The siege has begun, and there will be violence, violence, and guess what, more violence! Ok it won't all be violence but there will be plenty of violent action for all of you to read. Yes that guy standing on the building was Masao, but how he escaped is yet to be revealed. He won't be seen in this chapter fighting, he probably wont' fight again until the climax of the siege. Also expect the return of a few characters from earlier in the story. Plus, will Kurenai's plan to retake the neighborhoods work? Will Asuma find the old neighborhoods empty of blood red soldiers, or will they still be there to fight him? Also what about the HQ, it's pretty defenseless now. So read up and review the chapter

Merci,
Symbiotic

April 10th
Konohagakure
Though he was miles away from Hokage Tower, Asuma could still hear the chatter of distant machine guns and the boom of anti tank and anti aircraft guns in the distance. "Kurenai," Asuma said quietly.

"You aren't the only one worried," a man said, walking up to Asuma, holding a Winchester pump shotgun.

"Who are you," Asuma asked.

"Kenji Adakara," Kenji said. He looked back at the tower in the distance, and he could still see small explosions and planes flying around it. "You, Asuma san, aren't the only one worried about loosing someone."

"Who you afraid of loosing," Asuma asked.

"A girl," Kenji said. "A girl you know."

"Who," Asuma asked. "Kureani, Anko?"

"Neither," Kenji said. "My girl was much younger, and a lot prettier to. She was also very close to you."

"Wait a minute," Asuma said, taking time to put two and two together. "Ino? You are worried about Ino, but you're like..."

"38 years old," Kenji said, chuckling at his words. "Yeah kind of disgusting, sounds weird, but I've developed a place in my heart for that girl."

"Ino would never love you," Asuma said.

"Does that mean I can't still be worried," Kenji told him. "Love is something that is hard to take away Asuma, it's very hard to take away."

"Lieutenant Adakara," a young man's voice called out.

"I got to go handle this," Kenji said, starting to walk off. "Listen, I know you and Madame had something going on, and just remember she's truly ready for this."

"Thanks," Asuma called back. "Wait what's your name?" Kenji exhaled and looked back at Asuma.

"Lieutenant Kenji Adakara, Commanding Officer of the Black Swan company in Okima," Kenji told him.

"Get back to your company soldier," Asuma ordered.

"Aye sir," Kenji said with a smile. He then walked away.

"Hear that Ino," Asuma muttered to himself. "There are others looking out for you other then me, there are a lot more people."

"You must get out of here Hokage sama," an ANBU captain said, trying to drag the Hokage out of his office.

"Leave me alone," Sarutobi replied, squirming around from . "This is my village and I've stayed in this village through every attack it's come up against when I was around."

"But this one is different," the captain said. "You never went up against an enemy like this."

"I'm still not leaving," Sarutobi told the ANBU. "I refuse. If I left, then we'd be leaderless."

"Then we'll find an acting Hokage," the ANBU captain told him. "That way the city won't be leaderless."

"That's fine," Sarutobi said. "But there is one condition."

"What," the captain asked, being fed up that his boss was so stubborn.

"Let me go and I'll make the call," Sarutobi ordered. "I can do it." The captain let go of him.

"Make it quick," the captain ordered. Sarutobi walked back into his office and picked up the phone, starting to quickly turn the number dial with his finger until he put in all nine numbers. Slowly the phone began to ring.

"Come on Shizune," Tsunade ordered, helping her student down from a rock. "Now was that so hard?"

"Why did we bother climbing up a vertical face of rock," Shizune asked. "When could have just as easily focused chakra onto her appendages and walked up it's side?"

"Climbing is more fun," Tsunade said, picking up her bag of climbing gear. "Here carry this." Shizune's arms nearly gave in at the weight of all the gear.

"The troubles of being an apprentice of a sannin," Shizune said, nodding her head. "I guess it's all worth it in the end." The two began to walk back to Tsunade's house. "My legs are shot."

"Good you can rest when we get inside," Tsunade replied. "Trust me Shizune, you may hate this now, but you'll look back later and say wow Tsunade thank you so much for taking me rock climbing for the weekend. I've never had that experience before, and never will again."

"Sure Lady Tsunade," Shizune grumbled. After walking a little bit more of a way's, they then ended up at Tsunade's house. Shizune set the stuff in the hallway, and then sat down against the wall. "Muscles not responding." She then began to apply small amounts of chakra to her legs, trying to soothe away the pain. To help out, Dan had come along and started licking her face. "Good doggy," Shizune said, petting him on the head.

"I see Dan knows your home as well," Shizune said. "That's a good boy Dan." She then reached in the fridge and pulled out a bottle of sake, pouring herself some in a glass and then drinking it down rapidly. "Yeah, that hits the spot." However, her body was missing something, for her stomach still grumbled a little. "I think I'll go make a sandwich. Shizune would you like one?"

"Yes please," Shizune said. "Like some tuna fish with lettuce, tomato, mayo, and pickles."

"Sounds like a good sandwich," Tsunade said. "I think I'll make one myself." She then reached into the fridge and pulled out the ingredients to make the sandwich, putting them all out on a cutting board. Starting to cut up the bread and put on the tuna, she was then startled by the loud bell tone of her telephone ringing. "For the love of..."

"I'll get it Lady Tsunade," Shizune told her. "You just make the sandwiches". She then walked over the phone and picked it up. "Hello?"

"Who's this," an old man asked.

"This is Shizune," Shizune replied. "Who is this?"

"Listen is Tsunade there," the old man questioned.

"What's it to you," Shizune questioned sternly.

"Is she there or not woman," the man yelled. "I need to talk to her right now, it is an emergency!"

"Well alright then," Shizune yelled back. She then rubbed her left ear. "Jeez don't need to yell. Hold on a second." She then walked over to the kitchen. "Someone wants to talk to you. Says it's an emergency."

"Hmm," Tsunade muttered. She went over and took the phone. "Hello?"

"Tsunade is that you," the old man said.

"Yes," Tsunade said, nodding her head slowly. "Who is this?"

"It's Sarutobi," Sarutobi told her. "Listen to me, there is an emergency, the Hokage tower is under siege and..."

"Ok listen," Tsunade said. "I am smart enough that all during the time Sarutobi sensei was Hokage, there was not once a siege of the Hokage tower, heck the enemy only once made it through the walls but didn't last long."

"Wait what," Sarutobi said. "No no no! Tsunade it's really me, the tower is under siege by sky pirates, and we need..."

"Nice try phony baloney," Tsunade said. "But next time, try to get your act down when you imitate my sensei, and if you call again I'll find you and rip your balls off and feed them to the dogs. Good day to you." She then walked over to the receiver and slammed the phone into it.

"Who was that," Shizune asked.

"Prank call," Tsunade said. "Nothing special. Come on lets go eat those sandwiches."

"Did you get her," the captain asked.

"Yes," Sarutobi lied. "She'll be here within the next few days. In the meantime, help Black Swan fight off the siege and make sure she gets here safely."

"Then lets get you out of here," the lieutenant said, leading Sarutobi to the airfield close to the tower. "We'll get you to a safe house outside of the village where you can sit out the battle." Sarutobi nodded yes and then was lead out to a Ford Model A and then was driven away to the airfield.

The next few days would be extremely nerve racking for the third Hokage.

"Well niichan it looks like the party has started without us," Hanabi said, flying up close to the tower in her Angel.

"That's alright," Hinata said. "Pick a target imouto chan, and blow it out of the sky."

"Hai Hinata niichan," Hanabi replied. She then spied a Peacemaker straying away from it's group. "That's the one." She then climbed up to the right and then aimed her guns at the plane. She fired twice, both times missing the slower moving fighter as it did a barrel roll. She then turned downward after her target, and fired two more shots. This time they hit their mark, and took the tail clean off the Peacemaker.

"That's how it's done," Hinata said. "Nice shooting imouto chan." She then noticed three Coyotes attempting to make a dive on her sister. "Hanabi!" Flicking a cover off a red lever, she then pushed it forward. This then put injected extra fuel into the pistons, giving her a temporary boost in horsepower, and a temporary boost in speed. Struggling to control the plane in it's burst of speed, Hinata flew straight into the line of fire for the Coyotes, taking a few bullets but no serious damage. This however did manage to direct the Coyotes away from Hanabi. "Use your Byakugan in this situation, always watch your six o'clock position."

"Got it," Hanabi replied. She then climbed up higher and saw a flat, two engined, disc shaped aircraft and aimed her guns. Firing two shots, she watched the plane bank away. Little did she know, Hanabi had just committed friendly fire. That plane was Naruto's P5U1.

"Watch it," Naruto said.

"Naruto kun," Hinata said. "How'd you do against those Panzers?"

"I think I raked up enough of them," Naruto said. "Listen I got to go down and reload, but I'll be right back up in a minute."

"Be back quick," Hinata said. "We could use the help." Naruto went to go reload, unknown that someone had listened in on his radio conversation.

"So," the listener said. "You weren't really missing after all." He then stood up from his seat, putting a radio headset down and turning to another person sitting behind him. "Get my Rurale ready to fly, and make it quick."

"Aye sir," the person behind him said, getting up.

"Naruto Uzumaki, you little traitor," the listener said. "You are so dead."

After all the intense driving Saiyo had put Ino and Tenten through, along with two fits of vomiting from Tenten, the three of them pulled up to the gates of Hamura airfield. Surprisingly, it was barricaded shut. "These your friends," Saiyo asked.

"Yep," Ino said, getting out of the jeep with her M1 in hands and her Bazooka on her back.

"No trespassers..." one guard began to say.

"I work with Asuma," Ino told them. She then threw them a badge that Asuma had given her along with a picture of herself with Asuma. "So let me and driver and our gunner in or I'm going to shove this bazooka up your ass and fire rockets into your anus, how does that sound?"

"By all means go ahead," the guard said, opening the gate. Ino then walked back.

"Lets go," she ordered. Saiyo nodded yes and then drove into the airfield.

"Which hangar," he asked.

"Number ten," Ino said. Saiyo drove a little bit of a ways down to where their hangar was. Inside sat Ino's Fury and Tenten's Brigand.

"No," Tenten said, nodding her head.

"No what," Ino said.

"I won't fly it," Tenten said. "I won't fly."

"What," Ino screamed. "There is an attack right now, why won't you fly?"

"Brings to mind Arien," Tenten said, jumping out of the jeep and going over to sit a chair. Before she sat down however, she turned the chair to face the wall.

"Ten come on," Ino ordered. "We need to help the others."

"No," Tenten replied. "I won't go."

"Stop being immature and go already," Ino demanded.

"I refuse," Tenten said. "It makes me think of Arien, and I need to shut him out of my mind."

"Oh forget this," Ino said, fed up with her friend's issues. "Saiyo, I'm very impressed with your performance behind the wheel."

"All in a days work," Saiyo said. "But do you have anything else I can do? I like being chased while people are shooting at me now. It's more fun then normal."

"Alright then," she said. "Listen, go down to Hokage tower and avoid all the gun fire." She then handed him a .38 caliber revolver. "Be safe Saiyo."

"Don't worry about me," Saiyo said, walking back to the Jeep. "Being behind the wheel is my life." He then drove away, and Ino got into her Fury, leaving Tenten alone in the hangar with her plane.