Yo!! Here's the next Chapter, fresh from Microsoft Word. The story takes an interesting turn, and things are getting out of hand, but the Sun Nin are going to stand tall, and fight! Read and Enjoy!

Chapter 27: All Hell Breaks Loose!!! Sound Invades, and Enemies Ally!!

With the Medic Nins taking Tyson and Gaara away, Satoshi and Scar were ready to begin the fight they both were waiting for. Then they heard a scream, and looked to a pillar, and saw Satoshi pointing out towards the desert.

"SOUND NIN APPROACHING!!!!" Satoshi screamed. Everyone looked, and Satoshi was right. A few miles back, there were Sound Nin approaching. With Gaara, the Kazekage out, Temari took command. "ALRIGHT!! GET INTO POSITIONS, AND MEET THEM OUT THERE!!!" Temari commanded, and everyone nodded.

Satoshi took that time to notice that Sasuke, Slash, Claw, and Lance were gone. "Where are your teammates?" Satoshi asked, glaring at Scar. "Hell should I know! I wasn't told about an invasion!" Scar replied. Satoshi saw that a purple barrier was around the arena, and he sighed. He saw that Kai, Kasumi, Kanzaki, and the Cloud 3 were still there. "Kai, Kasumi, Kanzaki, find those Sound Nin that are gone. I suspect something is wrong. Katsuya, you and your team hold the fort in town." Satoshi commanded, and they all left for their jobs. Satoshi and Scar sighed.

"Looks like we are stuck here." Scar said. "Oh, but it's for a good reason." They both turned to Baki, who then was surrounded in the smoke left behind by a Transformation jutsu. They both saw who it was, and one pair of eyes widened, while another one glared. "Should have known you would do this." Satoshi said. There in front of them was Orochimaru in all his glory.

(Elsewhere)

Sasuke was walking down the hallway slowly. He had heard the plan before hand from Orochimaru the night before, and he was planning on going to Sound since Itachi was already there. Sure he was leaving Konoha yet again, but he wants Itachi dead. But a conversation with Satoshi the night before had him confused.

Flashback:

Sasuke had heard the plan from Orochimaru. They were going to attack during the final round. He calmly walked back to his room, before he ran into Satoshi. Satoshi muttered a sorry and walked past him.

"I trust you Sasuke." Satoshi said, and they both stopped. Sasuke was about to ask what he meant, but Satoshi explained it already. "I know that Orochimaru is planning something, but I don't know what. Should something happen, I know you may betray Konoha." Sasuke's hair hid his eyes.

"Why not tell what I'm planning on doing?" Sasuke asked. "Because being an avenger is something I understand. I have no right to stop you from being an avenger. But I ask you don't drag Konoha into your battle." Satoshi said, and he glanced at Sasuke smiling.

"I trust you know what your doing. Don't let any evil cloud your true goal." Satoshi said, walking off. Sasuke merely stood there, but he smirked. (So, Satoshi knows huh? But he won't act will he? Okay, I can deal with that. I wasn't planning on doing anything to Konoha anything.) Sasuke thought to himself, walking away.

End.

Sasuke walked, before two sets of chakra were behind him. He turned around, and saw Naruto and Sakura walking to him. "Where are you going Sasuke?" Sakura asked. "I plan on returning to Sound. Itachi is there, and I will kill him." Sasuke said. Naruto glared, and began growling.

"Like hell you will! I won't let you leave again! You're here to stay!!" Naruto said, and Sasuke sneered at him. "You think so? What, you going to stop me?" Sasuke asked, smirking at Naruto. Naruto growled, and his eyes began turning crimson. Before he could finish the transformation, Sasuke hit him in the back of the head and knocked him out cold.

"I told you. I am an avenger! I won't be stopped by you this time." Sasuke said, and turned around to walk before Sakura grabbed his arm. "You can't go back! You've already become a missing nin once! If you leave again, you might never come back again!" Sakura said, and Sasuke smirked at her.

"I could care less, now let me go!" Sasuke said. When Sakura didn't let go, he forced her to release him, and was about to backhand her, but his fist was stopped. "Now listen Sasuke. I won't allow you to hurt Sakura-chan." They turned, and Kai was the one who stopped his fist. (Perfect. I knew he would be here. Now seal my ability to leave.) Sasuke thought to himself.

"Why should you care?" Sasuke asked. "Well, as any other gentleman (yeah right) would know, hitting a girl isn't very nice. So, if you want to fight someone so badly, then it will be me." Kai said, glaring at Sasuke, who merely smirked at him.

"I don't have time for this, so I'll end it quickly." Sasuke said, smirking. He then began going through his Curse Mark Levels till he reached Level 2. Kai thought he wasn't going to get any stronger, but his power continued rising, and his giant hand wings surrounded him, Kai was quietly watching.

When his power was at it's peak, his barrier broke, and what appeared scared the hell out of Kai. Sasuke was now in white clothes similar to Sephiroth. His hair was now down to near his back, and the Uchiha Clan symbol was on the back of his shirt like jacket.

Kai was fearful of his life. Sasuke's power was above anything he could even hope to muster to fight against him. It felt like he was actually fighting Sephiroth himself. Hell, Sasuke looked like him, except that his clothes were white, and his hair was black.

"Sakura-chan, should the situation become too grave, grab Naruto and get out of here. Tell Hokage-sama that Sasuke has run to Sound. There is no way in hell I can win this fight." Kai said, and he glanced at Sakura, who was shaking from the power of Sasuke, and the oncoming battle.

"Sakura! Did you hear me!?" Kai asked, and she slowly nodded. He then sighed, and gave her a sad smile. "Sorry if I die, but at least I died making sure you lived." Kai said, activating his Byakugan, and walking towards Sasuke.

Sakura felt something in her stomach, and felt her face blush from what Kai said. Kai, using the Byakugan, saw her face turn slightly red, but dismissed it, because now wasn't the time for teasing. He then noticed again that she was fiddling with her gloves.

(Must be a nervous habit.) Kai thought to himself, before he pulled out a pair of fingerless gloves. The right hand had the leaf symbol, and the right one had the Byakugan eye on it. He would have made it with the sun emblem, but the Leaf Emblem got him a discount. He tossed the gloves over to Sakura, who looked at him confused.

"Those gloves you have on look pretty worn. I had another pair made for myself, but I figured your would like them. Think of them as an early birthday present!" Kai said, strapping the gloves he had on now so that they fit perfectly. Kai didn't see it, but Sakura blushed even redder, and she smiled ever so slightly.

(Sand Arena)

"So, how long were you playing as Baki?" Satoshi asked. "Since this round today began. I needed to have a small chat with both of you. Especially you Scar." Orochimaru said, and Satoshi saw that Scar had semi-glared at him.

"So, how long were you going to spy behind my back Scar?" Orochimaru said, and Satoshi shot a stunned look to Scar, who smirked at Orochimaru. "Well, you caught me, Orochimaru. I'm Kazu-sama's personal spy. And you are an interesting person to spy upon." Scar said, and Orochimaru smirked evilly.

"I knew it would be your downfall to go against me. If you had merely severed your ties to them, you would have-" Orochimaru started, before Satoshi interrupted him. "Sorry, Snake Eyes. Sun Nin stick together, whether openly or in the shadows!" Satoshi said, giving Scar a friendly smirk as he tossed his Sound headband and tied his Sun Village headband.

"So, how many nin did you kill when Sound invaded?" Satoshi asked. "Close to none. I merely knocked a few of them out." Scar said. He then pulled out his two katanas while Satoshi got into his stance. "Bring it on, Orochimaru! If we die, we die fighting!" Satoshi said.

(Outside the Sand Village)

Straw Hat and Druid were making their way to the arena. They were told that should Satoshi or Scar not win their match, they would kill them themselves. But since they had no clue as to if they were in the arena with Orochimaru or not, they decided to just head there.

Traveling through the desert, they didn't see the kunai sticking out of the sand. The moment they were near it, it exploded from right under them. They never expected the explosion, but they both managed to get out of there without getting too hurt.

"Damn, didn't get either of you." They turned to who said that, and saw none other than Koji Musashi, leaning on a rock, and smirking at them. "Don't worry boys. I'm merely here to have fun." Koji said. Straw Hat and Druid glance at each other, before Straw Hat smirked.

"You go. I have time to play with our young friend here." Straw hat said. "If you die, your fault." Druid said, disappearing in a flash. "So, you want to fight me, Itachi Uchiha?" Koji asked, and Itachi smirked. "I have time. I guess I can entertain you." Itachi said.

(Sand Arena Hallway B)

Link ran through the hallways of the giant arena. He thought Scar would wake him up, since he was up late last night, and didn't wake up till a little while ago.

(Figures Scar would leave me. Bastard.) Link thought to himself, but you'd never know because he was so good at hiding what he thought with his smiles or lack of facial expressions. Running through, he found his teammates, standing around.

"Hey! What are you guys doing?" Link asked. Before he got near them, Slash swung his sword, and nearly cut him in half. "Having a bad day?" Link asked, smiling. "Cut the shit, smiley! We're here to kill you." Slash said. Link smiled, and looked directly at Lance.

"Where's Scar?" Link asked. "He's being taken care of as we speak. You shouldn't worry. He was a traitor. He'll get what he deserves." Lance said. Link was smiling still, but inside, he was confused. "Why does him being a traitor resolve to me dying?" Link asked.

"You are his most trusted ally. It wouldn't surprise me if you went with him back to the Sun Village." Lance said. (Guess Lance really is the smartest of us 5. I never trusted Orochimaru, but I would go if Scar went.) "I'm going to find Scar. If you plan on stopping me, then I have no choice but to resort to fighting you guys." Link said, but before he could get his chains, 2 puffs of smoke revealed Kasumi and Kanzaki.

"Told you Scar had one friend among his team. Link, you should go to him. He needs your help." Kasumi said. Link smiled, but this one was a real smile, and he began taking off. Slash, Claw, and Lance were about to follow, but the two white haired Sun Nin blocked their paths. "To get to him, you have to go through us." Kanzaki said.

Link ran, and ran, and just for the hell of it, ran some more. He could feel the chakra that Orochimaru was releasing, but he stopped when he saw a kunai nearly hit him. This time, his chains were off, and his coin became the wrecking ball he loves. In front of him was a man who looked like he was wearing a Druid robes.

"Found you, little boy." Druid said, and Link, for once, showed fear in his face. "Ryoga-sama!? Why are you here!?!?" Link asked. "I'm here to kill one of the two if they don't make it to the finals. But they're both there, so I guess I am merely here to have some time off." Ryoga said. Link sighed, and began walking past him, before Ryoga stood in front of him.

"Sorry, but you can't go to him." Ryoga said. Link put his smile back on, and Ryoga saw him grab his wrecking ball and begin throwing it up and down. "So, you want to prevent me from leaving?" Link asked. Ryoga was about to reply, but a flash of lightning shot from the sky, nearly hitting Ryoga, who merely jumped out of the way.

Before Link could question who did that, Kensuke was sitting on his grey cloud. "Guess you're a Note of Death for a reason. You dodged that one pretty easily." Kensuke said, sitting cross legged on the cloud. Ryoga glanced at him, and Kensuke gave a cheeky smile.

"Oh come on, Cult man! Have some fun!" Kensuke said. Ryoga sweat dropped, and sighed. "I am not in any cults, or anything like that." Ryoga said. "Could have fooled me." Ryoga turned around, and saw Kosuke, sitting on a building. "What kind of evil clan are you from?" Kosuke asked.

"I'm not part of a cult." Ryoga said, but it sounded more annoyed than his usual calm demeanor. "Could have fooled me." Kosuke said, and Ryoga began growling under his breath. "Come on guys. Link has a teammate to get too, and we won't get anywhere messing around." Katsuya said, appearing from an alleyway.

"You three are Satoshi's friends." Link said. "You need help if you want to get through here. He's Ryoga, one of the Notes of Death. If you want to get out alive, we're going to have to work together." Katsuya said. Kosuke and Kensuke appeared next to him, and Link walked over to them also.

"Looks like it's 4-on-1, Ryoga-sama. Even these odds will be tough for someone as tough as you." Link said. "Oh really? I doubt it." Ryoga said.

(Somewhere in the Sand Village)

A small army of fifty nin managed to get in the arena, near where Satoshi and Scar were. They were merely there just in case, but since everything seemed under control, they merely started looting and stealing stuff.

They would have continued, but a pair of pupil less silver eyes, a pair of lavender eyes, and a young man in green spandex stood before them. "Hey look, a bunch of kids are here! Look at the kiddies!" He said, before Lee punched him, sending him into a wall. They all were then on guard, and began surrounding them.

"So much for 'little kids.'" Hinata said, and Neji and Lee chuckled. "I'd say these guys are about Genin Level and the leader is a Jounin. We might be able to take all of them." Neji said.

And so, the stage was set for one of the greatest Battle Royals ever known. Kai Hikari vs. Sasuke Uchiha, Kanzaki and Kasumi vs. Team Sound, Ryoga vs. the Cloud 3 and Link, Koji Musashi vs. Itachi Uchiha, Team Neji vs. 50 Sound nin, and last but definitely not least, Satoshi and Scar vs. Orochimaru. No one would know the outcomes of these fights, but these were going to be long, hard fought battles, and even the fate of the Sun Nins were in question.

ShadowRonin: Yeah. Everything is about to begin, and war were declared. Sound and Sand square off, and Satoshi and the Sun Nin have been dragged into it as well. Which side will win? Find out!!

Next Chapter: Things are started as Kai and Sasuke square off. The Hikari nin trained by the Kaji-kage himelf, vs. the apprentice of the Snake Sannin, and his new power over the Curse Mark. Can Kai survive this battle of superpowers? Find out on:

Chapter 28: Great Sand Royal Part 1: Bloodline Battle!! Last Ditch Secret Technique!!!