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The ending of the battle, will everyone survive who will die? Read and find out.
Chapter 33 – The battle concludes…
Kurenai laid Naruto on a gurney. The doctor did several hand signs and his hand was covered in green chakra. He moved his hand over Naruto from head to toe, he then focused on Naruto's right arm. "Shattered right hand and forearm, heavy burning across all the right hand and arm. What the hell did he hit?"
"He put a hole in a barrier that was keeping the Hokage trapped with Orochimaru. He allowed help to get into the barrier so that the Hokage might be able to win." Kurenai looked concerned and down at her student. "Will his client be able to repair the damage?"
"I don't see why not but he will not be able to do much with that arm for a while." The doctor replied.
Hinata bent over and kissed Naruto on the forehead. "Please be okay."
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Outside of the stadium Hiashi had taken Hanabi towards the Hyuuga compound. A branch chunin stopped Hiashi. "We need support at the hospital. They seem bent on taking it down and they seem to be searching for someone."
"Very well let's go and find out what they are searching for." Hiashi put Hanabi on his back and ran towards the hospital.
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Inside the barrier Orochimaru did not look pleased. "I shall have all the jutsu in the world. There is nothing you can do to stop me."
"Your ambitions know no end. They have to be stopped. I will stop you." Sarutobi replied as he panted heavily.
There was a scream from one of the ANBU as he was skewered and then shredded by a blast of water. Both Sarutobi and Orochimaru turned to see the spectacle. "Delightful and beautiful, watching death that is." Orochimaru commented.
"Then why don't you join them my student?" Sarutobi replied as Enma transformed into a bo staff.
Sarutobi and Orochimaru traded blows between staff and sword.
"Why would I want to join the dead when I can use them? They are so obedient." Orochimaru said as he blocked a downward swing by Sarutobi. "Just surrender old man. The Leaf village will fall."
"You never seemed to understand my teachings Orochimaru. You always had to experiment and then you would have to try it on innocents. That is the reason I passed you over for Hokage. You were to protect those of the village not use them." Sarutobi said sternly.
"Your lectures while interesting never amounted to much Sensei. So that is why I am going to kill you and destroy the Leaf." Orochimaru commented.
"You never understood what it meant to be Hokage. You still don't understand the will of fire." Sarutobi said with a sad smile.
"Who cares, power and jutsu are all that matter. I will live forever and learn all the jutsu in the world. I will rule the world." Orochimaru loudly declared.
"You learned nothing! Even if you kill me others will take my place and those that are working together to defend this village will rise to the occasion. Because they are protecting those that they feel are precious to them and thus will work even harder to defend them. That is why you will fail. You are a bad student Orochimaru, the one most important lesson I could teach you, you would not learn. Until you find something you are willing to put your life on the line for you will not attain true power. The power to defend is stronger than the power to destroy." Sarutobi said as he blocked a swing of Orochimaru's sword.
"Stop babbling old man and die!" Orochimaru yelled angrily.
The second Hokage was fighting three ANBU at the same time and was injuring all of them. He dodged a thrown shuriken but then stopped fighting as he saw a hand and a blade of electricity coming out of his left chest. "You are gifted young one but it will take more than that to destroy me. I am sorry. Water style: Circling water barrier." Water appeared out of thin air and started to circle around the second Hokage.
"We don't have the reserves to fight him on even ground. He is a water user so let's take advantage of that." Kakashi said with a smirk.
"The younger generation must surpass the older. It is how life must work." The Second Hokage strained to say.
"You will fight for me or do you wish to return to being dead?" Orochimaru angrily retorted.
"Actually I would have preferred to have remained dead thank you, but this jutsu forces me to be your slave. You will learn child that to rest in peace is something not to be feared." The Second replied as he went through several hand signs. "Water style: Water Dragon Jutsu." A dragon of water appeared and headed towards Kakashi and the ANBU members.
Kakashi then went through his own set of hand signs. "Earth style: Earth Dragon Jutsu!" A stone dragon appeared from behind Kakashi in the rock and moved forward, it slammed into the water dragon. The Earth dragon continued through the water dragon slowly. The dragon eventually got to the water barrier and snapped its mouth closed on the Second Hokage destroying the barrier. The Second Hokage laid in the rubble of the dragon his body broken. "Good child finish it." The Second Hokage requested as his arms slowly repaired themselves.
"Earth style: Inter decapitation!" Kakashi said as the Hokage was how stuck up to his head in the rock and mud. "I am sorry Lord Hokage. Fire style: Grand fireball jutsu." Kakashi said sadly as the fireball slammed into the Second and burned his body beyond all repair."Rest in peace Lord Hokage, now it time for us to catch a Snake. Reform and give the Hokage cover!" Kakashi ordered.
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Naruto awoke in excruciating pain, his right hand was on fire and his head felt like he had taken a head dive off the Hokage monument. As his vision came into focus he noticed he was in a familiar sewer like setting. "So you have decided to join me. Again you surprise me with your cunning and courage kit. But I am angry, you nearly killed us both. Had you not gone three tails we would have died and our mates would have never forgiven us, especially. What do you have to say for yourself?" The fox demanded.
Naruto looked at his hand, burnt and mangled. "Guess I did go a little overboard. Sorry."
The fox laughed. "When have even not gone overboard?" The fox questioned.
"I wonder if jiji is okay. And was that was Kurenai-sensei I saw just before I passed out?" Naruto asked as his whole body continued to hurt.
"Yes your female teacher took you away from battle. Where too I cannot tell, but I do sense your mate close by." Kyuubi said teasingly.
"Really? Wait… why do you keep on calling her my mate? I do love Hinata but I don't think she will be able to marry an outcast like me." Naruto said and sounded depressed.
The Kyuubi laughed. "I don't see how they can stop it from happening. You both are jinchuuriki. Also any other male tries to mate with her I am sure we would neuter them, if she did not. Also Hime would not accept anyone other than you as her mate. Of this I am sure. And going by your conversation a few days ago you both love each other."
"Okay fox, what is in it for you if Hinata-hime and I do get married?" Naruto asked pointedly.
"For one I can get help in getting rid of the blasted sewer! Second I will be able to talk and see my mate. As you grow older you and your mate will be able to change our cages to better suit you both. We are both very old and powerful. The only reason that we were captured is because of the blasted Uchiha. I hate them. Too bad there is only a few left. If I were truly evil I would require you to eliminate them. Oh, that Sasuke one will betray your village eventually, all Uchiha do. They are loyal to the clan first village second. I must say that I do like that Itachi fellow though." The Kyuubi chucked as he spoke. "Remember against an Uchiha I cannot help you. At least if they possess the advanced doujutsu. If they do you will have to learn to fight without me. You must become strong child as I will not have a weak vessel. Now rest as I attempt to repair the damage you have done."
Naruto then lay down and closed his eyes as he attempted to ignore the pain.
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Hinata breathed a sigh of relief as she saw and felt the thin layer of Kyuubi chakra surround Naruto. Kurenai looked at Hinata and smiled. The doctor looked up and shooed everyone other than Hinata and Kurenai away from the bed. He pulled the drapes around the bed and watched the Kyuubi heal Naruto's injuries starting with his arm. He knew he would be out of action for a little while. Color slowly returned to Naruto's arm, no longer black and burnt it turned pink but did not change from there. Naruto continued to grimace in pain. "His arm was shattered, his host will be able to mend it but it will take time. He will only be able to heal it so quickly. You do understand that too much of that type of chakra will do more damage to him, so it will take time for him to heal. I also would not touch him if while that chakra it surrounding him young lady." The doctor commented at Hinata touched Naruto and her hand slid into the chakra without even the slightest sign of pain.
"It is alright doctor I am immune to the effects of that chakra." Hinata said with a smile as she closed her eyes.
Kurenai nodded. "She is correct as they do have a special connection."
Hinata laid her head on Naruto's stomach and smiled.
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Sarutobi breathing was labored. "Enough of this game Orochimaru, we must end this."
"You are right old man. I have not destroyed this village but I will return." Orochimaru responded as his tongue flew out of his mouth towards his sword.
Sarutobi moved in front of Orochimaru and cycled though a lot of hand signs. "I do not recognize that jutsu."
"Of course not my student as I am going to take away your jutsu. Forbidden art: decomposition!" Sarutobi finished the last hand sign and grabbed Orochimaru's arms.
Orochimaru screamed as his hands turned purple and the color walked up his arm. Orochimaru screamed and swung violently as Sarutobi released his grip on Orochimaru. Orochimaru swallowed his sword and ran away from Sarutobi towards the back of the barrier. "We must withdraw. What did you do to me old man?"
Sarutobi was sitting with Kakashi standing beside him. "My misguided pupil, that jutsu will destroy all the cells in your body if you do not remove your arms soon your whole body will rot. Now you understand why it is a forbidden jutsu, I am the only one who knows it. Now either withdraw or die." Sarutobi said with a weak smile. "It will also drain almost all of your chakra, so I would advise you never use is Kakashi." Sarutobi whispered to Kakashi who just nodded.
The barrier collapsed and Orochimaru's henchmen grabbed him and retreated from Konoha.
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Haku put a mirror of ice front of herself, which caused the kunai and shuriken to bounce off and away from her. Haku's reply was a volley of senbon which caused several of the enemy shinobi to collapse in pain.
"You are still to soft Haku." Zabuza said as he cleaved five sound ninja in half. "You need to go for the kill more often."
"Why when we can save them for Ibiki later?" Haku said with an evil smile.
Zabuza looked surprised then smiled. "I didn't give you enough credit my daughter." Zabuza laughed as he hit a sand shinobi over the head, only to hear a crunch. "Guess I will have to work on that."
"You should keep to the killing father, and leave those that we want to question to me." Haku replied as she threw more senbon and disabled three more enemy shinobi. "It looks like they are starting to retreat. Shall we gather the captives and work our way back to the stadium?" She looked down at the moaning enemies. "Get up or my father will cleave you in two." Haku ordered.
All twenty enemy shinobi slowly stood and put their hands on their heads. Haku took each of their pouches as they passed her and walked towards the stadium.
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Hiashi saw a couple shinobi holding a couple of women and attempting to jump out of the window. 'No, that couldn't be.' He ran and tapped the two carrying the women and grabbed the women off their shoulders. As the men died falling out the window Hiashi ran back to the chunin and out the main entrance. "Bring Hanabi and we need to get these two the Hyuuga medical wing now." Hiashi said as one of the men grabbed Hanabi. They all ran towards the Hyuuga compound.
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A/N: I know I could not kill Sarutobi but he is done being Hokage. The other reason the jutsu he used is forbidden is that it will age you ten years for each use. So Sarutobi is now more like being seventy not sixty.
I also thought you guys would be wondering where and how Haku and Zabuza were doing. Zabuza was happy to increase his kills and Haku is working on getting a job with Ibiki. Muhahahahahaha…