Danzo stared impassively in front of him. What was he staring at you may ask? Nothing. He was just looking forward, into the darkness of his tunnel as he heard the sounds of fighting and cries of pain emanate from the darkness within. By his side was Torune and Fu his two most loyal ROOT operatives. He spared a glance to the others in the room. Lower tier operatives, cannon fodder. But they were useful nonetheless as he continued to wait.
The cries and sounds of metal and death continuing till they all stopped, leaving only an eerie silence that did not faze nor touch Danzo and his operatives. To them, this psychological game was some daily occurrence.
"Light Style: Heavenly Bind!" Out from the darkness, ropes made out of pure, white light reached out and latched onto the first row of ROOT operatives, keeping them held in place unable to move or use jutsu before all of them lost their heads. But still Danzo didn't flinch and neither did his operatives. Passing a look to Torune the ninja nodded and began forming a ball in between his hands made entirely out of his insects before something amazing occurred, the insects stopped and began to die out one by one before the ball was gone. Surprised he turned to look at his Lord to see he was none too pleased. But he couldn't reprimand his subordinate though because from the ceiling dropped two ninjas, both dressed like a regular shinobi but instead they carried white flak jackets.
Each of them pulled out two trench knives and began their assault.
Danzo watched them with calculating eyes and already he was ninja had made short work of his operatives using only their trench knives. Dodging and weaving around their enemies like water before attacking with quick and deadly accurate strikes that left his men either crippled or dead.
Making a discreet move of his hand, a group of ROOT appeared by his side, more well-equipped and better trained than the rest, they jumped forward and met the two shinobi in a clash of metal only to drawn back by a puppet dropping from the side.
Angered by the addition of another enemy, Danzo followed the chakra strings till he reached a separate tunnel in his underground base and had to hide a grimace when another group of these light shinobi appeared alongside a puppet user.
Raising his hands, a separate group of his cannon fodder raced forward and met the shinobi head on with only their tanto and kunai.
"Where's Tsukikage-sama!" One of the shinobi asked as he dodged a downward strike from one of the ROOT members. "I don't know! He and Gaara should have been here an hour ago" Kankuro yelled out as he directed his puppet in combat while also trying to avoid being skewered by kunai.
"Just keep them busy!" He ordered as he cut the strings on his left hand and pulled out a kunai. Using his right hand to direct the puppet's head and the left to defend himself from the attacking shinobi, Kankuro found himself being pushed to his limits and he couldn't risk using his trump cards as they were too many allies around. 'Come on! hurry up guys!' Kankuro begged as he and his platoon were pushed back a little more.
"Earth Style: Earth Whirlpool" The group of ROOT shinobi were cut down considerably when a whirlpool was created in the middle of their ranks, where they were sunked into the ground and left to die under ground.
"Kankuro it would seemed you are in need of assistance?" Gaara drawled as he appeared next to his brother in a sand wave. Kankuro for the most part just sighed in well-founded relief and even a few of the shinobi in his command backed off a little, letting the others have a go at the enemy. While that was going on, Naruto and his own little group of ninjas were spearheading an assault on Danzo.
Fu seeing the threat pulled out a tanto and motioned for Torune to guard their superior to which he got a nod. The large Yamanaka hopped down and immediately clashed swords with one of the light shinobi before he ducked underneath a strike from Naruto.
Seeing an opportunity, Fu lunged to the side, catching both the shinobi and Naruto off guard, before he buried his tanto into the gut of a ninja off to the side. Killing one of the enemy Fu pulled out a trio of shuriken and tossed them to another who deftly blocked them before getting blindsided by a shuriken that pierced the right side of his head.
When Naruto saw two of his own shinobi fall, he immediately grew pissed. Pulling out his katana, Naruto activated his doujutsu and signaled for the remaining shinobi by his side to distract the Yamanaka. Nodding to his Kage, the shinobi dashed forward and met with Fu in a display of sparks.
The blond haired kage began to concentrate as the centre tomoe of his eyes turned into the shape of shuriken with the centre being red. His field of vision turned and changed till he could only see the chakra network of Fu. From there he watched, the chakra was smooth and not chaotic showing that Fu held great chakra control and that he had at least high chuunin reserves.
Smirking the blond began to draw the chakra back into its well using considerable effort. On the outside, Fu could feel something strange happening to his body, the usual strength and power he had come to associate with using chakra was momentarily disrupted and all but disappeared.
He could feel his movements become sluggish and took a lot more effort to move. It became harder and harder to block and attack until something happened that made him, for once in his life, grow scared.
His hands started to turn grey before growing cold and turned to ash right before his eyes and continued its way up and past his shoulders. "AHHH!" The Yamanaka screamed out as he began to crumble into the ground.
Naruto grew pleased when he heard the screams before he cut his concentration and raced forward to meet Danzo. Not wanting an outright confrontation Naruto raised his hands, palm facing forward, and muttered "Heavenly Push" before a shockwave erupted from his hands and slammed into the sitting Danzo and his unlucky bodyguard.
Torune didn't have a chance to survive as he's bones began to crack from the pressure and his organs were turned into mush as they churned and slammed against the inners of his body. The aburame was dead before the attack even hit.
But Danzo was a whole other story.
The Tsukikage gritted his teeth when the old war hawk stood back up and looked at Naruto impassively. ' What does it take to kill this guy!' Naruto ranted before he had to dodge a fireball. Then a hail of kunai before blocking a strike from a tanto.
"Jeez for an old guy you move pretty fast!" Naruto yelled out before a windblade was sent in a collision course to his gut. Acting quickly Naruto jumped back and formed a cross sign before five shadow clones appeared. "You know what to do!" He stated before two of the clones nodded and dashed forward while the other three began to rush through hand signs.
Danzo not knowing what his enemy was doing dodged a strike from the clone before blocking a strike from the other. Using honed experience Danzo flicked his wrist shooting a kunai to strike the clone he dodged before raising the same hand grab onto the other clones shoulder and toss him into the ground where he poofed away.
But grew wide eyed when he heard a combine shout of "Wind Style: Raging Tempest" A gust of violent wind shot forward and impacted Danzo, the furious winds cutting deep into him making him cough up blood and cry out in pain before he dropped to his knees.
Naruto watched as his target drop to his knees and met the old man with a steely gaze. "You brought this on yourself you know" Naruto informed him but was met with a chuckle from the broken man before he spoke "Why of course we did!" Naruto was put on edge when Danzo's voice switched to a raspy deep monotone.
Till Danzo's body began to convulse and shift, bones breaking and realigning before it reshaped itself into another ROOT shinobi utterly shocking Naruto. "Have fun with our present!" He yelled out happily before he ripped his shirt open revealing the suicide seal on his chest. "SHIT RUN!"
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"I wonder how the raid is going on" Hikari wondered out loud as she had awoken from her slumbering where the other girls explained what was happening. The redhead sighed, seeing how she was of no help and rested on the bed looking at the girls who were frantically trying to put their mind elsewhere from the raid.
"Knowing Naruto, they'd be fine" Temari said, though she seemed like she was trying to convince herself more than anyone else. Danzo was an enigma, his ROOT were skilled and not much is known about Danzo's capabilities except about his sharingan eye. So naturally the girls were afraid that something bad might happen. "But I'm sure everythings gonna be alright" Yang said, fiddling with her shirt before she heard the sounds of fighting outside.
"What the Hell is Going On!" Tayuya yelled as she made her way to the door only to be cut short when the door was pulled open to reveal a yellow-haired teen, about fifteen or so, wearing the standard Hikarikagure chuunin flak jacket with black shinobi pants and shirt with arm bracers and shin guards. His Hikari hitai-ate was tied around his neck as he began to close the door frantically.
"Daisuke-kun!" Hikari said, surprised to see him burst into their room. "Danzo and his ROOT are here, most likely they want to capture Hikari-sama alongside everyone else!" Daisuke said urgently as he began to rush through hand signs and an earth wall appeared behind the door.
"ROOT?! What are they doing here?" Yang asked as she grabbed her Dragon Blade and held it at the ready but had to hold herself back when Daisuke grabbed the blade out of her hands and wagged his fingers in a 'no-no' fashion. "Tsukikage-sama ordered me to watch over all of you and that's what I'm gonna do!" He proclaimed as he slammed his palm onto the walls before a seal began to glow and from the centre of the floor and escape tunnel formed. "All of you in there now!" He said, his voice stern but pleading.
Yang grumbled something about 'Dumb males' and 'Sexist views' before dropping down the tunnel alongside and equally pissed Temari and Tayuya. But Hikari hesitated a moment when she reached the tunnel, "What about you?" She asked worriedly. But Daisuke gave a dismissive wave "Don't worry I was trained by Tsukikage-sama himself! I'll be fine" Daisuke reassured the girl but she still didn't feel all that good at leaving him behind but reluctantly did.
When the girls were gone he sealed the hole up before sighing. "And here I thought I'd have a nice break today" He muttered before pulling out two trench knives and dropping into a stance, not a moment later the wall of earth which guarded the door exploded and a swarm of ROOT shinobi entered the room.
Daisuke frowned before pumping chakra to his blades and began to weave through the ninjas. It was difficult to say the least, there were too many of them and Daisuke was trained for mid to long-range combat not the up close and personal deal.
Blocking a tanto strike, the silver-haired chuunin stabbed the ROOT shinobi several times using his unused hand and pushed the long dead corpse away before doubling back when he felt a slash on his back. 'Ah that stings!'
Turning around he blocked another swing before pushing the shinobi back and slammed his bronzed knuckled hands into the gut of another ROOT shinobi before stabbing another one in the neck.
But he couldn't rest though as three ROOT shinobi attacked him as one. Acting quickly, the chuunin, parried one attack and blocked the other but it left him open as the last remaining enemy sliced right through his shoulder.
Daisuke hissed in pain before head butted the enemy and doubled back. "Crap, Tsukikage-sama" He muttered before another Light shinobi entered the room and attacked them, with a cry off "Lightning Release: Cosmic Shock" The three emotionless pawns were electrocuted before they could even turn.
"Kaguma!" Daisuke chirped happily "Why do I feel so wosy and aren't you suppose to be with Tsukikage-sama?" The injured chuunin asked as Kaguma, a light jounin inspected the wound "It was a trap, the Tsukikage is fine but Kankuro-sama had been gravely injured alongside Team Hardshell and my team suffered three casualties." The jounin informed Daisuke.
"(Sigh) This was a long night" He muttered. Daisuke immediately gripped onto Kaguma when he felt a sting when the jounin began to work on his wound. "Damn! That stings!" Daisuke gritted his teeth as Kaguma began to work a little more slowly. "Don't worry kid, we're getting out of here, the Tsukikage has recalled the forces, Blacknight contingency is under effect" Kaguma informed.
Daisuke nodded his head through the pain "I'm gonna level with ya kid, there's a poison in your wound that's stopping your cells from regenerating" The chuunin gripped the hole on his shoulder a little bit before he gasped out "So much pain, what the hell!" His voice sounded like a mixture of a sneeze and a wheeze.
It wasn't long till Daisuke felt his eyelids grow heavy before his arms dropped limply by his side. Kaguma checked his pulse and found that there was none. Sighing the older ninja closed Daisuke's eyes and muttered a prayer before standing up.
"Today has been a long day"