back, the eight gated closing as he slammed headfirst into the ground and was knocked unconscious, leaving a blood trail all the way from the initial impact spot up until he rolled to a stop next to Anko's unconscious body.
Kakashi looked up in shock as Gai rolled into him, then Kakashi's eyes moved from Gai, to Anko then finally to his enemies in a wild rage.
"WATER STYLE: GIANT VORTEX JUTSU!" Yamato yelled as he launched his water jutsu suing the water from the piping in a nearby building.
From side on, the attack appeared bursting from the building towards the Paths, but only Asura seemed to react as he jumped between it and all of the other Paths. Yamato expected a counterattack of some kind but he was surprised to see the Paths let themselves be washed away down through the village towards the Hokage tower.
Yamato fell to a knee as he held his sore ribs, but suddenly, a powerful aura washed over the area. Yamato froze before he was able to look off towards the Elite Trio.
Kakashi was midway through laying down Anko on his flak jacket, using it as a pillow for her before he stood. The legendary white chakra of the Hatake Clan oozing out of him in a powerful shroud as he turned to face Yamato.
Yamato gasped, 'This is who he was before! Back on the first mission as ANBU captain!' Yamato thought as he stood shakily.
Both of Kakashi's eyes were wide open as his Mangekyou Sharingan span slowly, his hair was being blown around by the white chakra that was flowing steadily around him as he reached down to his leg.
Yamato had to cover his eyes as Kakashi pulled out his White Chakra Sabre, it glowed as Kakashi's headband was ripped from his forehead by the sheer power that was flowing around him. His lightning elemental chakra seemed to join the mix in moments, giving him an even more powerful presence.
Kakashi's eyes locked with Yamato's, "Look after them Yamato." Kakashi said before he disappeared in a crack of lightning after the Paths of Pein.
(A/N like a white version of a Super Saiyan 2)
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"Ah, this is a shame." Human Path said to itself and it's other paths as it dropped Kimimaro to the ground next to Karin's unmoving body.
Kimimaro's dead eyes rolled as he came to a stop, accidently giving his dead stare to Kin who was standing protectively in front of Ayame.
Human turned to them and watched them for a moment, "The Seven and Nine Tails aren't here," Human said before looking up towards the sky, "Well then, we'll just have to make them mad enough to come to us." Human said calmly.
*POOF*
The smoke dissipated to show that Human had been summoned elsewhere and Kin fell to her knees in pain before Ayame grabbed her arm, "We have to go to the hospital Kin-chan!" Ayame pleaded.
Kin stood shakily, "N-no, we have to, stop them!" she said weakly before passing out.
Ayame screamed as kin fell down next to Karin and Kimimaro, "No please!" Ayame pleaded as she held the unconscious girl's hand tightly.
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Many Konoha ninjas leapt up onto the rooftops too see that large river of water being pushed through the village and upon seeing the Akatsuki cloaks flowing through the water, they all began to descend.
Nearly five minutes later, every active ninja was in the area of the end of the jutsu, everyone was readying their strongest techniques when only a single Path stood up from the water.
Deva looked around, "So, the whole village is gathered." He said before raising his arms, "Then the whole village shall die." He said before lifting up about twenty meters into the air.
A random Jonin pointed at Deva, "All out attack!" he yelled.
Hundreds of Ninjutsu shot through the air towards Deva, who merely raised his arms, "These people will know Pein," he muttered as his eyes opened wider, "SHINRA TENSEI!" he yelled.
***BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM***
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A few moments later later, Deva landed calmly and looked around the crater he was standing in that was once the majority of Konoha, 'Nagato dispelled the other paths just in time. Well, except for her.' He thought independently, noticing the hidden Animal Path before the Rinnegan took over his consciousness.
Suddenly hearing a noise behind him, Deva turned around and raised a brow, "Ah, now this is interesting." He said as he faced the new arrivals head on.
Killer B was standing in an offensive position without a scratch on him thanks to the one tailed cloak of demonic chakra that was surrounding him. By his side stood White Kakashi who was perfectly safe with his cloak of chakra fluctuating powerfully around him. Next to them stood a partly-mechanised Sage Mode Jiraiya, who even though had a few cuts on him and was breathing heavily, was emanating nature chakra.
Deva blinked and Konan landed by his side, "Konan, I will handle the Eight Tails. It appears that Nine an Seven aren't here. But his teammates are over on that wall with the acting Hokage." Pein said with a glance in the direction of the north wall.
Konan nodded, "You want me to retrieve them?" she asked.
Pein nodded before his face turned to Konan, who took an intake of breath as only one eye had the Rinnegan, "Capture at least one of them, but be careful." Pein said before both eyes became the Rinnegan once more and he faced the three ninjas in front of him.
Konan swallowed nervously, 'Yahiko…you're coming back aren't you?' she thought before she dispersed into paper.
Pein's eyes travelled across the three in front of him before his eyes seemed to focus on Kakashi, "Kakashi Hatake… I was unaware that you had learned the second stage of your Kekkei Genkai." Pein said as he raised an arm towards Kakashi.
The copy ninja's face didn't betray any emotion, but his mind was whirring, 'Kekkei Genkai? What does he know about the white chakra of the Hatake? And what is the second level?' Kakashi thought before a memory flickered of Anko's pained face as she did her best to breath, 'It doesn't matter. I'll kill him now.' He thought as his brows furrowed.
Jiraiya looked at Pein with wary regret written on his face, "I may not have been able to stop you before Yahiko, but this time it's only that form versus the three of us. You must be stopped." Jiraiya said as he took an offensive stance, the toads on his shoulders syncing their chakra in preparation.
Pein merely ignored Jiraiya as he looked at Killer B, "If you come with me now, I won't kill everyone here." Pein said as his outstretched arm drifted from Kakashi to Killer B.
The eight tails Jinchuuriki chuckled, "You think you can beat me Akatsuki? No one can catch the mighty Killer B!" he rapped as his demonic cloak wrapped tighter around him while he pulled out two swords, "Give it a go bro! WHEEEEEE!" B yelled as he sprang forward with his swords whipping through the air.
Kakashi shot past him at high speed and stabbed at Pein with his sword, only for Pein's muscles to flex.
Jiraiya's eyes widened as he recognised what was about to happen and unlike the others he didn't have a protective chakra cloak, so he escaped with a shunshin as Pein yelled out.
"SHINRA TENSEI!"
Since he was in midair, Killer B was launched far back. But Kakashi used his chakra to stick to the floor even as he was pushed back many meters.
The moment the gravity technique wore off, Jiraiya appeared behind Pein, "RASENGAN!"
Pein ducked the attack, sweeping Jiraiya off his feet before he kicked the sannin away. Pein glanced around before smirking, "It seems I may need some back up after all." He muttered.
*POOF*
All three ninjas turned to the far side of the crater as all of the other five of the Six Paths appeared one by one in a puff of smoke thanks to Animal Path and all fully healed thanks to Naraka Path. Deva Path stepped forward as Nagato's orders came through their minds.
Instantly, the six of them split into three teams of two, Animal and Preta, Asura and Human, Deva and Naraka. Each duo quickly began the attack.
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"SUMMONING JUTSU!"
Killer B quickly placed his swords away, "These summons are way too big, so it's deep I need to dig!" Killer B said as a huge rhino, a bear and a bird appeared, "Time to go number Eight! Wheeeeee!" B announced as he was covered in more demonic chakra.
As B gained eight tails, a skeleton grew over the chakra cloak just as B disappeared in a burst of demonic speed.
"LARIAT!" Killer B yelled as he knocked out the rhino's two front legs, causing it to fall down onto it's face as B turned to face the bear behind it.
"LIGHT HACK!" he yelled as he focussed a blast of lightning from his mouth, through the rhino's stomach and towards the bear.
The bear crossed it's claws as the rhino dispelled, catching the lightning attack with it's claws and seemingly catching it before it ripped it's claws apart, shooting the technique back it B even though it was obviously weaker.
B leapt high into the air, planning to come down on top of the bear, but was charged at by the bird. B's tails reached out to grab the bird's wings and pull them down, causing both B and the deranged bird to fall towards Animal and Preta.
Animal dispersed the bird with a wave of her hand, causing B's falling path to suddenly alter and put him off guard as the Bear swiped at him through the air.
B wrapped himself up into a ball shape of demonic chakra as the claws slammed into him, launching him high into the air while severely burning its hand.
B unravelled as he passed the peak of his flight, "G-yu-ki! It's you and me!" Killer B said as he went full release, showing the complete Eight Tails to the world.
Preta frowned, "This is troublesome." It said simply as large amounts of demonic energy began to gather near B's mouth.
"TAILED BEAST BOMB!" B's demonically enhanced voice rang across the crater.
"SUMMONING JUTSU!"
Animal Path summoned a huge worm that instantly wrapped around her for protection as Preta merely held out his hands to absorb the ridiculously overpowered attack.
Killer B smirked on the inside, 'Heh! No way can he absorb that!' B thought as he began charging behind his attack.
Preta's face took on a hard expression as the Tailed Beast Bomb hit him and to Killer B's absolute shock, began to shrink at Preta absorbed it. but the lashing chakra that arose from the ball was demanding Preta as it ripped parts of his cloak off completely.
The worm seemed to be getting hit the hardest as it covered Animal path entirely and partially covered Preta, after nearly a minute the Bomb was gone and the worm was barely alive.
Seeing B's stunned hesitation, the worm dispersed to show animal summoning something else while he bear that had stayed back was charging at Killer B.
Gyuki's form matched punch for claw against the bear before B's punch knocked the bear back just enough, "EIGHT TAILS TWIST!" B announced as he span at high speed, causing another clearing along the edge of the crater and flinging the broken bear away before it dispelled.
B came to a stop and looked up to see a kangaroo with the Rinnegan falling towards him feet first, he raised his arms in a block but the kangaroo's kick was still strong enough to push him back. Though behind his guard, B had generated enough chakra for another attack which he aimed past the kangaroo straight at Animal Path.
"LIGHT HACK!"
The kangaroo moved out of the way of the demonic lightning chakra that shot towards Animal path, but Preta was there to absorb it, and within seconds B was back to fighting off the huge kangaroo, 'Damn man! To get to Preta I gotta remove these summons! And to do that I have to get rid of Animal who is being protected by Preta!' he thought as he used his tails to pull him to the side so that he could punch at the kangaroo.
The kangaroo dodged with a powerful jump before swinging down with its muscular tail which B blocked with his crossed arm guard, 'This is gonna be a toughie yo!'
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"SAGE ART: ULTIMATE TOAD FLAME BOMB!"
"SHINRA TENSEI!"
**BOOOOOOOOM**
Jiraiya fell to the ground and slid before glancing down at his mechanical arm, 'This thing is amazing, it feels completely normal and yet-' he thought before raising the aforementioned arm and blocking a chakra pole with apparent ease, 'It's better than any kunai I've ever held!' Jiraiya thought as he swung it wide, knocking back Naraka who jumped up into the air, giving Deva a clear path towards Jiraiya.
"BANSHO TENNIN!" Deva yelled, pulling Jiraiya towards him quickly.
The Toad sage formed a rasengan then placed his other hand on top of it, turning it a blazing red, "FLAME RASENGAN!" Jiraiya yelled as he thrust it forward.
Deva's brow twitched before he abandoned his attack on Jiraiya, leaping back as the flame sphere exploded on the ground.
Deva landed next to Naraka as Jiraiya was enshrouded with a ring of fire, "He is stronger somehow." Naraka observed.
Deva nodded, 'Indeed he is.' Yahiko thought as Deva reached out his hand towards Jiraiya.
The toad sage sighed, "Ma, Pa, do your best for our full force plan, I'm going to try it now." Jiraiya said.
Shima nodded, "All ready Jiraiya-chan!" she said as she and Fukusaku faced out to Jiraiya's sides.
Fukusaku smirked, "We got this Jiraiya-boy! You just focus on staying in one piece!" he ordered as he and Shima held different hand seals.
Jiraiya smirked as Deva's arm tensed, "SHINRA TENSEI!"
"Behind!" Jiraiya yelled as he began running towards the gravity blast.
Shima and Fukusaku both turned to face away as Jiraiya leapt into the air, ""EXPLOSIVE TOAD BOMB!"" they yelled in unison.
Their two techniques collided in an explosion just as the gravity force hit Jiraiya. The result of Pein's technique pushing him back and the explosion pushing him forwards caused Jiraiya to keep his momentum as he managed to keep his footing when he landed, sprinting at Deva with a grin on his face.
Deva's face turned negative, 'He seems to have come up with a crude countermeasure to my technique.' Nagato thought through Deva as Deva stepped back while Naraka stepped forward with a chakra pole in each hand.
Jiraiya's smirk grew, 'And that time limit is still in place with those gravity techniques! I can do this!' he thought as his toad-like features began to shrink a little, making him appear more human.
Fukusaku's eyes widened as he felt the influx of nature chakra change as it seemed more controlled, 'This last few days of nature chakra training really helped Jiraiya-boy move along with his control, he may not be able to make as many shadow clones as Naruto-boy but that training method certainly works!' Fukusaku thought as Jiraiya fell on all fours a few meters in front of Naraka.
"NEEDLE JIZO SENBON!" Jiraiya yelled, forcing Naraka and Deva to separate.
Jiraiya quickly leapt at Deva, 'Yes! I should have a few more seconds!' Jiraiya thought as a rasengan formed in his hand.
Deva merely leapt back, but Jiraiya was mere seconds behind him as he thrust his attack forward, "RASENGAN!" Jiraiya yelled.
But he was too late, "SHINRA TENSEI!"
Jiraiya was blown back, but the two toads quickly stopped his momentum with their technique, ""EXPLOSIVE TOAD BOMB!""
Jiraiya landed and quickly lashed out with his mechanical arm, clashing heavily with Naraka who was smirking, "Is that it Jiraiya-sensei?" he asked before Jiraiya felt a tug from behind.
"BANSHO TENNIN!" Deva's voice yelled.
As Jiraiya was being pulled towards Deva, Naraka began throwing a storm of shuriken at him, forcing him to deflect as much as he could with his mechanical arm and a kunai, "Do it!" Jiraiya exclaimed, having another potential counter to the pulling technique.
Fukusaku Finished his hand seals, "WIND STYLE: FULL SUCTION!" he yelled.
Deva was caught off guard as he was suddenly yanked through the air towards his ex-sensei, 'Smart.' He thought as he quickly pulled out his own chakra pole.
*CLANG*
Jiraiya and Deva clashed as they moved past each other, both of them using the force of the clash to push apart and let the shuriken from Naraka move between the two of them harmlessly.
Jiraiya came to a stop as he face off against the two Peins, 'These two can work together perfectly, they must be the complimentary paths or something!' Jiraiya thought as he once more was charged by Naraka.
"Bring it on!" Jiraiya yelled as his normal hand formed a Rasengan.
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"CHAKRA BULLET BARRAGE!" Asura yelled desperately as it continually launched small balls of chakra at Kakashi.
White Kakashi blurred as he used his Sharingan to read the trajectory of each ball and his sabre to cut down the ones that came close to him, 'So much power! Is this why Sakumo Hatake was so feared?' Human thought as it threw a few kunai at Kakashi from the side.
Kakashi didn't even turn as he came to a stop, "KAMUI!" Kakashi said as he began swiping his sabre through the air in front of the kunai.
Both Peins' eyes widened as Kakashi cut down the kunai while the chakra bullets were transported to the alternate dimension. When the attack was over Kakashi took a deep breath, "With this power…I will stop you." Kakashi promised as the white of his eyes began to glow and he sheathed his blade.
Human leapt back while pulling out a few kunai as Asura ran towards Kakashi, a chainsaw materialising from it's arm.
Kakashi met the charge confidently as the lightning chakra from his chakra cloak began to surround his hands where white chakra began to swirl, "WHITE RAI-SENGAN!" Kakashi yelled.
Asura concentrated large amounts of chakra into the saw just as it clashed with Kakashi's attack, but Kakashi pushed straight through with both of his hands fuelling extra chakra into it and drilled through the mechanical man's shoulder, hacking off the arm instantly.
As Asura fell back, Kakashi didn't hesitate and continued charging at Human, 'I can do this!' Kakashi thought as his Mangekyou Sharingan span.
Human Path leapt off to the side and while Kakashi kept charging forward, he began to blur as the swirl of Tobi's technique surrounded his own Sharingan eye.
Human watched as Kakashi disappeared into the vortex before he felt active chakra behind him. Human turned his head in midair to see Kakashi appearing right where he would land, slamming the electrified sphere of power into Human's chest.
The Rai-sengan expanded, electrifying Human Path into nothingness before the ball dispersed, launching a single bolt of lightning off into the distance as an end result of the jutsu.
White Kakashi turned to face a wary Asura, "Now it's you turn." Kakashi said as he pulled out his glowing sabre.
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Through the shared sight of the Rinnegan, Nagato scowled, "This Kakashi is incredibly powerful, and by the looks of things he has mastered your technique…Tobi." Nagato said with one eye closed as he glanced to his side to look at Tobi.
Tobi had no apparent outward reaction for a few moments, "Is the Eight Tails preoccupied?" Tobi asked.
Nagato smirked, knowing that he had pissed off his companion, "Yeah, give me a moment." Nagato said before closing both of his eyes once more.
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"AMATERASU!"
"PHOENIX WIND!"
Sakura's technique blew Sasuke's down to the ground where Sasuke made a secondary technique, "INFERNO STYLE: FLAME CONTROL!" Sasuke declared as he made the black flames into a wall that protected the wall from the overpowering amount of Shinobi.
Danzo glanced over his shoulder, "Akatsuki incoming!" he shouted.
Sakura turned, "She's the one without the Rinnegan! I can handle her!" Sakura yelled confidently as she leapt into the air on an intercepting course.
Sasuke bit the inside of his cheek in worry, 'Careful Sakura-chan.' He thought before turning his attention back to the many Rain ninjas charging him and Danzo.
"VACCUUM BLAST BARRAGE! Don't worry Sasuke! My men should be on their way!" Danzo declared, killing another group of Shinobi.
Sasuke glanced behind him, seeing that the destruction stopped literally only about two hundred meters from the wall, 'Pein has already destroyed everything, your men are probably dead Danzo.' Sasuke thought with a scowl before suddenly hearing the sound of yelling get louder.
Turning back to look down the wall, Sasuke saw the Shinobi managing to leap over his flames rather than try to get through them, causing Sasuke to scowl as he moved.
*POOF*
In a burst of smoke, Sasuke was standing on his board with his Naginata in hand, "Danzo! I'm going in!" he declared before diving down the wall, using the Curse Mark to make his board move faster as he began to cut at the Shinobi, forcing them to fall from the wall and land in the ever hot flames of Amaterasu.
Danzo smirked before feeling a few chakra signatures coming towards him from along the top of the wall, he turned to see a battalion of the strongest of his ROOT ANBU, "Bout time! Fight now!" Danzo ordered, immediately sending the ninjas into the fray alongside Sasuke as he continued launching wind jutsu into the group wince he had covered his arm upon Sasuke's arrival.
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"I think it'll work pretty well for him." Hinata said with a grin from her place on the couch.
Naruto stood in front of his three of his four wives in a new combat outfit that they had picked out for him based off of a combination of his bingo book names.
Naruto grinned as Tayuya finished tightening the string around his waist, "Can I open my eyes now?" Naruto asked as Tayuya turned him to face a full length mirror.
The red head fell into the couch and wrapped her arm around Fu, who blushed happily at the companionship as the redhead spoke, "You damn well better, this is how your gonna look when you get named all over the world!" Tayuya exclaimed.
Naruto smirked at Tayuya's words before he opened his eyes, which widened considerably at what he saw.
Naruto stood tall as he admired the outfit his wives had each had a hand in getting for him. He could understand what they meant when they said it was inspired by his bingo book names; the Final Flash and the Rebirth of Kages.
He wore a cloak that was remarkably similar to the Hokage cloak except that instead of the orangey-red flames that were usually at the bottom of the cloak, Naruto's flames started blue then faded through purple into red, then orange through to yellow then green to brown to black, then from black to grey white then back to light blue. The cloak fit him like it fit his father from the pictures that Naruto had seen and on the back of his shoulders sat the camouflage globes from his earlier outfit, but they seemed larger.
Underneath the cloak, Naruto wore his old jump suit minus the hood and without its own camouflage globes. Naruto turned around to admire the colours of the flames as well as the new shoes he was given which hugged his feet exactly, each toe having their own segment in the shoe with the modified hole cut in the bottom for his wind funnels.
Naruto checked his manoeuvrability when he noticed the Kanji written down his back, "The Final Flash!" Naruto exclaimed with a grin as he turned to the girls, his slightly longer hair nearly getting in his eyes without his headband to hold it back, "I love it!" Naruto declared to the woman.
The girls cheered a little in excitement as Tenten stood, "Tayu-chan and Hinata-chan came up with the overall idea and Fu personally ordered those shoes from the Hidden Waterfall, they're said to be literally the best for all situations." Tenten began as she got Naruto's attention, reaching over the back of the couch, "And I got you this!" Tenten said with a smile as she pulled out a new sheathe cover.
Naruto's eyes widened at the crimson belt, other than having nine sealing capsules around it's length, the tenth slot was instead taken by a familiar – though smaller – rectangle shape with Samehada Bocho's handle sticking out the top.
Naruto grinned widely, "Ten-chan that's awesome!" he said happily as she came up to him and began feeding it through the loops on his outfit. When she was done, she leant up on her toes and kissed him deeply.
Naruto gladly returned the kiss as he lifted Tenten into the air happily, the girls laughed as Tenten squeaked into the kiss with surprise evident on her features.
The honeymooners were unbelievably happy, and each wife gladly helped Naruto begin moving the stuff from his old capsules into the new ones and explaining the new camouflage globes that could match any colour of the flames along the bottom of the cloak.
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"AH!" Killer B yelled in pain and annoyance as one of forearms were stabbed with the horn of a gigantic unicorn that was almost as tall as he was in Gyuki's form.
Preta rode in close on the large flacon that Animal had summoned earlier, "Got you!" Preta declared as he leapt off, landing on the back of Killer B's head and placing his hand down.
Killer B gasped, "SHIT!" He yelled as he was forced to drop the transformation. But as B shrunk, the Unicorn yanked up with it's horn, ripping his arm clean off in a bloody mess, "AAAAAAHHHHHH!" B yelled in pain as he was thrown high into the air.
Preta leapt back as his Rinnegan took in the sight of a nearly defeated Killer B.
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Nagato's right eye opened, "Now, get him now." He said to Tobi who began to disappear in a swirl of chakra.
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Tobi appeared behind Killer B's midair form, his chains wrapping around B in seconds before the two began spinning quickly, "HIDDEN LOTUS!"
Tobi slammed B on an angle into the ground, knocking him out painfully and scraping the bone of his flayed bicep against the ground.
Tobi stood and cracked his neck as his chakra gates closed, he turned to the nearby Preta, "I will take him to Orochimaru and Zetsu, we will begin the sealing with some of Orochimaru's reanimated ninjas." Tobi said as he began to disappear in a swirl with Killer B.
Preta nodded, "Good." He said before turning to Asura as Animal landed next to him, "Hatake has somehow had a growth in strength. We must take him out before he destroys our bodies." Animal said.
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"Got you! RASENOVAAAA!" Jiraiya yelled as his blazing Rasengan tore into Naraka's back, it expanded, completely obliterating his body before exploding in a flaming funnel towards Deva.
Deva's brow furrowed as he leapt into the funnel, "SHINRA TENSEI!" he yelled.
Because Jiraiya couldn't see or hear over his technique, he didn't realise Pein had countered until he was hit full force and blasted back through the air.
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*CLANG CLANG CLANG*
Kakashi spun as he continued his onslaught against Asura, slowly wearing down the mechanized man but beginning to feel the drain, 'This is the power father talked about! The power of a White Hatake!' Kakashi thought as he doubled his efforts to take down Asura.
Kakashi clashed against Asura's broadsword, entering a deadlock and letting Kakashi see what was behind him from the reflection of his blade. Kakashi's lightning chakra flexed, short-circuiting Asura's weaponry as Kakashi stepped forward, "WHITE LIGHT SABRE!" Kakashi declared as he blurred past Asura, finishing by sheathing his blade with a loud click.
Kakashi quickly turned as Asura literally fell into pieces, just as Jiraiya came flying over Asura where Kakashi caught him heavily, "Are you okay Jiraiya-sama?" Kakashi asked.
Jiraiya nodded as he climbed to his feet, "Yeah, but I've run out of time." Jiraiya said with heavy breaths.
Shima and Fukusaku nodded, "Be careful Jiraiya-boy." Fukusaku said before the two of them dispelled in two puffs of smoke.
Jiraiya's sage mode faded as the remaining four Paths of Pain came to a stop in front of the two of them, causing Jiraiya to sigh, "How's your chakra Kakashi?" he asked.
White Kakashi was breathing extremely heavily, "Not much of my white chakra left and that one absorbed a chunk of my normal chakra earlier." Kakashi said with a nod towards Preta.
Jiraiya nodded, 'It's times like this I feel like we need a miracle.' He thought.
"SUMMONING: BRING DOWN THE HOUSE!"
Akatsuki and Leaf nin alike looked up to see a large fat toad falling down at the Akatsuki members, but Deva reacted quickly, "SHINRA TENSEI!"
The toad slammed into the gravity field, causing it to dispel and leave Sasuke to board through the area towards Kakashi and Jiraiya, "I'm here! What can I do?" Sasuke asked as his board disappeared and he stood in a lunging stance with the Naginata.
Jiraiya frowned, "I wanted help but whose helping Danzo now Sasuke?" he asked.
Sasuke shook his head, "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." he said in disbelief.
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"I guess I'll say thank you! Because of you assholes my business will be booming soon!" Jirobo yelled from his place atop the village wall.
Danzo was on his knees, panting in exhaustion, 'Nearly, out of, chakra.' He thought before looking up at Jirobo, 'Who is this civilian?'
Jirobo glanced over his shoulder as his Curse Mark went straight to level two, "Danzo-sama, call you mean back! We have a plan!" Jirobo said before jumping high off the wall.
Danzo was unsure what was happening, but he naturally just took the offered advice, "ROOT! Get back!" he ordered.
As the ROOT ninja left in a shunshin, Jirobo fell through the air towards the ground, clapping his hands together, "My secret technique! Perfected after years in the work shop!" he declared as he fell right into the middle of the remaining hundred or so ninjas.
"IRON STYLE: MIRROR ROOM!" Jirobo yelled as he slammed his hands into the ground.
Danzo's eyes widened as he watched a huge circle of metal grow from the ground, so bright and shiny that it was reflective, 'Iron style?!' he thought in shock as every enemy ninja was trapped.
They all turned to Jirobo, ready to attack when the earth master punched the ground, "EARTH STYLE: SANDSTONE DUST!" he yelled.
A shockwave moved outwards from Jirobo's punch, turning the ground of the 'Mirror Arena' into pure sand and knocking those closer to him away.
Jirobo stood tall and grinned, "Well, that's my part done." He said as the ninjas started to attack.
"REVERSE SAND WATERFALL!"
Jirobo was launched into the air and caught on a cloud of sand, "Good timing Gaara!" Jirobo said with a grin.
Gaara nodded as he formed two seals before holding the third, "INFINITE SANDSTORM CLONES!" Gaara declared.
All of the sand became unstable and instantly became a large sandstorm, tearing into any ninja that was available. After the sandstorm was maintained, colourless sand clones began to form and attack with kunais made of sand, taking out many ninjas in a few seconds.
Gaara frowned as some of the more skilled Shinobi managed to get out of the metal arena, but no more than ten, "They're escaping." Gaara said with a frown.
Jirobo stood and patted Gaara's shoulder, "That's why we both brought a contingency, who'd you bring?" Jirobo asked.
Gaara smiled as he saw a black and white figure standing in the enemy ninja's way, "Who do you think?" he asked before refocussing on his technique.
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"FOUR SKY PALMS!" Hanabi yelled out as her chakra sailed through the air, slamming a ninja up into the air, back into the steel wall, then crushing him against it with her final two thrusts.
Hanabi stepped back to dodge an attack before spinning, "KAITEN!" Hanabi yelled as she threw the Shinobi up and away towards her partner.
"Too easy!" Pikkon declared as he cut the airborne ninja down with a single strike of his right hand blade before placing it in his mouth and taking a low stance, "Hanabi!" he yelled around the handle in his mouth.
Hanabi heard the warning and leapt back as three of the remaining eight men landed in front of them, "SWORD ART: ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT POUND CANNON!" he yelled as he twisted his swords filled with chakra.
An attack launched from each sword hit each Shinobi, obliterating their chest cavities and spraying their blood on the five that just landed, making them hesitate in shock as the two fighters got in position.
Hanabi came from the left, "EIGHT TRIGRAMS: ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT PALMS!" she yelled as she dove in.
Pikkon took a low stance, "ELEMENTAL SWORDS: ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE: ONE HUNDRED PERCENT!" he yelled as he flashed forward.
Five seconds later, Hanabi and Pikkon had switched sides as the five Rain Shinobi fell to their deaths.
Pikkon gave a thumbs up over his shoulder as Hanabi returned the look with a wink.
"To the south wall!"
Everyone looked back to the wall to see Shikamaru pop up from a shadow, dropping to a knee in front of Danzo, "Me and a few others have secured the west wall from the plant man and successfully defeated them, and with this north wall secure, now there is only the few reanimated Shinobi at the south wall!" Shikamaru reported.
Danzo blinked widely, 'They attacked from the other walls as well?!' he thought as he rose to his feet, "We must go now!" Danzo declared.
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Chapter End
Firstly, super sorry for the delay, secondly, all of this stuff:
Next chapter: - South wall battle
- Sasuke, Jiraiya and Kakashi vs. Preta, Animal, Deva and Asura
- Sakura vs. Konan
- Unforseen twist: D
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Alky out!