"So Tsunade, you decided to accept my offer I see." Orochimaru said as he grinned at Tsunade.
"Yea. We were teammates for a long time, I can't forget that. I don't approve of what you did to Sarutobi-sensei but I can't say I care about the village." She replied.
"Excccelent, thank you Tsunade."
"Alright just hold still for a moment." Tsunade said as her hands began to glow green for a moment before she moved towards Oro.
"Wait!" Kabuto yelled out as he threw a kunai at Tsunade.
She disengaged the 'healing jutsu' and leapt back to dodge the kunai.
"What is the meaning of this Kabuto?!" Oro yelled out as Kabuto stepped between the two sannin.
"She was trying to kill you Orochimaru-sama."
"I see… So you are still loyal to that doomed village after all." Orochimaru hissed out with a glare towards Tsunade.
"Yea, I guess I am. Now it's time for you to die!" Tsunade yelled out as she lunged forward and threw a chakra enhanced punch at Orochimaru.
Both of them managed to dodge as Oro smirked. "Oh well, I can be healed by other means. You have out lived your usefulness to me Tsunade, and you always were too weak to beat me alone, much less when you're outnumbered."
Naruto and Jiraiya figured it was a good time to appear from nowhere and make him eat his words.
"Well well, Jiraiya too. It seems we have a good ole reunion huh? Kabuto!" Oro said as Kabuto bit his thumb and began doing hand seals. Jiraiya and Tsunade quickly caught on and did the same.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kabuto all yelled out at once as the field was covered in smoke.
The smoke finally died down, revealing Manda, Katsuyu, and Gamabunta staring each other down.
"Hmm Gamabunta, Katsuyu, what do I owe the 'honor'?" Manda hissed out.
"Great! My wife has been wanting a snakeskin wallet lately, this is the perfect chance." Bunta said as he drew his tanto and leapt towards Manda.
Manda moved surprisingly quickly for a snake and avoided the slash from Bunta before having to jump away once again to avoid a stream of acid from Katsuyu. Bunta didn't relent, leaping towards Manda and slashing at him once again, causing Manda to dodge.
"Naruto!" Jiraiya yelled as Naruto threw a kunai to the ground near where Manda was going to land and teleported to it in a flash of yellow light.
"Doton: Yomi Numa!" Naruto yelled out as he appeared near the kunai and slapped his palms to the ground. Instantly the ground began to turn into a swamp right as Manda landed.
The large snake sunk up and began to struggle trying to get out of the swamp as Naruto continued pouring chakra into it, causing him to go deeper and deeper. Manda finally realized it was futile and dispelled himself, freeing Naruto up just in time for him to dodge a chakra scalpel from Kabuto.
"Hmph, so I get to bring down the traitor I see." Naruto said with a grin.
"You don't stand a chance with me Naruto-kun, I am equal to Kakashi in power." Kabuto said while readjusting his glasses.
"Funny thing is-" Naruto started before blurring out of sight. "I'm stronger than him." He finished in a whisper from right beside Kabuto.
Kabuto's eyes went wide but that was the only reaction he had time for before he found himself flipping along the ground courtesy of Naruto.
Naruto then reappeared right above him. "Katon: Rasengan!" He yelled out as he drove the ball of compressed flames down towards Kabuto. Kabuto was able to right himself and jump out of the way just in time, but he was still caught in the shockwave and blown backwards several feet.
"What raw power… I may have bitten off more than I can chew here…" Kabuto said to himself as the smoke and flames died down revealing a grinning Naruto.
"Still think I don't stand a chance, Kabuto-kun?" Naruto said with a small chuckle.
Kabuto didn't have a reply; instead he just leapt towards Naruto and engaged him in a taijutsu fight for a moment before he was able to catch Naruto in the arm with a chakra scalpel.
Naruto leapt back to recover a moment with Kabuto doing the same. After a brief staring contest between the two, Naruto chuckled and began to speak.
"Well, I've had enough fun, time to finish this." He said as his eyes morphed into the form of his Mangekyo.
Kabuto looked at his eyes for a second. "T-t-that's the sharingan… but how?" he stuttered out.
"That's not important. Tsukiyomi." Naruto said as Kabuto's eyes glazed over. In just a matter of seconds he screamed bloody murder and fell to the ground unconscious.
"Kabuto!" Oro screamed when he noticed Kabuto fall. "You little bastard you're dead!"
Oro broke off from his fight with Jiraiya and darted towards Naruto.
"Naruto run!" Jiraiya yelled out, as he was unable to make it in time to stop Orochimaru.
"Die pedophile!" Naruto yelled as he threw a kunai at Oro.
"Pathetic brat you can't even throw a kunai right!" he yelled out without realizing what happened.
Naruto simply smirked at him before disappearing in a flash of yellow as Oro's eyes went wide.
"Rasenrengan!" Naruto yelled as he appeared behind Oro with a rasengan in each hand before thrusting them into the snake's back.
"Ahhh!" Oro yelled out as the rasengans tore into his back and shot him away.
Before Naruto or Jiraiya could give chase though, he managed to get up and shunshin to Kabuto. "This isn't over! Konoha will burn!" he yelled as the duo sunk into the ground.
"Shit they got away!" Naruto yelled once they were gone.
"It's okay, we'll get them some other time gaki. We should head back now." Jiraiya said as he walked over to Naruto.
"Yea. Let's go."
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A few days later, back in Konoha
"So Baa-chan, what do you think of revamping our shinobi medic program?" Naruto asked.
Tsunade grew a tick mark from being called granny but huffed and replied anyways. "I like the idea. I asked Sarutobi-sensei to do this years ago before I left the village but he thought it was a bad idea."
"I think it is only wise to have more capable combat medics trained; it would reduce the amount of casualties dramatically."
"I agree. Do you have any certain ideas you would like to see?" Tsunade asked, causing the blonde to shake his head.
"No, you will have free reign over the program. The only thing is that I promised someone an interview. Don't feel inclined to accept them just because I recommended the interview though; the girl was an academy dropout but had good chakra control so I just wanted to give her a chance with you."
"Fine, have her meet me at the hospital tomorrow morning at 9."
"Will do, you're free to go." Naruto said as the sannin stood and left the room.
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The next morning
Naruto sat at his desk wondering how Tsunade's interview was going when a chunin ran through the door.
"Hokage-sama, Neji Hyuga is missing!" The chunin shouted.
Naruto instantly switched to serious mode. "Any details?"
"Possible kidnapping, there were unknown scents there but there was no sign of a struggle so we aren't sure."
"I see. Any clue which way he went?" Naruto replied as he sent out a chakra beacon for Sasuke and Zabuza via the ANBU seals.
"His scent lead out the north gate but I didn't look any further until I talked to you. It appears he went missing some time last night and wasn't discovered until just now."
"I see. Dismissed." Naruto said as he went through the seal to his home to fetch Hinata.
After a couple of minutes, Naruto returned along with Hinata to find Sasuke and Zabuza in his office in full ANBU gear.
"Okay we have just received a report that Neji Hyuga was possibly kidnapped last night and is headed north of here. We are leaving now to find him." Naruto said before making a shadow clone to keep an eye on his work.
The group nodded before they all disappeared in their various shunshins.
Everyone regrouped at the north gate and took to the trees in search of Neji.
"Damn I could use an Inuzuka's nose right now… Hina-chan, can you search with your byakugan?" Naruto said and Hinata nodded.
"Byakugan." She said under her breath as the veins around her eyes bulged out. She searched everything in the immediate area before shaking her head. "I can't see anyone but it looks like they're still headed north.
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Naruto's group was still leaping through the trees in search of Neji when finally Hinata held up a hand to stop them. "Naruto-kun I see 4 people up ahead gathered around a large vase-looking object. I can sense Neji's chakra coming from the vase."
"So it was a kidnapping. You guys ready?" Naruto said as he pulled out a Kunai. After a round of affirmatives, he spoke again. "Alright I'll take the two on the left, Zabuza you take the big guy, Sasuke get the girl. While we engage them I want you to grab the vase and run Hina-chan."
The group once again nodded and Naruto raised his hand before dropping it and throwing his kunai towards the crowd. He appeared in a flash of yellow and before anyone could react, he had driven a Chidori through the heart of the the grey haired man. He turned and attempted to hit the 6 armed guy with another Chidori but the man was able to dodge the hit before putting some distance between them. Just as the 6 armed man landed, Zabuza and Sasuke appeared in the field nearby and charged towards their respective targets