Hokage no Isan Chapter 41, a naruto fanfic

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Hellboy: Man, he;s takin the abridged war pretty damn hard.

Wesker: Tell me about it...who started that thing anyways

Hellboy: Dunno...hey, where' d the major go?

Wesker: (Blinks)...ah shit...

Edo Tensei; Faces from the past!

"DOTON: DORYUUHEKI!" Domon called out, spewing out a wall of chakra reinforced mud that shielded Recca and Shizune from the other serpent even as Naruto's summon sliced its head off. Shizune launched several senbon at Kabuto, which he dodged, only to barely avoid being pelted with Recca's combination of Housenka, shuriken and gunpowder balls. Leaping towards the source of the flames, he slapped a palm into Recca's stomach, the scalpel cutting through the thick wire mesh under his clothes and causing Recca to cough up blood. Shizune was on them in a second, grabbing the enjutsu-shi and spewing out a mass of poisonous gas that the bespectacled medic was forced to avoid by diving underground, resurfacing under Shizune and severing her tendons with his scalpel.

One of Naruto's clones managed to take the rear and attempted to behead the medic, only to receive a kick to the nose that dispelled it, Kabuto dashing towards the remaining clones determinedly, dispatching them even as a few drops of blood flew from his wrist to hit Tsunade on the cheek.

The blonde sennin twitched from the unwanted contact, gazing around her like a terrified child and swatting his hand away fearfully. Kabuto glowered in distaste and would have kicked the pitiful excuse for a sennin, in his opinion, had it not been for the timely arrival of the cavalry in the form of a pissed off Ishijima Domon.

"Doton: Doryuu Taiga!" the giant roared, Kabuto swearing as the earth beneath him liquefied and grabbed him, a river of mud holding him down and simultaneously screwing up his sense of balance, even as Domon called out "Doton: Doryuudan", resulting in a dragon's head to launch itself at the medic, who made his escape via Kawarimi.

'This isn't good…' the medic muttered, noting that with Naruto's summon on the field it could very well go the Konoha nins' way 'Looks like it's time for Plan B.'

He pulled out a scroll and a vial of Orochimaru's blood, swiping it across the complicated kanji before flipping through a set of seals he'd prepped for, but never dreamed he'd use.

'Tora, Mi, Inu, Tatsu!' he chanted mentally, focusing his chakra on the last seal even as he espied Recca's shuriken attack headed his way 'Ninpou Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei!'

Two coffins erupted from the dirt before the medic, shielding him from harm, the kanji for 'third' and 'fourth' predominant on the caskets.

'What? NO!' Jiraiya swore, recognizing the jutsu and the significance of the coffins, glaring at his former teammate "You bastard!" he spat "Using that jutsu again!"

"Moi?" Orochimaru taunted, still clamped onto Jiraiya's throat "Kabuto was the one who made the preparations, I was prepared to bring back Tsunade's loved ones so long as she provided suitable sacrifices." He smirked "It would seem Kabuto planned for just such an occasion and made use of his collection of preserved corpses."

"You should be honored." Kabuto called out, smirking at the confused faces from behind the coffins "This is the jutsu that indirectly killed the Sandaime Hokage."

The assembled forces flinched and prepared themselves for anything as the first of the coffin lids fell open. Nothing however, could have prepared them for the sight of the figure stepping out of the casket.

"Sandaime…sama?" Shizune breathed, eyes wide in confusion and dawning horror as she realized just what Kabuto had done.

"AH! ZOMBIE!" Recca screamed, Domon joining him as they backpedaled away from the old man, tears streaming down their faces comically.

"DON'T EAT MY BRAIN!" Domon pleaded, pulling a variety of warding talismans and sutras out of nowhere and hurling them at the man, only to blink as he smiled sadly.

"I truly didn't think I would see you all again." Sarutobi called out, eyeing them all sadly from where he stood, "You all seem to have grown up quite a bit while I've been gone." He scowled at Kabuto over his shoulder "Yakushi Kabuto-kun…it would appear Kakashi's concerns were indeed valid."

"A bit late for that Sandaime-san." Kabuto mocked, pushing up his glasses, "But to more pressing concerns, you won't be facing off against your students alone after all." He thumped the other casket "That's your cue."

The casket lid fell open, and a tall, blonde haired man with blue eyes stepped out, eliciting a gasp of horror from Shizune. He was dressed, as Sandaime was, in the clothes he wore when he died, the standard Konoha Jounin outfit under a long white cloak with a flame design on the edging. The Kanji for 'will of fire' was written on the back, and his Hitai-ate sported a lightly longer tie that blew behind him in the sudden breeze.

"Welcome to the dark side…" Kabuto joked "Namikaze Minato…or should I say: Yondaime Hokage-sama?"

Silence fell over the group, as they regarded the scene before them with equal parts horror and fascination. Bad enough they were facing a jutsu that had killed Sarutobi-jiji, they actually had to fight the old man himself? As a zombie for that matter?

And that wasn't the worst of it, they were also up against the man who took down the Kyuubi and single-handedly ended the shinobi war with Iwa, the man regaled as the greatest hero of the leaf village.

They would have been more in awe of the situation if Naruto hadn't lost his temper and charged the blonde, dispelling the summons in the process. "YOU BASTARD!" he swore, swiping at the man and splitting him in two, the corpse not retaliating as the talismans that made up it's body reformed "IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!"

Kabuto smirked and placed the kunai in the reformed head of the blonde hokage, doing the same to Sarutobi before stepping back to enjoy the fireworks. "Get them." He ordered, and the two Hokages went into action, Sarutobi rushing Domon and Recca whilst Minato rushed the boy he'd wronged.

Naruto barely had time to blink before a fist filled with Chakra rammed into his stomach, pounding him into the earth and dragging him along like a trough. 'Shit!" the gennin swore, swiping at the man to drive him away, flipping out of reach even as he dodged a kunai 'He's fast! Gotta keep my-!'

"You're open." A handsome voice noted from behind, Naruto freezing as the back of a fist tapped against his cheek. The Yondaime stood behind him, back to back, his face neutral as he spoke. "I could have taken your head off right now." He stated calmly, Naruto shivering at the lack of emotion in his voice "Get your emotions under control, get angry and you'll make mistakes." He smiled sadly "Like mother like son I guess."

"Don't you talk about her!" Naruto snapped, slicing at the man's waist, only for a hand to grip his head and ram it in to the dirt.

"See?" the Yondaime reasoned, pulling his head up with a calm expression "You lose your temper over the slightest thing, you refuse to listen to sound advice and that could put your teammates, not to mention your life, at risk."

"My life's been at risk since BIRTH because of you!" Naruto snarled, trying to wriggle out of the man's grip, but the yondaime's knee held his back in place "You made my life a living hell!"

The Yondaime's face grew sad and he lowered his gaze "I am sorry." He offered "It may not sound like much but I had my reasons for doing what I did…"

"You were jealous that my dad got to mom before you did!" Naruto snarled, eyes flashing red as he fought against the man's hold "You couldn't get over the fact she chose HIM over YOU!"

The Yondaime's eyes widened as Naruto continued to fight him, surprised at the strength the boy's rage gave him "Calm down!" he ordered, "If you keep struggling you'll snap your spine!"

"GO TO HELL!" Naruto roared and spun round, vertebrae snapping even as he slammed the pommel of his sword into the Yondaime's Jaw.

"Gotta say I always wanted to see what you had gramps." Recca admitted, grinning at the reanimated sandaime cheekily "A battle between Hokages as it were."

"Rather presumptuous aren't you?" Sarutobi joked, slipping under Domon's attack and delivering a shoulder tackle that sent the giant soaring back "Don't take these old bones lightly!"

He flipped through a set of seals the duo recognized, immediately, scattering as he launched a Karyuu Endan at them that impressed even Recca. "Not bad old man!" the enjutsu-shi applauded, "But let's see you handle this!" he flipped through a set of seals and inhaled "Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu!"

"Doton!" Sarutobi called out "Doryuuheki!" the mud wall rose from the tar he spat, shielding him from the fireball. He blinked as Domon's fist shattered the wall, leaping back to avoid a follow-up strike from the giant's sword. "Impressive Domon-kun." He applauded, biting his thumb "Allow me to return the favor…Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Enko Ou Enma!"

A cloud of smoke erupted before the shinobi, Recca and Domon bracing themselves as it cleared to reveal the form of-!

"Sun Wukong?" Domon muttered numbly, gaping at the rather confused boss monkey as he looked around the battlefield as if in a daze.

"Where the hell-Sarutobi?!" Enma gaped, staring at the dead man in shock before realization set in, his features settling in a frown "Orochimaru again huh?"

"I'm afraid so." Sarutobi admitted "Nonetheless, I summoned you because these two seem determined to give me a workout."

"Feh, whatever." Enma grumbled "As your summon I have to do as requested…doesn't mean I like it though." That said the ape spun round and transformed into a giant bo-staff, the Kongo Noi, which Sarutobi swung about expertly.

"Ike! Enma!"

'This is a nightmare!' Shizune swore, watching the battle as she tried to heal the tendons in her foot, cursing at the thorough job Kabuto had done, impressed despite herself. She'd never encountered a medic of his caliber other than Tsunade-sama, in fact, she suspected the sennin could only have matched the youth in her prime, if at all.

'On top of that…' she noted 'we're facing off against the two strongest Hokages in the history of the leaf…Minato-sama and Sarutobi-sama!' she winced as the latter sent Domon crashing into a pile of boulders with a wave of the Kongo-Noi, deflecting Recca's Goukakyuu by leaping over it and swatting the boy with the staff.

"Come now Recca-kun," the reanimated hokage chastised, sounding like a disappointed grandfather "Did you truly expect to best me with skills from my own village? Need I remind you of why they refer to me as the 'Professor'?"

'Right…' Recca muttered, rubbing his jaw as he recalled Iruka's lectures 'Sarutobi Sasuke…the only man to have mastered every form of jutsu in Konoha that aren't reserved for clans, hailed far and wide as the greatest Kage of his generation.'

"I see you're finally coming to grips with the situation." Sarutobi noted as the youth's expression focused "I admit when I learned of your abilities at the exam I wondered how anyone could stand against such power." He smirked "Forgive an old man his guilty pleasures…but the thought of facing you brought some life back to these old bones."

"Ya don't say?" Recca replied with a smirk, flame gathering in his fist as he readied his right index and middle fingers "I always wanted to take a crack at you too old man."

"A battle between Hokages." Sarutobi noted drolly, chuckling along with Recca at the ironic pun "Very well then, let you will of fire burn!"

"OSSU!"

"Foolish." Minato stated, standing over Naruto, the talismans that formed his body unmarred by the boy's attempts "I even warned you, and now you lie defenseless."

Naruto grit his teeth, the chakra coiling around his spine popping it back into place, but with an agonizing slowness. 'Note to self,' he muttered 'avoid damaging spine if at all possible in future.'

"Were you not who you were the pain alone would have killed you by now." The yondaime noted, a look of sorrow on his handsome features "Though I suppose you take no pleasure in that."

"You're wrong…" Naruto spat, smirking at the man defiantly "I'm plenty proud of what I am…how many kids can boast their dad's the most powerful demon in the world?" he scowled "What I got a problem with…is your screwing us over because of some petty grudge."

"I held no grudge against the Kyuubi." Minato replied calmly, only to flinch as the blonde's eyes flashed crimson, a surge of palpable killing intent filling the air.

"DON"T FUCK WITH ME!" Naruto snarled, rising shakily to his knees even as his back protested, hair flailing wildly "YOU COULDN'T STAND HE BEAT YOU! YOU WERE GLAD HE ATTACKED THE VILLAGE! IT GAVE YOU A CHANCE TO SCREW HIM OVER!"

The man's foot caught the blonde in the face, sending him onto his back, causing him to look up into the hokage's blue eyes. "…I'll admit that I was jealous." Minato allotted, "I'd known Kushina ever since she'd first set foot at the academy." His smile grew warm "I'd tried so hard for her to notice me…even going so far as to act the dunce on occasion to get a laugh from her…she was so beautiful when she laughed."

He scowled suddenly "But even after we were put on a team she refused to see me as more than a teammate, a friend, even after everything we'd been through she wouldn't let me in…and then HE came along." Here his face twitched, irritation in those handsome blue eyes "We first encountered him during an excavation to the destroyed Uzumaki no kuni, Kushina's ancestral homeland…he was in human form, and Jiraiya-sensei wasn't with us at the time, otherwise we'd have known who he truly was and steered clear."

Minato gasped for breath as he raised his head off the forest floor, gazing in horrified amazement at the figure before him.

Clad in an expensive red kimono with armor, a samurai sword at his waist and a long main of crimson hair that trailed down his back, the man looked like something out of a fairytale…or a ghost story if one took into account the demonic red eyes, the facial markings and the claws.

'A Taiyoukai?' the recently promoted jounin wondered wildly 'what are the odds of running into one of those?!'

"I see that this is the limitation of humans." The figure noted, lowering the single clawed hand he'd used to dispatch the protégé's of one of the densetzu no sannin "I am decidedly…unimpressed."

'Shit!' Minato cursed, recalling how they'd stumbled on the monster by happenstance, and how he'd attacked them without provocation 'Suzuka-chan nearly blinded herself when she saw this guy's chakra! And Ku-chan…' he swore as the volatile redhead leapt from the foliage, swearing like a sailor.

"Teme!" Uzumaki Kushina called out, looking non-too-pleased at being sent flying earlier, blood running down her face from a wound on her temple, even as she launched herself at the man "Round two you bastard!"

"Orokana." The demon muttered, slapping her wrist aside with the same hand as before and, with the ease of experience, flipped her with the same motion, causing her to skid along the ground "If you wish to kill me, come quietly, are you really a shinobi?"

Minato seized his chance and leapt forwards, praying to whatever gods that were listening that he'd be in time as he tossed a kunai at the demon, gathering Chakra in his other hand. "And just what are YOU doing?" a voice in his ear asked drolly, the future yondaime blanching as a clawed hand grabbed the back of his head and ploughed it into the dirt.

"I was ready to die," Minato admitted to the prone form before him "His power eclipsed mine by limitless amount, even now I still shake at the memory." He looked the boy in the eyes "Do you know how I survived?"

"Pitiful." The demon scoffed, standing over the prone form of Minato in contempt "Not even worth the effort, if this is what the human's are capable off perhaps I should just wipe out the whole race…"

"Don't go knocking humans you fuzz ball!" Kushina's voice snapped out shakily, holding her elbow even as she tried to keep her footing.

"Please, you couldn't even TOUCH me, let alone injure me." The demon scoffed, blurring forward with his hand drawn back "Die."

"In a year we could draw blood first." Kushina uttered, looking the demon in the eye, the claws stopping a hair's breath from her throat as she smirked "Caught your interest fuzzy?"

"A bold claim." The demon noted calmly, though the intrigue sparking in those hellish crimson orbs was undeniable "Care to elaborate, fire hair?"

"In a single year I bet we could improve so far that the next time we fought we'd not only injure you, but draw first blood." Kushina shot back.

The clearing was silent for a moment, and then the demon smirked, stepping back and turning his back on the trio. "One year," he allotted "I suggest you get started, for I shall seek you out myself."

And with a burst of Kitsune-bi, the Kyuubi no Kitsune vanished.

"What followed next was the most arduous and difficult year of our lives." Minato continued "And sure enough at the following year he came for us." He chuckled "We lost, but then Kushina never promised a victory…"

Kyuubi eyed the blood on his palm with interest, recalling the blonde Baboon's last maneuver with a hint of respect. 'High-speed Kawarimi…no, a specialized personal Kuchiyose ninjutsu, coupled with devastating close quarters ninjutsu.' He smirked at the man, even as he lay facedown on the ground 'Not bad…for a mortal.'

"Satisfied fuzz ball?" Kushina called out, gripping her side as she stood "We drew first blood, as promised.

"True, but then again it took all three of you to do so." Kyuubi scoffed, regarding her with his crimson orbs "So hold your tongue woman."

"Why don't you make me?" Kushina shot back, blowing a rasberry, only to blink as her tongue was caught between a clawed thumb and forefinger.

"The mouth is the gateway to disaster." The demon opined with a cool smirk "Best you not forget that, woman." He blinked as rather than being cowed, she bit his thumb, HARD.

'Pointless.' He scoffed mentally 'She'll poison herself the minute my blood touches her…not that human teeth could pierce my skin.' He eyed the defiant woman carefully 'Still…this rebellion…this attitude…never have I encountered the like before.'

"He left us with our lives," Minato concluded, "But from that day forward he was always on the edge of sight, watching and waiting in the shadows during missions, always on the edge of sight and sense." He scowled "I don't know when the two started seeing each other…but the thought of it made my blood boil."

He blinked as a surge of demonic chakra caught his attention, features settling in a grim frown as he watched the boy get to his feet. 'Looks like that was enough.' He noted grimly, readying one of his special kunai 'Forgive me, Ku-chan.' He whispered, eyeing the surge of demonic chakra 'But this has to be done…for both my sake…and his.'

Domon moaned as he opened his eyes, wondering how on earth an old man could be so strong even as he sensed the demonic chakra surge up across from him. His eyes snapped open, pain forgotten instantly as Naruto burst past him, face taught in a snarl as he slashed repeatedly at the yondaime with his clawed hands, katana seemingly forgotten.

'Something isn't right about this.' The giant muttered 'I've never seen the kid get that angry before…and he's only resorted to blows when he has to, but he's not even touching the sheath…what's going on here?'

He lurched as the battle between Recca and the sandaime shook the ground, the professor dodging a combination of Nadare and Saiha, boomerangs that both cut and detonated on impact. The old man lived up to his namesake all right, twisting and leaping like a winged monkey, sending a hail of Shuriken clones at the enjutsu-shi.

'Hanabishi has things covered.' He muttered, grimacing as he noticed Kabuto gloating over a terrified Tsunade, turning to regard Naruto one more time before cursing 'I'd better be paid for this!' he muttered, flipping through a set of seals even as he charged forwards.

Kabuto saw the giant coming and smirked, leaning back to deliver another kick to the sennin's face, only to squawk as the business end of Kubikiri-Houcho erupted from the earth like a lance, barely missing a most vital part of the male anatomy. 'Shinju Zanshu and kage bunshin?' the medic noted, cursing his near escape from life as a eunuch 'The big oaf's clever I'll give him that but-!'

"KUCHIBASHI-O!"

The medic balked as the Beak King madogu rammed into his side, followed by the chains wrapping around him securely 'Wha-what manner of weapon is this?!' he exclaimed, only to gag as Domon delivered a blow on par with Tsunade's right to his gut. The medic went flying, the chains tightening around him even as Domon yanked him back, delivering a blow with his knuckles extended to the medic's abused abdomen.

DOOM!

Domon released the medic from the chains as he was sent flying again, Kuchibashi-o coiling back to him and dangling like a bizarre Kusari-gama from his hands. He regarded the still form for a moment before turning to regard the much-abused form of Tsunade. 'She's a tough old bird.' He noted, impressed at the lack of any serious bruises 'Either that, or four-eyes back there wasn't much of a fighter up close without that weird scalpel of his.'

He flinched as he sensed movement behind him, growling as Kabuto got to his feet, looking no worse off than before. "Not bad Domon-kun." The medic applauded, "But simple Taijutsu will never defeat me…even one that negates the resistance provided by the surface layers of fat and muscle." He pointed at his already healing abdomen, the bruise and dent from the attack hissing as his chakra healed it "This is my personal jutsu, activating all my cells to promote the creation of new ones, replacing any dead cells in the process."

'At the cost of seriously munching up my chakra.' The medic admitted with some trepidation 'But then again, he doesn't need to know that.'

"So you heal fast, big whoop." Domon scoffed "I've been hanging out with the squirt so long stuff like that doesn't even faze me."

"Don't compare my ninjutsu to that brat's curse." Kabuto scoffed, "Unlike him, I don't rely on a demon as a crutch, and unlike YOU I have the intelligence to plot out my next attack, even as I am I'm more than a match for you."

'Crap.' Domon muttered, 'I can't abandon Tsunade-Baachan with everything going on…but with her in range I can't use the Toate, she'd be caught in the crossfire!' he grimaced 'Dammit…this ain't good, catching this bastard by surprise won't be so easy on a battlefield, and all those quick-fire jutsus are eating up my chakra like crazy.

He blinked, hiding his sudden insight with a scowl as he prepped himself for battle. 'Only one shot at this.' He muttered, 'Have ta make it count!'

'He's good.' Recca noted, grinning despite himself as he sent his Kusari-gama flame at the old man 'I may not be calling out the big guns just yet but the old man really is something else.

'Combining two different nature jutsu in rapid succession, his skill with the Bo, his cunning and experience…' Koku noted from within his mind 'He would have made a fine addition to the Hokage clan had he existed back in our reality.'

'I don't like this.' Homura growled his opinion 'Such a noble warrior, reduced to a corpse puppet by a treacherous serpent.'

'Kill him! Kill Him!' Setsuna demanded insanely, his mad cackles echoing in the mindscape 'Such worthy prey! Let me roast him!'

'Like hell I will!' Recca snarled, silencing the insane Karyuu 'And if you got the balls to suggest that again I'll-!' He trailed off, hurling a massive fireball that left an inferno as it exploded 'Why not?' he noted 'there's no way he'd expect that!'

"Charging me recklessly won't win anything!" Minato chastised, swatting the Hanyou's hands aside with ease, delivering fast paced blows in retaliation. "Cool your head!" He made his point by delivering a rather savage blow to the boy's temple, only to blink as Naruto took it head on without flinching, gripping the offending hand tightly.

"I needed that." Naruto grumbled, eyes once again the crimson ringed blue "Too much damn blood in my head…couldn't think straight."

Minato flinched as he felt the grip on his wrist tighten, noting that the boy's fingers had dug in up to the second knuckles. "You've been preaching 'shinobi this' and 'proper' that all through the fight." Naruto growled, popping the joints in his right hand "So in exchange, let me show you…just how wrong about me you are!"

Minato's eyes widened in disbelief as he recognized the signs before him.

"SHINEEE!" Kabuto yelled, smirking as the giant tried to catch his clone with that infernal beak weapon, only to pop out from under the ground and slap him over the heart with the chakra scalpel only to pause. 'Wait…' he muttered, eyes widening a the unusual resistance 'something…isn't ri-ARGH!'

"Surprised?" Domon scoffed, grinning down at the ashen-faced Kabuto as he held the medic's crushed elbow in his iron grip. And that wasn't a pun, the giant had activated Tetsugan the second the medic had dove underground, leaving a simple bunshin to 'distract' him "Weren't expecting this were you?' he mocked, only to hold out his free hand as chakra gathered "Don't worry…there's more where that came from!"

Kabuto's horrified expression intensified as he sensed the colossal surge of chakra in the giant's free hand.

"Ninpou: Shuriken Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" Sarutobi called out, a hail of shuriken descending on Recca and apparently ripping the boy to shreds, only for the body to split apart, flames pouring out to envelop the stunned Hokage. 'A…Katon Bunshin?' the man wondered in amazement, only for the corpse to embrace him, the face of Recca shifting into a rather stunning young woman.

"Ryu no en Roku shiki: Rui." Recca explained, even as the Hokage cried out as the flames engulfed him, "Sorry Old man, but your lecherous ways won't work on her."

"I don't know…" Rui noted with a coy pout, revealing her cleavage to the distraught cadaver "He's not that old…and he's better looking than Koku."

"URUSEI!" Recca sniped pointing at the wiliest of his dragons with his teeth clenched and a flush on his face "Daddy won't tolerate it young lady!"

"Oh poo…" Rui sighed, gracing the embarrassed cadaver with a smile as she held him in place "Oh well, as you will master."

Sarutobi's eyes widened as he recognized the gathering of chakra in the boy's hand, a warm smile coming to his face.

Tsunade, shocked beyond all belief, could only gape in surprise as three genin succeeded in a week what took her teammate and his disciple three whole years to master.

'What are these kids?' she wondered, their battle cry snapping her out of her daze as three spheres or rapidly rotating chakra were rammed into their respective targets.

"RASENGAN!"

And so the battle for the Hokage's concludes, with a triple Rasengan barrage!

How will the serpent handle this outcome?

Wesker: Speaking of outs, her comes Nemesis.

Nem-ito: Murrrrr...

Hellboy: (tosses him a pack of smokes) Here, just stay away with the smoe...those things smell awful.

Wesker: I agree, nothing beats a good cigar.

Nem-ito: (shrugs ang lights up) Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...