a/n: Hey guys! Sorry about the long wait. REAAAAALLY busy lately. But anyway, I'm starting my Harry Potter/Naruto crossover series pretty soon, so look out for that. The battle ends in this chapter!
Chapter 37: Unleashed
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NARUTO!
'Wha?' The blonde kyuubi container opened his eyes. He was in a dim lit dungeon, in front of a pair of large gates. Holdingt the gates together was a "SEAL" tag. Naruto had been here before on many occasions. This time felt different though. It seemed as if that the light illuminating the dungeon was getting darker and darker.
Naruto, Kyuubi growled, you have been careless. If you don't let me out of here quick, you will surely die. Theirs is nothing I can do for you in here.
'What will you do?' Naruto asked.
I vow to help save your friends, and that you will live. Kyuubi's promise seemed false, but he had no other options if he was going to save his friends. He raised his hand slowly and took a corner of the seal.
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"It ends here." Orochimaru sneered from his place atop of hill. All of the Nins were held by a shadow kage. The Death God was present hovering above them all, his long white cloak swaying with the wind. His eyes were black as night and his long fangs were bared in a sinister smile. A white dagger rested between his teeth, and a necklace of beads was wrapped around his left arm.
Behind Orochimaru lay the body of the fallen Kyuubi container. His body lay limo as the blood poured out of the wound in his chest. Kakashi stared in horror, sorrow and anger as his former student and successor was murdered right in front of his eyes. The Copy Nin had been careless. He let his guard down for a second and lost one of his best friends to the hands of the Snake Sannin. Tears fell freely the pink haired kunoichi's eyes. Naruto…
"DAMN YOU OROCHIMARU!" Tsunade screamed, breaking the silence. Her chakra was visible as she stood there, held by the hands of her grandfather. Jiraiya glared at his former teammate, teeth bared. The Snake Sannin sneered at his two former teammates.
"Going soft are you Tsunade? Disappointed that I murdered your child prodigy?" Orochi hissed. Kakashi had his sharingan zeroed in on the Sannin. I have to do something he thought to himself. "The truth is," Orochimaru continued, "I just wanted to see every last living soul in Konoha dead." Tsunade's eyes widened. "Now, oh honored God of Death," the Sannin raised his arm, "take them."
The God of Death's hand started coursing through all of their bodies. Kakashi, Sakura, Sai, Tsunade, Yamato, Sasuke, and Jiraiya all felt their souls being dragged from their bodies. Kakashi turned to his lover, his sharingan activated.
Sakura...I'm sorry.
Don't be... The Copy Nin heard her voice in his head. Now is an appropriate time to say goodbye. Kakashi's eyes widened, his blood boiling in his body.
I told you once…
His sharingan started spinning out of control.
Have you forgotten already?
Kakashi's Mangekyo Sharingan was unlocked.
Never Say Goodbye, Sakura. His eyes shot to the kage holding him.
"AMATERASU!" Black flames scorched the shadow clone holding him. Kakashi broke free and raced towards the other kages, attacking each with a raikiri. Orochimaru was caught by surprise as he watched the Copy Nin's lightning fast speed as he took out all of the kages with ease. Within seconds, the shadow clone kages were gone and the original kages were regenerating from the attacks.
"You son of a bi-" The Snake Sannin was cut off as an eruption of chakra exploded from out of the corner of his eye. He turned to see a giant red fox pulling itself from Naruto's corpse. Orochi's eyes widened as he watched the Kyuubi emerge from his rest inside of Naruto's body. Sakura and Sasuke stared up in shock at the strongest Tailed Beast. Tsunade looked over to Naruto's body. His gaping hole in his chest was starting to heal itself, rapidly. She ran over and took over the healing process from Kyuubi, replenishing his loss of blood with a blood pill and healing up his wounds. Kakashi and Jiraiya both darted towards orochimaru, Kakashi with a raikiri and Jiraiya with a rasengan. The Snake Sannin jumped out of the way and called his kages to fight. They wouldn't come, however, because they were incapacitated by a mokuton trap and a dozen ink snakes tying them up.
Sakura looked over from Kyuubi to her teacher. Her eyes widened. "NARUTO!" She yelled running over to her now living comrade. Sasuke ran over with her and bent over his best friend's body, relieved that he was breathing.
"He's in a weakened state now, but not life threatening. Sakura I need your help to heal Naruto." The pink haired medic nin nodded her head and began to administer healing chakra throughout his body. Sasuke turned to see the Toad Sannin and the 6th Hokage fighting against his former mentor.
"Sakura, make sure Naruto gets better. I'm going to kill that snake once and for all." Sasuke said in a low voice, his sharingan ablaze. The Uchiha heir used his Mangekyo teleportation to show up beside the Sannin. Orochi spun around, kusanaiga waving from his mouth. Sasuke ducked and performed a blur of seals.
"Grand Fireball No Jutsu!" He called, shooting a giant flame from his mouth. The Sannin dodged it with wave of his sword. Jiriaya performed some seals and slammed his palms on the ground. The toad stomach emerged and surrounded the four nins. Kakashi charged a raikiri and lunged at the sannin. Orochimaru copied the technique and thrusted his own right back at him. The two lightning balls collided and fused with one another, causing a massive explosion driving the two nins back to opposite ends of the stomach. Orochimaru moved to dash forward, but found that he couldn't move. He looked down and noticed the stomach beginning to engulf his feet.
"You won't be able to break free from this grasp Orochi. It's over." Jiraiya said, forming a rasengan in his right hand. He dashed forward and thrusted his palm forward. "RASENGAN!" The snake sannin spit out his kusanaiga and cut himself free with the demon blade. Jiraiya's rasengan hit his shoulder, blowing his left arm off. The Snake sannin slashed at his old teammate with his free hand. The blade made a gash across the Toad sannin's chest. Kakashi narrowed his eyes and performed a flash of seals.
"Phoenix Fire no jutsu!" 6 fireballs shot towards the snake sannin. He easily dodged them and appeared in front of the 6th. Kakashi's eyes widened as he watched the sannin bring his sword down. Almost instantly, his right arm took over for him and grabbed the blade with a raikiri enhanced hand. The Sannin was puzzled. That attack was definitely faster than his sharingan could catch. Orochi thought to himself. A tattoo on Kakashi's arm caught his eye. His own sharingan blazed eyes widened. A wide grin formed on his face.
"So, you inherited the bloodline limit after all." The Snake sannin hissed. Kakashi's eyes widened. "I want that jutsu." Orochimaru spit out another body and shot out a series of snakes out towards Kakashi. They binded his arms to his side and kept him held. Orochimaru charged a raikiri and thrusted it towards his opponent. Once again, Kakashi's body took over. With a burst of insane strength, he broke through the snakes and caught the sannin's wrist. His mangekyo started to spin. I have to end this He thought to himself.
"Amatera…" It wouldn't work. Using the limit twice in a row drained him of chakra. Shit! He thought as Orochimaru sent him flying with a single kick. Out of the corner of his eye, Orochimaru noticed his old pupil rushing towards him.
"You're always so impatient, Sasuke-kun." He hissed thrusting his sword towards the young man. Sasuke dodged and came up behind him.
"Gotcha!" He cried. All of a sudden, an earth dragon appeared and opened its jaws in order to swallow Sasuke whole. The Uchiha kicked off of his fang and landed 5 feet away. The undead Sandaime was standing 30 feet away from him with his hands in a monkey seal.
"Did you forget about my subordinates, Sasuke-kun?" Orochimaru cackled. Sasuke growled and rushed towards the 3rd with another chidori.
By now, the frog stomach had disappeared. Jiraiya stood up and glared at his ex-teammate.
"I was going to save this for the Kyuubi, but it looks like I must use it now." He began to perform the seals for Shiki Fujin, but stopped as he saw a giant 9 tailed fox run towards them. Orochimaru turned around and gasped as Kyuubi lashed his claws out at him. He jumped out of the way of the ferocious slash. The attack created a huge crater in the ground, and sent a gust of wind that was accompanied by trees and rocks towards the distance.
"God Dammit! Do I have to kill you aga…" A hand sticking out of his chest halted the Snake sannin. He turned his head to see Kakashi panting heavily standing behind him.
"Way of Ninja rule #1: Never let your guard down," He panted in a low voice. With severe exhaustion and chakra depletion, the Copy Nin was running on pure adrenaline.
"No…way…" Orochimaru sputtered. His head fell, and his legs gave way. The infamous Third Sannin was finally dead. All because he was too distracted.
"We did it…" Kakashi breathed. He fell over and passed out. Sasuke emerged from a cloud of dust where he was three inches away from death. Sandaime had a kunai at his throat, but stopped after his master had fallen.
"Well done, Uchiha." The 3rd said, as his body disintegrated. Sasuke sighed and bent over putting his hands on his knees. Sai and Yamato watched as the remaining three kages disintegrated before their eyes.
"Please tell Naruto that I'm proud of him, and that I love him." The 4th said with a smile before his body turned to dust. Yamato smiled then bowed to the fallen fourth. He turned and saw Tsunade and Sakura fervently working to keep the Uzumaki boy alive. He ran over with Sai in pursuit.
"How is he?" The ANBU Captain asked. Tsunade looked up.
"He's alive, but we just don't have enough healing power to help him." Jiraiya looked at Naruto and then back to Kyuubi, who by now was enjoying his freedom, smashing up the land and uprooting portions of the forest. He bowed his head. So this is where I end my book. He performed the given seals and raised his right hand above his head.
"Shiki Fujin!" He called. Tsunade looked over and her eyes widened as she saw her closest friend summoning the God of Death.
"NO!" She cried running over to him.
"TSUNADE!" He roared. She halted in her tracks. The Toad sannin glared at the 5th. "It's the only way to save Naruto and the village. His father had given his life for this boy. Now let me do the same to my god-son." Tsunade's eyes widened then softened. She nodded, and wiped a stray tear. Jiraiya turned his gaze back to the beast. "Now you demon fox," he growled, "back into the cage for you." The God of Death darted forward and latched his beads around the fox's neck. Kyuubi's eyes widened as he tried to resist his previous fate. "Hurry bring Naruto here!" Tsunade ran to the unconscious ANBU nin and picked him up. She ran back to her former teammate and laid the boy under his feet. "Back away Tsunade." She jumped back 12 feet. He turned to her and smiled. "I'm gonna miss you, you old hag." Tsunade smiled, tears streaming her face and blew him a kiss. "Till we meet again, you old pervert." Jiraiya smiled and watched as the God of Death forced Kyuubi back into Naruto. After he was sealed away, the Death God devoured Jiraiya's soul, as part of the contract. The Sannin's eyes widened and softened as he looked out towards the setting sun. So I die a true hero's ending, he thought to himself, this is the end of the Gallant Jiraya. However, it is just the beginning for…The Tales of Uzumaki Naruto… The Toad sannin fell over with a smile on his face as he let out his last breath.
"Live on….Naruto…"