This is it! The end result of my slacking and boredom! Please let me know what you think, my first real update in over six months should be out on Friday!
I made my invasion different. I was tired of the same old thing. Sasuke injures Gaara, Gaara and siblings run to forest, Sasuke arrives, Sasuke gets beaten, Naruto saves the day…
A few people were slightly confused…Dydara is not Deidara…He is merely a member of the same family, hence the similar name and fighting style.
This was the most all over the place, chapter I have ever written. It bounced all over the place. Gaara vs. Naruto, Chojuro vs. … Haku vs. … Kage battle, invasion itself. Team 9's battles…you get the idea, so if I screwed up…oh well, it's not like you're paying to read my story, just let me know and I will try and fix it.
Chapter 8
Fight for your lives
Naruto, Chojuro, Haku and Zabuza, along with the Mizukage and Ao were slowly making their way to the arena, each armed to the teeth. They were prepared for war and war they would get.
Everyone wore their standard battle gear.
When they reached the arena, they nodded to each other. Before separating, Naruto and Chojuro to the arena floor, Haku to the stands, and Ao, Zabuza and Mei to the Kage booth.
When Naruto and Chojuro arrive to the arena, they see all the Genin have arrived.
As the two walk towards the others, they can't help but notice the lack of water…
Walking over, the two Kiri nin stop by Neji.
"Are you ready for this?"
Neji smirked.
"Of course. But I must ask, what did you do to piss off the Iwa nin so much."
Naruto chuckled slightly.
"I didn't do anything, my father did."
Neji looked at him confused.
"Father? I thought you were an orphan."
"I am, my father died the day I was born."
"What was his name?"
Naruto smirked.
"I'm not actually allowed to tell you. But, I will give you a hint. He looks a lot like me, died October 10th, and Iwa doesn't like him."
It only took Neji a second to realize who he was talking about. That caused Neji to look at Naruto like he grew a second head.
Shaking out of his stupor, Neji just continued what he was originally going to say.
"Why am I not surprised? I always knew you were too unpredictable to have regular parents…Anyways, the reason I brought it up, is because the Iwa Jonin, I think it is a disguise."
Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Though I can't see through it, it appears as though there is a Genjutsu on him. While his height seems normal, his chakra network is smaller. As though the man is impersonating someone much taller."
Naruto thought for a second, before shrugging it off.
"Oh well."
With Haku
Haku quickly made her way to the back of the crowd. She was able to see the several dozen Anbu members.
'Hmm, they seem to be adequately spread amongst the crowd.'
Kage booth
When Mei and her bodyguards arrived, they were quick to notice that they were the last to arrive.
"I hope we aren't late Hokage-dono."
Sarutobi gave a kind smile. But the Kazekage frowned before hiding it behind a small respectful bow of the head. One that Mei, gracefully returned.
"Not at all Mizukage-dono. I was just about to give the welcoming speech to the viewers, as well as the fighters."
The Mizukage nodded as she took her seat. Zabuza and Ao took up their places behind her.
Sarutobi flashes through a few hand seals before speaking, his voice played all throughout the stadium.
"Welcome to the Annual Ninja Chunin Final Examination. Today we will watch ninja from each village, compete in one-on-one combat for the position of Chunin ninja. This tournament will be single match elimination, with no more delays. The first match will be Kutsuchi of Iwa and Naruto of Kiri!"
Genma spoke up next.
"Everyone except Naruto and Kutsuchi, head to the combatants box."
Slowly, they all made their way from the arena, some ignoring the two, some giving nods of encouragement.
Soon, it was only two. The Grandson of the Sandaime Tsuchikage, and the Son of the Yondaime Hokage…
"Same rules, different terrain, begin."
Kutsuchi spoke first.
"You will die to repent for the sins of your father…"
"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Jutsu"
A strange cube formed in the boy's hands before expanding around Naruto. Kutsuchi smirked.
However, in the stands the Iwa Jonin frowned.
'I taught you better than this. Any semi-competent ninja can evade a direct attack like that. You need to surprise them…'
"YOU DIE HERE!"
The cube flashed, and all that was left was dust. Just as he was about to celebrate. Someone spoke.
"You should never allow your opponent to get behind you."
Kutsuchi turn around in shock, just in time to receive a flying knee to the face. As the Iwa nin was flying through the air, Naruto charged at full speed, and got underneath the flying Iwa nin. Grabbing him under the armpits, Naruto uses all his strength and slams him head first into the ground.
When Kutsuchi landed, he created a crater…
Slowly, Kutsuchi stood, but as he did, he coughed up a good amount of blood.
Naruto smirked at him.
"That can't be healthy."
Kutsuchi snarled at Naruto.
Kutsuchi flashed through several hand seals.
"Earth Release: Rock Fist Jutsu"
The Iwa nin's right hand became covered in a layer of rock.
Without giving anything away, Kutsuchi concentrated on the rock on his hand.
'Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Jutsu'
Without delay, he charges Naruto at his full speed.
Naruto, having never seen the dust user's full speed, was caught off guard.
Just before his fist came into contact with the surprised Naruto, Kutsuchi concentrated on his fist once again.
'Earth Release: Added-Weight Rock Jutsu'
Naruto's surprise cost him dearly as he was forced to use his giant sword as a shield. The force of the hit sent him sliding for twenty feet before he slammed into the wall, causing many of the bricks to crack.
The audience couldn't believe the force behind that attack, and neither could Naruto.
'That punch…I don't want to think about the results if that was my face…'
"That's a dangerous Jutsu you have there…I guess that means it's my turn."
His sword still hiding his hands, Naruto flashed through three hand seals.
"Water Release: Octopus Binding Whips Jutsu"
Kutsuchi glanced back, having not even noticed that he was less than a foot away from the only water source in the arena…
Eight large whips made of water shot out of the small stream and wrapped around him.
One on each wrist, one on each ankle, one around the hips, one around the chest, one around his stomach, and the last, around his neck. The whips forced his body out, as if he was crucified.
"Would you like to know, why this Jutsu is so effective? I'll tell you, each of the eight whips immobilizes a primary muscle group. No amount of brute strength can force a muscle to retract when at full extension… I enjoyed this match very much, but it's time to end it…"
Naruto picked his sword up before charging the Iwa nin at incredible speed, his sword poised to take the nin's head.
Kutsuchi was sweating, he didn't know how to get out…
'Damn it, these whips aren't very strong but it still can't move…Unless…This is going to be hard, I still haven't mastered this Jutsu…Earth Release: Ultra-Added Weight Rock Jutsu'
Just as the giant sword was going to make contact, Kutsuchi dropped to the ground like he suddenly weighed thousands of pounds…to accent that point, his still-rock covered fists buried about a foot into the dirt.
Before Naruto could react, Kutsuchi dropped his rock-fist Jutsu and formed a single hand seal…
"Earth Release: Mud Bullet Jutsu"
A single bullet of mud, flew from Kutsuchi's mouth and impacted the still off balance Naruto in the stomach, effectively knocking the air from his lungs…
Not one to waste an opportunity, Kutsuchi landed a devastating Taijutsu combo to Naruto's face.
Lip bleeding, broken nose, eye swelling…things were not looking good for the Kiri nin and nearly everyone who bet on him were upset at losing their money.
However, Naruto was far from done, and things were about to get even more interesting if the smirk on his face was anything to go off.
With slow movements, Naruto reached for his sword. Kutsuchi wouldn't admit it, but the sight of Naruto holding the zanbatou as though it was weightless unnerved him slightly.
Once again, Kutsuchi covered his arm in stone.
The two continued their stare down for several more seconds before both charged. Stone met metal in a shower of sparks. Unfortunately, that was when Kutsuchi noticed Naruto's bulged cheeks.
The water bullet slapped Kutsuchi in the face and caused him to lose concentration; he received a nasty slash across his stomach.
"You caught me off guard there. But it won't happen again."
Naruto smirked as he formed several hand seals.
"I bet it does. Water Release: Hidden Mist Jutsu"
Meanwhile, Kutsuchi lost his smirk as he recalled his grandfather's warnings. It didn't last long though.
'I'll show you Grandfather! I will show you that I am worthy of being the Yondaime Tsuchikage.'
"Let's see if you're as good as they say…Kiri's Phantom Blade."
Before he even finished speaking, he felt a sting on his arm…when he looked over, he was just barely able to make out that he had a small cut…
'How?…'
Naruto's voice sounding very demonic sounded through the stadium.
"Just think, that could have been your arm…"
Kutsuchi is looking around like crazy now.
"Where are you, you coward?"
"Oh, is the baby Tsuchikage not having fun anymore? It's ok, I'll be sure your grandfather receives every piece of you. Just not at the same time."
Kutsuchi can't remember a time he had ever been so scared, however, his training kicked in and he blurred through a dozen hand seals.
"Earth Release: Earth Armor Jutsu!"
Much like his fist, Kutsuchi was covered from head to toe in dense stone. Naruto meanwhile couldn't see but had an idea.
'Only one way to find out.'
SSCCRREEEECCHH
The noise rang through the entire stadium.
Naruto was busy blinking the stars from his vision from the loud noise.
'Well, I'm not doing that again
Meanwhile, the Iwa Jonin's eyes are wide, and his finger to the ground.
'Incredible, he is making no vibrations as he walks. I can't sense him at all. He truly is deserving of his title.'
With Kutsuchi
As the battle became a stand-still, Naruto couldn't hurt him through the armor and Kutsuchi couldn't find Naruto.
"I'M TIRED OF THIS!"
In the mist, Kutsuchi jumps in the air, his rock fist still active.
"EARTH RELEASE: ULTRA-ADDED-WEIGHT JUTSU"
When the rock covered fist came in contact with the ground, the shockwave was unreal…It was so powerful, that it blew the mist away.
It left Kutsuchi panting heavily, but it did the job.
"Hmm, you know, four months ago, I would have been screwed in this fight. Unfortunately for you…"
Naruto smirked as his clone continued his dialogue. Naruto was hiding in one of the few trees, and slowly going through hand seals he had memorized a long time ago.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Missile Jutsu!"
Nearly everyone below Jonin level had missed the switch and their attention was moved to the pool of water that began to grow into a large water dragon with yellow eyes, Naruto right below it.
However, Naruto wasn't done and began to perform three clumsy hand seals. With a strained voice, Naruto spoke as clearly as possible.
"Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder Jutsu!"
Lightning surged through the dragon, seemingly empowering it, as it flew towards Kutsuchi at an unbelievable rate.
Kutsuchi could only widen his eyes and hope his earth armor would hold up when the dragon was upon him.
The Iwa Jonin frowned.
'To be capable of using two separate elements for one Jutsu is incredible for one so young. He seems to have even greater natural talent than Kutsuchi or Kurotsuchi, both of whom I thought prodigies.'
The Iwa Jonin's frown deepened when he saw Kutsuchi get picked up by the maw of the dragon, the electricity obliterating the earth armor and attacking the boy's nervous system.
He couldn't stop the wince, when the boy was rammed into the stadium wall, collapsing a large portion.
It took several minutes, but the dust cleared. It revealed Kutsuchi attempting to stand, but being unsuccessful.
Naruto disappeared in a blur of speed. Naruto appeared behind Kutsuchi, the cleaver ready to remove his head.
"Yield or I will remove your head."
When Kutsuchi said nothing, a water clone came behind him and hit him in the back of the head with the hilt of his sword.
The Iwa Jonin frowned.
'He is the superior fighter. Kiri truly has some talent. They will get back to their former glory faster than I ever imagined, especially with the alliance between them and Konoha to keep them safe until then.'
Kage booth
Mei, Zabuza, and Sarutobi all smile proudly at Naruto's victory. But the Kazekage seemed distracted.
'The Kyubbi brat is too powerful for his own good, I should have him taken care of…However, he did me a favor knocking the dust user out…it will make his capture that much easier. Kukuku.'
This time, Genma flashed through a few hand seals to amplify his voice.
"Winner is Naruto of Kiri."
Nearly all the foreigners, whether they were merchants or shinobi were cheering like crazy. However, many of the Konoha residents were more subdued.
"The next match will be Neji of Konoha vs. Dydara of Iwa."
Naruto made his way to the balcony as Neji made his way down.
When they passed, Naruto grabbed Neji's shoulder.
"I hope you have something planned for him…His explosions will be difficult to deal with."
Neji smirked knowingly.
"Oh, I got something for him."
Naruto nodded before making his way to the balcony.
By the time he was settled, the match was being called.
"-begin"
(A.N. Before I get started, I have been trying to play this fight out in my head for like two days and can't seem to get it right. It's a purely long range fighter vs. purely short range fighter. Every time I tried it was Dydara running and Neji chasing…This is what I had come up with, let me know what you think on this fight.)
As soon as the match begun, Dydara smirked at his opponent.
"This is too easy. A Hyuga? You'll never get close enough to hit me."
Neji gave a smirk of his own.
"We will just have to see then won't we."
Neji charged straight at the Iwa nin, full speed. After nearly three years with Gai, that was fast.
Dydara managed to dodge most of the incoming blows. A few connected, but they failed to close any important chakra points.
Jumping away, Dydara sent two small, clay bats at the Hyuuga.
Keeping up with his pursuit, Neji waved his hand through the air, almost a claw like motion, two, small, senbon-like chakra constructs flew, and hit the birds, causing them to dissolve back to clay. Every Hyuuga in the stadium was shocked.
(A.N. The technique Hinata uses to kill the bees during the search for that one bug.)
The members of the Main House were furious and outraged, while the Branch House members looked on proudly. However, one thing that the entire clan failed to notice was that nobody was smiling more proudly, than Hiashi Hyuga himself.
*Flashback*
Hiashi Hyuga was a stoic, logical, and cold man. He had lived through loss, and seen the hardships of the ninja life. However, the greatest pain he felt was when his own brother felt the need to die, so that he may live.
On the day of his daughter's kidnapping, he had allowed emotion to drive him, that lead to the death of his brother. A man he loved…
Shaking away the negative thoughts, Hiashi continued his walk. It was just coincidence that he had made it to training ground 9, it was also coincidence that he was staying just outside of his nephew's range.
Hiashi watched as his nephew performed one of the Main House techniques.
'Incredible. Even without the formal training, he is well passed Hinata and Hanabi. He will be the one to change the clan.'
So, with a purpose, Hiashi made his way towards his nephew.
The second Neji saw who was coming, he was actually scared. He knew the pain Hiashi could put him through with a single hand seal.
Tenten, noticed Neji stopped and was about to ask why when she saw Hiashi, he was walking towards them with a purpose, his normal cold expression slightly unnerving her.
'Oh my god, that's the clan head. Neji said he isn't allowed to learn this Jutsu…'
Lee and Gai were doing another lap around the village, so it was just them.
Hiashi turned to Tenten.
"Would you mind giving us a minute?"
Tenten was unsure of what to do, before Neji gave a confirming nod.
Though she was unsure, she trusted Neji.
When she was well out of earshot, Hiashi spoke first.
"I must say. It is impressive. To have nearly mastered the Kaiten with no outside assistance."
Neji, still guarded, just nodded.
"However…"
Hiashi began to move his arms up, until a seal was formed.
Neji closed his eyes waiting for the pain…
Poof
Unsure what was happening, Neji slowly opened his eyes.
"You see, the problem with the Kaiten, is that for a split second when the Jutsu ends, the user is vulnerable. While most fights, it is too short to matter. Against your first opponent, that is all he will need. If I were you, I would lean more towards this scroll I just happened to drop as I just happened to be walking through your training ground. Good night Neji."
Shocked, Neji couldn't answer.
As Hiashi walked away, Neji sees a scroll hit the ground.
*End Flashback*
One of the Elders turned to Hiashi.
"Hiashi-sama, I demand that boy be severely punished. He is obviously stealing our techniques."
Hiashi raised an eyebrow.
"So, you're telling me, that you believe a mere Genin, is capable of stealing the Main Families scrolls, locked away in one of the most secure clan houses in Konoha. You believe he is that much better than you?"
The man's eyes went wide before returning to normal. The man just huffed before turning to watch the fight.
Dydara looked at Neji with interest before shrugging and making more animals, this time, nearly a dozen.
These ones met the same fate, with a wave of his hand, they were all destroyed.
Outside, Dydara looked calm. Inside he was worried.
'None of my constructs can take much damage. Whatever it is that he is hitting them with, is disrupting the chakra so they turn back to clay instead of exploding. He is good, this will be hard. With his Byakugan I won't be able to make them too small for him to see and I also won't be able to surround him…'
Not wanting to give his opponent enough time to come up with a plan, Neji charges again.
Though he continues to back pedal, he nearly gets hit by several palm strikes.
'Damn it, just one of those and this fight is over…I have to come up with a plan…that could work!'
As discreetly as possible, Dydara begins to have the mouths form a small bird. However, he waits until Neji is just about to strike his chest with his palm.
'NOW!'
At the last minute, Neji sees the slight buildup of chakra…but it's too late. Just as his palm hits 'Dydara', he changes into a small boulder signifying a substitution.
The small clay bird explodes, everyone, even Naruto expects to see Neji be thrown back by the force of the explosion. What none of them expected to see, was a large dome of chakra surrounding Neji.
In the stands, the Hyuuga clan was once again in uproar.
Hiashi simply silenced them with a glare before turning back to the match.
It becomes apparent that Neji didn't start the Jutsu in time when he stops spinning, and part of his shirt is charred. However Dydara is not happy.
'Damn it, this kid is embarrassing me…I'll kill him.'
Just as Neji closes the distance between them once more, Dydara just barely keeps out of range. However, he was shocked when out of his outstretched palm came a dozen chakra needles.
Dydara was unable to dodge and received them all to the chest.
Though the damage was small, it provided the perfect distraction. Neji quickly ran up and landed a palm strike to the Iwa nin's heart. Not enough to kill him, but definitely enough to keep him out of the fight.
And true to his plan, Dydara dropped to the ground unconscious.
The Iwa Jonin looked furious.
'That fool had to play with his opponent. He made the mistake of underestimating the Hyuuga clan Taijutsu. Not many are given a second chance after doing that.'
Genma rejoined Neji in the arena while the medics took Dydara away.
Quickly performing several hand seals, Genma once again enhanced his voice.
"Winner by knockout: Neji Hyuuga of Konoha!"
Though the Hyuuga crowd was considerably more subdued, the rest of the arena was shaking from the applause.
With a nod to the proctor, Neji began to make his way back to the combatants box. He received a nod from Naruto, Shino and Shikamaru.
Genma's voice brought them from the congratulations.
"The third match will be between Sasuke Uchiha of Konoha and Kankorou of Suna!"
The second Sasuke's name was said, the Konoha members of the crowd went wild.
In the Kage booth
Mei raised an eyebrow at the reaction.
"Hokage-dono, may I ask what the big deal of this Sasuke Uchiha is? Is he as good as everyone thinks he is, or is he just riding his name?"
The Hokage chuckled good naturedly.
"Well, Mizukage-dono, Sasuke, while very good for his age, isn't as powerful as the civilians believe. They see him as the clan…The Uchiha clan did this, so in their minds, Sasuke did it. It is simple thinking, but understandable for civilians. Although, I do believe you already knew of young Sasuke's skill, did you not."
Sarutobi gave a pointed look towards Zabuza who just shrugged in response.
This caused Mei to giggle slightly.
"This is fun, I'm going to have to come to more of these."
The Kazekage stayed out of the conversation completely, he seemed to be in deep thought.
'I know Sarutobi-sensei is old, but can I truly beat him and the Mizukage?'
Several minutes later, the Kages watched Sasuke get in position in the arena.
'I must show Sasuke how weak Konoha is. With the help of the Shodaime, Nindaime and Yondaime, yes, I can beat them.'
With that, he gives the signal to unleash phase 1 of the invasion.
Only Naruto noticed the Temari and Gaara, leave the arena as discreetly as possible.
'When Sarutobi-sensei mentioned that Gaara was the Ichibi Jinchuuriki, I was sure he would set up several Anbu to watch him.'
Looking towards the Anbu in the arena, he was disappointed to see that they were eagerly waiting for Sasuke's fight.
'Sigh'
Even more discreetly then the Suna siblings, Naruto created a shadow clone, just outside the door and switched with it.
He too, failed to notice that he was seen. By none other than the Iwa Jonin.
'Where is that brat going? I want to see the full extent of his skills.'
Not particularly caring if he was noticed by others, the Iwa Jonin left to follow, being sure to be plenty far behind the blonde haired Genin.
Naruto was nervous.
'I need to stop them before he can unleash the beast, but doing so before he does something wrong, will make the invasion look like Kiri's fault. Damn it, I thought Sarutobi-sensei had a plan for this.'
Naruto silently drops into a dark alley with a perfect vantage point of Gaara. He they continue to walk until they reach the market place.
'Damn it, what can I do? If I interfere now, it would be seen as an attack on an allied nation.'
Naruto decides to stay low, and out of sight while watching the siblings.
"Ok, Gaara, this is it. Just like we planned."
"Shut up, or I'll kill you."
"O-ok G-Gaara."
Naruto can see the crowded streets become more-so. Civilians wondering what was going on, the crowd that had been about ten was nearing fifty.
Naruto was on edge.
'Idiots! If they don't move their going to die.'
From his position, Naruto was able to make out Temari's fan opening, ready to defend Gaara. However, Gaara simply stood still, his eyes closed and completely unmoving.
That was when he felt it. It felt too much like Kyuubi to be anything but the Ichibi. However, while Kyubbi's felt full of rage, this just felt insane.
Naruto looked to see Gaara standing up with sand covering his left half of his face and torso. His left eye changed, what was once white, was now black. He had a yellow iris with a black diamond-like pupil.
He also noticed the wind mistress retreating, most likely off to complete her own mission.
"You will all, prove my existence!"
Gaara sends a large wave of sand towards the watching crowd. As soon as they saw what he was doing, they all tried to run, but it was useless.
"Sand Coffin"
As soon as the sand surrounded them, it was about to crush them, on Gaara's word.
"Desert Buri-"
"Sealing Art: Release"
Everyone turned just in time to see Naruto throw five sealing scrolls into the air. He quickly jumped over the sand until he was with the group of civilians about to be crushed by the sand and flashed through hand seals.
Just as the sand was about to crush all of them. Naruto called out his next move.
"Water Release: Water Encampment Wall Jutsu!"
Everyone who had any idea about Ninjutsu were surprised when hundreds of gallons of water came pouring from the scrolls until it surrounded Naruto and the Konoha civilians in a protective cyclone, effectively dispersing the sand.
Naruto quickly flashed through more hand seals.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Missile Jutsu"
The water from the wall formed a giant dragon that charged at Gaara. Gaara was too unstable to process what was going on, and was picked up and slammed through one of the nearby buildings.
Turning to the civilians he spoke in a serious voice.
"This is an invasion; get to the monument, fast!"
Naruto faced his opponent, never seeing the looks of shame that crossed many of their faces as they ran towards the Hokage Monument.
In the Arena
Sasuke had just landed a brutal combo to the Suna nin's puppet and was about to finish it off with a lightning Jutsu when everyone felt an evil, insane, chakra. It had even the most hardened shinobi shaking. It reminded them of that night, thirteen years ago.
Kage Booth.
As soon as Sarutobi felt the chakra, he knew the plan failed.
"Yamato, Go!"
Just as one of the Hokage's guards was moving towards the edge, He was entangled in some strange, sticky string. He was unable to free himself; even his kunai had no effect. He was forced to watch as the Hokage was dragged to the top of the building with the Mizukage and her body guards closely following.
He was even more fearful, when a strange pink barrier was erupted around the three Kages and the Mizukage's bodyguards.
However, it became clear it was no ordinary barrier when one of the Anbu members failed to stop and was burnt to a crisp.
However, his biggest regret was failing his mission.
'Damn, Anbu Team Tora failed. I was supposed to stop the Jinchuuriki if they couldn't. Damn it, I pray to Kami that someone out there can stop the beast before too much damage is caused.'
Kakashi had been doubtful that Orochimaru would follow through with his plans, but it turned out the man had more ninja on his side than he had ever expected.
The kunai in his hand sliced through the jugular of an enemy Suna nin.
"You were fools for betraying out alliance."
A Suna Chunin dropped from the rafters, a wind blade covering his arm.
"You Konoha bastards betrayed us a long time ago!"
A small fireball intercepted him before he even got close.
"Kakashi-sensei!"
The elite Jonin turned, just in time to see a Oto Jonin grab Sakura by the neck, holding a kunai to her neck.
"Hmp! You Konoha nin are so predictable. Now drop the kunai nice and slo-"
"Shadow Possession Jutsu: Success! Sasuke, go!"
In an instant, the Uchiha heir plunged a kunai deep into the Oto nin's neck.
Kakashi nodded to the rag-tag group of Genin consisting of Sasuke Uchiha, Shikamaru Nara, Sakura Haruno, and Kiba Inuzuka.
"Sasuke! You are to lead this team to the academy. Defend the children with your life. Understood?"
Having never seen this side of Kakashi, Sasuke nodded before they took off.
Kakashi could only watch as they left with a sigh.
"I screwed up bad."
Haku and Chojuro were fighting back to back, quickly and easily dispatching the many, rather weak sound ninja invading the stadium. Shortly after they felt the chakra, a large scale Genjutsu was cast across the stadium, putting anyone below Chunin in strength to sleep.
Haku looked over, and saw Kakashi Hatake and Maito Gai doing much the same as them. She decided to voice her worries.
"These ninja are particularly weak. Almost reminds me of that spar when Naruto was being an idiot and just started spamming clones but in actuality his clones were just a distraction."
That caused both of their eyes to go wide.
'Distraction!'
Chojuro asked the question on both their minds as he cut down an incoming shinobi with a kunai, not even bothering to draw his sword for the shinobi they were fighting.
"Where would Orochimaru send his stronger ninja?"
After throwing a dozen senbon at several incoming ninja, Haku spoke.
"Naruto's old sensei, the Hokage had mentioned something about him doing bloodline experiments. Perhaps he would try and kidnap some people…"
Chojuro had a quick comeback as he slit the throat of a brown haired Suna nin.
"But, for Orochimaru to want them, they would need to be strong. I don't think he would spend a good portion of his invasion force, looking for bloodline holders. He wants to destroy Konoha at the same time…"
After landing a brutal but effective Taijutsu combo on an incoming Oto nin, Haku answered.
"He is a snake, he would probably try and attack them when they were weak."
Both of them answered at the same time.
"HOSPITAL!"
"That has to be it, plus, even if the invasion fails, if all of the doctors are dead, then any wounded will surly die as well."
Haku decided a change of plans was needed.
"Ok, Konoha has two hospitals. One for upper-class civilians, ones like councilors and wealthy merchants go there. That could ruin Konoha's supply. The other is the Shinobi and regular civilian hospital. I will go to the Shinobi one, you get to the civilian one…"
Chojuro nodded and they took off.
Neji looked when he saw Haku and Chojuro leave the stadium. He turned to his teammates and spoke.
"They appear to have a plan; we are going to have to take up the slack."
Lee started spouting off something about youth before breaking a oto ninja's nose with his crutches, while Tenten grinned and threw five kunai, each killing a separate enemy ninja.
Naruto was getting frustrated.
'Nothing I do can penetrate that god-damned sand of his! Not to mention, I'm out of water.'
Naruto couldn't help but glance at the five sealing scrolls on the ground. It was a good idea, but he wished he had brought more. He could always use the water left over on the ground. But that would take a lot of chakra.
With a burst of speed, Naruto was on top of Gaara, he quickly grabbed his sword from his back, and swung it with all his might, it dug about six inches into the sand armor. However, he was expecting this and jumped back, just in time to avoid Gaara's sand.
Naruto landed in a crouch, his sword to his side.
'Damn, they don't call it Suna's ultimate defense for nothing.'
Slowly, a smirk crossed his face as he stood tall, placing his sword on his back.
"Why don't we test that!?"
With his ever growing smirk, Naruto pulled out a three kunai, each with an explosive tag already on the handle.
With a small burst of chakra, one of the tags ignited right before he threw it. The explosive went off just before Gaara's sand could catch the knife.
However, it worked perfect, with all the sand defending from the front, his back was exposed, something Naruto took advantage of when he stabbed the last two kunai at the base of the boy's tail.
Naruto wasted no time in retreated, seconds later, a ball of fire engulfed Gaara.
Gaara's demonic roar was all that could be heard throughout the village, sending a chill down many ninjas back.
Naruto watched as Gaara stood up, his sand already repairing itself
"Damn, it's like the Raikage all over again."
Slowly, the sand that had been covering only half his body was now over everything, with the exception of his legs.
"I was hoping to avoid pissing off Konoha by flooding their village, but I think the other option is worse."
Naruto took a deep breath and gathered nearly half of his chakra.
Suddenly, his eyes opened and his hands blurred through hand seals.
"Water Release: Exploding Water Shock Wave!"
Even Gaara was able register that this wasn't good and attempted to flee. Unfortunately he was to slow.
A ridiculous amount of water flew from Naruto's mouth, creating a giant tidal wave taller than the Hokage Monument.
Unfortunately for the Sand Demon, Gaara could do nothing as he was swept up in the powerful wave. Gaara wasn't the only one though, Naruto wasn't far behind him, riding the wave while flashing through hand seals.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Missile Jutsu!"
From directly below, a giant dragon made of water swept the red head up in its maw and carried him high into the sky.
However, Naruto wasn't finished. With a scream of effort, Naruto forced the giant dragon of water to turn around, holding the delirious Gaara in its jaws.
"Ha!"
The dragon took off in a burst of speed, heading right for the solid ground below.
It seemed that at the last moment, Gaara's sand got it's bearings and the dragon was destroyed by a massive spear of sand. However, he was moving too fast to catch himself and collided with the ground, hard.
The cloud of dust covered several blocks, nothing could be seen at all, in the center of the market district was a crater forty feet long and fifteen feet deep. Gaara laying in the center, blood falling from his mouth.
"What is this? What am I feeling? Is this pain?"
Naruto fell from the giant wave and hit the ground with a thud, having used nearly all of his chakra on that one attack.
"Heh, it was a good one though."
With a wince, Naruto made it to a knee, just in case the fight wasn't over.
Gaara's screams slowly change from pain filled, to demonic before the entire area is torn up and all the sand moves towards the giant pile on top of Gaara.
When the dust clears, Naruto is shocked to see a fifty foot tall Shukaku of the Desert.
"I will kill you Uzumaki! Forced Sleep Jutsu"
Gaara fell asleep on the head of the Ichibi.
"I'M FREE! I'LL KILL EVERYONE WOOHOO! WHO'S THE GREATEST?! I'M THE GREATEST! NOW DIE!"
Naruto barely dodged a wind bullet that obliterated the building he was on.
'How do I beat that?'
Times like these were when Sarutobi really wished his successor hadn't died.
He glanced over to see the Mizukage, Ao and Zabuza facing off against the Shodaime and Nindaime.
(A.N. I believe that resurrected, are weaker than when they were alive. They may have their Jutsu but they are mindless puppets. I mean come on, I know he was still good, but seventy year old Sarutobi was able to hold his own against both, the Shodaime and Nindaime…)
When it became apparent that they couldn't be killed. They decided on the next best thing.
Kill the link. Kill Orochimaru.
Sarutobi and Orochimaru had been facing off for nearly thirty minutes and both were thinking the exact same thing.
'I can't believe my/his old body has lasted this long.'
As soon as Orochimaru saw the hand seals that Sarutobi was going through, he charged with all his speed. He knew that those two combined were deadly, so deadly in fact that the thought of facing them actually scared him.
"Summoning Jutsu: Monkey King Enma!"
In a poof of smoke, a large monkey, nearly thirteen feet tall was left standing there.
Acting on instinct the large monkey backhanded the still charging Orochimaru back.
"So, the time has finally come. It is about time if you ask me."
"Lava Release: Lava Bullet Jutsu"
Enma looks over to see the ongoing battle.
Enma looked Sarutobi dead in the eyes.
"You must see how far he has fallen now, bringing back your senseis to do his bidding. This snake must be stopped."
"I agree Enma, Transform."
Enma smirked. He hadn't seen this much fire in Sarutobi's old eyes in a long time.
"Transform: Adamantine Staff"
Where once stood a large monkey was now a bo-staff.
Getting into position, Sarutobi glanced toward the other battle going on.
"It is time I correct my greatest mistake. You won't live through this battle."
Zabuza was tired. He had to of decapitated both of the deceased Hokages a dozen times by now.
Using left over water from the Nindaime Hokage's Jutsu, Zabuza formed hand signs.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu"
The Shodaime Hokage was only able to avoid being hit by making a wood wall in front of him.
The second the defensive Jutsu dropped. Zabuza was on him. His sword swinging wildly. His arms, legs and head were all cut off before his torso was cut into six pieces.
Zabuza sighed tiredly as the body began reforming.
"Mei, try and melt them again."
Mei glared tiredly at her husband. She had melted them more times than she could count.
When Chojuro arrived at the hospital, the first thing he saw was a tired Anbu about to be killed. Moving quickly, he impaled the attacker with a kunai. To say the Anbu looked relieved was an understatement. It didn't last long as he passed out, likely from chakra exhaustion.
Things were not looking good.
'They aren't that strong, but there are tons of them.'
All around him, the Konoha Anbu were dropping, not from actual injuries, but from chakra exhaustion. In the end, it was just Chojuro and a purple haired Anbu with a sword. Her body was gorgeous; definitely rivaling Mei as far as figure goes. He actually had to force himself to stop staring.
They nodded in respect and luck to each other, as they panted before charging the last twenty attackers…
Haku's situation was considerably different. When she arrived, she saw nothing but bodies everywhere.
Running a quick diagnostic Jutsu on one of the Anbu, she was shocked.
'This looks like it was done with a Chakra Scalpel. To be able to use it this effectively in combat is incredible. I heard even Tsunade Senju couldn't do that.'
She began to quickly, yet quietly make her way through the hospital when she heard some talking.
"You should be honored; Orochimaru-sama wants you as a test subject, which means he admires your skills."
"Get the hell away from me you snake freak."
The voice went from playful to furious.
"You know, I was going to make the experiments relatively painless, but now…Oh now, you are going to wish you died here."
Haku was able to peak through and see Kabuto pull out a scalpel and place it at the patient's neck. She recognized the patient as the Iwa nin that wanted to kill Naruto.
'He tried to kill my husband. I should just leave him to his fate.'
As she walked away, she thought of something Naruto had told her once.
'Hate only begets hate.'
'God damn morals.'
With a sigh, she kicked the door open and peppered Kabuto with senbon. He simply turned to mud.
"I was wondering when you were going to join us."
Meanwhile, the Iwa nin's eyes were wide.
Here was the wife to his greatest enemy, and she saved him.
"Though I feel no desire to save this man here, my husband would never forgive me if I allowed an innocent man to be subjected to the evils you would force upon him. I can't allow you to take him…"
Kabuto smirked and was behind her faster than she could see; at least that's what he thought.
His palm glowing blue, he brought it to her neck, to sever the artery. However, she was no longer there, and sticking in his stomach was a thread.
He roughly pulled it out with a wince.
'If I was anybody else, I would be dead. She actually managed to sever the abdominal aorta. If this was a fight against anyone but a very skilled medic, she would have won already.'
Now, knowing not to underestimate his opponent, he jumped to the side, narrowly avoiding another stab.
He smirked.
'This will be fun.'
Chojuro was barely standing. Him and the purple haired Anbu had defeated over three quarters of them when she was injured. He managed to save her from dying, but received a kunai to the leg in order to do so.
Looking at his last six opponents, Chojuro sighs.
'I only have the chakra to do this once. If I miss even one I'm dead since it will likely leave me unconscious.'
"Hiramekarei Unleash: Long Sword"
In one swipe, his sword grew from about four feet to twenty. As he swung, it decapitated each and every Oto nin. Before he passed out he saw that one of the previously downed Sound nins stood up with a wince.
Chojuro was just able to watch as the invading nin drew a kunai with a sick grin of sadistic pleasure.
He could do nothing as the nin went to plunge the kunai into the purple haired Anbu's head.
That was when he heard it. It sounded like a screech.
"Chidori"
The man's chest exploded from the staggering amounts of lightning chakra that forced its way into his body.
Chojuro was just able to make out the symbol on his savior's back. It was non-other than Sasuke Uchiha.
"Don't get used to this. I will defeat you, I will defeat Naruto, and then I will kill my brother."
After hearing Sasuke's final words, Chojuro allowed sleep to take him.
Sasuke looked down at the Kiri nin, a member of a team he needed to beat with a sigh.
"Hmph, you'll be fine."
Sasuke jumped to the roof of the hospital and looked around, following the orders that the Anbu team at the academy gave him. Protect the hospital.
It took him no time at all to realize the most immediate threat, a brown snake roughly the size of small house that swallowed a Chunin whole.
"Time to see how far I've come."
Several hand seals and his hand became lit up with electricity, the sound of chirping pierced the air.
"Chidori!"
Sasuke cleared the distance in an instant, his attack cutting through the snake as though it wasn't even there. Panting, a smug smile made its way on his face.
'I'm coming Itachi.'
Mei looked over towards the other battle occurring on the rooftop.
The Hokage wasn't doing too well. She turned just in time to see him get knocked down by a brutal Taijutsu combo, courtesy of Orochimaru.
"Ao, you are the freshest of us. Go help the Hokage, these two aren't to bad."
Though he wanted to argue, he knew better.
As he made his way over towards the Hokage, he saw Mei melt the Shodaime… again, and Zabuza bisect the Nindaime…again.
Ao hid amongst the trees created by the Shodaime, just waiting for an opportune moment to strike. That was when he saw it.
The staff wielded by the Hokage, grew an arm that grabbed Orochimaru's neck.
"I will rip your throat out you snake!"
Ao, using this opportunity, dropped onto the arm of the staff before landing a blow to the Snake Sennin's face.
However, Orochimaru simply turned to mud.
"Interesting. While your style is quite different. You are using the Taijutsu principles of the Hyuuga Clan. Most interesting. Just what is that patch hiding?"
The differences in the style became obvious when Ao pressed his attack. While the Hyuuga Gentle Fist was like a calm stream, flowing around the opponent, Ao was like a raging river. Never giving his opponent any breathing room.
As Ao attacked, Orochimaru was actually having difficulty staying ahead of the Taijutsu master. Orochimaru substituted with a mud clone before forming a single hand seal.
"Summoning Jutsu: Shadow Snake Bind Jutsu"
A large green constrictor flew from Orochimaru's sleeve and bit deep into Ao's shoulder.
As Ao dropped to the ground convulsing, it became apparent that Sarutobi had recovered when Orochimaru was sent across the rooftop by the old man's staff.
Sarutobi stabbed the Kiri nin a vial of green liquid before pursuing his student.
Everyone in the barrier and around it, got to watch Orochimaru, self-proclaimed immortal get beaten around the roof. It became apparent that while Orochimaru was strong, he was not yet ready for the God of Shinobi.
Haku narrowly dodged another one of Kabuto's chakra scalpels before retaliating with her two ice senbon, having lost Nuibari only moments ago.
Kabuto jumped back and gave her a sickening smirk.
"That bloodline of yours is interesting…It appears to have the ability to work as a time-space Ninjutsu…I'm sure Orochimaru wouldn't mind if I brought you as another test subject."
"You won't live to find out."
Haku flashed through a few hand seals.
"Ice Release: Arctic Air Jutsu"
Suddenly, the temperature in the building decreased to freezing and kept getting colder.
The moisture in the air turned to ice, and the room kept getting colder. So cold in fact that Kabuto was forced to use his chakra to keep from shaking.
"I bet you wondering what the point of this Jutsu is."
Kabuto slowly nodded.
"You see, it is common practice to use your chakra to keep warm in cold climates. Normally it takes little control and next to no chakra. However, the temperature in this room is -80 degrees, cold enough to freeze the blood in you veins, instantly. Should you stop the flow of chakra, you will die a very cold and painful death. Should you continue to keep yourself warm, you will not have the chakra control necessary to use most of your Jutsu."
As if to accent her point, Haku glanced at Kabuto's hands.
'I-its gone! I can still feel the drain, but I can't control my chakra enough to sustain the Chakra Scalpels. This truly is a powerful bloodline.'
Kutsuchi's eyes are wide as he watches the battle going on from his small, ice prison. Is it cold? Yea. Is it as cold as it is outside of the dome? No.
'S-she is even going as far, as to keep me safe from her Jutsu. Why?'
All his life, he had been taught that the Yellow Flash was a monster, the man responsible for the death of his father. But here is the man's, son's wife, saving him.
'Why?'
He just can't figure it out.
Naruto was running, still running.
'Where the hell are the other ninja from this village. You would think a giant sand raccoon loose in the village would be a priority.'
Hearing a distant explosion, Naruto saw a giant purple snake, alongside a slightly smaller, two headed snake, smashing through the village walls. Meanwhile, Ninjutsu after Ninjutsu were thrown at them, but they didn't even seem fazed.
'I guess everyone has their own problems.'
The Iwa Jonin smirked.
'Looks like the kid can be beaten, it just took a tailed beast to do it.'
Naruto jumped from the building he was on just a second to late when a giant bullet of wind reduced the building to rubble and he was sent flying into another one, crashing through the wooden wall. Naruto landed in a heap, whimpering in pain. When Naruto opened his eyes, he saw the reason. Sticking out of his left shoulder was a large splinter of wood the size of a katana.
"Ugh, that sucked."
Taking care to steady himself, Naruto grasped the piece of wood and yanked it, clearing it from his body.
"Gah!"
Using the rubble around him to steady himself, Naruto stood. After only a few seconds he was stable enough to stand on his own. However, breathing still hurt.
Naruto took a second to look around, quickly realizing he was in a weapons shop, he was surrounded by more weapons than he could use in a lifetime.
A vicious smirk slowly made its way across his face as a plan came to mind.
He heard the tell-tale sound of one of the Ichibi's wind bullets destroying another building.
"Looks like I don't have much time."
Ignoring his bleeding stomach, Naruto set out to gather what he needed.
Not one minute later did he have what he needed; it was all kept in two boxes roughly the size of a shoe box.
Orochimaru glared tiredly at his ex-sensei.
'Even as old as he is, he still beat me. How?'
Orochimaru narrowly dodged the downward swing of the bo-staff, however, he was unable to get away when the staff grew an arm and grabbed the Snake Sennin's leg.
Because he was being held down, he was unable to escape when Ao dropped behind him and landed a brutal, chakra infused strike to the center of his back, effectively closing off the man's chakra network.
Orochimaru would scream if he could. However, he was having difficulty doing anything.
Glancing over, Sarutobi and Ao saw the Shodaime and Nindaime begin to disintegrate before all that was left was two Oto Genin.
Almost immediately, Sarutobi fell to the ground, exhausted, while Zabuza and Mei both took a knee.
'Damn it, I lost. After all that planning, I lost. I need to go.'
With a signal, the Snake's four guards were running, carrying the injured Orochimaru.
The Anbu attempted to pursue them, but strange webbing from one of the Sennin's guars stopped them.
Sword in hand, Haku charges forward and stabs the neck of Orochimaru's right hand man.
However, he simply turns to mud turning quickly, with a wave of her hand, several senbon made of ice fly, and impale Kabuto.
Kabuto is getting pissed.
'Damn her, she's making a fool of me.'
Using the thin sword, Haku easily blocks Kabuto's strange kunai, and slams a senbon into the man's cheek, drawing blood.
Pressing her advantage, she jabs four more ice senbon into the silver hair nin's stomach. She was pleased when his shirt began to dye red.
Kabuto is seething now.
'I can't win a fight on her terms.'
The hit she scored, giving her confidence plus the fact that his stomach healed in front of her eyes, giving her anger. Haku charged in recklessly.
That cost her dearly.
She stabbed through Kabuto's head, only for him to turn to mud. However, she felt more pain than she ever had before. Then the memory of her charge came back.
Right before she cut him in half, she felt a hand on her chest…right above her heart. Right where the pain was. The hand that hit her was glowing blue.
Kabuto watched happily as her breathing became labored. He turned and fled when he sensed the approaching Anbu squad.
If he would have turned around, he would have seen Haku's hands in a hand seal, and her body freeze from head to toe. The only one, who saw, was Kutsuchi.
Just as Naruto left the weapon shop, a giant bullet of wind collided with it, reducing it to rubble, matching the rest of the area.
Naruto made a hand seal he didn't like to make when he was so tired.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
In a poof, another Naruto was present.
"I need you to distract it while I prepare."
The clone jumped off after nodding.
Just as the Shukaku was about to fire a wind bullet at him, he heard his clone shout.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Strike Jutsu"
A small stream of lightning impacted the beast's eye causing him to switch his target to the clone. The clone just barely dodged the giant compressed ball of wind.
Meanwhile, the real Naruto is opening the boxes. They were filled with exploding note after exploding note. There had to be close to 5000 of them. Naruto gave a wicked grin.
'I sure hope someone is watching… It's gonna be biblical.'
While remaining undetected by the Tailed beast, Naruto placed all the exploding notes in a large circle around the giant sand construct.
'Here goes…well, everything.'
"Water Release: Cyclone Jutsu"
Suddenly, all the water from the ground began circling the giant sand-raccoon until the water tornado was taller that it was.
What had Naruto smirking, was that the water had picked up each and every one of the exploding notes. Making it one giant, spinning bomb waiting to go off.
Giving a nod to his clone, the clone smirked and formed the ram sign.
"Boutou!"(Boom!)
As the Iwa Jonin watched the Genin work, he couldn't help but be curious. He remained confused until the cyclone formed with the exploding notes in it.
'Genius.'
When the explosion went off, he was forced to apply chakra to his feet or risk getting sent flying.
'I should kill him now...No, Iwa had her chance, but now that it's over, maybe we can sleep peacefully at night.'
The explosion rocked the entire village. It easily went 200 feet in the air and destroyed several houses, but the demon was stopped.
In place of the giant sand raccoon, was Gaara, free falling having been woken up, but too tired to do anything.
Just as he was about to hit the ground, Naruto caught the red head by the back of his shirt and dropped him to the ground.
Gaara couldn't help but fear the boy, no, god in front of him.
The only other person to ever defeat the released Shukaku, was his father, the Kazekage, and that was with detailed instructions from the Saindaime Kazekage.
"D-don't hurt me."
Naruto easily hefted his sword from his back, carefully hiding his wince as he did.
"Why not? You tried to hurt me. The only difference is I will succeed."
"N-no, s-stay a-away."
Gaara's eyes widened when he felt Naruto's sword at his neck.
"Fear isn't fun, is it?"
Gaara slowly shook his head.
"This is what you do to people every day. Should I make you feel like this, every second of every day?"
"N-no."
"Why? Give me a reason."
"I-I…"
"You say you kill to prove your existence. All you doing is proving you're a monster, a demon. Demons don't exist, they don't live. If you remain a demon, I will end you."
As he was walking away, he spoke up again.
"Find something you cherish, hold it close and never let anyone hurt it, that is why I'm strong and you're weak."
Gaara's eyes were wide as Naruto walked away.
Temari was doing her job, having successfully destroyed the Anbu headquarters before destroying as many of Konoha's buildings with giant gusts of wind. She turned back as she saw the unleashed form of the demon her brother kept at bay and let a tear slide.
After destroying Anbu headquarters, the library, and over a dozen shinobi stores, what she saw scared her.
Surrounding her currently possessed little brother was a giant cyclone of water.
'W-who is he fighting?'
Golden blonde hair and a big sword flashed through her head.
No longer caring about her mission, she took off towards the battle when an explosion of epic proportions occurred.
She watched as the water cyclone became a giant fireball.
She started to cry for her brother, as she ran all the way to the center of the village.
When she arrived, she felt pain in her heart.
Gaara lay defeated at the hands of the Kiri nin and his sword was at Gaara's neck.
Just as she was about to try and save her brother, the Kiri nin returned his sword to his back and walked away, but not before saying something that had Gaara's eyes wide. Something that, in a different situation would actually be kind of funny on the usually cold boy.
Without another word, Naruto was gone.
However, he didn't make it far, falling unconscious several hundred yards before reaching the arena.
That is it! If you notice, I ended this chapter a little earlier than my original. Just trying something new. Please review, let me know if you like it now, or prefer the old one.