C4, The War of the Leaf

"Talking." 'Thoughts.'

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To the surprise of the Konoha rookies up in the stadium seats who now watched in utter shock at the battle that was taking place directly below them and were for the most part unaware of the strange feathers falling from the sky onto them, just then all of their attentions were turned to the booth containing the Kage's and the Emperor as a strange explosion rocked the booth grabbing all of their attention in the process.

But before the Genjutsu could even take effect on the group of young shinobi it was dispelled by the combined efforts of Kurenai and Shang Tsung preventing it from taking effect upon the group of warriors, this came as a total shock to the Sound and Sand ninjas who had revealed themselves thinking that they would have an easy victory only to discover all of them not only conscious but ready for battle.

Both Shang and Reptile stood in the way of their enemies from getting to their charge but also the others were the princes friends, but before they could even go on the attack they were shocked to see the Sound ninjas being killed by shards of ice heating one of them in the chest and another having his face melted off by what looked like acid that was shot into his face.

The remaining enemy shinobi turned to see two teenage girls wearing body armor that was rather unique to each of them, Shang could only smile as he then spoke, "Frost Khameleon it is a pleasure to see you again would you care to help us kill the Sound ninjas?"

The Sound ninjas could only speculate if the girls were in fact smiling as they wore masks upon their faces but quickly went on the defensive as they were forced to fight more than one enemy that was clearly not disabled in the slightest, Shang went on the attack and shouted for all to hear, "Show no mercy to the Sound ninjas, but spare if you can those of the Sand."

XX

Kabuto stood before several of his best ninjas who had gathered to acquire information upon their primary targets in this conflict.

It was at this moment however that 4 rather unique ninjas now stood in their way.

Kabuto observed the warriors and was shocked by what he saw as two of them were males with unique armor's that were similar to the boy currently fighting the Sand's one tailed host in the arena below them, the two females were for a lack of a better word absolutely stunning and beautiful but were clearly built for combat as each of them pulled out a set of weapons unique to each of them.

One of the Sound ninjas feeling a bit confident about their level of training and superior numbers walked forward to attempt to intimidate them into surrendering, "And just who the hell do you think you are, do you even think you have a chance in hell of defeating all of us?"

All of the Sound ninjas were now in shock as a sai was now embedded in his skull killing him right there on the spot, as his body hit the ground the four strange ninjas immediately went on the attack killing as many sound ninjas as they could working their way up to Kabuto himself.

XX

Naruto continue to fight Gaara in the arena floor knowing that he only had to get close enough to disable his fellow host thanks to the seal that Jiraiya had given him, he managed to dodge a another sand tentacle and quickly used his superior speed thanks to his natural wind element to appear directly in front of a stunned Gaara slamming the seal directly into his chest which immediately took effect sending them crashing to the ground unable to move the rest of his body or control the sand about him.

Gaara was now totally scared as he was completely helpless and at the mercy of someone who could now easily kill him now, however right at this moment he felt someone throw their body onto him acting as a human shield only to move his eyes to see the form of his sister trying to protect her little brother from harm.

His other brother now stood between the Shirai Ryu warrior and his siblings only to be knocked out by a single punch to the face before he could even activate his battle puppet that had been resting on his back, Naruto then walked up to the three siblings and activated his masks ability to move on its own to reveal his face as he then spoke to them, "Stay down if you wish to live, as for you sand boy."

Gaara became even more afraid by the second as he saw Naruto still walking up to them and let his fear take over him, "Stay away from us!"

Gaara then looked into Naruto's eyes as he then spoke to them, "Do you wish to know why I am so strong Gaara?"

All Gaara could do was nod, "it is because I have people that I care about people that I would die to protect, when you have someone to protect you become truly strong and they help keep you sane. You and I have more in common than you can possibly understand, that's why when this is over I'm going to help you and your family but I'm sorry to say that we suspect your father was murdered by the snake."

The look of shock on their faces was all they needed to know and realized that their father had been acting strange for more than a month and came to a realization why.

XX

Orochimaru was forced to dodge what looked like a giant war hammer that was thrown directly at his head hitting one of his bodyguards in the process knocking her out cold from the impact only to begin dodging the strange looking man with the sharp teeth who now revealed that he indeed had strange blades in his arms that were now trying to take the snake Sannin's head right off in the process.

The larger of his bodyguards who possessed quite a bit of strength in Earth Jutsus was now being forced to fight a creature bigger than him and was not as he thought he would, one of his bodyguards hands was caught by one of the forearmed creatures massive hands which left the other three arms free to assault his opponent without mercy resulting in the larger man's unconscious state within a minute.

The Hokage's own bodyguards were keeping the last two members of the sound 4 busy while the Emperor and the Hokage continued to engage Orochimaru hoping to end his pathetic life once and for all.

But before the snake could even make a series of hand signs to unleash a powerful Jutsu upon them but was quickly hit in the chest by a powerful punch by the Emperor himself, Orochimaru was absolutely shocked by the amount of force put in that one punch as well as the fact that he felt most of his ribs shatter from the impact alone.

When he hit the roof and tiles of the of the stadiums civilian section nearly going through it in the process, it was only thanks to his new abilities that he had survived this encounter so far.

What truly surprised him was that his bodyguards had been so easily taken care of by these strange beings that served the Emperor and now made him wished that he had brought his most devoted Guardian to protect him in this fight, the Emperor's bodyguards were proving to be a real pain in the snakes plans as well as fact that he was now almost literally alone in his fight.

Orochimaru had finally had enough of this fight and wanted to end it as well as hopefully his former sensei in the process, right at that moment two portals of fire opened up at either side of him to reveal both Naruto and Scorpion coming at him with the intent to end his wicked life but were unable to take it at that moment however the snake did not escape unharmed as both of his arms were cut off at the elbows thanks to the powerful hell fire that the Shirai Ryu could now command.

The Snake Sannin could only scream out in agonizing pain as his loyal bodyguards that had somehow survived carried him away before the Emperor and his bodyguards or the yellow clad ninjas could finish the job.

Scorpion let out a small growl as he had been denied his prey and had for some reason had felt thestench of the Netherrealm upon his enemy, especially that man.

XX

Shang Tsung had just managed to rip the soul of one of his many opponents that day out of his or hers body without a care in the world but to protect his charges as the Emperor had ordered him to, he had to admit that seeing the civilians who were not unconscious cheering for him as he killed their enemies was a bit exhilarating to the Royal sorcerer.

Right at this moment several sound ninja bodies hit the ground not more than 4 feet from him with varying severe injuries that were quite literally fatal including one is head then rolled down the steps of the Stadium, he turned around to see Princess Mileena and Kitana hit the ground not that far away from the lifeless bodies they had just defeated and thrown over the side of their private box.

The Sorcerer and Reptile were quite surprised to see the two sisters working together once again, it was at this moment that both Frost and Khameleon walked up to the older women and spoke, "It looks like they're running away I wonder why?"

Chameleon could only agree with her battle companion as something had obviously happened.

XX

The Sand ninjas that had survived the invasion were now being rounded up to await the decision upon their fate, it was at this moment that the third Hokage himself walked up in front of them with a clear and strong look upon his face as he addressed the POW's, "In case you're all wondering the only reason you have been spared is because of the fact that you have been used by the snake Sannin Orochimaru's plan to destroy our village using both his own forces as well as your village's."

The Jonin Sensei of Gaara's team was curious as to what this information might be and spoke up for all to hear, "And what would this plan be and how are we used?"

The old Kage let up his pipe and began to smoke its contents for a few seconds before he spoke once more, "From what we have learned he originally had planned for your village leader to aid him in destroying us but from what we have learned your leader had other plans and the snake knew that the Chunin exams would be the perfect opportunity to kill us all but the plan fell apart as you all know thanks to the Emperor of Outworld."

The Jonin spoke once more, "What will happen to us now?"

"You will be held here until we can sign an official cease-fire and then a brand-new treaty between our villages, even though your village was used you also have to pay a price as does everyone who loses a war or battle. But just remember that many of you could've been killed here today and weren't you can still rebuild."

The Sand ninjas realized just how lucky they were this day not to have been killed by either the leaf ninjas or the warriors of the Emperor himself, Temari could only think heaven's that they had not been killed and kept a close eye on her brothers but also had to admit that the young man who had defeated her brother had taught her interest.

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The Third Hokage had returned to his personal office to overlook the reports on the damage to the village with a heavy heart as he realized that he was far too old for this job and needed a new candidate as soon as possible but came to the realization that he had a very few candidates to consider in the first place.

He then remembered is that one of his other students might just be perfect for the job and that her skills were needed anyways but also came to a terrifying realization that she would be sought out by his fallen student as well and that the race was on.

END OF C4

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