Chapter 37: Armies Assembled
Time, according to Sage, was growing short. Tsunade had already sent messages to the other Kages about the situation, and received her responses. Only Gaara had said he would send help, and word was that he had already left. Sage also announced Edge was drawing nearer, meaning Dragoon had gotten those he could from the village he had visited.
It had since been two days from Sakura telling Sage her dream. No one really knew what was going on, only the twelve and Tsunade knew about the meaning behind the dream, everyone else only thought of it as the Alliance making an attack.
There was no denying the fact that some people were stating to get scared. The only people from the Alliance that were known were Red, Green, and Roken, and the last two were dead. And Red had shown that he can surpass Gaara's defenses. This was not a fight that people were looking forward to.
The only thing that anyone could possibly consider a plus came the day Gaara and his troops arrive. The elders entered Tsunade's office after her meeting with Gaara had ended and everyone else had left.
Tsunade looked up at the two that had walked in, "What is it? I have a lot to do," Tsunade said rashly.
"We wish to inform you that we have selected your successor," the male elder said.
"Really? Save the announcement of who until after the battle. I won't resign until then," Tsunade said going back to paperwork.
"Don't you want to know who we chose?" the female elder asked.
"Not at the moment. I know that if you would have chosen someone I wanted you would have told me instantly, same if it was someone I was outrageously against," Tsunade said.
The two elders looked at each other, "when do you want to know?" the male asked.
"After we're done with the Alliance. I don't want to be bothered with anything besides the upcoming battle until it's over," Tsunade said.
The elders nodded and left. Once they were gone Tsunade put her paperwork down and looked out the window. 'Even though they made their choice, I can still go through this hoping that he got it,' she thought as she gazed out the window.
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"Already?" a voice whispered in the darkness.
"Yes. We are to wait until he calls for us, but he wishes to attack at dawn," another answered.
"But our reports say that all twelve are there! As well as both the Leaf and Sand armies," the first responded.
"He overpowers us. All of us. The twelve fear him, that's why they've called for all this. And he knows it. This isn't some blind rush, he's older than man, and he's been planning this the whole time," the second voice said.
x-X-x
Chaos sat on his chair watching Konoha prepare for the upcoming battle. It looked like they would be ready in time. No matter, he can change some things around…
"You seem different," a woman said walking out of the darkness.
"Ah, so you've decided to speak to me again. It was a lonely two years," Chaos said.
"I've realized the only way to really watch my son is through you, because you keep me from getting to heaven," the woman said.
"Yes, how sad," Chaos said.
"Has he disrupted it again? Is it all shot to pieces yet?" the woman asked curiously as she got closer.
""No. it's never been this close to completion before. A few more things need to fall into place for it to be seamless, but with the army getting ready, I don't know if it will happen," Chaos said.
"Could it be? are you getting excited? So excited in fact, that you might jump the gun?" the woman asked as she reached the side of his chair.
"You've known me nineteen years. And you know the answer to that question. Although you could call this jumping the gun," Chaos said calmly.
"Did you ever have emotion? Even anger, I could go for anger at times. But you have nothing. You are so lucky you're a god, 'cause no living person would want to be around you," the woman said before leaving.
"Yes, and few dead," Chaos said his eyes back on Konoha.
x-X-x
Shortly after sunrise, after everyone had woken up and were meeting together, either to discuss battle plans, theories on why they were really there, or to train something happened. The call of an attack was made. Ninja from all over the village came running to where the call had been made.
It was the main gates of Konoha and as the ninja arrived they looked around for who had called out the attack, and who was attacking. Once all of the Twelve Terrors had arrived the gates to Konoha were slammed shut.
"What the hell?" Dea asked.
"Gates that big can't slam," Strag said looking behind him.
As the others turned as well a wall of earth shot up to block anyone form getting out by scaling the walls. "Stone…" Wiseman said looking at the wall.
"Wasn't me," Stone said looking at it also.
"Thirty," Sage said facing away from Konoha.
"Thirty what?" Naruto asked.
"Warriors. Only thirty people made it through before the doors shut," Frost said.
Naruto looked around at who they were. There were the Twelve Terrors, Tsunade and Jiraiya, that's fourteen. Six of the rookie nine making twenty, Ino, Chouji and Kiba weren't here. Kakashi, Gai, Asuma, and Kurenai making twenty four. Lee, Neji and the Sand trio making twenty nine. And the thirtieth was a man Naruto didn't know.
He turned back to looking for their opponent when his eyes snapped back to the man, he looked familiar… "Vin?" Naruto asked.
The man's head turned, "Naruto, haven't seen you in a while," Vin said walking towards Naruto.
"I didn't recognize you, where are the others?" Naruto asked.
Vin jabbed his thumb at the stone wall, "other side of the gates, I barely made it," Vin said.
"How did you get here?" Naruto asked.
"Dragoon. I met him a few weeks ago and he just came back saying he needed help," Vin said.
"Any idea on what? They keep saying the Alliance, but I think there's more to it than that, we wouldn't need all this help if it were the Alliance," Naruto said.
Way I here it, it's the Alliance plus one, some godly powerful guy," Vin said.
"One guy?" Naruto asked looking around again.
At that time darkness fell. It blocked out the sun, and all other light. Nothing could be seen, nothing at all. Moments after it had come, it left. But now something new had joined them. Standing in the wide path outside Konoha's main gates, a little bit away from the others was a man, standing twelve feet tall and built like a warrior, he was instantly recognizable to some who stood by Konoha.
"It…it's the man from my dream," Sakura said.
"YOU! You're the guy that held me in that….Void! You're…Chaos!" Naruto yelled pointing at Chaos.
"Yes, the blocks I put in your mind seem to vanish when I am near you again. But now that I'm here, my aids can show themselves," Chaos said gesturing to the trees at his sides.
At that moment fourteen people jumped from the trees and stood between Chaos and Konoha. Naruto knew instantly who they were, the Alliance. On the far left stood Red, and there was no doubt the three on his right were the other Colors.
One was a girl in a dark blue overcoat that was buttoned from top to navel, blue denim pants, blue sandals, and black gloves. Her hair was short and brown and eyes were purple. Her forehead protector was around her belt, she was a Cloud ninja. No doubt she was Blue.
Next to her was a man in black sandals, black cloth pants, black gloves and a black sleeveless shirt with a short sleeved black overcoat. His hair was spiky and dark grey while his eyes were yellow. He was the biggest of the Alliance, probably with the most physical strength. His forehead protector was around his neck, he was a Mist ninja. He had to be Black.
Beside him was a woman in white sandals, white cloth pants, and a white sleeveless top and white gloves. She had a white clothe covering her eyes and a katana on her back, her hair was short and navy blue. Her forehead protector was on the cloth that covered her eyes, she was a Grave ninja. She was definitely White.
On the far right was a group of six that had to be the Kids, they looked the youngest. Farthest right was a boy in blue sandals, black cloth pants, a grey closed vest, ninja gloves and a black open overcoat. His hair was spiky and red and eyes were grey. His forehead protector was on his forehead, he was a Rock ninja.
On his left was a girl in blue sandals, black cloth pants, and a blue sleeveless top that left her midriff bare. She wore Black gloves and arm wraps. Her eyes were yellow and her red hair went to her shoulder blades. Her forehead protector was around her belt, she was a Mist ninja.
Beside her was a man in black sandals, dark blue cloth pants, a red vest and arm wraps. He wore elbow pads and black gloves over the wraps. A large sword was on his back. His eyes were purple and short hair a dark blue. His forehead protector was around his forehead, he was a Waterfall ninja.
Next to him were three familiar faces, Link Dozez and Isis. Next to Dozez was a man with blue sandals and black cloth pants. His torso and forearms were wrapped and he had a chest plate over the wrappings. Several small spikes picked through the wrappings on his forearms. He had a double bladed sword on his back. His hair was red and spiky and his left eye was blue while his right eye was scarred and grey. His forehead protector was on his left upper arm, he was a Grass ninja.
Beside him was Gaze. And next to Gaze was a man in blue sandals and blue denim shorts. Leg wraps covered the rest of his lower body. He had a black waist cape connected to his white belt and a dark black short sleeved shirt. He had arm wraps and black gloves covering the rest of his arms. He also had a full black cape that was buckled into the shoulders of his shirt. His hair was brown and spiky and his right eye was blue. His left eye was covered by an eye patch. There were four katana on his back. He wore no forehead protector.
Between him and White was a man in black sandals and dark blue denim pants. He had a white open vest and hand wraps. His right arm was scared from shoulder to elbow and two lined scars went across his chest from right shoulder to left hip. He had two katana on his back and his hair was spiky and white while his left eye was brown. His right eye was covered by his forehead protector, he was a Rain ninja.
"I believe some of you have met, but for simplety we will give our names, it makes it easier, that way you know who killed you," the man with no forehead protector said.
The Colors gave their names, and Naruto's suspicions on who was who were correct. The man with the scars and two katana was Kraik, the one with no forehead protector was Vox while Mulow was the one with the scared eye. The Waterfall Kid was Zigg, the Mist Kid was Lerah and the Rock Kid was Tzet.
"We're not announcing ourselves," Naruto said.
"You don't need to, we already know all of your names," Vox said with a grin.
"Alright, let's go guys," Wiseman said as he rolled up his right sleeve, having already removed his right glove.
The other eleven were already in such a condition, all the right gloves were pocketed and right sleeves rolled up to the elbow. Each pulled out a dagger and held it in their left hand and they made a small circle. "Give us a sec Chaos, we got one more fighter to get," Wiseman said.
Chaos put a hand to his chin, 'what could this be? surely they've lost their summon. Do they not know that?' he thought.
The twelve raised their right arms towards the center, their fists touching. If one were to look at this from above it would look like a clock, a curve on each forearm that could be connected in the gaps to be a full circle, and the roman numerals on each arm, each turned slightly to be able to be read from Nomad who was VI.
At the same time each brought the dagger to the curved line and traced across it with their daggers, cutting into tattoo. Then the I on Wiseman turned white. Then the II on Frost, the III on Grim, the IV on Lax, the V on Dragoon, the VI on Nomad, the VII on Strag, the VIII on Edge, the IX on Dea, the X on Sage, the XI on Sin, the XII on Stone and the XIII on a man Naruto never saw before.
Once all thirteen were white they faded back to black and the thirteen replaced their gloves and sleeves. The thirteenth man had white sandals, white martial arts pants and a white cloth sleeveless shirt with a hood that concealed the man's face. He had brown leather gloves that strapped up his forearm.
The man looked around him, seeing the twelve, Naruto and the others, then the Alliance and Chaos. "Called me just in time I see," he said.
"Hello Elvo," Chaos said.
"I'm surprised you let them summon me," Elvo said.
"I thought it had expired," Chaos said.
"You should know better that that," Elvo said.
"HEY! Who are you? How do you know Chaos?" Naruto yelled.
"Chaos? You told them your name was Chaos?" Elvo asked looking into Chaos's eyes.
"Knowledge of a name is power over that entity," Chaos said.
"I know, I told you that," Elvo said.
"Then your real name isn't Elvo?" Naruto asked.
"No, it's the name Chaos gave me," Elvo said with a slight grin.
"Who are yo-" Naruto started but a hand over his mouth stopped the rest of the question.
"He's the summon king," Jiraiya whispered in Naruto's ear.
"Like Gamabunta?" Naruto asked once Jiraiya had removed his hand.
"No, Gamabunta is the frog boss, even he has to look up to Elvo," Jiraiya said.
"Am I right in thinking you're going to use your blade?" Elvo asked.
"Why would I not?" Chaos asked.
"Mine takes a bit to conjure; will you give me a sec? it's only to be fair," Elvo said.
"Take the time you need," Chaos said.
Elvo turned to face the twelve behind him, "Wiseman, the Twins," he said and Wiseman pulled out his twin katana and handed them to Elvo.
Elvo stuck them into the ground a distance apart with the blades facing away from each other. "Sin, the Brute," Elvo said and Sin handed him his ax.
Elvo stuck it in the ground in between him and the twins. The edge of the left katana was even with the left blade of the ax, and same for the right. "Dragoon, the Length," Elvo said and Dragoon handed him his sword.
Elvo stuck it in the ground between the Twins, closer to the left twin. "Edge, the Master," Elvo said and Edge handed him his claymore.
The claymore went between the Length and right twin, closer to the right twin. "Nomad, the Shear," Elvo said and Nomad handed him his spear.
The spear was place inline with the handle of the Brute but in front of the swords as opposed to in line with them. "And Stone-" Elvo said but Stone was already holding the sword out, "Destiny," Elvo said taking the blade.
Destiny was place in the center space of the swords and spear and ax, the center of the seven weapons. As soon as Destiny was placed in the center the seven weapons glowed white and shot one singular beam of light up to the sky, the beam concealed all of the weapons. Elvo reached his right arm into the light. After a moment the light had vanished and revealed Elvo's right arm and hand, holding a great sword, as long as he was tall.
"Devine Influence. How cliché," Chaos said.
"Quite," Elvo said as he rested the blade on his shoulder.
He started walking towards Chaos, ready to start the battle when Chaos raised a hand towards him, "wait now, you have your little army, allow me to get mine," Chaos said.
"You're army stands in front of you," Elvo said stopping.
"They are my protectors, an army stands behind their general," Chaos said as his hands began weaving around.
A dark ball appeared in his weaving hands and slowly grew. The ball grew to engulf Chaos and the Alliance, it grew to take in the space around them and in an instant the dark ball was gone and behind Chaos stood several people. An army of those that have passed from the living realm.
Naruto looked through all of them, and he recognized some face, like Roken, Orochimaru, Itachi and the rest of Akatsuki. These were the once Chaos once told him of, those that stood before Chaos and agreed to aid him in his plans, to get one thing they wished for. There were far more than thirty of them, there was a full army of them.
"Shall we begin?" Chaos asked as he waived his right hand and a scythe appeared in it, its handle was fifteen feet in length and its blade was serrated. He waved his left and a helmet appeared in it, its frame was the same as the rest of Chaos' armor, but the rest was pieces of other helmets that were stitched on. He put his helmet on and looked at Elvo.
Elvo was looking at the army behind Chaos, "you have you're armor, let me get mine," he said as he stuck his great sword into ground. He started removing the glove on his right hand, "sorry guys, we got one more," he said as he turned to the Twelve Terrors.
The twelve also removed their right gloves and rolled up their right sleeves. The stood in the circle again, making the clock again. "it's the numbers this time," Wiseman said as they pulled out their daggers.
"It'll hurt the whole time it's in effect, please hold on until I'm done," Elvo said.
The twelve traced out the numbers on their forearms with the daggers. Once all the numbers were traced out a blue sphere appeared as the clock face between their arms. Elvo stepped between Wiseman and Stone and plunged his right arm into the sphere.
Not a word was spoken as every eye was on the thirteen warriors. The pain was visible on each of the twelve, none would last much longer. Then finally Elvo pulled his arm out of the sphere, pulling a man out of it with it. As soon as the man was pulled out the sphere vanished and the twelve fell to their knees, breathing heavily.
The man Elvo had pulled from the sphere was dressed in normal ninja gear, jounin vest and all. His forehead protector was on his forehead, but his hair covered the symbol on it, he also had a short sleeved light grey overcoat with a flame pattern on the bottom and his hair was blond and spiky. Upon the sight of him all the Leaf sensei's jaws dropped.
"Is, could that be?" Tsunade asked.
"No, it can't… it's not possible…" Jiraiya said walking toward the body.
Elvo grabbed Devine Influence and placed the tip of it to the man's neck, "awaken Akutei," he said.
Upon the utterance of those words the man's bright blue eyes shot open and Elvo helped him to his feet. "Where am I?" Akutei asked.
"Well, we got a war to fight, and we need your help," Elvo said.
"Always fighting…" Akutei said.
"I… is it really you?" Jiraiya asked walking up to Akutei.
"Jiraiya-sensei? How long have I been gone?" Akutei asked.
"Nineteen years. Tsunade has become Hokage…" Jiraiya said.
"We can fill him in on everything after we kill Chaos and his army," Elvo said resting his sword on his shoulder again.
"Where? Where is he? How is…" Akutei said but his eyes drifted around him, looking at everyone else there. "Kakashi, you're here too," Akutei said walking over to him, ignoring what Elvo had just said.
"Akutei-sensei, I can't believe you're back," Kakashi said.
"Sensei? But didn't you say the fourth Hokage was your sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Look at him Naruto, can't you tell he is the fourth Hokage?" Sakura asked.
Akutei's head snapped to look at Sakura, "Did you say Naruto?" he asked her.
"Yeah, I'm the one you sealed Kyuubi in," Naruto said in a slightly angered voice.
Akutei grabbed Naruto in a hug, "Forgive me son, it was a terrible thing for a father to do," he said.
x-X-x
AN: about the double bladed sword, think Darth Maul, handle in middle, blade at both ends. Also, I know the anticipation for that action is growing, but I promise the next chapter will have the start of the fight, not sure how much it'll have, but it'll have the start at least.