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"Talking"
'Thinking'
A/N: Yes I am aware of how long it has been since I updated this or even my other story The Master Chief Effect. I have been quite busy with work and helping my author friend with his book trilogy. His books however have been put on hold as his is dealing with a tremendous amount of family drama and his divorce, so I have a bit of spare time to write again. However don't expect updates to come as frequently as they did when I first started writing this story, I'm going to alternate between updating this story and my other story. I tried to make this chapter a little longer but had to stop or ruin the next chapter, sorry. As always enjoy and feel free to review. Also I still get on here and there to read the stories of several authors so if you have something to say or ask just send me a message.
You Can't Be Serious
Chapter 11
Attack
Nazo quickly awoke both Naruto and Sakura by performing another simple kai. As they both woke from the effects of a major sleeping jutsu Nazo looked around the arena stands. Every civilian, and the vast majority of lower ranked shinobi, were fast asleep where they sat or stood. However many Suna shinobi were appearing in the stands, having pretended to be civilians and the like. He also noticed Gaara's teammates beside him on the arena floor, several yards away from Sasuke.
"Both of you" Nazo said turning to the now awake Naruto and Sakura "help Sasuke."
"Hai sensei" they both replied and without hesitation jumped down toward their teammate.
"This just got interesting" Kakashi said as he appeared beside Nazo.
"Very I'm afraid." Nazo watched as his three Genin took chase after Gaara's team out of the arena. "Say Kakashi, feel like playing a game?"
"Game?" Kakashi asked perplexed. "What game?"
"Who can kill the most invading nin" Nazo said with a hint of fun in his voice before throwing off his cloak and leaping to the arena floor where the proctor was already fending off several shinobi.
"Need a hand?" Nazo asked Genma as he landed beside him.
"Is it necessary to ask?" Genma replied sarcastically.
"I suppose not. Go help wake the others, I'll take care of those heading into the arena here." Genma nodded and did as he was told. Being left alone with the invading nin, and several more who had joined the three, Nazo decided to drop the fun man routine. "Well you all ruined a perfect day, so I won't take long with this."
The shinobi all smirked thinking 'it's seven against one.' The thought faded as Nazo faded away (think of Zhylaw the Lord Marshal from the Chronicles of Riddick doing his move really fast thing) and two of them dropped dead with kunai lodged in the back of their heads. The remaining five turned to face the Konoha ninja. Several shuriken and kunai were thrown short range at Nazo, but not wanting to waste time he simply released a large amount of chakra to hurl them back. All five nin leapt back to avoid the projectiles. Nazo sped through a few hand seals, wanting to move on. "Raiton: Denkou Yari no Jutsu."
Several bolts of electricity erupted from his right hand and pierced the five remaining shinobi, who promptly dropped to the ground. 'That went easier than expected' he thought to himself and looked around. Though everything had just started he could tell that things here were under control. Kakashi and Gai were easily outclassing every shinobi that dared attack them. That was, among several other well known Jounin being in the arena for their teams, all he needed to see. 'Better help elsewhere.' With that thought Nazo disappeared from the arena in a swirl of leaves.
Sarutobi wasn't Hokage for nothing. He knew what was happening the second the sleeping jutsu started working. He quickly stood to take action, but noticed the sound of the Kazekage in the chair beside him laughing. It didn't sound like the laugh of the Kazekage he knew either, but it was familiar to him.
"What's going on?" Saurtobi demanded angrily.
"It has come" the Kazekage said as he stood and pulled his Kage robes and hate off revealing himself. "The destruction of Konoha is at hand."
"Orochimaru?" Sarutobi half asked half stated in surprise.
"Surprised to see me sensei?" Orochimaru asked with a large smirk on his face. "You really should have dealt with me that night I was forced to leave Konoha."
"If you intend to do this Orochimaru then I will stop you" Sarutobi said as he took off his robes and hat to reveal the battle armor he wore underneath. "This time it will end for good too. Anbu!"
"You won't be receiving any help for this fight." Orochimaru laughed as his former sensei finally noticed the force field his elites had put in place, separating them from everyone else.
A small group of ANBU, who where sent to check on something, where on their way back to the Kage's box when the sleeping jutsu took effect. All being in Konoha's elite shinobi force they easily noticed and dispelled the Genjutsu. They immediately rushed to protect their Hokage, but when they arrived they were met with a purple glow separating them and their Hokage.
"What is it?" one asked the other three. Nobody answered though because none of them knew.
"Well it looks like a barrier of some sort" one of them stated reaching for it. He was going to continue, but as soon as he touched the barrier he was killed.
"A lethal barrier it appears."
"We must find a way to get to the Hokage!" Nothing was said, but they set to work trying to find a way to get on the other side of that barrier.
Jiraiya had fully intended to watch every round of the finals. He wanted to see what all of the remaining Konoha Genin were capable of. He was especially interested in seeing Naruto's and Sasuke's matches, as well as Gaara's. Not to mention the large amount of good looking women in attendance to watch the matches. He could have gotten some small bits of research done most likely. However his duties as a Sannin came first and foremost, and he was sure he felt a large chakra surge just outside Konoha. Saddened that he wouldn't get to see the next match, probably any if he found trouble like he expected to, he left the stadium. Quickly leaping from roof to roof the toad sage reached the gates of Konoha within a minute, but he wasn't quick enough.
Jiraiya stood stunned momentarily as he watched giant snakes smashing their way through the gates of Konoha, eating or batting aside the shinobi who guarded the gates. 'Summons' he thought with a sigh. 'Well Orochimaru two can play that game.' Jiraiya pulled up his sleeves and smashed his hand into the ground and yelled "Kuchiyose no Jutsu." Instantly several large, and one very large, toads poofed into existence. Jiraiya now stood atop the very large toads head with his arms crossed.
"Let's get 'em Gamabunta!"
Iruka had been teaching the new students at the academy during the final rounds of the Chuunin Exams, so when the snakes broke through the wall around Konoha he felt the tremors. He had his students read from a book while he went outside and looked to see what was going on. It didn't take him any longer than actually walking outside to see what was happening. As he stood on the roof on the academy he could see Konoha shinobi in skirmishes all over with ninja from Suna and Otogakure. There was also a scene of giant toads fighting giant snakes, but Iruka didn't have time to worry about that, he had students to move.
"What's going on sensei?" Iruka was questioned as soon as he returned to the classroom.
"Everyone get up, we need to go." Iruka said as he grabbed a few things from his desk.
"Sensei you didn't tel us what's going on."
"The village is under attack. Now everyone stay calm and follow me." As he gathered his students and filed them through the hallway to the schools exit he could hear murmurs of "where are we going?" and "couldn't we do something to help?" Iruka was thanking Kami for the first few minutes of their trek through the village. He was being very cautious, checking around every corner and taking routes that kept away from any nearby fights. He was starting to think the trip would to the safe area under the Hokage monument would be a quiet one, but his luck decided to change for the worse.
"Well well, look what we have here" a Sound shinobi chuckled as he landed yards in front of Iruka and his students. A second later several more shinobi landed beside him, and even more landed around Iruka and his students. "Looks like you aren't going anywhere with those brats."
Iruka took the time to look around him and count the enemy nin. Seven where in front of him, one to his right, two to his left, and finally four behind him. Fourteen enemy ninja, and only the three to his sides were Chuunin rank, the other eleven were Jounin.
Iruka pushed back the students closest to him and stepped into a defensive stance "stay back children."
"Really?" the shinobi who had spoken first asked laughing. "You're going to stop all of us by yourself?"
"You're going to stop all of us by yourself?" the ranking Sound shinobi asked laughing.
"Of course he isn't" Nazo said as he appeared beside Iruka in a swirl of leaves. "Iruka was it?" Iruka only nodded to the question. "I'll take care of them, get the students out of here."
"So you think you can take us all on by yourself then?" the sound shinobi asked, once again laughing. "while it's possible, it's not going to happen. You can't protect yourself and all those helpless students at the same time."
"You would attack unarmed civilians?" Nazo asked, a knot forming in his stomach at the sickening thought.
"Whatever it takes to get the job done, the Otokage just wants the job done. He doesn't care how."
Nazo could easily take these Sound Jounin on alone. His wound was on it's way to healing, and the adrenaline was blocking the sore feeling. That Sound shinobi was right though, he couldn't beat them and keep the children safe at the same time. Not if he fought as he was. He was going to have to step it up, and take the advice of everyone special to him, consequences be damned. He had a village to protect and afterward he would suffer whatever repercussions there were.
"Iruka step back. If anything gets past me you protect them" Nazo motioned towards the children as he addressed Iruka.
"What are you going to do? You think you can defeat them all and protect us?"
"Yes" Nazo replied as he took off his Hitai-ate and tied it around his arm "I will." Nazo turned to face Iruka as he answered, and Iruka could do nothing but nod as he saw the first set of Sharingan eyes he had seen since he was a child.
Nazo turned his gaze toward the sound shinobi obviously in charge of the group "you won't get a single attack past me."
"Ha!" the shinobi said ignoring the warning and taking it as a challenge. "Let's just see about that!" he shouted and threw a handful shuriken, his allies adding their own projectiles to the mix.
Nazo completed the necessary series of hand seals in a slit second and water, seemingly appearing from nowhere, shot upward from the ground and stopped the metal objects. The water separated and formed into three clones, the shuriken and kunai in their hands. 'Thank you for the inspiration Gaara' Nazo thought inwardly to himself. The Sound nin all attacked at once. The leader and four others rushed Nazo ,the other two in front of him began performing seals. The leading nin reached Nazo first with a kick aimed to his head. Nazo leaned backwards under the kick and delivered his own kick to the mans gut. The other four reached him as soon as he had landed his hit, only to reach empty space. Nazo appeared between the two shinobi performing their seals mid spin kick. The kick connected with one of the ninja and sent him flying into a wall. The other nin stopped to avoid an attack against him but stood alone. The two to the left of Iruka made simultaneous grunts as Nazo reappeared between them and took them out with vicious elbows to their necks.
"Three" Nazo stated emptily as he focused his Sharingan enhanced vision at the ranking Sound shinobi who was just standing back up.
The shinobi took a glance at his comrades to find that this Leaf ninja was right. Only three seconds had passed, but three of his ninja lay dead. Two lay where they were standing at the start of the fight, dead from broken necks. The third was in a crumpled heap beside building wall, a stain of blood running down the wall where his head had impacted. 'Lord Orochimaru never said anything about another Uchiha. We need a distraction.'
"Kill the kids" the leader yelled at the four shinobi behind Iruka and the children before turning his attention to the remaining six. "The rest of you kill him!" he screamed before jumping to a nearby roof and leaving the scene behind. 'Lord Orochimaru will want to know of this.'
Immediately two of the four behind the children began making seals, while the other two rushed Iruka. The remaining six threw shuriken and kunai at Nazo as they closed the distance to him. Their plan was simply to keep him distracted with Taijutsu while the others took hostage or killed the children.
Nazo ducked under a punch and leaned out of they way of a kick, twisting on one foot to kick one of the ninja in his side. Anyone who knew what the Sharingan was capable of would have known it was pointless for these shinobi to attack someone at least on par with them who had it. It was like watching everything in slow motion to Nazo. Their tactic might have worked on anyone else but his Sharingan coupled with having been friends with Konoha's Yellow Flash made his earlier statement all too true, "You won't get a single attack past me." Nazo had never learned Minato's Hiraishin no Jutsu, because he didn't want to steal his friends jutsu even though Minato had offered. Instead Nazo had focused on mastering the Shunshin no Jutsu, that allowed many prolonged games of Tag around Konoha between him and Minato. In close combat Nazo could use the Shunshin almost as effectively as Minato would the Hiraishin, this fight would prove that to the Sound shinobi. Nazo appeared behind a ninja just long enough to force a kunai into his throat before disappearing again. He reappeared in front of Iruka just in time to catch the attacks of both shinobi attacking him.
"Raiton: Hadou." The two shinobi who Nazo was now touching became engulfed in electricity. Their bodies spasmed for a second before he let go, their bodies falling dead with smoke rising from them. As soon as they were dead Nazo turned his attention just in time to the two ninja who were finishing their seals. The twin cries of "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu" and "Futon: Reppusho" were heard. A large ball of fire clashed and combined with the gust of wind and formed a raging torrent of flames, directed at the children. Nazo blazed through the required forty seals in record time and countered with a jutsu of his own. "Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu" was whispered and Nazo's two water clones turned back to water and became a massive dragon of water. The water dragon collided with the fire and a small explosion erupted, covering the area in steam.
The steam dissipated after several seconds and awarded Iruka and the children with the sight of the fights result. Nazo stood alone, the bodies of all the sound shinobi lay dead either smoking or in a pool of blood.
"Thirteen."
Iruka dismissed the fact that Nazo had just killed thirteen enemy ninja and protected both him and his students from even a scratch in less than a minute and turned to check on the kids. "Is everyone alright?" Aside from a few complaints of that was either scary or cool nobody was hurt. Iruka felt he should thank their savior ad turned to do so. Though he had just completed a feat unlike Iruka had ever seen, Nazo was visible winded. After a moment of further inspection he noticed Nazo's shirt was soaked in blood, and not from the outside.
"Everyone is fine?" Nazo addressed Iruka from where he stood.
"Hai, we are all fine, thank you" Iruka made a slight bow. "Are you alright?"
"I'm well enough, the blast reopened a wound is all. You wouldn't happen to have a Soldier Pill handy would you?" Nazo asked Iruka, his eyes reverting back to the milky white of the Hyuuga Clan.
"Yeah. I think I have one here somewhere." Iruka searched through his pockets and found the small pill. "Here it is" he said and tossed it to Nazo, who proceeded to immediately swallow it. Iruka was starting to become curious as to just who this man was. He showed up out of nowhere the day his last class became Genin to replace the Jounin who was originally to take Team 7, then this. As he began to ponder it though he noticed a large purple glow from the stadium. "What do you suppose that is?" Iruka asked pointing at the purple to direct Nazo's gaze.
Nazo stared for several moments before sighing. "Well it's anything but good I can assure you. You can handle these kids from here?" Iruka nodded and Nazo disappeared again, leaving behind not leaves but a visual chakra disturbance. (by that I simply mean like when you look just above a fire and see how it causes a blur)
Nazo appeared beside several ANBU, Kakashi and Gai standing beside a wall of purple chakra.
"What's going on?"
"Orochimaru is fighting the Hokage" Kakashi stated calmly "and this barrier prevents any entry."
Nazo being one to believe action over words decided to test it and reached out to touch the barrier. His hand was met with excruciating pain and he jerked his hand back with a grunt.
"Indeed it does." Kakashi only nodded at the try. "So why can't we see anything?"
"Smoke" Kakashi explained. "Water jutsu met with an earth jutsu. It's starting to clear." He was right, it was beginning to clear and it revealed a sight none of them wanted to see. What met their vision was the sight of their Hokage being run through by Orochimaru's sword.
"No!" Nazo screamed and punched the barrier, causing nothing but it to flare and his fist to catch a small burn from the action. Inside the barrier Orochimaru and Hiruzen exchanged words, Hiruzen impaled with a sword and Orochimaru with his arms limp at his side. Nazo and those beside him watched in horror as their talk finished and Orochimaru forced the sword completely through their Hokage with his tongue, then tossed his lifeless body to the ground. Nazo lost all his thoughts at the sight of his Hokage, friend, and once sensei crumpled to the ground. The ANBU, Kakashi, and Gai all took several steps back as Nazo let loose a blood curdling scream of pain and forced all his remaining chakra through his body as he shattered the barrier before falling unconscious.
Jutsu List
Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu; Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique
Futon: Reppusho; Wind Release: Violent Wind Palm
Kuchiyose no Jutsu; Summoning Technique
Raiton: Denkou Yari no Jutsu; Lightning Release: Lightning Spear
Hiraishin no Jutsu; Flying Thunder God Technique
Shunshin no Jutsu; Body Flicker Technique
Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu; Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique