Ninja of the Void
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any characters associated with it.
"Talking"
Thoughts
The Will of Fire
~ Konoha ~
"What a disaster" said Minato as he stood on top of the great walls that protected Konoha. Looking about, the village was a wreck as all the leaf ninjas were busy at the moment just trying to stay alive. "Damn, the explosions isolated parts of the village off from each other. The invasion forces were trying to divide and conquer parts of the village section by section" to which he then gritted his teeth a bit. "I can definitely push back the enemy, but there is too much to do and I can't be everywhere at once. I need to rally our forces and get things moving in the right direction".
He then looked to the arena to see many battles going on as the leaf ninjas there were busy fighting off some lousy odds while also trying to protect the incapacitated ones that were put to sleep in the initial attack.
Looking to who was there, a small smirk appeared on Minato's face. "I think I know where I should start first".
~ Konoha (arena) ~
"This is like a warzone!" as Kakashi was fending off three ninjas at the same time.
"But nothing we can't handle!" then said Gai as he smashed one of his opponents into the ground.
"Perhaps, but my worries are more towards everyone else" at noting how some civilians were being taken hostage while other ninjas were having trouble dealing with their opponents. The current enemies were both chunin and jonin level at least to which they were strong, but nothing special. However they were still at odds in a battle of quantity versus quality to which not only were they terribly outnumbered but the enemy got the jump on them. "Damn, I don't know what's going on with everyone else. Where are the reinforcements?"
"Just keep fighting and we'll survive this!"
At this time Lee was trying to fight off the enemy. However they were easily taking advantage of his crippled state as the young green beast was heavily breathing as both pain and fatigue clouded his mind.
"Fuzzy brows!" as Naruto forced his way through the crowd with Hinata and Sakura . The two kunoichis then got into defensive position around Lee with Naruto taking point in front of them.
"Naruto-kun" said Lee at seeing his three kohai.
"You're injured plus Hinata-chan and Sakura are still too exhausted to battle. Let me protect you all for now!" as he took out two kunais one for each hand. Upon his armament, five ninjas then jumped up too attack him as he readied himself for the upcoming onslaught.
"Katon! Great fireball no jutsu!" as an enormous ball of fire consumed the five ninjas as they fell to the ground trying to extinguish the blaze. It was at this time that Sasuke managed to scale the wall and join his teammates as he took out a kunai readying himself to fight with Naruto. "Don't get ahead of yourself moron. You're still far from capable of doing anything on your own" as he activated his Sharingan.
"Whatever jerk! Just watch my back and I'll watch yours! Hinata-chan and Sakura still need more time to recover".
"Tsk, this is going to be a pain".
More sand and sound ninjas then arrived as they had completely surrounded the genin group as they were about the tear right through them.
"Not good . . . ." grunted Sasuke at what his eyes were telling him.
"Damn it" grimaced Naruto. "My body is still feeling ragged after everything that's happened today. I might have to use the Kyubi's power again. Risk or not, I have to protect everyone!" to which at that end thought the enemy then pounced at them.
"I'm not going to make it!" as Kakashi was trying to push back his current opponent to get to them. Even Gai couldn't do anything as the enemy was dog piling onto him just to stop him from moving. As the silver haired ninja then looked up, his eyes widened in shock. "No!"
But suddenly several unusual spiked chains made of chakra appeared on the walls and ceiling as they shot out grabbing the enemy forces as they were pulled back and pinned to the walls and ceilings respectfully to their point of origin.
"Ahh! What the hell is this?"
"This hurts like hell!"
"It's squeezing around us!"
After a moment, the ninjas that were captured were squeezed into submission as the chains soon disappeared letting them go to which an elderly looking woman soon approached them. "I'm going to have to apologize to Minato later for this" as she gave a sigh.
"Was this old lady the one who produced that technique?" wondered Sasuke at seeing the downed ninjas.
"Incredible! Whoever she is, she beat seven ninjas at the same time!" thought Sakura in amazement.
"Kushina-san is so amazing!" thought Hinata.
"Wow mom is awesome" then thought Naruto.
"The extreme power of youth!" exclaimed Lee at seeing how much power the elderly woman had.
Three more ninjas then appeared as they decided to attack Kushina at the same time. But contrary to their efforts, the red head kunoichi easily defeated them with some quick but powerful taijutsu moves. "I better take it easy. I am pregnant after all".
However the enemy would not give her a break as more arrived to fight them. As the bigger group was now going to challenge them, Kushina began to weave a few seals preparing her technique. But in the next moment, "I guess it won't be necessary" as an elderly looking man soon appeared as he instantly took out the group.
"What in the . . . ." as Kakashi was wide eyed to what he was witnessing. Initially he was dumbstruck at seeing the chakra chain technique. But at seeing the old man flashing around the arena instantly defeating the enemy, he was completely mind freaked. "Those techniques . . . . How could they . . . . Who are they?"
At holding one of the enemy ninjas by the vest, he soon let him go as he fell to the ground unconscious. "That's all the enemies here in the arena" to which he looked back to see his wife and son looking to him along with the other genin as they were looking to him in shock to what he just did. He then teleported to them as he stood in front of Kushina. "Are you OK?" as he took her hand.
"Yes, I'm fine. Just a bit tired at the moment" said Kushina as she needed to take a seat now.
"Dad really is an incredible ninja" thought Naruto in admiration at seeing him in action as he easily mopped the floor of the enemy in an instant.
"Minato-sama is very strong" thought Hinata is amazement.
Sasuke and Sakura were still trying to comprehend what they just saw. Although it was similar to what Naruto has done before. Whoever this old man was, was a lot more amazing in the way he did it.
"I need you to take refuge at the Hokage monument where most the civilians and non-combatants should be. I'll clear the way, so go now" said Minato.
"I know you can take care of yourself. But I can't just let you go like this" then said Kushina as her eyes reflected concern.
Minato's eyes narrowed a bit as she looked to her to which his vision then shifted to the still unconscious audience members and then to the leaf ninjas who gathered in the arena below. He then shook his head a bit. "This is not the time to be stubborn right now. There's a war going on and I don't need any more concerns to distract me in battle".
"I'm not a distraction" said Kushina. "I can take care of myself".
"I don't know who you think you are old man" said Sasuke. "But we're ninjas too and we won't simply cower away in a fight".
"That's right" added in Naruto. "Whether you want it or not, we're going to fight too!"
"This is our home" said Hinata. "Our friends and family need us now".
"Even if you tell us to go, we can't just sit on our hands in safety while our comrades are fighting out here. We have to do something too!" as Sakura took out a kunai.
Minato looked at them as he closed his eyes pinching the edge of his nose in slight irritation. "I don't have time right now to argue this. However . . . . Even the smallest nominator can make all the difference in a battle . . . ." to which he had to resign himself to a decision he was not going to like since it was going to put his family and the children in danger. "Come with me" as he along with the group jumped down below to face the other leaf ninjas. "Listen up everyone, as you all should know Konoha is ground zero at the moment of a major battle. The enemy has effectively isolated the village into sections as they are currently taking it over piece by piece. What we need to do is start pushing them back now while rallying our comrades in order to create a true fighting force. So I need you all to follow along with my lead".
"What? No way?"
"Who do you think you are old man?"
"Why should we even listen to you?"
Minato could only give a sour look at this. "I should have figured this was going to happen". He was still in henge to which to them he was only a frail old man but for the most part an unknown power at what he displayed in front of them just moments ago. Of course the idea crossed his mind of just releasing his henge and letting them see his true form. However that would only bring more unnecessary discord to their current situation to which he couldn't deal with right now as it would take too long to convince them that not only was he Minato Namikaze, but he was alive too.
"We'll go with you. So what's the plan?" said Kakashi to which this earned him his colleagues blank looks at his unusual decision. At the immediate moment, the silver haired ninja held the highest rank amongst them to which he was the highest authority they could look to seeing that the current Hokage could not be contacted at the moment. Seeing his comrades looking to him funny, he turned about to look at them. "Trust my judgment on this. This man knows what he's doing and we'll follow his orders to the letter. Do you all understand?" to which the other leaf ninjas looked bewildered at first but soon nodded as they stood in attention at receiving a glare from the silver haired ninja.
Minato gave a nod to this, "now we're getting somewhere", "here's the plan. We move as a team. We strike hard and we strike fast. The village has been sectioned off at several places from the residential district to the vending area while our military area is currently sustaining the heaviest of enemy encounters. Currently the enemy forces have occupied two-thirds of the village. So we'll take back Konoha section by section with a blitz tactic picking up allies as we go along. However the enemy lines are still filtering in from the outside when one of their snake summons broke through our walls. So we're going to need to break up into two groups as one party will lead the counter offensive while another will cut off the enemy reinforcements" to which he then looked to the silver haired ninja. "Kakashi, I'll need you to take a group with you to hold the line outside. Once I'm finished here, we can work together to repel the outside invaders".
"What about us?" then questioned Naruto as his group looked to him.
"Escort any strangling civilians or injured ninjas to the safe zones and fight only when necessary".
"What? We can't just sit around and . . . ."
But then Minato placed his hand on Naruto's head to calm him down. "There's no need to get hot blooded kiddo. It is true that you all are ninjas. But you are all still children. I want to reduce how much danger you see". But at looking to the children, he could feel how unsettled they were as they wanted to fight too in order to protect their home. Looking at the situation, they were most likely not going to listen to him and go off doing their own thing. Plus he couldn't spare any ninjas to make them go. Seeing his wife's insistent look to him, he gave a deep sigh. "Alright fine, just stay behind me and act as support. Do you understand?" to which the genin group nodded too.
As the group began to split up, "before we go" said Kakashi. "Tell me . . . . Are you . . . ."
"I'll explain everything later after this battle is over".
The silver haired ninja paused for a bit as he gave a nod before turning about and leaving with his group.
Just as Minato was about to leave, "I don't understand. With your technique you could have easily taken back the village on your own. Is there something wrong?" Kushina questioned as she looked to her husband in concern.
He then stood next to her placing his hand on her shoulder speaking only loud enough for her to hear. "I've already spent quite a bit of chakra summoning Gamabunta-san. But whoever took Hiruzen-dono during the confusion must have been rather powerful to pull off a task like that. So I need to conserve as much power as I can. But Kushina-chan" as his grip tensed a bit. "Please be careful. There are a lot of unknown elements running around and I'm not sure how long Gamabunta-san can hold off the ichibi. So I'm definitely going to need your help in regards to that once we've taken Konoha back. So please for now take Lee to the safety area and stay there".
"I can fight too Minato!"
"Kushina-chan" as his hand went down gracing her stomach area slightly. "It's not only your life you're putting on the line, but that of our unborn son's as well. So please, just for once do as I say".
Kushina's expression tensed as she wanted to fight too. But holding her stomach area, she closed her eyes as she gave a slow nod. "I understand" as she soon walked over to Lee slinging his arm over her shoulder as she began walking them both to the safety area within the hokage monument.
At seeing this Minato faced the rest of the group, "alright first things first, quickly awaken any ninjas that were put unconscious!"
~ Konoha (exterior forest) ~
"I don't know how much more I can take" cringed Gamabunta as he looked to the giant sand tanuki. "He may be just a one tail, but his power is still extraordinary" to which he then reached for his sword. "I might have to take this battle more seriously".
"What the hell is going on?" wondered Gaara as he could feel his blood pulsating at the intensity of this battle. "Why won't you just die?" as he shot out a couple of sand bullets at the boss frog.
In retaliation Gamabunta countered with his water bullets which neutralized the ichibi's attack which created a large pulsating force felt by all around them. Quickly following up, he swung his sword through the dust storm that was created to which the sand tanuki caught.
Gaara then commanded his Ichibi form to swing his tail around to attack.
But seeing the danger, the boss frog shoved Gaara forward narrowly dodging the tail attack as he soon kicked up using his powerful legs to kick the sand tanuki away getting distance between them. "Hurry up Minato. I don't want to be doing this all day".
~ Konoha (roof tops) ~
"Not bad sensei" sneered Orochimaru. "It would seem even old age haven't weakened you that much over the years".
Hiruzen focused his eyes as his former student extended his tongue as he began to draw out a sword from the snake's mouth . At seeing this, the third hokage cut his thumb as he slammed his hand against the ground. "Kuchiyose no jutsu!" to which in the next instant a humanoid monkey in ninja garb appeared wearing a leaf headband.
"Old man" said Enma, king of the monkeys as he took a quick look around to assess the situation. "Orochimaru . . . . I guess it really has come down to this".
"Yes old friend. It would seem it has".
"I won't tell you I told you so, but . . . ."
"It's fine, but now I must pay for my mistake" to which Enma could only give a sad nod too as he transformed into the adamantine staff as Hiruzen got into guard stance. As the snake sannin took his attack stance, he stood ready to take whatever came his way. "Old friend, this might be the last battle we have together".
Orochimaru quickly dashed in with a joust to which Hiruzen parried and countered as the exchange between both ninjas appeared pretty even as the two continued their bout. "Ku ku ku, if it were years ago you would have had the strength to still challenge me. But now, you are far too weak to put up a real fight".
As they battled, Hiruzen analyzed his surroundings to see what kind of advantage he could get. But it quickly became apparent that he had none as it was an open environment with no terrain advantage. Even retreat was not an option as the two of them were encased in a giant violet like force field which created this death match situation in the first place. Of course the source came from the four ninjas that produced the field. However, they too were being protected by the ominous energy shield. Although he could have tried to bust through it to attack one of them, his former student would not give him even a moment of time to try.
Seeing his former teacher tire a bit, the snake sannin jumped back as he looked to Hiruzen. "Now now, I can't have you dying on me yet sensei. Not until I show you the surprise I had in store for you" as he quickly began to weave his seals. Upon finishing it, "Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei".
~ Konoha (residential district) ~
"Hinata-chan! Get down!" to which Naruto with both hands quickly formed a rasengan blasting the enemy ninja away.
"Naruto-kun! Look out!" as Hinata struck her opponent in the stomach with a chakra infused palm strike which easily floored the sound ninja.
Seeing an enemy on opposing sides of each other, the Hyuga heiress jumped up as she back rolled off the blond jinchuriki kicking the sound ninja as Naruto went for a straight punch with an uppercut finisher to the other opposing enemy. Looking to what just happened; the blond looked to his pale friend with a smirk. "Looks like we make a great duet, huh Hinata-chan?"
"Yes" she smiled as she got back into her stance followed by the blond.
At this time, the current progression was slow but gradual. Recently they were successful in taking back a huge chunk of the residential area. Along the way, they managed to pick up a lot of allies as they were now becoming a strong fighting force as they were beating back the invasion. If this rate kept up, they would have Konoha back in no time.
"Chidori!"
At hearing this attack, Naruto looked to see his Uchiha rival as his left hand was crackling in electricity in the form of a blade as he smashed right through one of the enemies defenses.
As his defense wall crumbled, the sand ninja freaked as he turned to run. But at his retreat, he was quickly killed by his own comrades as three ninjas jumped in place of him.
At seeing this, Sakura then dashed in with her special kunai cutting the three ninjas before they could react as she kicked back raising her weapon as it began to shine to which the three sound nins began to wobble in disorientation. At that opening Sasuke jumped up round house kicking the three ninjas at the same time knocking them out.
"Looks like they're doing pretty good too" as Naruto ran to him. "That's a pretty cool technique".
"Kakashi-sensei taught me it. Put me through hell just for me to stabilize it. Now stop talking, we've got a fight to win!"
"Just don't fall behind jerk!"
Hinata then looked about as she noticed something rather urgent. "Where did Minato-sama go?"
But out from the enemy lines many shouts could be heard.
"We're being overrun!"
"Hold the line!"
"Blow the secondary charges now!" At that command more explosions occurred to which the apartment complexes they were fighting at began to crumble all around them.
"Run! Get out of the way!"
"The buildings are collapsing on us!"
"Come on! Move it!"
At seeing the crumbling debris, both enemy and allies quickly staggered in order to avoid getting crushed. However in doing so, the formations of both sides became scattered.
"Damn! What the hell are they thinking doing something like that?" to which Naruto looked around. "Oh no . . . ."
"What?" asked Sakura as she was at the moment coughing out dust along with Sasuke.
"Hinata-chan! She's not here with us!"
Across from another sectioned off building, the Hyuga heiress found herself in a rather unfortunate situation as her area was predominately full of sound and sand ninjas with very few leaf ninjas to fight back as they were backed up against a destroyed building with her. "Not good . . . ."
~ Konoha (military area) ~
"We're getting completely overrun! Where are our reinforcements?"
"Medic! I need a medic over here!"
"Push them back! We can't let them take this area over!"
For the few ninjas in the area were barely holding the line as the enemy were not only numerous but strong as well.
"Damn it! We can't hold out like this!"
"God . . . . We need a miracle . . . ."
~ Konoha (gate area) ~
"This is insane" said Kakashi as he had his raikiri technique in his hand. "There seems to be no end to this madness" as the sound and sand nins continued to come at them in endless waves.
"That's not the only problem" then said Gai as he finished off his current opponent. "Aside from holding these guys off, there is a giant snake summon running rampant inside the village. If no one deals with that, it's going to cause us a lot of damage".
"All we can do now is just last until the backup finishes with what they're doing. So suck it up and keep fighting!"
At that statement, the leaf ninjas got back into formation as they prepared for the next wave.
~ Konoha (roof tops) ~
"How did it come to this?" questioned Hiruzen as he at this time was barely able to stay on his feet as his opponents were beating him to a near inch of his life. Orochimaru had done an act of pure desecration at performing his forbidden jutsu. The jutsu he performed was the second hokage's impure resurrection which brought back the dead to serve as slaves to its master. Who the snake sannin brought back were the last people he'd ever want to fight. For the opponents were not only the founders of Konoha but also former hokages themselves. "Hashirama-sensei . . . . Tobirama-sensei . . . ." As the fight went, he was becoming dominated as he had no time to counter or strategize as all he could do was run and dodge.
"Mokuton!" as Hashirama formed a seal as long sharp branches began to chase Hiruzen as a miniature forest began to grow around him.
"Suiton! Water dragon bullet no jutsu!" announced Tobirama as a dragon like form stream of water came flying at his target from an opposing angle.
Seeing the incoming collision, Hiruzen jumped back avoiding both attacks narrowly as they clashed creating a shockwave which sent him crashing into a tree behind him. He then grunted at feeling the sheer intensity of the attack.
"Ku ku ku, I guess you're done now sensei" as Orochimaru motioned his hand forward ordering the two hokages to finish off their former student.
As the two former fire shadows went in, Hiruzen tried to quickly pick himself back up with his staff while trying to keep his eyes open. "This might be the end . . . ." he grimaced. Just a few feet away from reaching him, "I'm not going to make it".
"Double rasengan!"
The third hokage's eyes widened as apparently a much older looking man then himself had suddenly appeared in front of him saving his life as his technique blasted the two undead hokages away. "Those techniques . . . . But it's . . . . You can't be . . . ." as Hiruzen was feeling speechless towards the impossible event. Even the sound four who were watching couldn't understand how the old man got into the force field.
Minato kept his back faced to Hiruzen as he maintained focus on the current enemy. "I'll explain everything once this battle has been concluded Sandaime-sama and I'm sorry for my late entrance as I wanted to take the time to analyze the enemy. So please rest for now as I'll take them on".
Orochimaru at witnessing this event was shocked speechless as his overconfidence was suddenly shaken. "You . . . . Who the hell are you?"
Minato looked to the snake sannin in indifference. ". . . . I'll be fighting both Hashirama-dono and Tobirama-dono . . . . This fight is going to be rather difficult so . . . . I might as well let my henge go" to which in a puff of smoke he returned to his original form. For this battle was going to be intense and couldn't have any distractions concerning who he was fighting.
As the smoke cleared, the snake sannin's eyes were wide like saucers to who stood before him now. "Impossible!" exclaimed Orochimaru in outrage. "This is just impossible! There is no conceivable way you can be here!" Everyone who saw this was in a state of shock as they couldn't believe let alone comprehend how Minato could even be there. Even some of the leaf ninjas who were watching this match needed to rub their eyes to make certain this wasn't some kind of genjutsu or something. Orochimaru was still feeling the shock as Minato stood before him. He refused to believe what he was seeing. Aside from his technique, there was no other way a dead man can walk again. But finally getting his wits back, "get him!" Real or not, he had two hokages on his side who were the strongest ninjas of their time to which he refused to be intimidated. Especially not when victory was so close in hand.
At seeing their approach, the elder blond clipped his pocket watches hook to his pants as he then dashed forward to fight them. Getting enough momentum, he flew up with a flying side kick knocking Tobirama back as Hashirama came at him with a hook to which he blocked. Finishing his swing against Minato's arm, the elder blond went into a spin flying back coming to stop sprawled on the ground. Quickly getting back up, his opponents quickly resettled themselves. "Hashirama-dono . . . . Your strength was definitely no exaggeration" as he felt his arm slightly numb from just taking his attack. "And Tobirama-dono . . . .There is no denying how powerful you were at your prime. But . . . . " as certain runes on his watch began to glow. "That just makes me want to test how I stack up against my idols" to which in the next instant he was gone as he appeared between the brothers kicking them both at the same time. But at their counter, they both missed as Minato reappeared beside them using rasengan against Hashirama which followed with him back kicking his brother.
So this battle went as Minato would attack , the undead hokages would regenerate then counter, they would miss, and then it was rinse and repeat. True that the two hokages were powerful in every way. But something crucial was removed from them and that was the ability to think. Without the capacity to plan or strategize, the two undead leaf ninjas were simply fighting based on instincts which were no better than the how a lowly animal would fight. But that did not make them any less dangerous as Minato soon found himself captured in one of Hashirama's techniques.
As Tobirama came in for the kill, Hiruzen jumped in smacking him across the head with his staff as he flew smack dab into his brother. "I'm OK now Minato. I can still continue fighting".
"Hiruzen-dono, I have an idea. Do you think you can stall them for a few seconds?"
"Yes, I'll do what I can for there is still life in these old bones of mine".
"Thank you" to which Minato began to quickly weave through a few seals.
Doing as he promised, Hiruzen had his staff transform back to his original monkey form as they fought against their opponents head on.
"No no no no" as Orochimaru was furious to how things was turning out. This battle was supposed to be in the bag as he would have his former teacher backed into a corner as he would then have his fun toying with him before eventually killing him. However the unexpected interruption was ruining everything. "The yondaime can't be here! There just can't be any way! He has to be some sort of imposter or clone! There is no way he can be here! Unless . . . . Unless . . . . No! There is just no way!"
"Hiruzen-dono! I'm done!" exclaimed Minato to which both the monkey man duo cleared the way as Minato hiraishin in front of both Hashirama and Tobirama slamming his hands into their face as the two hokages began to act strangely. Slowly removing his hands, circular seal were clearly written on both of their foreheads.
"You interrupted my seal!" as Orochimaru was now trying to regain control over them.
Taking this time to breathe Minato, Hiruzen, and Enma saw the two brothers rubbing their faces as if they were awakening from a dream.
Hashirama looked to the men in front of him as he gave a bit of a quizzical look. "Sarutobi, that young man next to you . . . . Who is he?"
Hiruzen looked to him before closing his eyes for a moment as he looked back to his former teacher. "His name is Minato Namikaze. My replacement and the fourth Hokage of Konoha".
"A youngster like this taking on such a big role" as Tobirama gave a slight chuckle to this. "Even though we were under a seal we could still see what was going on to which I do have to say you honor the title of hokage well. You were even able to interrupt the seal that controlled us. Well done boy".
"You've have done Konoha proud" Hashirama then added.
"Hashirama-dono, Tobirama-dono, it is truly a great honor to be able to meet you both as the proud shinobis you were. However I wished it were in better circumstances" said Minato as he bowed his head to them in respect.
The two brothers could only nod to this. They would have liked to talk a bit more until they were then interrupted by the one who summoned them.
"How?" screamed Orochimaru as he kept trying to re-establish his control over the shodaime and nidaime. "How did this happen? Everything was so perfectly planned! How can something like this have happened?"
At that statement the four hokages plus Enma stood side by side to each other as they looked to the snake sannin.
"You forgot something important a long time ago Orochimaru" said Minato.
"Something that each of us leaf ninjas have always been taught since the founding of this village" said Hiruzen.
"It is something you have tried to extinguish. However its blaze will never go out" said Tobirama.
"And that is the will of fire!" then said Hashirama.
~ Konoha (gate area) ~
"Is there no end to this?" Kakashi cringed.
"Did you call for reinforcements?"
The silver haired ninja looked back as relief began to spread across his face as Asuma, Kurenai, Anko, and several other jonin level ninjas appeared and were ready to jump into the fray.
"This doesn't look like fair odds" said Kurenai.
"Yeah" then said Anko as she licked her lips. "They don't stand a chance".
~ Konoha (residential district) ~
"We can't hold out any longer!"
"Pull back!"
"There is nowhere to retreat!"
Hinata was exhausted now as they could no longer fight the overwhelming odds. As the enemy was about to jump them there rescue soon came.
"Hinata-sama" said Neji as he took his Jyuken stance. "I am here to protect you now".
"Let me in on some of that action" said Tenten as she summoned twin riot clubs.
"Jeez, we finally managed to clear our side. I hope everyone is still OK over there".
"Naruto-kun!" Hinata chimed at seeing her blond friend along with Sasuke, Sakura, and several other ninjas appear as they began their next battle.
"Hinata-chan, thank goodness that you're alright".
"How did you clear out your side so fast? There were so many enemies left in your area".
"That's because all the clan leaders just showed up and are getting some real but kicking in".
Elsewhere in the village, all the clan leaders were getting to work as they were easily making the difference in their areas.
~ Konoha (northern residential area) ~
"Get him!"
"He's only one man!"
"He doesn't stand a chance!"
"Kaiten!" called Hiashi as a giant sphere of chakra emerged striking all the enemies away. As the sphere dissipated, "don't underestimate the power of the Hyugas".
~ Konoha (southern residential area) ~
"You idiot! What are you doing?"
"It's not me!" as the enemy ninja was attacking his comrade.
"What the hell! Why can't we move?"
"Ahh! These shadows arms are reaching around my neck!"
"Retreat! Retreat! We can't take something on this big!"
"Looks like a reunion of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio huh?" smirked Shikaku as he stood alongside his two friends Chouza and Inoichi.
~ Konoha (western residential area) ~
The area was quickly being cleared as the Inuzuka clan and Aburame clan made a joint effort to purge all the pests from the district.
"Hey you! Stay away from my dogs!" yelled Tsume as she soon ran off to another fight.
The stoic bug ninjas just looked to her blankly as they always did as they then looked to her daughter.
"Forgive my mother" said Hana. "But Kuro really doesn't like fleas".
~ Konoha (venders area) ~
Civilians were still running about during the confusion which made it complicated for the leaf ninjas to restore order as the situation escalated in havoc.
During this confusion Hanabi got lost and bumped around a few times while trying to get to the safety areas. But at seeing some enemy ninjas approaching, she had no choice now but to fight as she was slowly backed into a wall.
As one of them came at her with a kunai, "hey! Heads up!" as Konohomaru dropped from the building above landing on the man's face as he grinded it to the ground. "What's up short stack? Did you just see what I did there? Aren't you thankful I came to rescue you?"
"I had it covered you stupid monkey. But tell me what you're going to do about that?" as she pointed to two more enemies that were now approaching them at dangerous speeds.
"I'll tell you what we're going to do" as he grabbed her hand. "We're running!" to which they hauled butt out of there. As they ran from the two chasing sound ninjas, they found themselves passing right by a lady that was walking towards the danger. "Oi! Neechan! That way is dangerous!"
As the two sound nins leaped to attack, their legs were soon encased in ice which weighed them down like cinder blocks halting their movements. Slowly the ice began to grow upwards as the two ninjas began to panic openly about the situation they were in as the ice soon reached their necks.
"Konoha is my home now" said Haku as he looked dangerously to them. "And you will not take my home from me".
"Wow neechan!" as Kono's eyes were wide in amazement. "That jutsu was awesome!"
However Hanabi just plainly looked on as she then looked to Konohomaru. "Why do you keep calling this person neechan?"
"Because she's older and a girl of course".
The young Hyuga couldn't help but feel slightly amused at this. "You do know that she's a boy right?"
"That's a boy!" Kono gaped as he pointed to Haku's retreating form as the ice ninja continued to fight freezing every enemy in his way.
~ Konoha (military area) ~
"Take that snake down!"
"It's wiping us out! We need our back-up now!"
At this moment, the giant three headed snake was tearing up their area as the ninjas around it were fighting like hell just to subdue it. But even with their best jutsus, they weren't even making a dent in its scaly hide.
"Summoning! Food Cart Destroyer no jutsu!" as an explosion of smoke appeared from high above to which in the next instant a giant frog appeared with twin swords on its back as it came down for a crash landing smashing the three headed snake to the ground upon reentry. "The great Jiraiya has arrived!" declared the albino-haired man as he stood on his frog summons head giving his signature pose.
"Jiraiya-sama!"
~ Konoha (military area prison section) ~
"What the hell is that?" asked one of the sand nins as he stepped back in fear.
"It feels unnatural . . . . "
"What a bunch of pansies you all are" said Zabuza as he slowly exited his cell with an unconscious sound ninja in hand while carrying his sword. "It's pitiful enough that Konoha can't repel a bunch of second and third rate losers like you. But it's even more pitiful that you louts decided to disturb me on such a nice day" as he began releasing a ton of killing intent which began to really scare his opponents. "Now who wants to die first?"
~ Konoha (park area) ~
"What the hell!" as Temari began to struggle. "Let go of me!"
"Would you quiet down" yawned Shikamaru as he managed to re-catch the dirty blond after a slight standoff. "You lost fair and square, and by the looks of the situation your invasion is practically sunk as well. So if you don't mind, I would like to sit now" as the shadow ninja took his seat at the bench to which Temari had no choice but to follow.
Not too far away, Shino had just finished his match. "Damn you . . . ." Kankuro barely breathed out after having all his chakra drained.
"I'm still hungry" said Chouji as he continued to eat his chips.
"Ahh man! I can't believe I missed out on all the action!" said Kiba pounding his fist in his hand.
"Well at least things are stabilizing now" said Ino.
~ Konoha (rooftops) ~
"It's over now" said Minato. "Konoha has already beaten back your invasion. So surrender quietly or prepare to be taken by force!'
"No! I refuse to allow it to end like this!" Orochimaru exclaimed as he began charging more power into his seal which caused Hashirama and Tobirama to hold their heads in agony. "At the very least, I'll kill both you and sensei!"
"Don't give in! Fight it!" said Enma at seeing the pain the shodaime and nidaime were in.
"Minato! Is there anything you can do?" asked Hiruzen as he looked to the elder blond.
"No, this is the limit of my seals. It's all on willpower now. But there is someone in the village I know that can do something and I know she's been watching this entire time" as he created a cross seal.
The third hokage could only raise his eyebrows at this as he had no idea who it could possibly be. But as that person teleported in, Hiruzen was once again shocked speechless by who it was along with everyone else who knew her as their eyes were wide like saucers.
"You know me too well Minato" said Kushina as all the blond could do was sigh to this as he knew his wife wasn't going to listen to him. The red head then wrapped the two undead hokages within her chakra chains to hold them steady as she began to prepare her seal. After a moment, she slammed them both on the stomach as they soon fell silent and unconscious on the ground.
"This is just absolutely impossible!" as Orochimaru was now about to blow a blood vessel while gritting his teeth. "There is just no conceivable way you can be here!"
"Why is he getting all bent out of shape for?" as Kushina looked to him in slight confusion.
The snake sannin looked between the pair as his scientific mind couldn't understand this at all one bit. Feeling his rage boiling over at this impossible event, "you can't be here! You're both supposed to be dead!"
At that remark, Minato could only look on wide eye as his wife now stood there silently at hearing the one thing he didn't want her to know. "Kushina-chan . . . ."
To be continued . . . .
Author's notes: This concludes another chapter to which I hope you all enjoyed. Yes there was a lot of action, but it took place in a lot of areas. So I apologize if it was a bit confusing. So hopefully, it wasn't that bad.
For those who might question it, Kushina is only three months in. Although it's highly ill advised, she's still capable of physical activity but only to a certain extreme.
So I thank everyone for taking the time in reading this fic and further extend my gratitude if you can review it as well.