Not Alone, Not Anymore

by Cyb0rg67

Shintaro has made his fair share of choices all having consequences and his most recent one will be one that will impact everyone's life both in past, present, and future. That choice is to prevent the death of Naruto Uzumaki. Follow Shintaro in his quest as he puts everything on the line for one boy that'll change the world. Mainly focuses on OC then alternates to Naruto later

24. The Battle Begins (Part 2)

AN: Hello everyone, and welcome back to my first story. Let me start off by saying that I'm SOOOO SORRY! Things back home have been majorly hectic to say the least, and for the first time in this story I have experienced Writer's Block! Dun Dun Duuuuuuun!

No, but seriously with everything that's happened from my failed journey of finding a job, internal family troubles (that are still going on), financial troubles, and a whole lot of other things I don't want to mention had made writing this story pretty difficult for, but has also given me new experiences to write upon. To those (probably few) who have been waiting for my next chapter I'm sorry I kept you guys waiting this long.

I'm not sure if I can keep up my once a week update like I used to, but I'll do my best to keep this from happening ever again.

If one thing is to be made sure of from this ridiculously long Author's Note is this: This story will never die off in the middle of its progress or be on a permanent hiatus or just flat out be abandoned. It won't end until I put out a big ol THE END where I want it to be.

There will be times where some gaps will be bigger than others, and some shorter than others. Sometimes it'll seem like I have given up, but I won't, not until I say I'm done is when I'll be done. Even if it turns out that only person is still reading this story that's fine by me, I'll be satisfied that just one person managed to stick through till the end.

AN #2: Remember, there are times when I'll refrain from using usual dialogue text like what I'm using now. So from now on I'll explain what each text means from here on out.

"This is Normal Text of when people are talking out loud or quietly. It'll also be surrounded by normal quotations marks as well."

"This is Thinking Text of when we're inside someone's mindscape or when I point it out this will also be used as Flashback Text that will also be surrounded by normal quotations marks as well."

However, there are times when I'll use this text because of a new character I've introduced in the last chapter. This text will not be covered in quotation marks or those of the like. This voice will also sound like Hollow Ichigo's voice from Bleach, though that doesn't necesarrily mean Shintaro, who is the current holder of said voice, sounds like Ichigo at all.

Then there is this dialogue which will also hold another voice in Shintaro's head who sounds like Mark Hamill's The Watcher from Darksiders. This text will also not be covered in quotation marks as well.

"However, when this text is surrounded by quotation marks will indicate a more monstrous tone sort of like when Asura from Asura's Wrath went completely berserk. Unless I point out otherwise this is what this type of dialogue will be used for."

Finally, this dialogue will also be completely different from the dialogue mentioned up above as it is also a new character I will be introducing. It will also be the general used text for tailed beasts or giant creatures in general.

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Making his way through back alleys, and abandoned rooftops the boy every now and then made obvious clues to make his presence more aware to those most likely aware of him rather than his travelling companions. He then noticed two unfamiliar scents that were quickly making their way towards him.

"Found me out eh? Doesn't matter, I was bound to be discovered at some point. Actually, this is the perfect opportunity to gain some attention."

The boy turned around, and managed to surprise his would be pursuers with slashes to their throats. A mere second later, and their lifeless bodies crashed onto the rooftops of abandoned buildings. Upon closer inspection the boy raised an eyebrow of who was chasing him.

There was no doubt they were ninja from this village with the standard uniform of red attire with the also standard brown sash worn across the chest, but that wasn't the strange thing about them. No, it was their age that threw him off, they were not much older than him if not the same age. The boy looked upon them with mild pity thinking if they were just given orders or followed him on a whim hoping to gain some attention.

He thought whether if they had families as well, if they had someone to return to, went into the military to fill a void, or even if they forced into the job. All these thoughts, and more were plaguing his mind before he utterly emptied his head of such thoughts. In the end they were simply soldiers to him, part of the military country that utterly made his village suffer, willing or otherwise they were the enemy, and all of his enemies at some point or another will die by his hand.

Deciding to put the corpses to use the boy grabbed the small soldiers with both of his hands, raising them upward, pointing towards the plaza where it seemed their Tsuchikage was making a speech, a good 3 miles away full of ninja, civilians, and more importantly the leader of this military nightmare of a country. One of the 5 people responsible for the downfall of his village by fighting his beloved family, the woman responsible for his cherished Uncle Gaara's death, Kurotsuchi.

She was on his list of people he wanted to kill slowly, hell ever since he got here he thought of charging straight into her office, but he wasn't stupid. Even with all of the skills he had acquired not even he was capable of taking on an entire country by himself. Even if he...changed it would be a most difficult challenge to eradicate Iwa while keeping those he cared about safe at the same time. So he had another idea to draw her paranoid ass out, or at least her cronies so that he could vent out some much held in anger over these last 7 years. With these words the boy would set off a string of events that would change the course of the world itself.

"It's time for the world pay for what it has done to us. I swore myself that I'd make everyone clear of the pain, and suffering they put us through, all but one who doesn't deserve to know our pain, rather a different kind of pain. The pain of losing everything you have worked for your entire life, and the humiliation of watching it all happen in front of his eyes."

"It seems you two will be the martyrs of your country. Whether you were good people, or rotten to the core doesn't matter at this point. Death can make a lot of people go through lot's of emotions, anger, sadness, grief, insanity, joy even depending on the circumstances, but regardless of those emotions one thing will never change when they experience death, be it for the first time or have encountered it before one thing never changes."

"They experience fear. Either consciously or subconsciously all humans at one point in their life go through feeling the fear of dying, children especially so who barely understand the concept of death. They fear of dying themselves or losing someone they love to death, it's completely understandable as death is the end for all living things in this world. Heh, I never thought I'd be the type to ramble on these sort of things, I suppose I should stop talking, I make a really bad assassin. Oh well, time to set things in motion." the boy said nonchalantly as he opened the mouths of both child soldiers, and putting his hands in their mouths filling them up with air somehow

"Ninja art: Wind Style: Internal Cannon." the boy said softly as the two corpses flew from his hands flying towards the plaza making it's way to the center right above the plaza just in time for the boy to change his arms/hands positions in the form of a hug

"Now, Ninja Art: Wind Style: Implosion." the boy said coldly as the boy put his hands together causing the child soldiers he killed to expand from the inside out eventually to the point of bursting

People that day barely noticed it a first, some thought it was just rain, but when some noticed the red droplets falling on their faces people began screaming wildly.

"Aaaaaaahhhhh!"

"It's blood!"

"Whose blood is this?"

"Get it off! Get if off me!"

More, and more people cried out in terror as they tried desperately to remove the red liquid off their bodies already panicking beyond belief. Nearly all attending both civilian as well as ninja were shocked or traumatized to say the least once they found out that blood wasn't the only thing falling from the sky. Rather, they screamed horribly once small body parts began hitting people from above too. That is save for one Kurotsuchi who was in a silent rage looking for the culprit, but the thing was she didn't have to look very far.

In the distance towards the east she could sense a very potent killer intent, and focused her eyes to see a small figure standing on top of what looked like abandoned buildings that seemed to catch fire for whatever reason. Past the flames the small figure stepped forward so that his demonic red eyes were visible enough to the point that it caused Kurotsuchi's eyes to narrow.

"I see, it's you." Kurotsuchi said coldly with a sneer on her face

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With Akihiko, and Rei fighting Seikatsu

"Round 2!" Seikatsu said with a twisted cheerful smile

"Ready?" she asked setting her two opponents on edge

"Fight!" She yelled as the fight commenced

Seikatsu charged at her two opponents with an anticipating grin on her face. She pounced at them with incredible speed, and lashed out her arms at Akihiko. Actually lashed out wasn't quite the right word, whiplashed was more like it. The way her arms extended through her veins, the same way they re-connected themselves, looked like she turned her arm into a elongated whip made of her veins.

She took a wide swing at Akihiko was just barely able to dodge it in time for him to try a counter attack for Seikatsu's extended whip of an arm in hopes of tearing it apart from her torso. Seikatsu grinned expecting such a move so she let him, it's not as if it mattered to her...because she still had the other arm, and she still had her legs.

With her other arm she grabbed hold of Akihiko's neck, twitching her fingers subtly as Akihiko's eyes went blank, using her legs to jump up, and swung herself toward Akihiko to kick him in the gut. Surprising Akihiko Seikatsu was stronger than she looked kicking him more than a few feet away from where he stood.

Seikatsu jumped back to dodge the pincer Rei pulled from her back used to stab at her, and managed to do so successfully as the veins from her severed arm began to reattach themselves to the other end again.

Rei cursed, but focused herself back to the battle. She quickly went back to forming a few handsigns for a new jutsu to get some distance between the psychotic bitch.

"Fire Style: Exploding Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" Rei shouted spewing flaming balls at her target

The multiple white hot fireballs Rei shot out of her mouth forced Seikatsu to jump back more than she anticipated...only she didn't jump back far enough. Like the jutsu suggested the fire balls that came from Rei's mouth actually exploded upon impact on the ground where Rei was aiming creating a few minor craters of fire.

"Two can play at that game! Water Style: Water bullet bomb Jutsu!" Seikatsu shouted

Just like Rei, Seikatsu shot out multiple water like bullets at Rei that exploded near the ground where Rei stood, making craters of boiling water around her.

"Damn it!" Rei cursed as she jumped back pulling out her wings again

"I'm not done! Water and Lightning Style: Electric Water Dragon!" Seikatsu shouted as a giant amount of water came flowing out of her mouth

Somehow Seikatsu had managed to create a roaring torrent of water that shot out of her mouth that formed into a giant dragon that was covered in lightning. It roared loudly as it chased towards Rei.

"Shit!" Rei shouted as she flew high up in the air as Seikatsu merely snickered at her resistance

"Nah, uh, uh..." Seikatsu sang evilly as she shook her head

The dragon changed its course heading towards the sky aiming itself at Rei who's eyes widened as the electric watery beast, shrinking itself so that it would directly smacked into Rei's torso immediately shooting her down into a ground.

Grinning Seikatsu raised her index finger, and made a sound imitating an airplane crashing as her finger followed Rei's falling body twirling it around then making a crashing sound as was about to land on the earth

"Skadoosh...Kaboom? No...Kersplash! No, that's stupid...aha! Kakakakakagoosh! Ha, betchya that one's never been said before. Originality was always my specialty." Seikatsu said with a cocky grin

"Damn it, what is she?" Rei said as she struggled to get up only to be kicked in the face by Seikatsu

"Badass, that's wassup bitch!" Seikatsu said in a gangster like tone

"What's...with your..speech?" Rei said confused at her way of speaking

"Oh this? This is the talk of the future!" Seikatsu said in a cheery tone as Rei merely rolled her eyes

"Uh huh, I'd rather die than live in a world where we talk like that." Rei said as she spat at Seikatsu who merely grinned at her

"I can help you with that." Seikatsu said as she bent over grabbing Rei's cheeks

"Go to hell." Rei said glaring daggers at her

"Already been, too hot for me, bad for the skin." Seikatsu said as she decided to lay down next to Rei looking up at the clouds

"Crazy bitch." Rei spat as she tried to stab Rei with one of her pincers which Seikatsu easily dodged with inhuman agility getting back up on her feet

"Aw, I love you too. Here's a little present for you!" Seikatsu said as she jammed her foot on the extended pincer Rei shot at her

"Gyah!" Rei screamed in pain

"Hurt's don't it?" Seikatsu asked as she rubbed her foot on it causing Rei to scream in pain some more

"That's ma specialty, makin pain, gettin paid, and most of all bein fuckin laid, Woo! Doesn't matter how old, young, nor even if you're a boy, girl, in pieces or not, dead or alive I don't care. We could do it right now if you want. You're just my type, I like'em feisty." Seikatsu said licking her lips as she moved her arms lowering them to Rei's thighs causing her to shiver

"You're sick." Rei said losing her nerve as Seikatsu merely shrugged

"I prefer the term unique. Anyways, oh crap, missed my quota." Seikatsu said snapping her fingers as she took out something from a storage seal written on her hand before flipping Rei on her stomach with her back being exposed to Seikatsu

"Quota-AAAAAAAHHHHH!" Rei screamed as Seikatsu whipped Rei's chest with a whip seemingly out of nowhere that had minature razor blades all the way to the base as she tossed it aside

"Yup, after a I whip ya, I stab ya, like this!" Seikatsu said as a foot long curved spike appeared from the heel of her foot, jabbing it into Rei's shoulder

"AAAAAAHHH!"

"Uh huh, that's the idea, then I-"

But Seikatsu was interrupted by the groans of pain of a now serious bleeding Rei.

"Hey, didn't your mother tell you not to interrupt someone when they're in the middle of talking? Jeez, looks like I'll have to teach you some manners. And I think I need twist it a bit further to the...left!" Seikatsu chuckled as she twisted her internal foot blade in the other direction

"AAAAAAHHH!"

"You see the thing about me is this, I ain't gonna kill ya...not now anyways. If my little talk with Taro-kun wasn't clear, I'm a big fan of the slow, painful death as well as my own voice...well, not in that way, I haven't reached that level of depravity yet although I do wonder what's it like sometimes hmm...Anyways, unless Kagaku-sama wants me to, I kill my prey when I want to or unless it turns out to be too much of a hassle. I mean torturing can take up a lot of energy, and I still have my shows to keep up on and...you listening?" Seikatsu asked Rei who was losing consciousness

"Oh, you're falling asleep from the pain. Here, let me fix that." Seikatsu said as she bit her finger letting a drop of her blood fall into Rei's mouth causing her to scream again horribly

"GYAAAAAAAH!"

"There we go, wide awake. Now, where was I? Oh yes, the things that take up my time, but I should probably explain that stinging feeling around...you're whole body. You see, my blood is actually infused with a neurotoxin that keeps people from passing out, but keeps your pain receptors turned on the max."

"So, even if you're brain is desperately trying to have you pass from the pain, the shock, or loss of blood, you're still gonna be wide awake till you dead as a doorknob. I call it my happy juice." Seikatsu said as she snickered evilly staring directly into Rei's eyes giving off more bloodlust than ever giving Rei a new reason to fear her

"M...m...monst..er." Rei said weakly as Seikatu's expression softened a bit

"Well, that isn't nice. That's usually what Shin-kun is called." Seikatsu said as she grinned wickedly again

"Oh sure, I'm sick, twisted, psychotic, insane, mental, or you know... a crazy bitch, but I wouldn't say a monster. Huh, you managed to make me feel bad about myself. For that achievement, you deserve a reward, allow me to spin my imaginary Wheel of Torture. That's right, from individual hair removal to dipping your face in boiling hot oil the Wheel of Torture has it all! Aaaand away we go!" Seikatsu said cheerfully

As Seikatsu's demented grinning face looked onto the right as she actually lifted her right arm, and threw it down as if she was actually spinning a wheel. Then her head seemed to spin around endlessly, slowing down to a crawl until her head finally stopped...and her wicked grin grew massive.

"Oh...this...is gonna be...the best mission ever!" Seikatsu shouted with shivers down her spine as she squirmed in excitement

"You wanna know what you're gonna get? You do don't ya? Don't ya? Come on, you know you want to...ask me dammit!" Seikatsu demanded annoyingly kicking Rei in the face as her voice distorted to a deep, demonic voice for a second

"What...did I get?" Rei said now full of fear

"You got 'imitate drum roll'...The Special!" Seikatsu cheered in her usual high pitched tone as a genjutsu of confetti suddenly appeared behind her

"Special?" Rei thought to herself

"This means I get to have some fun." Seikatsu sang evilly as she seemingly pulled out a scroll out of nowhere

She made a few handsigns releasing a seal on it before placing it front of Rei's vision, opening it in front of her purposefully as her eyes widened in fear, and terror.

The scroll's contents looked like it came out of a torturer's wet dream. Various torture tools, rusted doctor scalpels, various sizes/shapes of knives, and many different types of sharp objects that had glued on glass shards or welded barb wire integrated into them.

"You see this? This is my favorite scroll because it has all of my little beauties in here. You know what, I can stretch this up to a mile, and then I would finally reach the end of my babies. Oh, I see that disbelieving look on your face, for your information I had to work hard to find all these rarities."

"In any case, the reason why I'm so happy is because that party-pooper is dealing with Taro-kun, and your cat buddy is filled with a paralyzing poison, albeit temporary, from the other hidden blade in my foot so don't expect him dashing to your rescue."

"If I were to accurately describe the situation you were in right now, I would say...you're alone. And you're alone with a bonafide living machine with more than a few ways to torture/kill someone all packed up in here." Seikatsu said putting down her scroll with one hand, and using the other free hand to remove some of her stomach's stitches revealing something completely horrifying in front of Rei's fear ridden face

Her belly stitches came undone, and Seikatsu used her hand pull down her split flesh revealing not a single drop of blood leaking out, but instead an endless black pit. Said black pit seemed to also have somehow endless echo of tortured screams of all kinds, and upon closer inspection, the black void began forming a reflection of Rei's face, only difference being the reflection showed Rei being obviously dead.

Her face was completely sliced up all over, her eyes removed from her head, but you could tell she had a pained expression on her face.

"You see this? It's a miniature pocket dimension. It holds the souls of all those I kill, and records all the wondrous screams before they died off. And that picture you're seeing is going to be the end result of when I'm through with you." Seikatsu explained

"N-No, that's impossible..." Rei muttered quivering in terror

"Not for me, my body's all kinds of fucked up, but enough about that. How bout we spend some quality time with each other. Oh, and if you're hoping for that little kitty cat friend of yours to come rescue you, don't expect him coming any time soon."

"You see, even if that paralysis poison I filled your buddy with is temporary, even if he somehow fights through it, there's also I also placed him under an extreme genjutsu. Wanna know the kicker? The second he loses his will to live that genjutsu will kill him instantly, and in doing so gives me plenty of time to play with you."

"So, let's enjoy each other's company, kay? Try to have a little fun in the meantime k?" Seikatsu said as she gently put down her scroll taking one of her knives from the scroll placing it down on Rei's left cheek

"P-Please, someone...help me." Rei thought desperately to herself

"Now, let the fun begin." Seikatsu said as she placed the knife just above Rei's left eye beginning a very slow, but also deep cut across the length of her head

"AAAAAAAUUUUGGGHHH!"

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Elsewhere with Jiraiya

Doing his best to smash a certain snake's head into the ground Jiraiya was hoping to end this fight soon because he had a feeling that the other fights going on weren't going as well...he was right. But for now he had his own fight to worry about, and things were just about to get even more heated.

"Summoning Jutsu!" Jiraiya/Orochimaru shouted as they slammed their bleeding palms into the ground causing huge piles of smoke to suddenly appear

As the two Sannin stood upon their respected animals they both noticed the surge of bijuu chakra going up instead of down. Even Orochimaru began to look uncomfortable for a second which Jiraiya caught.

"You're not losing your nerve are you eh Hebi-teme?" Jiraiya shouted much to Orochimaru's annoyance

"You're one to talk Ero-baka, you seem to forget how problematic someone possessing that chakra going out of control. Or did you forget those times is Kushina's youth who would lose control of herself?" Orochimaru retorted as he vomited out more snakes at Jiraiya

"Oh believe me I remember. I'm getting sore just thinking about it." Jiraiya said as he cast a fire jutsu burning them all

"It's a shame Tsunade isn't hear otherwise we could've had a complete reunion, and I could've ended you both." Orochimaru taunted

"I'd like to see you try." Jiraiya challenged

"Would you now?" Orochimaru said with a sinister sneer

"We've stalled long enough." Jiraiya said in a knowing tone

"My thoughts exactly..." Orochimaru said as both former teammates raised their thumbs up to their mouths to bite them

"Summoning jutsu!" Jiraiya/Orochimaru shouted as they slammed their palms into the earth as the giant purple snake Manda, and gigantic red boss toad Gamabunta smoking a pipe appeared under their respective summoners who both recognized a certain chakra signature

"Orochimaru? That chakra...what is the meaning of this?" Manda said dangerously

"Jiraiya? What...it's that damn fox's chakra again. What sort of mess have you dragged me into this time?" Gamabunta said seriously as he took a puff of smoke from his pipe

"Chief, we're going to end what Sarutobi-sensei couldn't that day." Jiraiya said in a serious tone that Gamabunta raised an eyebrow at seeing as he rarely called him Chief

"I see, it's about damn time. But that doesn't change the fact that there's that chakra wandering about on it's own." the chief toad said as he drew his sword

"For now, we'll deal with Orochimaru, then I'll head over to the source of that chakra. Deal?" Jiraiya offered

"Deal." Gamabunta replied

"Manda, I have just about 200 sacrifices ready for you if you kill that worthless frog, and his master." Orochimaru said anxiously as Manda was wondering about his summoners energy

"You're awfully enthusiastic. You must really want them dead not that I blame you, but let me warn you Orochimaru. If you do not hold up on your promise I will devour you myself." Manda threatened with a hiss of his tounge

"I'll be sure to remember that." Orochimaru deadpanned

"Although, the pleasure of killing those buffoons will most likely satiate my hunger for the time being." Manda said turning his head

"Like you could eat anything if it wasn't handed on a platter you lowly snake." Gamabunta

"At least I'm not a gluttonous as you are you bulbous toad." Manda retorted with a sly smirk

"That's it I'm gonna skin you alive!" Gamabunta said with a few tick marks and a raised sword

"Come at me then!" Manda said accepting the chief toad's challenge

"Jiraiya!" Gamabunta yelled

"Yeah, give me some oil, and let's do this." Jiraiya said with a grin as he prepared the needed signs for a most powerful jutsu

"On it." Gamabunta said as his mouth started to fill with the required substance

"Fire Style: Toad Oil Bomb!" Jiraiya shouted as his fire reached Bunta's oil

As a flaming wave of torrent fire swept the plains in front of the Toad Sage, and his summoner they both quickly scanned the area knowing that such a move wouldn't end the fight so quickly. As the smoke cleared what they obviously thought turned out to be true, seeing as their opponents were nowhere save for a giant hole Jiraiya came to a sudden realization.

"Chief, jump now! They're underground!" Jiraiya said warning his summon

"Right!" Bunta said coming to the same realization

Jumping high into the air it turns out Jiraiya's instincts were right as Manda popped out of the earth trying to take a bite of Gamabunta's leg.

Seizing this opportunity Gamabunta raised his sword trying to take a stab at Manda's extending neck as he fell to the earth. Manda saw this, and quickly did his best to retreat back into the earth. But not before Jiraiya jumped downward onto the earth in order to limit the purple snakes movements.

"Oh no you don't! Ninja Art Earth Style: Swamp of the Underworld Jutsu!"

As the humongous snake tried to make it's way back underground, it was stopped from the thick, deep mud that surrounded him, and froze him dead in his tracks.

"Blast it! Orochimaru, get me out of here!" Manda ordered as he struggled to move in the mud

"I'm already working on it." Orochimaru said as he racked his brain

"Gamabunta! One more time!" Jiraiya said

"Right!" Bunta said as he repeated the process of gathering oil

"Fire Style: Toad Oil Bomb!" Jiraiya repeated as he intended to burn the snake alive

"Orochimaru!" Manda yelled furiously

"Summoning: Rashomon!" Orochimaru

Out of the muddy earth came a giant demonic looking gate that blocked Jiriaya's fireball, but some of the flames spread out to the side managing to burn some minor parts of Manda's sides. Giving him some minor irritation, but nothing he couldn't shrug off.

"Manda, I believe I have a way out of here, but it may prove uncomfortable." Orochimarue warned as he banished his protective gate for what he had in mind

"I don't give a damn just do it!" Manda barked as Orochimaru merely shrugged

"As you wish. Summoning Jutsu: Triple Rashomon!" Orochimaru said summoning the gate again

This time 3 demonic gates popped out of the makeshift swamp, specifically under Manda pushing him above the deep above the swampy earth, and giving Manda the chance to slither just above the swamp's reach landing on solid ground.

"Much better, but this wretched mud is getting in the way of me moving." Manda said shaking the sticky mud

"You've got to be kidding me." Jiraiya said with an annoyed tone

"We're in for a long fight." Bunta said raising his sword

"You said it." Jiraiya said as they both headed toward's their opponent

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With Anko

Currently Anko was fighting through the pain, with a lot of things on her mind, but was focusing on finding Kabuto, and making sure she wasn't in serious danger of dying.

"Damn it, that hurt like hell. Gotta say though, I'm surprised I'm still alive much less walking after that guy hit me like that. Then there's the lack of pain I'm feeling, or the proper amount anyways. Adrenaline or not I should be feeling more pain than this, must be this seal. Shintaro did say it'd help with any injuries, but this is surreal. And this power I'm feeling...what is this? Feels pretty good."

"There you are. Gotta say, I didn't expect you to get up from that so soon. It looked like a nasty hit." Kabuto said

"Well, what can I say. I ain't dying before that snake bastard, and I'm sure as hell that I'm dying after you. Enough chit-chat. I'm taking you down, and I'm dragging your ass back to Konoha dead or alive." Anko said taking out a kunai

"I'd like to see you try." Kabuto said taking out a scalpel

"Well, seeing is believing, and since you have four eyes to you get to watch me kick your ass four time over." Anko said with a smirk

"Such crude language, I can't imagine you speaking that way to Orochimaru-sama like that." Kabuto said with an annoyed frown

"Well I did, and he didn't complain one bit about it." Anko said rolling her eyes

"I see, he must've gained quite the patience training dealing with you then." Kabuto said with a smirk

"Oh shut the hell up four-eyes. I'm getting tired of talking." Anko said rolling her eyes

"I too tire of this conversation, and Orochimaru-sama's partner has given me the task of dealing with you." Kabuto said with a hint of malice in his tone

"Who is that guy anyways? I'm gonna need a name to call out when I come back to repay him for that sneak attack." Anko said preparing herself for an attack

"I don't know, and frankly I don't care. However, I'll be sure to introduce you two once I defeat you. I'm sure Orochimaru-sama will have an interest in that seal of yours. Maybe this time you won't prove to be a disappointment to him." Kabuto taunted egging Anko as she gritted her teeth

"I'll give you a demonstration alright! First hand too!" Anko yelled as she charged at Kabuto throwing multiple shuriken at Kabuto who easily dodged them

Anko then reached into her makeshift ninja pouch that Shintaro made for her grabbing a smoke bomb to which she threw kunai in.

"A smoke screen, and a few cheap kunai? Is that the best you can do? I feel insulted." Kabuto remarked as Anko appeared behind him

"Idiot." Anko said as she raised a kunai at him

"Oh, a distraction with a clone huh? How original." Kabuto said rolling his eyes

"Nope." Anko said with a devilish smirk as Kabuto realized what that meant

"A shadow clone!" Kabuto said as he realized this

"Try again!" the clone said lifting up part of her shirt revealing...

"Paper bombs!" Kabuto said holding his arms up to his face

"Bingo." the clone said as a blinding light covered her entire body

The suicidal clone exploded near Kabuto blasting him away like when Anko kicked him the first time. He got blasted away skidding across the ground in pain as Anko observed him carefully as he got up.

"Ok, time to see what his trick is. There's no way my first punch didn't have an effect on him. He either has a kekkai genkai that heals him or he's a genjutsu expert that made it look like he took most of the hit when I just grazed him. Ok, he's getting up, and...wait a minute. He's actually healing himself!? It barely looks like he was hit in the first place. If it wasn't for the fact his clothes were burn't I'd say he'd just looked like a homeless kid." Anko thought to herself as she watched the young boy get up from his injuries

"That really hurt." Kabuto said cracking his neck

"And you should have more burns on your body, but then again I just have to beat you into the ground until that medical ninjutsu of yours can't catch up." Anko retorted

"It won't matter how many times you cut, bruise, or burn me, I know more than a handful of medical ninjutsu to fix whatever you can do to me." Kabuto said as he raised his left hand as it glowed green

"Is that so?" Anko said smirking at Kabuto as she put away her kunai

"It is? What, have you give up already?" Kabuto said pushing up his glasses

"No, in fact you just gave me an idea." Anko retorted as she raised her finger to her mouth drawing blood

"What?" Kabuto asked narrowing his eyes

"If I can't beat you into the ground...Summoning Jutsu!" Anko shouted as she slammed her palms into the earth

"What?" Kabuto said surprised as he gazed at three giant figures

"He...they will. Kazuo, Ken, Kaori? What are you guys doing here?" Anko said in confusion of the two extra additions that came with her summon

There were three giant snakes, all of a different variety standing tall next to each other. None of which were as big as Manda, but one of them came close in terms of girth.

The snake, or specifically a king cobra, that Anko stood upon wasn't the largest, but held a sense of dignity the others did not. It was brown all over, with a few markings, almost like scars, over its head, and his fangs were unusually large poking from out of his mouth. Oddly enough, it was its cold, blood red eyes that made an intimidating impression of the three present.

The one on the left was an anaconda that was black all over, and had red streaks from top to bottom was the largest of them all, maybe half or even 2/3's of Manda's size in total. This one only had one eye which was silver in color, while the other one was covered with an eye patch, which had a doodle of an evil eye over the eye patch.

The one on the right was the smallest of the three without question, but was also the most colorful of the two, at least in terms of brightness. It was a white Rat Snake with silver scales twisting around it's entire body in a spiral pattern repeating it all the way to the tip of the tail, but had a strange black skull tattooed across it's head that blended together wonderfully. It's eyes were oddly enough completely black, with the slit iris being red in color.

"Anko-sama? It's been a long time since you summoned me, Kaori-san, Ken? You're here as well?" the King cobra Kazuo said in confusion

"Aw yeah baby I'm back! Yo, Anko, baby, who'd you need me to...Kazuo, K-chan? The hell are you two doing here? Anko babe here summoned me." the anaconda now known as Ken asked in confusion

"Kazuo-kun? Ken-kun? I-I thought Anko-sama had summoned...me. M-Maybe, I should leave...I'm useless here aren't I?" the rat snake Kaori said quietly in shame

"N-N-No! I'm just as surprised that all 3 of you guys showed up. Honestly, you three just came to mind, but I never thought all three of you would show up." Anko said relieving the summons

"I'm more surprised you have decided to summon us at all, considering what happened all those years ago." Kazuo said with a hint of bitterness in his tone

"Yeah, you dumped us! What the hell babe? Was it something I said?" Ken said a bit hurtful

"I-It was probably because of me...it is isn't it? I'm always so useless." Kaori muttered quietly in a depressing aura as her fellow summons/summoner sweat dropped at their comrade's mood

"How is that possible? Orochimaru-sama said that he witnessed himself forcibly removing Anko's signature with her own blood. They're about half the size of Manda, that one on the left in particular is really big. My chances with her were iffy already with that seal of hers, but with those summons of hers I really don't stand a chance. Guess I have no choice, better use my last escape route before things get rough. I'll just have to scavenge whatever I can at Orochimaru-sama's, and rendezvous with him later." Kabuto thought to himself as he reached for a scroll inside his ninja pouch

"Hey bub, what's that scroll of yours for?" Ken said narrowing his eyes as Anko turned her attention to her summons

"Ok, guys. Look, I'm really really sorry about what happen, but explanation later, beat him senseless now. Ok?" Anko pleaded getting on her knees

"Very well Anko-sama, regardless of our past relations I am willing to work again with you." Kazuo said with acceptance

"I'd take that over a boring ass talk anyways, it's weird doing this with the two of you, but I think I can manage." Ken said with a wry smirk

"H-Hai...Anko-sama, I-I'll try my...best." Kaori said quietly

"Then get him!" Anko shouted pointing at Kabuto as he devilishly smirked

"Too late. Reverse Summoning Jutsu!" Kabuto said slamming his palm onto the scroll as Anko held up her hand

"Wait a minute!" Anko said as all 3 snakes halted their approach

"What is it?" Kazuo asked cautiously

"Time to see if what Shintaro said about his seal was true." Anko thought to herself

"Do you want us to squash the guy or not!?" Ken asked annoyed

"Just look at him." Anko said pointing to a frustrated Kabuto

"What're you..." Ken said in confusion before smirking at what she meant

"What the? Why isn't this working?" Kabuto said in major frustration as he repeatedly slammed his palm into the scroll that refused to teleport him to his desired location

"Uh, Anko-sama? Why is the sky glowing?" Kazuo asked in confusion as everyone looked up to the sky as well

As they looked up to the sky, as far as they could see, what they thought was stars were beginning to collide with each other. Various strange glowing markings were high up into the sky glowing like some sort of light show, and were continuing to glow once Kabuto tried to use his scroll.

"So it does work. And apparently it stops reverse-summons as well. Shintaro said he'd allow summons in this version of the seal, but he didn't say anything about them going back or substitution jutsu working either, but since I haven't used one yet I can't confirm yet. Does that mean Ken, Kazuo, Kaori won't be able to go back to Ryuchi cave if they get hurt too badly even if they want to? Better make sure that doesn't happen." Anko thought to herself as she looked at her summons

"Hehehe, what's the matter? You having performance issues? Don't worry, kids your age always do when they try to put on a show." Anko said with a mischievous grin

"A-Anko-sama!" Kaori exclaimed at her summoners perverse words

"Hehehehe, good one." Ken said giggling as Kazuo rolled his eyes

"How repulsive, but then again I suppose it's now safe to assume you haven't changed." Kazuo sighed with a tired smile on his face

"What is the meaning of this?" Kabuto said demanding an answer

"You remember when Jiraiya-sama placed that seal?" Anko said with a victorious smirk

"What about it?" Kabuto asked irked

"That seal was an original made by a very smart...in fact so smart it's kinda creepy kid. This seal was especially made to keep whatever was kept inside in, and the outside out. Nothing short of the Nidame's space-dimension teleportation jutsu A.K.A the Hiraishin will get you out of here, and even then that kid thinks that wouldn't work. It's in the form of the sphere so you can't even fly or dig your way out." Anko explained

"How is that possible?" Kabuto asked in disbelief

"How the hell should I know? I didn't create the damn thing, and fuuinjutsu, oh forget it. I don't have a clue how that works."

(Cue inspirational music)

"Now, as I said before you can come quietly, or you can go down the hard way. Either continue down this dark path, or you can redeem yourself by turning yourself in. Your choice." Anko said seriously but with a warm expression on her face as she extended her hand out toward him as Kaori and Kazuo looked in awe of their master as Ken merely rolled his eyes

"We aren't really doing this are we?" Ken groaned

(Record scratch)

"OH HELL NO! Squash him!" Anko shouted as she threw a kunai at Kabuto before jumping onto Kaori

"You got it Anko babe, finally I get to have some fun! Get over here you little four-eyed freak! I'm dying to find out why Manda loves to eat humans so much." Ken said as he dove toward Kabuto who jumped out of the way dodging the giant creature.

"K-Ken-kun...you shouldn't say thing like...that in front of...Anko-sama." Kaori said slowly as Ken slithered away from his comrades

"Indeed, mind your manners, and remember your place." Kazuo said rolling his eyes as Anko merely shrugged it off

"Eh, don't worry about it guys. Hey, do you guys remember that formation? You know the one you guys said you always practiced back at your cave until the one day I could summon you three?" Anko asked anxiously to see if they finished it

"We do, in fact we've actually been practicing it still in hopes of advertising ourselves to the next snake summoner that decided to put up with us. Excuse me while I inform Ken of our plan." Kazuo said as he slithered away to his rampaging comrade

"Gotchya." Anko said giving him a thumbs up

"Be careful Kazuo-kun." Kaori said as she sighed heavily

"So, aside from me you guys must've been popular with at least Orochimaru, and there has to have been someone that found the snake contract. You guys were always my favorite to summon."

"But no one's signed the snake summons contract since you Anko-sama...probably because I'm so worthless." Kaori said ashamed of herself

"Hey, hey Kaori-chan, what's the matter? You're not usually this down." Anko said patting Kaori's head

"It's the civil war that's been raging for the past 3 years. So many of our brethren have been killed, banished, or flee to other lands, and so many eggs...so many little eggs were lost. All because of they were born on the wrong side, or had birth defects. Like my little..." Kaori said quietly as she hung her head

"Hey hey, no need to say anything. I'm sorry I haven't been here for you three the past few years, but I promise to make it up for you. Besides, I know someone that's been helping out with this civil war going on. His name's Shintaro, he's the kid who made this seal actually, and in fact he's also been responsible for transporting a number of your species. I even heard he gets along with snakes pretty well, and even seen a few snakes he raised from out the eggs themselves." Anko said to cheer her summon up, which it did immensely as her head shot up

"What! Really? What did they look like? Do you remember what they looked like Anko-sama? Please, tell me you remember." Kaori pleaded with hope

"Ok, I'll tell you, I'll tell you, but later ok? I promise to tell you what they looked like after we catch this creep. Is that alright with you?" Anko said trying to calm down the energetic snake as Kaori hung her head again

"It...yes, Anko-sama. We just have to capture that boy right?" Kaori questioned

"Yup, and here's something you should know. He's an apprentice of my former bastard of a sensei, and to boot, he's also responsible for bringing an entire clan to near extinction. And he did it to keep a secret of his from getting out." Anko said bitterly

"What? How could he...all those innocent lives...gone. Anko-sama." Kaori said surprisingly coldly

"Yes?" Anko said stiffening at her response

"Is it ok...you know...for me to..." Kaori said slowly as Anko got the idea

"Cut loose?" Anko finished knowing how Kaori could be

"H...Hai." Kaori responded not looking at her

"Hmmm...normally, I'd say no considering Orochimaru was always there to stop you. But since Kazuo, Ken, and I are here I think I can make an exception." Anko said with some thought

"Arigato, Anko-sama. Can you..."

"Don't worry, I'll warn them, and distract that bastard until you're ready. Until then make sure you're ready to give it your all because after we bag that creep we're going after Orochimaru next. And I'll need my summons to back me up for when he inevitably summons Manda." Anko said with a cocky smirk

"Arigato. It'll be an honor to fight alongside you again Anko-sama." Kaori said gratefully

"Ok, I'm heading off now. It's about time we officially brought Triple Threat on it's first mission. So, what do you think of the name?" Anko asked with a curious grin as Kaori sweat dropped at her master's tendency to give ridiculous names

"I'll do my best, Anko-sama. And...I like it, it's...unique." Kaori said politely

"Thanks, and I expect nothing less from one of my favorite summons." Anko said before taking off as Kaori dug herself into a hole as she closed her eyes

---

Back with Rei, things weren't looking too good as Seiktatsu's "good time" wasn't having a "good" impresion on Rei.

"Stop it, please, just stop!" Rei begged

"What? This?" Seikatsu said as she slowly cut into Rei's face again

"AUUUUUGGGH!"

"See? We're having so much fun. I have no idea why'd you wanna stop." Seikatsu whined

"Please, just kill me." Rei said quietly as tears rolled down her face

"Nuh, uh, uh...remember? I'm not going to kill you unless I absolutely have no choice. Remember not to fall asleep on me or do you need some more of my happy juice to cheer you up?" Seikatsu said raising her finger to her mouth again

"N-N-No! Please, anything but that!" Rei begged in terror

"You sure? You seem to be losing your energy." Seikatsu said with a pouty face

"I'm awake! I'm awake! P-Please, I can't t-take anymore of that stuff." Rei said with heavy breaths

"Aw, and I was looking forward to that scream of yours again. Ooh, I know!" Seikatsu said taking a look at her scroll as Rei's eyes widened

"Oh no." Rei muttered in terror

"That's right! It's time for a new toy!" Seikatsu said taking a look of what to use next

"Please, no..." Rei begged as she did her best to drag her weary body away from the madwoman

"Now, let's see...oh, I haven't used this one in a while." Seikatsu said as she picked up a pair of rusty pliers in one hand, and surgical scalpel in the other as she turned her eyes to Rei's back thinking of her next "activity"

"Oh, this is gonna be good." Seikatsu said to herself as she shivered with ecstasy

"Hey, you're not planning on using those wing things of yours in future? No? Ok! I'll be taking them off your hands now. Or out of your back to be precise." Seikatsu clarified as she twisted the pliers in her hand before using her feet to flip Rei on her back

"N-No! Please don't! My mother gave me them, they're a part of me! Take out my eyes, my tongue, or cut off my hands, but please, please leave my wings alone!" Rei pleaded with all her might

"Oh, they're that important to you eh?" Seikatsu asked grinning at Rei squirming

"Yes!" Rei immediately answered

"Well then...I'm definitely taking them out slowly now! Now come on little butterfly, time to flip over for me." Seikatsu asked in a nurse-like tone before using her feet to get a feel on her back

''The doctor's gonna preform a surgery. A long, drawn out, anesthetic free surgery." Seikatsu said getting down placing the cold medical tool on Rei's back already beginning to cut into her tattooed flesh

"P-Please! Stop it, stop it, stop it!" Rei shouted in desperatoin

"Ok, let's see here. Where should I start my dissection? Oooh, this looks promising. Now, let's...you know I'm not feeling it. These aren't really doing it for me." Seikatsu said bored as she threw her tools away like trash

"Oh...thank the heavens!" Rei thought to herself as she let out a sigh of relief

"Instead I'm going to use no tools, and instead use my bare hands! That way, I can get some...hands on experience. Eh? Eh? Ah, I kill myself, but no seriously, I'm just going to rip those wing out your back the old fashioned way. I have a feeling I can a feel for them with my hands anyways." Seikatsu said cracking her knuckles

"W-What?" Rei said horrified

"Yup, now let's see here. Don't know where they pop out, but that won't stop me! I'm just gonna gamble on where they pop out, and hope for the best." Seikatsu said shrugging

"Wait! Wait, Wait, Wait, Wait! Please! I'm begging you I'll do anything you want! Anything at all!" Rei begged squirming with all her might causing Seikatsu to grin wildly

"And this is where they start bargaining everything they can think of. Time to see where this goes." Seikatsu thought to herself

"Oh? Anything, anything at all?" Seikatsu asked putting her hand of Rei's cheek causing the young girl to shudder

"Y-Yes! P-Please, just d-don't take out my wings!" Rei pleaded with all her heart

"What are you selling? Because it'd be better worth buying."

"W-What?"

"You heard me. If you don't want your precious mama wings be pulled out you better be give me some compensation."

"Uh...well uh...I..."

"Times up! Ok then...I guess I'll be taking something else of yours." Seikatsu said as an evil grin began to from on her lips

"A-Anything...just...not the...wings." Rei said getting lightheaded

"I'll take you up on that. I suppose I'll just flip you over now." Seikatsu admitted as she kicked Rei in the gut in order for to land on her back

"GAH! 'cough' 'cough' W-What...what are you going...to do?" Rei asked coughing out blood

"I'm going to take something precious from you, very precious to you, and I'm sure that this particular thing you possess is something you'll surely regret. Here, why don't I give you a heads up of what's to come." Seikatsu said as bent forward using her four limbs to pin down Rei's limbs

As Seikatsu leaned downward to Rei's ear, whispering in a volume only she could hear, she began to go into detail of what she had planned for Rei. Seikatsu made sure to emphasize, and clearly state what she meant in case Rei wasn't sure of what was to come. As the seconds passed by with Seikatsu chuckling with every other word, Rei in the back of her head was starting to regret her decision.

With every word Rei was fearing for both her life, and what she was going to lose. Her eyes growing wider, filling themselves with despair, fear and terror, losing all hope for herself as she was now screaming no over, and over trying to squirm her way out of there.

Seikatsu saw this, and grinned as she purposefully let go of Rei as she struggled with all her might to get up, and run to the nearby forest. Her slashed body still bleeding, her eyes a constant source of dripping tears falling onto the grass like morning dew, her throat tired from screaming, but doing all she can to cry for help from somebody. Rei was a mess, and she knew it. But damn it all she was going to do her damnedest to get away from that...that freak!

It was after 5 minutes of straight out limping that Rei realized that she was in more deep in that forest than she cared to know about that she thought when she decided to cry out for help.

"Someone! Anyone! Help...PLEASE! HELP ME!" Rei screamed at the top of her lungs until she heard that evil chuckle again but the sound could be heard from all around her

"Sorry, don't you remember? No one's coming to save you, and you're going to die." Seikatsu sang evilly

"Damn it...just...leave me alone!" Rei shouted in frustration

"Hehehehehe, what? Are you afraid? You should be, you got the shittiest opponent you could ever get ,and you know what? I'm having a blast! I haven't had this much fun since I chased that redhead around for days on end. Not that first redhead that used sand mind you, no there was another one, bit of a shy one that girl was, but she did give me the slip more often than not. I still have her glasses as a souvenir from when I finally caught her, I like to put them on when I read as a reminder of what I did to her, but they've always been a bit small on me." Seikatsu droned

"But in any case, time to play a game I like to call Hide and Seek. Ready? Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu." Seikatsu said as a very large, and thick mist began to surround Rei clouding her vision

"What the? What is this? I thought only those in Kiri know this jutsu." Rei said in confusion

"It's a jutsu that those delightful Kiri fish heads made famous. I like to use this when I trap my helpless prey, and you know what else? I have tons of chakra in me that I haven't even touched yet, so this mist is covering a very wide area." Seikatsu boasted as Rei's fear began to take over her mind

"I can't see anything." Rei said to herself

"That's the idea dummy, but here's the thing. I can't see you either, and I'm not bullshitting you, I really can't see a damn thing in here. But here's the thing, I have other ways of finding you out, so you better run." Seikatsu warned as Rei again summoned all her strength to find a way out of her nightmare.

---

With Kakashi

As Kakashi finished off the last of what appeared to hired goons of the slave traders he was beginning to think he should investigate the warehouse in question. Standing in front of the entrance Kakashi was beginning to worry about the fact that the demonic chakra hasn't gone down one bit, but in fact has grown a bit at a horrific rate. Then again he was about to enter a mysterious warehouse that may or may not house an unknown amount of children that will no doubt need his help.

"Ok, not looking forward to this? You smell any traps nearby Bull?" Kakashi asked his summon

Bark!

"Ok, that's good. Well, time to head into uncharted territory. Dark, mysterious, enemy filled territory." Kakashi said as he stretched his limbs

Bark.

"I am not being chicken about this." Kakashi said annoyed

Ruff

"Well, if you're so brave why don't you go in?" Kakashi said glaring at his summon

Whine

"Yeah, that's what I thought. Anyways, you know what to do when someone that's not me or someone whose pint-sized right?" Kakashi said getting serious

Grrrr Bark! Bark!

"Good boy. Alright, wish me luck." Kakashi said with a eye smile

Ruff

"Geez, thanks for the vote of confidence. You know, I can't believe I can understand the one dog that doesn't talk. Maybe I have some Inuzuka in me?" Kakashi said to himself in mild pride

Rrrrr

"Gee, way to be a buzzkill. I'm outta here." Kakashi deadpanned as he walked in the warehouse

Traversing through the halls of the surprisingly large warehouse Kakashi made sure he was careful not to stir up any traps that may prove life threatening either him or the possible hostages.

It wasn't long until he encountered resistance in the form of 1 man. One that Kakashi recognized in the bingo books as a traitor to Konoha, but would've never thought to encounter.

He was dressed in usual Jonin level ninja attire. The only difference was he had a Konoha headband on his head that was slashed across straight through the center of it. He had dark green hair that was unkempt being worn down by a cap. One of his more obvious visual traits was a sword strapped to his back pointing to the left side. He was around the same age as Kakashi if not a year or two older than him, and he looked anything but happy to see him.

"Aoi Rokusho. Never thought I'd run into you here of all places." Kakashi said evenly as he took out a kunai

"Kakashi Hatake, I could say the same thing to you." Aoi replied calmly

"So, despite being labeled as a traitor ever since you stole one of our top treasures you went up to join Orochimaru, and on top of that you're in the business of kidnapping children. Are you trying to get into hell or are you just that stupid?" Kakashi asked with a questioning look on his face

"What about you? I never pegged you for the jokester type, you were always so serious when we were in the academy, you hardly looked happy let alone cracking jokes." Aoi remarked

"Someone important to me told me that humor is the best way through a mission, and keep your sanity. So far, it works wonders. May have taken me a bit, but I eventually got the idea of it down." Kakashi shrugged

"Someone important?" Aoi chuckled as Kakashi's eye's narrowed

"He's dead now, and even though he wasn't around all that much, I would like to think if he were here he'd be laughing right alongside me. More specifically at your emo-centric hairdo." Kakashi said with a small smirk that came from Aoi's tick marks on his head

"How sentimental of you. It's just so happened that that's one of the reasons I left that pathetic village." Aoi said disgustingly

"Well that pathetic village has you cornered, and it's only offering you one chance to surrender. We have 1 Sannin, two Anbu Captains, even if one of them is out of the job, the former apprentice of Orochimaru, and 3, albeit young, unknown factors. Do you really think you can get out of this alive?" Kakashi asked

"Huh, now that you mention it that does sound like a predicament." Aoi sighed

"So?" Kakashi egged on

"Does this answer your question?" Aoi asked as he took out his Sword of the Thunder God glowing full of electricity

"You could've said just no." Kakashi said as he got into a battle ready position

"Are you going to ask them as well?" Aoi said with a devilish smirk snapping his fingers causing a multitude of men came out of nowhere surrounding Kakashi

"Shit." Kakashi thought to himself

---

With Shintaro

Despite being covered in pure tailed beast chakra, and driven purely by instinct Shintaro was getting the utter crap kicked out of him. And even though Shin had a few scrapes, and bruises, the inhuman, lifeless Shin still held his ground against the supposed pseudo-jinchuuriki. He still flailed his chakra arms at Shin, who despite looking like a walking giant, was more agile than he looked dodging said chakra arms or whacking them away with his weapon.

Meanwhile Shin was growing tired of this with every minute knowing more than 5 ways to kill the boy even as he is now, but his master had explicitly ordered him to capture the boy alive. So in the meantime Shin had settled for the primitive yet effective of just wearing him out while whacking the crazed Shintaro whenever he had the chance. It was a trying process, but effective so he had just stuck with it.

Damn him...DAMN HIM! WHY CAN"T I HIT HIM!

That's because your methods are crude, and erratic. I'll admit they can be unpredictable at times, but you're too slow and clunky. We need a faster approach, and I know whose power we need in order to the the job done.

You think you can do a better job?

Does the boy have reason's to kill this man?

Alright, alright, but you better be fast. You know he'll take advantage of the point when we switch.

I know, that's why I want you to do something before we switch.

Oh really? What could that be?

Put on a show.

I see. In that case I know just the thing.

"He's been docile for quite a bit. Has he finally calmed down? No...he's planning something."

At that moment Shintaro, or whoever was controlling him, looked like he was gathering chakra in large quantities, and concentrating his now 6 tails right above him.

"A miniature tailed beast bomb? Does he really think he'll be able to hit me with that? Nevertheless, I can't go in there. If my body comes in contact with anyone of those balls so dense with chakra, they'll explode upon impact. I may not die, but my body would be greatly damaged therefore hindering my efficiency. I suppose I'll just dodge it when the time comes. Or better yet, attack when he solidifies all that raw chakra." Shin

Just as he finished that thought the chakra covered Shintaro grinned at him, and raised both of his hands while the chakra balls were rising higher as well.

"What is he planning?" Shin said to himself narrowing his eyes

"Your death." the chakra cloaked Shintaro said with a twisted smile

"What? I thought speech was impossible in that form. Have you finally decided to give up boy?" Shin said questionably

"Who said it was the kid talking? Then again, you're not totally wrong." "Shintaro" said as he stood up

"Then who are you? You're not..."

"Nope, but you're close. Besides, I won't be here long anyways, and if things turn out like I planned then you won't either. I could care less either way, because after this you'll have someone else to deal with. Buh bye now." the chakra cloaked Shintaro said as he raised both of his red arms

"What? He can't mean-"

"Shintaro" threw both of his arms down slamming down into the earth causing the pure, raw, destructive chakra balls to explode as well. This in turn caused a multiple chain reaction of explosions around him. The explosions lasted for a solid 2 minutes blowing anything near the epicenter to pieces.

After the explosion chain had ended there was nothing intact near the center of the explosions. That is, save for a single white figure laying down on his back. His pale, white flesh burned badly with some on his hair singed off his scalp, and his clothes or lack thereof were also burned off his body. The strange thing was, despite him taking the full frontal force of those explosions, he wasn't screaming in pain, or talking much at all. He wasn't unconscious either just...lying there, being surrounded by clouds of smoke.

"Hmm...damage to external physical body...64%. Internal damage...24%. Beginning regeneration process, approximate time till minimum combat ready capabilities...84 seconds. It appears I have underestimated him." Shin uttered to himself

"Hehehehe, you have no idea how right you are." a different, feral-like dark growling voice surrounded by a metal background said surprising Shin

"I see...you must be the reason my master wants the boy alive. Time til minimum combat ready capabilities...73 seconds." Shin said emotionlessly to himself looking for the source of the voice

"I suppose so, but in reality your master vastly underestimates the power he want's to control. But keep in mind I'm merely the first of my kind to come. I may not know what form or shape they make take on, but nevertheless each one will be the strongest warriors this world has ever seen with each one getting stronger than the last. Then again when the others show up I won't be much of an alpha now would I? Oh well, I suppose I could claim that I was the first to claim a good number of years from his soul." the voice said nonchalantly

"I suppose you're talking about the Guardian Contract?" Shin said as he effortlessly stood himself up

"Hehehe, they really need to change the name of that contract. We're Guardians in the same sense of mercenaries protecting a princess. It may look like were on her side, but in reality we have other motives for doing so." the voice said mockingly

"And what are those motives exactly?" Shin asked

"Wouldn't you like to know?" the voice chuckled

"Would I ask otherwise? Time till minimum fighting capabilities...53 seconds." Shin whispered to himself

"Fair point." the voice admitted as it came into view of Shin

As Shin squinted his eyes toward the small figure his emotionless eyes flickered for a slight moment of surprise before returning to their normal emotionless state.

Gone was miniature Kyuubi covered in blood red chakra, and malice filled aura surrounding it. But instead of returning back to normal to his regular child form it was instead replaced by something else entirely.

Shintaro's skin looked as if it was burnt off, but was quickly healing while changing at the same time as it grew what looked like fur. He was moderately taller by a foot or two looking around 13 or 14 in terms of age. His blue spiky hair was changing dramatically both in shape, and in color into a feral, nearly animal like snow shade of white. His hair was growing at a rapid rate past his neck to his lower back, and his bangs were also past his eyes. It was also looked liked as if was painted on with small strands of orange-red swirling around in a wave-like pattern . His eyes were completely black nearly imitating a dark abyss that stared Shin into his soul, that is if he had one.

His body, other than the huge growth spurt, and white fur growing out from his skin, was hunched over like a wolf ready to pounce with all four limbs on the ground, his hands grew claws, and his feet also grew claws to imitate a wild wolf. Strangely enough, his clothes also somehow changed with his appearance. He was wearing a dark blue vest that was wide open exposing his bare, well built chest. His legs bent over like some animal as they were covered by what looked like torn jean shorts dyed a raven shade of black.

Lastly his face for the most part was covered by some metal muzzle (think what Max wore when he was strapped to the hood of that car in Mad Max) that was chained to the back of his head.

"So, which Guardian Spirit are you?" Shin asked trying to get information

"None that you would know. Just a lone wolf looking for its meal, but hey that's as good of a name as any. Just call me Wolf." Wolf said with a cocky grin

"Wolf?" Shin said in confusion

"Never mind about that. Quick question. Have you ever heard of the story of the Wolf, and the Bear?" Wolf asked curiously

"No, I haven't." Shin said flatly

"Well, it's a long story, but to cut things short the Bear was acting like top Alpha around the Wolf's turf tearing up the place. The Wolf didn't like that, and had only one thing to say about the Bear as it stood upon a cliff staring him down." Wolf said amusingly

"What is the point of this? I may as well indulge him or rather it at this point. I still need 21 seconds for my body to be at my minimal fighting capacity." Shin thought to himself as he decided to oblige Wolf

"Oh? And what's th-" Shin said before he was interrupted via claw punch to the face that knocked Shin off his feet launching him a good distance away from Wolf

"Let the hunt begin." Wolf said darkly chuckled as he chased after Shin

---

With Itachi 3 minutes earlier from the explosion

As Itachi continued to give chase after the murderous hoard of henchmen he noticed the sudden rise of mist gathering around near the forest to his right.

"Is that the Hidden Mist Jutsu? Did Orochimaru hire someone from Kiri? Or does one of Shintaro-san's companions possess that ability? Then again, that mist cloud is getting larger by the second, I can barely see the outer trees at this point so it has to be someone with large chakra reserves. As far as I know no one who came with us has the reserves to preform such that jutsu to such a degree, and by the looks of it the mist is really thick as well. But I have my own problems to deal with, and if I leave them alone who knows what kind of trouble they'll get in. I have no choice, but to-"

"PLEASE! HELP ME!"

"Who was that? Sounded like a female's voice...could it be that girl Shintaro-san brought with him? Rei? In any case, she sounds like she's in trouble, and if she's in trouble there's a chance that...there's someone else over there. Looks like they're unconscious or dead which is the more likely outcome. Should I go investigate? If I leave them be there's a chance they could run into Jiraiya-sama or Anko-san, and chances are they'll just make their battless that much harder. However, if I ignore that scream there may be a chance that Shintaro-san, and his companions may die. What should I do?"

---

With Akihiko 3 minutes from the explosions.

Pain, and terror those two things were the only thing he was feeling right now. Akihiko was in a world of pain, and it looked like whatever situation he was in wasn't going to stop. He could barely see two feet in front of him, but judging by his senses his limbs were spread out in a star-like fashion being held by chains with spikes on them. His torso felt as if it was tearing itself apart from the inside-out. His face was completely covered in something that gave off a burning sensation that gave the feeling that his face was tearing itself off from his head.

He felt as if days had passed by completely unaware of how much actual time had gone through in the real world. He gave up on screaming a while ago, not that he didn't feel any pain oh no, it was simply because he was too tired to scream, and only had the energy to occasionally moan or groan.

"Damn it, where am I? Who am I? Oh yeah, that psychotic bitch trapped me in here. Damn it this fucking hurts, but...why don't I care anymore? How long have I been here? Does that even matter anymore? Should I even fight back anymore? Maybe if I give up the pain will go away. Yeah...that's it...maybe I should...give...up-"

You're nothing but a pure failure after all.

I was right in choosing Raiden as my successor after all.

I can't believe I fell in love with such a traitor.

Worthless son of mine.

Hey look, it's him, that human lover.

Such a disgrace, using that forbidden jutsu.

I hear he loves humans.

Loves humans?

They're our sacred summoners.

Doesn't he know we could lose our summoning privlages?

It's better to banish him.

We need to get rid of him.

He's just a spineless traitor.

Worthless.

Pathetic.

Weak.

Weak.

Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Stop It. Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Be Quiet.Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak!Weak!Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! That's enough. Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Stop talking!Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak!Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Get out my head! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak!Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Leave me alone! Weak!Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Just leave me alone! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak! Weak!

SHUUUUUUTT UUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPP!

Roaring loudly than he ever did before Akihiko's body changed back into his giant tiger form.

"I am not a weakling! I will prove it to you bastards! I no longer need that fake name you gave me father. Instead, I have a new name that will strike fear into your hearts when we next meet, and that name is AKIHIKO!"

Akihiko roared loudly to the point the earth shook Akihiko's vision cleared a bit, and his eyes were starting to adjust to the light. Thanks to his tiger leniency his vision was greatly adjusting to the night pretty well, so much in fact it hardly looked like night at all for him. In front of him he saw a huge field of craters that still had flames sprouting from the center of them while on the opposite end of them were slightly larger craters that were filled to the brim with what looked like steaming, if not boiling, water.

To his right he saw a forest filled to the brim with a thick mist that only seemed to get bigger by the second. As he looked behind him he could barely make the sounds, even though they were about a mile away from him, of multiple birds chirping in the distance. However, as the giant tiger turned his head to the left he saw something he wouldn't have expected.

Firstly he managed to make out a small group of maniacs running wildly toward him as they were chased behind by what looked like a small boy. Behind them were two giant figure about his size if not a bit bigger than him fighting each other. One was a giant purple snake longer than he was, and the other figure turned out to be a giant toad with a sword. Both animals seemed to have a small human on top of their respective heads, but despite those oddities that wasn't what drew him to that direction.

No, it was the fact that he felt the same demonic chakra he felt 5 years ago, and he quickly remembered someone else being covered in that chakra.

"That must be Shintaro, never thought someone like him would posess that demonic chakra. It's just as potent as that damn fox's, and just as full of malice if not more so. Damn it, why do I feel so slow? Wait a minute...I remember now, that psychotic bitch stabbed me with her foot somehow, and placed me under that nightmare of a genjutsu. Yeah, I still owe her a good claw or two to the face, the chest, her back, her fucking innards I'll claw her to pieces!"

"Where is she? Wait a minute, wasn't that bug bitch with...oh shit."

---

Back with Anko

If there was ever an example of a one-sided fight Anko would gladly tell them about hers with Kabuto right now. Now, she'll admit that she had a hard time at first with Kabuto with him healing himself of all injuries, but now she could laugh at how absurdly easy this fight was turning out to be. Seeing Kabuto jump around like some frog leaping from lily pad to lily pad was beyond hilarious. Not to mention she had an unexpected trump card that was about to be put into play right about...

"Now." Anko thought to herself

'Whistle'

"Oi! You two step back a bit." Anko yelled getting her summons attention

"Is there something wrong Anko-sama?" Kazuo asked

"Yeah, what's up babe?" Ken asked as he smacked Kabuto into the air absentmindedly with his tail while also kicking up dirt to the point of making a giant dust cloud

"Oops." Ken said as he sweat dropped at the screaming teen

"Nice." Anko deadpanned

"So, what's up?" Ken asked

"It's Kaori." Anko said seriously

"What about her?" Ken asked in confusion

"Is something wrong?" Kazuo asked in concern

"You should know what I'm talking about." Anko said flatly as both snake summons eyes grew wide

"Oh shit." Ken said in mild fear

"Anko-sama, is that wise? You remember what happened last time don't you?" Kazuo asked in even more concern

"I do, and that's why I'm having you on stand by for now." Anko said pointing back of her

"As you wish Anko-sama." Kazuo said reluctantly

"You got it babe." Ken said with the same amount of reluctance as Kabuto fell back to the ground

"What are they planning now? Dammit I don't have time for this. I'm worn out as it is, and I doubt I can hold out for much longer if they all decide to come at me at once. In any case, I need to find a way to get out o here , but it doesn't seem that'll be happening the way I want to. I just hope Orochimaru-sama is having a better time than-"

"You." a strange female voice said coldly

"Me." Kabuto thought to himself as he got up from the ground already healing his wounds

"Is it true that you murdered an entire clan?" the voice asked

"I did. What about it?" Kabuto said without mercy as the voice gasped for a second

"How could you?" the voice asked not pleased at all

"It was to ensure a secret was kept." Kabuto said flatly

"A secret!" the voice yelled angrily

"We all have our orders." Kabuto simply replied

"This is precisely why I refuse to serve under you shinobi. Anko-sama was the exception because she said she left Konoha with that monster Orochimaru. I may not have approved of her companion, but at least she wasn't with shinobi." the voice said disgustingly

"What's that?" Kabuto asked

"You may not know this, but there's a civil war going on with my people. Coincidentally enough, it all started with your master, Orochimaru. Ever since he chose Manda over Keisuke it's been hell on earth. I can hardly remember the last time I slept without having to force myself awake to avoid the conflicts he's stirred up. Ever since he became our new summoner those that relish human sacrifices became the one's in power."

"It wasn't until 5 years ago that some spoke out against your master's selection of our brethren, and the tyranny of Manda's reign. Then 2 years later some chose to fight back, and now the Ryuchi cave is a war-filled nightmare zone. So many of our brethren have lost their lives, and so many innocent eggs were lost. But now...now we have a chance to end it all. Both Manda, and that wretched Orochimaru are here in this seal unable to escape. If the two of them die then perhaps the war will end."

"Such naive thinking, war will never end no matter who or what's involved, eventually war will come again be it 1 week or 1 year. I may not like Manda because of his attitude, but at least he enforces power, intimidates those weaker than him, and challenges those who pose a threat. Those traits are what's needed in order to rule." Kabuto stated firmly

"I see...there's no saving you is there?" the voice said sadly as it drew closer to Kabuto who chuckled

"Salvation? Whatever for?" Kabuto mocked

"You poor child, but nontheless..." the voice said as it came into view

"What the..." Kabuto said in surprise

And for good reason as well. As the dust cloud had finally disappeared he got a clear view of who was talking to him, as well as noticed someone was missing. At the back he could clearly see the two giant slithering beasts that were toying with him while their master, who was sitting on top of the King Cobra's head, merely sat back, and watched in pleasure. However, the rat snake that had stayed behind was nowhere to be found, instead there was another woman standing in front of him.

She had pale white skin, and snow white hair, save for the top left of her head that held the same skull pattern she had on before in her snake form, that reached down to her back with one side of her bangs covering her closed eyes. Her face was smooth, beautiful in fact she could be mistaken for a princess. She was well built with an evenly toned body that showed no sign of her muscles bulging at all. She wore no clothing at all exposing her body yet her petite breasts, and lower body are were both covered in what looked like silver snake scales that go across the parts that needed to be censored.

"Child or not, Anko-sama wishes for you to pay for your crimes. And I Kaori, master of the forbidden reverse species technique will carry out her wishes. Although she may have severed her contract with us before, she is willing to make amends by giving me a ray of hope of what happened to my eggs. Now..." Kaori said as she opened her eyes revealing her original black as night pupils, and red vertical slits in the middle of them

"Are you going to come quietly or not?" Kaori asked as she narrowed her eyes toward Kabuto who looked nervous at his new opponent

---

With Jiraiya

After the large explosion chain had calmed down both Jiraiya, and Orochimaru along with their summons were blown away merely from the pure shockwave alone. Right now Jiraiya was picking himself up off the ground as Gamabunta was doing the same trying to asses the situation.

"Damn it, what was that? This is not looking good. All I'm doing is fighting him to a standstill, and the longer I waste time with him the longer the others could be in danger. I still don't know what threat Shintaro, and his friends are facing, not to mention the potential children that Kakashi/Itachi may come across. From what Shintaro told me about this seal this might turn out bad, but I need to end this now." Jiraiya thought to himself as he grabbed hold of his chest

"Gamabunta." Jiraiya said getting his attention

"Yeah what is it? Actually, what was that damn explosion a minute ago?" Gamabunta groaned as sat up to rub his head

"No idea, but I think whoever or whatever started that is in deep trouble...I'm going into that mode." Jiraiya said seriously as the chief's toad stumbled a bit

"Sage mode? Are you joking?" Gamabunta asked seriously as Jiraiya merely shook his head

"I need to end this as soon as possible, and besides, I don't think I could beat Orochimaru on my own. He was called a genius for a reason you know, and a genius among the Sannin to boot is going to be lot of trouble. " Jiraiya grunted

"I see. Well, I suppose it's relieving to see that you're serious about this for once. So, how are you going to deal with the time it takes to summon them? From the looks of this seal, and what you told me that may prove to be a bit of a problem." Gamabunta asked

"Heh, who said I was going to summon the elders?" Jiraiya asked with a grin only confusing the chief toad

"What're you blabbering about? You know as well as I do that they're required to enter Sage mode, and the amount of stillness required as well. The only other way to enter Sage mode without them is something you're not capable of doing." Gamabunta stated with a smirk as Jiraiya frowned

"If you're referring to the Shadow clone technique that the Senpu managed to figure out then no. I swear I hate the fact that I'm getting older, if I used Shadow clones now it'll only drain my chakra that much faster. No, I'm referring to the next innovative method of gathering nature energy created by the latest Senpu's son." Jiraiya explained

"Jiyu?" Gamabunta said in surprise

"His kid." Jiraiya corrected

"That laid back jokester of a slacker had a kid?" Gamabunta snorted

"Yeah, he's a real handful just like his dad. Only been in the village for no less than 3 days, and he's already made an impression in front of the old man plus the council. Breaking into the forest of death, taking down an angry mob chasing after Minato's kid, and he now officially owns property in Konoha as well." Jiraiya listed tiredly thinking how much trouble the kid that preformed these deeds will be in the future

"All of that in 3 days? Actually never mind, if it's a Senpu were talking about much less Jiyu's kid nothing will surprise me. So, what's this new method of his?" Gamabunta said as he shrugged off the information he just received

"It's experimental, but I think I can trust in this seal." Jiraiya said putting his hand to his chest

"A seal? You mean the one were trapped in right now?" the gigantic toad asked

"No, it's a seal Shintaro, Jiyu's kid, gave me a few hours ago. It's a seal that gathers nature energy on it's own at a safe pace, and stores it to a safe level to where my body can handle it. Not to mention I get to keep my good looks so if that's a plus if I ever had one." Jiraiya said with a gallant laugh that made Gamabunta roll his eyes

"The bad side of it is if I use it too much then I might overwork the seal, and might destroy itself." Jiraiya thought to himself

"Really? So, are you going to use that seal or not because I think they're coming now." Gamabunta said raising his sword again

"Yup, I think it's time I finally end this. Secret technique: Sage seal: Release!" Jiraiya shouted as he went through a few random hand signs required for the seal

"Oi! Snake-teme!" Jiraiya shouted at his now visible opponent

"What is it now Jiraiya-baka? Have you decided to finally give up?" Orochimaru said annoyed at his former teammate who surpisingly chuckled for a few seconds keeping his head down

"Heh, hell no! If anything I should be asking you that." Jiraiya said confidently keeping his head down

"What are you to talk about?" Orochimaru said confused at what the Toad Sage was doing

"I'm talking about how I'm going to kick your ass." Jiraiya said seriously as he raised his head making eye contact with Orochimaru, whose eyes had red pigment over them, and pupils turned into rectangular bricks