AN: Time for Danzo to get his, I know you've all been waiting for that so let's just jump right into this chapter and that ass kicking. Also I know people are wondering about Naruto going to Iwa, wondering on the fact of him going to Uzu instead, and when Kin is finally going to get more screen time during battles. All these will be answered in some shape or form during this chapter. B.t.w. I now have a community called Uzumaki Naruto Monogatari, if you find yourself wanting to be a staff member PM me and I'll add you to the list.
Shoutouts:
Kj: Hinata was an automatic pick beforehand, sorry for an confusion it brought about.
Tristan76: You gave a very in depth possible action but you still have to remember, those clans you mentioned have always seen what they thought was the best in Konoha so trying to run off right now wouldn't be plausible. Tsunade even though she is a distant cousin to the Uzumaki clan she just arrived in Konoha to become its next Fire shadow, it would cause a great uproar if she turned around and left without even taking office.
The Hyuuga clan especially the Elders are too set in their ways to ever move from Konoha's natural soil, so the clan moving any time soon isn't happening either. On the topic of Saving Kushina, trying to use the Replacement technique would require Naruto to move his chakra past manacles designed to prevent chakra from flowing either in or out of a person, and that's what required for Naruto to switch with his mother. Everything else I'll explain in time with the story I just wanted to address those points.
"Be gone pest!"- Normal speech
'Be gone pest!' - Normal Thoughts
"Be gone pest!" - Demon speech
"Begone pest!" - Demon thoughts
Begone Pest!- Locations/ Events
Begone Pest- Jutsu/ Demonic Techniques
Chapter 12: Departure and Demonic Clash
Last time on Kitsune Inu Youkai
Naruto after watching her go, turned and focused on the room beyond that was holding his mother. Walking in Naruto was greeted to the sight of a woman sitting chained to the far wall with huge shackles that were spread all over the room, she was wearing a very general set of clothing that had a regular shirt and some sturdy pants while her feet were left bare. Naruto took in the defiant mane of mostly plum red hair with silvery white tips near her face, she had looked up at the doors which were laid destroyed at his feet. He couldn't make out her eyes exactly but he could guess they were ones of absolute relief, just as he was stepping into the room Naruto smelled Danzo's scent before he saw him.
"So it seems the son has come to save his useless whore of a mother." Danzo's voice said as he came drifting out into the light clutching his cane as he hobbled as if he was the single most important person on the planet.
"Welcome to my base Uzumaki Naruto." Danzo continued as he stepped over to where Kushina was chained and whipped out a knife which the war hawk held right against her throat.
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"Danzo, so you do indeed have Uzumaki Kushina held in such a place as this." Naruto said as he took in the fact that the last of Danzo's root were waiting in the shadows to attack on the given order.
"Yes and the fact that you came running is such a pleasant surprise, even the fact that you managed to fight your way here through my root is also to be noted. However it was all for naught anyway seeing as she just a hairs breath away from death." Danzo replied as he gazed calmly at Naruto.
"The fact that you've held my mother from me all this time has already sealed your fate, but know that if a single drop of her blood reaches the ground and I will break you so much that death will seem like a luxury when I'm done." Naruto warned as his eyes narrowed on Danzo holding the knife to his mother's throat.
"Perhaps you will but in order to do that you'd have to cross the room faster than my hand could move to slit her throat." Danzo shrugged nonchalantly.
As Naruto and Danzo conversed with threats, neither of them noticed as Kushina was moving slowly against her shackles. Unbeknownst to Danzo who believed he had her effectively held prisoner, for the past 10 years or so Kushina had been managing to subtly push her very potent youki into her binding which loosened the seals in them just a bit each day until she could free herself.
Now all she needed was a few more minutes and one good push of her youki before she had her freedom. Drawing on her willpower Kushina sent a silent message to her son through Tenseiga.
'Listen to me very carefully my sochi, Danzo is very dangerous as long as he has the sharingan which he has implanted into both his left eye and right arm. Unless they are taken out first he'll be able to escape any injury that you try to inflict upon him but, I have a way around that I'm going to break free of my chains and attack him myself. I don't know how much good I can be in my condition but it should be enough for you to strike quickly. Be ready.' as she was relaying this thought Kushina was gathering her youki to make her escape. Naruto's reply came in the form of a murmur of understanding through Tenseiga.
"Answer one thing for me Danzo, shouldn't you be rotting inside a prison cell for what you did earlier?" Naruto asked as he watched his mother's movements out the corner of his eye.
"Yes well I should be but instead I received house arrest for the next six months under the watchful eye of a couple of anbu members whom I had killed and replace with a couple of my Root, you can thank the foolish old monkey for that one. To be honest using the kage bunshin and then switching with it makes it seem as if I never left the house. Truly, old age and politics has addled dear Hiruzen's head to the point of senility and left him nothing but a husk wrapped in faded prestige and glory." Danzo replied with a thoughtful expression but kept his eye fully glued on Naruto for any movement.
"While this has all been very entertaining, say goodbye to your whore of a mother Uzumaki!" Danzo proclaimed as he spun the knife into a reverse grip and went to plunge the weapon into Kushina's heart.
Everything seemed to slow down in that instant as Kushina broke free and grabbed Danzo's arm holding the knife while simultaneously driving her foot into the back of his knee. In that same moment Naruto vanished in a blur of great speed and appeared in front of Danzo with Tokijin already in mid-swing at Danzo's bandaged right arm and his left hand glowing with his Dokkaso aimed at the war hawk's hidden left eye.
The results were immediate as the hidden arm was sliced completely off with no chance of regenerating any time soon, and Danzo began to howl in agony as reality resumed it's normal speed just as Naruto's hand that he used to jab out Danzo's eye found its way around the elder man's throat.
"I hope you are ready to die today, Danzo." Naruto all but snarled as he pinned Danzo's remaining arm to the cavern wall with Tokijin in order to prevent escape of any kind, this served only to cause the war hawk more pain.
Danzo couldn't believe the amount of pain he was in from having his arm severed and his left eye holding his hidden sharingan from Uchiha Shisui was utterly destroyed beyond saving, even now he could feel the poison working it's way to the back of his retina and destroying the membrane required for sight through it.
When their leader was attacked the root operatives within the room moved to assist him by attacking Naruto's exposed back, they were a few feet away when they were slashed into pieces by an unknown force.
Looking over his attacker's shoulder Danzo saw a woman with hair as red as the Uzumaki he kept captive with a bloody katana slung over her shoulder as she sported a blood thirsty grin. Focusing closer through the blood flowing past his eyes, Danzo much to his horror could make out nine flailing tails behind her while two fox ears on the top of her head flicked every so often at different sounds. Blinking quickly Danzo looked at the woman again to find no extra appendages and chalked up what he saw to his brain still rattling from being slammed into the wall.
"You didn't think my Naru-kun came without any backup you broken shell of a meat sack?" Sakaki chuckled as she looked at the position Danzo found himself in, before her smile back a look of disbelief at the woman on the floor due to her strength finally giving out after exerting what little she had left.
Sakaki was about to move to Kushina's side when about thirty more Root appeared in the room, she was going to attack them but voices from out in the bloodied hallway where she came had everyone except Naruto, Danzo who was in extreme pain, and Kushina who was trying to stay upright, looking towards the destroyed doorway
Sarutobi had arrived and followed the trail of death to the dungeon with a platoon of twenty of his Anbu operatives, Tsunade, and Jiraiya right behind him. Needless to say he was surprised to find Naruto and Sakaki to be at the cause of such a disturbance, the real shocker though was looking past them to see a young woman he thought dead for the past twelve years leaning back against the dirt wall very much alive.
"Danzo? It seems you will have more to answer for than you thought." Sarutobi focused on who Naruto had in his grip to realize that it was indeed the war hawk.
At that moment the Root forces in the room split up, with fifteen of them going to attack Naruto but Sakaki got between them and her mate. While the other fifteen launched themselves at Sarutobi and his group, the Anbu moved to the defense of their leader and even more blood was spilled when what appeared to be the last of Danzo's Root came rushing up the corridor. Sarutobi, Tsunade, and Jiraiya took to those root.
Five minutes later when it was all said and done, only two of the anbu that arrived with Sarutobi were heavily injured while the remainder of Danzo's forces lay dead and broken. Sending the two injured away with two more Anbu and Tsunade, Sarutobi strolled forward into the dugeon room with caution as he watched Naruto just holding the war hawk off the ground. He was surprised to see Danzo bleeding from where his left eye was suppose to be and the man was missing his right arm up to the shoulder.
"Why Danzo, why all of this?" Sarutobi asked in a quiet voice while Jiraiya and the rest of the Anbu had positioned themselves protectively around the room.
"What else...for the good of Konoha." Danzo managed to get out through the vice hold Naruto had around his throat.
"And holding my mother prisoner for the last 12 years, was that for the good of Konoha as well?" Naruto asked in a tone that said Danzo wouldn't make it through the next two minutes much less the night.
"Yes and no. Her bloodline would have been for the good of Konoha, the fact that I held her prisoner was just an added bonus." Danzo replied with a rare smile on his part.
Naruto's reply was to slug the war hawk in the face with enough force to crack the man's jaw badly. "That was just one of twelve years worth of pain that is going to be reaped upon your carcass." Naruto said with a cool rage as he reared his fist back again...
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In the Forests of Hi no Kuni
A rumble of noise filled the air, animals fled in terror at what was passing through the forest. A scavenger watched from the tree above as a corpse dressed in ancient armor rose from the ground with sword in hand, it shuffled towards the army that was amassing its self as it trudged forward.
At a outpost half a mile up ahead of the gathering army, a konoha shinobi was performing the patrol along his portion of the wall when he spotted something moving in the darkened tree line.
"Huh? What is that?" The jounin muttered as he pulled his binoculars up to his face.
"Genshi, what's the matter?" his on shift partner asked as she leaned over the tower railing to hear him better.
"Don't know Momo but. something's moving just outside our perimeter." Genshi replied as he looked closer only to spot rows of decayed corpses begin shuffling out of the tree line.
"The fuck!" Genshi shouted as he looked again just to be sure he wasn't seeing things.
"What is it? Are we under attack?" Momo asked as she leaped down to Genshi's position with a kunai in hand.
Genshi couldn't answer as he watched the eye sockets on those bodies glow with an unnatural light, soon there was an entire platoon's worth of soldiers shuffling closer to the outpost.
"Momo, listen carefully! Raise the alarm quickly!" Genshi ordered in haste as he threw the binoculars to the ground.
"What the hell is out there Genshi?" Momo demanded not liking how she wasn't getting an answer.
"There's no time damnit!" Genshi yelled as a deep but low rumble filled the air.
Momo and Genshi looked below to see waves of animated corpses charging forward at speed that shouldn't have been possible. Their weapons gleamed dully in the moonlight as the edges were caked with dried blood, grime and dirt, their charged told the pair watching one thing, they were looking for nothing less than total destruction of that outpost.
"Momo, for kami's sake go raise the alarm! NOW!" Genshi yelled as he pulled a bunch of kunai free and tossed them towards the advancing force, flying through the seals for the Kunai Kage Bunshin no Jutsu Genshi watched as the knives arced through the air a bit before descending while multiplying into an untold number of kunai. Many of the bodies were flattened to the ground from the force of the attack while other corpses that used shields did so as a would be death rained from above.
As Genshi attempted to hold off the invading force, Momo raced to the alert bell and rang it frantically in an effort to wake up every person in the outpost. Within minutes of her ringing the bell, Momo found herself facing all one hundred konoha-nin stationed at this outpost.
"Imminent attack, prepare for battle!" Momo shouted at the top of her lungs as people began scrambling for gear or to defensive stations.
Twenty of the outposts forces lined up along the ramparts and began firing off any elemental jutsu in two groups of ten to allow the others a moment's rest in between jutsu. Another fifty of the remaining forces rushed out the main gate and began to meet their foe head on, they were thoroughly surprised to find themselves fighting for their lives against those that have fallen in battle.
Whether it was Iwa, Ame. Kusa, Taki, Suna, Ishi or any of the other five great villages, there was a corpse from that hidden village. The konoha-nins couldn't believe they were battling enemies that they hadn't seen since the Dainiji Ninkai Taisen(Second Shinobi World War) at least 42 years ago.
Mostly fire, water, and earth jutsu were fired into the middle of the invading forces in an effort to not only slow their advance but to thin their numbers, sadly it only worked partially well as the corpses that weren't destroyed outright somehow recombined as if the damage never took place.
The biggest shocker was the Iwa-nin towards the front of the ever advancing force, holding a wicked looking sword in his clutches as he slaughter all that walked into his path.
"We're at a disadvantage out in the open, fall back to the barracks!" A kunoichi who was most likely a superior officer, commanded over the din of battle as she moved backwards towards the outpost while covering her escape.
Of the fifty konoha that rushed out to engage the enemy, only fifteen of them were backtracking to the safety of the outpost walls. Those that didn't make it were cut down right where they fought, as the army seemed to swallow them up and leave nothing left.
As the remaining fifteen konoha-nin fell back, they used the few seconds to plant explosives in front of them as another trap to slow down the army of dead. Once inside they closed the gates behind them as they fell to the floor for a brief rest while tending their wounds or replenishing their chakra reserves.
Momo stood atop the ramparts leaning against the wall after just launching a large Doton jutsu at the enemy, she then looked to where her captain was giving out orders and realized something crucial so she leaped across the outpost.
"Get those doors fortified and hurry!" Sakuroji Kaeda ordered as she leaned over a map of the surrounding area.
"Taichou, do you have a minute?" Momo asked as she dropped into a quick kneel.
"What is it Momo? Whatever you have to say please make it quick!" Kaeda said as she glanced at the kunoichi who leaned over the table for a quick moment to catch her breath.
"Ma'am, if we are unable to hold off this force. Konoha needs to be notified immediately if they are to have time to properly prepare, especially if we are overrun." Momo said without wasting a moment.
"You're right, get that message prepared. I want it completed and sent as of yesterday, We'll buy as much time as we can if it looks as if we'll be overrun." Kaeda ordered as she realized this was their best option at the moment.
"Hai Taichou!" Momo saluted as she took off to send their SOS, of danger.
Kaeda was about to return to her map when a thunderous slam caught her attention, turning to the gates she soon found out why. The enemy was pounding on the main gates with enough force that the barrier lock was barely holding against their assault.
"By Kami, anymore force and we'll be completely overran!" Kaeda thought with increasing worry as she silently prayed that the gate held.
Just outside the gate to the outpost, the army of dead parted way for Renku's demonic possessed body that housed Sou'unga. The demon raised it's sword and began gathering youki for his attack.
"Gokuryuuha!" Sou'unga brought his blade down and aimed the twister at the gate.
The desired effect was immediate, as the great gates was obliterated in a shower of wood and bodies that stood right behind it. The army advanced forward in a blur even as jutsu and weapons began flying from inside. The smells of blood and fire began to fill the night air along with the sounds of battle, as the Konoha-nins and the army of dead faced off.
Due to the tight quarters, the Konoha shinobi had a better chance of battling the enemy as they held out as long as they could but another violent twister tore the entire outpost apart as bodies were flung in all directions. Many laid broken and on the verge of death, others were already there. Momo sat upright against the wall of the bunker where she was writing the SOS missive, she had a large piece of metal sticking out of her stomach from where she was pinned.
"I h-have to...to warn Konoha!" Momo said through a mouth full of blood as she reached for the cage holding the messenger birds.
Using the last of her strength Momo pulled the last remaining bird to her and tied the message to its leg. Swallowing the blood in her throat, she sat up as much as her injury would allow as she held the bird close to her mouth.
"Make haste to Konoha, time is of the essence!" Momo ordered clearly as she threw her arms skyward and watched the bird take to the skies with a powerful burst of its wings.
"May kami see our village prevail through this..." Was Momo's last thoughts as she came face to face with Sou'unga's youki filled eyes as he raised his sword high.
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In the dungeon cell
After telling everyone else to leave the entire base behind and pummeling the war hawk, Naruto pulled his sword free from Danzo's arm and then put hi in the very chakra sealing chains that just held his mother not too long ago. As Naruto was making sure the chains were as uncomfortable as possible, Danzo was mouthing off.
"You listen to me boy, you will release me at once! You will rue the day you thought you could do this to me! You hear dem-..." What ever else Danzo was going to shout was cut off by Naruto slamming his fist into the war hawk's jaw which shattered upon impact and sent Danzo into a howling fit of pain. After about a minute of hearing Danzo wail, Naruto drove all the breath out of Danzo by burying his fist in the war hawk's stomach and broke a couple of ribs in the process which caused even further pain.
"You will be silent. I'm tired of your incessant cries but, if you wish to do so I can oblige quite nicely." Naruto growled as his eyes snapped with crimson fury as he hit Danzo in the left leg with a very painful Dokkaso.
Danzo began to feel something that he hadn't since his younger days, something that he always claimed would be the undoing of any shinobi: Fear. And when the Uzumaki-gaki slammed his hand into Danzo's arm it became apparent that he would die this day, and for what? For being a patriot to his village, for trying to keep Konoha in the position glory as it deserved? This was too be his protecting Konoha from the shadows while the fools danced about in the light?
"No, I will not let my legacy end like this!" Danzo thought with fury mounting his every thought while he gathered the last of his chakra that he was able to in his body while he felt himself slip away from life..
"This place...shall become your resting place demon!" Danzo yelled at Naruto as his kimono fell open to reveal a seal on Danzo's chest that began to glow with the Ura Shishō Fūinjutsu(Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique)
Not wasting a single moment Naruto used his speed to race across the room and out into the corridor just as a burst of chakra along with physical seal array's formed in the air around Dazno's body, creating a black transparent dome. A vacuum suction began pulling everything around Danzo into the seals, this included the bodies of the fallen Ne operatives. The dome kept up the suction for a full minute and then compressed to Danzo's body where the seals reattached themselves and glowed red briefly before the seal closed up tight with whatever was caught behind it trapped forever.
Naruto slowly walked back into the dungeon room while watching for anymore surprises on Danzo's part, as he approached the war hawk's still corpse he ripped off part of the kimono to get a better look at the seal on his captive's chest.
"So he had a secret ace in the hole left, it doesn't matter now seeing as the seal had a one time use. However that doesn't mean that you will escape your punishment by dying prematurely." Naruto mused as he backed up and pulled out Tenseiga, and held the blade out for a moment to admire its gleaming edge in the dimly lit room.
The room was bathed in a soft blue glow as Tenseiga pulsed gently with youki, Naruto held his sword firm as he watched the pallbearer imps form in front of his gaze as they inspected Danzo's body. With a flick of his wrist Naruto cut down the imps and banished them back to the netherworld leaving Danzo's soul intact. Slowly the color returned to Danzo's skin right before he took a huge inhale of air and began breathing again, Naruto watched as his mother's kidnapper slowly opened his still single functioning eye and got his bearings.
"...What happened? Ah yes I died due to that damned jinchuuriki, at least I can take solace in the fact that he's now sealed within my lifeless body. He...no! What is he doing here?" Danzo thought as he brain rebooted slowly while his eye took to the job of refocusing as he spotted Naruto's form standing in front of him.
"So the seal worked I take it and your tainted soul got dragged to the afterlife along with mine?, you've lost boy." Danzo said with a smile for the first time since he passed on, knowing that the one responsible for it was brought down as well.
"Actually filth, you live once more thanks due to me." Naruto said as he sheathed Tenseiga back in its saya while glaring at the war hawk.
"Impossible, there's no way you of all people have a way to bring back the dead!" Danzo spat as he lost all his composure at Naruto's statement.
"Whether or not you believe what I say is irrelevant, you'll be dead again when I'm through." Naruto declared as his youki surged causing his eyes to become blood red and his facial stripes to widen.
Danzo soon found himself in a newer and higher threshold of pain as Naruto began leaving lacerated injuries across the war hawk's body with his Hikari no Muchi, Danzo's screams filled the air as he couldn't hold in the agony he was in as Naruto took his free hand and used another Dokkaso to leave an everlasting mark in the form of a vertical scar down Danzo's now destroyed left eye.
Naruto watched briefly as his poison claw worked it's way to the back of Danzo's working eye and began destroying the nerves needed for sight, Danzo's once brown iris became a milky color while he screamed in pain. Deciding that extra incentive was needed, Naruto pulled out Tokijin and proceeded to quarter the war hawk's remaining three limbs.
Danzo fell to the dirt floor in excruciating pain as blood began gushing from his newly acquired injuries; getting tired of the screams grating against his heightened ears Naruto knelt down and wrapped his claw fingers directly around Danzo's voice box and ripped it clean out in one pull. The injured elder began choking on the blood that now was pooling and gushing from his now bleeding throat. Naruto just watched impassively as the man struggled to cling to his life the second time.
"Now you Shimura Danzo,...know what if feels like to be completely at someone else's mercy as they hold their life in your hands. Say hello to the pall bearers of hell for me when you greet them." Naruto said as he leaned down to look at Danzo one last time in disgust right before he beheaded the war hawk and ending his life for the final time...
Just outside Root's Hidden Base
Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Sakaki and Kushina who was being held up by the former female demoness, along with four other Anbu were waiting at the entrance to the base when Danzo's screams of pain once more filled the air. Sarutobi and Jiraiya was looking a bit green in the face at the thought of what Naruto was doing to the war hawk, while Sakaki and Kushina were wearing matching grins at Naruto's vengeance against Danzo though Kushina's was a tired one.
"Does anyone else feel that we should put a stop to that?"An anbu with a lion's mask asked as she looked back into the darkness of the caverns.
"Unless you want to join that wingless hawk, I suggest you shut the fuck up." Sakaki said mimicking the Godaime Terumi Mei with a sweet voice and a kind smile although her tone told a different story.
"Hokage-sama, surely you can't let this go on!" Shishi(Lion btw) asked as she turned around to her leader who was just packing his pipe with a weary expression.
"I can Shishi, Danzo has been given too much leeway and it's allowed him to all but take Konoha by the reins. No this is a fitting end for the Wark hawk as he would say 'For the good of Konoha'." Sarutobi replied as he turned to the youngest of his Anbu detail with a grim look.
"No matter what you say now old man will change the fact that Naruto-kun is leaving this place behind as of tonight." Sakaki snorted as she listened to Sarutobi finally justifying the Hawk's death even though this could have been avoid if the old man grew some balls earlier in life.
Whatever Sarutobi was going to say died on his lips as the sound of footsteps filled the air, everyone turned around to see Naruto exiting the base covered in blood. In his right hand he held Danzo's severed head with both eye sockets crushed beyond repair while lingering traces of poison dripped from the sockets., with a flick of his wrist the head sailed through the air and landed at the aged Hokage's feet.
"Consider that my deed of resignation while aligned with Konoha." Naruto declared as he pulled out the hitaie that he wore up until his demonic awakening and tossed it on top of the head of Danzo's as he walked up to Sarutobi personally.
"Naruto please, you can't be serious about this." Sarutobi all but begged as he looked to the young man that he thought of a grandson.
"Do I look as if I'm joking?" Naruto asked as he stared right at the elder Hokage with a truly frigid gaze.
"This place has done nothing but push me to the edge of my sanity and my life numerous times, I'm through with it. To be honest I'd destroy the place but it's already doing that to itself quite nicely it doesn't need my help so long as you keep the corrupt and ignorant in power." Naruto said as he then dismissed Sarutobi not fitting for him to even continue looking at.
"What are you talking about Naruto?" Jiraiya said as he felt he should at least speak up if not on his sensei's behalf then in general.
"You know as well as I that this old man in front of us is a shadow of his former self, peace has devoured the warrior within him leaving nothing but what we've been left with since I've been born maybe longer." Naruto replied as he glanced at the Gama sennin out the corner of his eye.
The four Anbu each reached for a weapon on their person but didn't attack, they didn't like how their leader was being bad mouthed by one of their own regardless of his status within the village.
"If he was a real shinobi; he would have did what needed to be done to ensure things didn't reach the point they have. If he had the courage to kill Orochimaru when he found out about the experimenting all those years ago, the now dead hebi-sannin wouldn't have planned an invasion that nearly killed us all. That's right Orochimaru is dead due to me, and his skull will fetch a nice bounty with another village that will be willing to pay up for it." Naruto said as he watch Sarutobi's eyes widen unbelievably at the discovery of his ex-student.
"And if you really had any courage old man you would have done away with Danzo years ago when you discovered Root the first time, instead you let him go and allowed his cancerous influence fester in the very people who were suppose to answer your command alone. If one thing that Danzo spewed before I removed his voice box that held truth it's that 'old age and politics has addled dear your head to the point of senility and left you nothing but an old man in faded prestige and glory'." Naruto said as he watched the man he once considered family visibly look dejected with each passing failing pointed out against him.
"Naruto I can understand you being mad at me but, can you say that all of Konoha deserves your anger even when you've created bonds with your fellow konoha shinobi?" Sarutobi asked visibly heartbroken at Naruto's rant against him.
Whatever Naruto was going to say died on his tongue when Tenseiga and Tokijin began to rattle violently in their respective saya just as another Anbu appeared via shunshin in a kneeling pose, this one wore the mask of a chipmunk.
"Hokage-sama, there's urgent news from one of our outpost from the northwest." the Kunoichi said as she held out the message scroll.
Sarutobi took the scroll and began to read its contents, his face growing paler with each passing second until he had a sheet of paper beat in the color department.
"What is it sensei?" Jiraiya asked curiosly as he watched his teacher warily before he had the scroll thrust in to his face. After reading it Jiraiya was almost as pale as his teacher.
"We have to prepare our forces, before this army is upon our village." Sarutobi said as he looked to his student just as the emergency bell started to ring out from the village.
"Looks like we're out of time sensei." Jiraiya replied as they all looked to where the feeling of death was sweeping across the forest.
"So it's finally here..." Naruto thought as he took off running at blurring speeds that left after images in his wake along with everyone else behind except Sakaki who just slipped Kushina onto her back and followed as quickly as she could.
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Kin's position in the forest surrounding Konoha
Kin ducked underneath a kunai swing and back flip kicked an undead shinobi which flew into a bunch of others, She then spun around and used the two wicked dagger like blades in her hands (They're the same ones she used as part of the staff during the Invasion, if you all were wondering.) in a scissor motion and cut off the arm of another body before she took the the tree for space while putting her daggers on her hips..
"Suiton: Mizutama" Kin thought as she gathered her water based chakra and fired six good sized water bullets from her mouth which crashed into bodies with the density of steel and exploded with great force sending water everywhere.
Kin had to dodge when a group of undead Kusa-nin leapt at her with a mixture of tantos and kunai, she wall jumped down towards the ground while flying through hand signs and ended on Uma(Horse).
Suiton:Suiryudan
Kin stood parallel to the ground and watched as the water on the forest floor bent to her will and rose to form a water dragon that started barreling through the undead groups with ease as it washed dozens of body parts amongst the trees. She took a moment to breath easy until her dragon was split in half by a figure that walked into the clearing.
Kin began to instinctively shiver in fear at the youki that filled the clearing, it reminded her of Naruto but at the same time it was wholly evil and tainted with malice. She watched as the figure looked in her direction with burning red eyes that reminded her of the sharingan without the black tomae within, Kin could feel as if the figure was staring directly at her soul before it turned its attention to the mass of bodies littering the forest floor before it raised a sword that held the same malice and waved it over the clearing.
The ex oto-nin watched in horror as limbs flew towards the nearest torso and began attaching themselves, slowly but surely the group that Kin just put down rose again and if that didn't add to the horror building in her throat. From behind the demonic figure with the glowing sword were more undead forces that waited for the order to trudge into the large clearing as well.
Once its army rose again, Sou'unga looked to where Kin was sticking to the tree and raised his blade above his head just like the other dozen times and began whipping the sword around. "Gokuryuuha!" Sou'unga called out as it didn't even care about the groups in front of his blade as he unleashed his youki filled twister.
Kin knew that she had no time to spare and launched another water dragon at the incoming twister and jumped while going through more hand signs.
Suiton:Suijiheki
The water wall burst up in front of Kin as she moved out of the way of the twister as it collided with her water dragon and exploded, water fell as if a heavy storm had descended on the forest Kin had managed to diffuse some of the power behind the twister but it still packed enough kick to send her flying into a tree nearby while it went on to tear up a good portion of the forest.
As she struggled to get up through the pain, Kin watched as the man pointed his sword in her direction and gave a bellow of a roar that was pure horror. Some of the army that was behind what was the leader to her lumbered forward slowly at first, then they exploded forward with a moderate amount of speed especially for the amount of decay and aging most of the bodies had already underwent.
Kin got to her feet and grabbed a dagger while also reaching for a food pill to recharge her reserves, if she was going to die this night she was going to die fighting.
AN: Okay and that's the end of the story twelve chapters and that's the end have fun with that. Goodnight everyone. Don't Pm me crying for more just deposit your checks in my inbox and piss off. If you still don't like this you can all talk to human resources. Points to a corner where the head of the last Human resources worker and Orochimaru lay on top of the desk as paperweights while Chibi Xeno sits in the chair sharpening his blade while whistling a non descript tune. "Please form an orderly line in front of the Orochi head and I'll start taking your complaints like I did his, one tooth at a time."
I'm just kidding, I wouldn't do that to you guys not after you've been so patient waiting. On with the chapter, but you've all gotta admit I had you all going.
Kin braced for their assault with a huge wave of blue energy came from out of nowhere completely vaporized the line of advancing bodies without a trace left, turning to see where the wave originated from Kin watched with relief as Naruto emerged from the tree line behind her with one of his swords held in his grip she couldn't tell from this distance but she was glad either way
"Kin, you all right?" Naruto asked as he never took his eyes off of Sou'unga who was at the other end of the vast clearing.
"Yeah I'm good Naruto-sama, it's lucky you showed up when you did." Kin replied with a brief smile as she moved to stand on Naruto's left with her daggers in hand.
"Kin you're with me, Sakaki keep my mother safe and Konoha from interfering unless the army spills past us.." Naruto ordered as he continued staring at the opponent he knew he would be facing.
"Aw come on I want to hurt something too!" Sakaki whined as she had caught up to Naruto with Kushina in tow and was now speaking to the young Inu youkai.
"...Fine, but I so want payment in return for this. You know I like having a good fight Naruto-kun." Sakaki huffed in answer even though Naruto didn't say anything or even take his eyes of the other side of the clearing.
Naruto gripped Tenseiga firmly he and Kin raced forward, Sou'unga commanded his forces to advance again and advance they did with a shuffle of armor and weapons as they focused on their newest target to attempt to kill.
A claw hand flew through the air and ripped right through bodies as Naruto ran right for the demon known as Sou'unga thanks to Tenseiga who explained when his ancestor Sesshomaru and his half brother Inuyasha faced off with the truly demonic entity before when it rose during their time and their father before them known only by his title and last name Inu Taisho.
Kin was covering her lord's back against any that managed to slip past in his focus of reaching Sou'unga, her daggers blurred and glinted in the light as she slashed and cut anything that got within her reach and she also would fire off an occasional suiton jutsu from b-ranked and below to keep her chakra reserves up.
While the battle was raging below in the clearing Sakaki had shrugged Kushina off her shoulder and onto the large branch just as three large platoons of jounin and Anbu, lead by Sarutobi and Jiraiya were about to enter the clearing were it not for the vixen jumping in their path.
"Hold it right there Jiji-san!" Sakaki said as she held out her hand in a halting motion.
"Sakaki what in kami's name are you doing?" Jiraiya asked as he came to a complete stop in front of her.
"What does it look like? Keep you all from getting in the way." Sakaki answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Are you crazy we have to keep that army from marching on Konoha!" Sarutobi yelled as he pointed a gnarled finger where Naruto and Kin were fighting.
"As much as I would love to only for the pleasure of watching you guys fail, I'm under some very rare orders not to let you guys near the battle unless those corpses head this way." Sakaki answered in a calm fashion until someone in the platoon spoke up.
"Look we have incoming enemies!" A kunoichi most likely a hyuuga from the front cried out causing Sakaki to glance over her shouler along with everyone else.
Sure enough a bunch of the zombified shinobi corpses realized there was more people to kill and add to their numbers as they turned away from Kin and Naruto and started heading for the Konoha forces.
"Well I'll be damned...all right you guys can go get slaughtered; have fun with that." the vixen said nonchalantly as she stepped to the side allowing the Konoha forces through to their deaths.
"Don't let them anywhere near the village, For Konohagakure!" Sarutobi rallied as he took off into the clearing with his Kongonyoi held firm in his hands.
"For Konohagakure!" The platoons and Jiraiya cried as they followed their leader into battle with weapons drawn.
"Well their tenacity is to be at least be respected even if they're gonna be facing an overwhelming force. Ne Kushina-chan?" Sakaki assessed as she talked out loud to her ex-jailer, when she got no response the vixen looked to her left where she had sat the Uzumaki kunoichi only to find empty space.
Looking to the clearing; Sakaki watched as hair that rivaled her own in color and hue moved shakily at first but grew steady with each passing step as Uzumaki Kushina was headed into battle once more only after just being freed from her prison. The only thing Sakaki could think of as she took off after her mate's mother was 'Naruto-kun is gonna kill me for this if anything happens to his kaa-san.'
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Back in Konoha, at the Inuzuka Clan Compound
Tsume sat with her ninken Kuromaru next to her at the shrine in the main clan hall which doubled as the home for the clan head of the Inuzuka clan her, many in the village that believed that the Inuzuka clan was too wild and untamed to have shrines for worship obviously didn't take the time to learn of their customs. Of course they had a shrine to worship just not in the traditional sense of a kekkei genkai as they expected everyone to have like the Hyuuga and the Uchiha did.
No their shrine was dedicated to a worn looking katana that sat reverently on its holding pedestal, the sword existed within their clan's history long since before even the founding of Konohagakure, there was even a saying that served as a guideline to the philosophy of the clan which was passed from clan head to clan head to ensure the continued strength of the clan: 'Protect those you love above all else'.
That coupled with the pack mentality the clan shared gave a bonding sense of loyalty to all they considered family.
Tsume was just through giving her nightly prayer for continued prosperity to her clan when a chuunin Inuzuka clan member appeared in a cloud of smoke.
"Forgive my intrusion Tsume-sama, but the village wide alarm has been sounded. It seems there's a battle taking place close to Konoha's walls, some of those on duty have already moved with the Hokage but I've been instructed to notify you as it was order to relay this message to all clan heads.." The chuunin said as he bowed low in the presence of his alpha.
"I see rally some of the rest of our clan off duty and report to the entrance of Konoha, I want you all to make sure that the enemy doesn't get inside those walls." Tsume said as she slowly rose to her feet.
"Hai Tsume-sama but, if I may ask where will you be?" The chuunin inquired.
"I'll be heading to Hokage-sama's side now go!" Tsume replied as she dismissed the chuunin with a wave of her hand. The chuunin vanished to follow his alphas orders.
"Kuromaru let's go!" Tsume called out as her partner took off running out the shrine, she had turned and was about to follow when a pulse of energy and the sound of rattling filled the shrine.
Turning back to the sword on the pedestal, Tsume was surprised to see it pulsing and shaking as if communicating to her. Moving over to the pedestal Tsume watched as the blade grew somewhat frantic with it's pulsing and rattling as if to say for her to grasp its tsuka which she did before lifting the sword closer to her face, instantly Tsume felt a fierce yet familiar sensation in her head.
'Ah yes thank you pup for hearing my call, now listen closely as time is essential. I am known as Tessaiga and you must take me to my sister sword currently doing battle, you must hurry or all that you hold dear will be lost.' Came the surprisingly gruff but gentle voice of Tessaiga as it explained what needed to happen as best it could.
Tsume knowing that she needed to get to the battlefield just turned and raced out the shrine so she could join her comrades in battle...
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Back with the Battle
Naruto and Sou'unga locked blades again as they used their strength to try and force the other back with no luck, they were destroying any corpse that managed to get to close to them through sheer might of youki as their blades let off huge bursts of it with each strike. Naruto pushed off Sou'unga as they created space.
Soryuha
A large lightning dragon erupted from Tenseiga as Naruto aimed at Sou'unga.
Gokuryuuha
A twister spewed from Sou'unga in an effort to destroy Naruto.
The two attacks collided with devastating force as the shockwave alone mowed over the battling Konoha and undead forces at the other end of the clearing. Naruto was so intent on fighting Sou'unga he missed the few newly reanimated corpses from Kusa and Iwa as they launched earth jutsu at him, a burst of water in the form of a shield sprang up at Naruto's back as he and Sou'unga dodged around each other trading blows before entering another deadlock.
Looking over his opponent's shoulder, Naruto watched as he kaa-san moved with the grace and speed of a warrior and struck down all the corpses with her own Hikari no Muchi in quick succession.
"Go my sochi, destroy that beast." Kushina said as she sent her confidence in him prevailing through their link with Tenseiga.
Naruto and Sou'unga contiued attempting to rip each other apart as they took off into the trees in a burst of speed other couldn't follow while explosions from their swords rang out.
Meanwhile Sarutobi was in the thick of it with his soldiers as they cut down the more decayed of the corpses while some of the much fresher ones were able to still use their jutsu which put the Konoha nin in a bad spot as their enemies knew neither fatigue or pain from any attack. The only strategy that had was to use a powerful enough jutsu to take out the body permanently otherwise the bodies would just rise again, and honestly it was reminding Sarutobi of the effects of the Edo Tensei jutsu.
Konoha's morale was dropping as they fought an enemy that didn't stay down for too long, this however changed thanks to a very powerful golden wave that vaporized a good chunk of bodies in one go. Looking over the konoha-nin watched Tsume arriving with some reinforcements in the form of her clan as they began tearing into the enemy with their Tsuugas.
"Sorry that I'm late Hokage-sama, I was...delayed" Tsume apologized as she landed near her leader.
"It's quite all right, the important thing is that you're here and you've brought reinforcements with you. Where did you get that sword from Tsume?" Sarutobi replied as he looked at the now transformed Tessaiga in Tsume's hands.
The blade had grew in size to become as thick and wide as a broadsword mixed with a falchion, and in place of the Tsuba, was a large patch of fur that gave the sword a wild yet powerful look and feel.
"To be honest Hokage-sama this blade has been in my clan for many years but that's a tale for when we've crushed this army." Tsume said with a small chuckle as she then raced forward with Kuromaru.
'Hurry you must get me to either of the two people up ahead, mostly the closer one as I don't know how well you would fair against the tainted one's aura. And remember I can only give you this very brief reprieve due to the trickle of youki that runs in your veins.' Tessaiga urged as Tsume battled her way forward.
As the Inuzuka clan head made her way across the battlefield to whoever, Tessaiga wanted her to reach she noticed that no matter what her comrades did to put the corpses down they rose again as if they were never cut down. Shaking off the thought Tsume saw that someone was getting completely swamped so she reared the sword back and fired off another wave of energy that destroyed the dead shiobi before they knew what hit them.
When Tsume saw who was being swamped had her looking in shock, red hair flew in every direction as clawed hands tore through bodies like a hot knife did with butter.
"K-Kushina?" Tsume said loud enough for the Uzumaki female to hear as she turned around just as Tessaiga reverted to it's battered form.
"Tsume-chan, is it really you? No time for talking, these things are getting in my way and I need to go help my son." Kushina said with a squeak of surprise before she turned serious again as Tsume stood back to back with her.
"Here apparently I was meant to bring you this sword to use, I tried but it took a lot more energy than I thought to even lift it for about three swings." Tsume said as she passed off Tessaiga and pulled out two kunai.
"Tsume...you just turned this battle in our favor." Kushina said as she felt the link with Tessaiga as she pulled the blade free and watched as it transformed right before her eyes.
However before Kushina could even use the sword, Twenty figures came running out of the woods to the east and cut down about half of the army in the blink of an eye. One of the figures cut down a corpse that was about to attack Kushina from the right when they landed next to her.
"Hurry, Kushina-sama. Please go and deal with Sou'unga we will take care of things here." Came from a red haired warrior wearing armor as they held a katana steady in their claw hand.
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Sou'unga burst from the tree line with Naruto right behind him, deciding to test his new claws Sou'unga waved his hand in Naruto's direction and harmful miasma blades flew from his finger tips Naruto countered this with his Dokkaso. The two youkai rushed in for another round of clashes as Naruto side stepped a thrust attack before swinging Tenseiga which Sou'unga jumped away from.
Sakaki who by now had got through a large wall of corpses was running to their position from one side of the field just as Kushina was doing the same from another side with Tessaiga in hand. Both of them watched as Naruto and Sou'unga went for the killing blow against one another.
A clang and the sound of flesh being pierced went out across the battlefield as the two youki infused weapons collided sending a huge shockwave out killing anything youki related i.e. the entire army that was battling Konoha's forces and knocked everyone else off their feet. Sakaki and Kushina were the only two that managed to stay upright for the former it was due to her very dense chakra which shielded her and for the former it was the saya of Tessaiga which produced a protective barrier.
Both red-heads oriented themselves from the blast only to look on in horror at the scene before them, Naruto's entire left arm lay on the ground while blood ran free from the wound as it began to regenerate. Tenseiga was pierced directly through Sou'unga's chest but the entity acted as if he didn't care, as both youkai pulled their youki to their respective swords.
Soryuha
The attack blew out Sou'unga's chest cavity as well as threw Naruto back, however that proved to be his undoing when Sou'unga launched it's attack.
Gokuryuuha
The hastily made twister slammed into Naruto with pure destructive force as it tore his armor up along with ripping his clothing.
Naruto seemed suspended in midair while Tenseiga in his right hand and the saya at his waist began to glow brightly. This sight seemed to snap Kushina out of her stupor as she ran towards her child, she saw that Sou'unga wasn't completely finished off as it was about to fire another attack.
"Naruto! Shi-ne teme!" Kushina yelled as her anger surged as she lifted Tessaiga and unconsciously unleashed a very potent Kaze no Kizu(Wound of the Wind) which ate up the distance between it and her target.
Sou'unga didn't get a chance to use its attack as the combined power of the Soryuha and the Kaze no Kizu began to destroy the vessel housing it's spirit, reacting quickly Sou'unga summoned a nether carrion which took hold of the sword and began to fly off while Renku's body was left to disintegrate due to the youki attacking its cells.
Kushina didn't care about this as she was running towards her son, she could do nothing but watch in horror as Naruto was enveloped in a bright flash of light before he disappeared. Sakaki watched this too as she tried reaching her mate but for some reason it was as if she couldn't move fast enough to do so.
"NARUTO!"Kushina cried with agony at the thought of reconnecting with her sochi disappearing along with his body as she fell to her knees staring at the spot where he just was...
AN: All right this chapter is officially done and I have to take a moment to thank each and every reader for being as patient as you guys have been. Chapter 13 will be coming soon and before people start PMing me about the fact that Naruto mirrored his anscestor in losing the same arm, I know because I wanted to do that. Moving on I hope you all enjoy what happened to Danzo for kidnapping Kushina; and speaking of which involving our resident Akai Chishio no Habanero, yes her clan endurance as well as youkai regenerative powers got her in a good enough fighting condition despite being held captive for 12 years.
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