Naruto: Here comes the cola!
Silence…
Naruto: Hey, Darth! Are you… There are you! Hey let's… What's wrong with you, man? You look like shit.
Darthemius: What?
Naruto: I said you look like shit. Here, have some! (Throwing a cola can at Darthemius)
Darthemius: Thanks, man…
Naruto (Sitting down beside Darthemius): Come on, spill. What happened?
Darthemius: Wha…? Oh, nothing. I was just thinking…
Naruto: Damn, man! That must be some thought! You weren't so down even when Veronica said she's getting married.
Darthemius: Really?
Naruto: Really. Now are you going to fucking tell me, or fucking not?
Darthemius (Sighing): You see, I was reading reviews to WOTR and… Damn, there was one guy and he said that word. Shit, I can't figure it out!
Naruto (With furrowed eyebrows): What fucking word?
Darthemius: …Douchebag.
Naruto: …What the fuck is a douchebag?
Darthemius: That's exactly what I'm trying to find out for a whole week! I think it's some kind of insult…
Naruto: Come on! Fat fuck, useless trash, ugly motherfucker, ass kisser, cock sucker, son of a whore, - that are insults! Douchebag? What the fuck?
Darthemius: Exactly my reaction! But it is a matter of principle now! I MUST know every insult in the world! First I asked everyone I know! They didn't know for shit! Then I went out on the street and started calling everyone I met a douchebag…
Naruto: Umm… sorry to disappoint you, pal, but you live in Russia. Most people probably didn't even know what language you spoke in.
Darthemius (With raised eyebrows): Oh… Well fuck that! Still, when no one responded I decided to use the online translator!
Naruto: I'm surprised you didn't start with that.
Darthemius: Fuck you! Anyway, I entered 'douchebag' and…
Naruto: And?
Darthemius: And nothing! Even the translator didn't know what that fucking word means!
Naruto: Shit… Hey, Trish will be back soon. Maybe we should ask her?
Darthemius: Hell no! It's way too embarrassing!
Naruto: Oh, alright… Anyway, who are we interviewing today?
Darthemius: No one! I'm not interviewing anyone until I find out what douchebag is!
Naruto: Fine, fine… Just launch the chapter then.
Darthemius: Tch, alright. But I'm not giving up…
...
Chapter twelve: To screw the Viper.
"Shin-ne!" – talks.
'Nah.' – thoughts.
...
A little earlier. Participants box…
"Do your best, Jin…" Tsubaki whispered, looking down at the arena with worry.
"Tsubaki…"
Red head's eyebrows furrowed. She knew exactly who this voice belonged to.
"Please, Tsubkaki!" Sasuke said, leaning down on the rail beside her. "I need to talk to you…"
"Well too bad!" She interrupted. "Because I have no desire to talk to you!"
Uchiha's eyes widened. "But… But why?"
"You don't even know why!" Tsubaki snapped. "Why would I want to talk to you after you tried to kill Hinata?"
Sasuke gritted his teeth. "But you saw what happened! She humiliated me in front of everyone!"
"That doesn't change the fact that you tried to kill her! She was your classmate!"
"That was a death match!" Sasuke shouted. "And besides, your precious Kisaragi tried to kill Hyuga Neji in the preliminaries!"
Tsubaki turned to him with a glare. "That's only because Neji tried to kill him first!" She shouted back. "You on the other hand tried to kill your opponent simply because she was besting you!"
Sasuke clenched his fist. "This has nothing to do with it! And also since when did you start to care about Hinata?"
Tsubaki's eyes narrowed. "You still don't get it, do you? This is not about Hinata! This is about you willing to kill everyone in your way… even if it is a friend…"
"But I…!" He exclaimed. "I would never do this to you!"
"Wouldn't you huh… And what if my death will bring you closer to killing Uzumaki Naruto?"
"I…" Sasuke spoke, but stopped and looked down in shame.
"Just as I thought." Tsubaki stated. "Now leave me alone."
"Gh…" Sasuke grunted and walked away from her.
'Why can't you understand, Sasuke?' The red head thought, looking at his retreating back. 'Vengeance won't bring your beloved ones back. And in the end you will only have emptiness inside…'
As if suddenly hearing her thoughts, Sasuke suddenly looked at her over his shoulder. And then in his eyes Tsubaki saw something she never saw before… No, the desire for revenge was still there. But at least now there was something else… The willingness to change.
'Perhaps he is not yet lost…' Tsubaki smiled slightly.
"The winner is Jin Kisaragi!"
Hokage's daughter looked at the arena sharply and saw how unconscious Gaara was lying in front of smiling Jin.
"Damn, I missed it!" She grunted… but then noticed how Jin was disappearing inside the arena entrance. 'Ha, but there is no way I'm gonna miss this!'
"Where are you going, Tsubaki-san?" Lee asked, looking at girl's retreating form. "Your second match will start soon!"
Tsubaki grinned at him over her shoulder. "Don't worry, Lee. I will make it in time…"
Outside of the stadium…
'Well, I did everything I could…' Hinata thought, leaving the arena grounds. 'And even if this won't work, at least I know I tried.'
"Hinata." Sudden voice made her to stop dead in her tracks and turn around.
"Father?"
"I… I saw what you did." Hiashi spoke hesitantly. "And I…" He sighed. "I wanted to apologize."
Hinata's eyes widened.
"I always dismissed you for being weak." Hiashi bowed his head and continued. "For being too shy and timid… I thought these qualities are not fit for the future clan head. But now I understand that my clan head duties were interfering with my father ones. I… I should've paid you more attention and…" He suddenly stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Hinata?"
"It's alright, father." She spoke. "I was also wrong. I understood what you wanted of me, but never took any steps to change myself. It is good that someone opened my eyes…"
Hiashi's eyes lit up. "Who was that?"
Hinata shook her head. "It doesn't matter. Let's not look back now, let's walk only forward and bring Hyuga clan to even greater highs… as father and daughter."
"Hai…" Hiashi took her hand. "Let's do that."
Flashback…
"Say that and everything will be in chocolate. Just remember that afterwards you will have to write your speeches yourself…"
End flashback…
'Hai, Jin-kun! I will!'
The stadium. Toilet…
"You know… I don't really think we should do that…" Jin stated. "At least not right now…"
"Too late to speak about it now…" Tsubaki replied… pulling him closer into herself. "Ah! Yes, harder!"
"Damn!" Naruto leaned his head on girl's shoulder and breathed her smell. "How I missed this…"
"Ah!" Tsubaki moaned as her back was hitting the wall again and again. "You have no idea how I missed this!" She said, wrapping her legs around Naruto's waist. "Damn father… Ah! Damn training… Oh God more! And fucking… Yes, don't stop! Jin, I'm almost… almost there!"
"Shit! Tsubaki, I'm cumming…"
"Yes!" She yelled. "Give it to me! I want it inside!"
Naruto felt her tighten even more and his head arched backwards. "Oh shit!" Unable to hold on any longer he grunted and released a big load of his seed deep inside already cumming Tsubaki.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" The red head yelled in orgasm, twitching violently around her lover.
"Huff… Huff… You are the best, girl." Naruto stated, kissing Tsubaki passionately.
She smiled at him and kissed back. "Promise me one thing, Jin…"
"What?"
"Promise that you won't leave me… whatever happens, you won't leave me."
Naruto closed his eyes, feeling really bad suddenly. But then he opened them again and smiled.
"Alright, I promise."
"Thank you." Tsubaki said and kissed him again.
'Shame on you, Uzumaki…' Naruto thought, allowing her tongue into his mouth.
Participants box…
"How's my hair?"
"Nice." Naruto replied, rolling his eyes. "And stop asking that, I told you five times already. Besides, you just had a fight against a wind user! No one will think that your hair got ruffled because of what you did to me just now…"
"I did?" Tsubaki exclaimed.
"Of course!" Naruto stated. "You caught me in a corridor, dragged me into a toilet, had your way with little innocent defenseless me…"
"Defenseless my ass! And it was you who suggested we go another round!"
"That's right, I suggested! You on the other hand tackled me to the floor and had your way with me for two more rounds!"
"Well you…!"
"Keep quiet." Jin interrupted. "We're already here."
"Oh…" Tsubaki exclaimed, finally noticing that they indeed arrived at participants' box. "So umm… what did we miss?"
"Where have you been?" Sasuke asked back.
"I…" The girl hesitated. "I was in a toilet!"
Naruto shrugged mentally. 'Well, that's true…'
"Yosh, Tsubaki-san!" Lee shouted. "You have missed a match between Kankurou and Aburame Shino. It has just ended in a draw."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. 'The last match of the first round ended…' He thought and glanced at Kage box. 'What's taking him so long? I thought he will start his fucking invasion after seeing his precious Uchiha's match, then why… Ah, of course! So good old Orochy was not too pleased with the outcome of said match. I guess he wants to see the next one then. And if my calculations are correct…'
"The next match will be Namikaze Tsubaki versus Rock Lee!" Genma announced.
'Strange, shouldn't it be the other way around? But wait…' Naruto grinned. 'This is perfect! That means I'm up against Uchiha. Good, let's play on old pedophile's nerves a little…'
Deep in his thoughts he missed how Tsubaki quickly pecked him on the lips.
"See you in the final match!" She winked and disappeared in a flash of red.
"Yosh! I'm not gonna lose!" Lee shouted and jumped down.
'I really doubt that…' Naruto thought, leaning on the rail. But then…
"Stay away from Tsubaki."
"Huh?" Jin turned his head. "Uchiha? You said something?"
"Yes, I said stay away from Tsubaki. She's too good for you." Sasuke demanded.
Naruto snorted. "Sorry, but I'm afraid I'll have to decline…"
Sasuke growled. "Looks like we have a misunderstanding here. That was not a request, it was a demand."
Naruto grinned evilly. "Oh, I got that alright. But you're correct about misunderstanding here. You see, to make a demand you need to have something behind you to back you up."
"And I do." The Uchiha stated. "I have Konoha council behind me."
Jin raised an eyebrow in amusement. "Eh? And what can they possibly do to me?"
Sasuke smirked. "How about forbidding you from reaching the higher rank?"
"I don't really care…"
"What?" Sasuke shouted with wide eyes.
"Are you deaf? I said I don't care about ranks. Heard that, or maybe I should repeat one more time?" Naruto said harshly.
"But…"
"Listen here, Uchiha. You are nothing but a spoiled child, I'm a cold-blooded murderer. Nothing you say will be enough for a threat to me. Now shut up and let me watch the fight."
Sasuke's eyes widened even more. 'He's… He's right! I never killed anyone, how am I going to kill him? I…' He stopped his train of thoughts and glanced at Jin. 'Hn, what a perfect opportunity! Not only will I learn how to kill, but I will also dispose of Kisaragi. And the best part, no one will punish me for it will be legal!' Sasuke smiled evilly. 'Let's see who will have the last laugh!'
The arena…
"Konoha Senpuu!" Lee lashed out with his signature move.
The fight began some time ago and until this moment only taijutsu was used by both opponents. They were surprisingly equal in that field, but then Lee removed his weights and it started to get tough for Tsubaki. Still, she was good enough to fight even against these odds…
"Not bad, Lee!" Tsubaki replied with a smile. "Try mine! Boushi Ryute-ru!" She shouted and countered with her new spinning roundhouse kick.
But using his superior speed Lee ducked under Tsubaki's kick and…
"I'm sorry, Tsubaki-san…" He said, sending red head in the air with a mighty kick and quickly appearing behind her back. "But I must prove that I can become amazing shinobi! Omote Renge!"
Tsubaki's eyes widened. 'Shit!' She cursed mentally, feeling how Lee grabbed her shoulders and prepared to piledrive her into the ground. 'How could I let that happen?'
"I will not lose! I will prove myself to Gai-sensei!"
Tsubaki frowned. 'I'm sorry, Lee. I knew about your condition and wanted to fight you only with taijutsu. But it looks like you are really amazing in that department…'
Up in the participants' box Naruto gripped the rail so tightly that his knuckles became white from pressure.
CRASH.
"Huff… Huff… Did I… Did I win?" Lee asked from his kneeling position, panting heavily.
"I'm sorry, Lee…" Was suddenly heard from behind, and Lee's eyes widened when he felt the blade of a three pronged kunai against his throat. "I never wanted to use it against you, but your last move left me with no choice. I also have to prove something, and I can do so only by winning this tournament."
Surprisingly taijutsu user only sighed and smiled warmly. "I appreciate what you were trying to do, Tsubaki-san. Thank you for giving me a fair chance to win, but I hope that one time we'll fight with our full strength. Proctor, I give up."
Genma nodded. "The winner is Namikaze Tsubaki!"
CHEER.
Kage box…
"A good match, Hokage-dono." Kazekage stated. "Tsubaki-san has proved herself to be an excellent ninjutsu user, and now she also showed her vast knowledge of taijutsu. It seems like your daughter exceeds in every field."
"Of course." Minato smiled proudly. "After all, I trained her myself."
"Who do you think she will face in the final match?"
"Well, it will be either Uchiha or Kisaragi. Sasuke has his Sharingan… but knowing Kisaragi it will hardly be enough."
Kazekage's eyes narrowed. 'Oh, you have no idea! Unlike you I know that he's a match for the two of us! Sasuke-kun will be crushed in a few seconds. Still, he can't use Hiraishin or Sharingan… I wonder how hard Sasuke-kun will push him.'
The arena…
"Round two's second match! Konoha's Rattlesnake Jin Kisaragi versus Uchiha Sasuke!" Genma announced.
"Good luck." Tsubaki said, walking past Jin. "Don't be too hard on him."
Naruto took a step closer so now they were almost face to face. "I'd rather be 'too hard' on you."
"Mmm…" Tsubaki smirked. "Maybe… after I beat your ass in the final match." She said and walked away.
Naruto grinned at her back. 'Sorry, babe, but there will be no final match…' He thought, turning back to Sasuke…
…Who was fuming. 'She wished good luck to him!' He gritted his teeth. 'This will be the last time she ever does that!'
"Jin Kisaragi versus Uchiha Sasuke. Begin!"
Naruto smirked. "You sure you don't want to just give up? After all, Hinata did rough you up pretty badly…"
Sasuke gritted his teeth. "Joke all you want, Kisaragi, but in the end it will be I who will have the last laugh." He opened his red eyes. "Let me show you the true power of Sharingan!"
Naruto tried his best to stiff his laughter. "Sure, true power of Sharingan! Do you actually think I know nothing about your doujutsu? Wrong, pal. You only have two commas in your eyes, meaning your Sharingan is not yet developed…"
"Shut up!" Sasuke interrupted. "Even if what you say is true, you're no match for an Uchiha!"
"Ho, mighty Uchiha speech!" Naruto mocked. "No match, huh… I actually remember one Hyuga saying the same. But it's a good tactics actually; for if I hear two more sentences like that I will probably commit a suicide, so…" He waved his hand. "Time to get started! Hishouken!"
Reacting instantly Sasuke jumped high in the air, avoiding Jin's ice blade.
"Katon: Goukakyu no jutsu!" While still in midair the last Uchiha blew a huge fireball out of his mouth and… it found its target, surprising even Sasuke himself.
"What?" Sasuke asked in confusion, landing on the ground. "He just allowed it to hit him…"
"Not really."
Sasuke turned around sharply, but not quick enough.
"Fubuki!" Amazingly fast sword slash and…
"Ah!" Sasuke got a nasty cut on his right hand.
"Oh, poor Sasuke got hurt!" Naruto mocked again. "I'm not Hinata, you fool. I won't play around and simply kill you."
Sasuke looked back at him with pure malice. "Never! I can't die until I kill HIM!" With that he took a kunai in his left hand and rushed at his opponent again…
Up in the stands…
'Hold on, Sasuke.' Kakashi thought, clenching his fists. 'This is your toughest challenge yet.'
"Kakashi?"
"Huh? Yes, Kurenai?"
"Did you teach Sasuke that jutsu so he could fight on pair with Ji… I mean with Kisaragi?" Female jounin asked.
"You are correct." Kakashi said nodding.
"Then you've made a big mistake…"
"What?" Masked jounin exclaimed in confusion. "What mistake?"
"Sasuke will kill someone with that jutsu… But it certainly won't be Kisaragi."
Kakashi's eyes narrowed. "How do you know that?"
Kurenai shrugged. "Simple, I had a quick sparring session with him recently…"
Asuma smirked. "Ho? Put little boy in his place huh?"
"Umm… not exactly." Kurenai said reluctantly. "But the most important part is that he countered my genjutsu…"
"Big deal!" Asuma spoke. "Many genins can dispel genjutsu…"
"Are you deaf?" Kurenai almost yelled. "I didn't say dispelled, I said countered! He turned my genjutsu against me by making me believe it still works!"
"This means nothing." Kakashi stated. "Sasuke has Sharingan! He will be able to see through genjutsu."
"You just don't get it, do you Kakashi?" Kurenai shook her head. "Sasuke can't win this fight because Kisaragi has not only strength and experience, but also cunningness! Hinata's change is his work!"
Kakashi only gritted his teeth in anger…
Back on the arena…
"You're mine!" Sasuke shouted, sending Naruto high in the air with a kick to the chin. "Shishi Rendan!" He then delivered a pretty good combination of punches and kicks, but…
CRACK.
…When Naruto's body hit the ground it simply broke into ice.
"Wha…?"
"Not very aware, aren't you Uchiha?" Naruto asked from under a tree.
Sasuke turned to him with a glare.
"Oh, scary!" Jin grinned. "You actually don't look very well…" He mocked, pointing at Sasuke's cuts and bruises. "Let me guess, Kakashi taught you high speed taijutsu so you could beat everyone except Lee. For him you would use ninjutsu… right so far?"
Sasuke just continued to glare.
"I thought so. But he knew that won't work against me, so he taught you that precious jutsu of his. So the question is… what the hell are you waiting for? You know it's your only chance to take me down, why not use it?"
"You will regret saying this!" Uchiha shouted and back flipped to the edge of the arena.
Up in the Kage box Orochimaru's eyebrows furrowed. 'What is he trying to accomplish? I know he's merely toying with Sasuke-kun, but what is…'
"Chidori!" Sasuke shouted and took a mad dash at Jin again.
And Jin… simply raised his right hand.
Kakashi didn't know what he was doing…
Tsubaki didn't know what he was doing…
Minato didn't know what he was doing…
But Orochimaru knew… And his eyes widened in shock and fear.
'He's going to use Yukikaze on him!' Snake master concluded, trying not to jump up from his seat. 'Now he will make a shield, then Sasuke will strike that shield… and then Sasuke will die! Even I couldn't escape that move! But that's not possible! He knows that if he kills Sasuke his chances to find Itachi are fifty percent short! What is he…?'
And then he got his answer.
A slight turning of the head… A quick direct eye contact… And an evil smirk.
Orochimaru's eyes narrowed. 'Son of a whore, he's pushing me up to start the invasion!'
Down on the ground Sasuke was nearing Jin.
'Tch. Fine, I was beginning to go get boring anyway…'
Naruto from his place saw Orochimaru tense. 'Go ahead, Orochy, and start the damn invasion already! I played with these kids long enough.'
BOOM.
And the explosion happened in the Kage box.
"Finally!" Naruto breathed a sigh of relief.
"What?" Sasuke stopped his run and looked in the direction of a sudden explosion. "What's going on?"
"The exam is over." Genma stated. "If you want to test your strength, help your village."
Sasuke nodded. "Alright. We'll finish this later, Kisara… Where did he go?"
Genma looked around. "Beats me… How was he able to disappear under everyone's nose?"
Hokage tower…
"I've got all the files you requested right here." Tsuchi Kin said bowing.
"Well done." Naruto replied examining some papers.
"If I may ask, what took you so long?"
Naruto snorted. "Looks like our former master have this funny feeling deep inside his stomach when Uchiha gets his ass kicked. So he decided to watch it twice."
"I see… So what should we do about him?" Kin pointed down.
"Wha…? Oppa, looks like its Mizuki!" Jin exclaimed. "What the fuck was he doing here?"
Kin shrugged. "I managed to hear only few words like 'Forbidden Scroll' and 'Orochimaru-sama'. But he was preventing me from completing your task, so I had to remove him."
"Ah, I see… Even better. Now we'll have someone to blame for this intrusion. Now stop bothering me, I only have this much time until the invasion is over…" Naruto said, returning back to papers. 'Hmm… Killing the clan… hmmhmmhmm… Ordered… Interesting. Request to spare little brother. Alright, got that. Next… Akatsuki. Already knew that. Hmm… Tracing demon hosts. Now that's an interesting piece of information! So Akatsuki are after tailed beasts. That's good to know. Fortunately I have one I'm very close to. Yes, only Konoha's higher ups know about Tsubaki's jinchuriki status, but for some reason I believe these Akatsuki guys will know as well.'
"Umm… Rattlesnake-sama?"
"Not now!" Jin shouted. 'Two options now. One – staying close to Tsubaki and wait for Akatsuki to attack her. Then capture and interrogate at least one of them to reveal nii-san's location. Two – draw nii-san directly by luring Sasuke out of the village. What to choose… Hmm, let's stick with one for now for the alternative means blowing my cover up for sure. That in turn means I won't be able to return to Konoha again. Not that I'll miss it, but Tsubaki is here and Akatsuki will come searching for her… And if I break my cover, I'll have to search for another demon host…'
"Rattlesnake-sama…?"
"What?" Naruto asked, placing the papers back on the table.
"Umm, he's waking up."
Jin looked at Mizuki. "Oh…" He kneeled in front of soon-to-be former academy instructor. "Hey there, buddy!"
"Kisaragi?" Mizuki asked, regaining consciousness. "What are you doing?"
Naruto smiled. "Nothing much… just blaming you for what I just did. Mangekyo Sharingan!"
Mizuki's eyes widened instantly… and then closed slowly.
Kin tilted her head to the side. "That's it?"
"Yep. Assholes always use shortcuts."
The girl smiled. "I'll remember that… So, are we done here?"
"Yes…" Naruto answered quickly, but then stopped. "You know what, wait a second. Find Me Senju Tsunade's file."
"What for?"
"Because I said so." Jin replied harshly. "Now move!"
"H-Hai!" Kin spoke in fear and quickly searched through files. "Senju Hashirama… Senju Tobirama… Here it is, Senju Tsunade."
Naruto took the file and looked inside. 'Let's see… Legendary medic. Already knew that… Super strength taijutsu. Yeah, know that too, even tested it.' He flinched, remembering something unpleasant. 'Now that's more interesting part… High emotional trauma… Young brother and boyfriend brutally killed… Hemophobiac… Wait a second!'
"Hahahahahahaha!" Naruto laughed madly.
"What are you laughing about?" Kin asked cautiously.
"Say, ever heard of a medic with hemophobia?"
"No."
"Now you did."
Kin raised an eyebrow. "What? You mean Tsunade… Hahaha! Fucking legendary medic!"
"Alright, I got everything I wanted. Let's get out of here." The blond said, placing papers back where they were. 'Strange though. She wasn't showing any signs of homophobia last time I saw her… Bah, no matter.'
Naruto and Kin quickly left the tower… only to enter the battlefield.
"Fubuki!" Naruto exclaimed, cutting unfortunate sound shinobi in two.
"Damn, they really went on with this." Kin stated. "What should we do now?"
"What I do is none of your concern." Jin stated. "You on the other hand are going to the hospital…"
"B-But…" She wanted to ask why but stopped. "For what reason?"
"You will find our friend Sabaku no Gaara in one of the rooms." The blond said. "And your goal is to make sure that he… as well as the seal on his forehead remains exactly where they are."
"Alright, I got it!" Kin nodded and jumped away.
Naruto smirked. 'Good girl, smart and obedient. Glad didn't kill her. Now…' He looked at the stadium. There was a square barrier above it. Inside it was filled with trees, and after seeing that Jin's smirk widened. 'Excellent!'
Stadium's rooftop…
"Hmm… Nice barrier, Kazekage." Minato spoke with a smirk. "Or should I say Orochimaru?"
'Kazekage' removed his disguise. "Kukuku… Long time no see, Minato-kun! Did you figure it out yourself, or your wife helped you in that too?"
Minato shrugged. "Not wife but… Say, ever heard the name Jin Kisaragi before?"
Orochimaru's smirk faded instantly. "Sadly I did, and you are a fool to trust him."
"Who said I trust him?" Yondaime asked in amusement. "I had rechecked all of his information several times."
"Well, I guess you're not as dumb as you look." Sannin exclaimed. "That probably means you know why I'm here…"
"Sure, you're here for my head."
"Exactly, and this little barrier here will make sure it all goes the way I want it to."
Minato's smirk widened. "Oh really?" He said mockingly, taking out a three-pronged kunai. "You say you're so smart… Do you know what that is?"
Orochimaru only glared silently.
"Yep, that's the thing that made me famous…" Hokage's smirk turned into an evil grin. "And this is also the same thing that gave me the title of a Hokage instead of you."
Snake user gritted his teeth. "You sure have guts, saying that to me. Especially in this kind of situation."
"Oh, thank you! But aren't you forgetting something?" Minato asked slyly. "Hiraishin allows me to teleport wherever the beacon is… Outside of this barrier for example…"
Orochimaru's eyes widened. 'Shit! I was counting on his brashness and pride! If he actually uses his brain and excape…'
"But I won't." Minato continued interrupting Orochimaru's train of thoughts.
"Huh?" Sannin asked in confusion.
"I said I won't." Yondaime repeated. "You think you locked me inside of this barrier? Uh-uh! You locked yourself inside this barrier with me. I cannot let this opportunity to pass by; this is a chance to dispose of you forever."
Orochimaru sighed in relief. 'Thank god for his stupidity.'
"And let's delay this no longer; I have a village to defend."
"Very well."
"Hiraishin no jutsu!"
"Kuchiose: Edo Tensei!"
With Tsubaki…
"Where are you, Jin?" Tsubaki whispered, desperately looking for Jin. 'Where did he go… and how could he disappear in front of everyone? I doubt he left the stadium, but I searched everywhere already and…'
Her train of thoughts was interrupted when two sand shinobi landed in front of her.
"Sorry, but this is a dead end, sunshine." One of them stated slyly.
Tsubaki's eyes narrowed. "Don't stand in my way; there is someone I must find."
"Well too bad for hem, because…" Poor guy didn't have the chance to finish his sentence because he noticed a kunai in his throat.
"I am sorry…" Tsubaki spoke from behind, but I can't let you interfere.
"Why you…!" Second shinobi turned around and struck with his club… only for Tsubaki to disappear in a flash of red just before the hit connected.
"Rasengan!" The red head shouted, slamming a deadly chakra ball into second ninja's back.
"Tsubaki!" A familiar voice called, making her turn around.
"Sasuke? What is it?"
The Uchiha walked closely. "Kakashi-sensei ordered me to find you and bring you to him."
Hokage's daughter gritted her teeth. "I can't do that. There is… something I must do first." She said, looking away.
"I understand, but I have an order…"
"Tch, fine, lead on."
Sasuke nodded and jumped away with Tsubaki shortly on his tail.
'You'd better be alright, Jin, or I will have your ass!'
Stadium's rooftop…
"Rasengan!" Minato shouted, slamming a spiraling ball of chakra into Second Hokage's abdomen… but getting a hard kick to the back from First the next second.
"Dammit!" Yondaime cursed, regrouping in midair and landing on one knee. "It's hard to fight these two together…"
"Ha!" Came from behind and Minato instantly disappeared in a flash of yellow to escape Orochimaru's deadly overhead sword slash. "You forgot you also have me to fight!"
Minato gritted his teeth. 'Son of a bitch!' The blonde thought and disappeared once again. This time he appeared between First and Second, slitting one's throat and slamming Rasengan into another's head.
But they simply regenerated and stood back up.
"What's the matter, Minato-kun?" Orochimaru mocked. "Your most infamous techniques failed you?"
Minato glared. "I still have quite a few tricks up my sleeve!" He said and teleported in front of Orochimaru, engaging him in close combat.
"Tch." Snake sannin scowled, blocking Yondaime's kunai strikes with his Kusanagi sword. It actually proved to be very uneasy for Minato's speed was almost unmatched. But then snake user got quickly backed up by Tobirama, who lashed out with a flying kick to the head.
Minato dodged that strike, only to receive a leg sweep from Hashirama. To his credit Minato dodged that as well… But then he suddenly felt something wrap around his left leg.
"Wha…?" Yondaime looked down. It was a tree branch, coming out of one of many trees Shodaime has grown. "Shit!"
"Got you now, Minato-kun!" Orochimaru stated.
"Not bloody likely!" Minato made one-handed seal in front of his face and… stopped.
Orochimaru tilted his head to the side. "What the fuck are you doing?"
To his surprise Minato stood silently for another two seconds and then…
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"
…Screamed like a madman and lost consciousness.
Orochimaru's eyebrows furrowed. "What the hell?" He waited for something… anything to happen, but it didn't. Finally he came to a decision. "Go check his life signs."
First and Second took few steps forward and… suddenly lit up like Christmas trees.
That moment Orochimaru finally understood 'what the hell' was going on. Why? Well, it's because his puppets were not burning with just any flame. Oh no, it was black flame.
"Ho ho ho! Merry Christmass!"
Orochimaru glared in pure anger at the newcomer who suddenly walked out of Shodaime's forest.
"Rattlesnake!"
"Nice to see you too, old fuck!" Naruto greeted happily. "How about a hug?"
"What the hell are you doing here?"
Naruto frowned. "I guess that's a no… oh well, my heart is crushed. But no matter, you ask why I'm here? Are you really that stupid?"
"You wish to kill him yourself?" The sannin asked.
"Well done, Of course I do!" Jin stated. "Not now though. For things to go my way I need him alive."
"Then what is…?"
"You know, for a genius you really are dumb as shit." Naruto said. "You think you planned this?" He waved his hand around. "You think he planned this?" He pointed at Minato. "Uh-uh! This whole invasion was my plan from the very beginning!"
Orochimaru snorted. "Oh please! Don't give me that bullshit, I came here to destroy Konoha and kill the Hokage. What…"
"Of course you did." Naruto interrupted. "Just like I knew you would. And you sure showed off with that fucking barrier, just like I knew you would. And you summoned these morons from the underworld, just like I knew you would. And you ordered Shodaime to grow this forest to block us from everyone's view, just like I knew you would."
"But what do you have to do with all that?" The sannin asked.
Jin smirked. "Simple, you are the only person beside me who knows my true identity. And I cannot allow this to stay this way. You are the only lose end I have…" He said and summoned Yukianesa in his left hand. "Time to cut it short. And with daddy here I even have the perfect person to blame for your demise! Thank you for giving me this opportunity, you old fool! Hahahahahaha!"
'Dammit!' Orochimaru screamed in his head. 'I can't fight him right now, no choice…'
"Release the barrier!" He said and… nothing. "Huh?"
"Did you actually think that I came unprepared?" Naruto asked mockingly. "Uh-uh! Quick genjutsu and they can't hear you. Nice, eh?"
"Fuck you, Rattlesnake!" Orochimaru screamed in rage. "You want a fight, you got a fight! This has been a long time coming; I will take care of you myself!" He exclaimed, placing the sword of Kusanagi in front of himself.
"Come on, old man! Let's do this!"
"Fuuton: Daitoppa!" Orochimaru began, sending a strong air current Naruto's way… only for his eyes to widen the next second.
"Hiraishin no jutsu!" Jin said, disappearing in a flash of yellow. "What, surprised?" He asked already from behind. "I don't understand why though. The area is filled with these pretty little kunais after your fight with this fool people call Hokage."
The sannin looked around in shock. Indeed, the entire rooftop was covered in three-pronged kunais left from his fight with Minato.
"No time to look around, geezer! Hishouken!"
The blade of ice came so fast that Orochimaru had no chance to dodge. So he decided to use the alternative and blocked it with his sword.
"Big mistake." Naruto said, teleporting right in front of his enemy. "Hirensou!"
"Ah!" Orochimaru hissed when Naruto froze and cut off his hands.
"Yeah, being old is not healthy…"
"Shut up!" The sannin screamed, shedding his skin using his 'coming out of mouth' trick. "I am immortal! This is a true immortality!"
"Yuk!" Naruto exclaimed. "If this is immortality I prefer to be mortal. Look at you, look at you! All I see is an old psychopath with fire hose instead of tongue. That scared of dying, are you?"
"And what about you?" Orochimaru countered. "You are afraid of death just as I do!"
"You are wrong." Jin said seriously. "Because I have someone on the other side waiting for me. And I actually cannot wait to be at her side again. And that is something you will never understand because you have no one!"
"I don't need anyone!" The sannin screamed, summoning Kusanagi in his hand. "And I will never die! I will learn all jutsus and find the truth of this world!"
"Nah, you won't." Naruto said. "Because I already know the truth of this world. The truth is to find how to die. And since you're not going to die, I guess you will never find it hahahahaha!"
"Fuck you, Rattlesnake!" Orochimaru shouted and rushed at his former student, engaging him in a swordfight.
Naruto was actually surprised from Orochimaru's ferocity. It suddenly occurred to him that this battle just stopped to be for cause. It became a battle of beliefs.
"I will destroy you!" Orochimaru yelled, attacking recklessly but still with deadly precision.
"Sure, just keep repeating it!"
They continued to trade blows, but after some time Naruto managed to evade one strike instead of blocking it. And in a battle of such caliber it was enough.
"Fubuki!" The blond drew his sword insanely quick and cut off Orochimaru's legs just like he did in Forest of Death.
"You don't get it? This is useless!" Orochimaru exclaimed, shedding his skin once more. "I am… shit!" He suddenly cursed. Why? Because he looked into Naruto's eyes… blazing red eyes.
"Amaterasu!"
"AAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Orochimaru screamed in pain. He managed to jump at the last time, but his legs got caught up once again. In desperation he tried to shed his skin once more, but…
"Rengoku Hyoya!" Naruto stuck his sword into the ground and Orochimaru found the area below his waist deeply frozen. That actually brought the look of horror on his face because he could shed his skin no longer. The frozen area was deep below the skin.
Now Orochimaru was trapped.
"Ho! Now that is an interesting situation!" Naruto stated in satisfaction, noticing the look on his former mentor's face.
"Wait, don't do this!" The sannin pleaded. "I can give you anything!"
"Thanks, but no thanks, pal." Jin drew his blade. "I already know everything I wanted, and I don't need any helpers. So now you are nothing but a lose end to me."
"No, Kisaragi, be reasonable! After you kill him, what's next? You will need allies and I…"
"HAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!" Naruto laughed hard. "Ally? You? Shit, with allies like you who need enemies?"
"No, I can…!"
The blonde raised his sword for a final blow. "Farewell Orochy. I won't lie when I say that I won't be missing…"
"JIN!"
Naruto looked to his left sharply and…
"NO!"
…Disappeared in a flash of yellow.
Orochimaru just stared off at space Naruto was just occupying.
'What the hell just happened?' He thought. "This day just keeps get weirder and weirder… Fuck it all! Remove the barrier! Please work…"
"KAI!" Was quickly heard and the sannin saw the barrier disappear.
"Thank god…"
"Orochimaru-sa… What happened?" Sakon asked in shock, noticing his master's state.
"Rattlesnake happened." The sannin replied, adding even more shock. "No time, get me out of here, now!"
"Hai!" Sakon and Jirobou got under their master's shoulders and jumped away.
"Minato!" Kushina was immediately at her husband's side. "There they are! Get them!"
"Hai, Kushina-sama!" Several ANBU tried to pursue Orochimaru and the Sound Four but got stopped by Kidomaru's net. "Damn it! They're getting away!"
"Stop!" Kushina ordered. "That's enough. Helping Minato is more important than pursuing Orochimaru. Help me…"
"Hai!"
With Tsubaki…
"Katon: Goukakyu no jutsu!"
"Sasuke, no!" Tsubaki shouted, watching how Uchiha's jutsu burned the seal on her kunai she just placed.
"Time to die, girl!"
"Tsubaki!" Sasuke screamed in panic.
She turned around sharply to see sound shinobi's kunai inches away from her face.
'JIN!'
SLASH.
"Guah!"
Tsubaki's eyes widened when the tip of a katana appeared from her attacker's stomach.
"You won't harm her, ever." Naruto said from behind him, then removed his sword and cut off sound ninja's head.
"J-Jin…?" Tsubaki asked cautiously.
Naruto shrugged. "Who else? Hey, how have you…"
"JIN!" Tsubaki yelled, running forward and hugging him tightly. "I was so scared... I… I thought I'm gonna die…"
"Easy, girl." Naruto muttered, rubbing her head. "No one's gonna hurt you, I'll make sure of that." He added… trying his hardest to contain his anger.
Sasuke watched this scene with gritted teeth. Finally he decided to make his appearance known.
"We still have an order, Tsubaki."
The girl removed herself from Naruto and nodded. "Alright."
"What order?" The blond asked.
"We have to return to Kakashi." Sasuke stated.
Jin took a deep breath to finally calm himself. "Very well, I'll come with you." He stated, and Sasuke, unwilling to argue at this time, complied.
"Fine, follow me."
"Jin…" Tsubaki moved closer to him while they ran slightly behind Sasuke.
"Yeah?"
"Thank you for saving me. I… I owe you my life."
Naruto frowned slightly. 'I wonder what you have said if you knew that I saved you because I need to draw Akatsuki out?' He thought and put a smile on his face. "Don't worry about it."
...
Hell yeah! Well, another two months and you will get another chapter! HAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! Nah, just kidding. I'll try to update next week.
Fuck like hell and sleep well!
Darthemius.