A/N: This is my first try as an author so bear with me. English isn't my first language so don't hesitate to pm me with any fault you find, I am always eager to learn.
Some readers were disappointed that I stopped the last chapter just before the fight, well you know you never have to wait that long with my chapter release rate, plus I wanted the fight to have its own chapter since it's pretty long.
Someone asked which version of the Rasengan Naruto was learning, it is the basic wind one. The shuriken one is for much later, requires a more specialized training and a bit more than five days of preparations.
Anyway, welcome to the next chapter of Kaze No Kami.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any other manga for that matter.
Chapter 17: The Will of Fire
Outskirts of Tanzaku Gai
As the smoke resulting from Naruto's summoning technique cleared out, Orochimaru cursed as he remembered that the blond could also summon. Tsunade and Shizune were stunned to see Naruto bring out not one but two large dragons, mythical creatures that were thought to be long gone.
Naruto was riding on top of Hiryu, a flying fire dragon. They were high in the sky above the position of Tsunade and Shizune. Jiraya was standing on the ground in front of Tsunade and her apprentice, he was surrounded by the long body of Naruto's second summon, Sheron the crawling venom dragon.
With Naruto
Naruto used his chakra storage seal immediately since summoning two huge dragons did take a lot out of him. As he felt his reserves go up again he then addressed his dragon.
"Okay, looks like Ero-sennin is in position as well. Hiryu let's try some fireball against them first, we'll try to separate them and then engage the silver haired one." Said Naruto to his dragon.
"Very well Naruto-sama, hang on tight please we're going down." Replied the fire dragon as he started to dive in the direction of Orochimaru and Kabuto on the ground.
As they reached his firing range, Hiryu slowed down their speed and then gathered some air into his lungs to prepare for his assault. The fire dragon launched a huge fireball, targeting the space between Orochimaru and Kabuto.
As the fireball impacted the ground, Orochimaru and Kabuto quickly moved away from it in two different directions. Naruto could analyze that those snakes summons were pretty fast in their evasion movements, making it hard to hit them with Hiryu's fireballs.
"Cover me Kabuto, I'll go finish Jiraya and Tsunade while they're still not at one hundred percent." Said Orochimaru.
"Hai Orochimaru-sama." Replied Kabuto as he positioned himself and his snake mount between his master and the approaching form of Naruto on his dragon.
Naruto saw Orochimaru and his snake's retreating forms and smiled as the first part of his plan was done. He could now focus all his attention to Kabuto as he commanded Hiryu to continue bombarding their target from the sky.
Kabuto cursed at the blond, even if he was following the orders of his master he was pulled further and further away from the side of Orochimaru. His original plan was just to temporary distract Naruto while allowing his master to finish the other group but always with the possibility to assist him in the event that fighting two fellow sannin members proved to be too hard. Now he was dragged too far from Orochimaru to possibly help him.
With Jiraya
"Naruto did his job, Orochimaru is coming alone this way. Prepare yourself Sheron I'm counting on you, I still can't mold my chakra properly thanks to Tsunade's drug in my system." Said Jiraya to the dragon Naruto summoned to assist him.
"Very well Jiraya-dono, I shall assist you in fighting off enemies of Naruto-sama. My abilities allow me to throw acid or poison blasts, my claws are coated with a very strong neurotoxic agent that can kill an average human in seconds and my scales are pretty resilient to any elemental or physical attacks." Replied Sheron.
Jiraya, Tsunade and Shizune were all impressed at the dragon's ability. However, before they could discuss further about the dragon's powers, Orochimaru arrived on top of his giant snake summon.
"Still trying to play the hero a and protect Tsunade, huh Jiraya. You are both so pathetic, it disgusts me that people would put us three on the same level. No matter, after today I will be the only one of us to stay alive." Said Orochimaru.
Jiraya exchanged a nod with Shizune and she suddenly took her master and fled the area, leaving Orochimaru and Jiraya alone.
Seeing this Orochimaru tried to cut their retreat but had to stop to avoid an incoming blast of acid launched by Sheron. The attack missed but everyone could see when it fell to the ground the damage it did, melting concrete rock like it was nothing.
Sheron charged air in his lungs to prepare for another blast of acid aiming at Orochimaru, seeing this Jiraya tried to help with his currently limited powers. As the spray of acid left the dragon's mouth, Jiraya went through hand signs and called his jutsu, "Doton : Yomi no Yuma !".
Orochimaru was ready to evade another blast of acid when he suddenly felt the ground shake, looking down he saw the ground had transformed into a swamp. Seeing his summon trapped and the incoming spray of acid upon them, Orochimaru cursed and abandoned his snake. The creature was hit this time, the acid spread all over its body killing it instantly.
As he landed Orochimaru went through hand signs and then took a crouching position, "Mandara no Jin !" he called his jutsu. From his mouth thousands of snakes came out, slithering as they made their way towards Jiraya.
The swarm of snakes took the form of a giant living wave as they approached Jiraya's position. When they were close enough, each of them opened its mouth and the tip of a sword could be seen in each of their mouth.
Jiraya was aware that if he tried to evade the attack, it would continue its path and reach Tsunade and Shizune. As he was trying to come up with a jutsu to stop the incoming attack, Sheron suddenly took position around him, shielding the toad sage with his own body.
The attack hit them hard, Jiraya could feel the ground shaking all around him. When the ground stopped shaking, Sheron moved his body so Jiraya could get out. What Jiraya saw made him widen his eyes, the snakes dispelled but not without leaving a present. Sheron's body was covered by stab wounds by the swords they had, he was bleeding profusely.
"I'm glad you're alright Jiraya-dono, I'm sorry I cannot help you further though." Said the dragon as he was about to dispel himself.
"That's quite alright Sheron, you did more than enough. It seems Tsunade's drug effects on my body finally wore off, I have full control again on my chakra. Thanks a lot for your assistance, I will tell my student that you fought admirably, you can go back now." Replied Jiraya as Sheron dispelled himself after bowing his head.
Jiraya now faced Orochimaru, both of them lost their summon protection and were ready for the second round while Tsunade was still recovering from her previous fight.
With Naruto
Naruto and Kabuto were currently in a stalemate, Naruto could not hit Kabuto and his snake because they were faster and Kabuto could not reach Naruto and his dragon since they could fly.
They could hear the sounds of the battle between Jiraya and Orochimaru still going on, Kabuto was even worried for his master when they saw the snake summon die after being hit by the other dragon. He decided to try to change tactics to catch the inexperienced chunin off guard.
Kabuto waited for Naruto to get close again before he went through hand signs, "Katon : Kasumi Enbu no jutsu !" he said as he expelled a huge cloud of burning ashes all around them.
Hiryu was fine inside the opponent's jutsu but Naruto wasn't, he had to lower his guard to protect his air ways and gave Kabuto the opening he needed.
Kabuto launched another jutsu on the blond, "Sen'ei Jashu !" he called as he launched snakes at Naruto that managed to catch him and throw him off his dragon.
Naruto landed hard on the ground, and still found it hard to breath due to the ashes in the air.
Kabuto was about to charge at Naruto to finish him when he heard someone launch a jutsu at them, "Doku Giri !" as dark cloud of smoke appeared out of nowhere and surrounded him.
He was fast enough to jump out of the cloud but the snake couldn't. Kabuto turned his head in the direction of the voice who called the technique and he saw that it was Tsunade's assistant. They had unknowingly reach Tsunade and her apprentice during their fight. His snake suddenly vomit blood and fell to the ground dead. He knew that her previous attack must have been based on poison being a medic himself.
Seeing Naruto still down, Shizune prepared herself for another attack and launched a second Doku Giri in Kabuto's direction. When the smoke cleared out Kabuto was nowhere to be found, Shizune's eyes widened as she realized too late where he was.
Kabuto jumped out of the ground and used his chakra scalpel to sever the nerves in Shizune's legs, effectively preventing her from moving away as he went to kick her to the side.
Seeing an unprotected Tsunade not far from him, he decided to go finish her off before she had the chance to regain her strength and composure. As he was about to land a hit on the still unmoving Tsunade, he was kicked out of the way by Naruto.
"Are you alright Tsunade-bachan ?" Asked a still panting Naruto.
"Naruto … what are you doing ? He is too strong for you, and you have barely any chakra left. You must flee, leave me alone here and save yourself !" Replied an emotional Tsunade as flashes of her younger brother and fiance dying went through her mind.
"Don't worry, none of you will leave this place alive." Said Kabuto as he stood up and charged in their direction but had to fall back after Hiryu landed in front of him, preventing him from going further in that direction.
"Hiryu, can you stall him for a bit, I need some time to prepare my next move." Said Naruto to his dragon.
The dragon nodded and started throwing fireballs at Kabuto while staying on the ground to cover his master and Tsunade, spreading his large wings to prevent Kabuto from seeing Naruto prepare his attack.
Naruto ignored Tsunade's pleas for him to leave her and save himself and made a single hand sign, "Kage Bunshin !" he said as a his clone appeared. He then turned his head in Tsunade's direction and gave her a smile.
"Don't worry Ba-chan, until I become Hokage I will never die !" He said with conviction as he charged a perfect Rasengan while his clone channeled wind chakra in the chakra orb. As he arrived running behind Hiryu who was still blocking Kabuto, he ordered his dragon to fall back.
"Now Hiryu !" He yelled as the dragon suddenly jumped in the air then dispelled himself since he used most of his chakra to fire continuously at Kabuto.
Kabuto saw that it was too late to fall back and decided to take on the attack head on, he went through hand signs and call a jutsu, "Kuchiyose : Rashomon !" he called as he placed his hands to the ground. A huge structure rose from the ground in the shape of an enormous door with demonic markings all over it, while Kabuto was in a crouching position behind it.
Naruto also decided to go through with his new technique and launched it against the strange structure in front of him, "Futon : Rasengan !" he called as he slammed his jutsu against the door.
As Naruto's jutsu touched the Rashomon, a huge flash blinded everyone, then the sound of an explosion could be heard. Naruto's Rasengan expanded upon impact and completely vaporized the defensive structure, it then continued on its original path behind it, catching Kabuto off guard and dragging him along. It finally stopped fifty meters later against a huge rock.
As the jutsu finally dispelled, Kabuto appeared crushed against the rock that stopped it. He was cut in several places, he was heavily bleeding as he laid there unconscious on the ground.
Tsunade was stunned, Naruto did complete his jutsu in only five days. The results were astonishing, this Rasengan had to be ten times more powerful than the original one, judging by the look of what it did to the Rashomon.
Naruto took a peak at the results of his first successful attempt to make the wind version of the Rasengan, then looked back at Tsunade with a grin, "I win the bet Ba-chan." he said before falling to the ground unconscious due to chakra exhaustion.
Tsunade rushed to him and saw that he was fine, she smiled, took off her pendant and attached it around Naruto's neck. She saw that she also finally stopped shaking due to her crisis earlier after seeing blood.
"Yes you win Naruto, it seems I'm finally free of my past and from my old demons too." Said Tsunade as she took the unconscious body of Naruto in her arms and hugged it with tears in her eyes.
With Jiraya
Both sannin were in a high taijutsu battle when they saw the flash of Naruto's jutsu. Their eyes widened at the sight of the damage done by that jutsu.
"Looks like Naruto finally did it, I knew he would." Thought Jiraya.
"To think that he could go through the Rashomon, even if it was a low version of the true Rashomon. Jiraya has recovered from whatever Tsunade did to him and Tsunade herself looks like she's back in business as well. It's a shame I couldn't get her to heal Kimimaro-kun for me, I will have to go with the original plan and get Sasuke-kun after all." Analyzed Orochimaru.
"I can't let that one get stronger either, he is already close to Kabuto's level. He could prove to be troublesome later if I let him grow further." As Orochimaru finished his thinking, he managed to catch a still unfocused Jiraya off guard and temporary paralyzed him. He then charged in Naruto and Tsunade's direction with his sword drawn.
With Tsunade
Tsunade was healing the minor cuts Naruto had all over his body when she fell the killing intent of Orochimaru behind her. She turned in time to launch herself between the snake and Naruto, taking the hit instead of the young blond.
"I didn't target you, why do you put your life on the line for him Tsunade?" asked Orochimaru.
"Because he is the future of Konoha. He is a bearer of the Will of Fire and I will save him even at the cost of my life because from now on I am the Godaime Hokage of Konoha !" Roared Tsunade as she stood up and used her technique.
"Infuin Kai, Sozo Saisei !" Said Tsunade as she glowed, her chakra healing every injury she had.
Orochimaru was at a disadvantage now, he had already used a lot of chakra against Jiraya and the other dragon summon, so he took several hard hits from Tsunade who had had the time to recover.
Seeing that drawing the fight further was pointless, first Tsunade would never help him now and second he couldn't match the firepower of two sannin at the moment with Kabuto down, he decided to pull back. He jumped back towards the down form of Kabuto and then fled the area.
After some time Jiraya and Shizune finally managed to get back to Naruto and Tsunade.
"Are you alright ?" Asked Jiraya to Tsunade.
"I'm fine, I will recover after a good rest." Replied Tsunade before adding "He did it Jiraya, he really finished what Minato started all those years ago."
"Yes I saw the result of the jutsu, his parents would be proud of him. He has the will to never give up, he is a true shinobi of Konoha, a bearer of the Will of Fire." Said Jiraya looking down at his disciple with pride.
"Let's go home ..." She finally said.
A/N: As promised the battle between Naruto & Co against Orochimaru. Don't be mad that Naruto didn't get to kick their asses since he's pretty much still jonin level at most while Kabuto is at elite jonin and Orochimaru is a sennin.
Naruto still got plenty of time to develop and the story is only barely midway from where I intend to end it.
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