Gaara's initial Jinchuriki state was wrecking the area around the Leaf genin Shikamaru as he gathered chakra to use the latest art his father taught him. He prayed he wouldn't have to use it but that time shown itself in a life or death choice.

'I guess this is all or nothing.', he sighed mentally as he began to sand from his crouching position by a recently dismembered tree and it's branches. "Hey Gaara over here!", he yelled provoking the crazed Gaara's attention.

Using his surprise, he used a small amount of chakra to power his speed to quickly close the ten yard distance between the two but was pushed back with a barrage of sand in the form of a demonic claw, making him spew up a small amount of blood.

"What'd the matter did you lose your courage to face me now?", Gaara assumed as he looked at the powerlessness expression on the Nara's face, slowly losing his will to live, but he smirked at Gaara's words.

"Not exactly...", he said before using ninja wire to use as a trigger object to his in-flight shirt that held his kunai, which now, shot it piercing the sand arm that held the genin hostage, and was absorbed as a result of the sand. 'Perfect...', he thought as an explosion soon followed with his inward thought blowing away a good portion of Gaara's sand body that covered his left side with burns and blood now showing.

"Augghh!", the Jinchuriki howled in pain as his grip was loss on the leaf genin who proceeded to use his ultimate technique.

**Cling/Clank**

Atop the roof of the watch tower was where Sarutobi and Orochimaru were fighting, once planning to escape the vantage point of the roof. Oro's Sound Four arrived and utilized the Ninja Art: Four Flames Formation to keep the Hokage sealed with his former apprentice.

"Interesting age plays against Sarutobi sensei. Where's all that vigor you had years ago?", the snake Sannin joking asked as he slashed with Kusanagi horizontally, Hiruzen used Enma as a safe guard, in the form of a staff, and parried Kusanagi and swiped Enma to knock Orochimaru off balance. Seeing this coming he flipped out of the way and stared down his quick wits former sensei.

"You miserable fool! My age will not determine the outcome of this meaningless fight.", he said.

Once that was said, Hiruzen quickly drawn one shuriken and aimed them at the snake who mistook his master's action. The one soon became a thousand and they punctured Orochimaru back to back in a seemingly nonexistent end pain for the receiver. Hiruzen thought that was the end but Orochimaru began to turn into mud, making the elder kage grit his teeth in annoyance. forming from behind the Hokage, Orochimaru was as good as new!

"Nice try sensei, but you overestimate your abilities...", he trailed as he was in the mist of using the hand seals: Tiger, Snake, Dog and Dragon. Hiruzen was further put in a nightmarish state at witnessing the fact that Orochimaru learned Tobirama Senju. "...But you underestimate my genius.", he said with a smirk. "Summoning Jutsu Reanimation!", he finally declared as three coffins suddenly began to appeared side by side. "First... Second...", he was saying before Hiruzen understood his meaning.

'No I mustn't allow the Fourth to be rebirthed.', he panically thought as he quickly resolved to stop the third case from further appearing.

Using a hand seal gesture to counters Orochimaru's, he promptly stopped the emergence of the Fourth Hokage, sighing in relief. Orochimaru's expression was unchanged from his assured self and simply 'tsk' at the old fools attempt to win. Once the front case descend from the back piece of the coffins stepped out Hashirama and Tobirama Senju.

Naruto was running through the lounge of the exam's hospital when he stumbled upon two Sound nin attempting to sexually assault a female nurse being there, with the lady on the floor next to a deceased male dress near similar to the lady.

"Keep quite it's been awhile since I had some fun heheh...", one of the men said as he unzipped the front of his shinobi pants, the other male Sound nin now retraining the lady.

"Hey pervs! Pick on someone your own size!", Naruto yelled as he pounced into the sky his right fist cocked back and let it soar straight to the nin who was detaining the nurse, freeing her of fright.

"Zinko! You brat - Ugh!", he was saying before Naruto swiftly ended him by grabbing his kunai and lounged it into his skull as he soon continued to run. In a few seconds he was outside the thresholds and was shocked to hear destruction upon his village and large snakes.

'What the heck is going on here? I gotta find Kakashi sensei and pronto.', Naruto rationed as he jumped on a nearby rooftop to get synced with the village and noticed that Shikamaru was dealing with deformed-Gaara. At that moment, a Sand nin that creeped on Naruto battled cried with his sword aimed for the genin's heart but Goku arrived with a dragon kick to the guts and sent the nin hurling to his death.

"Naruto, it's great to know you're still safe, we have to help Shikamaru whose dealing with Gaara.", Goku said as he motioned for him to follow his lead.

"Oh, I was thinking about that but assumed he was still having his match.", Naruto dumbly remarked sheepishly, earning a grin from Goku, as the two headed to Shika and Gaara.

"Gee Master Roshi, these guys aren't all that tough huh?", Krillin retorted after punching two Sand nins in the face, knocking them out cold, Yamcha following suit, as well as Roshi.

"It seems that these guys are nothing but small fries, the real battle is in that lookout, as well as the arena.", Roshi said as he took off his top kung fu gi and was now bare chested, much to Bulma's disgust at his body.

"What do you plan on doing? You going to assist the Hokage.", Bulma asked as she figured he was, to which he nodded to, flipping over a variety of chairs and hopping all over the place to reach his destination.

"I hope he's knows what he's doing.", Yamcha thought as he and Krillin watched as he left.

At the corner of the Four Flame Formation Barrier stood the Sound Four who all took glance of the sudden arrival of Master Roshi!

"This isn't a place for an elder so beat it!", Jirobo spat as he studied the Turtle Hermit.

"That just won't do sonny I'm afraid if you don't leave this area soon you will all be done in.", Roshi seriously heeded as he buff himself with ki to energize his body.

'Woah... That geezer power just instantly increased from a elder civilian to high Anbu level in just a few seconds, he no normal old man as Jirobo assumed.', Tayuya thought as she saw said man began to charge his ki in the palm of his hand.

"He's bluffing. An old man like you don't stand a chance against us.", Sakon stated half nervous at the potential of him telling the truth.

"Ka... Me... Ha... Me... ", he halted his chant as a blue orb of ki formed in-between his palms, Kidomaru shocked the man could control energy the way he was showcasing. "Haaaa!", Roshi yelled as the attack soon met the shield and soon shattered it with a loud bang that everyone in the village heard. part of the roof was now gone and Roshi noted the four ninja were as of now un-locatable.

Orochimaru and Hiruzen, along with the corpse of the late First and Second Hokage, all took notice of Roshi's presence.

"Kukukuku, yet another old man dares to challenge me?", he rhetorically asked as he began to observe the man.

"You shouldn't be here." Sarutobi said with a pained expression plastered on his face.

Roshi simply parted in his stance as he then took a look at the Hokage.

"Trust me sonny I know a thing or two about fighting. Don't worry about me, just worry about that freak show over there leave these guys to me.", Roshi declared seeing the Hokage give in to his demand he allowed it besides he was sure if he were to fight alone he will die without a doubt.

Roshi put up his guard when Tobirama attempted to side thrust him, but Roshi defected and countered with a 180 spin kick to the back of his neck sending him flying and skidding on the tiles of the roof.

'Remarkable, his style it's so similar to Master Roshi, as if... Wait it can't be... It is.', Hiruzen brighten at the fact that the strongest martial artist is here to back him up which will be a great help for him.

Just outside the Border of the Land of Fire stood Saiko as he carefully dispatched of the reinforcement of the Sound and Sand about twenty or so all together. He heard about ten more nin began to reveal themselves as they readied their kunai, senbou, and shurikens.

"Just how and the hell are we're going to stop this guy he's like some magician or something.", a paranoid Sand nin said as he felt the killer intent behind that nonchalantly glare he was giving the nins.

Swallowing his pride, the nin that spoke began to coward and flee from the Sacred Savior dropping his essentials as a result. Saiko opened his palm of his right and said, "Burakku kotaku sodo.", and then his hand produced a black laced blade and he began to gather the Nature element that was available; which he choose as fire. Gathering the very essence of the core of the Earth's temperature at the tip of his blade he twirled his Black Luster Sword and pointed to the Sand's nin exposed back. "Moeru dangan.", he said as the fiery attacked quickly pierced through the Sand nin and, in a blink of an eye, all of the others as well burning their body to a crisp.

Saiko looked in the sky and felt incredible powers everywhere as he quickly remembered his mission.

'I eased things up for your families and friends, now it is your turn.', he thought walking into the distance and soon vanishing without a trace.

Sasuke was in his hospital bed on orders from Kakashi who, made a precaution of sealing the room and window to prevent the Uchiha from over exerting himself. He heard the loud explosions just outside as he heard the citizens panic before they were guided by his academy teacher Iruka and the other Chunin. He grasped onto his right eye in confusion still, Kakashi said that he taught him the Chidori to protect those closes to himself and as well as his comrades. But the sensation he was feeling throughout his body was different from what he usually felt, it was dark and heavy. The Sharingan of the Devil has seemed to have had a will of it's own when he used it on Yoroi earlier he could control himself but he felt completely subjugated as he felt a voice command his actions. He left his thoughts as he felt the presence of another somehow enter into the room.

Looking closely he saw the person as an Anbu but the intruder slight chuckle gave him away.

"Kabuto? How did you manage to get through the guards outside?", he queried as he settled into a defensive Uchiha stance.

"Sharp senses. It's okay Sasuke, I didn't come here to fight you. I came to set you free from where Kakashi had you under arrested.", he said taking off the Anbu mask and pushing his specs from the bridge of his nose closer to his eyes. "You see, with the way your skills are now you could benefit the Leaf's strength... However you could also wind up destroying it. So my master has decided that you should follow him so you could protect your "brother's" legacy.", he said the last part with a smile with a scent of deception in his voice at the last part, perking Sasuke's interest.

"What do you know about Itachi, Kabuto?!", he roared as he wanted to have any leads that could lead him to his former admirer, teeth gritted in all.

"Sorry I was merely here to free you and let you... Have your way with dealing with the situation at hand so until we meet again.", he said and dispersed and was no longer present to watched the pondered facial feature of Sasuke's mug.

"Okay this is it. I have to get going.", he said as an image of Itachi flooded his mind. 'You will pay for what you done.', thought Sasuke as he zoomed the lounge enroute to the battlefield.