Hello there my faithful readers! Here's a quick update with lots of action!
And oh, just one thing I wanted to explain is that the 'roof' on which the kages are fighting is...well, has more area as compared to the one in cannon. Which means that they've much greater space for combat inside the barrier, just wanted to clear that cause one reviewer asked me about this. Thanks a lot buddy! ^_^
Hope you review and enjoy this chapter!
Chapter-30-Fueled With Rage!
"Kaa-chan, is it...is it really possible to bring her back?," he asked with hope in his eyes while Kushina kissed his cheek lightly, a smile on her face as she wiped the tear on his cheek.
"Yes...it's definitely possible."
Closing his eyes, he concentrated his chakra before opening them.
"They're here," he spoke when Kushina heard two splashes.
His whole world froze as he gazed at her face, the face which was usually lighted by a sweet bright smile was devoid of any emotion. The usually shiny eyes which radiated warmth, now filled with nothing but vacuum: devoid of anything. It was such an excruciating sight for him to behold.
"M-Mikoto-chan...," he whispered as his pupil zoomed out, memories of her flooding back to him as tears welled up in his eyes. It had been so long! So long since he had seen her face, he was happy and pained at the same time.
In a sense, he was thankful to Orochimaru for once...for without him using Edo tensei, reviving her wouldn't have been possible.
"Naru-kun," he wiped his eyes upon hearing Kushina's voice behind him.
"Yeah, I'm alright," he assured her as Kushina walked to stand besides him.
"So Uzumaki Mito was revived too...the first jinchuriki of Ayumi-chan right?," he asked while Kushina nodded with a grim expression on her face.
"It's been such a long time...she looks so much younger than the last time I saw her," Ayumi spoke quietly as few tears trickled down her cheeks upon seeing her first host, someone to whom she was deeply connected to. Naruto just remained quiet as he concentrated on the duo in front of them, feeling a little nervous as he could now feel their overwhelming amount of chakra.
'I already know that Mikoto-chan's strong...almost as strong as Kaa-san. But Mito-san...her chakra levels are tremendous, quite possibly greater than Kaa-san's which is quite a feat,' he thought while clenching his fists.
'But as per Kaa-san's memories, their attacks are predictable but they're lightning fast just like Kaa-san. Even if I can somehow see them through Rinnegan, my body still wouldn't be able to react in time,' he further mused while Kushina, sensing his nervousness, spoke.
"Don't worry Naru-kun...use your experience and the sixth sense you developed. Their attacks are not much difficult to read, and you can predict their movements easily," she said with a smile while Naruto nodded.
'This should be good practice for Naru-kun. Only in real battles and life death situation will he truly gain some experience and become stronger. And besides, my clone should be finished in a while.'
She turned her head upon hearing a splash to see Naruto discarding all his kunai and shuriken. The blonde then held his hand in a ram seal before he released the last remaining gravity seal. He nodded to her before they shunshined to some distance away from the spot.
"I'll take on Mikoto-chan," he told her making Kushina look at him in surprise.
"Are you sure?," shock evident in her voice while the blonde just nodded.
"But her substitu-"
"I'll handle her, Kushina-chan," he spoke in a serious tone as he gazed at Mikoto.
"Fine then," she sighed while he took her soft hand in his, squeezing it lightly as he rubbed his thumb over her skin. A light blush lit her cheeks as she smiled, her gaze on the duo in front of them.
"I love you Kushina-chan," he said with a smile while her heart skipped a beat...just like everytime when he said those words to her.
"I love you too," she replied as he slowly left her hand, both of their expressions getting serious when Mikoto began doing a couple of handseals while Naruto watched in awe, the speed with which her hands were moving was incredible. Even with the Rinnegan, he couldn't identify the seals she was forming.
"Raiton: Ashi Dendō Boruto (Lightning Release: Feet Conduction Bolt)," Mikoto muttered as lightening started to surround her before it quickly dispersed to her feet and onto the water.
Naruto and Kushina jumped just in time to avoid being electrocuted by the lightning which was coursing through water.
"Let's seperate them Kaa-san, Mikoto-chan's lightning attacks will support Mito-san's water techniques," he said when Kushina suddenly vanished to appear behind Mito who had dodged her attack while Mikoto dashed towards him.
Landing on a branch, he focused his upgraded Rinnegan on her movements.
'I should be able to predict her movements somewhat since I have fully unlocked the second level," he thought as he put more chakra in his eyes, her dashing form a small visible blur to him.
Seeing her building up chakra, he carefully saw the way she was moulding her chakra when the blonde recognised her technique.
'Substitution!,' he exclaimed inwardly when he quickly closed his eyes.
WHOOSH!
Her punch passed by an inch from his ear as he had suddenly dodged her punch, her form appearing out of nowhere while you could see a small hand sized wood piece falling down with which she had substituted herself with.
Back flipping, he again caught her punch with his eyes still closed when she again had appeared from thin air.
"Doton: Baindingu no Chikaku (Earth Release: Binding Earth Crust)," his clone spoke after going through some handseals, which had suddenly puffed besides him.
His hands formed into mud when they began to contrict around Mikoto like serpents before they solified around her form.
'How did he do that? He just closed his eyes and began dodging her kawarimi attacks...even the kage level shinobi have trouble doing that,' she thought with a shocked expression while Mito was standing in front of her.
Unknown to her though, there were around four shadow clones hiding around the area whom the blonde had them watching the fight from four different directions. All of them following every action of Mikoto closely with the Rinnegan, whose visions were connected to the original Naruto down there. Thus he could clearly see her attacks from all four angles, and was just barely able to dodge her.
Back to original Naruto, his eyes widened when she was suddenly replaced by...nothing? Going closer to the spherical chunk of earth he had created, he sweatdropped upon noticing a kunai laying in there.
'Great! This is ridiculous! She'll just keep dodging my techniques then. The only way would be to surprise her,' he thought with a serious expression while Kushina was busy dodging Mito's attacks.
'Even if we just have to stall them, I want to test the new Rinnegan more,' he further inwardly said to himself. Closing his eyes, he saw through his clones vision to see Mikoto bolting towards him.
"Raiton: Kaminari Kangekiha (Lightning Release: Thunder Inspiration Wave)," the Uchiha spoke monotonically as she fired off a concentrated beam of lightning towards Naruto who substituted just in time to avoid it.
'That's the jutsu Itachi-nii taught me, I used it against Sasuke back then. Figures Mikoto-chan would know it, she must have taught it to him,' Naruto thought, who was standing upside down on a branch several meters away from Mikoto.
Closing his eyes, he began to concentrate his chakra as slowly a hue gathered around his hands before lightning started to form around them.
SCRRRKK!
It started to produce it's natural screeching sound, his fists covered in lightning as he kept his eyes closed.
Slowly, blue sparks started to form around his feet before they burst into full blazing flames of lightning, creating a small crater on the large branch he was standing upside down.
'This is as far as I could progress in lightning fist, who knew this technique was so difficult to master. And I'm nowhere near the level of Raikage in this technique,' thought Naruto as he gazed at his crackling hands when he creating two shadow clones who had their fists and feet coated with lightening natured chakra.
Seeing the blurry form of Mikoto come towards him, he dashed towards her along with his clones before they met in their mid dash.
The original Naruto, who was in the front went for a quick punch which Mikoto easily saw coming with her Sharingan as she dodged it. Aiming her elbow at his sidehead, one of the clones caught it while the other went for a kick towards her gut which she caught with her other hand. The original Naruto quickly reared his fist before it approached her blank face.
"Hehehe...you're so cute Naruto-kun. Surely I'll treat you to ramen!"
His fist stopped just inches away from her face as he suddenly got a vision, that bright cheery smile on her beautiful face which his subconsciousness had momentarily imagined in place of her blank face.
His eyes were wide, his fist trembling just in front of her nose when he suddenly recieved a crushing blow to his mid section, courtesy of Mikoto's kick.
'I...I can't hit her', he thought as he bent over in excruciating pain, holding his stomach while coughing a bit of blood. She quickly substituted away from him and his clones while he began falling to the ground.
"GAAHHH!", he exclaimed in pain when she suddenly blurred above his falling form to thrust a knee into his back making him descend at blundering speeds towards the water.
'Her face...it was so beautiful, why can't I hit her?,' he inwardly spoke while his eyes were closed in pain.
SPLASH!
The blonde hit the dead end of his fall as he found himself laying on the tiles underneath the water.
"Naruto-kun, are you okay?," Ayumi's quiet but concerned voice echoed in his mind as he slowly stood up, his eyes closed when he suddenly jumped sideways, rolling at amazing speeds in mid air like a corkscrew.
BANG!
Mikoto's kick created a crater on the surface who had come rocketing towards Naruto from above.
"Yeah, I've endured Kaa-san's monstrous punches and kicks, this is nothing," he spoke back to Ayumi, his tone sad as he rubbed his back a bit.
"Don't hold back Naruto-kun, cause if you do...you'll be killed in this fight. I know Mikoto and she's extremely deadly when going all out. And besides, right now she's just a mindless weapon of Orochimaru...you'll probably meet her later if Kushina is able to revive her. For now, just don't hold back please. I don't what would I do if something major happens to you," she spoke quietly while he nodded sadly as he took a deep calming breath.
'Alright, the one in front of me is NOT Mikoto-chan, she is NOT Mikoto-chan,' he thought while chanting to himself.
"Is this how Kaa-san felt when she was training me, when she punched me?," he muttered to himself with Mikoto was now standing in front of him. He then began to go through a long set of handseals at a fast pace as he combined wind and lightning natured chakra.
"Ranton: Idaina Gōu Senpū (Storm Release: Great Torrential Whirlwind Technique)!," he yelled as wind started to pick up around him while electricity started to spark through the air near him.
Slowly, the wind started to rotate with lightning coursing through it in front of him. The water too began to hover in midair before it started to rotate with the wind, supporting the electricity due to it's conducting nature.
CLANG!
Kushina and Mito's kunai collided with each other, sparks emanating from the metal when she looked up at the whirlwind, inwardly surprised that Naruto was using techniques of such scale.
Jumping back, in the process dodging Mito's kick, she skidded on the water surface when she gazed at the huge wind structure.
"That's my sochi," she spoke with a smirk.
With Mei & A
Meanwhile Mei and A too had surprised expressions on their faces as they stared at Naruto's technique, its gusts of winds flowing throughout the barrier.
"Who could be using such a massive technique. It's wind element, could it be Naruto?," Mei said when A grunted.
"How many times do I have to point out that it's storm element, not wind. Can't you see lightning natured chakra coursing through these winds? And yes, it's that blonde gaki alright. Darui doesn't use this type of storm element," he muttered, both of them panting a bit with bruises here and there. In front of them were the revived hokage duo with blank expressions on their faces, not a scratch on them.
"He must have used some sort of fuinjutsu to enter the barrier. It's incredible, I never would've imagined he would come this far in a month. Using a sub elemental technique bordering between A & S rank, it truly is a feat at such young age," she spoke while he nodded.
"Yeah, that boy's only what, like thirteen years old and he's battling kage kevel shinobi there," he said while rubbing his shoulder whereas Mei wiped the sweat off her forehead.
"Though I wonder when Kushina would finish that seal. It's been forever already!," he yelled in frustration while Mei just smirked at him.
"My, I thought you were itching for a fight Raikage-dono," she replied cheekily making a vein pop on his forehead.
"Shut up," he grumbled making her chuckle when her expression gradually grew serious.
'What happened out there earlier? Several minutes ago, the seal mark was glowing red...the only thing I could deduce from it was that Naruto's life was in danger. But then it suddenly stopped glowing...like he was completely alright in a second," she wondered, biting her lower lip as she gazed worriedly where Naruto was fighting.
'Please take care Naruto,' she prayed when suddenly Hashirama began doing handseals while his brother dashed towards them making her sigh.
'Even dodging these guy's techniques is a difficult task, and they don't seem to get tired too. Hurry up Kushina-san...we won't be able to hold them much longer. Though I wonder how Hokage-dono is fairing against that sanin," she thought when the shodaime spoke.
"Mokutan: Mokusei No Supaikudan no Jutsu(Wood Release: Wooden Spikes Projectile Technique)," he spoke as branches of trees around him suddenly broke off to form sharp wooden spikes which flew towards Mei and A at high velocities.
"Yoton: Yōgan Gomuuru (Lava Release: Lava Rubber Wall)," she spoke after going through a few handseals before a large wall, made of rubber but blazing hot like lava suddenly uprooted from the tiles to cover their forms while the nidaime had stopped midway in his dash.
The wood spikes crashed into the wall which began to stretch under the force of the projectiles like a rubber. The lava nature of wall though quickly started to melt the wooden spikes before it was reduced to nothing but ash.
With Orochimaru & Hiruzen
"Kukuku, what's the matter sensei? You seem out of breath," Orochimaru spoke while true to his words, Hiruzen, who was standing several meters away from the sanin was panting a bit. They were standing in an open area which was surrounded by large trees reaching to the top of the barrier.
"Don't tell me this is all the stamina you've got. But who can blame you, you're getting old after all. You don't have the level of chakra reserves you once possessed when you were in your prime. It's so sad," mocked the snake sanin with a smirk while Hiruzen was gritting his teeth.
True, he couldn't deny that he was getting old and his stamina was nowhere it used to be.
"Hiruzen, I don't think you can beat him right now. Even I'm starting to get hurt by his kusanagi, why don't you retreat for a while. All you have to do is stall for time after all," Enma spoke while the old hokage, who had several bruises along with some gashes on his body, gripped the staff tighter.
He was getting tired and he knew it, his chakra levels were low too. And although Kushina had stated that he just had to stall for time, he couldn't let this opportunity slip.
"No Enma, I can't. This is all my fault, if I hadn't let Orochimaru run away from the village that day, all of this wouldn't have happened. I have to kill him, even if I get myself killed in the process," he stated with a hardened expression while Orochimaru who was standing some meters away had Kusanagi in his hands.
With Naruto & Kushina
"Did it hit her?," Naruto asked to himself as he stood on water, most part of the trees around him decimated to only their trunks.
Closing his eyes, he concentrated on his clones vision to find Mikoto, he knew she would just regenerate after all when suddenly Kushina skidded besides him after apparently blocking one of Mito's chakra kicks.
"Naru-kun, what are you doing? Keep your eyes open," Kushina spoke with a frown while the blonde just kept his eyes closed.
"I am seeing Kaa-san," he said with a smirk as he continued to search for Mikoto while Kushina frowned deeply.
"Naruto, this is no time for pranks," she said seriously without using any honorific she generally uses to show her affection for him.
"And this isn't any prank Kushina-chan. It's an ability I unlocked with the second level of Rinnegan," he explained when she deadpanned.
"The ability to see through closed eyes?," making him sweatdrop.
"No, actually I can see what my clones can see. You see, I have several of my clones around the perimeter of this area watching Mikoto-chan and Mito-san closely. So right now, I'm looking for Mikoto-chan," he muttered as he scrunched his eyebrows in concentration.
Kushina though had a shell-shocked expression on her face. Just how easily he had said that, it was such an astounding ability! Something which could prove to be a huge advantage in a fight, even if you were an underdog.
"Y-You're kidding me right?," she asked making him sigh.
"No, I'm dead serious. For example,...," he trailed to turn away from her, his back facing her.
"You're cleavage's visible. You better pull that zipper up," he said with his eyes still closed, tightening his jaw as he barely held in his laughter.
Kushina's face though immediately grew tomato red as she quickly pulled the zipper.
"Ero-baka," she muttered with a flushed face while Ayumi was rolling in laughter inside his mindscape.
"Ah...there she is! Her body is regenerating right now and, wow! It tore two of her limbs and most of her body," he spoke with an awed expression on his face while on the inside, he was repeatedly teling himself that this was not Mikoto.
"Yeah, it was a pretty destructive technique. I wonder though, why didn't she substituted to dodge it?," Kushina said with a confused expression while he opened his purple eyes.
"She did, but the technique was too large to avoid completely. Add to the fact that I steered the vortex where she had substituted," he said making her eyes widen in surprise.
"Surprised? I myself am, the chakra control I recieved was tremendous after the upgrade," he spoke making her smile when suddenly her eyes widened.
"My clone has finished the seals. She's coming here!," Kushina spoke as a grin formed on his face making Naruto smile back while he created more shadow clones who immediately jumped in different directions.
"What are you doing?," she asked as they both stood up upon noticing Mikoto and Mito jump to stand in front of them.
"I sent them to check up on Mei, A-san and jiji," he stated making her nod.
'Just a little more, and we can finally revive you Mikoto-chan, and Mito-san, Shodaime-jiji & Nidaimi-jiji too,' Naruto thought with his lips curling upwards a bit.
"Kaa-san, how do we apply those seals on these two and the shodaime & nidaime. Surely they just wouldn't stand and let us do that," Naruto spoke as they both kept their eyes on the duo in front of them who suddenly dashed towards them.
Kushina crouched a little bit to prepare herself when she noticed Naruto standing in a relaxed pose, his arm outstretched towards the incoming duo.
"Shinra Tensei," he muttered calmly when immediately Mito and Mikoto were sent flying in the opposite direction at thundering speeds as they crashed through several large trees, creating holes in them to finally disappear from Kushina's sight.
The fiery red head had her jaw on the ground as she gazed at the wood decimation that had followed their flying forms.
"That's a look on your face I rarely see Kaa-san," spoke Naruto with a smirk while Kushina turned her head, asking the obvious question through her wide eyes.
"Yeah, the magical work of increased chakra control. My gravity techniques are much more effective than before, and the time limit seems to have been decreased," he said with a shrug while she composed herself, a sigh escaping her lips.
"Damn I wish I could do that, just point your hand, shinra tensei and WHAM...they wish they'd died by free fall instead," she said with a dramatic expression making him chuckle.
"Yep, the prank gene pool of you two surely is unpredictable," Ayumi spoke after face palming herself, sighing loudly at the antics of her sister-like figure.
"Hey it's done!," they heard a voice and turned their heads to see Kushina's clone dashing towards them before she skidded to a halt comically just besides them; in the process splashing water on the duo.
Naruto and Kushina gave her 'WTF' look, their hair now as it stuck to their faces.
"Ehehehe...," she laughed in embarrassment, a light blush on her cheeks as she scratched the back of her head.
"Gomenasai...I was just too excited," she chirped with a bright smile whereas Kushina just rubbed her temples.
"Your shadow clones too?," Naruto spoke with an incredulous expression while Kushina had a flushed expression on her face as she averted her gaze in embarrassment.
"Oh, Naru-kun! You're here too!," the clone exclaimed with joy before jumping towards him, crushing him in a tight hug as she grinned brightly.
"Yeah...so nice of you to notice me," he choked out while Kushina's eyebrows were twitching as she watched her clone's actions.
"Oooh, did you miss me Naru-kun?," she cooed with a cute pouty expression on her face, her arms tightly wrapped around his neck while her D-cups were squished tightly with his chest, resulting in the formation of a furious blush on his face.
"Y-Yeah. B-But...I'm choking," he said while his face was blue when suddenly the clone released him.
"Oh I'm so sorry dattebane!," she said as he struggled to regain his breath.
"N-No problem," he finally spoke with a smile as she smiled back brightly.
"You're so kawaiii!," she squealed before suddenly leaning in and kissing his cheek making him blush while Kushina's face was red too, due to different reasons of course.
"GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE!," she screamed while using the infamous big head no jutsu, making Naruto's and the clone's hair flow back comically.
"Meanie!," the clone pouted, sticking her tongue out before she dispelled herself. Naruto just chose to remain quiet though, for he knew about the fiery temper of Kushina.
'Bloody Habanero my ass, she looks like one freaky shinigami,' he thought when he heard another voice.
'A very sexy shinigami at that,' his inner pervert, which rarely came out spoke making the blonde blush as he pushed those carnal thoughts aside. Zooming out of his mind ramblings, he noticed her examining the seals.
They were only the size of a hand, the black seal markings so small that he had trouble identifying the types of seals used.
"It'a compressed seal right?," Naruto said more as a statement before she answered.
"Hai, the original seal was too big to carry around so the clone used a size compression seal to make it small. It's almost like a nano caligraphy if you see it this way," she spoke with a serious expression.
"So how do we apply these seals?," the whiskered blonde asked when she gave one to him, pocketing the remaining four.
"Just the way Orochimaru embedded those seals into them. We have to push these seal parchments to the back of their heads it seems. It's going to be a bit difficult, but you should be able to do it," she spoke with a smile while he smirked back, his body brimming with confidence.
"They sure are taking their time," Naruto wondered while Kushina nodded, her sharingan active as she concentrated on her surroundings.
"Hey Kaa-san, you might wanna conserve your chakra instead of using more water techniques," he spoke while gazing at the water below their feet, the Rinnegan activated.
"Huh, what are you talking about?," Kushina asked in confusion making Naruto look back at her oddly.
"I said yo-," he suddenly stopped as they both simultaneously came to a realisation.
None of the Uzumaki duo was using any water techniques!
Just as they were about to jump away, two water tendrils wrapped around Naruto's legs while two hands shot out to grab Kushina's legs.
"What the...," just as Naruto was about to do any handseals, the tendrils rose quickly to tightly wrap around him as he struggled to break free.
A figure suddenly jumped from the water to place a kunai against Kushina's neck, revealing it to be Mito as immediately chakra chains wrapped painfully around Kushina's body, making her grit her teeth. Moulding her chakra without any handseals, Kushina prepared for a water jutsu when she stopped midway upon hearing Mikoto's attack.
"Raiton: Ashi Dendō Boruto (Lightning Release: Feet Conduction Bolt)," the Uchiha muttered as electricity passed from her feet to spread through the water.
"Aarrghrghhh!," Naruto growled in pain through gritted teeth with Kushina too holding in her screams as electricity coursed through their bodies.
'Can't do any water techniques,' Kushina stated to herself when she activated the Ushio curse seal by concentrating her chakra on it.
It started to glow red when she closed her eyes, enduring the pain coursing through her body.
Slowly, youki started to seep from her while her nails started to lengthen.
Naruto cocked his head to the side, his eyes glazed over in immense pain when he sensed youki besides him.
Her bruises started to heal at tremendous rates while her hair began to hover in midair, a thin long slit in her sharingan activated eyes as her features became more feral with each passing second.
"Grrrhhhh," she growled when Mito began to go through handseals.
"Gripped Chain Spi-,"
"RWAAARRHHGHHH!"
CLANG!
Her demonic scream echoed throughout the area as she broke the chakra chains with only brute physical strength, her youki exploding outwards which made Mito, Mikoto and Naruto fly in different directions.
Naruto sailed through the air, his body temporarily stunned due to the lightning attack as he tried to flip himself.
'Shit! I can't move,' he thought with gritted teeth, his body on a collision course with a large tree. His eyes though widened when he found himself being grabbed, turning his head down, he was flabbergasted to see a large hand of youki holding his body.
Following the long appendage, his eyes further widened when he saw it coming out of Kushina's outstretched hand.
Pulling the youki back, Naruto came flying towards her as the youki slowly receded back into the Ushio seal.
SPLASH!
They both skidded onto the water, Kushina's arms wrapped around him for she had caught his incoming form.
"Phew, are you alright Naru-kun?," she asked while wiping the sweat off her brow.
"How did you do that?," he half asked, half yelled with an expression of awe on his face while Kushina blinked at his question.
"I'll tell you later, but now...we've got to hurry," she spoke with a sense of urgency in her voice. Releasing him, she continued...
"Look, they were injured because of their crash and are now regenerating. We have to apply the seals quickly!," she spoke making his eyes widen. Just when she was about to dash towards them, he caught her wrist.
"What!," she almost yelled at him.
"Bansho Tenin,", her eyes widened when she saw him release her hand to outstretch both of his arms towards the respective directions of Mito and Mikoto.
Due to his upgraded chakra control, the effect was immediate as the two revived kunoichi; who were embedded into large branches hovered towards him at high velocities. Kushina could see both of them healing at fast rates.
Taking out the seal, she dashed towards the approaching duo. Her sharingan active, only a meter away from them, showing amazing reflexes; she applied chakra to the seal before pressing it to the back of Mito's head.
It glowed blue a bit before it was absorbed into her head.
Just meters away from him, the blonde took out his own seal before he applied chakra to it and pressed it to Mikoto's back hea. He caught her falling form while Kushina had caught Mito.
Both of their eyes fluttered a bit while the usual shine in them returned, their faces no longer blank now.
"K-Kushina-chan," Mito muttered slowly, her voice weak before blackness overtook her vision as she fell unconscious in Kushina's arms who was smiling at her.
"Mito-sama," she muttered with a smile.
Meanwhile, Naruto's heart was thumping in his chest as he gazed at Mikoto's face. Her eyes slowly returned to their normal onyx eyes.
He watched frozen, moisture gathering in his eyes as he stared at her.
"N-Naru-chan," she mumbled with hazy eyes as a warm tear dropped on her cheek.
"Mi-Mikoto-chan," he was barely able to choke it out as he held in his tears. It had been so many years! Six years and here she was in his arms. Her face, her eyes...those black eyes; it was such a beautiful sight.
Mikoto though promptly fell unconscious just like Mito, her eyes now closed while her face somehow...strangely held a peaceful expression.
"Naru-kun," Kushina spoke softly, a sad smile on her face while her clone was carrying Mito bridal style.
"Yeah, I'm fine! Let's go Kaa-san," he said while quickly wiping his tears when his shadow clone puffed besides him to carry Mikoto.
"Come here sochi," she spoke tenderly with a smile while Mito and Mikoto were both being carried by their clones to a safe place in this artificial forest as commanded by Naruto and Kushina.
Wiping his cheeks, he slowly walked towards her as she took him in a hug.
"Don't worry Naru-kun, I'll bring her back. For now, just concentrate on the task ahead ne?," she spoke with a smile, her hand lovingly caressing his scalp.
"Heh, of course we'll bring her back. Cause if you don't, then I will. No matter what! It's my way of the shinobi after all," he spoke with a grin, his voice brimming with determination as traces of that old Naruto sparked to life in him.
'Yeah, I was exactly like you Naru-kun,' she thought with a smile as they seperated from the hug while a mischievous glint took birth in his purple eyes as the blonde grinned foxily.
"Come here Kushina-chan," he spoke while pulling her close to him with her waist. A dark blush overtook her face as their faces were only inches apart, a smirk on his face while she found herself lost in his eyes.
"How much time has it been since I kissed you?," he asked tightning his grip on her waist while her blush darkened.
'Why am I blushing? We have been deeply intimate with each other, how can he still invoke these feelings in me,' she thought, her heart banging in her chest as she found herself under his piercing gaze.
"Um, just this morning," she spoke with quivering anticipation in her voice, her cheeks flushed while he pulled her even closer.
"Well, it's been way too long ne?," he smirked while her lips were wet due to the water, those pink juicy luscious lips...oh how he loved to exploit them, how he loved to suck them.
Leaning down, he quickly took her lips in a passionate kiss while a throaty moan escaped her. She just couldn't control herself when he touched her, when his lips touched her...it drew her wild!
He began to kiss her passionately while she wrapped her arms around him, pressing herself closer to him. Their wet lips rubbing against each other creating a slick pleasurable friction as the blonde found himself getting lost in the kiss.
Pulling back slowly, he chuckled at seeing a cute pout on her face, both of their faces flushed.
"It's best if we take care of Orochimaru first," he said with a grin as they both seperated from each.
Their expressions getting serious, they dashed towards the direction of where A and Mei were fighting.
"Hey Kaa-san, there were four persons who were revived. Then how come you had the clone prepare five seals. Also, I noticed one of them being entirely different from the other four. What are you planning to do with it?."
"You'll see Naruto-kun, that seal is definitely important," she spoke with a serious expression while he just nodded without any further questions. If she had prepared it, it must be for some reason and he trusted her blindly.
BOOM!
They stopped abruptly when they heard a loud explosion take place, smoke rising from the area where Mei and A were fighting.
"What happened?," Kushina muttered with wide eyes as she gazed upon the huge amount of smoke being emanated.
Naruto though closed his eyes as he began to focus on the field visions of his clones which he had sent earlier when he sighed in relief.
'Alright, Mei and A-san don't have any life threatning injuries and they seem to be doing fine, though they look to be a bit exhausted,' he thought as he shifted on the vision of his other clones.
His eyes scrunched up gradually when suddenly they snapped open, a look of horror on his face.
"N-No...jiji," he muttered with wide eyes while Kushina looked at him in confusion when he suddenly dashed towards his left making her eyes wide.
"JUST SEAL THE REMAINING TWO AND COME QUICKLY!," he yelled over his shoulder leaving her standing their in shock.
"What's happening?," Kushina asked to herself when she quickly shook her head.
'I've got to seal the shodaime and the nidaime quickly. Something big must have happened,' she thought to herself with a grim expression before dashing towards Mei and A.
With Naruto
'Jiji...no, this can't be happening! I can still save him with my chakra,' thought Naruto as he sped as fast as he could, putting crazy amounts of chakra in his legs resulting in powerful and blurry jump bursts through the forest.
With Orochimaru & Hiruzen
"Aaarrgghhh!," Hiruzen screamed through gritted teeth as found himself impaled by the Kusanagi. He was earlier getting tired in the fight, no longer having the stamina while Orochimaru was his student and could predict his attacks, same being with Hiruzen. So ultimately, it was a battle of stamina and whose chakra would run out earlier.
Enma too was getting hurt by the blade of kusanagi and one of the Orochimaru's strikes had finally slipped in to pierce his gut, his movements and reflexes were gettong slow after all due to his exhaustion.
"Why sensei, it seems you lost this time. I'm surprised though, even at this age you were able to fight this good," a slightly panting Orochimaru spoke, who himself had several bruises on him while blood was leaking from his forehead.
"C-Curse you...O-Orochimaru," Hiruzen stuttered as he clenched his eyes in pain, kusanagi pierced through his gut completely, the blood coated by his blade.
SQUELCH!
"Aaaghh!," Hiruzen again screamed when the sanin took out the sword with a jolt, a satisfied smirk on his face as watched the old hokage's blood splattering in midair.
His form fell on the tiles, under the knee-hieght water which began to turn red due to his blood.
"Sayonara, sensei," Orochimaru said while chuckling as he cleaned the blood coated metal with the fabric of his Oto wear.
Hiruzen though, could feel his body going numb. His eyelids were getting heavy as he saw the faces of his sensei, comrades, family, students, his achievements, failures...he could feel his whole life flashing in front of him as he stood on death's doors.
'I guess this ends my journey Tobirama-sensei, Hashirama-sensei. I'm sorry that I failed you, I'm sorry to have produced a student like Orochimaru. I wanted to do so much for Konoha. I'm sorry Naruto-kun, for ruining your childhood. I'm sorry Minato, Kushina...it was always my fault. I couldn't be a good hokage. So many apologies, so many mistakes...my life, such a waste,' he thought, his invisible tears mixing with the water as he prepared himself to embrace his death. The cries of Enma to stay alive were beginning to fade as he held the staff in his hands.
'Yeah, life's a one big flashback,' he thought with a chuckle, creating bubbles as they rose to the surface.
"JIJI!," Orochimaru snapped his head up, his eyes widening in momentary surprise before a smirk formed on his face as he watched Naruto coming at them with blazing speeds.
"Ah, so good to see you Naruto-kun. Though I do find myself wondering as to exactly how did you entered t-"
"SHINRA TENSEI!"
WHAM!
The snake sanin suddenly found himself crashing through the trees at blazing speeds.
'Such power!,' he thought in amazement as his tongue elongated to wrap around a thick branch. His body was still horizontal in midair due to Naruto, who was standing besides Hiruzen with his shadow clone taking him out of the water, maintaining the gravitational force on the sanin. Several more snakes came out of the insides of his arm sleeves to wrap around the branch while Naruto's were red as he continued to pour chakra into the technique.
"HAAAAHHHHH!," the blonde screamed as he suddenly spiked the chakra input, his red Rinnegan eyes with black slits now glowing while the force increased multiple timed. His form now covered in chakra which was a mixture of white and red.
'Impossible!,' thought Orochimaru as his tongue couldn't keep the grip while the flesh of his snakes was immediately torn like it was butter before he found himself flying back at breakneck speeds.
"Jiji!," spoke Naruto alarmingly while his clone had the the old man's head in his lap.
"Hey! Wake the hell up you old geezer!," he again yelled as he started to shake Hiruzen while his eyes were still red due to Ayumi's chakra.
"Naruto-kun calm down! You're body can't handle anymore of my chakra! The tailed beast bomb has already put much strain on you as it is! Keep your emotions in control, the seal is reacting to it and leaking my youki!," she yelled in warning while he just ignored her.
"Hey, you can't die on me old man!," he yelled with a fierce expression, anger in his voice as he checked his pulse.
"He's alive!," Naruto spoke.
"Start applying my chakra to his wound, make sure he's with you. But take him to a safe place first!," Naruto ordered his clone, his Rinnegan red instead of the purple blue.
The clone nodded when he first picked up Hiruzen bridal style, applying the white chakra to the aged hokage, the flowing blood stopping gradually while Hiruzen's expression; which was scrunched up in pain earlier relaxed a bit. The clone jumped away from Naruto in the opposite direction of where Orochimaru had went flying.
'That bastard! First he attacks my village and now jiji's on the verge of dying. You'll pay this time you freak, definitely!,' Naruto as he flared the red-white chakra around him, his blonde spikes hovering in air while the flow of his trenchcoat too flew rapidly.
Ripples of water began to extend outwards when he saw Orochimaru land in front of him, that damn smirk on his pale face.
"Hmm, interesting! Rinnegan with the combination of kyuubi's chakra, let's see if you can actually do some damage this time Naruto-kun. Itachi and Kisame saved you the last time, but this time you're on your own," the sanin spoke with a cold chuckle.
His eyes though suddenly widened when Naruto's chakra spiked, the area being filled with that sense of evil and bloodlust.
BOOM!
A shockwave of pure chakra swept over the area, waves colliding with barks of the trees while Orochimaru had chakra applied beneath his feet.
"Don't ever...," his demonic voice came in a low tone with his spiky bangs now shadowing his eyes. His body was now covered in flamy red chakra, white chakra no longer present while now it was pure youki with three red chakra tails sprouting from his hips. The blonde's features had become feral now, quite deep this time while the air was dense with bloodlust and killer intent itself.
"EVER...UNDERESTIMATE ME!"
He yelled as he lifted his head, his Rinnegan blazing red with black slits while gusts of wind were flowing wildly. His anger now barely in control now, Ayumi's voice no longer reaching him as he concentrated on the one in front of him; the sole one who was responsible for all this mess.
"You've gone too far this time! It's time someone wipes your disgusting ass from the face of this planet!," Naruto stated while Orochimaru struggled to keep his footing, the smirk still on his face as the water waves crashed violently with the trees.
"You boy, never fail to intrigue me. Come on, let's see if you can back up such bold words," Orochimaru said with a 'bring it on' motion with his hands, that smirk still on his face while Naruto growled dangerously at him.
Slowly getting on all fours, steam rising from the water because of his burning youki while the three tails waved behind him.
Taking the first step forwards with his right hand slowly like a predator, he dashed towards Orochimaru at THUNDERING speeds, large amount of water splashing behind him while Orochimaru's eyes were widened a bit.
Already past midway, his clawed hands reared with his eyes burning full of rage, he roared menacincly.
"I'LL CRUSH YOU!"
Annnd CUT! I really hope you liked this chapter cause I, for one really enjoyed writing this one. Don't know why, but I really did!
The next or the next to that chapter will announce the ending of invasion arc, hope you guys are enjoying this arc. I tried to make this as original as I could, without making it seem like it was unrealistic or uneeded.
I also want to thank all those who have reviewed me, and for their ideas. You guys play a big part in helping me to avoid one dreaded thing: writer's block.
And lastly, please review cause I've been getting low reviews in the last few chapters, actually last four chapters to be precise. The number of people who are putting this fic in their favourites and alerts is going inversely proportional to the reviews I'm getting. So please review readers and tell me how you're liking these chapters. It's a request. ^_^
Also, the next update from me would be the NarutoxBleach crossover. I'm almost sure you'll like it!
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